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20._o chapter_n of_o ezechiel_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n there_o be_v leave_v no_o place_n to_o the_o change_v of_o his_o determination_n or_o for_o repentance_n for_o whereas_o it_o be_v sometime_o say_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v repent_v if_o thou_o understand_v not_o that_o it_o be_v speak_v by_o figure_n in_o deed_n thou_o know_v not_o the_o first_o ground_n of_o christian_a religion_n if_o thou_o impudent_o deny_v it_o thou_o be_v more_o worthy_a for_o thy_o blasphemy_n to_o be_v suppress_v of_o a_o magistrate_n than_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v inform_v of_o any_o one_o in_o the_o other_o place_n which_o thou_o cite_v out_o of_o luke_n thou_o bewray_v thy_o manifest_a &_o intolerable_a malice_n from_o who_o do_v ever_o this_o blasphemy_n proceed_v beside_o thou_o that_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o man_n may_v infringe_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n and_o thou_o thyself_o in_o deed_n when_o in_o latin_a thou_o do_v rather_o pervert_v than_o convert_v waste_v somewhat_o more_o shamefast_a for_o so_o thou_o haste_v interpret_v when_o this_o be_v hear_v the_o people_n and_o publican_n be_v wash_v with_o the_o wase_n of_o john_n praise_v god_n but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o lawyer_n so_o much_o as_o in_o they_o do_v lie_v do_v foredoe_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n but_o say_v when_o thou_o will_v add_v that_o exception_n as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o do_v lie_v do_v thy_o conscience_n tell_v thou_o that_o this_o sentence_n can_v not_o stand_v without_o this_o exception_n how_o be_v it_o therefore_o that_o that_o omit_v thou_o dare_v now_o be_v impudent_o wrest_v this_o testimony_n that_o thou_o may_v ratify_v so_o horrible_a a_o blasphemy_n but_o further_o good_a lord_n what_o sacrilegious_a impudency_n be_v this_o to_o dare_v so_o open_o transfer_v the_o most_o sacred_a word_n of_o god_n to_o who_o only_a authority_n the_o truth_n amongst_o man_n lean_v and_o indeed_o i_o leave_v thy_o wash_n to_o such_o a_o fine_a and_o dainty_a man_n as_o thyself_o for_o we_o be_v not_o the_o man_n which_o despise_v baptism_n but_o who_o teach_v thou_o to_o expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d against_o themselves_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o be_v it_o shall_v rather_o have_v be_v lay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o they_o and_o see_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v many_o signification_n why_o have_v thou_o choose_v that_o which_o be_v of_o all_o other_o lest_o appertyyn_v be_v it_o not_o because_o thou_o haste_v determine_v as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o thou_o to_o deprave_v this_o place_n and_o many_o other_o for_o who_o can_v not_o see_v that_o those_o be_v set_v against_o the_o publican_n embrace_v the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n by_o direct_a contrary_n those_o who_o despise_v the_o same_o and_o abandon_v it_o from_o they_o for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v oft-times_o declare_v this_o as_o i_o chn_n 12.48_o and_o 1._o thessa._n 4.8_o in_o the_o which_o place_n thou_o thyself_o use_v the_o 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that_o institution_n of_o christian_a religion_n in_o that_o chapter_n of_o predestination_n &_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n that_o 53._o &_o 54._o section_n as_o when_o we_o hear_v that_o god_n be_v angry_a we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o there_o be_v in_o he_o any_o disquietness_n but_o rather_o think_v that_o this_o speech_n be_v take_v from_o our_o sense_n because_o god_n seem_v to_o bear_v the_o countenance_n of_o one_o that_o be_v mon_z &_o angry_a so_o oft_o as_o he_o execute_v judgement_n so_o may_v we_o not_o conceive_v any_o other_o thing_n by_o the_o name_n of_o repentance_n than_o the_o alteration_n of_o his_o work_n because_o man_n be_v wont_a in_o change_v their_o work_n to_o show_v that_o they_o displease_v they_o because_o therefore_o every_o change_n amongst_o man_n be_v the_o correction_n of_o that_o which_o displease_v and_o correction_n proceed_v of_o repentance_n therefore_o by_o the_o name_n of_o repentance_n be_v signify_v that_o which_o god_n change_v in_o 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