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use_v his_o best_a endeavour_n to_o untie_v this_o knot_n he_o can_v not_o with_o all_o his_o skill_n and_o strength_n perform_v it_o and_o therefore_o these_o thought_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v be_v somewhat_o of_o necessity_n more_o than_o will_n to_o which_o querie_n it_o may_v be_v return_v truth_n difficulty_n of_o answer_v objection_n will_v not_o excuse_v the_o conclusion_n against_o fundamental_a truth_n that_o much_o may_v seem_v plausible_o alleadgable_a in_o this_o case_n that_o it_o be_v as_o natural_a to_o man_n to_o follow_v the_o dictate_v of_o reason_n as_o for_o beast_n to_o be_v lead_v by_o sense_n that_o where_o his_o reason_n fail_v his_o thought_n may_v do_v so_o too_o and_o his_o footstep_n slip_v that_o thing_n above_o his_o reason_n involve_v he_o not_o in_o gild_n and_o necessity_n may_v make_v he_o excusable_a yet_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o though_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o offence_n shall_v come_v mat._n 18.7_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o woe_n to_o the_o world_n because_o of_o offence_n and_o it_o be_v better_o for_o those_o by_o who_o they_o come_v that_o they_o have_v be_v bury_v in_o the_o sea_n then_o be_v the_o unhappy_a cause_n thereof_o there_o be_v many_o who_o out_o of_o a_o contract_a habit_n and_o a_o pernicious_a custom_n in_o sin_n can_v cease_v from_o sin_v 2_o pet._n 2._o vers_fw-la 14._o some_o there_o be_v who_o be_v so_o stain_v as_o they_o can_v no_o more_o wash_v off_o the_o spot_n than_o the_o aethiop_n his_o blackness_n yet_o this_o temper_n be_v so_o far_o from_o excuse_v as_o that_o it_o be_v a_o provocation_n of_o great_a judgement_n therefore_o will_v i_o scatter_v they_o as_o stubble_n jerem._n 13.23_o 24._o though_o oportet_fw-la haereses_fw-la esse_fw-la be_v true_a yet_o neither_o the_o broacher_n nor_o entertainer_n of_o heresy_n be_v free_a from_o guilt_n i_o confess_v much_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v to_o humane_a frailty_n and_o infirmity_n 50._o dent_n veniam_fw-la quilibet_fw-la aliud_fw-la 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reason_n thankful_o to_o have_v embrace_v both_o then_o peevish_o to_o entertain_v hatred_n against_o he_o who_o seek_v only_o to_o inform_v they_o and_o to_o make_v they_o better_o a_o ingenious_a confession_n and_o a_o hearty_a humiliation_n will_v be_v find_v far_o more_o advantageous_a for_o we_o than_o a_o peremptory_a stand_n upon_o our_o own_o justification_n and_o therefore_o it_o very_o much_o concern_v we_o not_o to_o refuse_v a_o submission_n unto_o those_o happy_a mean_n whereby_o we_o may_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o serious_a acknowledgement_n of_o our_o error_n and_o imperfection_n that_o condemn_v ourselves_o and_o receive_v a_o impartial_a judgement_n from_o our_o own_o heart_n we_o may_v be_v happy_a in_o a_o pardon_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n sectio_fw-la ii_o verse_n 21._o thus_o my_o heart_n be_v grieve_v and_o i_o be_v prick_v in_o my_o reins_o v._o 23._o nevertheless_o i_o be_o continual_o with_o thou_o thou_o have_v hold_v i_o by_o my_o right_a hand_n v._o 24._o 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