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our_o own_o deadly_a sin_n to_o god_n by_o mean_n of_o confession_n and_o yet_o to_o refuse_v a_o pardon_n to_o those_o man_n that_o do_v but_o slight_o offend_v we_o 31._o this_o verse_n rather_o tell_v what_o infirmity_n be_v in_o man_n to_o man_n on_o earth_n then_o that_o we_o can_v think_v the_o saint_n or_o angel_n run_v officious_o to_o god_n and_o provoke_v he_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o our_o sin_n rather_o than_o beg_v he_o to_o turn_v his_o face_n away_o from_o they_o or_o to_o cast_v they_o at_o least_o behind_o he_o that_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a he_o may_v not_o see_v they_o so_o here_o the_o story_n be_v rather_o tell_v to_o make_v it_o flow_v current_o as_o a_o act_n between_o man_n and_o man_n then_o as_o a_o true_a expression_n of_o the_o thing_n figure_v in_o the_o story_n 32._o the_o follow_a verse_n show_v clear_o god_n â—trâ—se_n of_o our_o ingratitude_n to_o he_o and_o our_o want_n of_o brotherly_a love_n to_o one_o another_o so_o it_o need_v no_o further_a 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humanity_n for_o his_o deity_n can_v not_o be_v exalt_v and_o give_v he_o a_o name_n here_o we_o be_v to_o note_n calvin_n pervisity_n who_o take_v such_o a_o hatred_n against_o the_o church_n for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n that_o he_o hence_o deny_v christ_n the_o honour_n of_o merit_v this_o exaltation_n by_o his_o humiliation_n but_o say_v that_o for_o which_o be_v to_o be_v take_v consecutive_o or_o consequent_o not_o causal_o as_o who_o shall_v say_v after_o his_o humility_n god_n reward_v he_o by_o exalt_v of_o he_o but_o not_o for_o his_o humility_n or_o for_o the_o merit_n thereof_o which_o yet_o be_v a_o abominable_a impiety_n and_o heresy_n whereas_o we_o allow_v christ_n by_o his_o death_n not_o only_o to_o have_v merit_v for_o mankind_n redemption_n whereof_o himself_n have_v no_o need_n who_o be_v from_o his_o first_o conception_n bless_v by_o his_o hypostatical_a union_n but_o even_o for_o himself_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o body_n and_o the_o endowment_n of_o a_o 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