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can_v rely_v upon_o it_o or_o can_v choose_v but_o be_v utter_o ashamed_a of_o it_o nothing_o can_v be_v mad_a than_o to_o commit_v one_o sin_n upon_o the_o reason_n of_o another_o unless_o it_o be_v hope_v that_o the_o first_o sin_n can_v expiate_v and_o excuse_v the_o second_o so_o that_o to_o conclude_v this_o period_n if_o man_n stand_v accountable_a to_o god_n for_o unfit_v themselves_o for_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n their_o neglect_v of_o it_o can_v never_o be_v excuse_v upon_o that_o reason_n sect_n ii_o the_o true_a consequence_n from_o that_o concession_n be_v what_o i_o have_v remark_v in_o the_o second_o proposition_n viz._n that_o care_n therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v take_v to_o remove_v this_o indisposition_n and_o danger_n and_o to_o put_v ourselves_o into_o fit_a and_o better_a circumstance_n we_o be_v strange_o apt_a to_o stand_v idle_o lament_v and_o whine_v over_o our_o own_o unfitness_n and_o unworthiness_n and_o as_o apt_a to_o think_v that_o will_v become_v 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