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any_o charity_n bind_v i_o to_o think_v the_o crow_n be_v white_a or_o the_o black_a moor_n beautiful_a nor_n yet_o three_o that_o all_o sinister_a suspicion_n be_v utter_o unlawful_a even_o there_o where_o there_o want_v evidence_n either_o of_o fact_n or_o of_o great_a sign_n if_o our_o suspicion_n proceed_v not_o from_o any_o corrupt_a affection_n but_o only_o from_o a_o 3._o a_o cùâ—_n 〈…〉_o sive_fw-la nostris_fw-la sive_fw-la alienis_fw-la expedit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la seâ—â—â—ius_fw-la remedium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quòd_fw-la 〈…〉_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la deterius_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la remedium_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la efficax_n câ—ntra_fw-la mâ—tus_fw-la malum_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la efficax_n contraminus_fw-la malirit_n 〈…〉_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o charitable_a jealousy_n of_o those_o over_o who_o we_o have_v especial_a charge_n at_o in_o who_o we_o have_v special_a interest_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o it_o may_v conceive_v we_o to_o admonish_v reprove_v or_o correct_v they_o when_o they_o do_v amiss_o so_o be_v job_n 1.5_o job_n job_n 1.5_o suspicious_a of_o his_o son_n for_o sin_v and_o curse_v god_n in_o their_o heart_n but_o the_o judgement_n 〈◊〉_d &_o elsewhere_o condemn_v be_v either_o first_o when_o in_o our_o private_a thought_n â—n_v speech_n upon_o slender_a presumption_n we_o rash_o pronounce_v man_n as_o guilty_a of_o commit_v such_o or_o such_o sinâ—_n without_o sufficient_a evidence_n either_o of_o 〈◊〉_d or_o prâ—gâ—ant_a sign_n that_o they_o have_v commit_v he_o oâ—_n second_o where_o upon_o some_o action_n 39_o action_n aperta_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la reprehendamus_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la sanitate_fw-la desperemus_fw-la gloss._n ordin_n in_o rom._n 14.13_o non_fw-la quicquid_fw-la reprehendendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la damnandum_fw-la est_fw-la sen._n l._n 6._o the_o benef_n cap._n 39_o undoubted_o sinful_a as_o blasphemy_n adultery_n perjury_n etc._n etc._n we_o too_o severe_o censure_v the_o person_n either_o for_o the_o 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