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but_o he_o do_v patient_o not_o willing_a that_o any_o perish_v 3_o 2_o pet_n 3_o but_o that_o all_o return_n to_o penarce_o as_o st._n peter_n affirm_v in_o his_o epistle_n and_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v 11_o wisd_v 11_o thou_o have_v mercy_n on_o all_o o_o lord_n dissemble_a sin_n for_o repentance_n moreover_o this_o patience_n seem_v yet_o great_a in_o that_o many_o sinner_n be_v by_o god_n grace_n bring_v out_o of_o the_o lake_n of_o misery_n 39_o psal_n 39_o and_o from_o the_o mire_n of_o dregs_n and_o of_o the_o child_n of_o darkness_n make_v the_o child_n of_o light_n and_o call_v from_o the_o guiltiness_n of_o eternal_a death_n to_o the_o adoption_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o hope_n of_o heaven_n fall_v notwithstanding_o back_o again_o oftentimes_o to_o their_o former_a uncleanness_n and_o unthankfulness_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o forsake_v by_o the_o longanimitie_n of_o god_n but_o most_o love_o expect_v and_o invite_v to_o repentance_n and_o if_o they_o true_o 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