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rather_o sustain_v for_o many_o thousand_o year_n even_o hell_n pain_n let_v fire_n and_o wild_a beast_n rack_n and_o strappado_n yea_o and_o all_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n seize_v upon_o i_o and_o torment_v i_o so_o i_o may_v win_v christ_n it_o be_v the_o triumphant_a say_n of_o ignatius_n the_o martyr_n record_v by_o eusebius_n this_o holy_a martyr_n breast_n burn_v with_o a_o love_n of_o god_n and_o a_o desire_n of_o heaven_n happiness_n that_o love_n cause_v he_o to_o fear_v nothing_o but_o god_n displeasure_n which_o follow_v upon_o our_o sin_n by_o mean_n whereof_o he_o may_v be_v deprive_v of_o everlasting_a joy_n and_o debar_v from_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n most_o glorious_a presence_n in_o a_o word_n the_o soul_n that_o hope_v to_o attain_v heaven_n and_o desire_n to_o reign_v there_o for_o ever_o with_o god_n will_v
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golgotha_n and_o as_o pilate_n say_v once_o out_o of_o pity_n to_o the_o jew_n joh._n 19.5_o behold_v the_o man_n so_o say_v i_o to_o thou_o behold_v thy_o saviour_n who_o be_v and_o be_v god_n and_o man_n in_o one_o person_n behold_v he_o sweat_v great_a drop_n of_o blood_n in_o his_o agony_n in_o the_o garden_n sustain_v whip_n and_o scoffing_n spitting_n and_o buffet_n in_o the_o face_n and_o last_o of_o all_o a_o most_o shameful_a and_o painful_a death_n on_o the_o cross_n for_o thou_o to_o redeem_v thou_o from_o hell_n and_o to_o bring_v thou_o to_o heaven_n into_o which_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o thou_o to_o climb_v be_v clog_v with_o the_o weight_n and_o burden_n of_o thy_o many_o and_o grievous_a sin_n who_o pardon_n he_o have_v purchase_v by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o death_n and_o suffering_n when_o thou_o have_v serious_o ponder_v and_o consider_v these_o thing_n than_o even_o when_o for_o some_o distasteful_a word_n thou_o feel_v the_o heat_n of_o passion_n begin_v to_o inflame_v thy_o blood_n then_o bespeak_v thyself_o in_o the_o word_n of_o saint_n basil_n in_o his_o moral_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o do_v thou_o o_o man_n be_v thou_o better_o than_o thy_o master_n have_v christ_n my_o lord_n suffer_v such_o unsufferable_a pain_n so_o many_o reproach_n for_o i_o and_o shall_v i_o who_o be_o a_o worm_n a_o poor_a contemptible_a creature_n shall_v i_o who_o be_o a_o cage_n of_o uncleanness_n a_o dunghill_n of_o impurity_n fret_v and_o fume_n for_o some_o conceive_a spot_n of_o disgrace_n or_o ignominy_n throw_v upon_o my_o name_n shall_v not_o i_o suffer_v this_o and_o more_o for_o he_o for_o the_o profession_n of_o his_o truth_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o name_n for_o they_o who_o profess_v christ_n they_o that_o live_v godly_a must_v look_v to_o suffer_v persecution_n at_o least_o that_o of_o the_o tongue_n aug._n mitescat_fw-la savitia_fw-la mansuescat_fw-la iracundia_fw-la remittaâ—t_fw-la sibi_fw-la omnes_fw-la culpas_fw-la inuicem_fw-la 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father_n 23.34_o luke_n 23.34_o forgive_v they_o for_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v or_o in_o the_o language_n of_o that_o protomartyr_n saint_n stephen_n act_v 7.60_o lord_n lay_v not_o this_o sin_n to_o their_o charge_n yet_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o public_a person_n and_o thy_o injury_n great_a and_o notorious_a qu._n qui_fw-la illatam_fw-la sibi_fw-la sustinet_fw-la injuriam_fw-la &_o contumeliam_fw-la conviciantis_fw-la nutrit_fw-la audaciam_fw-la vid._n aqui._n 2._o 2._o 72._o qu._n then_o to_o prevent_v scandal_n lest_o by_o silence_n thou_o give_v man_n an_o occasion_n to_o suspect_v the_o integrity_n of_o thy_o conscience_n thou_o may_v vindicate_v thy_o innocency_n by_o a_o just_a complaint_n to_o the_o magistrate_n basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n and_o from_o the_o decree_n of_o justice_n seek_v a_o redress_n of_o thy_o injury_n and_o in_o so_o do_v thou_o commit_v thy_o cause_n unto_o the_o lord_n in_o that_o thou_o reveng_a not_o thyself_o but_o 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