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be_v bear_v in_o sin_n or_o to_o have_v sin_v in_o its_o parent_n loin_n so_o that_o it_o may_v have_v be_v just_o question_v how_o far_o such_o a_o issue_n may_v be_v liable_a to_o or_o exempt_v from_o the_o consequent_n of_o sin_n in_o reference_n unto_o punishment_n 4_o for_o he_o say_v behold_v all_o soul_n be_v i_o as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n so_o also_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n be_v i_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v but_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v fall_v and_o yet_o in_o mercy_n respite_v from_o sudden_a death_n they_o begin_v to_o long_o for_o posterity_n both_o to_o supply_v their_o own_o mortality_n and_o also_o to_o obtain_v the_o bless_a seed_n that_o have_v be_v promise_v to_o they_o for_o their_o recovery_n in_o the_o next_o place_n therefore_o we_o have_v to_o contemplate_v the_o great_a beauty_n and_o the_o most_o accomplish_a soul_n that_o ever_o be_v as_o come_v immediate_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o first_o former_a of_o all_o mankind_n in_o they_o thrust_v forth_o to_o dig_v or_o till_o the_o ground_n that_o have_v be_v new_o curse_v with_o barrenness_n but_o what_o shall_v they_o dig_v or_o cut_v withal_o he_o that_o make_v all_o live_a creature_n make_v no_o tool_n nay_o he_o hide_v the_o iron_n within_o the_o earth_n so_o that_o without_o iron_n it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o come_v by_o it_o or_o if_o adam_n find_v any_o in_o the_o stony_a mass_n above_o ground_n what_o shall_v he_o do_v with_o it_o if_o the_o use_n of_o the_o forge_n be_v not_o know_v till_o tubal-cain_n be_v bear_v above_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o but_o it_o seem_v that_o tubal_n be_v a_o improver_n rather_o than_o a_o inventor_n for_o the_o text_n say_v only_o 4.22_o that_o he_o be_v the_o instructor_n of_o every_o artificer_n as_o if_o there_o be_v artificer_n before_o in_o brass_n and_o iron_n it_o make_v no_o matter_n since_o we_o find_v that_o the_o indian_n in_o america_n have_v bow_n and_o arrow_n and_o comely_a tent_n have_v only_a way_n to_o sharpen_v stone_n and_o fish-bone_n without_o the_o use_n of_o iron_n before_o they_o learn_v it_o hence_o and_o we_o will_v suppose_v our_o father_n adam_n to_o have_v be_v much_o more_o handy_a and_o ingenious_a than_o those_o brutish_a people_n and_o the_o better_a workman_n need_v the_o feweâ—_n tool_n and_o help_n for_o what_o can_v â—â—ve_v do_v who_o must_v be_v take_v up_o for_o her_o part_n to_o make_v some_o thing_n or_o other_o of_o skin_n or_o wool_n to_o be_v spin_v or_o weave_v or_o patch_v for_o clothes_n and_o clouâ—s_n against_o her_o lying-in_n then_o she_o can_v have_v no_o other_o but_o her_o husband_n instead_o of_o midwife_n nurse_n and_o tender_a and_o before_o she_o can_v have_v any_o child_n to_o be_v officious_a to_o she_o what_o a_o deal_n must_v lie_v upon_o her_o hand_n and_o whereas_o she_o have_v this_o heavy_a sentence_n from_o the_o lord_n 3.16_o i_o will_v great_o multiply_v thy_o sorrow_n 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prayer_n into_o the_o nostril_n of_o god_n at_o who_o right_a hand_n the_o mediator_n be_v even_o then_o also_o to_o do_v the_o same_o office_n for_o his_o church_n and_o people_n that_o he_o do_v now_o as_o it_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o revelation_n that_o he_o stand_v at_o the_o altar_n 8.3_o have_v a_o golden_a censer_n and_o there_o be_v give_v unto_o he_o much_o incense_n that_o he_o shall_v offer_v it_o up_o with_o the_o prayer_n of_o all_o saint_n upon_o the_o golden_a altar_n which_o be_v before_o the_o throne_n and_o the_o smoke_n of_o the_o incense_n which_o come_v with_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n ascend_v up_o before_o god_n out_o of_o the_o angel_n hand_n say_v not_o therefore_o that_o the_o savour_n of_o beast_n be_v burn_v can_v not_o be_v sweet_a of_o itself_o any_o more_o than_o that_o of_o the_o sinful_a prayer_n of_o man_n 6._o god_n smell_v not_o as_o man_n do_v but_o though_o under_o moses_n order_n other_o thing_n be_v add_v unto_o burnt-offering_n that_o 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