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make_v we_o like_a unto_o god_n and_o to_o strive_v for_o perfection_n in_o this_o kind_n though_o our_o perfection_n can_v in_o any_o kind_a equal_a he_o be_v the_o great_a commendation_n we_o can_v give_v a_o christian_a that_o which_o quintilian_n give_v to_o tully_n in_o respect_n of_o eloquence_n defuit_fw-la ei_fw-la summa_fw-la illa_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la nemo_fw-la propriùs_fw-la accessit_fw-la he_o come_v short_a of_o the_o perfection_n of_o god_n yet_o none_o ever_o come_v near_o than_o he_o now_o though_o we_o can_v but_o be_v unwilling_a that_o god_n shall_v proportion_v out_o his_o forgiveness_n by_o we_o yet_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o great_a part_n of_o our_o spiritual_a wisdom_n to_o regulate_v we_o by_o he_o and_o to_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n sicut_fw-la as_o he_o forgive_v we_o and_o first_o
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covetousness_n nor_o desire_n of_o revenge_n draw_v it_o on_o 2._o the_o material_a cause_n if_o we_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contend_v for_o smoke_n for_o matter_n of_o nought_o and_o which_o can_v be_v nothing_o worth_a but_o to_o the_o lawyer_n qui_fw-la alienum_fw-la jurgium_fw-la praedam_fw-la svam_fw-la putat_fw-la who_o rejoice_v at_o a_o needless_a quarrel_n and_o contention_n as_o at_o a_o great_a spoil_n 3._o the_o formal_a cause_n that_o we_o go_v to_o law_n legal_o that_o we_o lay_v no_o snare_n suborn_v no_o false_a witness_n study_v not_o to_o entangle_v the_o cause_n or_o to_o obscure_v the_o truth_n 4._o and_o last_o the_o end_n or_o final_a cause_n it_o must_v not_o be_v to_o the_o loss_n or_o infamy_n of_o our_o brother_n but_o the_o recover_n of_o that_o which_o be_v we_o and_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n who_o as_o he_o be_v the_o giver_n so_o be_v he_o the_o preserver_n of_o all_o thing_n all_o this_o be_v true_a but_o we_o must_v consider_v 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