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A40095 A sermon preach'd at the meeting of the sons of the clergy in S. Mary-le-Bow Church, on Tuesday the sixth of December, 1692 by Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester. Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714. 1692 (1692) Wing F1722; ESTC R10616 15,317 36

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and_o waspish_a people_n be_v no_o company_n for_o one_o another_o and_o much_o less_o for_o those_o who_o be_v of_o contrary_a quality_n similitude_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o love_n of_o complacency_n though_o where_o there_o be_v similitude_n there_o may_v be_v no_o such_o love_n viz._n when_o it_o lie_v in_o unlovely_a and_o troublesome_a quality_n yet_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v such_o a_o love_n there_o must_v be_v more_o or_o less_o similitude_n and_o according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o similitude_n will_v be_v the_o degree_n of_o complacential_a love_n again_o if_o such_o a_o person_n be_v sensible_a that_o such_o a_o one_o hate_v he_o and_o watch_v all_o occasion_n to_o do_v he_o mischief_n he_o can_v have_v this_o kind_n of_o love_n for_o he_o now_o when_o i_o say_v that_o some_o we_o can_v take_v no_o complacency_n in_o i_o suppose_v that_o therefore_o we_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o it_o nemo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ad_fw-la impossibile_fw-it nor_o be_v it_o 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