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have_v it_o by_o he_o to_o read_v on_o and_o consult_v with_o according_a to_o the_o charge_n give_v deut._n 17.19_o vers_fw-la 98._o 2._o he_o meditate_a thereon_o ver_fw-la 99_o 3._o he_o keep_v it_o or_o practise_v what_o he_o read_v ver_fw-la 100_o i_o may_v now_o as_o some_o do_v lay_v down_o some_o character_n for_o the_o trial_n of_o doctrine_n whereby_o man_n may_v know_v what_o come_v near_a the_o truth_n as_o that_o which_o do_v most_o promote_v godliness_n and_o that_o which_o do_v most_o detract_v from_o the_o creature_n and_o give_v to_o god_n be_v most_o like_a to_o come_v near_a the_o truth_n but_o i_o will_v not_o much_o urge_v these_o and_o otherlike_o because_o however_o these_o may_v be_v true_a character_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o so_o evident_a and_o there_o be_v as_o much_o controversy_n what_o do_v most_o advance_v holiness_n and_o the_o grace_n and_o power_n of_o jesus_n christ_n as_o about_o any_o other_o medium_n for_o the_o clear_n of_o truth_n and_o all_o 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god_n paul_n think_v very_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v many_o thing_n against_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n act_v 26.9_o yet_o this_o mistake_n of_o his_o make_v his_o sin_n only_o pardonable_a and_o he_o confess_v himself_o the_o chief_a of_o sinner_n for_o it_o 1_o timoth._n 1_o 1â—.2_n post_fw-la factum_fw-la or_o in_o the_o reflection_n on_o our_o action_n we_o must_v judge_v righteous_a judgement_n it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o none_o do_v reflect_v upon_o their_o action_n and_o consider_v what_o they_o have_v do_v jer._n 8.7_o which_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v not_o only_o physical_o what_o action_n they_o have_v do_v but_o moral_o of_o what_o nature_n the_o action_n be_v as_o gen._n 3.13_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n be_v take_v away_o by_o justification_n the_o blot_n or_o stain_v of_o it_o by_o sanctification_n but_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o take_v away_o till_o repentance_n and_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n a_o man_n persist_v in_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n till_o he_o repent_v of_o it_o primus_fw-la felicitatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la delinquere_fw-la secundus_fw-la delicta_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la cyprian_n epist_n 55._o next_o to_o innocency_n repentance_n be_v the_o great_a happiness_n 2._o we_o shall_v judge_v a_o right_n of_o other_o man_n action_n not_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v busybody_n in_o other_o man_n matter_n or_o severe_a cato_n censure_v every_o thing_n which_o belong_v not_o to_o we_o but_o sometime_o we_o be_v concern_v to_o make_v a_o right_a judgement_n of_o other_o man_n action_n 1._o that_o we_o may_v not_o partake_v of_o their_o sin_n 1_o tim._n 5.22_o by_o approve_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a 2_o john_n 10_o 11.2_o that_o we_o may_v not_o condemn_v they_o and_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o our_o