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XXVI sermons. The third volume preached by that learned and reverend divine John Donne ...
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Donne, John, 1572-1631.
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and_o so_o he_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o to_o be_v god_n judgement_n or_o not_o believe_v that_o judgement_n of_o god_n to_o be_v just_a for_o of_o the_o secret_a purpose_n of_o god_n 11.26_o mat._n 11.26_o we_o have_v a_o example_n what_o to_o say_v give_v we_o by_o christ_n himself_o ita_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la complacuit_fw-la it_o be_v so_o o_o father_n because_o thy_o good_a pleasure_n be_v such_o all_o be_v in_o his_o own_o breast_n and_o bosom_n in_o his_o own_o good_a will_n and_o pleasure_n before_o he_o decree_v it_o and_o as_o his_o decree_n itself_o so_o the_o way_n and_o execution_n of_o his_o decree_n be_v often_o unsearchable_a for_o the_o purpose_n and_o for_o the_o reason_n thereof_o though_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n they_o may_v be_v manifest_a they_o that_o think_v themselves_o sharp-sighted_a and_o wise_a enough_o to_o search_v into_o those_o unrevealed_a decree_n they_o who_o be_v but_o worm_n will_v look_v into_o heaven_n and_o be_v the_o last_o 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god_n government_n shall_v be_v erect_v and_o so_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o worst_a distemper_n of_o all_o insanire_fw-la cum_fw-la ratione_fw-la to_o go_v out_o of_o thy_o wit_n by_o have_v too_o much_o and_o to_o be_v mad_a with_o too_o much_o knowledge_n not_o to_o sin_n out_o of_o infirmity_n or_o tentation_n or_o heat_n of_o blood_n but_o to_o sin_n in_o cold_a blood_n and_o upon_o just_a reason_n and_o mature_a consideration_n and_o so_o deliberate_o and_o advise_o to_o continue_v to_o sin_n ii_o part_n ii_o now_o the_o particular_a reason_n which_o the_o perverseness_n of_o these_o man_n produce_v here_o in_o this_o text_n be_v because_o god_n be_v patient_a and_o long-suffering_a so_o he_o be_v so_o he_o will_v be_v still_o their_o perverseness_n shall_v not_o pervert_v his_o nature_n his_o goodness_n as_o god_n bid_v the_o prophet_n osea_n do_v 1.2_o 1.2_o he_o have_v do_v himself_o go_v say_v he_o and_o take_v to_o thou_o a_o wife_n of_o fornication_n and_o child_n of_o fornication_n so_o have_v he_o take_v we_o guilty_a of_o spiritual_a fornication_n but_o as_o in_o the_o fleshly_a fornication_n of_o a_o adulterous_a wife_n the_o husband_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o last_o that_o hear_v of_o they_o so_o for_o our_o spiritual_a fornication_n such_o be_v the_o loathness_n the_o patience_n the_o longanimity_n of_o our_o good_a and_o gracious_a god_n that_o though_o he_o do_v know_v our_o sin_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o speak_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v act_v for_o that_o be_v peccatum_fw-la cum_fw-la voco_fw-la say_v s._n gregory_n a_o speak_a sin_n when_o any_o sinful_a thought_n be_v produce_v into_o act_n yea_o before_o they_o speak_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v conceive_v yet_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v of_o our_o sin_n he_o take_v no_o knowledge_n of_o they_o by_o punish_v they_o till_o our_o brethren_n have_v