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willingness_n to_o be_v whole_a vis_fw-fr sanus_fw-la â—iers_n but_o in_o the_o court_n before_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o fiat_n of_o thy_o pretention_n thou_o have_v eat_v out_o thy_o cloak_n and_o it_o be_v wonder_n if_o the_o courtesy_n quit_v the_o cost_n seven_o the_o angel_n that_o come_v to_o the_o fiâ—h-poole_n as_o all_o the_o commentator_n upon_o this_o place_n have_v it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o no_o accepter_n of_o person_n but_o leave_v every_o one_o to_o his_o own_o diligence_n and_o industry_n and_o he_o that_o can_v soon_o get_v into_o the_o water_n he_o be_v the_o man_n that_o be_v cure_v have_v he_o be_v a_o angel_n of_o court_n as_o he_o be_v of_o heaven_n he_o must_v have_v be_v advise_v some_o hour_n before_o his_o come_n of_o the_o business_n and_o peradventure_o he_o will_v have_v take_v gift_n and_o reward_n not_o only_o of_o those_o that_o be_v to_o have_v their_o estate_n better_v by_o he_o but_o of_o all_o other_o the_o pretender_n and_o it_o be_v no_o 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nor_o all_o the_o venomous_a vermin_n in_o the_o world_n the_o stand_a pool_n and_o stink_a puddle_n shall_v not_o soil_n thou_o but_o the_o heap_v up_o of_o money_n and_o thy_o keep_n of_o it_o close_o in_o thy_o chest_n when_o the_o poor_a be_v ready_a to_o starve_v for_o hunger_n &_o have_v not_o a_o penny_n to_o buy_v they_o a_o loaf_n of_o bread_n that_o be_v it_o shall_v soil_n thou_o and_o make_v thy_o soul_n all_o mud_n and_o filth_n that_o foulness_n which_o shut_v we_o out_o from_o heaven_n be_v that_o of_o sin_n and_o nothing_o else_o but_o that_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n nihil_fw-la coinquinatum_fw-la intravit_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la nothing_o that_o be_v filthy_a shall_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o saint_n chrysostome_n advise_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v have_v a_o eye_n unto_o that_o which_o defile_v we_o &_o seek_v to_o avoid_v it_o which_o that_o we_o may_v so_o do_v god_n give_v we_o the_o grace_n for_o his_o mercy_n sake_n etc._n etc._n the_o xxii_o sermon_n upon_o the_o thursday_n after_o the_o three_o sunday_n in_o lent_n luc._n 4._o when_o he_o be_v come_v into_o symons_n house_n his_o mother_n in_o law_n be_v hold_v with_o a_o great_a fever_n our_o saviour_n christ_n have_v throw_v out_o that_o talk_a devil_n in_o capernaum_n and_o enjoin_v he_o silence_n he_o saint_n luke_n here_o recount_v his_o enter_v into_o peter_n house_n not_o into_o that_o which_o peter_n and_o andrew_n have_v in_o bethsaida_n be_v natural_n of_o that_o country_n for_o neither_o that_o protinùs_fw-la of_o the_o evangelist_n nor_o the_o sabbath_n wherein_o they_o be_v to_o walk_v but_o a_o mile_n will_v give_v way_n thereunto_o and_o though_o peter_n have_v not_o a_o house_n in_o capernaum_n yet_o his_o mother_n in_o law_n may_v have_v have_v one_o there_o or_o he_o may_v have_v bestow_v one_o on_o her_o daughter_n in_o dower_n and_o albeit_o peter_n have_v make_v a_o renunciation_n 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out_o of_o the_o pulpit_n and_o go_v to_o a_o friend_n house_n where_o he_o have_v warm_a napkin_n clap_v about_o his_o neck_n and_o be_v much_o make_v of_o yet_o our_o saviour_n christ_n go_v here_o from_o mary_n business_n to_o that_o of_o martha_n and_o from_o that_o again_o of_o martha_n to_o that_o of_o mary_fw-mi from_o the_o synagogue_n to_o the_o house_n of_o peter_n because_o peter_n wife_n mother_n be_v sick_a chrysologus_fw-la say_v that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v see_v what_o be_v the_o motion_n that_o carry_v he_o along_o to_o peter_n house_n vtique_fw-la non_fw-la discumbendi_fw-la voluptas_fw-la sed_fw-la iacentis_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la not_o so_o much_o for_o his_o own_o ease_n as_o to_o case_v the_o sick_a he_o enter_v into_o
likewise_o be_v the_o great_a in_o nature_n and_o essence_n aught_o to_o be_v the_o great_a in_o our_o love_n and_o affection_n love_v next_o under_o god_n enter_v those_o good_n of_o heaven_n &_o of_o earth_n and_o good_a be_v the_o mark_n whereat_o our_o love_n shoot_v our_o great_a love_n shall_v direct_v itself_o to_o the_o great_a good_a and_o this_o be_v to_o observe_v a_o order_n and_o good_a temper_n in_o our_o love._n now_o touch_v the_o disorder_n of_o our_o love_n our_o saviour_n say_v he_o that_o love_v father_n or_o mother_n more_o than_o i_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o i_o again_o in_o not_o love_v god_n to_o who_o we_o owe_v so_o much_o love_n this_o excess_n in_o the_o contrary_n may_v turn_v to_o immodesty_n and_o impudency_n and_o make_v we_o break_v out_o with_o those_o castaways_a in_o job_n into_o these_o desperate_a term_n get_v thou_o far_o from_o uâ—_n we_o will_v have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n beside_o in_o employ_v our_o love_n so_o whole_o upon_o the_o 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of_o a_o ill_a custom_n that_o he_o have_v get_v the_o three_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n which_o do_v keep_v he_o as_o it_o be_v by_o force_n in_o this_o so_o hard_a and_o cruel_a slavery_n tenebat_fw-la i_o dura_fw-la seruitus_fw-la they_o beseech_v he_o for_o she_o the_o motive_n of_o this_o intercession_n be_v it_o first_o for_o that_o this_o good_a old_a woman_n be_v of_o so_o sweet_a a_o disposition_n and_o so_o love_v a_o nature_n which_o be_v much_o in_o so_o old_a a_o woman_n and_o no_o small_a matter_n consider_v she_o be_v a_o mother_n in_o law_n it_o may_v be_v mother_n in_o law_n in_o those_o day_n be_v more_o love_a and_o better_o belove_v than_o they_o be_v now_o and_o one_o great_a argument_n thereof_o be_v that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n shall_v put_v the_o love_n of_o the_o mother_n in_o law_n and_o daughter_n in_o law_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o degree_n with_o that_o of_o the_o child_n &_o parent_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o that_o place_n of_o s._n matthew_n i_o come_v to_o set_v a_o man_n at_o variance_n against_o his_o father_n 10._o &_o the_o daughter_n against_o her_o mother_n and_o the_o daughter_n in_o law_n against_o her_o mother_n in_o law_n where_o you_o see_v he_o link_v they_o together_o all_o in_o one_o chain_n and_o so_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v for_o if_o the_o husband_n and_o the_o wife_n by_o matrimony_n remain_v one_o flesh_n the_o daughter_n in_o law_n ought_v likewise_o to_o be_v so_o with_o the_o mother_n in_o law_n though_o not_o in_o the_o self_n same_o degree_n whole_o and_o altogether_o the_o second_o motive_n be_v the_o entreaty_n of_o the_o apostle_n who_o as_o saint_n mark_v make_v mention_v intercede_v for_o she_o and_o such_o pitiful_a heart_n and_o tender_a bowel_n as_o they_o be_v be_v seek_v unto_o by_o so_o good_a a_o hostess_n who_o desire_v so_o much_o as_o she_o do_v to_o serve_v they_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o take_v pity_n of_o she_o and_o speak_v a_o good_a word_n for_o she_o beside_o the_o miserable_a pain_n she_o be_v in_o might_n have_v move_v the_o hard_a heart_n to_o compassion_n much_o more_o they_o who_o eye_n have_v see_v in_o what_o a_o ill_a take_n she_o be_v in_o and_o kind_a heart_n be_v soon_o sensible_a of_o those_o sorrow_n which_o the_o eye_n shall_v impart_v unto_o they_o effectual_a they_o beseech_v he_o for_o she_o in_o the_o intercession_n of_o holy_a man_n god_n attend_v two_o thing_n the_o one_o that_o we_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o they_o be_v prevailent_a with_o god_n and_o that_o they_o can_v effect_v much_o with_o his_o divine_a majesty_n the_o other_o that_o he_o be_v well_o please_v that_o we_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o they_o for_o the_o honour_n that_o he_o receive_v thereby_o &_o the_o good_a that_o we_o reap_v by_o it_o a_o king_n be_v well_o please_v that_o man_n shall_v have_v recourse_n to_o his_o favourite_n the_o more_o to_o honour_v he_o it_o be_v a_o great_a honour_n to_o christ_n say_v gregory_n nazianzen_n that_o he_o be_v 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