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be_v so_o cloak_v in_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n that_o nothing_o appear_v but_o mere_a ignorance_n not_o only_o to_o the_o eye_n of_o other_o but_o also_o of_o themselves_o saint_n paul_n be_v such_o a_o one_o before_o he_o be_v lyghten_v for_o he_o hate_v jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o doctrine_n in_o that_o he_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o a_o fond_a zeal_n not_o know_v what_o he_o do_v and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o without_o hypocrisye_n nor_o without_o pride_n so_o that_o he_o be_v inexcusable_a before_o god_n but_o his_o vice_n be_v altogether_o cover_v with_o ignorance_n and_o blindness_n so_o that_o himself_o perceave_v they_o not_o nor_o feel_v they_o the_o second_o manner_n of_o ignorance_n be_v more_o like_a to_o a_o stubborness_n and_o wilfulness_n than_o a_o mere_a ignorance_n for_o they_o that_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n rise_v up_o against_o god_n be_v as_o it_o be_v freniticke_a man_n they_o have_v eye_n and_o yet_o they_o see_v not_o these_o governor_n be_v such_o and_o we_o 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myschevous_a desire_n to_o slander_v they_o ask_v this_o question_n who_o beside_o god_n only_o can_v forgeve_v sin_n but_o although_o this_o come_v out_o of_o malicious_a mouth_n yet_o most_o true_a it_o be_v that_o only_a god_n have_v power_n &_o authority_n to_o forgeve_v sin_n as_o he_o only_o can_v condemn_v so_o only_o he_o can_v quite_o but_o when_o in_o this_o 20._o chapter_n of_o saint_n john_n christ_n geve_v charge_n to_o his_o disciple_n to_o forgeve_v sin_n he_o geve_v not_o over_o unto_o they_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o himself_o it_o be_v proper_a unto_o he_o to_o remytte_n and_o forgeve_v sin_n which_o honour_n he_o resygn_v not_o to_o they_o in_z much_o as_o it_o belong_v to_o he_o but_o he_o will_v have_v they_o bear_v record_n in_o his_o name_n of_o the_o forgevenesse_n of_o sin_n and_o offence_n so_o that_o it_o be_v he_o y_z e_z reconcile_v man_n to_o god_n to_o be_v short_a it_o be_v he_o alone_o to_o speak_v fyt_o that_o forgeve_v sin_n by_o his_o apostle_n and_o minister_n how_o come_v it_o then_o to_o pass_v that_o he_o advaunce_v so_o hygh_o their_o dignity_n see_v that_o he_o appoint_v they_o only_o for_o witness_n and_o declarer_n and_o not_o for_o author_n of_o the_o benefit_n this_o be_v do_v for_o the_o great_a establish_n of_o our_o faith_n as_o in_o deed_n there_o be_v nothing_o that_o more_o profyte_v we_o than_o that_o we_o resolve_v and_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o our_o sin_n come_v not_o into_o judgement_n or_o account_n before_o god_n zachary_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o saint_n luke_n call_v this_o knowledge_n of_o y_fw-es â—_o forgevenesse_n and_o pardon_n of_o sin_n the_o knowledge_n of_o sin_n now_o sing_v the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n be_v such_o to_o use_v the_o witness_n of_o man_n for_o to_o allow_v this_o forgevenesse_n of_o sin_n than_o we_o shall_v quiet_v ourselves_o when_o we_o shall_v know_v that_o it_o be_v god_n himself_o that_o speak_v to_o we_o in_o the_o person_n of_o his_o minister_n for_o this_o cause_n saint_n paul_n say_v we_o exhort_v you_o to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n as_o if_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o make_v obtestation_n by_o us._n the_o faithful_a then_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o resolve_v that_o what_o they_o hear_v touch_v the_o forgevenesse_n if_o sin_n be_v ratify_v and_o ought_v nolesse_v to_o eastern_a the_o reconcil_v or_o atonement_n which_o be_v declare_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o voice_n and_o word_n of_o man_n than_o if_o he_o himself_o stretch_v his_o hand_n to_o they_o now_o mark_v two_o thing_n which_o it_o behove_v we_o to_o remember_v first_o that_o a_o treasure_n be_v offer_v we_o but_o it_o be_v in_o little_a vessel_n those_o be_v man_n which_o be_v send_v we_o to_o offer_v and_o open_v this_o treasure_n unto_o we_o in_o the_o name_n of_o another_o not_o as_o their_o own_o riches_n but_o as_o his_o that_o scent_n they_o us._n next_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o esteem_v this_o treasure_n no_o whit_n the_o less_o because_o it_o be_v in_o dyspiseable_a vessel_n but_o rather_o we_o have_v occasion_n to_o geve_v thanks_n unto_o god_n in_o that_o he_o have_v deal_v so_o favourable_o with_o man_n that_o they_o represente_v his_o person_n and_o the_o person_n of_o his_o son_n when_o they_o hear_v wytness_n of_o the_o forgevenesse_n of_o sin_n so_o god_n only_o forgeve_v sin_n yet_o he_o confyrm_v that_o which_o man_n appoint_v by_o he_o declare_v unto_o we_o touch_v the_o forgevenesse_n of_o sin_n 99_o call_v no_o man_n on_o earth_n your_o father_n for_o there_o be_v but_o one_o that_o be_v your_o father_n who_o be_v in_o heaven_n mat._n 23._o honour_n thy_o father_n &_o thy_o mother_n exod._n 20._o the_o lord_n jesus_n have_v show_v before_o y_fw-es â—_o this_o honour_n belong_v to_o no_o other_o to_o be_v call_v lord_n but_o to_o god_n only_o if_o this_o seem_v to_o hard_o forasmuch_o as_o he_o himself_o have_v appoint_v man_n to_o be_v our_o master_n &_o teacher_n y_fw-fr â—_o answer_v be_v easy_a true_a it_o be_v y_z e_o christ_n himself_n when_o he_o yet_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n choose_v his_o apostle_n &_o appoint_v they_o to_o y_fw-mi â—_o offyce_v of_o teaching_n and_o if_o the_o strife_n be_v for_o the_o title_n it_o be_v very_o certain_a that_o when_o saint_n paul_n name_v himself_o the_o master_n teacher_n of_o the_o gentile_n his_o mind_n be_v not_o wicked_o to_o steal_v from_o christ_n the_o honour_n y_fw-fr â—_o belong_v unto_o he_o neither_o be_v christ_n meaning_n any_o thing_n else_o but_o to_o bring_v every_o man_n under_o he_o from_o the_o great_a to_o the_o small_a to_o reserve_v his_o right_n whole_o to_o himself_o he_o care_v not_o then_o with_o what_o title_n they_o be_v adorn_v which_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o teaching_n only_o his_o will_n be_v to_o keep_v all_o man_n with_o tin_n these_o bound_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v usurp_v any_o rule_n over_o y_o e_o faith_n of_o his_o brethren_n now_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n the_o honour_n of_o the_o name_n father_n belong_v to_o god_n for_o man_n have_v not_o give_v to_o themselves_o that_o name_n but_o it_o have_v be_v grant_v they_o of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o say_v that_o man_n which_o have_v child_n be_v father_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o that_o god_n alone_o be_v father_n of_o the_o spirit_n true_a it_o be_v that_o sometime_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v this_o distinction_n in_o y_fw-es â—_o scripture_n as_o in_o the._n 12._o chapter_n to_o the_o hebrews_n but_o see_v saint_n paul_n call_v himself_o very_o often_o a_o spiritual_a father_n it_o behove_v we_o to_o see_v how_o this_o agree_v with_o y_z e_z word_n of_o our_o lord_n jesu_n lo_o than_o what_o we_o must_v say_v the_o honour_n of_o father_n be_v false_o give_v unto_o man_n when_o by_o that_o name_n the_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v darken_v that_o be_v when_o a_o mortal_a man_n separate_v himself_o from_o god_n to_o be_v account_v a_o father_n sing_v that_o all_o degree_n of_o kindred_n depend_v of_o god_n only_o by_o christ_n and_o those_o degree_n be_v so_o knytte_a together_o y_z â—_o to_o speak_v fyt_o god_n be_v alone_o the_o father_n unto_o al._n the_o while_o god_n will_v and_o command_v we_o to_o honour_v our_o father_n to_o reverence_v they_o to_o obey_v they_o and_o to_o love_v they_o and_o this_o commandment_n be_v confirm_v by_o threat_n and_o by_o promysse_o the_o threat_n be_v that_o all_o stubborn_a &_o dysobedient_a child_n to_o their_o father_n shall_v be_v punysh_v by_o death_n the_o promysse_o be_v that_o they_o that_o shall_v honour_v and_o obey_v their_o father_n shall_v live_v long_o on_o the_o earth_n yet_o notwithstanding_o we_o must_v have_v this_o resolution_n before_o our_o eye_n that_o a_o man_n never_o ought_v to_o turn_v aside_o from_o the_o will_n of_o god_n now_o touch_v that_o the_o father_n have_v rule_v over_o their_o child_n it_o be_v for_o this_o reason_n because_o god_n have_v choose_v they_o impart_v to_o they_o some_o part_n of_o his_o honour_n the_o subjection_n than_o that_o child_n owe_v unto_o their_o father_n ought_v to_o be_v unto_o they_o as_o a_o stair_n to_o lead_v they_o to_o the_o reverence_n and_o obedience_n of_o god_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a father_n but_o if_o the_o father_n will_v make_v their_o child_n to_o withstand_v god_n they_o be_v nomore_o their_o father_n but_o stranger_n which_o will_v turn_v they_o from_o this_o true_a obedience_n which_o they_o owe_v to_o their_o true_a father_n 100_o abraham_n beeleve_v in_o god_n and_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o ryghteousnesse_n gene._n 5._o be_v not_o abraham_n our_o father_n justify_v by_o he_o work_v when_o he_o have_v offer_v his_o son_n isaac_n upon_o the_o altar_n rom._n 4._o saint_n paul_n to_o the_o roman_n the._n 4._o chapter_n 2._o to_o show_v that_o abraham_n be_v not_o justify_v by_o his_o work_n make_v this_o argument_n if_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o he_o work_v he_o may_v beast_n of_o his_o desert_n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o he_o have_v nothing_o whereof_o to_o boast_v before_o god_n it_o follow_v then_o that_o he_o be_v not_o justify_v by_o his_o work_n but_o this_o be_v his_o glory_n &_o the_o thing_n he_o may_v boast_n of_o that_o he_o embrace_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n by_o faith_n faith_n make_v a_o man_n to_o come_v out_o of_o he_o and_o lead_v he_o to_o god_n so_o the_o glory_n of_o abraham_n be_v not_o in_o he_o work_v nor_o in_o the_o worthiness_n of_o his_o person_n but_o in_o the_o mere_a goodness_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o when_o a_o man_n will_v trulye_o boast_n himself_o he_o must_v bring_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o but_o the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o own_o misery_n through_o which_o he_o