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god_n do_v mighty_o draw_v the_o people_n to_o imitate_v their_o wantonness_n and_o augustine_n give_v the_o reason_n magis_fw-la intuebantur_fw-la quid_fw-la fecerat_fw-la jupiter_n quam_fw-la quid_fw-la docuit_fw-la plato_n they_o more_o mind_v what_o jupiter_n do_v than_o what_o plato_n teach_v jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la be_v say_v to_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n that_o be_v his_o brand_n how_o do_v he_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n why_o by_o his_o law_n he_o command_v they_o to_o sin_n but_o by_o his_o practice_n and_o example_n he_o make_v they_o to_o sin_n he_o set_v up_o calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n and_o whole_a herd_n of_o people_n run_v a_o low_v after_o they_o so_o it_o be_v say_v of_o st._n peter_n that_o he_o compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o judaize_v gal._n 2.14_o 11._o epistola_fw-la hieronymi_n intra_fw-la opera_fw-la augustini_fw-la epist_n 11._o why_o compelle_v thou_o the_o gentile_n to_o live_v as_o do_v the_o jew_n how_o do_v st._n peter_n compel_v 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bad_a and_o thou_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v good_a thou_o will_v but_o go_v more_o merry_o to_o hell_n it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o thy_o comfort_n be_v worth_a if_o thy_o condition_n be_v good_a and_o thou_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v bad_a thou_o will_v go_v more_o sad_o to_o heaven_n and_o will_v be_v unthankful_a to_o thy_o god_n and_o keep_v the_o glory_n from_o he_o and_o the_o comfort_n from_o thyself_o thou_o be_v indict_v oh_o my_o soul_n arraign_v and_o sound_a guilty_a that_o thou_o have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o thou_o have_v repent_v and_o be_v pardon_v i_o charge_v thou_o therefore_o oh_o my_o soul_n that_o thou_o speak_v true_o and_o answer_v right_o to_o these_o demand_n be_v thou_o so_o far_o convince_v of_o sin_n of_o the_o vileness_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n the_o evil_a in_o it_o the_o evil_a after_o it_o that_o thou_o be_v weary_a of_o it_o thou_o groane_v under_o it_o thou_o loathe_v it_o and_o be_v unfeigned_o willing_a to_o 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sight_n be_v often_o but_o as_o the_o uncertain_a twinkle_a starlight_n to_o we_o whereby_o to_o steer_v our_o course_n all_o that_o be_v say_v of_o moderation_n will_v more_o clear_o appear_v if_o we_o consider_v its_o extreme_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n command_n which_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n 1._o some_o be_v affirmative_a and_o those_o either_o general_n what_o we_o must_v do_v etc._n etc._n and_o imply_v the_o end_n for_o which_o and_o all_o the_o circumstance_n that_o necessary_o attend_v our_o do_v it_o or_o particular_a and_o express_v the_o circumstance_n external_a as_o time_n and_o place_n and_o internal_a usual_o call_v the_o manner_n which_o comprehend_v the_o quality_n and_o the_o moral_a quantity_n or_o proportion_n we_o be_v speak_v of_o which_o imply_v the_o intenseness_n frequency_n and_o duration_n of_o our_o action_n these_o continual_o oblige_v we_o though_o not_o to_o continual_a practice_n but_o only_o when_o god_n require_v the_o former_a by_o way_n of_o 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