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famae_fw-la venantur_fw-la say_v gregory_n who_o take_v delight_n by_o their_o misshapen_v opinion_n among_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n to_o magnify_v themselves_o these_o be_v great_o puff_v up_o with_o a_o swell_a joy_n but_o yet_o without_o true_a substance_n like_v to_o their_o proud_a understanding_n their_o perverse_a will_n and_o their_o misinform_a conscience_n the_o three_o cause_n of_o error_n be_v inordinate_a affection_n evident_o see_v in_o those_o who_o yield_v to_o their_o own_o desire_n and_o be_v therefore_o man_n of_o a_o large_a and_o a_o stretch_a conscience_n have_v their_o judgement_n perish_v with_o a_o long_a appetite_n because_o as_o seneca_n say_v true_o perit_fw-la omne_fw-la judicium_fw-la cum_fw-la res_fw-la transit_fw-la in_o affectum_fw-la when_o any_o thing_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o pang_n and_o heat_n of_o affection_n the_o judgement_n concern_v that_o matter_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v be_v utter_o decay_v these_o think_v it_o a_o part_n of_o good_a service_n 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a_o shadow_n and_o wound_v their_o soul_n with_o straw_n unto_o who_o 26._o mat._n 8._o 26._o i_o may_v fit_o speak_v as_o christ_n do_v once_o to_o he_o why_o be_v you_o so_o fearful_a o_o you_o of_o little_a faith_n the_o ancient_a &_o reverend_a name_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v as_o a_o skarebug_n unto_o they_o they_o start_v at_o it_o as_o at_o a_o african_a monster_n new_o present_v unto_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n these_o abridge_v themselves_o in_o many_o thing_n of_o christian_a liberty_n their_o fear_n cause_v misconstruction_n and_o their_o conscience_n be_v full_o of_o cowardice_n their_o joy_n be_v like_a unto_o they_o always_o pinch_v and_o join_v with_o perplexity_n to_o conclude_v this_o point_n also_o that_o heavenly_a consolation_n which_o s._n paul_n feel_v and_o which_o every_o one_o of_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o seek_v after_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o a_o ignorant_a a_o perverse_a a_o presumptuous_a a_o perplex_a conscience_n we_o may_v say_v of_o all_o these_o as_o the_o angel_n say_v to_o the_o woman_n 24._o luke_n 24._o concern_v christ_n why_o seek_v you_o the_o live_n among_o the_o dead_a a_o live_a joy_n in_o a_o die_a conscience_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr hic_fw-la it_o be_v not_o here_o but_o our_o rejoice_v say_v the_o apostle_n be_v this_o the_o restimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n sith_o then_o this_o unspeakable_a joy_n of_o heart_n can_v be_v have_v but_o where_o there_o be_v a_o testimony_n let_v we_o now_o inquire_v what_o this_o testimony_n of_o conscience_n shall_v be_v which_o be_v thus_o requisite_a to_o a_o sound_n and_o a_o hearty_a joy_n conscience_n by_o divine_n be_v define_v to_o be_v a_o knowledge_n join_v with_o a_o knowledge_n whereby_o we_o know_v what_o we_o know_v and_o understand_v that_o of_o ourselves_o which_o god_n know_v of_o us._n by_o natural_a condition_n it_o be_v place_v betwixt_o man_n and_o god_n under_o god_n and_o therefore_o do_v it_o yield_v all_o subjection_n unto_o he_o above_o man_n and_o therefore_o have_v it_o a_o power_n over_o he_o to_o accuse_v or_o excuse_v he_o to_o fill_v he_o full_a of_o sorrow_n or_o exceed_a joy_n in_o the_o exercise_v of_o which_o power_n it_o use_v a_o testimony_n now_o even_o in_o the_o civil_a law_n we_o be_v forbid_v to_o admit_v of_o every_o kind_n of_o testimony_n promiscual_o vox_fw-la unius_fw-la est_fw-la vox_fw-la nullius_fw-la say_v baldus_n one_o witness_n be_v no_o witness_n vnitesti_n ne_fw-la catoni_fw-la quidem_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v hierome_n if_o cato_n himself_o shall_v speak_v alone_o who_o for_o his_o integrity_n be_v feign_v by_o the_o poet_n iwenall_n to_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n tertius_fw-la de_fw-fr celo_fw-la cecidit_fw-la cato_n he_o be_v not_o alone_o to_o be_v believe_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n shall_v every_o word_n stand_v deu._n 19_o v._n 15._o first_o then_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o conscience_n especial_o there_o be_v require_v a_o competent_a number_n which_o must_v make_v a_o testimony_n though_o one_o apple_n be_v enough_o to_o manifest_v the_o life_n of_o a_o tree_n yet_o do_v not_o one_o swallow_n make_v a_o summer_n neither_o be_v one_o good_a motion_n of_o the_o mind_n though_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n able_a to_o give_v unto_o we_o a_o sound_a cause_n of_o joy_n and_o as_o plurality_n of_o witness_n must_v concur_v to_o make_v a_o testimony_n so_o again_o be_v it_o needful_a that_o they_o be_v due_o qualify_v the_o civilian_n tell_v we_o that_o unto_o sufficient_a witness_n these_o thing_n be_v require_v aetas_n conditio_fw-la sexus_fw-la discretio_fw-la fama_fw-la atque_fw-la fortuna_fw-la fides_fw-la in_fw-la testibus_fw-la ista_fw-la requiras_fw-la age_n condition_n sex_n discretion_n fame_n estate_n and_o faith_n be_v to_o be_v obscrue_v in_o every_o witness_n and_o as_o good_a choice_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v in_o any_o case_n in_o the_o world_n then_o in_o
thirteen_o chapter_n of_o his_o enchiridion_n malum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la malum_fw-la that_o in_o this_o world_n we_o have_v good_a mingle_v with_o our_o evil_n and_o evil_a with_o our_o good_a we_o see_v in_o part_n we_o know_v in_o part_n and_o our_o conscience_n be_v imperfect_a yet_o good_a and_o pure_a be_v neither_o just_o accuse_v for_o thing_n which_o be_v past_a nor_o unjust_o delight_v with_o thing_n which_o be_v present_a bona_n ordinatione_fw-la affectionis_fw-la pura_fw-la exclusione_fw-la criminis_fw-la bona_fw-la sine_fw-la duplicitate_fw-la intentionis_fw-la pura_fw-la sine_fw-la remorsione_n vermu_fw-la as_o a_o schooleman_n speak_v this_o kind_n of_o conscience_n among_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v honourable_a title_n give_v unto_o it_o they_o call_v it_o a_o field_n of_o blessedness_n a_o garden_n of_o delight_n the_o joy_n of_o angel_n the_o house_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o paradise_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o joy_n that_o flow_v from_o it_o be_v say_v s._n bernard_n a_o lâ—titia_fw-la that_o be_v a_o latitia_fw-la a_o surpass_a joy_n which_o make_v a_o man_n heart_n far_o wide_a than_o his_o mouth_n chilon_n sophocles_n and_o dionysius_n die_v upon_o a_o sudden_a say_v pliâ—ie_n with_o a_o greatness_n of_o joy_n yet_o be_v their_o joy_n but_o a_o wretched_a sorrow_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o good_a and_o pure_a joy_n of_o a_o honest_a conscience_n this_o be_v no_o light_n nor_o loud_a laughter_n res_fw-la severa_fw-la est_fw-la verum_fw-la gaudium_fw-la &_o maximum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la cum_fw-la parum_fw-la videtur_fw-la blandum_fw-la true_a joy_n be_v sober_a and_o season_v with_o gravity_n and_o then_o many_o time_n at_o the_o high_a when_o he_o that_o feel_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v at_o the_o low_a wine_n may_v make_v a_o man_n have_v a_o merry_a heart_n yet_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o mirth_n there_o may_v be_v sadness_n in_o the_o conscience_n sin_n may_v make_v a_o man_n have_v a_o heavy_a heart_n yet_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o heaviness_n there_o may_v be_v joy_n in_o the_o conscience_n paenitens_fw-la semper_fw-la dolet_fw-la there_o be_v the_o house_n of_o mourn_v &_o de_fw-la dolore_fw-la semper_fw-la gaudet_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n here_o be_v the_o house_n of_o rejoice_v so_o as_o a_o good_a conscience_n even_o in_o mourning_n rejoice_v all_o the_o sorrow_n in_o the_o world_n can_v make_v it_o whole_o sad_a yea_o such_o be_v the_o force_n of_o it_o as_o it_o turn_v sorrow_n and_o bitterness_n into_o joy_n you_o shall_v sorrow_n say_v our_o saviour_n to_o his_o disciple_n 20._o john_n 16._o 20._o but_o your_o sorrow_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o joy_n homer_n nepenthes_n be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o special_a force_n in_o it_o to_o take_v grief_n away_o but_o it_o have_v not_o the_o power_n to_o turn_v grief_n into_o joy_n whereas_o so_o many_o cross_n be_v 41._o act_n 5._o 41._o so_o many_o consolation_n unto_o christ_n apostle_n they_o triumph_v in_o their_o affliction_n for_o that_o they_o be_v think_v worthy_a to_o suffer_v they_o for_o their_o master_n sake_n this_o make_v poor_a job_n as_o augustine_n speak_v of_o he_o more_o happy_a in_o stercore_fw-la on_o the_o top_n of_o a_o dunghill_n then_o adam_n be_v in_o nemore_fw-la in_o the_o midst_n of_o paradise_n because_o as_o himself_o say_v his_o 6._o job_n 27._o 6._o heart_n do_v not_o reprove_v he_o all_o his_o day_n and_o whereas_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o world_n turn_v lot_n wife_n into_o a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n the_o delight_n of_o conscience_n turn_v the_o pillar_n of_o salt_n into_o lot_n wife_n so_o that_o lot_n for_o a_o salt_n pillar_n shall_v have_v a_o sweet_a wife_n for_o his_o great_a grief_n a_o exceed_a comfort_n solomon_n can_v not_o well_o tell_v what_o better_a to_o compare_v this_o conscience_n 15._o proverb_n 15._o unto_o then_o to_o a_o feast_n a_o good_a conscience_n say_v he_o be_v a_o continual_a feast_n what_o be_v more_o pleasant_a and_o more_o 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