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single_a and_o naked_a relation_n of_o a_o brother_n howsoever_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o the_o whole_a exceed_v the_o part_n several_o consider_v the_o relation_n of_o mother_n exact_v more_o at_o our_o hand_n than_o that_o of_o brother_n and_o therefore_o in_o ward_n a_o blow_n from_o my_o brother_n i_o be_o to_o take_v care_n that_o thereby_o the_o same_o stroke_n light_v not_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o my_o mother_n the_o church_n whereupon_o as_o paul_n exhort_v to_o give_v none_o offence_n neither_o to_o jew_n nor_o gentile_a so_o he_o add_v in_o a_o far_a speciality_n more_o to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n 1._o cor._n 10.37_o morton_n bâ—shop_n morton_n the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n be_v but_o part_n the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o whole_a they_o but_o brethren_n she_o the_o mother_n 40â—_n mother_n si_fw-mi nefas_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la pusillum_fw-la qué_fw-fr piam_fw-la scandalizare_fw-la &_o praestiterit_fw-la alligata_fw-la colla_fw-la mola_fw-la asinaria_fw-la demergi_fw-la quempiam_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la maris_fw-la quam_fw-la scandalâ—zare_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la pusillis_fw-la christianâ—s_fw-la quam_fw-la est_fw-la horrendum_fw-la flagitium_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la atroci_fw-la supplâ—câ—o_fw-la vindicandum_fw-la scandalizare_fw-la â—os_v quorum_fw-la unâ—us_fw-la â—ffensio_fw-la â—agis_fw-la perâ—culoâ—a_fw-la quam_fw-la alâ—orum_fw-la mulâ—â—rum_fw-la etc._n etc._n forbesius_n irenic_n pag._n 40â—_n if_o then_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v throw_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n with_o a_o millstone_n about_o one_o neck_n than_o to_o offend_v a_o little_a one_o a_o poor_a and_o illiterate_a artisan_n what_o expression_n shall_v we_o then_o find_v answerable_a to_o the_o heinousness_n of_o a_o scandal_n give_v to_o a_o pious_a magistrate_n to_o a_o religious_a prince_n to_o a_o parliament_n and_o convocation_n to_o a_o whole_a church_n and_o common_a wealth_n but_o suppose_v the_o action_n indifferent_a not_o annex_v to_o a_o necessary_a duty_n we_o also_o leave_v to_o the_o use_n of_o our_o liberty_n what_o then_o two_o thing_n be_v here_o especial_o to_o be_v consider_v 1._o the_o quality_n of_o the_o action_n except_v at_o 2._o the_o difference_n of_o time_n and_o place_n to_o begin_v with_o the_o first_o the_o action_n so_o quarrel_v at_o by_o thy_o brother_n be_v either_o of_o none_o or_o great_a importance_n to_o thou_o if_o it_o be_v none_o importance_n as_o afford_v thou_o either_o none_o or_o but_o small_a pleasure_n and_o profit_n offend_v not_o thy_o brother_n by_o a_o unseasonable_a exercise_n of_o thy_o liberty_n know_v that_o as_o authority_n so_o charity_n shall_v also_o restrain_v it_o consider_v that_o by_o this_o undue_a use_n of_o thy_o liberty_n thou_o sin_v against_o thy_o brother_n and_o by_o sin_v against_o he_o thou_o sin_v against_o christ_n 1._o cor._n 8.12_o but_o now_o if_o it_o be_v of_o some_o weight_n and_o moment_n as_o yield_v thou_o some_o great_a profit_n and_o pleasure_n why_o thou_o 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right_n thereunto_o he_o at_o large_a both_o profess_v and_o prove_v but_o now_o if_o thy_o brother_n refuse_v and_o contemn_v information_n tunc_fw-la desinit_fw-la esse_fw-la scandalum_fw-la pusilli_fw-la ex_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la aut_fw-la simplici_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la &_o incipit_fw-la esse_fw-la scandalum_fw-la pharisaei_n ex_fw-la pura_fw-la malitia_fw-la aut_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la affectata_fw-la &_o crassa_fw-la the_o shelter_n of_o weakness_n be_v thereby_o take_v from_o he_o his_o judgement_n be_v now_o overshadow_a not_o long_o with_o a_o mere_a weakness_n arise_v out_o of_o simple_a ignorance_n but_o with_o a_o proud_a &_o wayward_a if_o not_o envious_a &_o malicious_a perverseness_n that_o be_v accompany_v with_o a_o gross_a wilful_a and_o affect_a ignorance_n he_o be_v no_o long_o then_o to_o be_v account_v a_o weak_a one_o but_o a_o proud_a and_o wilful_a one_o and_o for_o his_o peevishness_n thou_o may_v choose_v whether_o thou_o will_v forgo_v thy_o liberty_n however_o yet_o information_n do_v not_o always_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o scandal_n for_o the_o scandal_n of_o the_o weak_a as_o etc._n as_o vbâ—dicitur_fw-la articulo_fw-la 7._o de_fw-la scandalo_fw-la pusillorum_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la post_fw-la redditam_fw-la rationem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la scandalum_fw-la duret_fw-la jam_fw-la videtur_fw-la ex_fw-la malâ—tia_fw-la esse_fw-la adverto_fw-la quod_fw-la author_n non_fw-la assertivo_fw-la verbo_fw-la utitur_fw-la sed_fw-la opinativo_fw-la dicâ—ndo_fw-la jam_fw-la videtur_fw-la ex_fw-la malitia_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la siquidem_fw-la contâ—ngere_fw-la quod_fw-la â—usillâ—_n non_fw-la sâ—nâ—_n capaces_fw-la rationis_fw-la reddâ—ta_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la prâ—stinam_fw-la consuâ—tudinem_fw-la qua_fw-la facit_fw-la apparere_fw-la dissonum_fw-la quod_fw-la veritati_fw-la consonat_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la rationem_fw-la apud_fw-la choose_fw-la magis_fw-la appâ—rentem_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquâ—d_fw-la hâ—jâ—smodiâ—_n &_o tunc_fw-la quia_fw-la malâ—tia_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la sed_fw-la â—gnorantia_fw-la vel_fw-la infirmity_n quam_fw-la vis_fw-la reddita_fw-la sit_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessandum_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la spirâ—tualibus_fw-la non_fw-la necessariis_fw-la cajetan_n in_o 2.2_o â—_o 43_o etc._n etc._n cajetan_n and_o after_o he_o petrus_n de_fw-fr lorica_fw
come_v observe_v the_o manner_n or_o custom_n thereof_o if_o you_o will_v neither_o give_v nor_o take_v scandal_n and_o beside_o we_o have_v paul_n precept_n and_o precedent_n for_o it_o his_o precept_n 1._o cor._n c._n 10._o v._n 32._o give_v none_o offence_n neither_o to_o jew_n nor_o gentile_a which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v but_o by_o comply_v with_o they_o in_o indifferency_n his_o precedent_n also_o answer_v his_o precept_n to_o the_o jew_n he_o become_v a_o jew_n to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n as_o under_o the_o law_n to_o they_o that_o be_v without_o the_o law_n as_o without_o the_o law_n to_o the_o weak_a as_o weak_a 1_o cor._n c._n 9_o v._n 20_o 21_o 22._o among_o the_o jew_n he_o shave_v his_o head_n make_v a_o vow_n acts._n c._n 18._o v._n 18._o and_o circumcise_v timothy_n acts._n c._n 16._o v._n 3._o and_o yet_o among_o the_o gentile_n where_o these_o action_n bear_v a_o appearance_n of_o judaisme_n â—e_v withstand_v peter_n for_o they_o even_o to_o his_o 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semblable_a strictness_n be_v we_o to_o separate_v from_o sin_n from_o all_o sin_n small_a as_o well_o as_o great_a from_o all_o of_o sin_n not_o only_o from_o the_o kernel_n of_o sin_n from_o a_o sin_n real_o so_o but_o also_o from_o the_o husk_n the_o appearance_n of_o sin_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v charge_v not_o to_o do_v like_o the_o heathen_a that_o be_v round_o about_o they_o 2_o king_n chap._n 17._o verse_n 15._o where_o they_o be_v interdict_v not_o only_o sameness_n with_o 23.13_o exod._n 23.13_o but_o also_o likeness_n unto_o to_o their_o fashion_n they_o be_v forbid_v the_o fashion_n of_o round_v their_o head_n &_o cut_v their_o flesh_n of_o mar_v the_o corner_n of_o their_o beard_n of_o make_v any_o baldness_n upon_o their_o head_n or_o between_o their_o eye_n levit._fw-la c._n 19_o verse_n 28._o &_o chap._n 21._o verse_n 25._o deut._n ch_n 14._o verse_n 1._o not_o because_o so_o to_o do_v be_v simple_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n a_o sin_n but_o for_o that_o it_o 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name_n a_o gross_a and_o palpable_a appearance_n of_o idolatry_n but_o because_o it_o may_v be_v except_v that_o most_o of_o these_o rigid_a and_o severe_a prohibition_n be_v give_v unto_o the_o jew_n under_o their_o pedagogie_n of_o ceremony_n and_o time_n of_o bondage_n and_o therefore_o far_o than_o in_o a_o moral_a admonition_n lie_v no_o restraint_n upon_o we_o christian_n see_v therefore_o all_o this_o second_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o st_n judas_n verse_n 23._o where_o in_o reference_n to_o that_o legal_a pollution_n which_o come_v by_o touch_v the_o garment_n of_o one_o that_o be_v levitical_o unclean_a he_o exhort_v christian_n to_o hate_v the_o garment_n spot_v by_o the_o flesh_n that_o be_v say_v gualther_n quicquid_fw-la ingenium_fw-la car_fw-fr nis_fw-la sapit_fw-la whatsoever_o have_v but_o a_o smack_n or_o relish_v of_o the_o flesh_n all_o preparation_n and_o accessary_n of_o evil_a locum_fw-la locus_fw-la hic_fw-la qui_fw-la obscurus_fw-la alioqui_fw-la with_fw-mi tur_fw-la nihil_fw-la habebit_fw-la difficult_a at_o be_v meet_v aphorâ_fw-la benè_fw-la explâ—catâ_fw-la vult_fw-la fideles_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la cavere_fw-la à _fw-la vitiorum_fw-la contactu_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la qua_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la contagio_fw-la perting_fw-mi at_o quicquâ—d_fw-la affine_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la vicâ—num_fw-la fugiendum_fw-la esse_fw-la admonet_fw-la quem_fw-la admodum_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la pudicitia_fw-la sermo_fw-la habetur_fw-la dâ—cemus_fw-la tolâ—enda_fw-la esse_fw-la omnta_fw-la libidâ—nun_fw-la irritamenta_fw-la â—d_a etiamnum_fw-la clarâ—â—â—_n fiet_fw-la si_fw-la amplietur_fw-la oratio_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la oderâ—mus_fw-la non_fw-la carnem_fw-la modo_fw-la sed_fw-la tunicam_fw-la qua_fw-la ejus_fw-la contactu_fw-la infecta_fw-la sit_fw-la nam_fw-la particula_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la ampliationem_fw-la â—alet_fw-la ergo_fw-la adeo_fw-la non_fw-la permittit_fw-la indulgenâ—â—a_fw-la fovere_fw-la uti_fw-la omnes_fw-la praparationes_fw-la omnâ—aque_fw-la accessorâ—a_fw-la ut_fw-la vocant_fw-la potâ—us_fw-la resecarâ—_n jubeat_fw-la calv._n in_o
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defectu_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la debitae_fw-la saltem_fw-la propter_fw-la aliam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la laedendam_fw-la prudenter_fw-la cessandum_fw-la esset_fw-la ab_fw-la opere_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la habente_fw-la speciem_fw-la mali_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la esset_fw-la alias_o honestum_fw-la zuarez_n de_fw-fr triplici_fw-la virtute_fw-la theologica_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr charitate_fw-la second_o although_o our_o christian_a liberty_n extend_v to_o the_o use_n of_o all_o thing_n indifferent_a yet_o ought_v we_o in_o godly_a wisdom_n and_o discretion_n to_o abridge_v ourselves_o of_o the_o outward_a exercise_n of_o this_o our_o liberty_n whensoever_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o it_o will_v become_v dangerous_a to_o ourselves_o or_o scandalous_a to_o other_o you_o have_v be_v call_v unto_o liberty_n only_o use_v not_o liberty_n for_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n but_o by_o love_n serve_v one_o another_o gal._n 5.13_o as_o free_v and_o not_o use_v your_o liberty_n for_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n the_o 1_o pet._n 2.16_o now_o we_o use_v or_o rather_o abuse_v our_o liberty_n for_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n for_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n by_o practise_v such_o indifference_n as_o have_v show_n of_o evil_a for_o they_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v at_o large_a be_v likely_a to_o prove_v as_o occasion_n of_o sin_n unto_o ourselves_o so_o also_o active_a scandal_n to_o misguide_v our_o brethren_n and_o therefore_o though_o they_o be_v not_o absolute_o and_o simple_o in_o their_o nature_n unlawful_a to_o be_v do_v yet_o they_o be_v by_o accident_n unlawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v as_o long_o as_o they_o carry_v show_v of_o evil_a all_o thing_n indeed_o be_v pure_a say_v the_o apostle_n but_o it_o be_v evil_a for_o that_o man_n who_o eat_v with_o offence_n 1._o offence_n infirmitas_fw-la nominat_fw-la promptitudinem_fw-la ad_fw-la scandalum_fw-la offensio_fw-la autem_fw-la nominat_fw-la indignationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n scandalum_fw-la autem_fw-la importat_fw-la ipsam_fw-la impactionem_fw-la ad_fw-la rvinam_fw-la aquin._n 2_o a_o 2_o ae_z q._n 44._o art_n 1._o it_o be_v good_a neither_o to_o eat_v flesh_n nor_o drink_v wine_n nor_o any_o thing_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n stumble_v or_o be_v offend_v or_o be_v make_v weak_a rom._n 14.20_o 21._o what_o remain_v then_o application_n application_n but_o that_o all_o be_v admonish_v in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n to_o take_v to_o heart_n a_o matter_n so_o deep_o concern_v they_o both_o in_o conscience_n as_o a_o duty_n express_o enjoin_v by_o god_n practise_v by_o christ_n his_o apostle_n and_o saint_n and_o in_o consequence_n as_o befit_v we_o as_o the_o son_n subject_n of_o god_n as_o the_o spouse_n and_o member_n of_o christ_n as_o be_v needful_a to_o defeat_v satan_n malice_n to_o cut_v off_o his_o temptation_n unto_o sin_n and_o unto_o discomfort_n for_o sin_n to_o avoid_v sin_n &c_n &c_n in_o ourselves_o scandal_n unto_o other_o unto_o the_o weak_a obstinate_a and_o strong_a if_o therefore_o there_o be_v in_o in_o you_o any_o love_n of_o god_n any_o care_n to_o walk_v worthy_a of_o those_o high_a relation_n you_o carry_v to_o he_o any_o regard_n to_o the_o safety_n of_o your_o own_o soul_n any_o fear_n of_o satan_n sin_n or_o punishment_n any_o compassion_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o your_o poor_a brethren_n keep_v aloof_o from_o whatsoever_o neighbour_n and_o border_n upon_o sin_n whatsoever_o have_v the_o blush_n and_o show_v thereof_o hate_v as_o hexaem_fw-la as_o ambr._n l._n 6_o hexaem_fw-la ambrose_n exhort_v not_o only_a sin_n but_o the_o coat_n of_o sin_n the_o garment_n spot_v by_o the_o flesh_n even_o a_o heathen_a will_v advise_v you_o hereunto_o 2._o hereunto_o quint._n l._n 2_o c._n 2._o carendum_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la crimine_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la suspicion_n want_v we_o inducement_n take_v we_o these_o three_o it_o will_v be_v a_o course_n first_o 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