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i_o give_v thou_o up_o o_o ephraim_n 11.8_o hos_fw-la 11.8_o how_o shall_v i_o deliver_v thou_o o_o israel_n how_o shall_v i_o make_v thou_o as_o admah_n how_o shall_v i_o set_v thou_o as_o zeboim_n my_o heart_n be_v turn_v within_o i_o my_o repenting_n be_v roll_v together_o we_o see_v how_o the_o lord_n be_v perplex_v in_o himself_o when_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o people_n stir_v up_o his_o displeasure_n he_o can_v tell_v what_o course_n to_o take_v on_o the_o one_o side_n the_o heinousness_n of_o their_o sin_n provoke_v he_o to_o punish_v they_o yea_o to_o destroy_v they_o as_o once_o he_o do_v sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n and_o the_o city_n about_o they_o but_o on_o the_o otherside_n his_o father_n love_n and_o tender_a compassion_n move_v he_o to_o hold_v his_o hand_n and_o to_o stay_v his_o judgement_n his_o mercy_n do_v strive_v against_o their_o wickedness_n and_o when_o indeed_o he_o have_v bring_v evil_a upon_o they_o and_o deliver_v they_o up_o unto_o the_o power_n of_o their_o 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ourselves_o unto_o it_o it_o bring_v with_o it_o the_o quiet_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n yea_o therefore_o do_v the_o lord_n nurture_n and_o discipline_n we_o here_o with_o one_o rod_n or_o other_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v damn_v with_o the_o wicked_a world_n 11.32_o 1._o cor._n 11.32_o four_o private_a and_o gentle_a admonition_n either_o by_o a_o man_n friend_n or_o any_o other_o that_o have_v authority_n over_o he_o as_o the_o magistrate_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n the_o minister_n in_o the_o church_n the_o father_n or_o master_n in_o the_o family_n and_o this_o our_o saviour_n christ_n show_v when_o he_o say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n use_v a_o kind_a admonition_n to_o his_o brother_n in_o privare_fw-la 18.15_o mat._n 18.15_o if_o it_o be_v do_v with_o godly_a discretion_n and_o holy_a gravity_n it_o may_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o win_v he_o 5.20_o jam._n 5.20_o and_o saint_n james_n say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n by_o good_a counsel_n shall_v convert_v a_o sinner_n from_o go_v astray_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o instrument_n to_o save_v his_o soul_n david_n know_v the_o benefit_n of_o this_o full_a well_o and_o therefore_o he_o so_o much_o desire_v it_o 141.5_o psal_n 141.5_o let_v the_o righteous_a smite_v i_o say_v he_o for_o that_o be_v a_o benefit_n let_v he_o reprove_v i_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o precious_a oil_n etc._n etc._n five_o the_o revile_n and_o backbiting_n of_o a_o man_n enemy_n which_o howsoever_o they_o proceed_v of_o malice_n in_o they_o and_o a_o desire_n to_o revenge_v amat_fw-la amor_fw-la caecutit_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la amat_fw-la yet_o there_o may_v be_v a_o good_a use_n make_v of_o they_o for_o our_o friend_n either_o for_o the_o love_n they_o bear_v we_o do_v not_o see_v our_o fault_n or_o if_o they_o do_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o niceness_n they_o dissemble_v they_o and_o will_v not_o reprove_v they_o 31.36_o sicut_fw-la amici_fw-la adulantes_fw-la pervertunt_fw-la sic_fw-la inimici_fw-la plerumque_fw-la litigantes_fw-la 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may_v not_o dream_v of_o ease_n and_o security_n for_o than_o we_o shall_v be_v deceive_v but_o we_o must_v know_v that_o all_o that_o will_v live_v godly_a in_o christ_n jesus_n must_v suffer_v persecution_n either_o one_o way_n or_o other_o 3.12_o 2._o tim._n 3.12_o and_o that_o we_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 14.22_o act._n 14.22_o but_o through_o many_o tribulation_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v arm_v ourselves_o against_o they_o before_o hand_n that_o we_o may_v endure_v they_o and_o to_o persuade_v we_o the_o better_a let_v we_o remember_v 2.11_o heb._n 2.11_o that_o christ_n jesus_n our_o bless_a saviour_n though_o he_o be_v the_o immortal_a and_o glorious_a god_n yet_o in_o love_n to_o we_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o call_v we_o brethren_n yea_o suffer_v all_o extremity_n for_o our_o sake_n it_o be_v great_a praise_n in_o moses_n that_o be_v so_o high_o esteem_v in_o pharaos_n court_n 7.23_o exod._n 2.11_o act._n 7.23_o yet_o he_o will_v vouchsafe_v to_o 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he_o have_v also_o grace_v give_v he_o to_o suffer_v for_o he_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v christ_n say_v doct._n to_o dissemble_v our_o religion_n be_v to_o deny_v christ_n i_o wot_v not_o what_o thou_o say_v we_o see_v that_o peter_n do_v not_o here_o deny_v our_o saviour_n christ_n in_o plain_a term_n only_o he_o will_v shift_v off_o the_o matter_n as_o cunning_o as_o he_o can_v and_o yet_o this_o speech_n of_o he_o must_v be_v one_o of_o denial_n or_o else_o he_o do_v not_o deny_v he_o thrice_o as_o our_o saviour_n have_v foretell_v where_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o he_o that_o do_v but_o dissemble_v his_o faith_n in_o christ_n be_v guilty_a of_o deny_v he_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n ib._n god_n apud_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la christianae_n gratiae_fw-la participatione_fw-la redempti_fw-la sunt_fw-la peâ—è_fw-la tâ—l_fw-la est_fw-la fidem_fw-la nollâ—â—ssâ—â—cie_fw-la quam_fw-la negare_fw-la fulg._n the_o myster_n mediate_v ad_fw-la thras_n van._n shall_fw-mi regem_fw-la ib._n among_o they_o that_o be_v redeem_v by_o participation_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v almost_o all_o one_o not_o to_o maintain_v the_o faith_n and_o to_o deny_v it_o it_o be_v true_a evasion_n be_v not_o always_o unlawful_a nor_o on_o some_o occasion_n to_o dissemble_v the_o matter_n a_o bird_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o fly_v into_o the_o net_n that_o be_v set_v for_o she_o no_o more_o be_v a_o man_n bind_v to_o expose_v and_o offer_v himself_o to_o danger_n but_o so_o far_o as_o may_v stand_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o so_o far_o as_o he_o may_v do_v it_o without_o sin_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o avoid_v it_o when_o samuel_n come_v to_o bethlehem_n to_o anoint_v one_o of_o ishai_n his_o son_n to_o be_v king_n in_o steed_n of_o saul_n 5._o 1._o sam._n 16_o 1.2.3.4_o