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righteousness_n and_o be_v turn_v we_o never_o look_v back_o never_o cast_v a_o thought_n after_o it_o but_o with_o sorrow_n and_o anger_n and_o detestation_n and_o when_o it_o appear_v before_o we_o it_o appear_v in_o a_o foul_a shape_n and_o in_o great_a horror_n than_o we_o behold_v it_o in_o when_o we_o first_o fall_v upon_o our_o knee_n for_o pardon_n for_o the_o more_o confirm_v we_o be_v in_o goodness_n the_o more_o abhorrent_n we_o be_v of_o evil_n and_o defy_v it_o most_o when_o we_o stand_v at_o the_o great_a distance_n we_o never_o loathe_v our_o disease_n more_o than_o when_o we_o be_v purge_v and_o healthy_a there_o be_v another_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v a_o good_a sense_n put_v upon_o it_o which_o yet_o the_o word_n do_v not_o natural_o yield_v 21.32_o matth._n 21.32_o it_o rather_o signify_v a_o trouble_n of_o mind_n then_o a_o turn_n it_o be_v speak_v of_o judas_n himself_o 27.3_o matth._n 27.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o repent_v himself_o and_o what_o a_o repentance_n be_v that_o which_o he_o shall_v have_v repent_v of_o what_o a_o turn_v be_v that_o that_o choke_v he_o have_v his_o turn_v be_v right_a he_o may_v have_v dye_v a_o martyr_n who_o die_v a_o traitor_n and_o a_o murderer_n of_o his_o master_n and_o himself_o perimat_fw-la l._n 27._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr aconito_fw-la ea_fw-la est_fw-la natura_fw-la ut_fw-la hominem_fw-la occidat_fw-la nisi_fw-la invenerit_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la perimat_fw-la deep_o melancholy_a and_o trouble_n of_o mind_n be_v like_o that_o poisonous_a plant_n which_o pliny_n speak_v of_o which_o if_o it_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o disease_n kill_v the_o man_n judas_n indeed_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o perdition_n but_o it_o be_v because_o he_o destroy_v himself_o but_o there_o yet_o be_v another_o word_n which_o be_v more_o proper_a and_o more_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o turn_v and_o change_v of_o the_o mind_n what_o of_o the_o understanding_n 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