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psal._n 45._o 7._o 23._o what_o thing_n do_v god_n love_n beside_o himself_o beside_o himself_o god_n love_v all_o thing_n else_o whatsoever_o he_o make_v but_o he_o love_v not_o sin_n and_o iniquity_n for_o he_o never_o make_v it_o as_o saint_n john_n say_v 1_o john_n 2._o 16._o again_o he_o love_v his_o son_n be_v manifest_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o he_o love_v his_o choose_a child_n for_o his_o son_n sake_n with_o who_o he_o be_v well_o please_v mat._n 3._o last_o verse_n obj._n 1_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o god_n do_v hate_v all_o that_o work_n iniquity_n how_o then_o can_v god_n both_o hate_n and_o love_v one_o and_o the_o same_o man_n in_o every_o wicked_a man_n we_o must_v consider_v two_o thing_n first_o his_o nature_n second_o his_o sin_n his_o nature_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o that_o he_o love_v but_o his_o iniquity_n be_v not_o of_o god_n and_o that_o he_o hate_v obj._n 2._o god_n do_v afflict_v his_o child_n therefore_o he_o do_v not_o love_v they_o who_o 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