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accuse_v in_o these_o word_n and_o the_o same_o be_v accuse_v second_o call_v and_o he_o call_v he_o three_o reprehend_v in_o these_o word_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o i_o hear_v this_o of_o thou_o four_o he_o yield_v a_o account_n come_v render_v a_o account_n of_o thy_o stewardsh_fw-mi five_o he_o be_v put_v out_o of_o his_o office_n in_o these_o word_n for_o thou_o may_v be_v no_o long_o steward_n of_o these_o in_o order_n and_o first_o of_o his_o accusation_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o note_v first_o his_o accuser_n second_o the_o capital_a and_o heinous_a crime_n whereof_o he_o be_v accuse_v the_o accuser_n or_o complainant_n be_v these_o 1._o satan_n 2._o angel_n 3._o saint_n 4._o his_o own_o conscience_n 5._o sin_n 6._o creature_n of_o god_n the_o heinous_a crime_n whereof_o the_o evil_a steward_n be_v accuse_v of_o be_v these_o five_o 1._o vnfaithfulnesse_n 2._o cruelty_n 3._o slothfulness_n 4._o ill_o company-keeping_a 5._o wastfulnesse_n first_o the_o evil_a 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grief_n of_o conscience_n be_v a_o inward_a torment_v of_o the_o soul_n 11._o upon_o 1._o cor._n 11._o void_a of_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n which_o melancthon_n call_v erinnys_n conscientiae_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o hellish_a hag_n or_o infernal_a fury_n of_o the_o conscience_n a_o wrong_a conscience_n be_v never_o quiet_a never_o at_o rest_n but_o make_v her_o possessor_n to_o flee_v hither_o and_o thither_o and_o seek_v to_o depart_v from_o she_o 286._o tom._n 8._o fol._n 286._o but_o he_o can_v augustine_n in_o his_o enarration_n of_o psalm_n 45._o say_v that_o he_o which_o have_v a_o violate_a conscience_n will_v flee_v ab_fw-la agro_fw-la ad_fw-la cinitatem_fw-la à _fw-la publico_fw-la ad_fw-la domum_fw-la à _fw-la domo_fw-la in_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la that_o be_v he_o will_v flee_v out_o of_o field_n into_o the_o city_n out_o of_o the_o city_n into_o his_o house_n out_o of_o his_o house_n into_o his_o chamber_n and_o what_o there_o ecce_fw-la hostem_fw-la 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against_o man_n and_o most_o grievous_o accuse_v he_o there_o be_v four_o detestable_a sin_n as_o some_o will_n but_o i_o reduce_v they_o to_o two_o sin_n the_o first_o cry_v sin_n first_o be_v the_o shed_n of_o innocent_a blood_n the_o great_a wrong_n that_o can_v be_v wrought_v to_o humane_a nature_n even_o worse_o than_o the_o take_v away_o of_o a_o man_n good_n for_o they_o may_v be_v restore_v but_o mortal_a life_n never_o beside_o this_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o murderer_n lie_v he_o take_v away_o from_o the_o party_n kill_v all_o time_n to_o dispose_v and_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n and_o also_o to_o repent_v that_o the_o man_n may_v obtain_v remission_n of_o his_o sin_n this_o be_v not_o a_o dormient_fw-la and_o silent_a but_o a_o cry_a sin_n this_o sin_n be_v in_o cain_n that_o bloody_a butcher_n kill_v his_o godly_a and_o innocent_a brother_n abel_n unto_o who_o god_n say_v behold_v the_o voice_n of_o thy_o brother_n blood_n cry_v unto_o i_o out_o of_o the_o ground_n 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and_o withhold_a part_n of_o their_o own_o good_n from_o the_o apostle_n he_o spare_v not_o jerusalem_n no_o nor_o the_o very_a angel_n that_o sin_v but_o cast_v they_o down_o and_o deliver_v they_o into_o chain_n of_o darkness_n to_o be_v keep_v unto_o judgement_n to_o conclude_v he_o spare_v not_o christ_n jesus_n his_o dear_a son_n but_o our_o sin_n be_v impute_v to_o he_o he_o lay_v the_o punishment_n also_o upon_o he_o both_o in_o his_o body_n and_o also_o his_o soul_n who_o bloody_a wound_n and_o pain_n be_v sufficient_a to_o save_v all_o but_o efficient_a and_o effectual_a only_o to_o redeem_v all_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n of_o his_o elect_a and_o faithful_a therefore_o see_v that_o we_o know_v that_o he_o leave_v no_o sin_n unpunished_a in_o the_o unrepentant_a in_o all_o former_a age_n but_o see_v hear_v and_o know_v they_o all_o as_o well_o the_o offender_n as_o their_o offence_n straightways_o arm_v himself_o with_o justice_n and_o judgement_n and_o punish_v they_o most_o 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