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the_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o be_v there_o no_o love_n due_a to_o god_n no_o faith_n no_o hope_n second_o he_o err_v in_o make_v inward_a piety_n to_o ascribe_v no_o glory_n to_o god_n but_o only_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o power_n or_o omnipotence_n what_o shall_v become_v of_o all_o other_o the_o divine_a attribute_n and_o particular_o of_o his_o goodness_n of_o his_o truth_n of_o his_o justice_n of_o his_o mercy_n which_o beget_v a_o more_o true_a and_o sincere_a honour_n in_o the_o heart_n than_o greatness_n itself_o magnos_fw-la facile_fw-la laudamus_fw-la bonos_fw-es lubenter_fw-la three_o this_o opinion_n of_o absolute_a necessity_n destroy_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n make_v he_o to_o command_v one_o thing_n open_o and_o to_o necessitate_v another_o private_o to_o chide_v a_o