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gross_a hypocrisy_n for_o 21.22_o for_o therefore_o thou_o be_v inexcusable_a o_o man_n whosoever_o thou_o be_v that_o judge_v for_o wherein_o thou_o judge_v another_o thou_o condemne_v thyself_o for_o thou_o that_o judge_v do_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o think_v thou_o o_o man_n that_o judge_v they_o which_o do_v such_o thing_n and_o do_v the_o same_o that_o thou_o shall_v escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n rom._n 2.1.3_o and_o so_o ver_fw-la 21.22_o commit_v those_o very_a sin_n of_o idolatry_n or_o adultery_n or_o as_o bad_a as_o those_o which_o they_o do_v condemn_v in_o other_o and_o if_o both_o the_o major_n and_o the_o minor_a also_o be_v true_a none_o but_o make_v man_n will_v deny_v the_o conclusion_n this_o evidence_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o god_n cause_n be_v both_o so_o strong_a and_o so_o clear_a that_o the_o profess_a adversary_n of_o it_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v it_o for_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o that_o doctor_n of_o sacrilege_n cite_v and_o confute_v above_o in_o the_o x_o chapt._n in_o that_o very_a book_n which_o he_o write_v ex_fw-la professo_fw-la in_o defence_n of_o sacrilege_n spend_v a_o whole_a chapter_n 3_o chapter_n c.b._n chap._n 3_o to_o prove_v it_o the_o title_n whereof_o be_v that_o there_o be_v or_o may_v be_v sacrilege_n commit_v now_o under_o the_o gospel_n albeit_o the_o same_o author_n play_v still_o the_o prevaricator_n his_o best_a part_n in_o the_o very_a next_o chapter_n before_o go_v about_o to_o undermine_v this_o very_a text_n thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n as_o if_o mean_v only_o of_o the_o idolothytes_n the_o meat_n sacrifice_v to_o idol_n which_o cavil_v a_o male_a divisis_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v be_v already_o confute_v above_o chap._n ii_o p._n 14_o 15_o whereas_o by_o the_o current_n of_o interpreter_n other_o interpreter_n as_o 1._o the_o syriack_n render_v it_o do_v thou_o spoil_v the_o holy_a house_n 2._o the_o aethiopic_a do_v thou_o rob_v the_o house_n of_o god_n 3._o the_o arabic_a do_v thou_o steal_v the_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n 4._o bucerus_n upon_o the_o place_n fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o may_v be_v st._n paul_n here_o by_o sacrilege_n do_v not_o mean_v the_o steal_n of_o the_o money_n dedicate_v to_o idol_n but_o the_o rapine_n which_o the_o jew_n do_v commit_v about_o their_o sacred_a thing_n partly_o by_o sell_v and_o buy_v the_o priesthood_n partly_o by_o intercept_n the_o sacred_a offering_n and_o the_o money_n dedicate_v by_o the_o people_n to_o religious_a uses_n for_o which_o cause_n our_o lord_n do_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n those_o that_o buy_v and_o sell_v therein_o these_o thing_n the_o jew_n most_o impuden_a lie_n have_v long_o before_o begin_v to_o practice_v as_o also_o jesephus_n himself_o do_v witness_v thus_o bucerus_n 5._o ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la templum_fw-la despolias_n do_v thou_o plunder_v or_o rob_v the_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contemptus_fw-la divinae_fw-la majestatic_a per_fw-la synecdochen_n speciei_fw-la pisc_n in_o loc_n to_o the_o same_o pu_fw-fr pose_n p._n martyr_n and_o other_o the_o sense_n be_v much_o more_o enlarge_a and_o this_o text_n expound_v direct_o of_o rob_v the_o true_a god_n by_o intercept_n and_o intervert_v religious_a oblation_n and_o set_v the_o same_o to_o sale_n the_o good_a work_n which_o c._n b._n in_o that_o book_n undertake_v to_o maintain_v thereby_o to_o justify_v his_o own_o sacrilegious_a purchase_n but_o if_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n as_o himself_o there_o do_v confess_v to_o sell_v or_o purchase_v such_o transient_a oblation_n then_o certain_o by_o his_o leave_n with_o very_o good_a logic_n any_o man_n endue_v with_o right_a reason_n must_v needs_o conclude_v that_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o proportion_n it_o be_v much_o more_o and_o much_o great_a sacrilege_n to_o sell_v or_o to_o purchase_v the_o permanent_a oblation_n