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their_o pardon_n and_o remission_n 31.34_o jer._n 31.34_o for_o i_o will_v forgive_v their_o iniquity_n and_o i_o will_v remember_v their_o sin_n no_o more_o there_o be_v nothing_o bear_v so_o hard_a upon_o a_o man_n as_o his_o guilt_n do_v and_o in_o many_o thing_n we_o offend_v all_o we_o be_v all_o guilty_a more_fw-mi or_o less_o and_o consequent_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o horror_n of_o our_o conscience_n and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n this_o be_v the_o great_a torment_n of_o life_n and_o there_o be_v no_o trouble_n like_o it_o a_o guilty_a mind_n bear_v hard_a upon_o we_o than_o any_o outward_a trouble_n and_o then_o he_o that_o have_v sin_v be_v anxious_a and_o suspicious_a he_o be_v not_o easy_o assure_v of_o his_o pardon_n he_o that_o break_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v liable_a to_o the_o curse_n of_o it_o and_o though_o sacrifice_n be_v allow_v i_o have_v show_v the_o defect_n of_o that_o provision_n but_o the_o gospel_n give_v we_o the_o utmost_a assurance_n of_o our_o 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