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friend_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o painful_a servant_n or_o poor_a member_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 24.23_o 2_o sam._n 24.23_o it_o be_v say_v of_o araunah_n that_o be_v but_o a_o subject_n as_o a_o king_n he_o give_v unto_o the_o king_n but_o we_o go_v like_o prince_n in_o soft_a raiment_n and_o we_o fare_v like_o king_n 16._o luke_n 16._o dainty_o every_o day_n and_o we_o give_v like_o bankrupt_n not_o a_o bit_n to_o the_o poor_a not_o a_o penny_n to_o the_o painful_a but_o o_o belove_a mutemus_fw-la vitamsi_fw-la volumus_fw-la accipere_fw-la vitam_fw-la we_o must_v change_v this_o course_n of_o life_n if_o ever_o we_o look_v for_o eternal_a life_n and_o we_o must_v remember_v the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n and_o put_v on_o the_o bowel_n of_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n if_o ever_o we_o be_v the_o child_n of_o this_o god_n of_o mercy_n second_o we_o shall_v be_v gracious_a that_o be_v amiable_a gracious_a 2._o to_o be_v gracious_a and_o affable_a and_o courteous_a one_o to_o another_o rather_o like_o titus_n vespasian_n that_o be_v deliciae_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la the_o delight_n of_o mankind_n delight_v only_o in_o do_v good_a and_o not_o like_o cynic_n diogenes_n or_o carp_a zoylus_n that_o be_v unsociable_a and_o unfit_a for_o any_o society_n three_o we_o shall_v be_v slow_a to_o anger_v for_o 14.29_o 3_o to_o be_v slow_a to_o anger_v eccâ—es_n 7.11_o prou._n 14.29_o anger_n rest_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o fool_n but_o he_o that_o be_v slow_a to_o wrath_n be_v of_o great_a wisdom_n because_o as_o the_o poet_n say_v furor_fw-la iraque_fw-la mentem_fw-la praecipitant_fw-la wrath_n and_o fury_n do_v so_o blind_a the_o mind_n and_o judgement_n of_o man_n ne_o possit_fw-la cernere_fw-la verum_fw-la that_o as_o cato_n say_v he_o can_v discern_v betwixt_o good_a and_o evil_n and_o therefore_o euripides_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o precipitately_a foster_v anger_n must_v needs_o fall_v into_o a_o evil_a end_n 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chrysost_o in_o serm_n de_fw-fr virt_n &_o vit_fw-mi which_o do_v no_o evil_a yet_o be_v it_o as_o certain_o true_a malum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la fecisse_fw-la bonum_fw-la that_o he_o be_v a_o evil_a man_n which_o do_v not_o good_a because_o there_o be_v privative_a sin_n not_o to_o do_v good_a as_o well_o as_o positive_a sin_n to_o do_v evil_a and_o therefore_o the_o jewish_a rabbin_n that_o have_v be_v curious_a to_o account_v all_o the_o commandment_n in_o moses_n law_n neg_fw-mi munster_n in_o precept_n off_o &_o neg_fw-mi have_v find_v 365._o negative_a one_o just_a as_o many_o as_o there_o be_v day_n in_o the_o year_n and_o 248._o affirmative_a one_o just_a as_o many_o as_o there_o be_v limb_n or_o bone_n in_o a_o man_n body_n not_o only_o to_o
kindred_n of_o a_o traitor_n be_v thereby_o taint_v and_o disparage_v by_o the_o macedonian_a law_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v abridge_v god_n of_o that_o which_o we_o see_v just_a in_o man_n or_o else_o we_o must_v yield_v it_o be_v just_a in_o god_n to_o visit_v and_o to_o punish_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n but_o for_o the_o second_o that_o for_o the_o father_n sin_n the_o child_n shall_v be_v spiritual_o punish_v or_o inflict_v with_o criminal_a punishment_n it_o seem_v more_o than_o strange_a and_o therefore_o aquinas_n and_o many_o other_o think_v thereby_o to_o reconcile_v this_o place_n of_o the_o law_n that_o god_n will_v visit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n and_o that_o of_o ezechiel_n where_o god_n say_v the_o innocent_a child_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o wicked_a father_n do_v say_v that_o god_n here_o do_v understand_v it_o of_o temporal_a punishment_n or_o corporal_a castigation_n which_o god_n 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child_n for_o the_o father_n sin_n and_o the_o second_o he_o do_v by_o a_o positive_a infliction_n of_o punishment_n upon_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o own_o sin_n for_o as_o he_o promise_v to_o bless_v the_o child_n of_o the_o godly_a for_o the_o love_n that_o he_o bear_v unto_o their_o parent_n as_o he_o say_v unto_o abraham_n 17.7_o gen._n 17.7_o i_o will_v be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o so_o he_o deny_v his_o grace_n many_o time_n unto_o the_o child_n of_o the_o wicked_a for_o the_o very_a hatred_n that_o he_o bear_v against_o their_o father_n sin_n as_o most_o innumerable_a woeful_a example_n do_v make_v it_o plain_a for_o you_o see_v the_o jew_n forsake_v god_n to_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n to_o this_o very_a day_n and_o that_o blood_n of_o christ_n which_o their_o father_n spill_v to_o remain_v upon_o the_o child_n of_o so_o many_o generation_n and_o we_o see_v so_o many_o nation_n of_o man_n suffer_v 1.79_o luc._n 1.79_o to_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n as_o the_o seven_o church_n of_o asia_n and_o many_o other_o famous_a place_n of_o greece_n and_o other_o country_n because_o their_o forefather_n have_v forsake_v their_o first_o love_n and_o through_o their_o negligence_n have_v extinguish_v the_o light_n of_o truth_n and_o be_v thus_o leave_v of_o god_n and_o deprive_v of_o grace_n what_o can_v be_v leave_v in_o they_o or_o derive_v from_o they_o but_o the_o fruit_n of_o that_o natural_a corruption_n which_o be_v ingraff_v in_o all_o man_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v true_o say_v of_o all_o the_o offspring_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la that_o be_v bereave_v of_o grace_n and_o leave_v unto_o themselves_o even_o for_o their_o father_n sin_n they_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la 15.34_o 1_o king_n 15.34_o the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la which_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n so_o we_o may_v say_v of_o the_o child_n of_o wicked_a parent_n that_o be_v leave_v as_o they_o be_v 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