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book_n where_o very_o pleasant_o he_o confute_v the_o inordinate_a care_n which_o parent_n pretend_v for_o their_o child_n convince_a they_o of_o a_o manifest_a lie_n as_o he_o plain_o demonstrate_v his_o charge_n against_o they_o &_o show_v that_o it_o be_v their_o infidelity_n &_o covetousness_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o own_o self_n principal_o which_o suppress_v their_o beneficence_n and_o mercy_n towards_o the_o poor_a final_o for_o this_o point_n consider_v well_o the_o excellent_a say_n of_o caluin_n in_o his_o comment_n upon_o 2._o cor._n 8.10_o sola_fw-la benedictio_fw-la dei_fw-la pluris_fw-la centuplo_fw-la aestimanda_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la omnes_fw-la mundi_fw-la thesauri_fw-la the_o blessing_n of_o god_n be_v of_o itself_o alone_o to_o be_v esteem_v a_o hundred_o fold_n more_o than_o all_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n poor_a answer_v to_o the_o 2._o and_o 3._o ob._n concern_v the_o pretend_a unworthiness_n of_o the_o poor_a post_fw-la malos_fw-la meliores_fw-la quaeras_fw-la if_o thou_o perceive_v any_o to_o who_o thou_o give_v to_o be_v very_o unthrifty_a and_o unthankful_a etc._n etc._n make_v choice_n of_o better_a yet_o think_v of_o that_o which_o the_o same_o author_n say_v further_a satius_fw-la est_fw-la prodesse_fw-la etiam_fw-la malis_fw-la propter_fw-la bonos_fw-es quà m_fw-la bonis_fw-la deesse_fw-la propter_fw-la malos_fw-la it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v beneficial_a even_o to_o those_o that_o be_v evil_a for_o their_o sake_n that_o be_v good_a then_o to_o fail_v those_o that_o be_v good_a because_o other_o be_v evil_a sen._n lib._n de_fw-fr ben._n 4._o cap._n 28._o and_o again_o beneficia_fw-la ferè_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la non_fw-la reposcentem_fw-la and_o yet_o again_o propositum_fw-la optimi_fw-la viri_fw-la &_o ingentis_fw-la animi_fw-la est_fw-la tamdiu_fw-la far_o ingratum_fw-la donec_fw-la feceris_fw-la gratum_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 1._o english_v before_o read_v he_o also_o lib._n 7._o cap._n 31._o vincit_fw-la malos_fw-la pertinax_fw-la bonitas_fw-la vnweariable_a goodness_n overcom_v evil_a man_n and_o further_o he_o add_v in_o caeteris_fw-la rebus_fw-la ad_fw-la spes_fw-la bonas_fw-la animus_n pertinax_fw-la est_fw-la terra_fw-la marique_fw-la humana_fw-la opera_fw-la cessarent_fw-la nisi_fw-la malè_fw-la ruentia_fw-la iterum_fw-la tentare_fw-la libuisset_fw-la in_o other_o matter_n the_o mind_n be_v stiff_a and_o unweariable_a because_o it_o be_v still_o in_o hope_n of_o good_a success_n and_o all_o the_o business_n of_o man_n shall_v cease_v both_o by_o sea_n &_o by_o land_n unless_o they_o shall_v attempt_v the_o same_o thing_n again_o and_o again_o though_o ere_o while_o they_o fall_v out_o very_o ill_a wherefore_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o chap._n tanquam_fw-la bone_fw-la agricola_n cura_fw-la cultuque_fw-la sterilitatem_fw-la soli_fw-la vince_n ingratus_fw-la non_fw-la mihi_fw-la iniuriam_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr magni_fw-la animi_fw-la beneficium_fw-la dare_n &_o perdere_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la magni_fw-la animi_fw-la perdere_fw-la &_o dare_v that_o be_v do_v thou_o the_o part_n of_o a_o good_a husbandman_n overcome_v the_o barrenness_n of_o the_o ground_n by_o diligent_a manure_n of_o it_o he_o that_o be_v unthankful_a be_v not_o so_o much_o injurious_a to_o i_o as_o to_o himself_o and_o again_o this_o be_v not_o the_o property_n of_o a_o very_a liberal_a mind_n to_o give_v and_o to_o lose_v but_o to_o lose_v &_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o still_o to_o give_v but_o special_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o which_o be_v say_v of_o the_o christian_a doctor_n seminatur_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la germinat_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la plantatur_fw-la in_o paeuperes_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la pullulat_fw-la what_o therefore_o though_o some_o be_v unthankful_a thou_o sowe_v on_o the_o earth_n but_o it_o spring_v up_o in_o heaven_n thou_o plant_a among_o the_o poor_a but_o it_o grow_v up_o with_o god_n amb._n lib._n the_o nabuthe_n cap._n 12._o qui_fw-la pendet_fw-la à _fw-la benedictione_n domini_fw-la animum_fw-la habet_fw-la explicatum_fw-la his_fw-la tricis_fw-la &_o simul_fw-la manus_fw-la solutas_fw-la ad_fw-la beneficentiam_fw-la object_n answer_v to_o the_o last_o object_n he_o that_o depend_v upon_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n have_v his_o mind_n loosen_v from_o these_o snarling_n and_o he_o have_v his_o hand_n also_o at_o liberty_n to_o the_o action_n of_o liberality_n caluinus_n in_o 2._o cor._n cap._n 8._o vers_fw-la 2._o the_o sentence_n follow_v which_o may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o treatise_n and_o first_o to_o the_o first_o chap._n iniquissimum_fw-la est_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la sub_fw-la gloria_fw-la egestatis_fw-la acquirere_fw-la it_o be_v a_o most_o unequal_a thing_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o get_v money_n glory_v in_o his_o poverty_n or_o bear_v this_o mind_n as_o though_o it_o be_v a_o credit_n to_o he_o to_o be_v a_o poor_a man_n sen._n de_fw-fr benef._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o and_o well_o may_v the_o philosopher_n say_v so_o because_o poverty_n be_v a_o public_a conviction_n or_o open_a badge_n and_o cognisance_n as_o it_o be_v of_o our_o sin_n moreover_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n there_o be_v many_o say_v seneca_n of_o such_o a_o crooked_a nature_n that_o they_o have_v rather_o lose_v whatsoever_o kindness_n they_o have_v show_v than_o they_o will_v seem_v to_o receive_v any_o thing_n they_o be_v proud_a and_o upbraid_v man_n multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la tam_fw-la prauae_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la malint_fw-la perdere_fw-la quae_fw-la praestiterunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la videri_fw-la recepisse_fw-la superbi_fw-la &_o imputatores_fw-la quanto_fw-la melius_fw-la quantoque_fw-la humanius_fw-la id_fw-la agere_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la quoque_fw-la suae_fw-la part_n constent_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o gratias_fw-la agentem_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la referat_fw-la audire_fw-la praebere_fw-la se_fw-la facilem_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la quem_fw-la obligavit_fw-la etiam_fw-la exolui_fw-la velit_fw-la how_o much_o better_o and_o how_o much_o more_o courteous_a be_v it_o to_o take_v such_o a_o course_n that_o they_o that_o receive_v may_v have_v their_o time_n to_o give_v etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o for_o one_o to_o hear_v another_o give_a thanks_o even_o as_o if_o he_o do_v make_v a_o full_a recompense_n and_o herein_o to_o show_v himself_o ready_a to_o release_v he_o who_o he_o have_v bind_v as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o obligation_n and_o yet_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n beneficium_fw-la tam_fw-la recipiendum_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la non_fw-la exigendum_fw-la a_o benefit_n be_v in_o like_a proportion_n to_o be_v receive_v as_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v exact_v non_fw-la minus_fw-la regium_fw-la &_o humanum_fw-la est_fw-la exigua_fw-la benevolè_fw-la &_o placidè_fw-la accipere_fw-la quà m_fw-la magna_fw-la dare_v it_o be_v no_o less_o princely_a and_o courteous_a to_o accept_v small_a thing_n ready_o and_o with_o gentle_a good_a will_n then_o to_o give_v thing_n of_o great_a value_n plutarch_n sentence_n that_o may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o 2._o ch_z of_o the_o 2._o part_n non_fw-la minoris_fw-la est_fw-la animi_fw-la beneficium_fw-la rectè_fw-la debere_fw-la quà m_fw-la dare_v gift_n great_a grace_n be_v require_v to_o the_o receive_n of_o a_o gift_n eo_fw-la quidem_fw-la operosius_fw-la hoc_fw-la quà m_fw-la illud_fw-la quò_fw-la maiore_fw-la diligentia_fw-la custodiuntur_fw-la accepta_fw-la quà m_fw-la dantur_fw-la it_o be_v no_o less_o virtue_n to_o be_v right_o indebt_v for_o a_o benefit_n then_o to_o give_v it_o yea_o somuch_o the_o more_o labour_n belong_v to_o this_o then_o to_o that_o according_a as_o thing_n receive_v require_v more_o diligence_n to_o the_o keep_n then_o to_o the_o give_v of_o they_o sen._n de_fw-fr beneficijs_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 43._o non_fw-la patitur_fw-la aviditas_fw-la quemquam_fw-la esse_fw-la gratum_fw-la 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