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they_o trouble_v not_o yourselves_o about_o they_o if_o they_o be_v offend_v be_v not_o you_o offend_v however_o because_o of_o they_o but_o he_o allow_v not_o his_o disciple_n to_o offend_v they_o in_o the_o least_o if_o man_n show_v themselves_o contentious_a malicious_a and_o wilful_o contumacious_a as_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n some_o of_o they_o be_v let_v they_o alone_o pass_v they_o by_o but_o yet_o provoke_v they_o not_o to_o be_v more_o wicked_a than_o they_o be_v true_o we_o can_v do_v what_o be_v our_o duty_n but_o some_o will_v be_v offend_v as_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v at_o christ_n for_o do_v the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v he_o but_o the_o offence_n be_v only_o take_v by_o they_o there_o be_v none_o give_v by_o he_o he_o prove_v to_o be_v by_o accident_n a_o stone_n of_o stumble_v and_o a_o rock_n of_o offence_n but_o never_o offend_v any_o if_o we_o can_v do_v what_o be_v our_o duty_n without_o offence_n to_o some_o the_o fault_n be_v they_o 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as_o they_o do_v and_o a_o withdraw_a from_o they_o may_v be_v a_o effectual_a reproof_n and_o work_v upon_o they_o afterward_o if_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n to_o fasten_v a_o admonition_n solomon_n have_v resolve_v the_o case_n for_o we_o pro._n 9.8_o reprove_v not_o a_o scorner_n however_o comply_v not_o with_o he_o to_o allow_v of_o his_o wickedness_n in_o the_o least_o but_o be_v sure_a not_o to_o give_v any_o occasion_n of_o fall_v to_o such_o as_o be_v weak_a lest_o thy_o poor_a brother_n perish_v for_o who_o christ_n die_v ro._n 14.15_o the_o apostle_n be_v a_o singular_a precedent_n for_o this_o he_o will_v eat_v no_o flesh_n while_o he_o live_v rather_o than_o offend_v his_o brother_n 1_o cor._n 8._o fin_n how_o do_v he_o yield_v upon_o occasion_n to_o avoid_v offence_n to_o the_o weak_a but_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v remember_v not_o otherwise_o he_o yield_v in_o those_o thing_n wherein_o he_o be_v full_o satisfy_v in_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o judgement_n but_o how_o 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nor_o thou_o nor_o any_o man_n else_o can_v help_v it_o because_o they_o will_v not_o help_v themselves_o but_o thou_o have_v need_n look_v to_o it_o that_o their_o death_n and_o condemnation_n add_v nothing_o to_o thy_o account_n they_o perish_v for_o their_o contempt_n or_o neglect_n of_o that_o which_o they_o shall_v more_o careful_o have_v look_v after_o but_o what_o if_o your_o careless_a and_o loose_a walk_n have_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o make_v they_o to_o think_v they_o need_v not_o be_v so_o careful_a yea_o perhaps_o of_o slight_v and_o set_v at_o nought_o all_o the_o way_n of_o god_n commandment_n sure_o if_o it_o be_v so_o the_o best_a that_o can_v be_v make_v
his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n and_o that_o he_o send_v his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o condemn_v the_o world_n and_o not_o that_o the_o world_n through_o he_o may_v be_v save_v will_v he_o say_v indeed_o that_o he_o set_v man_n in_o such_o a_o way_n as_o they_o can_v not_o but_o perish_v in_o it_o and_o leave_v they_o whole_o deprive_v and_o destitute_a of_o all_o mean_n and_o help_v to_o save_v themselves_o from_o wrath_n to_o come_v consider_v i_o say_v and_o bethink_v yourselves_o beforehand_o whether_o the_o righteous_a god_n will_v take_v home_o all_o this_o to_o himself_o and_o say_v it_o be_v he_o alone_o that_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o ruin_n and_o misery_n that_o be_v come_v upon_o his_o creature_n and_o so_o quit_v they_o from_o any_o the_o least_o blame_n of_o their_o destruction_n yet_o this_o be_v it_o or_o very_o like_v it_o that_o man_n will_v fasten_v upon_o god_n if_o they_o know_v how_o to_o do_v it_o this_o be_v the_o tendency_n of_o all_o 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will_v to_o damn_v they_o but_o i_o will_v their_o damnation_n only_o for_o their_o sin_n and_o because_o they_o will_v not_o be_v reâ—claimed_v i_o delight_v not_o in_o their_o damnation_n 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o condemn_v they_o mere_o for_o my_o will_n and_o pleasure_n i_o have_v only_o do_v justice_n upon_o incorrigibâ—â—_n offender_n such_o as_o have_v despise_v my_o grace_n anâ—_n mercy_n and_o the_o reward_n of_o these_o wicked_a one_o be_v according_a to_o their_o work_n yea_o as_o they_o will_v have_v it_o for_o i_o forewarned_a they_o of_o it_o as_o often_o and_o as_o earnest_o as_o need_v and_o they_o will_v not_o beware_v nor_o can_v any_o entreaty_n prevail_v to_o turn_v they_o from_o those_o ungodly_a way_n which_o lead_v they_o to_o their_o destruction_n as_o they_o know_v let_v man_n say_v now_o as_o they_o please_v this_o be_v that_o which_o god_n will_v say_v to_o justify_v himself_o against_o all_o the_o world_n and_o o_o that_o man_n be_v wise_a to_o consider_v it_o in_o 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