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i_o have_v call_v 35._o you_o and_o you_o have_v refuse_v to_o come_v for_o that_o i_o have_v hold_v out_o my_o hand_n and_o none_o of_o you_o will_v vouchsafe_v to_o look_v towards_o i_o i_o will_v laugh_v also_o at_o your_o destruction_n when_o anguish_n and_o calamity_n come_v on_o you_o you_o shall_v call_v upon_o i_o and_o i_o will_v not_o hear_v you_o shall_v rise_v betimes_o in_o the_o morning_n to_o see_v i_o but_o you_o shall_v not_o find_v i_o it_o be_v both_o dreadful_a and_o lamentable_a which_o the_o prophet_n say_v of_o such_o as_o defer_v 58._o their_o conversion_n from_o time_n to_o time_n conuertentur_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la &_o famem_fw-la patientur_fw-la ut_fw-la cane_n &_o circuibuat_fw-la civitatem_fw-la they_o will_v convert_v themselves_o to_o god_n at_o the_o evening_n &_o then_o shall_v they_o suffer_v hunger_n as_o dog_n and_o shall_v run_v about_o the_o city_n the_o word_n that_o go_v immediate_o before_o and_o do_v immediate_o ensue_v after_o do_v 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pamach_n aug._n serm_n 81._o the_o tép._n the._n 2._o part_n of_o this_o chapter_n of_o good_a syfe_n syfe_n see_v s._n aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la cred_a c._n 1._o &_o tract_n 1._o in_o epist_n johan._n cyprian_n ep_v 61_o two_o cause_n of_o heresy_n the_o do_n of_o heretic_n the_o observation_n of_o s._n cyprian_n cyprian_a epist_n 65._o ad_fw-la rogatian_n many_o cause_n of_o evil_a lyse_v the_o effect_n of_o christ_n first_o sermon_n math._n 5._o 6._o 7._o math._n 5._o v._n 20._o math._n 5._o ibid._n v._o 21._o cap._n 6._o cap._n 7._o faith_n be_v not_o sufficient_a without_o work_n a_o similitude_n touch_v faith_n &_o work_v work_v in_o learning_n over_o his_o catechism_n jac._n 2._o a_o ancient_a error_n of_o sensual_a man_n about_o faith_n &_o work_n s._n austem_n discourse_n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d &_o oper_n cap._n 14._o gal._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 13._o rom._n 13._o jacob_n 2._o marc._n 1._o mat._n 16._o ibid._n c._n 22_o joa._n 17._o 1._o joh._n 2._o enchirid._n cap._n 67._o 2._o cor._n 6._o the_o prose_n use_v by_o s._n gregory_n john_n 20._o greg._n hom_n 29._o in_o euam_fw-la tit._n 1._o 1._o joh._n 2._o what_o we_o promise_v in_o baptism_n li._n 33._o moral_n cap._n 7._o math._n 7._o malac._n 7._o psal._n 77._o jacob_n 2._o the_o testimony_n and_o exhortation_n of_o s._n chrysostome_n math._n 25._o chryshom_n 2._o in_o johan._n 2._o cor._n 5._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o chapter_n psal._n 36._o esa._n 1._o 1._o pet._n 2._o tit._n 2._o the_o two_o part_n of_o good_a life_n job._n 7._o 2._o cor._n 10._o mat._n 9_o 10_o 20._o tim._n 5._o one_o of_o thes_n part_n not_o available_a without_o the_o other_o esa._n 1._o jere._n 6._o amos._n 5._o mat._n 25._o luc._n 13._o the._n 1._o part_n of_o resist_a sin_n heb._n 10._o ephe._n 5._o jac._n 4._o 1._o pet._n 5._o job._n 40._o how_o perfect_a our_o resistance_n must_v be_v tob._n 4._o jacob_n 4._o aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr servant_n do_v cap._n 23._o &_o li._n 12._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 12._o three_o degree_n to_o sin_n greg._n ad_fw-la inter_fw-la 11._o august_n 〈◊〉_d mat._n 5._o exod._n 12._o deut._n 5._o the_o diligence_n of_o ancient_a ancient_a in_o resist_a sin_n of_o job._n job._n 9_o of_o david_n psal._n 76._o of_o s._n paul_n 1._o cor._n 4._o 2._o cor._n 12._o external_n help_v for_o the_o resist_n of_o sin_n 2._o cor._n 6._o 11._o 1._o tim._n 1._o 1._o cor._n 9_o 9_o thes_n thing_n bunney_n clip_v as_o not_o so_o necessary_a for_o minister_n egis_fw-la apud_fw-la enseb._n li._n 2._o lust_n cap._n 23._o of_o s._n james_n philo._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr contempt_n of_o s._n mark_n mark_n bunney_n doubt_v whether_o s._n anthony_n have_v sufficiint_a groundwork_n of_o his_o dainge_n but_o athanasius_n doubt_v not_o 10._o cass._n de_fw-fr inst._n the_o reason_n of_o monastical_a life_n in_o the_o begin_v a_o 〈◊〉_d example_n of_o 5._o jerom._n 2._o cor._n 12._o hiero._n epi._n 22._o ad_fw-la eust._n the_o auste_a risie_n of_o 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the_o vocation_n of_o a_o christian._n gal_n 6._o pro._n 10._o pro._n 12._o pro._n 11._o eccle._n 20._o pro._n 10._o pro._n 6._o christian_n wisdom_n wherein_o it_o consist_v prou._n 9_o rom._n 11._o 2._o cor._n 1._o esa._n 33._o eccle._n 6._o eccle._n 7._o eccle._n 6._o gal._n 6._o 1._o cor._n 15._o luc._n 16._o philip._n 2._o 2._o pet._n 1._o gal._n 6._o joan._n 6._o the_o diligence_n of_o 〈◊〉_d christian_n to_o work_v while_o they_o have_v time_n time_n all_o thes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o no_o good_a deed_n though_o he_o do_v dedicate_v the_o book_n to_o a_o archbishop_n and_o do_v seed_n of_o the_o rent_n himself_o so_o leave_v he_o 〈◊〉_d also_o hospital_n etc._n etc._n the_o charitable_a deed_n of_o our_o ancestor_n &_o want_n thereof_o in_o us._n the_o perfection_n of_o christian_a vocation_n if_o it_o be_v fulfil_v mat._n 11._o luc._n 10._o the_o difference_n of_o the_o virtuous_a and_o wicked_a in_o this_o world_n and_o in_o the_o next_o rom._n 2._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 4._o note_v that_o bunny_n thrust_v out_o this_o word_n mlrit_n not_o only_o here_o but_o in_o all_o the_o book_n beside_o which_o be_v almost_o in_o every_o leaf_n of_o ancient_a father_n wry_n tinge_v as_o also_o expresselie_o eccles._n 16._o v._o 15._o &_o the_o value_n thereof_o which_o be_v retribution_n for_o good_a work_n 〈◊〉_d in_o every_o place_n of_o scripture_n gen._n 4._o v._n 4._o exod._n 1._o 20._o leu._n 11._o 43._o psal._n 118._o 112._o mat._n 5._o 12._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 8._o heb._n 11._o 26._o etc._n etc._n the_o conclusion_n with_o a_o exhortation_n a_o point_n of_o great_a wisdom_n how_o the_o law_n of_o good_a life_n be_v publish_v exod._n 19_o &_o 20._o act._n 7._o heb._n 12._o who_o be_v what_o manner_n of_o auditor_n shall_v receyve_v our_o account_n 2._o cor._n 5._o luc._n 12._o 16._o 19_o 20._o mat._n 16._o mat._n 16._o mat._n 12._o jere._n 29._o two_o day_n of_o judgement_n 1._o particular_a heb._n 9_o 2._o general_n juc_fw-la 16._o 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other_o benefit_n which_o thing_n if_o s._n paul_n may_v true_o say_v unto_o these_o gentile_n before_o his_o time_n who_o have_v only_o natural_a knowledge_n and_o understanding_n of_o god_n that_o be_v so_o much_o as_o by_o his_o creature_n be_v to_o be_v gather_v what_o may_v or_o shall_v be_v say_v unto_o ourselves_o we_o who_o have_v not_o only_o that_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o they_o have_v but_o also_o the_o writing_n à nd_v law_n of_o god_n himself_o communicate_v special_o unto_o the_o jew_n and_o above_o that_o also_o have_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o his_o only_a son_n upon_o earth_n and_o have_v receive_v the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o most_o holy_a gospel_n and_o yet_o do_v live_v as_o negligentelie_o many_o of_o we_o as_o do_v the_o very_a heathen_n touch_v good_a life_n and_o virtue_n sure_o in_o this_o case_n i_o must_v denounce_v against_o myself_o that_o if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o it_o can_v not_o be_v false_a which_o this_o bless_a apostle_n affirm_v here_o of_o 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