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of_o the_o sad_a condition_n in_o which_o adam_n be_v after_o he_o have_v eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o upon_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o fault_n have_v hide_v himself_o from_o god_n hope_v at_o least_o wish_v he_o have_v do_v so_o when_o god_n inquire_v after_o he_o though_o know_v well_o enough_o where_o he_o be_v ask_v he_o this_o question_n adam_n where_o be_v thou_o he_o make_v this_o answer_n for_o he_o proper_a enough_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i_o be_o where_o they_o be_v who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o look_v upon_o god_n where_o they_o be_v who_o obey_v not_o god_n i_o be_o where_o they_o be_v who_o hide_v themselves_o from_o their_o maker_n where_o they_o be_v who_o be_v flee_v from_o virtue_n and_o be_v destitute_a of_o wisdom_n i_o be_o where_o they_o be_v who_o tremble_v by_o reason_n of_o guilt_n and_o cowardice_n this_o be_v the_o melancholic_a condition_n of_o wretched_a sinner_n after_o they_o come_v to_o consider_v how_o thing_n be_v with_o they_o 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that_o it_o be_v more_o pure_a and_o more_o solid_a and_o so_o be_v as_o another_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o a_o pleasure_n as_o one_o shall_v never_o have_v cause_n to_o repent_v of_o but_o those_o pain_n which_o i_o forementioned_a be_v more_o considerable_a because_o they_o be_v both_o more_o pungent_a and_o more_o last_a than_o those_o of_o the_o body_n which_o make_v simplicius_n say_v of_o they_o 252._o that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n that_o they_o be_v more_o grievous_a stay_v long_o and_o be_v hard_a to_o be_v cure_v a_o bodily_a distemper_n be_v more_o easy_o relieve_v than_o a_o evil_a conscience_n take_v away_o the_o present_a pain_n and_o the_o body_n return_v to_o its_o health_n but_o the_o soul_n be_v pain_v with_o the_o remembrance_n of_o what_o be_v past_a and_o the_o sear_n of_o what_o be_v to_o come_v which_o be_v so_o great_a a_o affliction_n that_o many_o time_n it_o make_v the_o present_a state_n intolerable_a 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as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a for_o this_o reason_n when_o any_o of_o pythagoras_n scholar_n abandon_v the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n and_o lest_o his_o society_n they_o hang_v up_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o empty_a coffin_n for_o he_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o one_o dead_a and_o they_o may_v very_o well_o do_v so_o for_o be_v it_o not_o the_o destruction_n of_o a_o reasonable_a be_v to_o be_v corrupt_v in_o those_o principle_n which_o be_v essential_a to_o it_o to_o be_v spoil_v in_o its_o best_a faculty_n to_o be_v hinder_v from_o the_o free_a exercise_n of_o its_o natural_a power_n to_o be_v bereave_v of_o that_o joy_n which_o a_o man_n have_v when_o he_o act_v according_a to_o that_o which_o be_v best_a in_o he_o to_o be_v deadn_v to_o a_o vital_a sense_n of_o his_o chief_a good_a and_o to_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o very_a life_n of_o good_a man_n whatsoever_o intercept_v the_o favourable_a influence_n of_o god_n benignity_n do_v 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