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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conscience_n chide_v for_o choose_v evil_a and_o approve_v for_o do_v good_a the_o one_o make_v the_o proposition_n the_o other_o the_o assumption_n 2._o the_o other_o point_n to_o be_v discuss_v be_v whether_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o law_n do_v condemn_v some_o object_n that_o it_o be_v quite_o blot_v out_o of_o man_n therefore_o can_v bind_v he_o no_o question_n it_o be_v much_o obscure_v in_o respect_n both_o of_o intellectual_a and_o effectual_a faculty_n for_o understand_v it_o grope_v 27._o ifhap_o it_o may_v feel_v after_o god_n adam_n have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a by_o experience_n of_o evil_a only_a by_o contemplation_n but_o fall_v he_o have_v also_o a_o experimental_a knowledge_n of_o evil_a for_o affection_n man_n will_n be_v so_o perverse_a that_o when_o as_o natural_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v happy_a yet_o he_o wiil_o commit_v those_o thing_n against_o his_o first_o intendment_n that_o make_v he_o most_o unhappy_a as_o a_o thief_n steal_v 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