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to_o be_v receive_v i_o do_v very_o much_o doubt_n yea_o if_o i_o shall_v speak_v the_o truth_n as_o it_o be_v i_o think_v the_o contrary_a forasmuch_o as_o in_o this_o present_a history_n i_o think_v no_o vulgar_a act_n be_v set_v forth_o but_o rather_o a_o wonder_n or_o miracle_n but_o howsoever_o it_o be_v this_o i_o think_v be_v godly_o and_o profitablye_o to_o be_v note_v that_o any_o thing_n may_v serve_v we_o for_o weapon_n when_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v add_v a_o sling_v and_o stone_n of_o a_o ryver_n furnish_v david_n noble_o the_o jaw_n bone_n also_o of_o a_o ass_n be_v a_o weapon_n to_o samson_n and_o a_o nail_n to_o jahel_n wherewith_o she_o slay_v sisera_n and_o contrariwise_o what_o kind_n of_o weapon_n of_o fence_n so_o ever_o we_o devise_v unless_o it_o be_v strengthen_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n it_o shall_v be_v utter_o unprofitable_a and_o serve_v to_o no_o purpose_n the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n which_o otherwise_o be_v well_o fence_v fall_v down_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n xxxiii_o psal_n xxxiii_o and_o the_o great_a sword_n of_o goliath_n the_o giant_n be_v make_v to_o cut_v the_o throat_n of_o his_o own_o master_n wherefore_o it_o be_v most_o true_o say_v in_o the_o psalm_n a_o king_n be_v not_o save_v by_o much_o strength_n and_o a_o horse_n be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o save_v a_o man_n but_o what_o do_v we_o speak_v of_o weapon_n when_o as_o the_o same_o happen_v unto_o all_o creature_n for_o so_o long_a every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v and_o abide_v as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n carri_v and_o uphold_v they_o for_o allthing_n whatsoever_o they_o be_v do_v by_o that_o only_o both_o abide_v &_o consist_v yea_o and_o the_o sacrament_n themselves_o take_v away_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v utterlye_o nothing_o for_o what_o do_v we_o think_v bread_n wine_n or_o water_n to_o have_v by_o themselves_o which_o may_v be_v profitable_a for_o our_o salvation_n augustine_n augustine_n or_o serve_v to_o stir_v up_o or_o to_o strengthen_v faith_n undoubted_o nothing_o wherefore_o augustine_n have_v right_a well_o say_v the_o word_n come_v unto_o the_o element_n &_o it_o be_v make_v a_o sacrament_n wherefore_o in_o that_o vi_o hundred_o philistians_n be_v kill_v with_o a_o ox_n goad_n we_o must_v believe_v that_o the_o same_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n &_o by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o word_n ¶_o the_o four_o chapter_n 1._o and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n begin_v again_o to_o do_v wicked_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n when_o ehud_n be_v dead_a 2_o and_o the_o lord_n sell_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o jabin_n king_n of_o chanaan_n which_o reign_v in_o hazor_n who_o captain_n of_o war_n be_v call_v sisera_n which_o dwell_v in_o hazore_v of_o the_o gentyle_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o israelite_n be_v mention_v namely_o because_o when_o ehud_n be_v dead_a they_o begin_v to_o do_v evil_a that_o be_v to_o sin_n they_o abuse_v therefore_o the_o quietness_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o four_o score_n year_n in_o which_o they_o live_v peaceable_o under_o their_o judge_n neither_o decline_v they_o only_o from_o the_o right_a way_n but_o also_o they_o increase_v in_o sin_v this_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o carnal_a man_n that_o by_o prosperytie_n they_o be_v not_o make_v the_o better_a but_o farr_n worse_a when_o ehud_n be_v dead_a it_o can_v be_v tell_v how_o easy_o the_o people_n fall_v from_o the_o right_a way_n when_o as_o holy_a prince_n be_v also_o remove_v from_o the_o same_o wherefore_o that_o be_v not_o unworthe_o to_o be_v count_v a_o most_o grievous_a plague_n when_o the_o pyller_n both_o of_o the_o church_n and_o also_o of_o the_o public_a wealth_n be_v take_v away_o sanger_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o death_n of_o sanger_n but_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o cause_n why_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o death_n of_o sangar_n we_o can_v easy_o tell_v the_o hebrew_n interpreter_n say_v that_o it_o 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wonder_n to_o see_v how_o tyranny_n have_v increase_v neocaesariensis_n how_o punishment_n against_o the_o clergy_n which_o marry_o have_v daily_o increase_v concilium_fw-la neocaesariensis_n and_o impiety_n by_o little_a and_o little_o take_v deep_a root_n at_o the_o beginning_a the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n which_o contract_a matrimony_n be_v not_o altogether_o so_o severe_o handle_v for_o the_o counsel_n of_o neocaesariensis_n as_o it_o be_v recite_v in_o the_o do_v .28_o chap._n presbyter_n command_v such_o to_o be_v put_v only_o out_o of_o their_o office_n and_o not_o from_o their_o benefice_n for_o they_o be_v still_o nourish_v and_o receive_v their_o stipend_n from_o the_o church_n neither_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n will_v i_o overpasse_v that_o the_o counsel_n do_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n such_o priest_n as_o be_v adulterer_n and_o whoremonger_n namely_o in_o excommunicate_v they_o which_o be_v very_o meet_a and_o just_a when_o as_o our_o man_n now_o a_o day_n 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and_o paul_n twice_o command_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o be_v give_v to_o much_o wine_n and_o when_o he_o counsel_v his_o timothe_n to_o use_v wine_n for_o the_o stomach_n and_o disease_n he_o add_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v but_o a_o little_a lest_o he_o shall_v let_v lose_v the_o bridle_n to_o drunkenness_n in_o the_o old_a law_n also_o the_o use_n of_o wine_n be_v forbid_v the_o nazarite_n and_o the_o rechabite_v be_v in_o jeremy_n commend_v because_o at_o their_o father_n commandment_n they_o abstain_v from_o wine_n at_o which_o time_n yet_o they_o know_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v write_v which_o now_o in_o the_o history_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n as_o concern_v wine_n namely_o that_o with_o it_o both_o god_n and_o man_n be_v make_v merry_a and_o that_o also_o which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o .104_o psalm_n that_o wine_n make_v merry_a the_o heart_n of_o man_n wherefore_o let_v we_o gather_v that_o these_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o use_v wine_n temperate_o and_o moderate_o and_o that_o it_o be_v give_v of_o god_n to_o make_v we_o merry_a in_o a_o due_a time_n and_o in_o a_o right_a use_n convenient_a there_o be_v certain_a time_n wherein_o mirth_n be_v not_o convenient_a neither_o ought_v we_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o this_o that_o some_o such_o time_n chance_n wherein_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v for_o christian_n &_o godly_a man_n to_o geve_v themselves_o to_o mirth_n sometime_o we_o must_v mourn_v for_o the_o sin_n which_o we_o have_v commit_v and_o sometime_o we_o be_v trouble_v with_o very_o grievous_a misery_n and_o when_o we_o be_v under_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o rod_n of_o god_n we_o must_v pray_v more_o vehement_o whereunto_o fasting_n and_o chastn_n of_o the_o body_n much_o help_v which_o thing_n paul_n declare_v in_o his_o first_o epistle_n unto_o the_o corrinthians_n when_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a sometime_o for_o the_o husband_n and_o wife_n to_o depart_v one_o from_o a_o other_o for_o a_o season_n but_o yet_o with_o the_o mutual_a consent_n of_o they_o both_o that_o they_o may_v geve_v themselves_o to_o fasting_n and_o prayer_n although_o we_o must_v not_o for_o such_o abstinence_n appoint_v any_o certain_a day_n of_o the_o year_n but_o leave_v the_o time_n to_o the_o prudence_n of_o the_o spirit_n howbeit_o this_o reason_n make_v much_o against_o those_o which_o contend_v that_o we_o must_v continual_o drink_v that_o at_o no_o time_n we_o may_v want_v mirth_n yea_o and_o the_o same_o apostle_n say_v of_o himself_o i_o chasten_v my_o body_n and_o bring_v it_o in_o to_o bondage_n by_o which_o say_v he_o admonish_v the_o corrinthians_n by_o his_o example_n to_o bridle_v the_o lust_n there_o may_v be_v many_o more_o example_n rehearse_v out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n manifest_o to_o declare_v that_o both_o drunkenness_n and_o also_o to_o much_o use_n of_o wine_n be_v prohibit_v but_o these_o shall_v be_v sufficient_a at_o this_o time_n and_o this_o only_a will_n i_o add_v that_o even_o the_o very_a ethnike_n know_v this_o thing_n also_o seneca_n plato_n testimony_n of_o the_o ethnike_v seneca_n plato_n in_o his_o .7_o book_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la towards_o the_o end_n write_v that_o minos_n by_o his_o law_n prohibit_v the_o cretense_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o drink_v together_o to_o drunkenness_n and_o seneca_n say_v in_o his_o .84_o epistle_n drunkenness_n be_v nothing_o else_o then_o a_o voluntary_a madness_n and_o straight_o way_n after_o the_o quality_n of_o drunkenness_n continue_v many_o day_n be_v furiousness_n moreover_o they_o which_o strive_v with_o cup_n although_o they_o overcome_v other_o in_o take_v much_o wine_n yet_o will_v they_o or_o nyl_n they_o they_o be_v overcome_v of_o the_o ton_n and_o it_o be_v filthy_a for_o a_o man_n to_o take_v in_o more_o than_o he_o be_v able_a to_o receive_v and_o not_o to_o know_v the_o measure_n of_o his_o stomach_n hitherto_o we_o have_v sufficient_o declare_v that_o the_o abuse_n of_o wine_n be_v both_o against_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o also_o humane_a reason_n now_o let_v we_o prove_v the_o same_o by_o example_n that_o they_o which_o will_v not_o believe_v by_o the_o sentence_n before_o allege_a may_v yet_o at_o the_o least_o be_v teach_v by_o these_o example_n noah_n a_o great_a man_n just_a and_o love_v of_o god_n noah_n the_o drunkenness_n of_o noah_n who_o see_v two_o constitution_n of_o the_o world_n for_o he_o live_v both_o before_o and_o after_o the_o flood_n be_v set_v forth_o unto_o we_o as_o a_o example_n utter_o to_o avoid_v drunkenness_n when_o as_o he_o have_v droonke_v more_o wine_n than_o be_v meet_v lie_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n most_o filthe_o naked_a and_o his_o privy_a part_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v cover_v he_o leave_v bare_a and_o uncover_v and_o he_o which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v a_o schoolmaster_n of_o virtue_n be_v a_o great_a offence_n unto_o his_o child_n i_o be_o mock_v he_o the_o other_o two_o son_n of_o a_o better_a and_o holy_a nature_n be_v sorry_a and_o very_o much_o ashamed_a of_o their_o father_n filthiness_n by_o this_o act_n it_o be_v sufficient_o declare_v that_o shame_n derision_n and_o offence_n follow_v drunkenness_n but_o of_o this_o sin_n we_o have_v a_o notable_a example_n in_o lot_n lot_n the_o drunkenness_n of_o lot_n who_o undoubtedlye_o drink_v not_o immoderate_o to_o the_o end_n he_o will_v abuse_v his_o daughter_n and_o to_o commit_v incest_n but_o to_o put_v away_o care_n and_o grief_n which_o he_o have_v take_v for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o u_o city_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o dear_a wife_n and_o also_o of_o his_o substance_n he_o will_v also_o comfort_v his_o daughter_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o take_v to_o much_o thought_n special_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o
&_o damage_n come_v of_o drunkenness_n we_o will_v divide_v the_o evyls_n thereof_o by_o their_o subject_n for_o it_o hurt_v the_o body_n vex_v also_o the_o mind_n waste_v the_o good_n and_o be_v hateful_a to_o our_o neighbour_n as_o touch_v the_o body_n by_o drunkenness_n come_v oftentimes_o sudden_a death_n dissolution_n of_o the_o member_n way_n apoplexia_fw-la be_v when_o man_n sense_n be_v take_v a_o way_n the_o disease_n call_v apoplexia_fw-la and_o sundry_a and_o miserable_a chance_n for_o the_o smooth_a and_o plain_a ground_n be_v unto_o drunkard_n a_o den_n for_o they_o fall_v break_v their_o leg_n their_o arm_n and_o sometime_o their_o neck_n and_o be_v burn_v when_o they_o fall_v into_o the_o fire_n the_o liver_n be_v inflame_v with_o to_o much_o drink_n the_o head_n be_v pain_v the_o member_n be_v make_v weak_a and_o tremble_v the_o sense_n be_v corrupt_v the_o natural_a heat_n be_v overwhelm_v with_o overmuche_a wine_n the_o stomach_n which_o be_v over_o large_o distend_v be_v sick_a with_o crudity_n or_o rawness_n and_o with_o intolerable_a pain_n the_o whole_a body_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n inflame_v and_o the_o thirst_n be_v augment_v drunkard_n lie_v grovel_v like_o block_n and_o so_o be_v berive_v of_o their_o strength_n that_o neither_o head_n nor_o foot_n can_v do_v their_o office_n wherefore_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o .23_o 33._o proverb_n 33._o chap._n of_o the_o proverb_n to_o who_o be_v woe_n to_o who_o be_v sorrow_n to_o who_o be_v strife_n to_o who_o be_v sigh_v and_o to_o who_o be_v wound_n without_o cause_n or_o to_o who_o be_v the_o redness_n of_o the_o eye_n even_o to_o they_o that_o tarry_v long_o at_o the_o wine_n and_o to_o they_o that_o go_v and_o seek_v large_o to_o pour_v in_o wine_n look_v not_o upon_o the_o wine_n when_o it_o be_v red_a and_o when_o it_o show_v his_o colour_n in_o the_o cup_n and_o go_v down_o pleasant_o in_o the_o end_n thereof_o it_o will_v bite_v like_o a_o serpent_n and_o put_v out_o his_o sting_n like_o a_o cockatrice_n thy_o eye_n shall_v look_v upon_o strange_a thing_n and_o thy_o hart_n shall_v speak_v lewd_a thing_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v as_o one_o that_o sleep_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o as_o he_o which_o sleep_v in_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mast_n of_o a_o ship_n they_o have_v strike_v i_o and_o it_o pain_v i_o not_o they_o have_v bruise_v i_o and_o i_o feel_v it_o not_o when_o i_o awake_v i_o will_v seek_v it_o again_o etc._n etc._n and_o behold_v with_o how_o many_o punishment_n god_n afflict_v drunkard_n esay_n in_o his_o u_o chapter_n agree_v with_o solomon_n for_o he_o also_o say_v 5._o esay_n 5._o woe_n unto_o those_o which_o be_v mighty_a and_o strong_a to_o drink_v wine_n and_o in_o the_o same_o v._o chap._n he_o say_v that_o drunkard_n regard_v not_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n neither_o consider_v the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n moreover_o to_o such_o man_n be_v woe_n jerome_n jerome_n because_o as_o jerome_n upon_o that_o place_n write_v they_o 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de_fw-fr repub._n the_o drunkenness_n may_v be_v suffer_v in_o any_o man_n rather_o than_o in_o a_o magistrate_n plato_n plato_n for_o a_o drunken_a man_n know_v not_o the_o ground_n whereon_o he_o be_v and_o if_o a_o magistrate_n be_v drink_v they_o have_v the_o keeper_n need_n of_o a_o keeper_n this_o be_v moreover_o to_o be_v add_v that_o theridamas_n be_v nothing_o keep_v secret_a where_o drunkenness_n reign_v because_o it_o open_v not_o only_o the_o secret_a part_n of_o the_o body_n but_o also_o of_o the_o mind_n and_o in_o drink_v be_v pour_v out_o word_n unshamefast_a foolish_a unapt_a horace_n horace_n and_o wicked_a wherefore_o horace_n describe_v the_o effect_n of_o drunkenness_n say_v what_o be_v it_o that_o drunkenness_n commit_v not_o it_o disclose_v thing_n secret_a it_o establish_v hope_n and_o thrust_v forth_o the_o unarmed_a man_n into_o the_o battle_n it_o take_v away_o the_o burden_n from_o careful_a mind_n it_o teach_v art_n who_o have_v not_o full_a cup_n make_v 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chap._n say_v that_o drunkenness_n till_o it_o be_v dry_v up_o be_v madness_n and_o with_o overmuch_o heaviness_n be_v bring_v on_o sleep_n and_o in_o his_o .60_o epistle_n to_o lucillus_n towards_o the_o end_n one_o hour_n drunkenness_n recompense_v his_o long_a madness_n with_o the_o wearynes_n of_o a_o long_a time_n and_o in_o the_o .84_o epistle_n drunkenness_n draw_v out_o all_o vice_n and_o kindle_v it_o and_o detect_v it_o it_o put_v away_o all_o shamefastness_n who_o nature_n be_v to_o resist_v evyll_n endeavour_n where_o to_o much_o power_n of_o wine_n possess_v the_o mind_n whatsoever_o evyll_n lie_v hide_v burst_v forth_o drunkenness_n make_v not_o vice_n but_o brink_v they_o to_o light_v in_o drunkenness_n he_o that_o be_v proud_a his_o pride_n increase_v
and_o punish_v it_o by_o his_o law_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o he_o either_o will_v or_o work_v sin_n in_o man_n that_o must_v be_v refer_v unto_o other_o consideration_n which_o i_o have_v declare_v both_o in_o a_o other_o place_n and_o also_o now_o here_o and_o this_o be_v sufficient_a as_o touch_v this_o question_n and_o god_n send_v a_o evil_a spirit_n by_o a_o evil_a spirit_n i_o understand_v either_o the_o devil_n spirit_n what_o be_v understand_v up_o a_o evil_a spirit_n or_o wicked_a affection_n or_o cruelty_n stir_v up_o to_o revenge_v injury_n but_o the_o end_n be_v to_o take_v vengeance_n for_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o son_n of_o jerubbaal_n the_o man_n of_o sechem_n lay_v wait_v against_o he_o wait_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o lying_z in_z wait_v there_o may_v be_v three_o cause_n of_o their_o lie_v in_o wait_n first_o because_o they_o will_v slay_v he_o as_o he_o pass_v by_o and_o a_o other_o be_v because_o they_o will_v not_o 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of_o isaschar_n that_o tribe_n be_v the_o low_a and_o obscure_a tribe_n but_o god_n have_v no_o respect_n to_o person_n the_o state_n of_o this_o pub_fw-la weal_n be_v most_o excellent_a namely_o aristocratia_fw-la wherein_o god_n choose_v judge_n indifferent_o out_o of_o all_o the_o people_n and_o there_o be_v none_o which_o can_v just_o complain_v that_o his_o family_n can_v not_o be_v exalt_v to_o the_o high_a dignity_n of_o rule_n which_o thing_n happen_v not_o in_o a_o kingdom_n for_o all_o the_o king_n come_v of_o the_o family_n of_o david_n the_o son_n of_o pua_n ben_n dodo_n that_o word_n be_v ambiguous_a &_o dark_a for_o it_o may_v be_v both_o a_o noun_n proper_a and_o a_o noun_n appellatyve_a if_o it_o be_v a_o proper_a noun_n as_o the_o chaldey_n paraphra_v suppose_v we_o must_v say_v that_o thola_n have_v to_o father_n pua_n &_o that_o pua_n be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o certain_a man_n name_v dodo_n but_o other_o think_v that_o it_o be_v a_o noun_n appellative_a and_o that_o 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