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the_o heart_n unless_o we_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v these_o hide_a thing_n to_o light_n and_o to_o make_v manifest_a these_o counsel_n it_o be_v 18._o rashness_n in_o we_o to_o judge_v and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o judge_v three_o this_o judge_v be_v uncharitable_a charity_n be_v not_o easy_o suspicious_a 15._o but_o upon_o just_a cause_n much_o less_o then_o censorious_a and_o peremptory_a indeed_o 3._o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o 2._o thing_n it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o judge_v of_o they_o secundùm_fw-la quod_fw-la sunt_fw-la as_o near_o as_o we_o can_v to_o judge_v of_o they_o just_a as_o they_o be_v without_o any_o sway_n or_o partial_a inclination_n either_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a but_o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o man_n and_o their_o action_n it_o be_v not_o altogether_o so_o there_o the_o rule_n of_o charity_n must_v take_v place_n 81._o dubia_fw-la in_o meliorem_fw-la partem_fw-la sunt_fw-la interpretanda_fw-la unless_o we_o see_v manifest_a cause_n to_o the_o contrary_a we_o ought_v ever_o to_o interpret_v what_o be_v do_v by_o other_o with_o as_o much_o favour_n as_o may_v be_v to_o err_v thus_o be_v better_a than_o to_o hit_v right_o the_o other_o way_n because_o this_o course_n be_v error_n safe_a and_o secure_v we_o as_o from_o 1._o injure_v other_o so_o from_o endanger_v ourselves_o whereas_o in_o judge_v ill_a though_o right_a we_o be_v still_o 2._o unjust_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o event_n only_o and_o not_o our_o choice_n free_v we_o from_o wrong_a judgement_n true_a charity_n be_v ingenuous_a it_o 5._o think_v no_o evil_a 1_o cor._n 13._o how_o far_o then_o be_v they_o from_o charity_n that_o be_v ever_o suspicious_a and_o think_v nothing_o well_o for_o we_o let_v it_o be_v our_o care_n to_o maintain_v charity_n and_o to_o avoid_v as_o far_o as_o humane_a frailty_n will_v give_v leave_n even_o sinister_a suspicion_n of_o our_o brethren_n action_n or_o if_o through_o frailty_n we_o can_v that_n yet_o let_v we_o not_o from_o light_a suspicion_n fall_v into_o uncharitable_a censure_n let_v we_o at_o leastwise_o suspend_v our_o 4._o definitive_a judgement_n and_o not_o determine_v too_o peremptory_o against_o such_o as_o do_v not_o in_o every_o respect_n just_a as_o we_o do_v or_o as_o we_o will_v have_v they_o do_v or_o as_o we_o think_v they_o shall_v do_v it_o be_v uncharitable_a for_o we_o to_o judge_v and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o judge_v last_o there_o be_v scandal_n in_o judge_v possible_o he_o that_o be_v judge_v may_v have_v that_o strength_n of_o faith_n and_o charity_n that_o though_o rash_a and_o uncharitable_a censure_n lie_v thick_a in_o his_o way_n he_o can_v light_o skip_v over_o all_o those_o stumbling-block_n and_o escape_v a_o fall_n saint_n paul_n have_v such_o a_o measure_n of_o strength_n 3._o with_o i_o it_o be_v a_o very_a small_a thing_n say_v he_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v judge_v of_o you_o or_o of_o humane_a judgement_n 1_o cor._n 4._o if_o our_o judge_a light_n upon_o such_o a_o object_n it_o be_v indeed_o no_o scandal_n to_o he_o but_o that_o be_v no_o thanks_o to_o we_o we_o be_v to_o esteem_v thing_n by_o their_o nature_n not_o event_n and_o therefore_o we_o give_v a_o scandal_n if_o we_o judge_v notwithstanding_o he_o that_o be_v judge_v take_v it_o not_o as_o a_o scandal_n for_o that_o judge_v be_v in_o itself_o a_o scandal_n be_v clear_a from_o vers._n 13._o of_o this_o chapter_n let_v we_o not_o therefore_o say_v s._n paul_n judge_v one_o another_o any_o more_o but_o judge_v this_o rather_o that_o no_o man_n put_v a_o stumbling-block_n or_o a_o occasion_n to_o fall_v into_o his_o brother_n way_n and_o thus_o we_o see_v four_o main_a reason_n against_o this_o judge_n of_o our_o brethren_n 1._o we_o have_v no_o right_a to_o judge_v and_o so_o our_o
defect_n thereof_o the_o question_n be_v whole_o about_o thing_n in_o their_o nature_n indifferent_a such_o as_o be_v the_o use_n of_o our_o food_n raiment_n and_o the_o like_a about_o which_o the_o common_a action_n of_o life_n be_v chief_o conversant_a whether_o in_o the_o choice_n and_o use_n of_o such_o thing_n we_o may_v not_o be_v sometime_o sufficient_o guide_v by_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o common_a rule_n of_o discretion_n but_o that_o we_o must_v be_v able_a and_o be_v so_o bind_v to_o do_v or_o else_o we_o sin_v for_o every_o thing_n we_o do_v in_o such_o matter_n to_o deduce_v our_o warrant_n from_o some_o place_n or_o other_o of_o scripture_n before_o the_o scripture_n be_v write_v it_o please_v god_n by_o vision_n and_o dream_n 9_o and_o other_o like_a revelation_n immediate_o to_o make_v know_v his_o good_a pleasure_n to_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n and_o by_o they_o unto_o the_o people_n which_o kind_n of_o revelation_n serve_v they_o to_o all_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o phrase_n there_o in_o keep_v back_o as_o they_o do_v part_n of_o the_o full_a price_n when_o they_o shall_v have_v 3._o lay_v it_o down_o all_o thus_o we_o be_v tie_v in_o justice_n to_o honour_v all_o man_n 11._o the_o next_o tie_n be_v that_o of_o equity_n where_o the_o rule_n be_v quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la a_o rule_n which_o severus_n a_o wise_a emperor_n magnify_v exceed_o severo_fw-la lampridius_n say_v that_o he_o learn_v it_o of_o the_o christian_n and_o it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v so_o for_o christ_n himself_o commend_v it_o to_o his_o disciple_n as_o a_o perfect_a breviate_v of_o the_o whole_a law_n whatsoever_o you_o will_v that_o man_n shall_v do_v unto_o you_o do_v you_o even_o so_o to_o they_o for_o this_o be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n he_o mean_v so_o far_o as_o concern_v our_o deal_n 12._o and_o transaction_n with_o man_n a_o short_a lesson_n but_o of_o a_o large_a comprehension_n all_o one_o in_o the_o 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and_o every_o tongue_n shall_v confess_v to_o his_o honour_n and_o what_o have_v befall_v he_o the_o head_n concern_v we_o also_o his_o member_n not_o only_o by_o way_n of_o merit_n but_o by_o way_n of_o conformity_n also_o si_fw-mi compatimur_fw-la conregnabimus_fw-la if_o we_o be_v partaker_n of_o his_o 12._o suffering_n we_o shall_v be_v also_o of_o his_o glory_n god_n as_o out_o of_o very_a faithfulness_n he_o do_v cause_v we_o to_o be_v trouble_v so_o will_v he_o out_o of_o the_o very_a same_o faithfulness_n give_v a_o honourable_a issue_n also_o to_o all_o our_o trouble_n if_o we_o cleave_v unto_o he_o by_o steadfast_a faith_n and_o constant_a obedience_n possible_o in_o this_o life_n if_o he_o see_v it_o useful_a for_o we_o but_o undoubted_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v whereunto_o etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la aulam._n the_o eleven_o sermon_n whitehall_n july_n 5._o 1640._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 23._o all_o thing_n be_v lawful_a for_o i_o but_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o expedient_a all_o 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be_v fit_a to_o be_v do_v ex_fw-la intuitu_fw-la charitatis_fw-la and_o for_o the_o avoid_n of_o offence_n you_o have_v for_o that_o too_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la expediunt_fw-la all_o thing_n be_v not_o expedient_a all_o thing_n edify_v not_o if_o we_o will_v sail_v by_o this_o card_n regulate_v our_o judgement_n and_o practice_n by_o our_o apostle_n rule_v and_o example_n in_o the_o text_n we_o shall_v neither_o dash_v against_o the_o rock_n of_o superstition_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n nor_o fall_v into_o the_o gulf_n of_o profaneness_n on_o the_o left_a we_o shall_v neither_o betray_v our_o christian_a liberty_n nor_o abuse_v it_o 2._o in_o the_o word_n themselves_o be_v apparent_o observable_a concern_v that_o liberty_n two_o thing_n the_o extension_n first_o and_o then_o the_o limitation_n of_o it_o the_o extension_n be_v in_o the_o former_a clause_n wherein_o we_o have_v the_o thing_n and_o the_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o thing_n lawful_a and_o all_o lawful_a 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