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A sermon preached before his Maiesty at Windsore, the 19. of Iuly. 1625. By Henrie Leslie, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary
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Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.
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thus_o god_n in_o scripture_n be_v say_v percutere_fw-la amentia_fw-la &_o scotomate_v 6.10_o isa_n 19.14_o isa_n 29.10_o isa_n 6.10_o to_o strike_v man_n with_o maddenesse_n and_o blindness_n to_o mingle_v among_o they_o the_o spirit_n of_o error_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o slumber_n to_o blind_v their_o eye_n make_v their_o ear_n heavy_a and_o their_o heart_n fat_a 1.24.26.28_o math._n 6.13_o rom_n 1.24.26.28_o to_o lead_v man_n into_o temptation_n to_o give_v they_o over_o to_o uncleanness_n to_o vile_a affection_n to_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n to_o send_v strong_a delusion_n 2.11_o 2_o thess_n 2.11_o or_o the_o efficacy_n of_o error_n and_o oftentimes_o he_o be_v say_v to_o harden_v the_o heart_n here_o there_o be_v great_a question_n after_o what_o manner_n god_n harden_v the_o heart_n whether_o only_o privative_o as_o deserendo_fw-la forsake_v they_o and_o permittendo_fw-la not_o hinder_v they_o and_o non_fw-la puniendo_fw-la or_o per_fw-la patientiam_fw-la and_o dilatione_fw-la 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yet_o such_o be_v their_o malice_n that_o they_o accuse_v that_o for_o heresy_n and_o blasphemy_n in_o we_o which_o be_v approve_v for_o catholic_a doctrine_n when_o it_o pass_v from_o their_o quill_n i_o will_v not_o vouchsafe_v these_o foul-mouthed_a rabsakeh_n send_v forth_o to_o rail_v on_o the_o host_n of_o the_o live_a god_n any_o other_o answer_n than_o what_o michael_n the_o archangel_n give_v unto_o their_o father_n the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o satan_n only_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o vindicate_v god_n justice_n this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v of_o god_n harden_v seem_v unto_o carnal_a mind_a man_n who_o measure_v all_o thing_n by_o the_o crooked_a rule_n of_o their_o own_o reason_n to_o cast_v some_o aspersion_n upon_o god_n therefore_o will_v i_o brief_o show_v that_o god_n can_v be_v accuse_v for_o harden_v the_o heart_n the_o first_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n do_v not_o make_v any_o heart_n that_o be_v soft_a to_o become_v hard_o but_o only_o that_o heart_n which_o already_o be_v hard_a partly_o by_o nature_n and_o partly_o by_o custom_n he_o harden_v yet_o more_o seal_v it_o up_o as_o it_o be_v 11.35_o rom._n 11.35_o unto_o eternal_a condemnation_n 2._o because_o god_n be_v debtor_n to_o no_o man_n so_o that_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o give_v his_o grace_n unto_o any_o man_n or_o to_o hinder_v he_o from_o sin_n or_o to_o abstain_v from_o do_v of_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v good_a in_o themselves_o though_o man_n be_v ready_a to_o abuse_v they_o unto_o evil_n a_o three_o reason_n i_o will_v borrow_v from_o judicious_a s._n austin_n teach_v we_o that_o god_n concur_v in_o harden_v of_o the_o heart_n julian_n l._n 5._o cont_n julian_n secundun_v actionem_fw-la &_o potentiam_fw-la non_fw-la sane_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la fiat_fw-la immediatè_fw-la durity_n ipsius_fw-la cordis_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la multa_fw-la fiant_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la peccator_fw-la vitio_fw-la svo_fw-la concipiat_fw-la