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that_o will_v not_o gather_v blackness_n and_o turn_v itself_o but_o this_o prescript_n to_o know_v sin_n one_o will_v think_v shall_v rather_o be_v tender_v to_o the_o heathen_a then_o to_o christian_n 1.31_o act_n 15.29_o quando_fw-la hoc_fw-la factum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la reprehensum_fw-la quando_fw-la non_fw-la permissum_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la m._n caelio_n rom._n 1.31_o to_o they_o some_o sin_n be_v unknown_a as_o revenge_n ambition_n fornication_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v enjoin_v to_o abstain_v from_o they_o yet_o even_o those_o which_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n have_v discover_v to_o they_o they_o do_v commit_v though_o they_o know_v that_o they_o who_o do_v commit_v they_o be_v worthy_a of_o death_n but_o to_o christian_n it_o may_v seem_v unnecessary_a for_o they_o live_v in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v
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observe_v it_o that_o here_o be_v mercy_n twice_o mention_v and_o justice_n but_o once_o and_o he_o add_v for_o our_o encouragement_n what_o to_o hope_n nay_o but_o to_o turn_v that_o we_o may_v hope_v in_o medio_fw-la justitia_fw-la est_fw-la gemino_fw-la septo_fw-la inclusa_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la justice_n be_v shut_v up_o in_o the_o midst_n and_o hedge_v in_o on_o every_o side_n with_o mercy_n if_o thou_o turn_v from_o thy_o evil_a way_n mercy_n shine_v upon_o thy_o tabernacle_n and_o justice_n be_v the_o same_o it_o be_v but_o confine_v and_o bind_v up_o that_o it_o can_v that_o it_o shall_v never_o reach_v thou_o to_o destroy_v thou_o when_o thou_o sin_v he_o be_v just_a to_o punish_v thou_o and_o now_o thou_o turn_v from_o thy_o evil_a way_n unto_o he_o 4.8_o 2_o tim._n 4.8_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o righteous_a judge_n still_o but_o to_o receive_v and_o reward_v thou_o they_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n who_o fall_v away_o for_o fear_n of_o persecution_n and_o afterward_o return_v to_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n and_o confess_v and_o bewail_v their_o apostasy_n though_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o verbal_a than_o a_o real_a one_o have_v be_v draw_v thereunto_o rather_o by_o fear_n of_o smart_n then_o by_o hatred_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v say_v by_o the_o greek_a father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lapsis_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la which_o s._n cyprian_n interprete_v elatum_fw-la primâ_fw-la victoriâ_fw-la hostem_fw-la secundo_fw-la certamine_fw-la superare_fw-la to_o recover_v the_o field_n and_o by_o a_o second_o onset_n to_o foil_v that_o enemy_n who_o do_v glory_n in_o a_o former_a conquest_n and_o to_o defy_v the_o tempter_n after_o a_o fall_n the_o novation_n call_v themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o puritan_n of_o those_o time_n and_o they_o have_v good_a reason_n so_o to_o do_v as_o good_a reason_n as_o a_o deform_a man_n have_v to_o call_v himself_o boniface_n or_o a_o wicked_a man_n to_o write_v himself_o innocent_a for_o they_o be_v proud_a merciless_a and_o covetous_a nazianzene_n lay_v it_o to_o their_o charge_n goodly_a and_o fit_a ingredient_n to_o make_v up_o that_o sweet_a composition_n of_o purity_n these_o withstand_v the_o receive_n of_o lapse_v person_n into_o the_o church_n but_o not_o without_o the_o church_n heavy_a censure_n saint_n hierome_n for_o all_o their_o name_n call_v they_o by_o one_o quite_o contrary_a immundissimos_fw-la the_o impure_a man_n of_o all_o the_o world_n pietatis_fw-la paternae_fw-la adversarios_fw-la the_o enemy_n of_o god_n mercy_n and_o goodness_n 14._o orat._n 14._o and_o nazianzene_n tell_v they_o their_o religion_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impudence_n and_o uncleanness_n which_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o name_n of_o purity_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n which_o they_o make_v say_v he_o a_o bait_n to_o catch_v and_o cajol_v the_o ignorant_a and_o unwary_a multitude_n who_o be_v take_v more_o with_o the_o 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will_v proceed_v against_o we_o and_o judge_v we_o at_o the_o last_o day_n that_o though_o we_o have_v set_v our_o heart_n to_o serve_v god_n and_o have_v be_v serious_a in_o all_o our_o way_n though_o we_o have_v make_v good_a the_o condition_n that_o be_v our_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n as_o far_o as_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o equity_n and_o gentleness_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v exact_a yet_o god_n will_v refuse_v to_o make_v good_a his_o part_n because_o we_o can_v think_v well_o of_o ourselves_o but_o though_o we_o have_v do_v what_o be_v require_v persuade_v ourselves_o that_o we_o be_v fall_v so_o short_a in_o the_o performance_n of_o our_o duty_n that_o we_o shall_v never_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n in_o a_o word_n that_o god_n will_v forbear_v to_o pronounce_v the_o euge_n well_o do_v because_o we_o be_v afraid_a and_o tremble_v at_o all_o our_o work_n that_o he_o will_v put_v we_o by_o and_o reject_v we_o after_o all_o the_o labour_n of_o our_o charity_n for_o a_o melancholic_a fit_n that_o he_o will_v condemn_v the_o soul_n of_o any_o man_n for_o the_o distemper_n of_o his_o body_n or_o for_o some_o perturbation_n of_o his_o mind_n which_o he_o have_v not_o strength_n enough_o to_o withstand_v though_o he_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o lord_n 6.10_o ephes_n 6.10_o and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o might_n do_v cheerful_o run_v the_o way_n of_o his_o commandment_n it_o be_v a_o great_a want_n of_o charity_n thus_o to_o judge_v of_o those_o who_o troublesome_a and_o most_o afflict_a error_n be_v conceive_v and_o form_v in_o the_o very_a bowel_n of_o charity_n for_o sometime_o it_o proceed_v from_o some_o distemper_n of_o the_o body_n from_o some_o indisposition_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o if_o we_o have_v former_o strive_v and_o do_v yet_o strive_v to_o do_v god_n service_n he_o be_v not_o so_o hard_a and_o austere_a a_o master_n as_o to_o punish_v we_o for_o be_v sick_a sometime_o it_o arise_v from_o some_o defect_n in_o the_o judicative_a faculty_n through_o which_o as_o we_o make_v more_o law_n to_o ourselves_o and_o so_o more_o sin_n than_o there_o be_v so_o we_o be_v as_o ready_a to_o pass_v sentence_n against_o ourselves_o not_o only_o for_o the_o breach_n of_o those_o law_n which_o none_o can_v bind_v we_o to_o but_o ourselves_o but_o even_o of_o those_o also_o which_o we_o be_v so_o careful_a to_o keep_v for_o as_o we_o see_v some_o man_n so_o strong_a or_o rather_o so_o stupid_a that_o they_o think_v they_o do_v nothing_o amiss_o so_o there_o be_v other_o but_o not_o many_o so_o weak_a or_o rather_o so_o scrupulous_a that_o they_o can_v persuade_v themselves_o they_o ever_o do_v any_o thing_n well_o this_o be_v a_o infirmity_n and_o disease_n but_o not_o epidemical_a the_o first_o be_v a_o great_a multitude_n
imitate_v natural_a motion_n it_o be_v weak_a in_o the_o beginning_n strong_a in_o the_o progress_n but_o most_o strong_a and_o violent_a towards_o the_o end_n transit_fw-la in_o violentiam_fw-la voluntas_fw-la antiqua_fw-la that_o which_o we_o will_v often_o we_o will_v with_o eagernerness_n and_o violence_n our_o first_o onset_n in_o sin_n be_v with_o fear_n and_o reluctation_n we_o then_o venture_v further_o and_o proceed_v with_o les_fw-fr regret_n we_o move_v forward_o with_o delight_n delight_n continue_v the_o motion_n and_o make_v it_o customary_a and_o custom_n at_o last_o drive_v and_o bind_v we_o to_o it_o as_o to_o our_o centre_n vitia_n insolentiora_fw-la renascuntur_fw-la say_v seneca_n sin_n grow_v more_o insolent_a by_o degree_n first_o it_o flatter_v then_o command_v after_o enslave_v and_o then_o betray_v we_o first_o it_o gain_v consent_v afterward_o it_o work_v delight_n 6.15_o jer._n 6.15_o at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o shamelesness_n in_o sin_n be_v they_o ashamed_a caligula_n nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la sva_fw-la laudare_fw-la se_fw-la dicebat_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsius_fw-la verbo_fw-la vtar_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suet._n caligula_n they_o be_v not_o at_o all_o ashamed_a nay_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o senslesness_n and_o stupidity_n and_o caligula_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stubbornness_n and_o perverseness_n of_o disposition_n which_o will_v not_o let_v we_o turn_v from_o sin_n for_o by_o neglect_v a_o timely_a remedy_n vitia_fw-la mores_fw-la fiunt_fw-la our_o evil_a way_n become_v our_o manner_n and_o common_a deportment_n and_o we_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o upon_o that_o which_o become_v we_o upon_o a_o unlawful_a act_n as_o upon_o that_o which_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v nay_o peccatum_fw-la lex_fw-la sin_n which_o be_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n â—_o 1_o john_n 3_o â—_o be_v make_v a_o law_n itself_o s._n augustine_n in_o his_o confession_n call_v it_o so_o lex_fw-la peccati_fw-la est_fw-la violentia_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la that_o law_n of_o sin_n which_o carry_v we_o with_o that_o violence_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o force_n of_o long_a custom_n and_o continuance_n in_o sin_n for_o sin_n by_o custom_n gain_v a_o kingdom_n in_o our_o soul_n and_o have_v take_v her_o seat_n and_o throne_n there_o she_o promulge_v law_n 127.2_o lex_fw-la alia_fw-la in_o membris_fw-la meis_fw-la repugnavit_fw-la legi_fw-la mentis_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o rom._n 7._o lex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d peccati_fw-la est_fw-la violentia_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la qua_fw-la trahâ—tur_fw-la &_o tenetur_fw-la etiam_fw-la invitus_fw-la animus_n eo_fw-la merito_fw-la quo_fw-la in_o eam_fw-la volens_fw-la illabitur_fw-la aug._n l._n 8._o confess_v c_o 5._o psal_n 127.2_o if_o she_o say_v go_v we_o go_v and_o if_o she_o say_v do_v this_o we_o do_v it_o surge_n in_o quit_v avaritia_fw-la she_o command_v the_o miser_n to_o rise_v up_o early_o and_o lie_v down_o late_o and_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o sorrow_n she_o set_v the_o adulterer_n on_o fire_n and_o make_v he_o vile_a and_o base_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n whilst_o he_o count_v it_o his_o great_a honour_n and_o preferment_n to_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o his_o strumpet_n she_o draw_v the_o revenger_n sword_n she_o feed_v the_o intemperate_a with_o poison_n and_o she_o command_v not_o as_o a_o tyrant_n but_o have_v gain_v dominion_n over_o we_o she_o find_v we_o willing_a subject_n she_o hold_v we_o captive_a and_o we_o call_v our_o captivity_n our_o liberty_n her_o poison_n be_v as_o the_o poison_n of_o the_o aspic_n she_o bit_v we_o and_o we_o smile_v we_o die_v and_o feel_v it_o not_o again_o it_o be_v dangerous_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n himself_o who_o call_n we_o regard_v not_o who_o counsel_n we_o reject_v who_o patience_n we_o dally_v with_o who_o judgement_n we_o sl_z ght_n to_o who_o we_o wanton_o turn_v the_o back_n when_o he_o call_v after_o we_o to_o seek_v his_o face_n 27.8_o psal_n 27.8_o and_o so_o tread_v that_o mercy_n under_o foot_n which_o shall_v save_v we_o we_o will_v not_o turn_v yet_o upon_o a_o bold_a and_o strange_a presumption_n that_o though_o we_o grieve_v his_o spirit_n though_o we_o resist_v and_o blaspheme_v his_o spirit_n yet_o after_o all_o these_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n after_o all_o these_o injury_n and_o contumely_n he_o will_v yet_o look_v after_o we_o and_o sue_v unto_o we_o and_o offer_v himself_o and_o meet_v and_o receive_v we_o at_o any_o time_n we_o shall_v point_v as_o most_o convenient_a to_o turn_v in_o it_o be_v most_o true_a god_n have_v declare_v himself_o and_o as_o it_o be_v become_v his_o own_o herald_n and_o proclaim_v it_o to_o all_o the_o world_n the_o lord_n 7._o exod._n 34.6_o 7._o merciful_a and_o gracious_a long_o suffer_v and_o abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n keep_v mercy_n for_o thousand_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o love_o affect_v to_o man_n the_o chief_a and_o prince_n of_o his_o creature_n he_o 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