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be_v still_o wish_v we_o can_v love_v he_o yet_o more_o abundant_o 2._o it_o shall_v also_o lead_v we_o infinite_o to_o esteem_v he_o 289._o hic_fw-la nec_fw-la videri_fw-la potest_fw-la visu_fw-la clarior_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la comprehendi_fw-la tactu_fw-la purior_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la aestimari_fw-la sensu_fw-la major_n est_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la sic_fw-la eum_fw-la digne_fw-fr aestimamus_fw-la dum_fw-la inaestimabilem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr idolorum_fw-la vanitate_fw-la p._n 289._o and_o to_o despise_v all_o thing_n in_o comparison_n of_o he_o and_o account_v they_o as_o nothing_o for_o so_o indeed_o they_o be_v compare_v with_o he_o our_o high_a esteem_n be_v of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v not_o comprehend_v any_o excellency_n the_o more_o we_o admire_v it_o the_o more_o we_o esteem_v it_o as_o the_o eye_n that_o have_v be_v gaze_v upon_o the_o sun_n be_v darken_v to_o the_o sight_n of_o other_o thing_n so_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o 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into_o some_o good_a condition_n in_o the_o world_n and_o then_o shall_v not_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o he_o that_o be_v thus_o raise_v we_o shall_v just_o brand_v he_o with_o ingratitude_n much_o more_o ingratitude_n be_v it_o not_o to_o acknowledge_v god_n that_o have_v raise_v we_o out_o of_o nonbeing_a into_o be_v when_o paul_n desire_v a_o favour_n of_o philemon_n with_o respect_n to_o onesimus_n he_o press_v it_o by_o this_o argument_n that_o he_o can_v tell_v he_o that_o he_o owe_v himself_o unto_o he_o philem_n 19_o it_o will_v have_v be_v great_a ingratitude_n have_v philemon_n deny_v his_o request_n though_o he_o do_v not_o owe_v himself_o to_o the_o apostle_n in_o that_o supreme_a and_o absolute_a right_o as_o we_o owe_v ourselves_o too_o god_n and_o he_o that_o make_v we_o reasonable_a creature_n can_v have_v make_v we_o brute_n ought_v we_o not_o then_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o our_o creator_n for_o make_v we_o such_o and_o no_o man_n be_v true_o thankful_a that_o be_v his_o own_o and_o reserve_v himself_o from_o he_o man_n service_n of_o god_n may_v be_v account_v reasonable_a beza_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cultus_fw-la rationalis_fw-la beza_n as_o make_v he_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n and_o not_o a_o brute_n rom._n 12._o 1._o 2._o it_o be_v injustice_n he_o that_o be_v his_o own_o and_o life_n to_o himself_o detain_v from_o god_n that_o which_o be_v his_o and_o that_o be_v injustice_n and_o as_o the_o heathen_a poet_n speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n all_o virtue_n be_v comprehend_v in_o justice_n so_o injustice_n run_v through_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o all_o sin_n be_v radical_o comprehend_v in_o this_o in_o man_n be_v his_o own_o the_o unprofitable_a servant_n in_o the_o parable_n be_v condemn_v for_o not_o improve_n his_o master_n talon_n to_o his_o use_n and_o the_o unjust_a steward_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o his_o office_n for_o imbezel_v his_o master_n good_n and_o there_o be_v injustice_n find_v in_o they_o both_o for_o man_n not_o to_o improve_v the_o talon_n of_o his_o be_v to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o creator_n be_v unjust_a much_o more_o to_o imbezel_n and_o waste_v it_o upon_o the_o service_n of_o his_o lust_n for_o what_o be_v all_o the_o faculty_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o body_n but_o our_o master_n good_n and_o to_o be_v devote_v to_o his_o use_n know_v you_o not_o that_o the_o unrighteous_a shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o he_o mention_n afterward_o several_a sort_n of_o sinner_n be_v but_o in_o this_o they_o all_o agree_v they_o be_v all_o unrighteous_a 3._o it_o be_v folly_n shall_v a_o man_n live_v to_o himself_o when_o he_o can_v make_v himself_o happy_a happiness_n be_v that_o which_o all_o desire_n why_o shall_v then_o man_n make_v himself_o his_o end_n when_o he_o can_v be_v his_o own_o happiness_n be_v man_n self_n sufficient_a he_o need_v not_o go_v out_o of_o himself_o but_o be_v his_o own_o principle_n rule_n and_o end_v but_o see_v he_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o his_o own_o happiness_n it_o be_v folly_n for_o he_o to_o live_v to_o himself_o if_o man_n in_o his_o full_a state_n of_o perfection_n be_v not_o his_o own_o happiness_n how_o much_o less_o can_v he_o be_v now_o in_o his_o indigent_a empty_a state_n when_o man_n change_v his_o ultimate_a end_n from_o himself_o to_o god_n he_o now_o return_v to_o the_o true_a wisdom_n and_o be_v deliver_v from_o that_o folly_n that_o sin_n have_v possess_v he_o with_o for_o man_n imagine_v they_o can_v make_v themselves_o happy_a else_o they_o will_v not_o