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acceptable_a etc._n etc._n why_o then_o shall_v the_o doctor_n blame_v if_o he_o do_v blame_v some_o devout_a papist_n who_o give_v away_o all_o and_o go_v themselves_o a_o beg_a as_o think_v it_o a_o very_a meritorious_a work_n more_o acceptable_a more_o rewardable_a yet_o this_o the_o doctor_n add_v as_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o supply_v his_o present_a want_n so_o i_o may_v make_v provision_n also_o against_o his_o future_a necessity_n etc._n etc._n he_o say_v too_o little_a in_o the_o last_o he_o may_v yea_o must_v make_v provision_n against_o his_o future_a necessity_n for_o he_o want_v for_o the_o future_a as_o well_o as_o at_o present_a and_o a_o able_a man_n be_v bind_v to_o provide_v for_o that_o the_o samaritane_n give_v he_o a_o good_a pattern_n for_o this_o who_o do_v not_o only_a power_n in_o wine_n and_o oil_n for_o his_o present_a need_n but_o leave_v money_n and_o charge_n to_o the_o host_n to_o take_v care_n of_o he_o with_o promise_n to_o repay_v it_o go_v thou_n and_o do_v likewise_o be_v our_o saviour_n inference_n and_o command_n and_o then_o not_o above_o a_o command_n sect._n 42._o and_o here_o he_o confess_v its_o possible_a to_o offend_v etc._n etc._n that_o virtue_n and_o so_o charity_n consist_v in_o a_o middle_a point_n between_o two_o extreme_n he_o can_v deny_v but_o still_o fly_v to_o his_o old_a refuge_n not_o in_o a_o indivisible_a point_n there_o be_v a_o latitude_n of_o degree_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o enough_o have_v be_v say_v afore_o all_o he_o except_v to_o be_v that_o righteousness_n of_o god_n 14_o p._n 206._o n._n 14_o do_v not_o use_v to_o punish_v those_o fact_n which_o have_v no_o law_n observable_a by_o man_n to_o forbid_v they_o etc._n etc._n i_o do_v not_o say_v they_o have_v no_o law_n observable_a by_o man_n but_o thus_o if_o it_o swerve_v from_o that_o point_n to_o either_o extreme_a it_o be_v more_o or_o less_o a_o fault_n though_o not_o observe_v perhaps_o not_o observable_a by_o man_n my_o meaning_n be_v that_o 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