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not_o meddle_v with_o therefore_o god_n will_v take_v the_o matter_n into_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o he_o himself_o will_v judge_v it_o and_o it_o be_v a_o dreadful_a thing_n to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o live_a god_n crime_n among_o man_n be_v oftentimes_o extenuate_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o person_n that_o commit_v they_o but_o god_n will_v judge_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n 4._o it_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o be_v usual_o attend_v with_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o very_o often_o with_o final_a impenitence_n when_o once_o man_n have_v so_o far_o debauch_v their_o conscience_n that_o adultery_n and_o fornication_n seem_v small_a matter_n to_o they_o they_o be_v seldom_o recover_v by_o frequent_a commit_v this_o sin_n they_o give_v their_o conscience_n such_o a_o dose_n of_o opium_n that_o the_o loud_a threaten_n of_o god_n word_n can_v awaken_v they_o the_o prophet_n tell_v we_o hos_fw-la 4.11_o that_o whoredom_n wine_n and_o new_a 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her_o first_o and_o then_o retire_v but_o at_o his_o second_o salute_n she_o open_v her_o hand_n and_o cut_v his_o heart_n asunder_o methinks_v this_o be_v a_o notable_a emblem_n and_o representation_n of_o the_o horrible_a danger_n that_o adulterer_n expose_v themselves_o unto_o by_o their_o lascivious_a embrace_n aug._n embrace_n cito_fw-la praeterit_fw-la quod_fw-la delectat_fw-la &_o permanet_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la quod_fw-la cruciat_fw-la aug._n which_o if_o they_o do_v but_o due_o consider_v beforehand_o they_o will_v as_o much_o tremble_v to_o venture_v on_o they_o as_o the_o poor_a condemn_a malefactor_n do_v to_o make_v his_o second_o salute_n to_o the_o fatal_a engine_n 5._o adultery_n accessus_fw-la adultery_n adulterium_fw-la quasi_fw-la ad_fw-la alterius_fw-la thorum_fw-la accessus_fw-la be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a plague_n imaginable_a to_o private_a family_n for_o thereby_o a_o spurious_a bastardly_a brood_n be_v bring_v in_o to_o inherit_v and_o share_v the_o 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chastity_n and_o a_o utter_a abhorrence_n and_o indignation_n against_o uncleanness_n as_o that_o which_o be_v a_o ruin_a of_o a_o nation_n and_o a_o mischief_n to_o the_o community_n by_o draw_v down_o god_n judgement_n upon_o it_o 8._o it_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o exceed_o blot_v the_o name_n person_n name_n a_o learned_a man_n write_v of_o a_o great_a prince_n who_o be_v also_o a_o great_a captain_n say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v egregius_fw-la bellator_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la adversus_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la so_o that_o great_a man_n one_o will_v think_v shall_v be_v afraid_a of_o this_o sin_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v record_v to_o posterity_n under_o the_o character_n of_o filthy_a person_n there_o be_v few_o fornicator_n or_o adulterer_n who_o do_v not_o by_o great_a and_o solemn_a repentance_n and_o amendment_n of_o life_n break_v off_o that_o sin_n but_o leave_v a_o infamous_a name_n and_o memory_n to_o posterity_n prov._n 10.7_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o just_a be_v 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glad_o welcome_v what_o he_o do_v afford_v not_o grudge_v that_o thy_o lust_n have_v bound_n and_o stay_v continence_n have_v its_o joy_n weigh_v both_o and_o so_o if_o rottenness_n have_v more_o let_v heaven_n go_v chap._n vii_o of_o discontent_n in_o treat_v of_o this_o argument_n i_o shall_v speak_v to_o these_o six_o particular_n 1._o i_o shall_v show_v what_o discontent_n be_v 2._o the_o great_a sinfulness_n of_o it_o 3._o the_o folly_n of_o it_o 4._o shall_v show_v what_o true_a christian_a contentment_n be_v and_o wherein_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o consist_v 5._o shall_v show_v the_o amiableness_n and_o excellency_n of_o it_o 6._o shall_v give_v some_o direction_n and_o mean_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o it_o for_o the_o first_o discontent_n be_v a_o unquiet_a frame_n of_o heart_n under_o our_o present_a condition_n and_o express_v itself_o in_o murmur_v and_o repine_v thereat_o for_o common_o inward_a vex_v and_o repine_v and_o outward_a complain_v and_o murmur_v go_v together_o 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