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they_o no_v where_o use_v it_o to_o eighteen_o in_o the_o hundred_o but_o in_o turkey_n relig._n sands_n his_o relation_n of_o the_o west_n relig._n though_o every_o visier_n and_o bassa_n of_o state_n be_v report_v to_o keep_v a_o jew_n of_o his_o private_a council_n who_o malice_n wit_n for_o they_o be_v general_o find_v to_o be_v the_o most_o nimble_a and_o mercurial_a wit_n in_o the_o world_n and_o experience_n of_o christendom_n 114._o blunt_n voyage_n into_o the_o levant_n p._n 114._o with_o their_o continual_a intelligence_n be_v think_v to_o advise_v most_o of_o the_o mischief_n which_o the_o turk_n put_v in_o execution_n against_o we_o yet_o general_o they_o be_v so_o hate_v of_o the_o mahometan_n that_o they_o use_v to_o say_v in_o detestation_n of_o a_o thing_n 8.13_o in_o execrationibus_fw-la dicunt_fw-la judaeus_fw-la sim_fw-la si_fw-la fallo_fw-la sanctius_n in_o zach._n 8.13_o i_o will_v i_o may_v die_v a_o jew_n then_o or_o let_v i_o be_v a_o jew_n if_o i_o deceive_v thou_o and_o biddulph_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o constantinople_n and_o thessalonica_n where_o be_v so_o many_o thousand_o of_o they_o if_o they_o but_o stir_v out_o of_o door_n at_o any_o easter-time_n between_o maunday-thurseday_n at_o noon_n and_o easter-eve_n at_o night_n the_o christian_n among_o who_o they_o dwell_v will_v stone_n they_o because_o at_o that_o time_n they_o deride_v buffet_v and_o crucify_v our_o saviour_n thus_o as_o they_o use_v to_o say_v poor_a soul_n among_o themselves_o gerundinensis_fw-la moses_n gerundinensis_fw-la there_o be_v a_o ounce_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n in_o all_o the_o punishment_n that_o befall_v they_o so_o no_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o pound_n of_o that_o direful_a and_o dreadful_a execration_n his_o blood_n be_v upon_o we_o and_o our_o child_n for_o the_o which_o wrath_n be_v now_o come_v upon_o they_o to_o the_o uttermost_a they_o clothe_v themselves_o with_o a_o curse_n 109.18_o psal_n 109.18_o and_o it_o be_v come_v into_o their_o 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not_o be_v breed_v a_o scholar_n i_o have_v wife_n and_o child_n to_o take_v care_n for_o etc._n etc._n but_o what_o say_v he_o to_o this_o audite_fw-la obsecro_fw-la seculares_fw-la omnes_fw-la coloss_n homil_n 9_o in_o ep_n ad_fw-la coloss_n comparate_v vobis_fw-la biblia_fw-la animae_fw-la pharmaca_fw-la harken_v you_o lay-man_n get_v you_o bibles_n the_o physic_n for_o your_o soul_n if_o you_o can_v read_v get_v other_o to_o read_v they_o to_o you_o as_o you_o will_v do_v your_o deed_n and_o evidence_n bless_a be_v they_o that_o read_v &_o in_o case_n they_o can_v read_v hear_v the_o word_n of_o this_o prophecy_n 1.3_o rev._n 1.3_o the_o scripture_n be_v call_v the_o word_n as_o if_o all_o the_o use_n of_o our_o ear_n be_v to_o hear_v this_o word_n get_v you_o bibles_n therefore_o and_o if_o you_o count_v it_o a_o shame_n not_o to_o have_v fit_a furniture_n for_o your_o house_n decent_a attire_n for_o your_o body_n or_o attendance_n for_o your_o person_n think_v it_o much_o more_o 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while_n to_o attend_v to_o the_o public_a read_n of_o the_o word_n etc._n hom._n 28._o in_o gen._n obsecro_fw-la ut_fw-la subinde_fw-la huc_fw-la veniatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n bring_v their_o bibles_n with_o they_o see_v for_o this_o nehem._n 8.3_o 9_o 2_o chron._n 34.30_o act._n 13.15_o &_o 15.21_o 1_o thess_n 5.27_o coloss_n 4.16_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o colossian_n must_v be_v read_v in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o laodicean_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o the_o colossian_n must_v read_v the_o epistle_n from_o laodicea_n but_o what_o epistle_n be_v that_o quest_n may_v some_o say_v and_o where_o be_v it_o some_o think_v the_o laodicean_n write_v to_o the_o apostle_n answ_n and_o propound_v their_o doubt_n unto_o which_o he_o have_v answer_v in_o that_o epistle_n to_o the_o colossian_n coloss_n bifield_n in_o coloss_n and_o therefore_o require_v that_o his_o answer_n may_v be_v compare_v with_o their_o doubt_n other_o good_a book_n than_o may_v be_v read_v and_o public_o too_o 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so_o do_v the_o lord_n all_o such_o as_o be_v unskilled_a in_o his_o word_n who_o will_v not_o think_v shame_n to_o be_v count_v and_o call_v as_o rude_a as_o a_o horse_n as_o ignorant_a as_o a_o ass_n behold_v god_n esteem_v no_o better_a of_o such_o as_o be_v not_o skilful_a in_o the_o scripture_n psal_n 32.9_o esay_n 1.3_o be_v they_o otherwise_o never_o so_o profound_a and_o politic_a wherefore_o read_v and_o let_v he_o that_o read_v understand_v mat._n 24.15_o and_o that_o you_o may_v take_v these_o direction_n in_o read_v sect._n 2._o first_o read_v though_o thou_o understand_v not_o lazaro_n chrysost_n ser._n 3._o de_fw-fr lazaro_n god_n may_v gracious_o drop_v some_o further_a light_n into_o thou_o as_o he_o send_v philip_n to_o the_o eunuch_n even_o while_o thou_o be_v read_v or_o some_o other_o time_n when_o thou_o least_o look_v for_o it_o joseph_n understand_v not_o his_o own_o dream_n at_o first_o till_o he_o see_v his_o brethren_n prostrate_v before_o he_o 42.9_o gen._n 42.9_o then_o joseph_n remember_v the_o dream_n that_o he_o dream_v of_o they_o i_o remember_v say_v jehu_n to_o bidkar_n when_o thou_o and_o i_o ride_v after_o ahab_n 9.25_o 2_o king_n 9.25_o the_o lord_n lay_v this_o burden_n upon_o he_o these_o thing_n understand_v not_o his_o disciple_n at_o first_o but_o when_o jesus_n be_v glorify_v then_o remember_v they_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v write_v of_o he_o and_o that_o they_o have_v do_v these_o thing_n unto_o he_o 2.22_o joh._n 12.16_o joh._n 2.22_o the_o spirit_n come_v not_o upon_o saul_n in_o the_o anoint_v but_o afterward_o when_o he_o be_v depart_v from_o samuel_n 5._o 1_o sam._n 10.1_o 6_o 5._o my_o beloved_n be_v go_v say_v the_o spouse_n my_o soul_n fail_v when_o he_o speak_v or_o because_o of_o his_o speech_n that_o he_o have_v utter_v 2-6_a cant._n 5_o 2-6_a but_o she_o for_o present_a either_o hear_v not_o or_o heed_v not_o open_v unto_o i_o my_o sister_n etc._n etc._n god_n word_n lie_v sometime_o as_o the_o seed_n under_o a_o clod_n or_o as_o the_o sun_n under_o a_o cloud_n it_o appear_v not_o affect_v not_o for_o the_o present_a as_o john_n baptist_n preach_v wrought_v not_o for_o diverse_a year_n after_o it_o be_v deliver_v and_o then_o it_o do_v till_o it_o be_v second_v by_o some_o powerful_a sermon_n 41._o joh._n 10_o 4â—_n 41._o as_o there_o or_o some_o pierce_a cross_n as_o joh._n 14.26_o or_o unexpected_a accident_n act_v 10.34_o etc._n etc._n go_v on_o therefore_o constant_o in_o thy_o christian_a course_n of_o read_v as_o job_n do_v chap._n 23.12_o and_o be_v not_o dismay_v with_o any_o difficulty_n as_o david_n who_o when_o he_o understand_v he_o shall_v be_v put_v upon_o hard_a and_o hot_a service_n it_o please_v he_o well_o 1.3_o 1_o sam._n 18_o 2d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 1.3_o only_o as_o s._n luke_n write_v so_o must_v you_o read_v in_o a_o orderly_a manner_n beginning_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n we_o undertake_v and_o so_o continue_v read_v till_o you_o come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o account_v not_o any_o part_n of_o this_o venerable_a volume_n to_o be_v superfluous_a or_o super-vacaneous_a not_o inscription_n say_v chrysostome_n not_o iteration_n say_v we_o or_o expletive_n or_o any_o the_o least_o jot_n or_o tittle_n say_v our_o saviour_n but_o all_o pure_a precious_a and_o profitable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o if_o hypocrates_n can_v say_v of_o his_o faculty_n of_o physic_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v account_v little_a in_o it_o nothing_o contemptible_a orat._n platonici_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la quendam_fw-la veluti_fw-la florem_fw-la in_fw-la hisce_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la quandam_fw-la veluti_fw-la â—aeâ—em_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n mureti_n orat._n how_o much_o more_o may_v we_o say_v the_o
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god_n blessing_n for_o the_o warm_a sun_n joâ—â—n_n posiquam_fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la reconciliatus_fw-la i_o ac_fw-la mea_fw-la regna_fw-la prob_fw-la dolour_n romanae_fw-la subjeci_fw-la ecclâ—siae_fw-la nulla_fw-la mihi_fw-la prospera_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la adversa_fw-la evenerunt_fw-la â—ex_fw-la joâ—â—n_n as_o king_n john_n find_v it_o to_o his_o cost_n and_o complain_v but_o without_o remedy_n nevertheless_o this_o we_o retain_v still_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o nation_n that_o as_o we_o be_v the_o first_o of_o those_o ten_o kingdom_n rev._n 17._o in_o defection_n so_o be_v we_o first_o in_o reformation_n and_o that_o such_o as_o the_o former_a age_n have_v despair_v of_o the_o present_a admire_v and_o the_o future_a shall_v be_v amaze_v at_o the_o establish_n of_o this_o reformation_n wrought_v among_o â—s_n by_o the_o mighty_a word_n of_o god_n grace_n to_o be_v do_v by_o so_o weak_a and_o simple_a mean_n yea_o by_o casual_a and_o cross_a mean_n relation_n 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