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to_o take_v thy_o own_o course_n and_o so_o thou_o become_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o devil_n and_o fall_v into_o sundry_a grievous_a presumption_n quis_fw-la enim_fw-la invitum_fw-la seruare_fw-la laboret_fw-la be_v careful_a not_o to_o grieve_v thy_o own_o spirit_n by_o offend_v thy_o conscience_n and_o thou_o shall_v not_o light_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n by_o sin_v presumptuous_o 37._o second_o strive_v to_o be_v master_n of_o thy_o own_o will._n we_o count_v our_o horse_n unserviceable_a till_o they_o be_v break_v and_o the_o more_o headstrong_a the_o more_o unserviceable_a and_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o the_o great_a skill_n in_o the_o art_n of_o education_n for_o parent_n betimes_o to_o break_v their_o child_n of_o their_o wi_n if_o david_n have_v do_v so_o with_o his_o absolom_n and_o his_o adonijah_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v he_o may_v have_v have_v more_o comfort_n of_o they_o why_o shall_v not_o thou_o carry_v as_o steady_a and_o severe_a a_o hand_n over_o thy_o 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equity_n of_o their_o cause_n when_o by_o the_o power_n and_o iniquity_n of_o a_o unjust_a adversary_n they_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v overbear_v in_o arighteous_a matter_n for_o unless_o their_o matter_n be_v good_a and_o right_n be_v they_o never_o so_o poor_a their_o distress_n never_o so_o great_a we_o shall_v not_o pity_v they_o i_o mean_v not_o so_o to_o pity_v they_o as_o to_o be_v assistant_n to_o they_o therein_o for_o as_o in_o god_n 10._o so_o in_o every_o minister_n of_o god_n every_o magistrate_n and_o in_o every_o child_n of_o god_n every_o good_a man_n justice_n and_o mercy_n shall_v meet_v together_o and_o kiss_v each_o other_o justice_n without_o mercy_n and_o mercy_n without_o justice_n be_v both_o alike_o hateful_a to_o god_n both_o alike_o to_o be_v shune_v of_o every_o good_a man_n and_o magistrate_n lest_o therefore_o any_o man_n shall_v deceive_v himself_o by_o think_v it_o a_o glorious_a or_o a_o charitable_a act_n to_o help_v a_o poor_a man_n howsoever_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v a_o express_a prohibition_n to_o the_o contrary_a exod._n 23._o thou_o shall_v not_o countenance_v a_o poor_a man_n in_o his_o cause_n 3._o that_o be_v in_o a_o good_a cause_n shrink_v not_o from_o he_o but_o if_o his_o cause_n be_v naught_o let_v his_o poverty_n be_v what_o it_o will_v be_v thou_o may_v not_o countenance_v he_o in_o it_o he_o that_o have_v respect_n of_o person_n in_o judgement_n can_v but_o transgress_v and_o he_o that_o respect_v a_o 23._o man_n for_o his_o poverty_n be_v no_o less_o a_o respecter_n of_o person_n than_o he_o that_o respect_v a_o man_n for_o friendship_n or_o neighbourhood_n or_o greatness_n or_o a_o bribe_n in_o this_o case_n the_o magistrate_n can_v propose_v to_o himself_o a_o fit_a or_o safe_a example_n than_o that_o of_o god_n himself_o who_o as_o he_o often_o profess_v to_o have_v a_o special_a care_n over_o the_o stranger_n and_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n and_o needy_a so_o do_v he_o often_o declare_v his_o 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with_o vain_a pretension_n 28._o but_o the_o more_o apt_a we_o be_v by_o nature_n to_o justify_v ourselves_o by_o causeless_a excuse_n the_o great_a ought_v to_o be_v the_o care_n of_o every_o good_a man_n the_o only_a use_n i_o shall_v now_o make_v of_o this_o point_n to_o examine_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o weight_n of_o those_o excuse_n which_o he_o pretend_v in_o his_o own_o defence_n whether_o they_o have_v justae_fw-la excusationis_fw-la instar_fw-la and_o will_v bear_v a_o good_a and_o sufficient_a plea_n or_o be_v but_o rather_o eurip._n shift_n devise_v to_o serve_v a_o present_a turn_n more_o for_o outward_a show_n than_o real_a satisfaction_n within_o which_o be_v that_o judicium_fw-la cordis_fw-la the_o judgement_n of_o the_o heart_n whereunto_o solomon_n as_o i_o tell_v you_o refer_v over_o this_o pretention_n behold_v we_o know_v it_o not_o to_o receive_v its_o first_o and_o most_o immediate_a trial_n do_v not_o he_o that_o ponder_v the_o heart_n consider_v it_o what_o the_o tongue_n plead_v be_v not_o a_o thing_n so_o considerable_a with_o god_n as_o how_o the_o heart_n stand_v affect_v 29._o for_o the_o approve_v his_o heart_n therefore_o in_o this_o business_n before_o he_o that_o know_v it_o perfect_o and_o be_v able_a to_o ponder_v it_o exact_o let_v every_o magistrate_n and_o other_o officer_n of_o justice_n consider_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n first_o whether_o he_o have_v be_v willing_a so_o far_o as_o his_o leisure_n amid_o the_o throng_n of_o other_o his_o weighty_a employment_n will_v permit_v to_o receive_v the_o petition_n and_o with_o patience_n to_o hear_v the_o complaint_n of_o those_o poor_a man_n that_o have_v flee_v to_o he_o as_o to_o a_o sanctuary_n for_o refuge_n and_o succour_n job_n profess_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v a_o father_n to_o the_o poor_a and_o 16._o he_o be_v a_o very_a unnatural_a father_n that_o stop_v his_o ear_n against_o the_o cry_n of_o his_o child_n or_o so_o terrify_v they_o with_o his_o angry_a 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be_v able_a to_o remedy_v all_o the_o evil_n and_o to_o do_v all_o the_o good_a he_o desire_v may_v yet_o say_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o with_o comfort_n behold_v we_o know_v it_o not_o and_o his_o excuse_n will_v be_v take_v in_o the_o judgement_n both_o of_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o of_o god_n who_o know_v his_o heart_n whatsoever_o other_o man_n think_v of_o he_o or_o howsoever_o they_o censure_v he_o but_o if_o he_o have_v fail_v in_o all_o or_o any_o the_o premise_n though_o he_o may_v blear_v the_o eye_n of_o man_n with_o colourable_a pretence_n he_o can_v so_o secure_v his_o own_o conscience_n much_o less_o escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n before_o who_o eye_n causeless_a excuse_n be_v of_o no_o avail_n which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o three_o point_n propose_v whereunto_o i_o now_o proceed_v 30._o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o man_n be_v own_o heart_n be_v of_o great_a regard_n in_o utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la than_o the_o censure_n of_o all_o the_o man_n 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