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thing_n be_v like_a be_v better_a than_o a_o scrupul_a conscience_n 13_o sometime_o a_o scruple_n may_v be_v determine_v by_o a_o use_n of_o lot_n when_o a_o soul_n doubt_n which_o way_n god_n will_v have_v he_o to_o go_v yet_o he_o be_v so_o purge_v from_o self-endedness_a that_o he_o desire_v god_n may_v determine_v the_o matter_n act_n 1.24_o thou_o lord_n which_o know_v the_o heart_n show_v which_o of_o these_o two_o thou_o have_v choose_v 14_o to_o scruple_n in_o small_a thing_n and_o not_o in_o great_a matter_n be_v a_o note_n of_o a_o hypocrite_n matth._n 23.23_o also_o the_o jewish_a priest_n scruple_v the_o bring_v the_o thirty_o piece_n into_o the_o treasury_n be_v the_o price_n of_o blood_n matth._n 27.6_o yet_o they_o scruple_v not_o to_o shed_v
because_o no_o man_n can_v certain_o show_v he_o who_o or_o where_o that_o child_n be_v unless_o that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o house_n and_o lineage_n of_o david_n and_o bear_v in_o the_o city_n of_o bethlem_n hence_o he_o come_v to_o this_o bloody_a result_n that_o if_o he_o be_v in_o bethlem_n or_o in_o any_o of_o the_o coast_n thereof_o herod_n executioner_n shall_v kill_v all_o the_o infant_n therein_o and_o so_o he_o among_o the_o rest_n and_o lest_o there_o may_v be_v any_o error_n in_o the_o child_n he_o compute_v the_o time_n from_o the_o appearance_n of_o the_o wiseman_n and_o lest_o the_o computation_n shall_v not_o full_o answer_v herod_n add_v something_o both_o above_o and_o below_o the_o compute_v two_o year_n old_a and_o under_o from_o two_o year_n old_a and_o under_o how_n herod_n can_v gather_v all_o the_o infant_n together_o be_v no_o difficulty_n see_v no_o doubt_n he_o have_v the_o like_a pretence_n that_o he_o have_v to_o the_o wiseman_n some_o one_o or_o other_o 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which_o bring_v forth_o worm_n a_o difficulty_n of_o breathe_v and_o a_o draw_v together_o of_o his_o sinew_n which_o bring_v he_o into_o intolerable_a pain_n of_o which_o in_o a_o short_a time_n he_o die_v and_o a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n he_o secure_v sundry_a principal_a jew_n and_o call_v his_o sister_n salome_n and_o her_o husband_n alexander_n say_v i_o know_v these_o jew_n will_v triumph_v at_o my_o death_n but_o if_o you_o will_v execute_v my_o command_n i_o will_v make_v they_o to_o bewail_v i_o those_o man_n that_o i_o have_v in_o custody_n as_o soon_o as_o i_o shall_v die_v without_o delay_n kill_v you_o that_o all_o judea_n and_o every_o particular_a house_n even_o against_o their_o will_n may_v bewail_v my_o death_n euseb_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o ex_fw-la joseph_n lib._n 17._o cap._n 8._o also_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 21._o the_o coast_n thereof_o or_o territory_n a_o territory_n be_v all_o those_o field_n which_o lie_v within_o the_o end_n of_o every_o city_n so_o grotius_n out_o of_o pomponius_n the_o lawyer_n i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v the_o liberty_n of_o every_o city_n we_o read_v matth._n 15.39_o of_o the_o coast_n of_o magdala_n v._o 17._o then_o be_v fulfil_v that_o which_o be_v speak_v by_o jeremy_n the_o prophet_n say_v v._o 18._o in_o rama_fw-mi be_v there_o a_o voice_n hear_v lamentation_n and_o weep_v and_o great_a mourning_n rachel_n weep_v for_o her_o child_n and_o will_v not_o be_v comfort_v because_o they_o be_v not_o fulfil_v that_o which_o be_v speak_v by_o jeremy_n cap._n 31.15_o there_o the_o prophet_n because_o the_o live_a jew_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n be_v not_o move_v with_o their_o go_n into_o captivity_n by_o a_o kind_n of_o prosopopeia_fw-la he_o bring_v in_o dead_a rachel_n bewail_v their_o misery_n now_o because_o something_o like_o it_o fall_v out_o it_o may_v be_v say_v analogical_o to_o be_v fulfil_v 2_o rachel_n be_v bury_v near_o that_o place_n where_o the_o infant_n be_v slay_v gen._n 35.26_o 28_o 29._o 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or_o may_v bring_v he_o to_o hazard_v he_o do_v as_o herod_n do_v with_o the_o baptist_n first_o put_v it_o in_o prison_n and_o after_o kill_v it_o contrary_o sincere_a man_n be_v like_o cornelius_n act_v 10.33_o we_o be_v here_o to_o hear_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v command_v we_o from_o god_n so_o far_o as_o they_o can_v be_v convince_v herein_o but_o unsound_a man_n apprehend_v the_o truth_n will_v part_v they_o from_o some_o lust_n they_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o leave_v that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o bar_n to_o advantage_n and_o a_o companion_n of_o persecution_n especial_o in_o such_o time_n and_o place_n that_o it_o will_v lose_v they_o friend_n and_o procure_v they_o enemy_n they_o say_v to_o the_o seer_n see_v not_o and_o to_o the_o prophet_n prophesy_v not_o isai_n 30.9_o 10._o though_o they_o perhaps_o say_v not_o so_o in_o word_n they_o say_v so_o in_o their_o carriage_n unsound_a man_n keep_v at_o a_o distance_n from_o truth_n as_o traveller_n do_v from_o person_n who_o 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master_n require_v do_v not_o argue_v a_o good_a servant_n 9_o a_o sincere_a man_n make_v conscience_n of_o small_a sin_n no_o hypocrite_n almost_o but_o make_v conscience_n of_o gross_a and_o notorious_a evil_n but_o they_o hate_v preciseness_n in_o small_a matter_n they_o count_v such_o preciseness_n hypocrisy_n which_o indeed_o be_v so_o if_o it_o be_v in_o thing_n not_o command_v of_o god_n matth._n 15.5_o 6._o or_o if_o it_o be_v command_v of_o god_n we_o shall_v make_v more_o conscience_n of_o they_o than_o we_o do_v of_o the_o weighty_a point_n of_o the_o law_n when_o a_o man_n make_v conscience_n only_o of_o the_o great_a thing_n of_o the_o law_n it_o may_v be_v a_o question_n whether_o conscience_n to_o god_n or_o credit_n to_o man_n be_v a_o mover_n herein_o hence_o sincere_a man_n set_v themselves_o not_o only_o against_o murder_n but_o also_o causeless_a anger_n not_o only_o against_o adultery_n of_o body_n but_o against_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o the_o son_n of_o jehonadab_n do_v not_o only_o refrain_v drunkenness_n but_o also_o taste_v of_o wine_n jer._n 35.6_o not_o only_o they_o forbear_v false_a witness_n in_o a_o court_n of_o justice_n but_o also_o jest_n lie_v he_o keep_v himself_o not_o only_o from_o thieve_v but_o from_o deceive_v a_o penny_n or_o two_o they_o do_v not_o only_o refrain_v from_o the_o more_o abominable_a and_o full-mouthed_a oath_n but_o from_o faith_n and_o troth_n not_o only_o from_o abjure_v god_n truth_n before_o a_o magistrate_n but_o from_o be_v ashamed_a thereof_o 10_o a_o suffering_n out_o of_o conscience_n towards_o god_n hypocrite_n may_v suffer_v out_o of_o praise_n of_o man_n as_o some_o think_v alexander_n do_v act_v 19.33_o ananias_n and_o sapphira_n part_v with_o their_o good_n but_o sincere_a man_n 1_o they_o do_v not_o only_o suffer_v which_o seldom_o hypocrite_n come_v to_o but_o they_o suffer_v out_o of_o conscience_n to_o god_n 1_o peter_n 2.19_o this_o be_v thankworthy_a if_o a_o 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that_o king_n that_o will_v fain_o have_v deliver_v daniel_n and_o stand_v for_o he_o to_o the_o go_v down_o of_o the_o sun_n dan._n 6.14_o 16._o and_o pilate_n will_v fain_o have_v deliver_v christ_n john_n 19.12_o but_o when_o he_o see_v if_o he_o stand_v any_o further_a for_o he_o that_o he_o must_v be_v count_v a_o enemy_n to_o caesar_n than_o he_o deliver_v up_o christ_n the_o stony_a ground_n entertain_v the_o word_n with_o joy_n but_o when_o tribulation_n and_o persecution_n arise_v for_o it_o they_o be_v offend_v matth._n 13_o 21._o contrary_o sincere_a man_n they_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o own_o christ_n though_o to_o loss_n of_o life_n heb._n 11.35_o other_o be_v torture_v not_o accept_v deliverance_n they_o know_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o contrary_a that_o if_o they_o deny_v christ_n he_o will_v deny_v
be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o hypocrite_n if_o we_o live_v but_o in_o one_o sin_n though_o every_o man_n that_o live_v in_o one_o life_n in_o more_o we_o manifest_v a_o plain_a contempt_n of_o god_n yea_o we_o set_v up_o a_o god_n to_o ourselves_o when_o david_n pronounce_v a_o blessing_n to_o a_o upright_a man_n psal_n 119.1_o he_o tell_v we_o who_o be_v such_o v._o 2._o they_o seek_v god_n with_o the_o whole_a heart_n and_o v._o 3._o they_o do_v no_o iniquity_n so_o long_o as_o a_o man_n pick_v and_o choose_v god_n command_n and_o obey_v they_o with_o such_o and_o such_o reservation_n let_v such_o a_o man_n know_v he_o be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o hypocrite_n if_o there_o be_v any_o uprightness_n in_o thou_o thou_o will_v be_v stir_v up_o at_o thy_o own_o lie_n as_o well_o as_o at_o a_o other_o man_n oath_n unsound_a man_n never_o close_v with_o all_o duty_n nor_o part_n with_o all_o sin_n but_o still_o retain_v some_o darling_n sin_n which_o tend_v to_o their_o profit_n or_o 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