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punish_v and_o forgive_v without_o any_o change_n at_o all_o i_o may_v say_v both_o his_o revenge_n and_o forgiveness_n be_v effect_n of_o the_o same_o goodness_n which_o he_o be_v when_o we_o offend_v he_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o stand_v in_o his_o sight_n because_o he_o be_v good_a but_o when_o by_o repentance_n we_o leave_v off_o to_o be_v evil_a we_o then_o draw_v near_o unto_o he_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o thus_o to_o the_o good_a he_o be_v a_o wing_n to_o shadow_v they_o but_o to_o the_o evil_a a_o consume_a fire_n so_o that_o there_o will_v be_v find_v a_o great_a distance_n between_o our_o forgiveness_n and_o his_o then_o there_o be_v between_o heaven_n and_o earth_n between_o a_o mortal_a man_n and_o immortal_a god_n and_o the_o sicut_fw-la will_v hold_v on_o neither_o side_n if_o god_n shall_v forgive_v as_o man_n we_o be_v most_o miserable_a and_o for_o man_n to_o forgive_v as_o god_n be_v impossible_a we_o must_v then_o limit_v and_o confine_v the_o sicut_fw-la the_o similitude_n to_o the_o thing_n itself_o to_o remission_n of_o debt_n and_o the_o likeness_n must_v be_v place_v in_o this_o not_o that_o we_o forgive_v as_o god_n or_o god_n as_o we_o but_o that_o as_o god_n forgive_v our_o debt_n so_o we_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n but_o now_o because_o a_o condition_n and_o necessity_n be_v lay_v upon_o we_o to_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n though_o we_o can_v raise_v it_o to_o so_o high_a a_o pitch_n as_o to_o equal_v he_o yet_o we_o must_v make_v his_o the_o rule_n and_o pattern_n of_o we_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la aliter_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la erit_fw-la dignitas_fw-la divinae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la imitatio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la say_v leo_n for_o we_o can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o partaker_n of_o his_o excellency_n and_o divine_a majesty_n then_o by_o imitation_n of_o his_o divine_a will_n and_o if_o any_o virtue_n than_o this_o certain_o of_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v we_o like_a unto_o god_n and_o to_o strive_v for_o perfection_n in_o this_o kind_n though_o our_o perfection_n can_v in_o any_o kind_a equal_a he_o be_v the_o great_a commendation_n we_o can_v give_v a_o christian_a that_o which_o quintilian_n give_v to_o tully_n in_o respect_n of_o eloquence_n defuit_fw-la ei_fw-la summa_fw-la illa_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la nemo_fw-la propriùs_fw-la accessit_fw-la he_o come_v short_a of_o the_o perfection_n of_o god_n yet_o none_o ever_o come_v near_o than_o he_o now_o though_o we_o can_v but_o be_v unwilling_a that_o god_n shall_v proportion_v out_o his_o forgiveness_n by_o we_o yet_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o great_a part_n of_o our_o spiritual_a wisdom_n to_o regulate_v we_o by_o he_o and_o to_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n sicut_fw-la as_o he_o forgive_v we_o and_o first_o
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