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they_o that_o flatter_v we_o levit._n 19.17_o thou_o shall_v not_o hate_v thy_o brother_n in_o thy_o heart_n but_o thou_o shall_v plain_o rebuke_v thy_o neighbour_n and_o suffer_v he_o not_o to_o sin_n math._n 18.18_o whatsoever_o you_o bind_v in_o earth_n etc._n etc._n see_v it_o be_v the_o mean_n to_o bring_v we_o to_o this_o confession_n which_o be_v so_o necessary_a text._n text._n remember_v not_o the_o transgression_n of_o my_o youth_n nor_o my_o rebellion_n doct._n 3_o 3._o doct._n true_a repentance_n work_v in_o we_o earnest_a and_o hearty_a prayer_n the_o reason_n be_v first_o in_o it_o we_o see_v our_o misery_n in_o ourselves_o and_o what_o need_n we_o have_v to_o seek_v to_o god_n for_o help_v second_o it_o assure_v we_o of_o god_n love_n to_o we_o and_o readiness_n to_o hear_v us._n three_o it_o encourage_v we_o to_o call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o in_o our_o conversion_n have_v give_v we_o experience_n of_o his_o unspeakable_a mercy_n the_o use_n be_v to_o 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