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afflict_v when_o they_o fall_v many_o profane_a person_n shall_v be_v countenance_v and_o support_v in_o their_o fault_n be_v they_o never_o so_o criminal_a as_o the_o child_n of_o ely_n be_v when_o the_o more_o reform_a man_n shall_v be_v persecute_v and_o reproach_v in_o his_o fall_n be_v it_o never_o so_o light_a but_o if_o so_o rare_a man_n as_o these_o be_v mock_v their_o inferior_n must_v not_o think_v much_o although_o mock_v and_o derision_n will_v penetrate_v the_o most_o patient_a man_n it_o be_v so_o repugnant_a from_o nature_n that_o many_o more_o regard_v it_o than_o god_n glory_n as_o zedekiah_n do_v jere._n 38.19_o it_o be_v so_o importable_a that_o it_o be_v term_v persecute_v in_o the_o galathian_o when_o sara_n be_v mock_v by_o hagar_n it_o be_v so_o intolerable_a that_o the_o child_n be_v devour_v by_o bear_n for_o mock_v elisha_n good_a god_n where_o be_v this_o unity_n of_o brethren_n and_o concord_n of_o christian_n become_v when_o in_o steed_n of_o love_n they_o 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cor_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n trouble_n strike_v a_o terror_n into_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o good_a man_n and_o be_v sorrow_n enough_o of_o itself_o without_o this_o miserable_a torment_n of_o mock_v and_o therefore_o we_o ought_v to_o comfort_n and_o not_o cross_v such_o as_o be_v corrigible_a in_o their_o fall_n but_o to_o be_v fellow-féeling_a member_n in_o their_o affliction_n paul_n will_v the_o roman_n to_o weep_v with_o those_o that_o weep_v and_o job_n say_v do_v not_o i_o weep_v with_o he_o that_o be_v in_o trouble_n job._n 30.25_o what_o if_o thy_o brother_n offend_v of_o infirmity_n be_v he_o the_o first_o or_o like_v to_o be_v the_o last_o or_o be_v thou_o thyself_o free_a or_o may_v thou_o not_o fall_v consider_v thy_o own_o case_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v small_a reason_n to_o be_v rigorous_a to_o a_o other_o if_o we_o sin_v all_o in_o many_o thing_n jam._n 3.2_o be_v not_o thou_o culpable_a in_o some_o thing_n then_o rather_o take_v warning_n by_o a_o other_o then_o wonder_v at_o he_o be_v his_o sin_n make_v notorious_a by_o the_o malice_n of_o enemy_n and_o thou_o conceal_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o friend_n or_o have_v in_o suspicion_n or_o speech_n by_o many_o violent_a presumption_n si_fw-mi non_fw-fr castè_fw-fr tamen_fw-la cautè_fw-la or_o have_v thou_o not_o someway_o deserve_v reproach_n by_o thy_o life_n though_o it_o be_v not_o bring_v to_o light_v howsoever_o it_o be_v say_v the_o best_a of_o thy_o brother_n without_o scoff_v or_o scorn_v lest_o he_o from_o who_o nothing_o be_v hide_v do_v bewray_v thy_o sin_n to_o thy_o shame_n there_o be_v difference_n of_o misdoer_n some_o be_v but_o touch_v other_o tainete_v with_o notorious_a crime_n although_o tainete_v be_v not_o common_a to_o every_o transgressor_n many_o sin_n be_v private_a other_o more_o public_a yet_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v this_o respect_n that_o we_o measure_v some_o not_o according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o his_o offence_n but_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o offendor_n therefore_o say_v jude_n have_v compassion_n of_o some_o puttinge_n difference_n jud._n 22._o and_o because_o the_o penitent_a aught_o to_o be_v pity_v s._n paul_n will_v the_o galathian_o to_o restore_v such_o as_o have_v fall_v by_o occasion_n into_o a_o fault_n and_o lest_o any_o shall_v insult_v and_o rejoice_v at_o his_o fall_n he_o put_v in_o this_o memento_n by_o the_o way_n as_o a_o perfect_a reason_n draw_v from_o humane_a imperfection_n lest_o thyself_o be_v tempt_v gal._n 6.1_o what_o shall_v move_v thou_o to_o deride_v thy_o brother_n when_o he_o fall_v do_v thou_o take_v he_o for_o a_o abject_a then_o i_o account_v thou_o a_o reprobate_n for_o the_o best_a that_o ever_o be_v be_v but_o man_n have_v fall_v search_v throughout_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o scripture_n and_o how_o many_o shall_v you_o find_v that_o be_v ever_o so_o high_a for_o their_o call_n so_o holy_a for_o their_o conversation_n so_o renown_v in_o name_n that_o have_v not_o offend_v either_o private_o or_o public_o if_o thy_o brother_n rise_v by_o repentance_n as_o his_o predecessor_n have_v do_v why_o shall_v thou_o think_v his_o fall_n more_o infamous_a than_o they_o or_o his_o soul_n less_o precious_a than_o thou_o see_v who_o god_n cross_v here_o he_o crow_v in_o heaven_n what_o shall_v make_v thou_o disdain_v the_o company_n of_o thy_o brother_n when_o he_o fall_v be_v it_o thy_o integrity_n if_o thou_o stand_v remember_v paul_n counsel_n to_o the_o corinthian_n take_v heed_n thou_o do_v not_o fall_v yet_o thy_o contempt_n can_v excuse_v but_o rather_o accuse_v thou_o of_o evil_a for_o those_o which_o do_v say_v stand_v apart_o come_v not_o near_o i_o i_o be_o holy_a than_o thou_o esay_n 65.5_o they_o be_v no_o better_a than_o hypocrite_n
prove_v paint_v sepulchre_n to_o their_o shame_n one_o fall_v into_o a_o tyrant_n hand_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o name_n of_o a_o philosopher_n more_o for_o vainglory_n then_o virtue_n the_o tyrant_n tell_v he_o if_o he_o be_v a_o philosopher_n he_o will_v patient_o suffer_v injury_n and_o ill_a speech_n and_o therefore_o will_v try_v he_o and_o in_o deed_n do_v urge_v he_o to_o the_o uttermost_a and_o so_o far_o as_o the_o philosopher_n be_v vex_v and_o say_v he_o be_v not_o well_o deal_v withal_o because_o he_o be_v a_o philosopher_n the_o tyrant_n give_v he_o this_o answer_n i_o have_v take_v thou_o for_o a_o philosopher_n if_o thou_o have_v hold_v thy_o peace_n note_v hereby_o what_o a_o â—â—ine_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o appear_v to_o be_v otherwise_o then_o we_o prove_v to_o be_v i_o hate_v such_o man_n say_v pacwius_n which_o in_o their_o act_n be_v fâ—â—les_n 〈…〉_o word_n philosopher_n second_o that_o no_o man_n 〈…〉_o â—ally_o insult_v of_o his_o own_o action_n as_o the_o scribes_z 〈…〉_o do_v laus_fw-la proprio_fw-la sordescit_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la say_v the_o 〈…〉_o let_v a_o other_o man_n praise_v thou_o and_o not_o thy_o own_o mouth_n say_v solomon_n pro._n 27.2_o for_o be_v the_o act_n never_o so_o excellent_a a_o man_n own_o praise_n do_v but_o impair_v it_o laudet_fw-la fucatas_fw-la qui_fw-la vult_fw-la extrudere_fw-la merces_fw-la man_n use_v to_o praise_v their_o refuse_n ware_n when_o they_o put_v it_o away_o if_o it_o be_v good_a the_o thing_n need_v no_o praise_n the_o perfect_a choral_n need_v no_o colour_n three_o that_o he_o which_o be_v so_o famous_a and_o renown_a must_v not_o forget_v himself_o but_o observe_v one_o wise_a point_n of_o plato_n that_o he_o be_v not_o proud_a when_o he_o be_v praise_v and_o a_o other_o point_n of_o tully_n that_o he_o set_v not_o too_o light_a by_o that_o which_o man_n deem_v of_o he_o for_o that_o be_v a_o point_n of_o folly_n the_o philosopher_n which_o be_v lead_v but_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n 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〈◊〉_d that_o have_v yield_v their_o vessel_n to_o villainy_n to_o one_o and_o have_v 〈◊〉_d their_o â—â—â—thinâ—sse_n upon_o a_o other_o now_o by_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o dâ—sâ—râ—tâ—â—â—_n authority_n give_v to_o magistrate_n for_o putative_a father_n the_o 〈…〉_o have_v be_v bring_v in_o question_n and_o disgrace_n and_o yet_o without_o cause_n of_o desert_n and_o when_o he_o have_v receyve_v either_o criminal_a or_o corporal_a punishment_n and_o have_v proceed_v in_o his_o purgation_n in_o court_n for_o criminal_a cause_n the_o wretched_a woman_n afterward_o have_v 〈◊〉_d the_o contrary_a without_o coaction_n that_o either_o they_o be_v persuade_v or_o hire_v to_o nominate_v and_o accuse_v the_o innocent_a thereby_o to_o excuse_v and_o clear_v the_o actor_n from_o ignominy_n or_o that_o they_o do_v it_o of_o policy_n to_o name_v such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v well_o able_a by_o his_o live_n to_o satisfy_v the_o law_n or_o at_o least_o may_v bear_v they_o out_o with_o less_o rebuke_n than_o the_o offendor_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n solomon_n say_v i_o have_v find_v one_o man_n of_o a_o thousand_o but_o a_o woman_n among_o they_o all_o i_o have_v not_o find_v eccles_n 7.30_o for_o what_o will_v not_o a_o wicked_a woman_n in_o her_o malice_n imagine_v how_o impudent_o do_v putiphars_n wife_n forge_n lie_v of_o joseph_n because_o he_o will_v not_o lie_v with_o she_o gen._n 39.12_o how_o bold_o do_v the_o harlot_n lie_v the_o death_n of_o her_o child_n to_o a_o other_o when_o she_o have_v overlayne_n it_o herself_o 1._o king_n 3.19_o a_o whoare_n make_v no_o conscience_n of_o a_o lie_n a_o oath_n or_o any_o thing_n so_o incredible_a to_o 〈…〉_o horrible_a to_o hear_v the_o reason_n be_v because_o as_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n say_v jere._n 3.3_o she_o have_v a_o forehead_n that_o will_v not_o be_v ashamed_a it_o be_v as_o dangerous_a to_o travail_v through_o a_o wild_a forest_n without_o fire_n as_o to_o keep_v a_o good_a name_n without_o foresight_n let_v a_o man_n 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rebuke_v his_o wife_n because_o she_o do_v not_o tell_v he_o of_o it_o that_o he_o may_v have_v find_v some_o remedy_n for_o it_o she_o say_v she_o will_v have_v tell_v he_o but_o that_o she_o think_v every_o man_n breath_n smell_v so_o yet_o god_n defend_v how_o few_o good_a soever_o there_o be_v any_o shall_v be_v rash_o reproach_v where_o there_o be_v no_o pretence_n of_o ill_a therefore_o i_o will_v wish_v every_o one_o to_o avoid_v the_o very_a occasion_n of_o evil_a if_o it_o be_v possible_a venienâ—â—_n occurrite_fw-la morbo_fw-la to_o prevent_v the_o worst_a s._n augustine_n will_v never_o dwell_v with_o his_o sister_n in_o one_o house_n for_o he_o will_v say_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o see_v a_o woman_n worse_o to_o speak_v with_o she_o and_o worst_a of_o all_o to_o touch_v
she_o cato_n the_o elder_a banish_a gaius_n manlius_n out_o of_o the_o senate_n house_n because_o he_o kiss_v but_o his_o own_o wife_n in_o his_o daughter_n presence_n king_n hiero_n condemn_v the_o poet_n epicharmus_n because_o he_o use_v uncleanely_a word_n in_o a_o great_a somme_fw-fr of_o money_n lycurgus_n make_v a_o law_n that_o the_o woman_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la shall_v cover_v their_o face_n when_o they_o go_v abroad_o because_o they_o may_v neither_o look_v nor_o be_v look_v upon_o augustus_n caâ—sar_n command_v no_o woman_n shall_v come_v to_o see_v the_o wrestler_n because_o they_o do_v use_v to_o wrestle_v naked_a all_o these_o i_o rehearse_v to_o note_v how_o necessary_a it_o be_v to_o avoid_v the_o occasion_n of_o evil_a for_o fear_v of_o inconvenience_n now_o if_o the_o occasion_n be_v so_o dangerous_a the_o very_a action_n of_o evil_n must_v needs_o be_v detestable_a and_o hurtful_a to_o the_o name_n for_o although_o some_o may_v commit_v some_o odious_a crime_n and_o may_v have_v it_o conceal_v for_o his_o credit_n or_o not_o speak_v of_o for_o his_o call_n or_o not_o regard_v for_o his_o countenance_n or_o bolster_v out_o by_o friendship_n for_o the_o common_a proverb_n be_v true_a a_o man_n matter_n be_v end_v as_o he_o be_v friend_v and_o some_o may_v better_o steal_v a_o horse_n than_o a_o other_o look_v on_o modestinus_n can_v say_v in_o 〈◊〉_d time_n of_o transgressor_n that_o some_o be_v gréevous_o punish_v other_o scarce_o touch_v for_o this_o cause_n anaxagoras_n liken_v the_o law_n of_o 〈◊〉_d to_o cobweb_n which_o do_v tie_v little_a fly_v fast_o but_o break_v with_o the_o great_a yet_o as_o one_o kernel_n of_o colloquintida_n will_v make_v the_o best_a brâ—â—h_n very_o bitter_a and_o one_o dead_a fly_n will_v putrify_v a_o box_n of_o ointment_n 〈…〉_o evil_n action_n will_v disgrace_v many_o good_a i_o will_v use_v one_o exaâ—â—â—â—â—nstéed_n of_o many_o so_o long_o as_o vzziah_n seek_v the_o lord_n he_o prâ—â—â—â—ted_v and_o be_v so_o valiant_a that_o it_o be_v say_v his_o name_n spread_v far_o abroad_o but_o that_o one_o act_n of_o he_o in_o usurp_a the_o priest_n office_n 〈◊〉_d defame_n all_o his_o former_a and_o so_o much_o diminish_v his_o name_n that_o he_o which_o before_o live_v as_o a_o king_n in_o his_o palace_n at_o jerusalem_n do_v dwell_v as_o a_o leper_n in_o a_o house_n apart_o 2_o chro._n 26._o although_o a_o good_a name_n may_v be_v recover_v again_o in_o time_n for_o tempus_fw-la edax_fw-la rerum_fw-la yet_o it_o will_v be_v long_a ere_o it_o be_v wear_v out_o of_o man_n mouth_n and_o memory_n yea_o and_o when_o the_o best_a be_v do_v as_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o cure_v a_o wound_n so_o well_o but_o that_o a_o scar_n will_v appear_v in_o the_o skin_n so_o you_o shall_v as_o hardly_o recover_v the_o other_o but_o it_o will_v be_v a_o blot_n to_o the_o name_n a_o general_a application_n consider_v the_o excellency_n of_o a_o good_a name_n surpass_v all_o other_o terrestrial_a blessing_n there_o be_v special_o to_o be_v observe_v two_o thing_n 1._o in_o the_o speaker_n 2._o in_o the_o hearer_n the_o speaker_n must_v take_v heed_n how_o they_o use_v their_o tongue_n nature_n have_v lend_v we_o two_o ear_n and_o but_o one_o tongue_n that_o we_o may_v not_o utter_v all_o we_o hear_v this_o tongue_n be_v rear_v and_o hedge_v in_o with_o a_o double_a fence_n to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v speak_v without_o offence_n the_o tongue_n be_v ianua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o necis_fw-la it_o be_v no_o small_a virtue_n to_o bridle_v the_o tongue_n say_v cato_n solomon_n say_v he_o that_o have_v a_o naughty_a tongue_n shall_v fall_v into_o evil_n prou._n 17.5_o s._n james_n say_v that_o man_n religion_n be_v in_o vain_a which_o refrain_v not_o his_o tongue_n s._n peter_n say_v if_o any_o man_n long_o after_o life_n and_o to_o see_v good_a day_n let_v he_o refrain_v his_o tongue_n from_o evil_n aesop_n be_v bid_v to_o buy_v the_o best_a and_o worst_a meat_n in_o the_o market_n bring_v home_o nothing_o but_o tongue_n note_v thereby_o that_o the_o tongue_n be_v good_a and_o evil_a as_o it_o be_v use_v the_o psalmist_n keep_v silence_n even_o from_o speak_v good_a thing_n much_o more_o ought_v we_o from_o evil_a if_o we_o must_v give_v account_n for_o every_o idle_a word_n much_o more_o for_o lewd_a and_o lie_a speech_n therefore_o you_o must_v take_v heed_n how_o you_o blemish_v the_o name_n of_o your_o brother_n either_o by_o carry_v of_o tale_n thou_o shall_v not_o go_v about_o with_o tale_n levit._fw-la 19.16_o or_o by_o raise_v flander_n he_o that_o invent_v slander_v be_v a_o fool_n prou._n 10.18_o tale_n and_o slanderous_a speech_n say_v david_n be_v as_o the_o sharp_a arrow_n of_o a_o mighty_a man_n psal_n 120._o for_o as_o a_o strong_a man_n shoot_v far_o and_o do_v much_o harm_n with_o a_o sharp_a arrow_n so_o a_o slanderer_n defame_v far_o and_o do_v much_o mischief_n with_o his_o viperous_a tongue_n tale_n and_o slander_n be_v by_o the_o psalmograph_n liken_v to_o the_o coal_n of_o juniper_n psal_n 120._o pliny_n write_v of_o the_o nature_n thereof_o say_v that_o those_o coal_n do_v yield_v the_o great_a heat_n so_o a_o lewd_a tongue_n do_v procure_v the_o grete_a hurt_n s._n james_n liken_v the_o tongue_n to_o fire_n we_o all_o know_v how_o great_a a_o thing_n a_o little_a fire_n will_v kindle_v and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o slanderer_n one_o spark_n of_o ill_a speech_n may_v cause_v a_o flame_n of_o defame_n among_o many_o for_o as_o cicero_n say_v nothing_o flé_v more_o swift_o than_o a_o ill_a word_n nothing_o go_v soon_o forth_o nothing_o be_v soon_o take_v nor_o brother_n spread_v it_o be_v this_o the_o make_v david_n complain_v thou_o make_v we_o a_o reproach_n among_o our_o neighbour_n etc._n etc._n conclude_v thus_o for_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o slanderer_n psal_n 44._o tale_n and_o slander_n well_o impeach_v the_o best_a name_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v apt_a to_o believe_v that_o be_v ill_a say_v ovid_n and_o therefore_o say_v solomon_n the_o word_n of_o a_o talebearer_n be_v as_o flattering_n and_o they_o go_v down_o into_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o belly_n prou._n 18.8_o do_v we_o not_o see_v many_o time_n amongst_o we_o that_o if_o a_o ill_a speech_n or_o tale_n be_v utter_v and_o bruit_v though_o but_o by_o one_o base_a person_n of_o no_o reputation_n how_o ready_a a_o multitude_n will_v believe_v it_o these_o be_v they_o that_o cause_n such_o idle_a expense_n of_o money_n and_o debate_n amongst_o friend_n for_o who_o can_v abide_v to_o be_v evil_o speak_v of_o therefore_o say_v the_o wiseman_n without_o a_o tale_n bearer_n strife_n cease_v prou._n 26.20_o qualis_fw-la vir_fw-la talis_fw-la oratio_fw-la a_o good_a man_n be_v discern_v from_o a_o wicked_a by_o his_o talk_n for_o the_o godly_a man_n of_o love_n will_v cover_v some_o offence_n but_o the_o wicked_a of_o malice_n will_v exclaim_v without_o cause_n hereof_o say_v the_o scripture_n a_o righteous_a man_n hate_v lie_v word_n but_o the_o wicked_a cause_n slander_n and_o shame_n pro._n 13.5_o a_o caveat_n for_o talebearer_n backbyter_n and_o slanderer_n these_o man_n or_o rather_o monster_n among_o man_n shall_v consider_v two_o thing_n first_o in_o their_o neighbour_n second_o in_o themselves_o in_o their_o neighbour_n they_o be_v to_o weigh_v the_o worth_n of_o a_o good_a name_n which_o they_o shall_v the_o better_o perform_v if_o they_o reason_n with_o themselves_o by_o way_n of_o comparison_n thus_o if_o it_o be_v a_o grief_n to_o a_o man_n to_o have_v a_o wound_n in_o his_o body_n what_o be_v it_o to_o have_v a_o main_n in_o his_o name_n for_o be_v may_v cure_v the_o one_o but_o nothing_o will_v recover_v the_o other_o if_o it_o be_v a_o grief_n for_o a_o man_n to_o loose_v all_o his_o good_n which_o he_o have_v be_v long_o in_o gather_v together_o what_o be_v it_o to_o loose_v his_o name_n which_o he_o have_v labour_v for_o all_o his_o life_n for_o one_o may_v be_v restore_v in_o time_n the_o other_o be_v stain_v for_o ever_o in_o themselves_o they_o must_v weigh_v the_o reward_n of_o their_o wickedness_n they_o be_v abhor_v both_o of_o god_n and_o man._n god_n detest_v such_o kind_n of_o man_n as_o appear_v by_o many_o pregnant_a place_n in_o his_o word_n he_o that_o privy_o slaunder_v his_o neighbour_n will_v i_o destroy_v psal_n 101.5_o the_o backbyter_n shall_v not_o be_v establish_v upon_o earth_n psalm_n 140.11_o he_o that_o speak_v lie_n shall_v perish_v prou._n 19.9_o the_o lord_n punish_v ely_n and_o his_o posterity_n because_o his_o son_n run_v into_o a_o slander_n and_o he_o stay_v they_o not_o 1._o sam._n 3.13_o he_o punish_v the_o two_o judge_n for_o slander_v susanna_n the_o leprosse_n be_v lay_v upon_o gehazi_n because_o he_o make_v a_o lie_n