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emendentur_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la aliquid_fw-la admiserint_fw-la sen_n c._n de_fw-fr irâ_fw-la lib._n 1._o l_o rispiciendum_fw-la de_fw-fr poenis_fw-la nesp_n slâ—a_fw-fr sitavitas_fw-la conciomor_fw-la aut_fw-la utihor_fw-la harmonia_fw-la quam_fw-la seucritas_fw-la cum_fw-la comitate_fw-la coniuncta_fw-la plutarch_n in_o photion_n if_o they_o will_v needs_o do_v harm_n or_o may_v be_v amend_v if_o through_o neglect_n they_o do_v amiss_o in_o proceed_v to_o judgement_n against_o malefactor_n mercy_n and_o justice_n must_v meet_v together_o clemency_n and_o severity_n must_v kiss_v each_o other_o there_o must_v be_v a_o merciful_a clemency_n yet_o join_v with_o justice_n and_o a_o just_a severity_n yet_o moderate_v with_o equity_n lest_o strict_a law_n prove_v flat_a injustice_n neither_o be_v any_o sweetness_n more_o seemly_a or_o harmony_n more_o profitable_a than_o be_v severity_n join_v with_o humanity_n judgement_n thus_o moderate_v do_v please_v both_o god_n 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a_o much_o more_o heinous_a and_o more_o grievous_a sin_n which_o i_o desire_v the_o juror_n will_v look_v unto_o who_o not_o seldom_o offend_v and_o that_o gross_o in_o this_o kind_n in_o bring_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o death_n such_o as_o of_o right_a aught_o to_o be_v acquit_v in_o this_o case_n that_o rule_n be_v safe_a and_o good_a iudicijs_fw-la placuit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la potiorem_fw-la esse_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la aequitatisque_fw-la quam_fw-la stricti_fw-la iuris_fw-la rationem_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n de_fw-fr iudicijs_fw-la it_o be_v better_a to_o have_v respect_n to_o justice_n and_o equity_n than_o to_o strict_a law_n rashness_n in_o condemn_a man_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v for_o he_o almost_o condemn_v willing_o that_o do_v it_o quick_o and_o too_o much_o severity_n must_v ever_o be_v abandon_v for_o he_o do_v punish_v unjust_o that_o punish_v too_o much_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o there_o must_v not_o be_v such_o clemency_n as_o do_v prejudice_n equity_n for_o so_o sin_n shall_v abound_v and_o if_o justice_n press_v not_o the_o unjust_a then_o shall_v the_o just_a be_v oppress_v with_o injustice_n and_o the_o harmless_a helpless_a and_o innocent_a sheep_n shall_v be_v expose_v to_o the_o rage_n of_o wolf_n and_o ravenor_n too_o much_o clemency_n breed_v impunity_n and_o cause_v liberty_n and_o licentiousness_n in_o sin_n in_o this_o case_n the_o judge_n must_v not_o be_v mild_a than_o the_o law_n for_o wholesome_a severity_n which_o common_a reason_n do_v suggest_v and_o public_a order_n exact_v do_v excel_v the_o vain_a show_n of_o clemency_n &_o mercy_n there_o be_v both_o a_o punish_a mercy_n and_o a_o spare_a cruelty_n such_o clemency_n be_v but_o a_o merciless_a pity_n as_o arm_n malefactor_n against_o the_o innocent_a he_o hurt_v the_o good_a that_o spare_v the_o bad_a saluantur_fw-la bonis_fw-la nocet_fw-la qui_fw-la malis_fw-la parcit_fw-la sos_fw-la scalig._n non_fw-la est_fw-la inhumanit_fw-la as_o sed_fw-la potius_fw-la suâ—â—ma_fw-la quaedam_fw-la est_fw-la humâ—nitas_fw-la cum_fw-la malti_fw-la paucorum_fw-la animaduersâ—one_fw-la saluantur_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o be_v well_o conclude_v by_o justinian_n in_o his_o novel_a constitution_n it_o be_v not_o inhumanity_n but_o rather_o special_a humanity_n when_o many_o be_v save_v by_o the_o punishment_n of_o a_o few_o judgement_n must_v pass_v with_o needful_a severity_n against_o notorious_a and_o evident_a malefactor_n as_o for_o treason_n poison_n murder_n and_o the_o like_a heinous_a crime_n ut_fw-la poena_fw-la ad_fw-la paucos_fw-la metus_fw-la ad_fw-la multos_fw-la perveniat_fw-la that_o punishment_n may_v fall_v on_o a_o few_o fear_v on_o many_o for_o some_o few_o must_v needs_o be_v punish_v that_o more_o may_v be_v terrify_v and_o all_o may_v be_v amend_v or_o restrain_v from_o evil_a this_o be_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o lord_n himself_o against_o a_o false-witnesse-bearer_n if_o the_o witness_n be_v a_o false_a witness_n and_o have_v testify_v falsehood_n against_o his_o brother_n 20_o deutr._fw-la 19.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o then_o shall_v you_o do_v unto_o he_o as_o he_o have_v think_v to_o
to_o do_v evil_a and_o as_o cicero_n do_v according_o write_v all_o judgement_n be_v devise_v either_o first_o for_o the_o decide_n of_o controversy_n or_o second_o punishment_n of_o malefactor_n the_o matter_n then_o as_o our_o reverend_a judge_n also_o tell_v we_o be_v civil_a or_o criminal_a that_o concern_v right_a between_o man_n and_o man_n or_o punishment_n of_o crimos_fw-la and_o therefore_o to_o give_v to_o every_o one_o his_o own_o and_o to_o redress_v injury_n be_v a_o principal_a office_n of_o justice_n distributive_a and_o to_o punish_v malefactor_n in_o cause_n criminal_a be_v a_o office_n of_o justice_n vindicative_a as_o necessary_a for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o the_o other_o now_o this_o charge_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o all_o kind_n of_o cause_n whether_o trespass_n or_o crime_n 1._o hear_v 2._o judge_n righteous_o 2._o the_o rule_n of_o righteous_a judgement_n be_v the_o law_n for_o the_o law_n be_v a_o silent_a magistrate_n &_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o humane_a kind_n of_o speech_n that_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o condemn_v their_o brethren_n before_o certain_a knowledge_n and_o notice_n of_o their_o cause_n and_o before_o the_o final_a sentence_n of_o destruction_n be_v pass_v on_o sodom_n the_o lord_n first_o take_v notice_n of_o their_o estate_n saying_n because_o the_o cry_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v great_a and_o because_o their_o sin_n be_v very_o grievous_a i_o will_v go_v down_o now_o and_o see_v whether_o they_o have_v do_v altogether_o according_a to_o the_o cry_n of_o it_o which_o be_v come_v to_o i_o and_o if_o not_o i_o will_v know_v the_o lord_n who_o know_v all_o thing_n of_o himself_o will_v also_o take_v notice_n as_o by_o judicial_a process_n thereby_o as_o in_o a_o table_n to_o commend_v to_o our_o view_n as_o in_o a_o lively_a picture_n or_o perfect_a pattern_n the_o order_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o judicial_a proceed_n for_o humane_a profit_n and_o constant_a imitation_n 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