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Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (alsoin the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
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And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.
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For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.
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Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (alsoin the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
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So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end: then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:
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Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.