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a_o black_a english_a letter_n print_v at_o london_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1598._o by_o the_o deputy_n of_o christopher_n barker_n and_o it_o run_v thus_o the_n text._n of_o old_a ordasined_a to_o this_o condemnation_n the_o note_n e_fw-la he_o confirm_v their_o heart_n against_o the_o contemner_n of_o religion_n and_o apostate_n show_v that_o such_o man_n trouble_v not_o the_o church_n at_o all-adventure_n but_o be_v appoint_v thereunto_o by_o the_o determinate_a counsel_n of_o god_n thus_o it_o be_v in_o that_o edition_n though_o in_o some_o bibles_n with_o note_n since_o print_v some_o word_n or_o part_n of_o that_o note_n be_v omit_v 2._o to_o fol._n 3168._o to_o those_o word_n in_o in_o the_o 7._o paragraph_n of_o this_o 38._o chapter_n the_o party_n thus_o offend_v do_v expel_v himself_o the_o heathen_n have_v a_o notion_n very_o remarkable_a that_o the_o god_n be_v desirous_a to_o show_v mercy_n at_o least_o to_o be_v quiet_a and_o not_o to_o have_v their_o justice_n provoke_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n coelum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la petimus_fw-la stultitia_fw-la neque_fw-la per_fw-la nostrum_fw-la patimur_fw-la scelus_fw-la iracunda_fw-la jupiter_fw-la ponere_fw-la fulmina_fw-la say_v horace_n carm._n l._n 1._o ode_n 3._o it_o be_v a_o complaint_n usual_a with_o salvian_n 1._o salu._n lib._n 1._o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr gubern_n dei_fw-la that_o though_o god_n be_v loath_a to_o pumish_a yet_o man_n do_v exigere_fw-la &_o extorquere_fw-la ut_fw-la perirent_fw-la and_o that_o they_o do_v vim_o facere_fw-la manus_fw-la infer_v pietati_fw-la divinae_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la scelere_fw-la quasi_fw-la omni_fw-la telorum_fw-la genere_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la expugnare_fw-la and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o complain_v of_o god_n severity_n whereas_o nos_fw-la nobis_fw-la nos_fw-la accusandi_fw-la sumus_fw-la 4._o lib._n 4._o nam_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la quibus_fw-la torqueamur_fw-la admittimus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tormentorum_fw-la nostorum_fw-la autores_fw-la sumus_fw-la 11._o isa_n 50._o 11._o unusquisque_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la punit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la illud_fw-la propheticum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ecce_fw-la omnes_fw-la vos_fw-la ignem_fw-la accendit_fw-la be_v &_o vires_fw-la praebet_fw-la be_v flammae_fw-la ingredimini_fw-la in_o lucemignis_fw-la vestri_fw-la &_o flammae_fw-la quam_fw-la accendist_n be_v totum_fw-la namque_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la hoc_fw-la ordine_fw-la in_o poenam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la rvit_fw-la quo_fw-la scriptura_fw-la memoravit_fw-la primum_fw-la enim_fw-la accendit_fw-la posteà _fw-la vires_fw-la ignibus_fw-la praebet_fw-la postremo_fw-la flammam_fw-la ingreditur_fw-la quam_fw-la paravit_fw-la quando_fw-la igitur_fw-la primum_fw-la sibi_fw-la homo_fw-la aeternum_fw-la accendit_fw-la ignem_fw-la sc_fw-la cum_fw-la primùm_fw-la peecare_fw-la incipit_fw-la quando_fw-la autem_fw-la vires_fw-la ignibus_fw-la praebet_fw-la cum_fw-la utique_fw-la peccatis_fw-la peccata_fw-la cumularit_fw-la quando_fw-la verò_fw-la ignem_fw-la aeternum_fw-la introibit_fw-la quando_fw-la irremediabilem_fw-la jam_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la summam_fw-la crescentium_fw-la delictorum_fw-la iniquitate_fw-la compleverit_fw-la 32._o mat._n 23._o 32._o sicut_fw-la salvator_n noster_fw-la ad_fw-la judaeos_fw-la ait_fw-la implete_a mensuram_fw-la patrum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la and_o in_o his_o seven_o book_n quicquid_fw-la actum_fw-la est_fw-la peccatis_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la ascribendum_fw-la 7._o salu._n lib._n 7._o quia_fw-la rectè_fw-la illi_fw-la rei_fw-la factum_fw-la ascribitur_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la fieret_fw-la exegit_fw-la no_o &_o homicida_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la judice_fw-la occiditur_fw-la svo_fw-la scelere_fw-la punitur_fw-la et_fw-la latro_n aut_fw-la sacrilegus_fw-la cum_fw-la flammis_fw-la exuritur_fw-la suis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la concrematur_fw-la this_o agree_v with_o the_o rule_n of_o civil_a law_n qui_fw-la causam_fw-la that_fw-mi damni_fw-la ipsum_fw-la damnum_fw-la dedisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la qui_fw-la sceleratum_fw-la consilium_fw-la cepit_fw-la exinde_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la sva_fw-la ment_fw-la punitus_fw-la est_fw-la so_o the_o emperor_n severus_n and_o antoninus_n in_o l._n 34._o d._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la fisci_fw-la rescripserunt_fw-la asclepiadi_fw-la ipse_fw-la te_fw-mi huie_fw-ge poenae_fw-la subdidisti_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la notant_fw-la d._n d._n eum_n qui_fw-la delinquit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la praesumi_fw-la voluisse_fw-la obligare_fw-la sese_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la ei_fw-la delicto_fw-la praestitutam_fw-la see_v macarius_n his_o 4._o homily_n where_o he_o cites_n rom._n 2._o 5._o thou_o treasurest_n up_o to_o thyself_o wrath_a &_o hom._n 12._o interrog_n 5._o yea_o sure_a most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o every_o one_o which_o commit_v any_o sin_n together_o with_o yea_o in_o the_o very_a commission_n of_o that_o sin_n enter_v a_o obligation_n and_o forfeit_v himself_o to_o the_o very_a same_o punishment_n which_o the_o divine_a justice_n have_v inflict_v or_o award_v unto_o that_o sin_n in_o the_o example_n record_v in_o holy_a scripture_n achan_n bind_v himself_o to_o appear_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n or_o trouble_v by_o the_o very_a take_n of_o the_o wedge_n and_o clothes_n which_o be_v indeed_o no_o other_o than_o the_o earnest_a of_o those_o wage_n which_o be_v there_o pay_v unto_o he_o ahab_n and_o jezabel_n by_o seize_v on_o naboth_n and_o his_o vineyard_n forfeit_v their_o blood_n to_o the_o dog_n gehezi_n bring_v back_o the_o syrian_a leprosy_n wrap_v up_o in_o the_o raiment_n etc._n etc._n even_o so_o holy_a and_o true_a and_o righteous_a be_v thy_o judgement_n o_o lord_n who_o will_v not_o fear_v thou_o o_o king_n of_o nation_n which_o have_v ordain_v that_o a_o inordinate_a mind_n shall_v not_o only_o breed_v and_o bring_v forth_o but_o be_v a_o punishment_n a_o executioner_n a_o witness_n and_o a_o judge_n unto_o itself_o this_o 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