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disciple_n that_o he_o be_v as_o his_o master_n and_o the_o servant_n as_o his_o lord_n so_o that_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o afflict_v myself_o with_o any_o calumny_n already_o past_a or_o to_o flatter_v myself_o with_o any_o hope_n that_o i_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o prevent_v they_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v for_o when_o the_o child_n of_o man_n be_v set_v upon_o it_o to_o be_v injurious_a neither_o the_o serpent_n nor_o the_o dove_n nor_o both_o together_o can_v escape_v they_o have_v there_o be_v place_n of_o evasion_n either_o for_o innocence_n or_o circumspection_n innocence_n give_v no_o cause_n and_o circumspection_n cut_v off_o occasion_n sure_a john_n the_o baptist_n have_v not_o be_v slander_v much_o less_o our_o saviour_n yet_o be_v they_o each_o of_o they_o slander_v not_o only_o upon_o
divers_a but_o upon_o contrary_a pretence_n john_n come_v unto_o the_o world_n neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v and_o they_o say_v he_o have_v a_o a_o 18._o a_o mat._n 11._o 18._o devil_n our_o saviour_n come_v both_o eat_n and_o drink_v and_o they_o say_v behold_v a_o man_n b_o 19_o b_o verse_n 19_o gluttonous_a and_o a_o wine-bibber_n now_o because_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o let_v a_o man_n conversation_n be_v what_o it_o can_v be_v he_o must_v eat_v or_o not_o eat_v drink_v or_o not_o drink_v no_o man_n therefore_o have_v a_o exemption_n from_o be_v smite_v with_o the_o tongue_n for_o if_o he_o be_v see_v either_o eat_n or_o drink_v he_o be_v liable_a to_o be_v call_v either_o a_o glutton_n or_o a_o drunkard_n because_o glutton_n and_o drunkard_n do_v eat_v and_o drink_v and_o if_o he_o be_v see_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v he_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v report_v to_o have_v a_o devil_n because_o a_o devil_n do_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v from_o all_o which_o i_o gather_v that_o the_o disease_n of_o evil_a and_o false-speaking_a which_o a_o late_a author_n in_o two_o word_n have_v call_v correptory_a correption_n be_v soon_o cure_v by_o a_o man_n carelessness_n than_o prevent_v by_o his_o care_n for_o some_o be_v able_a to_o create_v as_o well_o the_o matter_n as_o the_o form_n of_o their_o invention_n and_o if_o we_o will_v not_o be_v so_o liberal_a as_o to_o *_o 14_o *_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 14_o give_v they_o occasion_n they_o will_v then_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o take_v occasion_n without_o our_o leave_n what_o i_o speak_v on_o this_o theme_n be_v not_o only_o in_o relation_n to_o those_o unparalleled_a invention_n already_o public_o discover_v but_o in_o relation_n to_o some_o which_o have_v happen_v since_o which_o if_o they_o have_v not_o since_o happen_v i_o have_v not_o make_v the_o least_o reflection_n upon_o that_o which_o be_v sufficient_o make_v know_v before_o there_o be_v it_o seem_v by_o the_o effect_n a_o generation_n of_o man_n who_o when_o they_o can_v hurt_v public_o by_o force_n of_o argument_n or_o dint_n of_o pen_n they_o love_v to_o try_v a_o more_o secret_a and_o private_a way_n say_v within_o themselves_o as_o once_o they_o do_v of_o jeremiah_n c_o 18._o c_o jer._n 18._o 18._o come_v let_v we_o devise_v device_n against_o he_o come_v and_o let_v we_o smite_v he_o with_o the_o tongue_n there_o be_v certain_a rumigeruli_n who_o trade_n in_o english_a be_v express_v by_o whisperer_n and_o tale-bearer_n who_o have_v d_o 13_o d_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 13_o learn_v to_o be_v idle_a as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o some_o young_a widow_n and_o be_v perfect_a in_o that_o kind_n of_o learning_n go_v wander_v about_o from_o house_n to_o house_n nor_o be_v that_o the_o worst_a of_o they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o e_o ibid._n e_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o etc._n etc._n ibid._n only_o idle_a as_o the_o apostle_n go_v on_o but_o tatler_n also_o and_o busybody_n speak_v thing_n which_o they_o ought_v not_o they_o advise_v the_o people_n in_o effect_n not_o to_o use_v their_o own_o eye_n or_o if_o they_o do_v not_o to_o trust_v they_o not_o to_o give_v up_o their_o assent_n to_o what_o they_o know_v nor_o to_o confide_v in_o their_o experience_n but_o to_o believe_v what_o they_o be_v tell_v or_o to_o tell_v it_o as_o free_o as_o if_o they_o be_v able_a to_o believe_v it_o and_o to_o do_v it_o the_o more_o demure_o by_o how_o much_o there_o be_v the_o great_a need_n as_o be_v quite_o against_o the_o verdict_n of_o sense_n and_o reason_n this_o bring_v into_o my_o memory_n the_o word_n of_o prosper_n f_o 8._o f_o prosper_n contra_fw-la câ—llat_fw-la cap._n 4â—_z p._n 413._o ex_fw-la august_n epist._n ad_fw-la sixtum_fw-la 105._o isa._n 59_o 4._o jer._n 7._o 8._o quod_fw-la in_fw-la apâ—rto_fw-la clamare_fw-la jam_fw-la metuunt_fw-la in_fw-la secreto_fw-la seminare_fw-la non_fw-la quiescunt_fw-la and_o that_o other_o say_n of_o cicero_n sordidum_fw-la genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la qui_fw-la parum_fw-la proficiunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la admodum_fw-la mentiantur_fw-la now_o because_o there_o be_v those_o who_o put_v their_o trust_v in_o their_o invention_n and_o g_o 5._o g_o ier._n 9_o 5._o teach_v their_o tongue_n to_o speak_v lie_n and_o make_v forgery_n h_o 15._o h_o isai._n 28._o 15._o their_o refuge_n i_o think_v it_o a_o duty_n to_o my_o self_n who_o have_v be_v i_o 8._o i_o rom._n 3._o 8._o slanderous_o report_v of_o in_o several_a kind_n and_o a_o duty_n which_o i_o owe_v both_o to_o the_o reader_n in_o general_a and_o to_o the_o credulous_a receiver_n of_o such_o report_n at_o least_o to_o declare_v as_o s._n paul_n do_v that_o such_o report_n be_v slanderous_a s._n paul_n complain_v that_o he_o be_v slanderous_o report_v of_o in_o be_v affirm_v to_o have_v say_v *_o ibid._n *_o ibid._n let_v we_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v for_o which_o report_n notwithstanding_o there_o be_v not_o any_o just_a cause_n yet_o at_o least_o there_o be_v some_o little_a colour_n because_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v that_o the_o k_o 5._o k_o verse_n 5._o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n commend_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n through_o man_n l_o 7._o l_o verse_n 7._o lie_n may_v the_o more_o redound_v unto_o his_o glory_n upon_o occasion_n of_o which_o word_n either_o not_o real_o understand_v or_o else_o industrious_o mistake_v he_o be_v report_v by_o his_o enemy_n to_o have_v say_v another_o thing_n viz._n that_o evil_a may_v be_v do_v in_o order_n to_o a_o good_a end_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v be_v say_v by_o the_o apostle_n that_o he_o declare_v it_o a_o slander_n and_o far_o pronounce_v of_o the_o reporter_n that_o their_o m_o 8._o m_o verse_n 8._o damnation_n be_v just_a this_o be_v say_v of_o those_o man_n who_o have_v some_o colour_n for_o their_o invention_n but_o there_o be_v not_o any_o the_o least_o colour_n for_o my_o be_v report_v to_o be_v a_o jesuit_n or_o a_o denyer_n of_o original_a sin_n or_o a_o socinian_n or_o a_o pelagian_a or_o the_o author_n of_o book_n which_o i_o never_o read_v or_o a_o presumptuous_a affirmer_n that_o i_o be_o without_o sin_n or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o thing_n of_o which_o i_o be_o slanderous_o report_v to_o have_v be_v guilty_a i_o must_v therefore_o desire_v the_o equal_a reader_n that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o already_o he_o will_v learn_v at_o least_o to_o be_v mistrustful_a and_o not_o admit_v of_o any_o tradition_n concerning_o i_o and_o my_o better_n from_o such_o a_o uncreditable_a historian_n as_o giddy_a rumor_n but_o that_o he_o will_v judge_v of_o other_o man_n as_o every_o man_n do_v judge_v of_o tree_n by_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o a_o 20_o a_o mat._n 7._o 16_o 20_o fruit_n which_o be_v see_v to_o grow_v from_o they_o viz._n the_o quality_n of_o their_o writing_n and_o the_o constant_a tenor_n of_o their_o life_n the_o word_n of_o king_n james_n to_o his_o son_n henry_n be_v very_o apposite_a and_o suitable_a on_o this_o occasion_n b_o 4._o b_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o l._n 12._o p._n 99_o and_o 100_o 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o principal_o exercise_v true_a wisdom_n in_o discern_v wise_o betwixt_o true_a and_o false_a report_n first_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o person_n reporter_n next_o what_o interest_n he_o can_v have_v in_o the_o weal_n or_o evil_n of_o he_o of_o who_o he_o make_v the_o report_n three_o the_o likelihood_n of_o the_o purpose_n itself_o and_o last_o the_o nature_n and_o by-past_a life_n of_o the_o delate_a person_n and_o where_o you_o find_v a_o tatler_n away_o with_o he_o it_o be_v better_a to_o try_v report_n than_o to_o foster_v suspicion_n upon_o a_o honest_a man_n for_o since_o suspicion_n be_v the_o tyrant_n sickness_n as_o the_o fruit_n of_o a_o evil_a conscience_n potius_fw-la in_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la peccato_fw-la i_o mean_v in_o not_o mistrust_v one_o to_o who_o no_o such_o unhonesty_n be_v know_v before_o it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v of_o use_n to_o such_o as_o be_v forger_n of_o calumny_n to_o be_v tell_v how_o inhuman_a a_o sin_n it_o be_v and_o how_o peculiar_o diabolical_a i_o say_v peculiar_o diabolical_a because_o it_o have_v please_v the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o give_v the_o devil_n the_o name_n of_o devil_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o diabolus_fw-la diable_fw-fr diavolo_n devil_n devil_n even_o from_o that_o his_o chief_a property_n of_o raise_v calumny_n and_o frame_n lie_v thence_o say_v our_o saviour_n to_o the_o jew_n you_o be_v of_o your_o father_n the_o c_o 44._o c_o joh._n 8._o 44._o devil_n who_o when_o he_o speak_v a_o lie_n he_o speak_v of_o his_o own_o from_o