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nothing_o be_v lack_v unto_o they_o and_o unto_o the_o corinthian_n 10.32_o 1._o cor._n 10.32_o give_v none_o offence_n neither_o to_o the_o lewes_z nor_o to_o the_o grecian_n nor_o to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o if_o offence_n from_o these_o and_o corruption_n in_o carriage_n do_v not_o hinder_v they_o why_o shall_v the_o apostle_n thus_o exhort_v they_o to_o beware_v of_o such_o carriage_n lest_o they_o shall_v lay_v a_o stumble_a block_n before_o they_o yea_o and_o reason_n tell_v we_o these_o must_v needs_o hinder_v man_n 1._o reason_n 1._o 1._o because_o man_n be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o sensible_a of_o the_o injury_n and_o indignity_n which_o man_n can_v do_v they_o than_o they_o be_v of_o the_o judgement_n that_o god_n can_v bring_v upon_o they_o remain_v in_o that_o course_n wherein_o they_o then_o walk_v and_o natural_a man_n especial_o live_v rather_o by_o sense_n then_o by_o faith_n 2._o reason_n 2._o 2._o because_o if_o they_o see_v the_o want_n and_o infirmity_n yea_o sometime_o the_o vice_n and_o since_n that_o be_v find_v in_o they_o who_o have_v receive_v grace_n and_o repentance_n be_v but_o personal_a they_o impute_v they_o to_o the_o profession_n and_o not_o able_a to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o person_n and_o the_o profession_n they_o be_v make_v out_o of_o love_n with_o the_o profession_n for_o the_o personal_a fault_n and_o so_o never_o endeavour_n for_o it_o but_o be_v discourage_v from_o it_o use_v use_v to_o remove_v these_o â—…drances_n man_n ought_v first_o to_o labour_n for_o spiritual_a courage_n and_o to_o contemn_v all_o those_o injury_n and_o reproach_n that_o sinner_n will_v cast_v upon_o they_o such_o as_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o forsake_v and_o come_v to_o god_n for_o those_o reproach_n can_v hurt_v they_o unless_o they_o be_v fainthearted_a within_o as_o i_o may_v say_v of_o pleasure_n say_v chysost_n antioch_n homil._n 2._o add_v popul_n antioch_n that_o it_o consist_v not_o in_o the_o dress_n of_o the_o meat_n but_o in_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o eater_n so_o say_v i_o of_o reproach_n that_o they_o be_v somewhat_o or_o nothing_o not_o from_o his_o opinion_n that_o reproach_v but_o from_o his_o affection_n that_o suffer_v and_o be_v reproach_v for_o example_n let_v a_o man_n cast_v upon_o thou_o very_o strange_a and_o unheard_a of_o infamy_n and_o reproach_n if_o thou_o deride_v they_o if_o thou_o set_v light_a by_o his_o word_n thou_o have_v suffer_v no_o reproach_n for_o as_o if_o thou_o have_v a_o body_n of_o adamant_n or_o iron_n if_o thou_o be_v smite_v with_o innumerable_a dart_n on_o all_o side_n yet_o thou_o have_v receive_v never_o a_o wound_n for_o wound_n come_v not_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o he_o that_o cast_v those_o dart_n but_o from_o the_o body_n of_o he_o that_o suffer_v so_o here_o injury_n and_o reproach_n have_v not_o their_o be_v from_o the_o madness_n of_o he_o that_o reproach_v but_o from_o the_o meekness_n of_o he_o that_o suffer_v do_v any_o man_n injury_n thou_o thou_o feel_v not_o thou_o grieve_v not_o thou_o have_v suffer_v no_o injury_n thou_o have_v rather_o smite_v he_o than_o he_o thou_o for_o he_o that_o reproach_v if_o he_o see_v his_o wound_n and_o stroke_n go_v not_o to_o the_o heart_n of_o he_o that_o suffer_v he_o be_v much_o more_o vex_v then_o before_o and_o a_o man_n meek_o suffer_v his_o reproach_n the_o stroke_n of_o those_o reproach_n do_v return_v upon_o he_o that_o send_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n again_o he_o shall_v find_v that_o god_n will_v take_v notice_n of_o all_o these_o as_o he_o say_v he_o do_v of_o the_o reproach_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o the_o smyrnian_o 2.9_o revel_v 2.9_o i_o know_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o they_o etc._n etc._n to_o do_v to_o he_o as_o david_n promise_v