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crime_n which_o may_v bring_v the_o curse_n of_o god_n down_o upon_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n for_o say_v the_o lord_n by_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n 9_o malachi_n chap._n 3._o v._n 8_o 9_o will_v a_o man_n rob_v god_n yet_o you_o have_v rob_v i_o but_o you_o say_v wherein_o have_v we_o rob_v thou_o in_o tithe_n and_o offering_n you_o be_v curse_v with_o a_o curse_n for_o you_o have_v rob_v i_o even_o this_o whole_a nation_n fearful_a be_v the_o provocation_n of_o those_o man_n and_o dreadful_a shall_v their_o punishment_n at_o length_n be_v who_o thus_o sacri_fw-la eâ—iously_o raise_v their_o estate_n and_o heap_v up_o riches_n to_o themselves_o to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n and_o demolishment_n of_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o impuden_o pretend_v the_o church_n good_a therein_o and_o god_n glory_n the_o time_n can_v but_o be_v evil_a and_o perilous_a when_o god_n glory_n be_v make_v a_o footstool_n for_o the_o pride_n avarice_n and_o ambition_n of_o man_n when_o they_o make_v use_v of_o the_o bible_n for_o the_o raise_v they_o up_o high_a to_o reach_v their_o secular_a design_n a_o thing_n which_o the_o pious_a prince_n edward_n the_o six_o refuse_v with_o disdain_n of_o the_o motion_n lay_v it_o to_o his_o heart_n when_o one_o offer_v it_o he_o to_o lay_v under_o his_o foot_n to_o reach_v something_o that_o be_v over_o his_o head_n and_o above_o his_o reach_n vita_fw-la reach_n sir_n john_n haywood_n in_o vita_fw-la but_o the_o time_n be_v sure_o perilous_a when_o man_n have_v iron_n hand_n and_o brow_n of_o brass_n when_o they_o cruel_o crush_v religion_n and_o yet_o impudent_o boast_v of_o their_o own_o zeal_n and_o godliness_n thus_o josephus_n large_o relate_v the_o barbarous_a and_o savage_a cruelty_n of_o a_o wicked_a and_o bloody_a sect_n among_o the_o jew_n that_o yet_o will_v needs_o style_v themselves_o the_o zealot_n the_o jew_n have_v woeful_a experience_n of_o the_o burn_a rage_n of_o these_o man_n bloody_a zeal_n for_o among_o other_o their_o barbarous_a villainy_n and_o bloody_a outrage_n 〈◊〉_d outrage_n joseph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o when_o they_o have_v attain_v to_o a_o predominancy_n in_o that_o miserable_o distract_a nation_n they_o continual_o commit_v upon_o that_o poor_a oppress_a people_n they_o slay_v twelve_o thousand_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d son_n of_o the_o noble_n in_o the_o prime_n and_o glory_n of_o their_o youth_n at_o once_o to_o cut_v they_o off_o from_o any_o possibility_n of_o a_o present_a resistance_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o future_a revenge_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o posterity_n these_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zealot_n for_o so_o say_v he_o they_o call_v themselves_o as_o be_v singular_o zealous_a for_o good_a undertake_n whereas_o there_o be_v indeed_o no_o villainy_n in_o the_o world_n so_o great_a but_o their_o zeal_n will_v digest_v it_o yea_o no_o evil_a of_o so_o high_a a_o nature_n but_o they_o will_v strive_v to_o equal_v or_o exceed_v it_o be_v superlative_o wicked_a now_o this_o pestilent_a sect_n so_o far_o prevail_v and_o so_o strengthen_v their_o faction_n in_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o land_n jerusalem_n that_o they_o become_v the_o cause_n of_o its_o utter_a ruin_n with_o many_o thousand_o misery_n which_o hereupon_o befall_v the_o jewish_a nation_n for_o say_v josephus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o dominion_n of_o the_o zealot_n over_o the_o people_n give_v the_o first_o stroke_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n but_o the_o bloody_a cruelty_n of_o proud_a pretender_n and_o the_o bleed_a misery_n of_o poor_a afflict_v one_o will_v at_o length_n awake_v divine_a vengeance_n so_o far_o do_v these_o bloody_a zealot_n proceed_v in_o their_o cruel_a practice_n that_o at_o length_n they_o provoke_v the_o god_n of_o patience_n to_o scourge_v they_o with_o most_o cruel_a punishment_n their_o
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as_o servant_n upon_o the_o earth_n thus_o the_o worst_a and_o unworthy_a of_o man_n be_v sometime_o exalt_v to_o place_n of_o the_o great_a trust_n and_o power_n they_o that_o proud_o contemn_v god_n and_o trample_v under_o foot_n the_o ordinance_n of_o his_o worship_n do_v sometime_o by_o power_n and_o policy_n invade_v the_o throne_n and_o make_v the_o neck_n of_o freeborn_a prince_n to_o become_v their_o footstool_n this_o have_v make_v some_o that_o before_o have_v have_v some_o touch_n of_o religion_n turn_v flat_a atheist_n such_o desperate_a wretch_n be_v those_o that_o presume_v to_o make_v a_o audacious_a reply_n to_o the_o lord_n be_v just_a charge_n by_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n 15._o malachi_n mal._n 3.13_o 14_o 15._o your_o word_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n yet_o you_o say_v what_o have_v we_o speak_v so_o much_o against_o thou_o you_o have_v say_v it_o be_v vain_a to_o serve_v god_n and_o what_o profit_n be_v it_o that_o we_o have_v keep_v his_o ordinance_n and_o that_o we_o have_v walk_v mournful_o before_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o now_o we_o call_v the_o proud_a happy_a yea_o they_o that_o work_v wickedness_n be_v set_v up_o yea_o they_o that_o tempt_v god_n be_v even_o deliver_v it_o be_v say_v of_o augustus_n potestatis_fw-la ei_o gratius_fw-la fuit_fw-la nomen_fw-la pietatis_fw-la quam_fw-la potestatis_fw-la he_o prefer_v piety_n before_o power_n but_o these_o be_v herein_o antipode_n to_o augustus_n who_o prefer_v power_n before_o piety_n nothing_o be_v more_o intolerable_a than_o a_o poor_a man_n that_o be_v extreme_a proud_a a_o mean_a man_n that_o be_v very_o ambitious_a a_o servant_n that_o will_v domineer_v over_o his_o lord_n a_o subject_a that_o will_v dare_v to_o snatch_v the_o sceptre_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o sovereign_n such_o be_v the_o man_n that_o make_v perilous_a time_n we_o may_v see_v in_o their_o face_n several_a lineament_n of_o that_o pourtraicture_n which_o the_o apostle_n give_v we_o of_o the_o person_n that_o shall_v make_v the_o time_n perilous_a he_o tell_v we_o they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v proud_a fierce_a traitor_n heady_a highminded_a 4._o highminded_a 2_o tim._n 3_o 2_o 3_o 4._o when_o we_o see_v then_o these_o property_n legible_o engrave_v upon_o man_n practice_n we_o may_v conclude_v the_o prophecy_n be_v fulfil_v the_o perilous_a time_n speak_v of_o be_v come_v when_o man_n of_o low_a estate_n be_v set_v in_o high_a place_n and_o man_n of_o ambitious_a spirit_n be_v still_o contend_v for_o priority_n it_o be_v very_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o of_o ill_a consequence_n to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n plato_n therefore_o who_o in_o his_o political_a discourse_n undertake_v to_o give_v we_o the_o model_n and_o platform_n of_o a_o well-governed_a commonwealth_n judge_n none_o to_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o government_n thereof_o but_o such_o as_o be_v man_n of_o good_a estate_n as_o well_o as_o of_o great_a virtue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr rep._n l._n 7._o for_o if_o man_n that_o be_v poor_a and_o want_v estate_n of_o their_o own_o b_o ggarly_a and_o hunger-starved_a fellow_n shall_v come_v once_o to_o be_v set_v over_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o will_v make_v account_n they_o may_v and_o must_v raise_v their_o private_a estate_n out_o of_o the_o public_a revenue_n this_o city_n this_o community_n be_v not_o well_o constitute_v can_v be_v happy_a for_o hence_o will_v arise_v contention_n for_o the_o principality_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o domestic_a and_o intestine_a war_n will_v both_o destroy_v the_o competitor_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n it_o be_v observe_v of_o varus_n governor_n of_o syria_n that_o he_o come_v poor_a into_o the_o country_n and_o find_v it_o rich_a but_o depart_v thence_o rich_a and_o leave_v the_o country_n poor_a to_o prevent_v this_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a by_o proud_a officer_n of_o state_n it_o
despise_v and_o who_o covenant_n he_o break_v even_o with_o he_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o babylon_n he_o shall_v die_v neither_o shall_v pharaoh_n with_o his_o mighty_a army_n and_o great_a company_n make_v for_o he_o in_o the_o war_n by_o cast_v up_o mount_n and_o build_v fort_n to_o cut_v off_o many_o person_n see_v he_o despise_v the_o oath_n by_o break_v the_o covenant_n when_o lo_n he_o have_v give_v his_o hand_n and_o have_v do_v all_o these_o thing_n he_o shall_v not_o escape_v therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n as_o i_o live_v sure_o my_o oath_n that_o he_o have_v despise_v and_o my_o covenant_n that_o he_o have_v break_v even_o it_o will_v i_o recompense_v upon_o his_o own_o head_n and_o i_o will_v spread_v my_o net_n upon_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o my_o snare_n and_o i_o will_v bring_v he_o to_o babylon_n and_o will_v plead_v with_o he_o there_o for_o his_o trespass_n that_o he_o have_v trespass_v against_o i_o and_o all_o his_o fugitive_n with_o all_o 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