fratres_fw-la impudenâ—ia_fw-la vos_fw-la quorundam_fw-la premi_fw-la &_o verecundiam_fw-la vestram_fw-la vim_o pati_fw-la oro_fw-la vos_fw-la quibus_fw-la possum_fw-la precibus_fw-la ut_fw-la evangelij_fw-la memores_fw-la vos_fw-la quoque_fw-la solicit_v &_o cautè_fw-la petentium_fw-la desideria_fw-la ponderetis_fw-la utpote_fw-la amici_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la illo_fw-la post_fw-la modum_fw-la iudicaturi_fw-la inspiciatis_fw-la &_o actum_fw-la &_o opera_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la singulerum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la delictorum_fw-la genera_fw-la &_o qualitates_fw-la cogitetis_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la abrupte_v &_o indignè_fw-la vel_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la promissum_fw-la vel_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la factum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la apud_fw-la gentiles_n quoque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la eclcesia_n nostra_fw-la crubescere_fw-la incipiat_fw-la cypr._n epist_n 11_o reproach_v the_o church_n and_o open_v the_o mouth_n of_o iniquity_n to_o say_v you_o be_v all_o such_o whereas_o discommon_v and_o discard_n such_o from_o our_o familiar_a and_o private_a society_n and_o when_o need_n and_o power_n be_v from_o communion_n in_o holy_a thing_n gain_v the_o church_n a_o great_a deal_n of_o honour_n and_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o iniquity_n from_o calumniate_a god_n people_n to_o be_v favourer_n and_o countenancer_n of_o such_o person_n such_o will_v be_v press_v in_o to_o gain_v their_o credit_n and_o to_o recover_v their_o respect_n but_o when_o such_o sudden_o and_o easy_o get_v into_o credit_n it_o be_v no_o whit_n for_o the_o honour_n and_o credit_n of_o the_o church_n god_n will_v bring_v woe_n upon_o they_o in_o their_o outward_a state_n their_o peace_n their_o posterity_n elies_n son_n run_v into_o foul_a scandal_n 1._o sam._n 2._o 22._o it_o be_v scandalous_a for_o private_a person_n much_o more_o for_o priest_n to_o be_v unclean_a and_o adulterous_a it_o be_v scandalous_a to_o have_v do_v so_o unclean_a a_o act_n in_o any_o place_n but_o to_o do_v it_o in_o a_o sacred_a place_n with_o woman_n come_v thither_o upon_o devotion_n this_o be_v egregious_o scandalous_a god_n therefore_o take_v they_o to_o do_v and_o do_v execution_n upon_o they_o and_o cut_v they_o both_o off_o in_o one_o day_n by_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o philistines_n god_n bring_v the_o woe_n of_o the_o sword_n upon_o they_o nay_o when_o they_o run_v into_o scandal_n because_o eli_n do_v not_o restrain_v they_o see_v what_o god_n threaten_v upon_o his_o posterity_n 1._o sam._n 2._o 36._o that_o he_o will_v plague_v they_o with_o such_o base_a beggary_n and_o misery_n that_o they_o shall_v beg_v their_o bread_n if_o god_n thus_o punish_v he_o for_o not_o restrain_v how_o much_o more_o will_v he_o have_v punish_v he_o for_o the_o commit_n of_o a_o scandal_n if_o it_o go_v thus_o hard_o with_o eli_n that_o restrain_v not_o how_o hard_o will_v it_o go_v with_o hophni_n and_o phinehas_n that_o commit_v the_o scandal_n we_o can_v have_v a_o more_o pregnant_a and_o full_a 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bitter_a sorrow_n of_o spirit_n and_o plunge_v he_o so_o deep_a as_o that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o despair_v and_o to_o be_v whole_o cast_v away_o thus_o god_n will_v make_v his_o soul_n smart_n and_o his_o heart_n ache_v for_o this_o scandal_n of_o he_o will_v make_v he_o feel_v the_o truth_n of_o christ_n saying_n woe_n unto_o he_o by_o who_o the_o offence_n come_v it_o be_v david_n case_n before_o he_o when_o he_o have_v fall_v into_o scandal_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o bathsheba_n and_o vriah_n before_o he_o come_v to_o a_o redintegration_n of_o his_o former_a condition_n god_n bring_v he_o upon_o the_o rack_n ps_n 51._o 12._o restore_v unto_o i_o the_o joy_n of_o thy_o salvation_n therefore_o that_o be_v take_v away_o &_o go_v that_o sweet_a sunshine_n be_v overcloud_v yea_o that_o sun_n be_v dreadful_o eclipse_v and_o how_o fearful_a such_o eclipse_n be_v they_o know_v
abhorreant_fw-la nunciatamque_fw-la veritatem_fw-la ob_fw-la immania_fw-la illorum_fw-la facinora_fw-la &_o incredâ—bilem_fw-la nequitiam_fw-la repudient_n ut_fw-la inquam_fw-la frequentibus_fw-la illorum_fw-la sceleribus_fw-la animaduersis_fw-la eos_fw-la quoque_fw-la qui_fw-la è_fw-la sanctâ_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la sunt_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuadeant_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la à _fw-la verissima_fw-la dei_fw-la doctrina_fw-la aures_fw-la avertant_fw-la aut_fw-la cerâ—e_fw-la paucorum_fw-la improbitate_fw-la conspectâ_fw-la in_o universos_fw-la eadem_fw-la maledicta_fw-la conijciant_fw-la atque_fw-la ea_fw-la demum_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n plerique_fw-la gentilium_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la istius_fw-la sectae_fw-la homines_fw-la deprehenderint_fw-la nullam_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la velint_fw-la neque_fw-la dati_fw-la acceptique_a neque_fw-la consilij_fw-la neque_fw-la audiendi_fw-la divini_fw-la verbi_fw-la societatem_fw-la coniungere_fw-la ac_fw-la neaure_n quidem_fw-la praebere_fw-la sustineant_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la nesarijs_fw-la illorum_fw-la flagitijs_fw-la consternati_fw-la ac_fw-la deterriti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ephiphan_n lib._n 1._o haeres_fw-la 27._o ad_fw-la detrectationem_fw-la divini_fw-la nominis_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la à _fw-la satana_n praemissi_fw-la sunt_fw-la uti_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la illorum_fw-la audientes_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o putantes_fw-la omnes_fw-la nos_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la quertant_fw-la aures_fw-la svas_fw-la à _fw-la prâ—coâ—iâ—_fw-la veritatis_fw-la iraen_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o now_o what_o be_v the_o aim_n of_o satan_n malice_n in_o bring_v those_o carpocrasians_n and_o gnosticke_n term_v themselves_o christian_n unto_o such_o more_o than_o heathenish_a impurity_n surely_n none_o other_o but_o this_o that_o upon_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o loathsome_a course_n the_o heathen_a may_v abhor_v the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o may_v be_v so_o scandalize_v thereby_o that_o they_o may_v utter_o 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cloak_n to_o hide_v and_o cover_v their_o rot_a inside_n and_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o profession_n of_o religion_n for_o base_a and_o by-end_n only_o to_o advance_v their_o credit_n and_o their_o profit_n as_o the_o shechemite_n will_v be_v circumcise_v for_o sheep_n ox_n and_o substance_n some_o put_v on_o a_o 19_o a_o quanam_fw-la sunt_fw-la istae_fw-la pelles_fw-mi onium_fw-la nisi_fw-la nominiâ—_n cbristiani_n extrinsecus_fw-la superficies_n tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n advers_a haeret._n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la ovilia_fw-la species_n videlicet_fw-la simulatae_fw-la religionis_fw-la elcemmosyna_n simulata_fw-la oratio_fw-la simulata_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la simulatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrys_n oper_n imperf_n in_o math._n hom_n 19_o sheep_n clothing_n but_o inward_o be_v raven_a wolf_n now_o where_o religion_n be_v thus_o personate_v and_o man_n do_v but_o act_v a_o part_n corruption_n restrain_v will_v break_v out_o at_o last_o yea_o and_o god_n in_o his_o justice_n will_v uncase_v and_o discover_v such_o by_o give_v they_o up_o to_o foul_a and_o notorious_a gross_a evil_n judas_n under_o hope_n of_o some_o temporal_a preferment_n both_o profess_a and_o preach_v christ_n forsake_v all_o and_o follow_v he_o and_o be_v as_o forward_o as_o the_o best_a of_o they_o but_o because_o all_o this_o be_v in_o hypocrisy_n therefore_o his_o corruption_n hold_v in_o for_o a_o time_n under_o this_o violent_a restraint_n at_o the_o last_o break_v foul_o out_o and_o because_o he_o foul_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a he_o be_v by_o divine_a justice_n leave_v to_o himself_o and_o fall_v into_o that_o fearful_a scandal_n of_o betray_v christ_n observe_v that_o matth._n 7._o 27._o the_o house_n build_v upon_o the_o sand_n fall_v and_o the_o fall_n of_o it_o be_v great_a when_o hypocrite_n fall_v they_o fall_v not_o the_o ordinary_a fall_v of_o other_o man_n great_a be_v the_o fall_n of_o it_o they_o fall_v into_o great_a and_o heinous_a scandal_n as_o 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now_o then_o inasmuch_o as_o it_o can_v be_v avoid_v and_o it_o be_v impossible_a but_o that_o there_o will_v and_o shall_v be_v hypocrite_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o satan_n will_v be_v stand_v among_o the_o child_n of_o god_n job_n 1._o and_o in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o can_v be_v but_o that_o rot_a hypocrisy_n will_v break_v out_o and_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n justice_n must_v sometime_o be_v discover_v in_o this_o life_n therefore_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v scandal_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a but_o that_o offence_n shall_v come_v 2._o such_o as_o profess_v sincere_o and_o in_o truth_n now_o even_o in_o these_o there_o be_v yet_o great_a remaynder_n of_o corruption_n the_o very_o best_a bear_v a_o body_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n about_o they_o and_o because_o they_o be_v not_o so_o watchful_a as_o they_o shall_v to_o look_v so_o narrow_o to_o their_o own_o heart_n as_o they_o ought_v therefore_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v also_o that_o offence_n must_v 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know_v how_o many_o soul_n god_n will_v punish_v such_o as_o do_v not_o endeavour_v to_o 25._o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n ad_fw-la rom._n hom._n 25._o save_v other_o man_n soul_n what_o in_o they_o lie_v what_o then_o deserve_v they_o at_o his_o hand_n that_o castaway_n man_n soul_n as_o scandalous_a sinner_n do_v and_o what_o wonder_v that_o heavy_a justice_n follow_v heavy_a sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o put_v a_o stumble_a block_n before_o the_o blind_a levit._fw-la 19_o 14._o but_o what_o if_o a_o man_n do_v it_o then_o shall_v a_o woe_n and_o a_o curse_n fall_v upon_o he_o deut._n 27._o 18._o curse_a be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o blind_a to_o wander_v out_o of_o his_o way_n now_o when_o man_n do_v give_v scandal_n they_o do_v lay_v stumble_a block_n in_o the_o way_n of_o many_o blind_a one_o they_o cause_v they_o to_o wander_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o to_o stumble_v so_o that_o they_o fall_v into_o eternal_a ruin_n and_o therefore_o be_v god_n so_o sharp_a with_o 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the_o reproach_n of_o their_o scandal_n redounde_n to_o the_o disgrace_n of_o the_o whole_a christianis_fw-la whole_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justin_n apol._n 2._o a_o pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la church_n of_o god_n and_o the_o excrementitious_a filth_n of_o their_o action_n be_v throw_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n david_n have_v a_o prayer_n ps_n 69_o 5._o 6._o o_o god_n thou_o know_v my_o foolishness_n and_o my_o sin_n be_v not_o hide_v from_o thou_o let_v not_o they_o that_o wait_v on_o thou_o o_o lord_n god_n of_o host_n be_v ashamed_a for_o my_o sake_n o_o god_n of_o israel_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v thou_o know_v o_o lord_n what_o heinous_a thing_n my_o enemy_n lay_v unto_o my_o charge_n thou_o that_o know_v all_o my_o foolishness_n and_o sin_n know_v that_o they_o lie_v they_o false_o upon_o i_o but_o what_o ever_o sin_n they_o charge_v upon_o i_o yet_o lord_n keep_v i_o and_o preserve_v i_o that_o i_o may_v not_o fall_v into_o any_o such_o scandalous_a sin_n that_o may_v bring_v shame_n &_o reproach_n upon_o thy_o people_n let_v i_o not_o so_o sin_n that_o for_o my_o sake_n thy_o people_n shall_v have_v any_o shame_n mark_v then_o that_o when_o any_o that_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o god_n fall_v into_o any_o gross_a evil_n it_o turn_v to_o the_o shame_n not_o only_o of_o he_o that_o fall_v but_o it_o bring_v shame_n upon_o all_o that_o wait_v upon_o god_n and_o seek_v he_o all_o god_n people_n suffer_v and_o share_v in_o the_o reproach_n of_o one_o miscarry_v we_o have_v a_o example_n of_o it_o 1._o cor._n 5._o 1._o it_o be_v report_v common_o that_o there_o be_v fornication_n among_o you_o locum_fw-la you_o pungit_fw-la ac_fw-la ferret_v et_fw-la quoad_fw-la eius_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la common_a profert_fw-la probrum_fw-la criminis_fw-la non_fw-la dixit_fw-la enim_fw-la curille_n aut_fw-la iste_fw-la est_fw-la fornicatus_fw-la sed_fw-la auditur_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la fornicatio_fw-la ne_fw-la ut_fw-la 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