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psal._n 94._o mat._n 7.11_o atheist_n be_v injurious_a to_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o do_v not_o think_v he_o so_o good_a as_o themselves_o but_o make_v he_o like_o a_o idol_n of_o of_o the_o nation_n that_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o psal._n 115._o how_o god_n have_v honour_v man_n nature_n appear_v 1_o in_o creation_n 2_o in_o redemption_n 3_o in_o the_o word_n gregor_n mor._n l._n 32._o rom._n 6._o the_o two_o son_n in_o this_o parable_n represent_v not_o jew_n and_o gentile_n 2._o car._n 3._o joh._n 10.16_o nether_a yet_o angel_n and_o man_n heb._n 12._o cant._n 8.8_o nor_o yet_o pharisees_n and_o publican_n but_o the_o two_o son_n represent_v sort_n of_o god_n child_n upon_o earth_n the_o âlder_a son_n represent_v such_o as_o be_v choose_v &_o call_v psal._n 27._o josh._n 24.17_o joh._n 6.68_o the_o yoner_n son_n represent_v such_o as_o aâe_v choose_v but_o not_o yet_o call_v these_o be_v disobedient_a chilchildren_n till_o they_o be_v call_v aug._n this_o learn_v we_o to_o look_v with_o pity_n to_o man_n in_o their_o sin_n it_o may_v be_v they_o be_v our_o brethren_n in_o regard_n of_o election_n act._n 9.13.17_o 2._o tim._n 15._o this_o parable_n be_v first_o consider_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n teach_v us._n that_o good_a father_n oftentimes_o have_v evil_a child_n esa._n 1._o and_o all_o to_o declare_v that_o grace_n be_v god_n free_a gift_n &_o come_v not_o by_o nature_n for_o godly_a father_n beget_v natural_a child_n not_o out_o of_o new_a grace_n but_o out_o of_o old_a nature_n aug._n cont_n pelag._n lib._n 2._o ca._n 9_o this_o be_v clear_v by_o similitude_n aug._n cont_n inâian_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o august_n de_fw-fr nuptijs_fw-la &_o concupis_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 19_o no_o matter_n of_o gloriation_n
in_o flesh_n parent_n shall_v take_v heed_n that_o in_o their_o own_o default_n child_n be_v not_o cross_n unto_o they_o 1._o sam._n 3.13_o 1._o king_n 1.6_o a_o threefold_a duty_n parent_n owe_v to_o their_o child_n 1_o first_o to_o give_v they_o good_a example_n ephes._n 6.4_o pro._n 22.15_o 2._o second_o to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o their_o education_n nazian_n orat_fw-la 48._o in_o julian._n sy_n three_o to_o be_v instant_a in_o prayer_n to_o god_n for_o they_o child_n in_o grieve_v their_o parent_n prepare_v grief_n for_o themselves_o child_n can_v requite_v the_o good_a they_o have_v of_o their_o parent_n cyrill_n âat_a 7._o gen_n 47._o nazian_n ad_fw-la vitalianum_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la aversantem_fw-la for_o parent_n be_v as_o little_a god_n unto_o their_o child_n the_o unrighteous_a deal_n of_o child_n with_o their_o parent_n in_o this_o age_n the_o fearful_a punishment_n of_o undutiful_a child_n to_o their_o parent_n exâ_n 21.17_o eu._n 21.15_o leu._n 19.3_o deut._n 21.18_o de._n 27.16_o pro._n 30._o 17._o nazian_n senten_a nature_n decree_n condemn_v such_o impiety_n basil._n hex_z hom_n 8._o hom_o 9_o why_o this_o son_n be_v call_v the_o young_a son_n satan_n have_v tentation_n meet_v for_o every_o age_n of_o man_n jer._n 2.24_o nazien_fw-fr orat_fw-la 46_o in_o ecclesiast_n amb._n li._n de_fw-fr viduis_fw-la leu._n 2.14_o youth_n shall_v be_v consecrat_fw-mi unto_o god_n a_o great_a blessing_n when_o young_a one_o be_v god_n nazarite_n amos_n 2._o lam._n 3.27_o sam._n 4.7_o 2._o cor._n 7.1_o but_o many_o of_o they_o may_v be_v just_o term_v satan_n nazarite_n sometime_o also_o age_a man_n in_o year_n be_v find_v young_a in_o manner_n gregor_n mor._n li_n 19_o philo._n bern._n in_o can._n ser_n 44._o athan._n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la tim._n ignat._n ad_fw-la magnesianos_fw-la these_o be_v worse_o than_o this_o young_a forâome_a child_n job_n 20.11_o the_o pararable_a consider_v according_a to_o the_o sense_n le_fw-fr we_o we_o see_v our_o manifold_a 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subject_n unsure_a voluntaris_fw-la aug_n de_fw-fr corrept_v &_o gra_fw-mi 14._o esâ_n 45.9_o 3_o with_o these_o two_o be_v conjoin_v hypocrisy_n man_n in_o word_n call_v god_n his_o father_n when_o no_o such_o thought_n be_v in_o his_o heart_n pisid._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d satan_n a_o notable_a distembler_n ber._n in_o cât_n sârm_n 82._o by_o hypocrisy_n man_n cover_v the_o âuââ_n which_o he_o have_v and_o simulate_v the_o good_a which_o he_o have_v not_o bet._n in_o câât_n ser._n 66._o gen._n 27._o but_o by_o no_o shadow_n of_o dissimulation_n can_v the_o lord_n be_v deceive_v hipocrit_n convince_v by_o their_o own_o word_n malac._n 1_o 1._o pet._n 1.17_o a_o meet_a question_n for_o hypocrite_n the_o just_a and_o proportional_a punishment_n of_o hypocrite_n esa._n 62.3_o 1._o sam._n 13.14_o ps._n 69.28_o revel_v 3._o jer._n 7.9_o man_n be_v so_o presumptuous_a by_o nature_n as_o to_o make_v god_n a_o debtor_n unto_o he_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n be_v learn_v in_o the_o school_n of_o nature_n psa._n 11.6_o no_o proportion_n between_o our_o work_n and_o the_o lord_n reward_n macar_n hom_n 15._o the_o vanity_n of_o such_o as_o trust_v in_o their_o merit_n be_v discover_v ber._n in_o annunt_fw-la mar._n serm._n 1_o 2._o cor._n 3.5_o 5_o man_n natural_o esteem_v more_o of_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o creature_n than_o favour_n of_o the_o creator_n gen._n 3â_n ge._n 25.32_o the_o folly_n of_o man_n in_o so_o do_v declare_v by_o a_o example_n aug._n epist_n 162._o pitiful_a blindness_n so_o to_o love_v the_o world_n that_o for_o it_o a_o man_n shall_v lose_v himself_o chrisâan_n mat._n hon_n 9_o it_o be_v far_o otherwise_o with_o the_o godly_a phi._n 3.13_o as_o they_o grow_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n so_o they_o increase_v in_o a_o contempt_n of_o the_o world_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o godly_a compare_v to_o jacob_n tabernacle_n ambr_n de_fw-fr sugasaeculi_fw-la cap._n 5._o ibid._n exhortation_n to_o a_o contempt_n of_o this_o word_n ps._n 55.6_o eccl._n 1.14_o can._n 2.10_o why_o the_o lord_n suffer_v for_o a_o time_n his_o child_n to_o follow_v their_o own_o will_n aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 22_o c._n 1._o ephes._n 2.3_o to_o wit_n that_o after_o their_o conversation_n they_o may_v know_v how_o much_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o his_o grace_n 1._o tim._n 1._o 13.14_o for_o in_o respect_n of_o nature_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n beweene_n the_o elect_a &c_n &c_n reproâ_n bate_v till_o grace_v make_v it_o rom._n 1.26_o eph._n 4.19_o job_n 15.16_o aug._n mar._n epist_n 5._o ber_n in_o cant._n seâm_n 42._o man_n leave_v to_o himself_o can_v stand_v long_o proof_n of_o this_o in_o adam_n his_o fall_n shall_v make_v we_o humble_a psal._n 119._o man_n common_o be_v most_o undutiful_a to_o god_n when_o that_o be_v most_o beneficial_a to_o he_o hâs_n 4.7_o gen._n 9.27_o pro._n 1.32_o psa._n 69.22_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o tâe_v far_o country_n in_o this_o parable_n psa._n 46.12_o ps._n 139.7_o every_o part_n of_o the_o 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