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be_v to_o say_v the_o commandment_n backward_o which_o will_v be_v sad_a work_n we_o must_v be_v very_o diligent_a watchful_a and_o careful_a to_o get_v rid_v of_o or_o avoid_v as_o much_o as_o possible_o we_o can_v those_o thing_n in_o ourselves_o which_o we_o reprove_v in_o other_o want_v of_o due_a care_n here_o we_o shall_v find_v exceed_o to_o damp_n our_o spirit_n and_o to_o be_v a_o very_a great_a obstruction_n to_o the_o discharge_n of_o our_o duty_n so_o it_o will_v also_o cause_v we_o and_o our_o reproof_n to_o be_v less_o regard_v if_o not_o despise_v by_o other_o they_o will_v not_o have_v that_o authority_n in_o they_o but_o they_o will_v be_v ready_a in_o heart_n at_o least_o if_o not_o in_o word_n to_o retort_v that_o upon_o we_o physician_n practice_n will_v be_v find_v another_o thing_n hereafter_o than_o many_o i_o fear_v now_o take_v it_o for_o but_o yet_o also_o heal_v thyself_o or_o that_o math._n 7.3_o 4_o 5._o we_o must_v not_o forget_v ourselves_o so_o as_o to_o 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the_o case_n or_o question_n namely_o 2._o how_o we_o be_v to_o manage_v a_o reproof_n when_o it_o be_v give_v we_o by_o other_o question_n iu._n what_o must_v the_o people_n of_o god_n do_v when_o he_o be_v testify_v against_o they_o as_o the_o carriage_n of_o god_n people_n towards_o he_o so_o his_o dispensation_n towards_o they_o be_v very_o various_a sometime_o he_o smile_v and_o lift_v they_o up_o sometime_o he_o frown_v and_o cast_v they_o down_o a_o right_a and_o ready_a compliance_n with_o god_n in_o all_o his_o providential_a dispensation_n towards_o we_o be_v our_o plain_a and_o indiscensible_a duty_n and_o that_o wherein_o much_o of_o the_o excellency_n of_o a_o christian_a lie_v now_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o seasonable_a question_n which_o i_o take_v as_o chief_o aim_v at_o the_o public_a god_n testify_v against_o we_o in_o his_o judgement_n there_o though_o withal_o it_o with_o the_o answer_n to_o it_o may_v be_v also_o apply_v unto_o a_o private_a case_n take_v my_o 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