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as_o a_o cordial_n against_o despair_n and_o a_o caveat_n against_o presumption_n no_o man_n therefore_o although_o he_o be_v loadâ—n_v with_o a_o huge_a burden_n of_o sinâ—_z speremus_fw-la ought_v to_o despair_n of_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n mercy_n but_o out_o of_o hope_n of_o that_o assure_a mercy_n with_o daily_a tear_n to_o beg_v their_o pardon_n which_o they_o may_v right_o expect_v if_o they_o shall_v cease_v from_o act_v their_o evil_a work_n and_o on_o the_o otherside_n avoid_v presumption_n we_o ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o sin_n or_o constant_o persevere_v in_o sin_n because_o of_o the_o hope_n of_o forgiveness_n but_o keep_v ourselves_o in_o the_o golden_a mean_a and_o swim_n in_o the_o clear_a stream_n of_o the_o live_a water_n that_o shall_v flow_v out_o of_o the_o belly_n of_o he_o that_o believe_v on_o christ_n both_o danger_n be_v avoid_v let_v we_o fly_v and_o decline_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a and_o hope_v for_o pardon_n from_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n amen_n 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si_fw-la christiana_fw-la disciplina_fw-la omnia_fw-la bella_fw-la culparet_fw-la hoc_fw-la potiùs_fw-la concilium_fw-la baptista_n dedisset_fw-la ut_fw-la arma_fw-la abjicerint_fw-la seque_fw-la militiae_fw-la omnia_fw-la subtraherent_fw-la matth_n 8._o act._n 10._o ecclus._n 2._o 8._o heb._n 3._o 2._o act_n 2._o 23._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit._n constan_n deut._n 20._o alioqui_fw-la de_fw-la hâc_fw-la re_fw-la non_fw-la ferret_fw-la leges_fw-la spititus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la gualier_fw-fr prover_n 20._o 18._o and_o 24._o 6._o war_n necessary_a in_o some_o case_n rom._n 13._o 4._o omninò_fw-la enim_fw-la cùm_fw-la tanta_fw-la â—it_fw-la malorum_fw-la turba_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessariae_fw-la legeâ—_z ica_fw-la et_fw-la magistratus_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la his_fw-la subsunt_fw-la milites_fw-la sacer_fw-la in_fw-la locum_fw-la apud_fw-la marlorat_n 2_o sam._n 18._o and_o 20._o application_n 2_o chr._n 20._o bellum_fw-la debeat_fw-la essâ—_z necessitatis_fw-la 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reddat_fw-la regem_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la imperandi_fw-la inocentem_fw-la autem_fw-la militem_fw-la ostendat_fw-la ordo_fw-la serviendi_fw-la august_n apud_fw-la gratian_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la answer_n teneâ—ertum_fw-la relinque_fw-la incertum_fw-la buâ—ha_n magist._n quast_o 50_o 3._o consolation_n to_o volunteer_n cauponantes_fw-la bellum_fw-la tull._n oâ—â—ic_n lib._n 1._o 18._o nulla_fw-la side_fw-la pietasque_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la castra_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la venalesque_fw-la manus_fw-la ibi_fw-la fas_fw-la ubi_fw-la maxima_fw-la merces_fw-la â—re_n merâ—nt_fw-la parvo_fw-la lucaâ—_z lib._n 10._o 406._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la militare_fw-la dilâ—ctum_fw-la oft_o sed_fw-la propter_fw-la praedam_fw-la militavâ—_z pâ—â—catum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la verb_n dom._n serm._n 19_o judg._n 4._o 9_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la homicidas_fw-la sed_fw-la ministros_fw-la legis_fw-la nec_fw-la ultores_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la sed_fw-la salutis_fw-la publicae_fw-la defensores_fw-la aquin._n caetenâ_fw-la aâ—reâ_fw-la in_fw-la locum_fw-la a_o profitable_a exhortation_n to_o all_o soldier_n semper_fw-la itaque_fw-la agate_n mile_n christianus_n a_o liquid_a sit_fw-la strenuus_fw-la fidelis_fw-la laboriosus_fw-la centurionibus_fw-la obsequens_fw-la etc._n etc._n bullin_n de_fw-fr cad._n 2._o ser._n 9_o fuit_fw-la ejus_fw-la vitae_fw-la socia_fw-la virtus_fw-la gloria_fw-la mortis_fw-la comes_fw-la epitaph_n freder_fw-it d._n bavariae_fw-la cogno_fw-it vivictorios_fw-la apud_fw-la ph._n camerar_n oper._n subsesivarum_fw-la tr._n 3._o c._n 22._o aâ—et_fw-la chemnit_fw-la gorram_fw-la stell_n in_o â—oâ—_n observation_n vivel_n fraud_n fiat_fw-la injuria_fw-la tull._n off._n l._n 1._o ubi_fw-la agr_n de_fw-fr bellicis_fw-la officiis_fw-la eccles._n 12._o 11._o i._n christianity_n require_v it_o matth._n 10._o 16._o aedificanti_fw-la itaque_fw-la tibi_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la domum_fw-la non_fw-la super_fw-la levitatem_fw-la arenae_fw-la sed_fw-la super_fw-la soliditatem_fw-la petrae_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la inprimis_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la ponatur_fw-la super_fw-la quod_fw-la possis_fw-la arduum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la culmen_fw-la erigere_fw-la maximam_fw-la enim_fw-la partem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la impâ—eviâ—_z 〈◊〉_d hieron._n epist._n ad_fw-la celan_n novissimunâ—quod_fw-la dabitur_fw-la tali_fw-la viro_fw-la est_fw-la pax_fw-la munster_n â—â—â—_z â—7_n 〈◊〉_d ii_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o a_o godly_a war_n require_v it_o 1_o sam._n 25._o 28._o si_fw-la bella_fw-la jehovae_fw-la dominus_fw-la meus_fw-la gerat_fw-la and_o malum_fw-la non_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la in_fw-la te_fw-la junius_n cùm_fw-la praelia_fw-la domini_fw-la dominâ—_z tâ—_z praeliariâ—_z malitia_fw-la ergò_fw-la non_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la in_o â—e_z vulgar_a iii_o innocency_n preserâ—es_v from_o grief_n of_o heart_n and_o torture_n of_o conscience_n verse_n 31._o hic_fw-la murus_fw-la aheneus_fw-la erit_fw-la nil_fw-la conscire_fw-la sibi_fw-la nullâ_fw-la pallelcere_fw-la culpâ_fw-la horat._n ep._n 1._o exugentes_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la elephantorum_fw-la eos_fw-la occidunt_fw-la and_o ipsi_fw-la vicissim_fw-la incbriati_fw-la opprimuntur_fw-la et_fw-la commoriuntur_fw-la plin._n hist._n nat._n l._n 8._o cap._n 8._o violence_n in_o soldier_n make_v the_o expedition_n unsuccesful_a exercitus_fw-la quem_fw-la injuria_fw-la et_fw-la audacia_fw-la antecedit_fw-la plerumque_fw-la cladem_fw-la et_fw-la interitum_fw-la ominaturi_fw-la isa._n 1._o 51._o i._n their_o priyer_n be_v hinder_v religiosas_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quà m_fw-la rapaces_fw-la manus_fw-la val._n max._n l._n 1._o c._n 1_o 2_o chron._n 20._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit._n constant_a lib._n 4._o c._n 20._o ruffin_n lib._n 2._o c._n 1._o 33._o stow._n ii_o memory_n of_o former_a violence_n make_v man_n coward_n merces_fw-la malae_fw-la conscienciae_fw-la est_fw-la timere_fw-la eos_fw-la quibus_fw-la terroâ—i_fw-la esse_fw-la â—iâ—uit_fw-la in_fw-la praelio_fw-la cervi_fw-la in_fw-la pace_fw-la leones_fw-la beza_n in_o annotat._n mar._n 11._o 32._o apud_fw-la jun._n in_o bibl._n majo_n siquidem_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la minatur_fw-la non_fw-la timeamus_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la injustè_fw-la agimus_fw-la sin_n homo_fw-la norit_fw-la quod_fw-la viris_fw-la minetur_fw-la stob._n de_fw-la fortitud_n cap._n 7._o occidere_fw-la possunt_fw-la laedere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la iv._o violence_n and_o injustice_n cause_v god_n to_o withdraw_v his_o help_n from_o the_o whole_a army_n propter_fw-la impios_fw-la et_fw-la sceleratos_fw-la homines_fw-la caeteri_fw-la divinâ_fw-la open_fw-la destituti_fw-la ab_fw-la hostibus_fw-la caeduntur_fw-la joshua_n 7._o non_fw-la ex_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la peccato_fw-la vincebantur_fw-la chrysost._n hom._n 14._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la tom._n 4._o postquà m_fw-la in_fw-la peccatum_fw-la cecidêrunt_fw-la omnibus_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la expugnabiles_fw-la and_o quos_fw-la arma_fw-la et_fw-la equi_fw-la and_o milites_fw-la and_o tot_fw-la machinamenta_fw-la capere_fw-la non_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la hos_fw-la peccati_fw-la natura_fw-la vinctos_fw-la hostibus_fw-la tradidit_fw-la sed_fw-la quales_fw-la oro_fw-la fructus_fw-la metimus_fw