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speak_v then_o certain_o thou_o will_v confess_v that_o if_o their_o be_v any_o nectar_n in_o this_o life_n it_o be_v in_o sorrow_n we_o endure_v for_o righteousness_n and_o methinks_v when_o i_o hear_v goodness_n calumniate_v i_o bear_v it_o the_o easy_a because_o the_o servant_n of_o vice_n do_v it_o sect_n 6_o hatred_n quest._n what_o be_v the_o original_a ground_n of_o the_o world_n hatred_n ans._n that_o proclamation_n which_o god_n himself_o make_v in_o paradise_n gen._n 3.15_o where_o he_o say_v unto_o the_o serpent_n i_o will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thou_o and_o the_o woman_n and_o between_o thy_o seedâ—_n and_o her_o seed_n he_o or_o it_o shall_v bruise_v thy_o head_n and_o thou_o shall_v bruise_v his_o heel_n explain_v quest._n as_o to_o the_o build_n of_o a_o house_n it_o be_v needful_a first_o to_o lay_v a_o good_a
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limb_n shall_v limp_v or_o maim_v himself_o to_o please_v the_o cripple_n and_o avoid_v his_o taunt_n for_o my_o part_n i_o have_v rather_o live_v hate_v of_o all_o man_n for_o goodness_n then_o be_v belove_v of_o all_o for_o vice_n and_o rather_o please_v one_o good_a man_n then_o content_a a_o thousand_o bad_a one_o his_o single_a authority_n be_v sufficient_a to_o countervail_v the_o disdain_n of_o a_o whole_a parish_n of_o sensualist_n yet_o experience_n show_v to_o that_o divers_a be_v content_a to_o be_v mislead_v with_o the_o multitude_n rather_o than_o be_v a_o object_n of_o their_o scorn_n and_o derision_n yea_o thousand_o hold_v it_o the_o best_a and_o safe_a way_n in_o difference_n of_o religion_n without_o further_a question_n to_o take_v the_o strong_a part_n that_o so_o do_v as_o the_o most_o do_v they_o may_v have_v the_o few_o to_o find_v fault_n with_o they_o and_o all_o through_o base_a cowardliness_n which_o bashful_a devil_n never_o leave_v a_o great_a many_o so_o 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in_o hinder_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n thereby_o or_o their_o neighbour_n welfare_n or_o their_o own_o salvation_n mock_n alas_o some_o man_n will_v better_o abide_v a_o stake_n than_o some_o other_o can_v a_o mock_v zedikiah_n be_v willing_a to_o hearken_v to_o the_o prophet_n council_n but_o that_o this_o lay_v in_o his_o way_n the_o chaldean_n will_v mock_v he_o jer._n 38.10_o it_o be_v death_n to_o he_o to_o be_v mock_v a_o generon_n nature_n be_v more_o wound_v with_o the_o tongue_n than_o with_o the_o hand_n yea_o above_o hell_n there_o be_v not_o a_o great_a punishment_n then_o to_o become_v a_o sannio_n a_o subject_n of_o scorn_n as_o samson_n i_o doubt_v not_o find_z alcibiades_z do_v profess_v that_o neither_o the_o proscription_n of_o his_o good_n nor_o his_o banishment_n nor_o the_o wound_n receive_v in_o his_o body_n be_v so_o grievous_a to_o he_o as_o one_o scornful_a word_n of_o his_o enemy_n câ—esiphon_n thou_o think_v not_o tongue-taunt_n to_o be_v persecution_n 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multiply_a glass_n that_o subtle_a siren_n with_o orphean_a aâ—ers_n and_o dexterous_a warble_n lead_v we_o to_o the_o flame_n of_o hell_n and_o then_o deride_v we_o with_o contempt_n and_o triumph_n like_o a_o cunning_a courtesan_n that_o dally_v the_o ruffian_n to_o undo_v himself_o and_o then_o pay_v he_o with_o a_o fleer_v and_o scorn_v sect_n 73._o but_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v say_v enough_o and_o that_o thou_o be_v convince_v in_o thy_o own_o conscience_n that_o hitherto_o thou_o have_v be_v a_o mere_a atheist_n and_o that_o through_o atheism_n thou_o have_v hate_v revile_v and_o persecute_v the_o godly_a if_o not_o truth_n be_v as_o much_o truth_n when_o it_o be_v not_o acknowledge_v as_o when_o it_o be_v now_o if_o thou_o do_v confident_o scoffer_n and_o without_o peradventure_o believe_v what_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o god_n heaven_n hell_n etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o believe_v the_o threaten_n and_o precept_n as_o well_o as_o the_o promise_n and_o if_o thou_o bear_v any_o love_n to_o thy_o own_o soul_n break_v off_o thy_o sin_n by_o repentance_n and_o oppose_v the_o good_a no_o long_o give_v no_o credit_n to_o the_o flesh_n or_o the_o devil_n which_o propheâ—â—e_a prosperity_n to_o sin_n but_o believe_v god_n and_o the_o scripture_n which_o manifest_o prove_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v judge_v according_a to_o his_o work_n revel_v 12.13_o &_o 22.12_o make_v not_o christ_n a_o bolster_n for_o sin_n nor_o god_n mercy_n a_o warrant_n for_o thy_o continuance_n in_o a_o evil_a course_n be_v not_o therefore_o evil_a because_o he_o be_v good_a least_o like_o the_o foolish_a builder_n thou_o come_v short_a of_o thy_o reckon_n for_o christ_n come_v to_o destroy_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n john_n 3.3.8_o 9_o 10._o and_o not_o to_o be_v a_o patron_n of_o sin_n and_o there_o be_v mercy_n with_o god_n that_o he_o may_v be_v fear_v not_o that_o he_o may_v be_v despise_v blaspheme_v etc._n etc._n psalm_n 130.4_o yea_o know_v this_o and_o write_v it_o in_o 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