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than_o it_o be_v well_o with_o he_o be_v not_o this_o to_o know_v i_o say_v the_o lord_n but_o now_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o shall_v have_v judgement_n without_o mercy_n 21.13_o that_o show_v no_o mercy_n he_o that_o stop_v his_o ear_n against_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o poor_a he_o shall_v also_o cry_v himself_o but_o shall_v noâ—_n be_v hear_v etc._n etc._n many_o other_o like_a passage_n there_o be_v in_o the_o scripture_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n 29._o nay_o moreover_o the_o general_a neglect_n of_o this_o duty_n pull_v down_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n not_o only_o upon_o those_o particular_a person_n that_o neglect_v it_o but_o also_o upon_o the_o whole_a nation_n where_o it_o be_v in_o such_o general_a sort_n neglect_v o_o house_n of_o david_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n execute_v judgement_n in_o the_o morning_n 21.12_o and_o deliver_v he_o that_o be_v spoil_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o oppressor_n lest_o my_o fury_n go_v out_o like_a fire_n and_o burn_v that_o none_o 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restore_v it_o you_o 7._o the_o particular_n be_v many_o and_o i_o may_v not_o take_v time_n to_o give_v they_o all_o their_o due_a enlargement_n we_o will_v therefore_o pass_v through_o they_o light_o insist_v perhaps_o somewhat_o more_o upon_o those_o thing_n that_o shall_v seem_v most_o material_a or_o useful_a for_o this_o assembly_n then_o upon_o some_o of_o the_o rest_n yet_o not_o much_o upon_o any_o neither_o do_v i_o mean_v in_o the_o handle_n thereof_o to_o tie_v myself_o precise_o to_o the_o method_n of_o my_o former_a division_n but_o follow_v the_o course_n of_o the_o text_n to_o take_v the_o word_n in_o the_o same_o order_n as_o i_o find_v they_o there_o lay_v to_o my_o hand_n behold_v here_o i_o be_o witness_v against_o i_o etc._n etc._n 8._o behold_v here_o i_o be_o more_o haste_n than_o need_v may_v some_o say_v it_o savour_v not_o well_o that_o samuel_n be_v so_o forward_o to_o justify_v himself_o before_o any_o man_n accuse_v he_o voluntary_a purgation_n common_o carry_v with_o they_o strong_a suspicion_n of_o guilt_n we_o presume_v there_o be_v a_o fault_n when_o a_o man_n sweat_v to_o put_v off_o a_o crime_n before_o it_o be_v lay_v to_o his_o charge_n true_a and_o well_o we_o may_v presume_v it_o where_o there_o appear_v not_o some_o reasonable_a cause_n otherwise_o for_o so_o do_v but_o there_o occur_v sundry_a reason_n some_o apparent_a and_o the_o rest_n at_o least_o probable_a why_o samuel_n shall_v here_o do_v as_o he_o do_v 9_o first_o he_o be_v present_o to_o convince_v the_o people_n of_o their_o great_a sin_n in_o ask_v a_o king_n and_o to_o chastise_v they_o for_o it_o with_o a_o severe_a reprehension_n it_o may_v therefore_o seem_v to_o he_o expedient_a before_o he_o do_v charge_v they_o with_o innovate_a the_o government_n to_o discharge_v himself_o first_o from_o have_v abuse_v it_o he_o that_o be_v either_o to_o 3._o rebuke_v or_o to_o punish_v other_o for_o their_o fault_n have_v need_n stand_v clear_a both_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o world_n of_o those_o fault_n he_o shall_v censure_v and_o of_o all_o other_o crime_n as_o foul_a as_o they_o lest_o he_o be_v choke_v with_o that_o bitter_a proverb_n retort_v upon_o he_o to_o his_o great_a reproach_n adul_n physician_n heal_v thyself_o 2._o vitia_n ultima_fw-la fictos_fw-la contemnunt_fw-la scauros_fw-la &_o castigata_fw-la remordent_fw-la how_o cacil_a unequal_a a_o thing_n be_v it_o and_o incongruous_a that_o he_o who_o want_v no_o ill_a condition_n himself_o shall_v bind_v his_o neighbour_n to_o the_o good_a behaviour_n that_o a_o 6.42_o sacrilegious_a church-robber_n shall_v make_v a_o mittimus_fw-la for_o a_o poor_a sheepstealer_n or_o as_o he_o complain_v of_o old_a that_o great_a thief_n shall_v hang_v up_o little_a one_o how_o can_v thou_o say_v to_o thy_o brother_n brother_n let_v i_o pull_v out_o the_o mote_n that_o be_v in_o thy_o eye_n when_o behold_v there_o be_v a_o beam_n in_o thy_o own_o eye_n that_o be_v 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perish_v one_o day_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n insomuch_o that_o in_o a_o kind_n of_o distrust_n of_o god_n truth_n and_o protection_n 27.1_o he_o venture_v so_o far_o upon_o his_o own_o head_n never_o so_o much_o as_o ask_v counsel_n at_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n as_o to_o expose_v himself_o to_o great_a inconvenience_n hazard_n and_o temptation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o hostile_a and_o idolatrous_a people_n 12._o the_o good_a man_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o imperfection_n acknowledge_v it_o a_o infirmity_n and_o strive_v against_o it_o psal._n 77._o 29._o but_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n s._n peter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o chrysostome_n often_o style_v he_o a_o man_n of_o great_a boldness_n and_o fervency_n of_o spirit_n betray_v the_o great_a weakness_n who_o after_o so_o fair_a warning_n so_o late_o give_v he_o and_o his_o own_o so_o confident_a profession_n of_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n in_o his_o master_n quarrel_n yet_o within_o not_o many_o hour_n after_o 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