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follow_v shall_v suffice_v 5._o dominus_fw-la 1â—_n dominus_fw-la â—_o reg._n cap._n 1â—_n precaepit_fw-la semei_n ut_fw-la malediceret_fw-la david_n our_o lord_n command_v semei_n that_o he_o will_v accurse_v david_n in_o like_a sort_n it_o be_v say_v 1._o say_v rom._n 1._o god_n deliver_v they_o up_o to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n to_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o convenient_a both_o which_o action_n not_o man_n will_v deny_v but_o to_o have_v be_v sin_n and_o yet_o weread_v elsewhere_o nemâ—â—i_n 1â—_n nemâ—â—i_n ecclâ—s_n 1â—_n mandavit_fw-la impiè_fw-la agere_fw-la god_n have_v command_v no_o man_n to_o do_v wicked_o 6._o in_o lâ—ke_a sort_n in_o one_o place_n we_o read_v et_fw-la ne_fw-la nos_fw-la inducas_fw-la intentationem_fw-la and_o lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n which_o prayer_n seem_v to_o be_v superfluous_a if_o god_n do_v not_o sometime_o tempt_v man_n and_o yet_o to_o confront_v as_o it_o be_v this_o text_n 1._o text_n cap._n 1._o s._n james_n say_v let_v no_o man_n say_v when_o he_o be_v tempt_v i_o be_o tempt_v of_o god_n for_o god_n tempt_v not_o man_n do_v we_o not_o read_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o the_o 1._o the_o luc._n c._n 1._o evangelist_n give_v most_o honourable_a commendation_n of_o zacharias_n and_o elizabeth_n in_o these_o word_n both_o be_v just_a before_o god_n and_o walk_v in_o all_o the_o commendement_n and_o iustification_n of_o our_o lord_n without_o blame_n and_o yet_o we_o find_v it_o register_v in_o 7._o in_o cap._n 7._o ecclesiasticus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la iustus_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la qui_fw-la faciat_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la peccet_fw-la there_o be_v not_o a_o just_a man_n upon_o earth_n which_o do_v good_a and_o sin_v not_o as_o also_o in_o another_o 3._o another_o jac._n 3._o place_n in_o multis_fw-la offendimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la we_o all_o offend_v in_o many_o thing_n which_o late_a sentence_n seem_v plain_o to_o recall_v that_o justice_n and_o piety_n which_o in_o the_o former_a word_n be_v attribute_v to_o those_o two_o virtuous_a person_n 7._o last_o it_o be_v say_v in_o 20_o in_o cap._n 20_o exodus_fw-la ego_fw-la deus_fw-la zelotes_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o a_o jealous_a god_n risit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o parent_n upon_o their_o son_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n and_o yet_o 18._o yet_o cap._n 18._o ezechiel_n affirm_v filius_fw-la non_fw-la portabit_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la patris_fw-la sed_fw-la anima_fw-la quae_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la morietur_fw-la the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o father_n but_o that_o soul_n alone_o which_o have_v sin_v shall_v die_v now_o what_o great_a diametrical_a contrariety_n can_v lie_v in_o sentence_n then_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o all_o these_o former_a if_o naked_o we_o consider_v the_o bare_a word_n for_o the_o unlearned_a can_v proceed_v no_o further_o though_o in_o themselves_o they_o be_v reconciliable_a and_o so_o declare_v to_o be_v by_o the_o 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