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will_v not_o punish_v if_o we_o do_v the_o second_o and_o indeed_o this_o be_v a_o sermon_n of_o the_o gospel_n suppose_v we_o to_o want_v the_o first_o good_a fruit_n and_o challenge_v we_o that_o we_o do_v not_o supply_v the_o second_o the_o world_n be_v very_o busy_a in_o seek_v out_o the_o cause_n why_o so_o many_o run_v headlong_o into_o hell_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o which_o with_o sobriety_n enter_v the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n may_v discern_v a_o high_a ground_n of_o god_n judgement_n but_o let_v no_o wicked_a man_n deceive_v himself_o if_o he_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n but_o to_o study_v himself_o he_o shall_v find_v that_o himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o ruin_n witting_o and_o willing_o refuse_v to_o bear_v that_o good_a fruit_n that_o shall_v grow_v upon_o such_o a_o tree_n as_o he_o be_v vouchsafe_v to_o be_v barren_a not_o only_o according_a to_o the_o law_n but_o also_o to_o the_o gospel_n and_o then_o what_o remain_v but_o if_o the_o cause_n be_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazian_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 633._o say_v nazianzene_n he_o answer_v that_o which_o cut_v off_o a_o uncurable_a person_n though_o god_n have_v do_v what_o be_v fit_a for_o his_o recoverte_a which_o you_o may_v expound_v by_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n cuncta_fw-la prius_fw-la tentanda_fw-la sed_fw-la immedicabile_fw-la unlnus_fw-la ense_n recidendum_fw-la est_fw-la when_o mild_a physic_n will_v do_v no_o good_a we_o must_v come_v to_o sear_v and_o cut_v off_o a_o rot_a member_n after_o god_n complaint_n what_o can_v i_o have_v do_v for_o my_o vine_n which_o i_o have_v not_o do_v the_o next_o news_n we_o hear_v be_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o vine_n and_o the_o instrument_n of_o desolation_n be_v the_o axe_n by_o the_o axe_n some_o understand_v god_n own_o hand_n some_o the_o army_n of_o the_o roman_n both_o say_v true_a for_o both_o do_v concur_v god_n hand_n intelligible_o and_o the_o roman_n sensible_o but_o if_o we_o parallel_v this_o place_n with_o that_o in_o esay_n 14._o chap._n 14._o it_o seem_v more_o proper_a to_o understand_v the_o roman_n here_o for_o the_o axe_n be_v a_o instrument_n and_o the_o instrument_n be_v distinct_a from_o the_o efficient_a but_o howsoever_o the_o word_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o god_n want_v not_o mean_n to_o execute_v his_o vengeance_n the_o scripture_n observe_v variety_n of_o they_o sometime_o his_o bow_n and_o arrow_n sometime_o his_o sword_n sometime_o his_o hammer_n but_o here_o his_o axe_n as_o best_o fit_v a_o husbandman_n that_o have_v to_o do_v with_o barren_a tree_n the_o axe_n be_v lay_v to_o the_o root_n of_o such_o tree_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o root_n there_o be_v some_o question_n to_o pass_v by_o the_o tropological_a interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n the_o literal_a be_v understand_v by_o some_o to_o note_n abraham_n by_o other_o some_o christ_n and_o indeed_o abraham_n be_v immediate_o mean_v as_o you_o may_v gather_v out_o of_o saint_n paul_n 1â—_n rom._n 1â—_n if_o the_o root_n be_v holy_a etc._n etc._n and_o he_o be_v term_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a but_o mediate_o christ_n be_v mean_v who_o be_v the_o root_n of_o that_o root_n and_o therefore_o do_v he_o make_v all_o the_o faithful_a branch_n of_o himself_o who_o be_v their_o vine_n but_o wherefore_o be_v the_o axe_n lay_v to_o this_o root_n to_o cut_v it_o up_o the_o axe_n have_v two_o use_n the_o one_o to_o prune_v the_o other_o to_o cut_v up_o if_o a_o tree_n bear_v not_o so_o much_o fruit_n as_o it_o shall_v than_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o prune_v away_o the_o rot_a the_o watery_a branch_n but_o if_o it_o bear_v none_o then_o cut_v it_o up_o for_o the_o tree_n that_o do_v no_o good_a will_v do_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o hurt_n it_o make_v the_o ground_n barren_a 13.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luke_n 13.7_o not_o only_o by_o take_v up_o the_o room_n of_o a_o fruitful_a tree_n but_o by_o hurt_v above_o ground_n and_o hurt_v under_o ground_n it_o keep_v off_o the_o comfortable_a sun_n from_o better_a plant_n that_o be_v the_o mischief_n that_o come_v from_o the_o barren_a tree_n bough_n beside_o which_o there_o be_v another_o mischief_n that_o come_v from_o his_o root_n for_o they_o suck_v away_o the_o ivice_n that_o shall_v feed_v better_a tree_n therefore_o must_v the_o axe_n be_v put_v to_o they_o not_o only_o to_o the_o branch_n but_o also_o to_o the_o root_n behold_v the_o image_n of_o god_n lesser_a his_o great_a judgement_n if_o our_o devotion_n be_v cold_a god_n correct_v we_o by_o restrain_v our_o luxuriant_a affection_n and_o cut_v off_o our_o wasteful_a lust_n he_o pinch_v we_o in_o thing_n temporal_a that_o we_o may_v have_v the_o more_o appetite_n to_o thing_n eternal_a but_o if_o our_o devotion_n be_v none_o at_o all_o he_o will_v no_o long_o endure_v we_o to_o be_v the_o bane_n of_o other_o but_o we_o must_v not_o mistake_v it_o be_v not_o mean_v that_o the_o root_n shall_v be_v cut_v up_o but_o the_o tree_n shall_v be_v cut_v from_o the_o root_n the_o fruitless_a branch_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o cognation_n which_o they_o have_v with_o abraham_n 15._o rami_n iudigni_fw-la excidentur_fw-la à _fw-la cognatione_fw-la abrahae_fw-la theoph._n john_n 15._o abraham_n shall_v continue_v a_o root_n still_o you_o hear_v that_o prove_v in_o my_o last_o sermon_n much_o more_o shall_v christ_n continue_v a_o root_n without_o who_o no_o tree_n can_v be_v but_o the_o wicked_a shall_v take_v no_o root_n in_o they_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v partaker_n of_o these_o root_n either_o sweetness_n or_o fatness_n they_o be_v tree_n plant_v in_o god_n orchard_n the_o choice_a of_o ground_n the_o best_a manure_v on_o which_o the_o husbandman_n bestow_v his_o great_a care_n but_o they_o be_v not_o suffer_v to_o abide_v there_o any_o long_o to_o speak_v it_o plain_o see_v what_o they_o be_v and_o judge_v thereby_o what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o 12._o rom_n 3.9_o ephes_n 3._o heb._n 12._o it_o be_v to_o be_v deprive_v of_o god_n our_o father_n christ_n our_o saviour_n the_o holy_a ghost_n our_o comforter_n the_o protection_n of_o angel_n the_o communion_n of_o saint_n the_o inheritance_n of_o heaven_n a_o woeful_a case_n to_o endure_v such_o loss_n and_o yet_o this_o be_v the_o loss_n which_o they_o endure_v which_o have_v be_v member_n of_o the_o church_n and_o be_v cut_v off_o infidel_n as_o well_o as_o christian_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n yet_o they_o that_o have_v mean_n shall_v be_v more_o afflict_v with_o the_o loss_n than_o they_o which_o never_o have_v mean_n shall_v be_v afflict_v with_o the_o want_n of_o heaven_n for_o miserum_fw-la est_fw-la fuisse_fw-la foelicem_fw-la it_o be_v a_o double_a woe_n to_o have_v be_v happy_a he_o that_o be_v bear_v poor_a be_v not_o so_o sensible_a of_o poverty_n as_o he_o that_o of_o rich_a be_v become_v poor_a neither_o be_v he_o so_o sensible_a of_o sickness_n that_o be_v never_o well_o as_o he_o that_o have_v long_o enjoy_v his_o health_n want_n be_v not_o so_o bitter_a as_o loss_n this_o we_o must_v consider_v as_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o tree_n punishment_n which_o bear_v not_o good_a fruit_n it_o be_v the_o chief_a but_o not_o the_o only_a part_n one_o mischief_n come_v not_o alone_a there_o be_v another_o part_n which_o be_v more_o fear_v before_o hand_n though_o when_o we_o be_v in_o it_o it_o be_v less_o feel_v and_o yet_o the_o sense_n thereof_o must_v needs_o be_v very_o painful_a the_o word_n import_v as_o much_o the_o word_n be_v fire_n the_o curious_a wit_n of_o the_o schoolman_n mislead_v by_o their_o bad_a geography_n 710._o deign_v inferni_fw-la ca_fw-mi usmodi_fw-la fit_a vel_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la mundi_fw-la vel_fw-la terrae_fw-la plaga_fw-la suturuâ—_n
can_v be_v no_o fit_a object_n for_o compassion_n which_o be_v the_o next_o point_n of_o the_o text._n touch_v which_o compassion_n we_o be_v here_o teach_v that_o it_o be_v a_o restore_n of_o a_o penitent_a in_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n meekness_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o arl._n eth._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 5._o and_o a_o meek_a man_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n do_v not_o forbid_v anger_n but_o commend_v indulgence_n there_o be_v a_o rod_n and_o a_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n that_o for_o the_o impenitent_a but_o for_o the_o penitent_a this_o and_o certain_o without_o meekness_n there_o be_v little_a good_a to_o be_v do_v with_o penitent_n for_o generosus_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la animus_n magis_fw-la ducitur_fw-la quà m_fw-la trahitur_fw-la especial_o in_o reformation_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n where_o not_o so_o much_o coaction_n as_o persuasion_n prevail_v therefore_o if_o any_o thing_n will_v win_v the_o wayward_a it_o be_v meekness_n so_o thought_n st_n ambrosh_n tolle_n hominem_fw-la a_o contentione_n &_o audacia_fw-la et_fw-la habebis_fw-la eum_fw-la subiectum_fw-la by_o meekness_n the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n be_v soon_o overthrow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v likely_a to_o recover_v a_o patient_a soon_o that_o handle_v he_o gentle_a now_o if_o it_o be_v so_o in_o reclaim_v of_o a_o sinner_n that_o meekness_n be_v so_o requisite_a how_o requisite_a be_v it_o in_o deal_n with_o a_o penitent_a sinner_n if_o st_n bernard_n practice_n be_v commendable_a in_o judge_v of_o sin_n either_o to_o excuse_v the_o fact_n or_o say_v the_o temptation_n be_v very_o strong_a how_o tender_o must_v we_o respect_v the_o humiliation_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o take_v heed_n of_o a_o pharisaical_a pride_n which_o satiate_v its_o own_o uncharitableness_n under_o pretext_n of_o censure_n and_o proceed_v contrary_a to_o god_n rule_n ultra_fw-la rather_o then_o citra_fw-la 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to_o the_o act_n of_o it_o but_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n must_v not_o be_v sever_v from_o restore_v for_o compassion_n shall_v not_o cherish_v sin_n but_o rectify_v a_o sinner_n otherwise_o it_o be_v curdelis_fw-la misericordia_fw-la it_o be_v as_o if_o you_o shall_v take_v a_o man_n that_o with_o a_o fall_n have_v break_v a_o joint_n and_o lay_v he_o down_o upon_o a_o soft_a bed_n but_o not_o take_v care_n to_o set_v his_o joint_n this_o be_v to_o leave_v he_o in_o perpetual_a torture_n or_o at_o least_o a_o maim_a creature_n the_o righteous_a must_v smite_v but_o their_o stripe_n must_v be_v a_o precious_a balm_n the_o church_n must_v censure_v but_o it_o must_v be_v for_o correction_n not_o destruction_n a_o sinner_n must_v be_v restore_v to_o that_o from_o which_o he_o be_v fall_v it_o be_v a_o error_n long_o since_o condemn_v in_o the_o nonatian_o who_o thought_n that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o power_n to_o restore_v believe_v penitent_n to_o restore_v they_o to_o that_o 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