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and_o the_o best_a resolver_n of_o all_o our_o doubt_n second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v rather_o a_o interrogation_n or_o demand_n as_o beza_n say_v well_o upon_o the_o place_n though_o our_o translation_n render_v it_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la respondere_fw-la &_o testificari_fw-la vix_fw-la putem_fw-la satis_fw-la aptè_fw-la usurpari_fw-la posse_fw-la beza_n 1_o pet._n 3._o 21_o jud._n 13._o 12._o a_o answer_n conscience_n have_v many_o question_n to_o put_v and_o it_o be_v still_o the_o nature_n of_o conscientious_a man_n to_o be_v inquire_v as_o manoahs_n wife_n when_o she_o have_v the_o angel_n to_o resolve_v she_o now_o tell_v we_o how_o shall_v we_o order_v the_o child_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v unto_o he_o all_o that_o come_v unto_o john_n wrought_v upon_o by_o his_o ministry_n come_v with_o this_o question_n luk._n 3._o 10_o 12_o 14._o the_o most_o proper_a and_o pertinent_a question_n and_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v what_o shall_v we_o do_v say_v the_o publican_n and_o people_n and_o soldier_n so_o be_v conscience_n still_o inquisitive_a desire_v to_o go_v upon_o safe_a ground_n it_o inquire_v at_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n 1._o by_o prayer_n as_o david_n lord_n shall_v i_o go_v 20._o 1_o sam._n 30._o 8_o joh._n 34._o 32._o luk._n 10._o 26_o isa_n 8._o 20._o as_o job_n that_o which_o i_o see_v not_o teach_v thou_o i_o 2._o by_o the_o word_n how_o be_v it_o write_v how_o read_v thou_o be_v conscience_n question_n and_o to_o the_o law_n and_o testimony_n be_v conscience_n resolution_n 3._o conscience_n inquire_v at_o the_o priest_n lip_n and_o seek_v the_o law_n at_o his_o mouth_n mal._n 2._o 7._o come_v unto_o he_o for_o private_a conference_n and_o satisfaction_n 4._o conscience_n put_v case_n in_o writing_n and_o propound_v his_o doubt_n and_o scruple_n and_o desire_v resolution_n as_o the_o corinthian_n have_v write_v to_o paul_n in_o a_o certain_a case_n which_o do_v much_o perplex_v they_o desire_v his_o resolution_n 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i_o purloin_v or_o covet_v 2._o 1_o sam._n 12._o 3_o act._n 20._o 23_o 2_o cor._n 7._o 2._o who_o have_v i_o defraud_v or_o who_o have_v i_o circumvent_v in_o bargain_v the_o good_a ground_n in_o the_o parable_n which_o make_v best_a use_n of_o the_o word_n be_v expound_v by_o our_o saviour_n to_o be_v the_o good_a and_o honest_a heart_n luke_n 8._o 15._o and_o the_o man_n who_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v into_o god_n holy_a place_n must_v be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o have_v clean_a hand_n and_o a_o pure_a heart_n psal_n 24._o 4._o godliness_n and_o honesty_n be_v join_v together_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 2._o as_o be_v inseparable_a the_o life_n of_o godliness_n be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o bundle_n of_o honesty_n they_o be_v mother_n and_o daughter_n as_o naomi_n and_o ruth_n and_o can_v part_v company_n where_o 17._o ruth_n 1._o 16_o 17._o thou_o go_v i_o will_v go_v say_v ruth_n where_o thou_o dwell_v i_o will_v dwell_v where_o thou_o die_v i_o will_v die_v and_o be_v bury_v with_o thou_o thy_o 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for_o be_v weaken_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o people_n and_o he_o seek_v not_o the_o welfare_n of_o this_o people_n but_o the_o hurt_n he_o be_v no_o way_n well_o affect_v to_o the_o state_n but_o a_o malignant_a so_o they_o act._n 5._o 33._o &_o 7._o 54._o be_v cut_v to_o the_o heart_n and_o gnash_v at_o steven_n with_o their_o tooth_n as_o if_o they_o can_v have_v eat_v he_o up_o thus_o tender_a be_v the_o high_a priest_n who_o rend_v his_o clothes_n at_o 65_o mat._n 26._o 65_o christ_n suppose_a blasphemy_n when_o he_o shall_v have_v rend_v his_o heart_n for_o his_o own_o treason_n cruelty_n and_o hypocrisy_n all_o this_o be_v not_o tenderness_n but_o effeminate_a softness_n outward_o and_o inward_o the_o great_a hardness_n there_o may_v be_v mollity_n animi_fw-la where_o be_v maxima_fw-la durity_n cordis_fw-la as_o in_o the_o godly_a there_o may_v be_v summa_fw-la durity_n or_o be_v &_o vultus_fw-la when_o maxima_fw-la mollitudo_fw-la cordis_fw-la ezek._n 3._o 9_o christ_n face_n be_v hard_a than_o flint_n isa_n 50._o 7._o ezekiel_n than_o adamant_n when_o the_o heart_n be_v most_o tender_a so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la wicked_a man_n have_v tender_a skin_n and_o flesh_n hard_a heart_n and_o spirit_n their_o passion_n be_v soft_a and_o touchy_a their_o disposition_n hard_a and_o unruly_a their_o love_n to_o their_o sin_n be_v tender_a to_o their_o soul_n as_o cruel_a as_o the_o ostrich_n of_o the_o wilderness_n lam._n 4._o 3._o this_o be_v a_o corrupt_a softness_n like_o that_o in_o a_o rot_a plum_n which_o if_o you_o touch_v you_o break_v but_o it_o have_v a_o hard_a stone_n in_o the_o midst_n that_o will_v not_o break_v so_o have_v these_o a_o hard_a stone_n in_o the_o heart_n when_o so_o much_o outward_a tenderness_n but_o the_o right_a tenderness_n be_v that_o which_o be_v act._n 2._o 37._o their_o heart_n be_v pierce_v and_o be_v prick_v in_o heart_n they_o cry_v out_o man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v they_o fall_v not_o out_o with_o peter_n 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