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philosophy_n for_o what_o distress_a or_o sick_a mau_n be_v ever_o lascivious_a covetous_a or_o ambitious_a he_o envy_v no_o man_n admire_v no_o man_n flatter_v no_o man_n dissemble_v with_o no_o man_n despise_v no_o man_n etc._n etc._n that_o which_o governor_n or_o friend_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n effect_v touch_v our_o amendment_n a_o little_a sickness_n or_o trouble_n from_o enemy_n will_v as_o s._n chrisostome_n observe_v yea_o how_o many_o will_v confess_v that_o one_o affliction_n have_v do_v more_o good_a upon_o they_o than_o many_o sermon_n that_o they_o have_v learn_v more_o good_a in_o one_o day_n or_o week_n misery_n than_o many_o year_n prosperity_n can_v teach_v they_o untouched_a fortune_n and_o touch_v conscience_n seldom_o dwell_v together_o and_o it_o be_v usual_a for_o they_o that_o know_v no_o sorrow_n to_o know_v no_o god_n repentance_n seldom_o meet_v a_o man_n in_o jollity_n but_o in_o affliction_n the_o heart_n be_v make_v pliable_a and_o ready_a for_o all_o good_a impression_n and_o so_o the_o very_a end_n which_o god_n aim_v at_o in_o set_v those_o adder_n upon_o thou_o be_v that_o thou_o shall_v pry_v narrow_o into_o thy_o own_o forepast_a action_n which_o if_o thou_o do_v a_o hundred_o to_o one_o thou_o will_v find_v sin_n it_o may_v be_v this_o very_a sin_n the_o cause_n of_o thy_o present_a affliction_n and_o until_o thou_o do_v sift_v and_o try_v thy_o own_o heart_n for_o this_o achan_n and_o find_v out_o which_o be_v thy_o isaac_n thy_o belove_a sin_n look_v for_o no_o release_n but_o rather_o that_o thy_o sorrow_n shall_v be_v multiply_v as_o god_n threaten_v eve_n the_o skilful_a chirurgeon_n when_o he_o be_v lance_a a_o wound_n or_o cut_v off_o a_o limb_n will_v not_o hear_v the_o patient_n though_o he_o cry_v never_o so_o until_o the_o cure_n be_v end_v but_o let_v there_o be_v once_o a_o heal_n of_o thy_o error_n and_o the_o plaster_n will_v fall_v off_o of_o itself_o for_o the_o plaster_n will_v not_o stick_v on_o when_o the_o sore_n be_v heal_v if_o the_o father_n word_n can_v correct_v the_o child_n he_o will_v fling_v away_o the_o rod_n otherwise_o he_o must_v look_v to_o have_v his_o eye_n ever_o winterly_a thus_o as_o the_o two_o angel_n that_o come_v to_o lot_n lodge_v with_o he_o for_o a_o night_n and_o when_o they_o have_v dispatch_v their_o errand_n go_v away_o in_o the_o morning_n so_o affliction_n which_o be_v the_o angel_n or_o the_o messenger_n of_o god_n be_v send_v by_o he_o to_o do_v a_o errand_n to_o we_o to_o tell_v we_o we_o forget_v god_n we_o forget_v ourselves_o we_o be_v too_o proud_a too_o self-conceited_a and_o such_o like_a and_o when_o they_o have_v say_v as_o they_o be_v bid_v then_o present_o they_o be_v go_v why_o then_o complain_v thou_o i_o be_o afflict_v on_o every_o side_n why_o groane_v thou_o under_o thy_o burden_n and_o cry_v out_o of_o unremedy_v pain_n alas_o thou_o repente_v not_o trouble_n come_v on_o this_o message_n to_o teach_v thou_o repentance_n give_v the_o messenger_n his_o errand_n and_o he_o will_v be_v go_v he_o that_o mourn_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o punishment_n shall_v mourn_v but_o a_o while_n he_o that_o mourn_v only_o for_o the_o punishment_n and_o not_o for_o the_o cause_n shall_v mourn_v for_o ever_o the_o soul_n can_v live_v while_o the_o sin_n live_v one_o of_o the_o two_o must_v die_v the_o corruption_n or_o the_o person_n but_o repentance_n be_v a_o supersedâ—as_fw-la which_o discharge_v both_o sin_n and_o sorrow_n move_v god_n to_o be_v merciful_a the_o angel_n to_o be_v joyful_a man_n to_o be_v acceptable_a and_o only_o the_o devil_n to_o be_v melancholy_a chap._n 5_o that_o it_o serve_v to_o work_v in_o we_o amendment_n of_o life_n 2_o second_o the_o malice_n of_o our_o enemy_n serve_v to_o work_v in_o we_o amendment_n of_o life_n the_o outward_a cold_a of_o affliction_n do_v great_o increase_v the_o inward_a heat_n and_o fervour_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o we_o indeed_o no_o chastisement_n say_v the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n for_o the_o present_n seem_v to_o be_v joyous_a but_o grievous_a but_o afterward_o it_o bring_v the_o quiet_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n to_o they_o that_o be_v thereby_o exercise_v hebr._n 12.11_o god_n strip_v the_o body_n of_o pleasure_n to_o clothe_v the_o soul_n with_o righteousness_n and_o oftentimes_o strengthen_v our_o state_n of_o grace_n by_o impoverish_v our_o temporal_a estate_n oftentimes_o the_o more_o prosperity_n the_o less_o piety_n it_o be_v a_o observation_n of_o tacitus_n that_o raisi_v of_o the_o fortune_n do_v rare_o mend_v the_o disposition_n only_a vespasian_n be_v change_v into_o the_o better_a few_o man_n can_v digest_v great_a felicity_n many_o a_o man_n have_v be_v a_o loose_a by_o his_o gain_n and_o find_v that_o that_o which_o multiply_v his_o outward_a estate_n have_v abate_v his_o inward_a now_o who_o will_v esteem_v those_o thing_n good_a which_o make_v we_o worse_o or_o that_o evil_a which_o bring_v such_o gain_n and_o sweetness_n before_o i_o be_v afflict_v say_v david_n i_o go_v astray_o but_o now_o do_v i_o keep_v thy_o commandment_n psal._n 119.67_o happy_a be_v he_o john_n 9_o in_o be_v bear_v blind_a who_o game_n of_o bodily_a sight_n make_v way_n for_o the_o spiritual_a who_o of_o a_o patient_n become_v a_o advocate_n for_o his_o saviour_n who_o lose_v a_o synagogue_n and_o find_v heaven_n who_o by_o be_v abandon_v of_o sinner_n be_v receive_v of_o the_o lord_n of_o glory_n god_n rare_o deprive_v a_o man_n of_o one_o faculty_n but_o he_o more_o than_o supply_v it_o in_o another_o hannibal_n have_v but_o one_o eye_n appius_n claudius_n timelon_n and_o homer_n be_v quite_o blind_a so_o be_v muliasses_n king_n of_o tunis_n and_o joh._n king_n of_o bohemia_n but_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o that_o one_o sense_n
thou_o may_v be_v hear_v ask_v in_o faith_n and_o waver_v not_o for_o he_o that_o waver_v be_v like_o a_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n toss_v of_o the_o wind_n and_o carry_v away_o verse_n 6._o will_v thou_o have_v faith_n be_v diligent_a to_o hear_v the_o word_n preach_v for_o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v rom._n 10.17_o unto_o he_o therefore_o that_o be_v able_a to_o do_v exceed_v abundant_o above_o all_o that_o we_o can_v ask_v or_o think_v i_o commend_v thou_o chap._n 23._o because_o our_o enemy_n be_v ignorant_a 2._o reason_n in_o regard_n of_o our_o enemy_n be_v three_o 1_o because_o they_o be_v ignorant_a 2_o because_o they_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v pity_v than_o malign_v or_o reckon_v of_o 3_o because_o their_o expectation_n may_v not_o be_v answer_v 1_o he_o well_o consider_v the_o ignorance_n of_o his_o enemy_n who_o be_v carnal_a fleshly_a unregenerate_a can_v discern_v the_o spiritual_a object_n at_o which_o they_o be_v offend_v father_n forgive_v they_o say_v our_o saviour_n of_o his_o enemy_n for_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v luke_n 23.24_o socrates_n be_v persuade_v to_o revenge_v himself_o of_o a_o fellow_n that_o kick_v he_o answer_v if_o a_o ass_n have_v kick_v i_o shall_v i_o have_v set_v my_o wit_n to_o he_o and_o kick_v he_o again_o or_o if_o a_o mastiff_n have_v bite_v i_o will_v you_o have_v i_o go_v to_o law_n with_o he_o and_o when_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o another_o time_n that_o such_o a_o one_o speak_v evil_a of_o he_o he_o reply_v alas_o the_o man_n have_v not_o as_o yet_o learned_a to_o speak_v well_o but_o i_o have_v learned_a to_o contemn_v what_o he_o speak_v diogenes_n be_v tell_v that_o many_o despise_v he_o answer_v it_o be_v the_o wise_a man_n portion_n to_o suffer_v of_o fool_n aristotle_n be_v tell_v that_o a_o simple_a fellow_n rail_v on_o he_o be_v not_o once_o move_v but_o say_v let_v he_o beat_v i_o also_o be_v absent_a i_o care_v not_o we_o may_v well_o suffer_v their_o word_n while_o god_n do_v deliver_v we_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n for_o if_o we_o go_v on_o in_o a_o silent_a constancy_n say_v our_o ear_n be_v beat_v yet_o our_o heart_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o this_o heroical_a resolution_n have_v saint_n paul_n that_o choose_a vessel_n i_o pass_v very_o little_a to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o mean_v blind_a sensualist_n or_o of_o man_n judgement_n he_o that_o judge_v i_o be_v the_o lord_n 1_o cor._n 4.3_o 4._o i_o regard_v not_o quoth_v plato_n what_o every_o one_o say_v but_o what_o he_o say_v that_o see_v all_o thing_n cato_n be_v much_o ashamed_a if_o at_o any_o time_n he_o have_v commit_v any_o thing_n dishonest_a but_o else_o what_o be_v reprove_v by_o opinion_n only_o never_o trouble_v he_o yea_o when_o a_o fool_n strike_v he_o in_o the_o bath_n and_o after_o be_v sorry_a for_o it_o cry_v he_o mercy_n he_o will_v not_o come_v so_o near_o revenge_n as_o to_o acknowledge_v he_o have_v be_v wrong_v light_a injury_n be_v make_v none_o by_o a_o not_o regard_v the_o ignorant_a multitude_n among_o the_o jew_n say_v that_o s._n john_n have_v a_o devil_n and_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o glutton_n and_o a_o wine_n bibber_v but_o what_o say_v he_o by_o way_n of_o answer_n wisdom_n be_v justify_v of_o her_o child_n matth._n 11.18_o 19_o for_o if_o the_o whole_a world_n do_v contemn_v a_o generous_a christian_a he_o will_v even_o contemn_v that_o contempt_n and_o not_o think_v it_o worthy_a a_o room_n in_o his_o very_a thought_n that_o common_a receptacle_n or_o place_n of_o entertainment_n and_o indeed_o he_o that_o le_fw-fr we_o loose_v his_o anger_n upon_o every_o occasion_n be_v like_o he_o that_o let_v go_v his_o hawk_n upon_o every_o bait_n beside_o we_o may_v apprehend_v it_o a_o wrong_n when_o it_o be_v none_o if_o we_o take_v not_o heed_n for_o those_o thing_n pass_v many_o time_n for_o wrong_n in_o our_o thought_n which_o be_v never_o mean_v so_o by_o the_o heart_n of_o he_o that_o speak_v word_n do_v sometime_o fly_v from_o the_o tongue_n that_o the_o heart_n do_v never_o hatch_v nor_o harbour_n wherefore_o unless_o we_o have_v proof_n that_o carry_v weight_n and_o conviction_n with_o they_o let_v not_o our_o apprehension_n grow_v into_o a_o suspicion_n of_o evil_a else_o while_o we_o think_v to_o revenge_v a_o injury_n we_o may_v begin_v one_o and_o after_o that_o repent_v our_o misconception_n and_o it_o be_v always_o see_v that_o a_o good_a man_n construction_n be_v ever_o full_a of_o charity_n and_o favour_n either_o this_o wrong_n be_v not_o do_v or_o not_o with_o intent_n of_o wrong_n or_o if_o that_o upon_o misinformation_n or_o if_o none_o of_o these_o rashness_n the_o â—ault_n or_o ignorance_n shall_v serve_v for_o a_o excuse_n and_o indeed_o in_o thing_n that_o may_v have_v a_o double_a sense_n it_o be_v good_a to_o think_v the_o better_a be_v intend_v for_o so_o shall_v we_o both_o keep_v our_o friend_n and_o quietness_n chap._n 24._o because_o they_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v pity_v than_o malign_v or_o reckon_v of_o 2_o because_o their_o adversary_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v contemptuous_o pity_v than_o malign_v or_o reckon_v of_o and_o that_o whether_o we_o regard_v their_o present_n or_o future_a estate_n concern_v the_o present_a if_o a_o man_n distract_v and_o so_o be_v wicked_a man_n touch_v spiritual_a thing_n do_v rail_v on_o we_o we_o be_v more_o sorry_a for_o he_o than_o for_o ourselves_o let_v we_o do_v the_o like_a in_o a_o case_n not_o unlike_a when_o julian_n in_o a_o mock_n ask_v maris_n bishop_n of_o chalcedon_n why_o his_o galilean_a god_n can_v not_o help_v he_o to_o his_o sight_n he_o reply_v i_o be_o content_o blind_a that_o i_o may_v not_o see_v such_o a_o tyrant_n as_o thou_o be_v anger_n alone_a be_v it_o alone_o in_o they_o be_v certain_o a_o kind_n of_o baseness_n and_o infirmity_n as_o well_o appear_v in_o the_o weakness_n of_o those_o subject_n in_o who_o it_o reign_v as_o child_n woman_n old_a folk_n sick_a folk_n yea_o a_o sore_a disease_n of_o the_o mind_n socrates_n hid_v good_a speed_n to_o a_o dogged_a fellow_n who_o in_o requital_n of_o his_o kind_a salutation_n return_v he_o a_o base_a answer_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o company_n rail_v on_o they_o fellow_n be_v reprehend_v by_o socrates_n in_o this_o manner_n if_o any_o one_o quoth_v he_o shall_v pass_v by_o we_o disease_v in_o his_o body_n or_o distract_v in_o his_o mind_n shall_v we_o therefore_o be_v angry_a or_o have_v we_o not_o more_o cause_n to_o be_v fill_v with_o joy_n and_o thankfulness_n that_o we_o ourselves_o be_v in_o better_a case_n what_o need_v we_o return_v rail_v for_o rail_v all_o the_o harm_n that_o a_o common_a slanderer_n can_v do_v we_o with_o his_o foul_a mouth_n be_v to_o shame_v himself_o what_o need_n have_v david_n to_o load_v himself_o with_o a_o unnecessary_a weapon_n one_o sword_n can_v serve_v both_o his_o enemy_n and_o he_o goliahs_n own_a weapon_n shall_v serve_v to_o behead_v the_o master_n so_o this_o man_n own_o tongue_n â—hall_v serve_v to_o accuse_v himself_o and_o acquit_v thou_o 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