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thief_n when_o they_o come_v to_o take_v he_o for_o whereas_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o thief_n first_o to_o steal_v and_o rob_v man_n of_o their_o good_n and_o then_o to_o fly_v and_o run_v away_o after_o they_o have_v steal_v according_a to_o that_o question_n and_o demand_v at_o the_o bar_n do_v he_o fly_v for_o the_o same_o as_o also_o to_o hide_v and_o conceal_v themselves_o in_o corner_n and_o obscure_a place_n and_o many_o time_n to_o lay_v violent_a hand_n yea_o to_o hurt_v and_o wound_v those_o that_o shall_v seek_v to_o resist_v and_o withstand_v they_o in_o their_o robbery_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o bandettee_n in_o france_n that_o they_o seldom_o rob_v but_o they_o kill_v too_o why_o christ_n do_v never_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n but_o be_v so_o far_o from_o do_v they_o as_o that_o he_o do_v the_o clean_a contrary_n for_o instead_o of_o fly_v he_o go_v to_o meet_v they_o when_o they_o come_v to_o take_v he_o and_o when_o the_o officer_n know_v he_o not_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o he_o be_v the_o man_n vliro_n se_fw-fr dans_fw-fr in_fw-la manus_fw-la eorum_fw-la yield_v himself_o willing_o and_o ready_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n into_o their_o hand_n and_o instead_o of_o hurt_v or_o be_v any_o way_n in_o such_o kind_a prejudicial_a to_o any_o man_n he_o do_v infinite_a good_a to_o all_o man_n heal_v they_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o sickness_n and_o sore_n that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o his_o help_n either_o of_o those_o way_n and_o last_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o rob_v or_o take_v any_o thing_n unjust_o from_o they_o as_o that_o he_o will_v never_o be_v sole_a owner_n or_o possess_v any_o temporal_a thing_n as_o his_o own_o but_o rather_o spend_v and_o employ_v all_o such_o thing_n as_o he_o have_v as_o his_o gift_n and_o grace_n his_o labour_n and_o his_o learning_n yea_o and_o his_o very_a life_n and_o all_o for_o the_o benefit_n and_o salvation_n of_o other_o and_o therefore_o i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o great_a point_n of_o injustice_n in_o they_o thus_o to_o come_v out_o unto_o he_o as_o to_o a_o thief_n with_o sword_n and_o staff_n and_o that_o which_o be_v add_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o in_o the_o text_n add_v also_o a_o increase_n to_o their_o mischief_n and_o his_o misery_n that_o be_v that_o while_o he_o be_v daily_o or_o in_o the_o day_n time_n teach_v in_o the_o temple_n among_o they_o they_o take_v he_o not_o but_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o night_n to_o do_v it_o in_o and_o therefore_o come_v with_o lantern_n and_o torch_n aswell_o as_o sword_n and_o staff_n to_o take_v and_o apprehend_v he_o which_o speech_n of_o câ—rist_n howsoever_o it_o principal_o tend_v to_o show_v his_o power_n and_o their_o weakness_n in_o that_o they_o can_v not_o apprehend_v he_o nor_o lie_v hold_v upon_o he_o till_o himself_o be_v willing_a so_o that_o stultum_fw-la erat_fw-la cum_fw-la gladiis_fw-la quaerere_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la uliro_fw-la se_fw-la offer_v &_o in_o nocte_fw-la investigare_fw-la quasi_fw-la 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sin_n also_o of_o all_o his_o posterity_n throughout_o all_o age_n 5.7_o zacha._n 5.7_o which_o lie_v like_o zacharies_n talon_n of_o lead_n upon_o christ_n his_o shoulder_n his_o person_n alone_o must_v needs_o press_v down_o that_o scale_n low_o than_o the_o other_o that_o bear_v the_o sin_n only_o of_o one_o man_n though_o never_o so_o great_a a_o murderer_n and_o malefactor_n brunus_fw-la brunus_fw-la in_o regard_v whereof_o i_o do_v not_o wonder_v to_o find_v some_o writer_n compare_v barrabas_n to_o the_o live_a sparrow_n speak_v of_o levit._n 14.7_o qui_fw-la dimittitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o agrum_fw-la avolet_fw-la as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a there_o read_v it_o which_o be_v let_v loose_a to_o fly_v in_o the_o open_a field_n because_o his_o single_a burden_n of_o sin_n alone_o be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o let_v and_o hindrance_n unto_o he_o as_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n lay_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o christ_n the_o other_o sparrow_n there_o also_o 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recompense_n and_o reward_n of_o all_o such_o his_o spiritual_a labour_n and_o thus_o far_o chrysostome_n of_o the_o great_a week_n and_o thus_o far_o i_o of_o the_o suffering_n and_o death_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o same_o week_n or_o his_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n bury_v the_o utmost_a point_n and_o period_n of_o the_o suffering_n and_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o last_o degree_n of_o the_o dejection_n and_o humiliation_n of_o his_o assume_v humanity_n be_v reckon_v by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o most_o and_o best_o divine_v to_o be_v his_o burial_n that_o be_v when_o after_o his_o death_n his_o body_n like_o other_o man_n be_v lay_v into_o the_o ground_n that_o so_o man_n may_v see_v and_o know_v that_o he_o be_v dead_a indeed_o according_a as_o it_o be_v foretell_v of_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v make_v his_o grave_n with_o the_o wicked_a and_o with_o the_o rich_a in_o his_o death_n though_o he_o have_v do_v no_o wickedness_n neither_o be_v any_o deceit_n in_o his_o 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