afflict_v he_o go_v a_o stray_n but_o after_o his_o affliction_n he_o keep_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o again_o it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o that_o i_o have_v be_v afflict_v that_o i_o may_v learn_v thy_o statute_n 33_o 2._o chro._n 33_o be_v not_o manasses_n for_o his_o conversion_n indebt_v to_o his_o captivity_n and_o be_v not_o we_o for_o david_n psalm_n indebt_v to_o saul_n and_o absalon_n for_o the_o build_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o our_o day_n be_v not_o we_o indebt_v to_o the_o martyrdom_n and_o torment_n that_o our_o father_n endure_v for_o the_o gospel_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o experience_n we_o find_v other_o end_n of_o our_o affliction_n then_o satisfaction_n and_o redemption_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n therefore_o say_v chrysostome_n in_o his_o homely_a of_o confession_n &_o penance_n that_o god_n punish_v we_o not_o for_o the_o sin_n past_a corrigens_fw-la non_fw-la exigens_fw-la supplicium_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la futura_fw-la nos_fw-la corrigens_fw-la but_o correct_v we_o for_o that_o that_o be_v to_o come_v here_o do_v our_o adversary_n rouse_v themselves_o and_o seek_v all_o mean_n to_o underprop_v their_o so_o ruinous_a a_o cause_n and_o to_o persuade_v that_o to_o pardon_v a_o sin_n &_o yet_o to_o punish_v it_o with_o satisfactory_a pain_n to_o acquit_v a_o debt_n and_o yet_o to_o make_v the_o debtor_n pay_v it_o be_v thing_n compatible_a &_o such_o as_o do_v well_o agree_v this_o do_v the_o friar_n prove_v by_o a_o theological_a reason_n among_o all_o the_o work_n of_o god_n say_v he_o do_v equal_o shine_v his_o mercy_n and_o his_o justice_n a_o proposition_n that_o bear_v many_o exception_n 75._o pag._n 75._o as_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o devil_n we_o find_v sovereign_a justice_n without_o mercy_n and_o god_n do_v often_o minister_v the_o one_o without_o the_o other_o as_o himself_o say_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n james_n cap._n 2._o there_o shall_v be_v judgement_n 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their_o desire_n even_o hasten_v the_o come_n of_o it_o as_o do_v the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n phil._n 1.13_o beside_o these_o reason_n they_o allege_v many_o example_n as_o of_o mary_n moses_n david_n who_o be_v punish_v after_o their_o offence_n be_v forgive_v namely_o david_n who_o example_n they_o do_v urge_v 2._o sam._n 12._o where_o god_n have_v forgive_v he_o his_o sin_n say_v nevertheless_o unto_o he_o the_o sword_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o thy_o house_n because_o thou_o have_v despise_v i_o again_o because_o thou_o have_v give_v the_o lord_n enemy_n cause_n to_o blaspheme_v his_o name_n thy_o child_n shall_v die_v there_o be_v not_o say_v they_o to_o the_o end_n thou_o shall_v not_o cause_v to_o blaspheme_v likewise_o in_o the_o 7._o of_o micheas_n i_o will_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n because_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o he_o wherein_o their_o judgement_n fail_v they_o for_o they_o labour_v to_o prove_v that_o which_o we_o do_v grant_v who_o deni_v but_o that_o 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a_o desperate_a presumption_n dare_v avouch_v it_o to_o be_v a_o reason_n forge_v in_o our_o own_o brain_n without_o the_o word_n of_o god_n without_o authority_n 78._o pag._n 78._o and_o without_o reason_n hereupon_o therefore_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o god_n herein_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n cap._n 12._o say_v god_n chastn_v we_o for_o our_o profit_n to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v be_v partaker_n of_o his_o holiness_n again_o discipline_n bring_v the_o quiet_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n to_o those_o that_o be_v exercise_v therein_o how_o often_o do_v god_n say_v that_o he_o chastn_v those_o who_o he_o love_v 3.11_o apoc._n 3.19_o heb._n 12.6_o job_n 5.17_o prov._n 3.11_o david_n in_o the_o 119._o psalm_n confess_v that_o before_o he_o be_v
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