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can_v be_v better_o than_o satan_n give_v of_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o consider_v what_o be_v speak_v or_o by_o who_o but_o whence_o and_o for_o what_o the_o spirit_n be_v oftentimes_o try_v by_o the_o speech_n but_o othertime_n the_o speech_n must_v be_v examine_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o a_o high_a word_n 61_o greatness_n put_v high_a thought_n and_o big_a word_n into_o a_o man_n whereas_o the_o deject_a mind_n take_v careless_o what_o offer_v itself_o every_o worldling_n be_v base-minded_a and_o therefore_o his_o thought_n creep_v still_o low_a upon_o the_o earth_n the_o christian_a both_o be_v and_o know_v himself_o true_o great_a and_o thereupon_o mind_v and_o speak_v of_o spiritual_a immortal_a glorious_a heavenly_a thing_n so_o much_o as_o the_o soul_n stoop_v unto_o earthly_a thought_n so_o much_o be_v it_o unregenerate_a 62_o long_a acquaintance_n as_o it_o make_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v evil_a to_o seem_v less_o evil_a so_o it_o make_v good_a thing_n which_o at_o first_o be_v unpleasant_a delightful_a there_o be_v no_o evil_a of_o pain_n not_o no_o moral_n good_a action_n which_o be_v not_o harsh_a at_o the_o first_o continuance_n of_o evil_a which_o may_v seem_v to_o weary_v we_o be_v the_o remedy_n and_o abatement_n of_o weariness_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o good_a as_o it_o profit_v so_o it_o please_v he_o that_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o good_a and_o evil_a find_v both_o of_o they_o troublesome_a god_n therefore_o do_v well_o for_o we_o while_o he_o exercise_v we_o with_o long_a affliction_n and_o we_o do_v well_o to_o ourselves_o while_o we_o continual_o busy_v ourselves_o in_o good_a exercise_n 63_o sometime_o it_o be_v well_o take_v by_o man_n that_o we_o humble_v ourselves_o low_a than_o there_o be_v cause_n thy_o servant_n jacob_n say_v that_o good_a patriarch_n to_o his_o brother_n to_o his_o inferior_a and_o no_o less_o well_o do_v god_n take_v these_o submiss_a extenuation_n of_o 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shall_v employ_v you_o back_o to_o this_o our_o babylon_n for_o the_o call_n out_o of_o more_o proselyte_n you_o be_v intercept_v imprison_v shall_v it_o be_v sin_n in_o you_o not_o to_o hear_v the_o prophecy_n at_o amsterdam_n the_o clinke_n be_v a_o lawful_a excuse_n if_o your_o foot_n be_v bind_v your_o conscience_n be_v not_o bind_v in_o these_o negative_n outward_a force_n take_v away_o both_o sin_n and_o blame_v and_o alter_v they_o from_o the_o patient_a to_o the_o actor_n so_o that_o now_o you_o see_v your_o straight_a bond_n if_o they_o be_v such_o loose_v by_o obedience_n and_o overruling_a power_n section_n xix_o separ_fw-la the_o bond_n of_o god_n word_n unjust_o plead_v by_o the_o separ_fw-la but_o what_o bond_n be_v these_o straight_o one_o god_n word_n and_o your_o own_o necessity_n both_o strong_a and_o indissoluble_a where_o god_n have_v bid_v god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v care_v for_o the_o forbiddance_n of_o man_n i_o reverence_v from_o my_o soul_n so_o do_v 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require_v so_o as_o still_o this_o one_o word_n shall_v confirm_v i_o against_o all_o impure_a mouth_n impure_a not_o for_o prefer_v continency_n as_o my_o caviller_n will_v take_v it_o but_o for_o deprave_v of_o marriage_n by_o the_o foul_a title_n of_o fleshliness_n and_o sensuality_n such_o as_o his_o own_o ibid._n ibid._n a_o worse_a we_o need_v not_o neither_o do_v s._n ambrose_n at_o all_o control_v i_o herein_o while_o he_o teach_v that_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o here_o invite_v we_o to_o beget_v child_n in_o the_o priesthood_n habentem_fw-la enim_fw-la dixit_fw-la filios_fw-la non_fw-la facientem_fw-la we_o do_v not_o challenge_v hence_o any_o command_n we_o challenge_v a_o allowance_n which_o we_o have_v and_o proclaim_v that_o i_o may_v not_o say_v some_o copy_n of_o ambrose_n run_v according_a as_o i_o have_v learn_v of_o our_o eminent_a doctor_n fulke_n habentem_fw-la filios_fw-la praecit_fw-la espenc_n l._n praecit_fw-la aut_fw-la facientem_fw-la have_v child_n or_o beget_v they_o the_o difference_n be_v not_o worth_a stand_n for_o let_v it_o pass_v after_o his_o own_o read_n i_o can_v stop_v his_o mouth_n with_o the_o ingenuous_a answer_n of_o his_o espencaeus_fw-la habentem_fw-la enim_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o he_o say_v have_v child_n not_o beget_v they_o debellatum_fw-la hicesset_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o field_n be_v win_v if_o either_o this_o be_v the_o text_n and_o not_o the_o gloss_n or_o they_o that_o thus_o interpret_v it_o be_v apostle_n as_o they_o be_v not_o thus_o their_o own_o bishop_n but_o i_o need_v not_o call_v for_o any_o aid_n the_o word_n of_o ambrose_n do_v plain_o drive_v against_o a_o invitation_n or_o command_v which_o we_o do_v willing_o disclaim_v sect_n xix_o now_o unhappy_a be_v this_o man_n that_o still_o shoot_v his_o arrow_n quite_o beside_o the_o butt_n 96._o refut_o p._n 96._o he_o prove_v forsooth_o with_o great_a zeal_n that_o the_o father_n never_o understand_v a_o positive_a command_n in_o our_o apostle_n 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