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name_n do_v though_o unwilling_o add_v to_o thy_o reward_n 7_o 7._o observe_v 7._o to_o censure_v every_o â—ne_n that_o be_v accuse_v be_v to_o condemn_v the_o innocent_a it_o be_v not_o ground_n enough_o for_o thy_o censure_n that_o they_o be_v accuse_v for_o satan_n may_v cause_v that_o but_o if_o call_v thorough_o sift_v the_o accusation_n 7.24_o john_n 7.24_o judge_v righteous_a judgement_n and_o look_v not_o only_o upon_o the_o outside_n but_o enter_v into_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o cause_n bare_a accusation_n make_v no_o man_n guilty_a common_o the_o slander_n of_o wicked_a man_n speak_v the_o person_n and_o often_o the_o cause_n also_o good_a be_v slow_a of_o belief_n hear_v both_o side_n let_v both_o thy_o ear_n like_o balance_n take_v in_o equal_a weight_n it_o be_v true_a 13.7_o 1_o cor._n 13.7_o charity_n believe_v all_o thing_n but_o they_o all_o be_v good_a thing_n it_o also_o hope_v all_o thing_n there_o be_v no_o harm_n in_o suspend_v thy_o belief_n till_o proof_n come_v if_o thou_o shoot_v thy_o arrow_n too_o soon_o thou_o may_v haply_o hit_v a_o jehoshaphat_n dress_v up_o by_o satan_n in_o a_o ahab'_v attire_n it_o be_v better_a to_o acquit_v many_o nocent_a then_o to_o condemn_v one_o innocent_a in_o doubtful_a case_n hope_v the_o best_a god_n go_v down_o to_o see_v when_o the_o cry_n of_o sodom_n come_v up_o to_o heaven_n though_o he_o see_v before_o he_o go_v down_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v forward_o in_o accuse_v thyself_o and_o by_o that_o time_n that_o work_n be_v well_o do_v thy_o censorious_a credulity_n will_v be_v cool_v when_o thou_o hear_v report_n of_o other_o 8._o 8._o obser_n 8._o how_o harsh_a and_o cruel_a a_o master_n do_v every_o wicked_a man_n serve_v the_o devil_n put_v his_o servant_n upon_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o then_o accuse_v they_o for_o those_o sin_n to_o god_n themselves_o and_o other_o he_o that_o at_o the_o first_o allure_v saul_n to_o disobey_v god_n by_o spare_v of_o amaleck_n afterward_o drive_v he_o to_o 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intention_n be_v the_o root_n of_o sin_n as_o its_o the_o scope_n and_o end_n which_o the_o sinner_n look_v at_o in_o his_o sin_v the_o end_n of_o obtain_v all_o temporal_a good_a thing_n be_v as_o he_o say_v that_o a_o man_n thereby_o may_v get_v a_o kind_n of_o singular_a perfection_n and_o excellency_n to_o himself_o yet_o that_o covetousness_n be_v the_o root_n and_o beginning_n of_o sin_n in_o respect_n of_o execution_n as_o its_o that_o which_o furnish_v a_o man_n with_o matter_n to_o act_v and_o commit_v sin_n and_o give_v opportunity_n to_o fulfil_v all_o the_o desire_n of_o sin_n agreeable_a to_o this_o be_v that_o of_o solomon_n prov._n 28.20_o he_o that_o make_v haste_n to_o be_v rich_a shall_v not_o be_v innocent_a and_o chap._n 23.4_o labour_v not_o to_o be_v rich_a he_o that_o desire_v more_o than_o enough_o will_v not_o know_v where_o to_o stop_v will_v break_v all_o bound_n to_o desire_v beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o sufficiency_n be_v to_o seek_v for_o more_o than_o 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popery_n have_v hew_v the_o principal_a pillar_n of_o her_o superstition_n out_o of_o this_o rock_n of_o covetousness_n it_o be_v a_o religion_n whole_o compact_v and_o contrive_v for_o gain_n not_o only_o get_v from_o the_o live_n by_o pardon_n mass_n confession_n offering_n pilgrimage_n worship_v of_o saint_n indulgence_n 8._o multò_fw-la aequanimius_fw-la decem_fw-la millium_fw-la animarum_fw-la ferunt_fw-la jacturam_fw-la quà m_fw-la decem_fw-la solidorum_fw-la nicol._n clemangis_fw-la de_fw-fr pontif._n magis_fw-la aurum_fw-la suspiciunt_fw-la quam_fw-la coelum_fw-la neh._n 13.16_o amos_n 8._o by_o make_v of_o a_o money-matter_n of_o the_o most_o cry_a abomination_n of_o witchcraft_n of_o murder_n of_o father_n mother_n child_n wife_n of_o incest_n sodomy_n beastiality_n etc._n etc._n but_o also_o from_o the_o dead_a who_o pay_v large_a tribute_n by_o mean_n of_o their_o purgatory_n a_o toy_n which_o they_o cry_v not_o up_o at_o all_o for_o truth_n but_o mere_o for_o traffic_n 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power_n as_o equal_v be_v envy_v because_o they_o be_v such_o and_o inferior_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v our_o equal_n so_o principal_o superior_n because_o we_o be_v not_o equal_a to_o they_o joseph_n be_v envy_v because_o he_o be_v high_a than_o his_o brethren_n in_o his_o father_n favour_n loc_n nullae_fw-la necessitudinis_fw-la jura_fw-la tam_fw-la sancta_fw-la et_fw-la inviolaâ—a_fw-la quae_fw-la suâ—â—_n invidiae_fw-la stimulos_fw-la non_fw-la pariuntur_fw-la praescrtim_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la cognatos_fw-la ad_fw-la impertum_fw-la promovetur_fw-la mendez_n in_o 1_o sam._n 10.16_o paterna_fw-la largitatis_fw-la memor_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la fraternae_fw-la immemor_fw-la charitatis_fw-la haedum_fw-la sibi_fw-la datum_fw-la negate_fw-la qui_fw-la tantam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la accepit_fw-la chrysol_n ser_n 4._o senior_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la cito_fw-la aliquis_fw-la per_fw-la invidiam_fw-la consenesâ—â—t_fw-la ambr._n in_o luc._n haec_fw-la est_fw-la
convert_v than_o such_o a_o sinner_n who_o have_v be_v keep_v back_o from_o the_o sacrament_n altogether_o &_o by_o join_v in_o the_o high_a act_n of_o church_n communion_n a_o impenitent_a sinner_n intertain_v a_o good_a opinion_n of_o his_o spiritual_a happiness_n and_o so_o trust_v in_o lie_a vanity_n 20_o haec_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la in_o aternum_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christiana_fw-la alicui_fw-la gratiam_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la annunciatione_fw-la verbi_fw-la divini_fw-la deneget_fw-la &_o eidem_fw-la exhibitionne_n sacramentorum_fw-la spondeat_fw-la ursin_n judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr discâ—pl_n ecclesiast_fw-la mat._n 26.28_o luk._n 22.19_o 20_o and_o again_o the_o give_v of_o the_o sacrament_n to_o those_o who_o be_v know_v to_o live_v in_o gross_a sin_n without_o repentance_n be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o and_o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o word_n which_o denounce_v condemnation_n against_o they_o 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sound_n and_o orthodox_n confession_n of_o faith_n and_o shall_v a_o scandalous_a live_n in_o murder_n adultery_n swear_v lie_a etc._n etc._n keep_v a_o man_n from_o enter_v into_o the_o visible_a church_n by_o the_o door_n of_o baptism_n and_o shall_v they_o not_o as_o well_o hinder_v he_o from_o be_v welcome_v at_o the_o table_n in_o the_o house_n as_o a_o child_n and_o friend_n yet_o again_o be_v the_o sacrament_n profane_v by_o admit_v infant_n and_o idiot_n who_o can_v make_v no_o good_a use_n of_o it_o and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o pollute_v by_o admit_v those_o to_o it_o who_o will_v make_v a_o very_a bad_a use_n of_o it_o also_o may_v not_o one_o man_n by_o ignorance_n drunkenness_n defence_n of_o sin_n heresy_n etc._n etc._n lie_v under_o a_o finfull_a contract_a disability_n to_o examine_v himself_o and_o so_o to_o be_v a_o unfit_a communicant_a as_o another_o man_n may_v lie_v under_o a_o natural_a disability_n and_o be_v not_o a_o man_n more_o unblamable_a for_o the_o former_a than_o the_o latter_a further_o holy_a thing_n under_o the_o leviticall_a law_n be_v pollute_v and_o profane_v by_o wicked_a and_o profane_a person_n ezek._n chap._n 23.38.39_o they_o have_v defile_v my_o sanctuary_n etc._n etc._n for_o when_o they_o have_v slay_v their_o child_n to_o their_o idol_n they_o come_v the_o same_o day_n into_o my_o sanctuary_n to_o profane_v it_o and_o psal_n 15.1_o in_o that_o question_n who_o shall_v abide_v in_o thy_o tabernacle_n the_o prophet_n show_v by_o those_o offence_n for_o which_o man_n be_v exclude_v from_o the_o sanctuary_n what_o it_o be_v which_o shall_v keep_v man_n from_o eternal_a life_n and_o why_o that_o moral_a unholinesse_n for_o of_o such_o he_o speak_v which_o make_v man_n unfit_a to_o go_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n which_o have_v a_o sacramental_a signification_n of_o christ_n shall_v not_o as_o well_o excludethem_n from_o the_o sacrament_n i_o understand_v not_o be_v not_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o old_a pollute_v by_o the_o offering_n of_o they_o by_o profane_a and_o moral_o unholy_a person_n haggai_n 2.14_o so_o that_o be_v unclean_a be_v this_o people_n before_o i_o so_o be_v every_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n and_o that_o which_o they_o offer_v therein_o unclean_a where_o its_o plain_a that_o the_o moral_a unholiness_n of_o the_o person_n defile_v holy_a ordinance_n the_o people_n and_o their_o work_n be_v evil_a the_o lord_n for_o that_o cause_n account_v their_o sacrifice_n to_o be_v unclean_a if_o moral_o profane_a person_n defile_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o old_a 50.16_o psal_n 50.16_o they_o may_v sure_o be_v charge_v with_o defile_v our_o sacrament_n now_o 5._o 22.14_o obs_n 5._o luxuriantur_fw-la de_fw-la â—acultatibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la in_o sustentationem_fw-la ministerii_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la pauperum_fw-la collatis_fw-la gerh._n in_o 2_o pet._n 2.13_o sacrilegium_fw-la dicatur_fw-la q._n sacri_fw-la laedium_fw-la vel_fw-la q._n sacrae_fw-la legis_fw-la laesio_fw-la committitur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o personam_fw-la vel_fw-la locum_fw-la vel_fw-la â—em_v altentstaig_n lexic_fw-la levit._fw-la 5.16_o 17_o levit._fw-la 22.14_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v give_v for_o the_o public_a benefit_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v consume_v in_o or_o convert_v to_o any_o other_o use_n these_o feast_n of_o charity_n which_o be_v appoint_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a christian_n and_o ministry_n be_v profane_o waste_v by_o these_o seducer_n this_o sin_n be_v common_o call_v sacrilege_n which_o by_o some_o be_v think_v to_o be_v so_o call_v q._n sacrae_fw-la legis_fw-la vel_fw-la rei_fw-la laesio_fw-la the_o hurt_v spoil_v or_o violation_n of_o a_o holy_a law_n or_o thing_n other_o better_a consider_v it_o q._n sacra_fw-la legere_fw-la to_o gather_v holy_a thing_n and_o they_o define_v it_o to_o be_v a_o take_n away_o of_o thing_n consecrate_v and_o devote_v to_o the_o lord_n this_o be_v mention_v in_o scripture_n to_o be_v do_v either_o ignorant_o or_o know_o if_o ignorant_o it_o require_v according_a to_o the_o law_n restitution_n of_o the_o principal_a with_o a_o addition_n of_o the_o five_o part_n over_o and_o above_o as_o a_o forfeiture_n for_o the_o offence_n and_o a_o caveat_n against_o the_o like_a in_o future_a time_n 2._o reconciliation_n or_o atonement_n the_o priest_n be_v to_o make_v a_o atonement_n with_o the_o ram_n of_o the_o trespass-offering_a to_o note_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o offence_n against_o god_n if_o this_o sin_n be_v commit_v of_o knowledge_n and_o witting_o that_o which_o be_v take_v and_o all_o that_o the_o taker_n have_v be_v for_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o restitution_n and_o he_o with_o his_o whole_a family_n stone_v and_o burn_v for_o purgation_n this_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o achan_n for_o take_v that_o to_o his_o own_o use_n which_o be_v devote_v to_o god_n be_v large_o relate_v josh_n 7._o as_o also_o the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o 16.9_o upon_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o bare_o translate_v keep_v back_o proper_o signify_v a_o nim_v or_o purloin_v &_o so_o be_v the_o word_n render_v tiâ—_n 2.10_o significat_fw-la surripere_fw-la suffurari_fw-la aut_fw-la clam_fw-la subduâ—ta_fw-la in_o commodum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la convertere_fw-la sic_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la à _fw-la 70._o in_fw-la casu_fw-la sacrilegii_fw-la josh_n 7.1_o 2_o mac._n 4.32_o graecè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la qui_fw-la furtim_fw-la aliquid_fw-la decerpit_fw-la cum_fw-la totam_fw-la rem_fw-la tollere_fw-la non_fw-la ausit_fw-la estius_n in_o loc_fw-la dum_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la promiserat_fw-la partem_fw-la subtraxit_fw-la sacrilegii_fw-la condemnatur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n ap_fw-mi servant_n 25._o pa._n mihi_fw-la 378._o deo_fw-la displicuit_fw-la detrabere_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la quam_fw-la voverat_fw-la deo_fw-la id_fw-la ser._n 10._o de_fw-la diversis_fw-la pag._n mihi_fw-la 1570._o ideo_fw-la condemnati_fw-la quia_fw-la post_fw-la votum_fw-la obtulerunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ejus_fw-la cvi_fw-la semel_fw-la ea_fw-la voverant_fw-la hieron_n ep._n 8._o
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the_o understanding_n with_o blockishness_n and_o stupidity_n whosoever_o be_v deceive_v by_o wine_n say_v solomon_n prov._n 20.1_o be_v not_o wise_a wisdom_n be_v not_o find_v in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n job_n 28.13_o the_o vulgar_a read_v it_o in_o terrâ_fw-la suaviter_fw-la viventium_fw-la in_o the_o land_n of_o those_o who_o live_v in_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n whoredom_n wine_n and_o new_a wine_n say_v the_o prophet_n hos_n 4.11_o take_v away_o the_o heart_n the_o four_o child_n dan._n 1.16_o 17._o who_o live_v upon_o a_o frugal_a diet_n be_v most_o eminent_a for_o learning_n and_o wisdom_n wine_n in_o feast_n and_o the_o not_o consider_v of_o the_o operation_n of_o god_n hand_n be_v put_v together_o greg._n tabulas_fw-la legis_fw-la quas_fw-la accepit_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la conteri_fw-la fecit_fw-la ebrietas_fw-la ambr._n cap._n 6._o de_fw-fr helia_n &_o jejun_n sciebat_fw-la dei_fw-la sermonem_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la audire_fw-la temulentâ—s_fw-la hier._n â—_o 2._o contr_n jou._n viscus_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la pennarum_fw-la non_fw-la currimus_fw-la onerati_fw-la animae_fw-la
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my_o inheritance_n the_o line_n be_v fall_v to_o i_o in_o pleasant_a place_n yea_o i_o have_v a_o goodly_a heritage_n psal_n 16.5_o 6._o discontentednesse_n with_o our_o time_n and_o estate_n be_v that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n deserve_o charge_v with_o sinful_a folly_n eccles_n 7.10_o say_v not_o thou_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o former_a day_n be_v better_a than_o these_o for_o thou_o do_v not_o inquire_v wise_o concern_v this_o q.d._n do_v not_o by_o consider_v of_o the_o goodness_n of_o former_a time_n complain_v discontentedly_n of_o god_n providence_n in_o order_v thou_o to_o live_v in_o those_o which_o he_o have_v allot_v for_o thou_o for_o the_o second_o why_o judas_n express_v himself_o against_o their_o murmur_a and_o complain_v or_o what_o be_v the_o heinousnesse_n considerable_a in_o this_o their_o sin_n i_o answer_v our_o apostle_n by_o charge_v they_o herewith_o as_o i_o say_v intend_v to_o prove_v they_o ungodly_a man_n and_o such_o bold_a sinner_n as_o 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