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maledicis_fw-la si_fw-la it_o be_v 1_o pet._n 4.4_o it_o seem_v unto_o they_o strange_a that_o you_o run_v not_o with_o they_o unto_o the_o same_o excess_n of_o riot_n therefore_o speak_v they_o evil_a of_o you_o but_o as_o s._n bernard_n say_v that_o balaam_n when_o he_o think_v to_o have_v curse_a god_n people_n for_o hire_n do_v bless_v they_o again_o and_o again_o though_o against_o his_o will_n so_o these_o man_n more_o commend_v than_o discommend_v these_o person_n where_o they_o seek_v so_o to_o disgrace_v they_o while_o unwilling_o they_o heap_v praise_n as_o reproach_n upon_o they_o and_o while_o they_o go_v about_o to_o backbite_v they_o against_o their_o will_n they_o acquit_v they_o because_o the_o object_n good_a thing_n instead_o of_o evil_a against_o they_o as_o if_o they_o can_v find_v no_o matter_n of_o evil_a in_o they_o but_o matth._n 23.23_o christ_n condemn_v the_o scribe_n for_o strictness_n in_o pay_v tithe_n object_n but_o the_o latter_a part_n answer_v the_o 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say_v thus_o these_o and_o such_o like_a be_v here_o reprove_v and_o convince_v of_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o duty_n that_o they_o receive_v not_o nor_o desire_v the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o admonish_v every_o one_o to_o labour_n for_o heart_n willing_a and_o desirous_a to_o receive_v the_o whole_a law_n and_o word_n of_o god_n use_v 2_o as_o he_o shall_v put_v it_o into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o minister_n to_o dispose_v it_o unto_o they_o whatsoever_o it_o may_v be_v whether_o it_o be_v pleasant_a or_o cross_v for_o if_o man_n deal_v so_o with_o their_o physician_n submit_v themselves_o to_o their_o prescript_n though_o often_o they_o be_v unpleasant_a because_o they_o be_v persuade_v of_o their_o wisdom_n and_o that_o they_o work_v all_o by_o art_n and_o yet_o may_v they_o sometime_o err_v how_o much_o more_o unto_o all_o that_o which_o god_n have_v speak_v and_o prescribe_v when_o they_o may_v well_o know_v they_o can_v err_v judge_v of_o such_o thought_n as_o esteem_v any_o thing_n superflous_a or_o unfit_a any_o thing_n difficult_a or_o too_o deep_a for_o they_o to_o look_v into_o as_o suggestion_n of_o satan_n and_o their_o own_o corruption_n and_o not_o rise_v from_o god_n spirit_n condemn_v in_o themselves_o all_o such_o thought_n as_o gainsay_v the_o word_n and_o any_o part_n of_o it_o deliver_v unto_o they_o as_o unloyall_a to_o their_o prince_n and_o master_n father_n and_o husband_n yea_o censure_a all_o such_o affection_n as_o gainsay_v and_o repine_v at_o the_o word_n which_o touch_v they_o to_o the_o quick_a and_o their_o particular_a sin_n and_o corruption_n as_o fearful_a forerunner_n of_o some_o dangerous_a fall_n and_o backslide_n special_o when_o in_o former_a time_n they_o can_v endure_v as_o much_o as_o that_o and_o happy_o more_o to_o be_v speak_v unto_o they_o or_o be_v such_o as_o condemn_v other_o man_n for_o spurn_v when_o they_o be_v touch_v and_o indeed_o it_o be_v fearful_a for_o it_o argue_v he_o be_v either_o a_o hypocrite_n 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corruption_n and_o they_o will_v be_v hate_v and_o despise_v now_o he_o do_v order_n and_o dispose_v of_o this_o at_o his_o good_a pleasure_n and_o make_v it_o fall_v where_o he_o think_v best_o where_o he_o will_v punish_v and_o for_o what_o end_n he_o purpose_v not_o for_o what_o they_o intend_v as_o solomon_n prov._n 16.1_o the_o preparation_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v in_o man_n but_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v of_o the_o lord_n mean_v in_o the_o general_a that_o god_n dispose_v of_o all_o so_o in_o this_o not_o unfit_o this_o may_v show_v the_o folly_n of_o those_o who_o despise_v and_o set_v naught_o by_o the_o despise_n and_o reproach_n use_v 1_o because_o they_o come_v from_o inferior_n from_o base_a and_o mean_v and_o weak_a man_n but_o these_o shall_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o from_o they_o but_o god_n and_o by_o they_o and_o be_v the_o sign_n of_o his_o displeasure_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v brave_v or_o brag_v out_o man_n may_v not_o think_v to_o 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