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a_o sinner_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n our_o first_o mother_n eve_n so_o much_o as_o in_o she_o lay_v she_o do_v hide_v her_o sin_n from_o god_n and_o so_o do_v cain_n the_o death_n of_o abel_n and_o haply_o say_v s._n ambrose_n 118._o ambros_n in_o psa_n 118._o in_o affectu_fw-la habemus_fw-la abscondere_fw-la non_fw-la in_o effectu_fw-la we_o may_v with_o they_o affect_v the_o hide_v of_o our_o sin_n from_o god_n but_o we_o never_o can_v effect_v it_o in_o the_o 20._o of_o s._n luke_n and_o the_o 20._o verse_n the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n come_v with_o cunning_n contrive_v speech_n unto_o christ_n hope_v to_o entrap_v he_o but_o as_o cunning_a as_o they_o be_v our_o saviour_n be_v too_o cunning_a for_o they_o for_o in_o the_o 23._o verse_n quid_fw-la tentatis_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la why_o tempt_v you_o i_o you_o hypocrite_n and_o sure_o if_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n can_v not_o overtake_v our_o saviour_n when_o he_o come_v in_o humility_n much_o less_o shall_v he_o be_v 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open_a before_o god_n man_n and_o angel_n it_o be_v not_o our_o noble_a and_o honourable_a blood_n it_o be_v not_o a_o king_n house_n nor_o a_o king_n lineage_n that_o can_v exempt_v us._n but_o may_v not_o money_n procure_v we_o favour_n with_o the_o judge_n and_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o stay_v the_o course_n of_o justice_n indeed_o i_o confess_v that_o money_n may_v do_v much_o with_o earthly_a judge_n it_o may_v turn_v judgement_n into_o mercy_n and_o mercy_n into_o judgement_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o multitude_n of_o gift_n say_v job_n in_o his_o 36._o chap._n and_o 18._o verse_n that_o can_v deliver_v thou_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o judge_n of_o heaven_n but_o say_v none_o of_o all_o these_o do_v prevail_v in_o our_o earthly_a judgement_n yet_o either_o by_o the_o connivencie_n of_o the_o jailer_n or_o the_o weakness_n of_o the_o prison_n a_o condemn_a man_n may_v escape_v but_o after_o the_o sentence_n be_v once_o pronounce_v in_o this_o last_o judgement_n both_o these_o 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