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do_v it_o
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yet_o not_o be_v sufficient_a to_o fetch_v we_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o ordinance_n 6._o if_o we_o shall_v in_o our_o sermon_n take_v occasion_n now_o and_o then_o where_o it_o may_v be_v pertinent_a either_o to_o discover_v the_o weakness_n of_o the_o puritan_n principle_n and_o tenant_n to_o the_o people_n or_o to_o show_v out_o of_o some_o passage_n and_o expression_n in_o the_o common-prayer-book_n the_o consonancy_n of_o those_o observation_n we_o have_v raise_v from_o the_o text_n with_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n or_o to_o justify_v such_o particular_a passage_n in_o the_o litany_n collect_v and_o other_o part_n of_o our_o liturgy_n as_o have_v be_v unjust_o quarrel_v at_o by_o presbyterian_o independent_o anabaptist_n or_o other_o by_o what_o name_n or_o title_n soever_o they_o be_v call_v puritan_n sectary_n thus_o have_v i_o free_o acquaint_v you_o both_o with_o my_o practice_n and_o judgement_n in_o the_o point_n propose_v in_o your_o friend_n letter_n how_o i_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o satisfy_v he_o or_o your_o judgement_n in_o what_o i_o have_v write_v i_o know_v not_o however_o i_o have_v satisfy_v both_o your_o desire_n and_o he_o in_o writing_n and_o shall_v rest_v your_o brother_n and_o servant_n in_o the_o lord_n novemb_n 2._o 1652._o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la votum_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la fit_a sed_fw-la promissio_fw-la potest_fw-la fieri_fw-la etiam_fw-la homini_fw-la acquit_v 2._o 2._o q._n 88_o 5._o ad_fw-la 3._o 3._o promissio_fw-la deo_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la essentia_fw-la voti_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n psal._n 76._o 11._o 11._o num._n 21._o 2._o judg._n 11._o 30._o 1_o sam._n 11._o 25._o 25._o judg._n 11._o 36._o psal._n 56._o 11._o 11._o sponsio_fw-la quâ_fw-la obligamur_fw-la deo_fw-la cic._n 2._o leg._n leg._n jurare_fw-la nihll_n est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la testem_fw-la invocare_fw-la aq._n 2._o 2._o qu._n 89._o 1._o ex_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la apost_n serm._n r._n 28._o quod_fw-la affirmas_fw-la si_fw-la deo_fw-la testae_fw-la promiseris_fw-la id_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n 3._o the_o offic_n offic_n gen._n 31._o 50._o judge_n 11._o 10._o mal._n 2._o 14._o 14._o rom._n 1._o 9_o 1_o thes._n 1._o 5._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 23._o phil._n 1._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 4._o 4._o num._n 30._o 3._o 3._o quod_fw-la initio_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la tractu_fw-la temporis_fw-la convalescere_fw-la l._n 29._o f._n de_fw-fr reg._n ju_fw-la diu._n diu._n in_o stipulationibus_fw-la id_fw-la tempus_fw-la spectatur_fw-la quo_fw-la contrahiâ—us_fw-la i._o 18._o f._n eodem_fw-la eodem_fw-la rom._n 7._o 23._o 23._o vota_fw-la uxorum_fw-la vel_fw-la servorum_fw-la exequenda_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la fuerint_fw-la svi_fw-la juris_fw-la mariti_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la irritare_fw-la nau._n man._n num._n 65._o &_o alios_fw-la alios_fw-la mat._n 5._o 28._o 28._o prov._n 5._o 18._o eccles._n 9_o 9_o 9_o prov._n 5._o 19_o 19_o josh_n 9_o 14_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n ver_fw-la 19_o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1_o â—_o senec._n 1._o dâ—_n clem._n 24._o
be_v if_o not_o unjust_a yet_o what_o differ_v very_o little_a therefrom_o the_o extremity_n of_o rigid_a justice_n that_o any_o offender_n much_o less_o a_o son_n or_o daughter_n shall_v for_o any_o offence_n not_o deserve_v death_n be_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o fatal_a peremptory_a decree_n put_v into_o a_o incapacity_n of_o receive_v relief_n from_o such_o person_n as_o otherwise_o aught_o to_o have_v relieve_v the_o say_a offender_n without_o any_o reservation_n either_o of_o the_o case_n of_o extreme_a necessity_n or_o of_o the_o case_n of_o serious_a repentance_n 11._o however_o it_o be_v for_o the_o point_n of_o justice_n yet_o so_o apparent_a be_v the_o repugnancy_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o vow_n with_o the_o precept_n of_o christian_a charity_n and_o mercy_n that_o if_o all_o i_o have_v hitherto_o say_v be_v of_o no_o force_n this_o repugnancy_n alone_o be_v enough_o without_o other_o evidence_n to_o prove_v the_o unlawfulness_n and_o consequent_o the_o invalidity_n or_o inobligality_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o a_o evangelical_n counsel_n but_o the_o express_a peremptory_a precept_n of_o christ_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v merciful_a even_o as_o our_o heavenly_a father_n be_v merciful_a and_o inasmuch_o as_o not_o in_o that_o passage_n only_o but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n wheresoever_o else_o the_o duty_n of_o mercy_n be_v press_v upon_o we_o in_o the_o gospel_n from_o the_o example_n of_o god_n god_n be_v represent_v to_o we_o by_o the_o name_n and_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o father_n although_o i_o may_v not_o lay_v much_o weight_n upon_o it_o as_o a_o demonstrative_a proof_n yet_o i_o conceive_v i_o may_v commend_v it_o as_o a_o rational_a topick_n for_o all_o that_o be_v father_n to_o consider_v of_o whether_o it_o do_v not_o import_v that_o mercy_n be_v to_o be_v expect_v from_o a_o father_n as_o much_o as_o if_o not_o rather_o much_o more_o than_o from_o any_o other_o man_n and_o that_o the_o want_n of_o mercy_n in_o a_o father_n be_v more_o unkind_o more_o unseemly_a more_o unnatural_a than_o in_o another_o man_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n from_o the_o precept_n of_o christ_n we_o learn_v that_o as_o there_o be_v in_o god_n a_o twofold_a mercy_n a_o give_v mercy_n in_o do_v we_o good_a though_o we_o deserve_v it_o not_o and_o a_o forgive_a mercy_n in_o pardon_v we_o when_o we_o have_v do_v amiss_o so_o there_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o every_o good_a christian_a man_n a_o readiness_n after_o the_o example_n of_o god_n to_o show_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o mercy_n to_o other_o in_o both_o kind_n upon_o all_o proper_a and_o meet_a occasion_n so_o that_o if_o any_o person_n of_o what_o quality_n or_o condition_n soever_o shall_v upon_o any_o provocation_n whatsoever_o vow_n that_o he_o will_v never_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o such_o or_o such_o a_o man_n or_o that_o he_o will_v never_o forgive_v such_o or_o such_o a_o man_n every_o such_o vow_n be_v contra_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v and_o contra_fw-la officium_fw-la hominis_fw-la christiani_n be_v unlawful_a and_o bind_v not_o 12._o the_o office_n of_o mercy_n in_o the_o former_a of_o those_o two_o branch_n viz._n of_o do_v good_a and_o afford_v relief_n to_o those_o that_o be_v in_o necessity_n be_v themselves_o of_o so_o great_a necessity_n as_o the_o case_n may_v be_v that_o common_a humanity_n will_v exact_v the_o performance_n of_o they_o from_o the_o hand_n not_o of_o a_o strangeron_o but_o even_o of_o a_o enemy_n if_o a_o stranger_n or_o a_o enemy_n beast_n lie_v welter_v in_o a_o ditch_n a_o help_a hand_n must_v be_v lend_v to_o draw_v it_o out_o the_o samaritan_n compassion_n to_o the_o wound_a traveller_n in_o the_o parable_n luke_n 10._o there_o be_v a_o feud_n and_o that_o ground_a upon_o religion_n which_o common_o of_o all_o other_o be_v the_o most_o deadly_a feud_n between_o the_o two_o nation_n be_v commend_v to_o our_o example_n to_o the_o great_a reproach_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n for_o their_o want_n of_o bowel_n to_o their_o poor_a brother_n of_o the_o same_o nation_n and_o religion_n with_o themselves_o for_o the_o near_a the_o relation_n be_v between_o the_o party_n the_o strong_a be_v the_o obligation_n of_o show_v mercy_n either_o to_o other_o and_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o relation_n near_o and_o more_o oblige_v than_o that_o of_o parent_n and_o child_n our_o saviour_n who_o in_o matth._n 15._o sharp_o reprove_v such_o vow_n though_o make_v with_o a_o intention_n to_o advance_v the_o service_n of_o god_n by_o enrich_v his_o treasury_n as_o hinder_v child_n from_o relieve_v their_o parent_n will_v not_o certain_o approve_v of_o such_o vow_n make_v without_o any_o other_o intenion_n then_o to_o gratify_v rage_n and_o impatience_n as_o hinder_v parent_n from_o relieve_v their_o child_n 13._o if_o to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n it_o shall_v be_v allege_v that_o the_o daughter_n disobedience_n in_o a_o business_n of_o so_o high_a concernment_n may_v just_o deserve_v to_o be_v thus_o severe_o punish_v and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o equal_a that_o she_o who_o have_v so_o little_a regard_n to_o her_o father_n when_o the_o time_n be_v shall_v be_v as_o little_o regard_v by_o he_o afterward_o all_o this_o grant_v come_v not_o yet_o up_o to_o the_o point_n of_o show_v mercy_n according_a to_o the_o example_n of_o god_n no_o child_n disobedience_n can_v be_v so_o great_a to_o a_o earthly_a parent_n as_o we_o be_v to_o our_o heavenly_a father_n yet_o do_v he_o notwithstanding_o all_o our_o ill_a deserve_n continual_o do_v we_o good_a communicate_v to_o our_o necessity_n and_o cause_v his_o sun_n to_o shine_v and_o his_o rain_n to_o fall_v and_o infinite_a benefit_n in_o all_o kind_n to_o descend_v upon_o mankind_n not_o exclude_v the_o most_o thankless_a and_o disobedient_a and_o rebellious_a from_o have_v a_o share_n therein_o 14._o and_o as_o for_o that_o other_o branch_n of_o mercy_n in_o pardon_v offence_n god_n give_v a_o rich_a example_n to_o all_o man_n of_o their_o duty_n in_o that_o kind_n and_o to_o father_n particular_o by_o his_o great_a readiness_n to_o pardon_v the_o great_a offender_n if_o they_o sincere_o seek_v to_o he_o for_o it_o if_o the_o father_n in_o the_o parable_n luke_n 15._o have_v proceed_v with_o such_o severity_n against_o his_o riotousson_n as_o to_o have_v vow_v never_o to_o have_v receive_v he_o again_o he_o have_v be_v a_o very_a improper_a exemplar_n whereby_o to_o shadow_v out_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n to_o repentant_a sinner_n concern_v the_o grreat_fw-la importance_n of_o this_o duty_n which_o be_v so_o frequent_o inculcate_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o so_o peremptory_o enjoin_v as_o not_o any_o other_o duty_n more_o see_v matt._n 6._o 4_o 15._o matt._n 18._o 21._o 35._o eph._n 4._o 32._o col._n 3._o 13._o james_n 2._o 13._o see_v also_o sirac_n 28_o 1_o etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o say_v much_o only_o as_o to_o the_o present_a case_n it_o will_v be_v consider_v how_o perverse_a a_o course_n it_o be_v and_o contradictory_n to_o itself_o for_o a_o man_n to_o think_v himself_o oblige_v by_o one_o inconsiderate_a act_n never_o to_o forgive_v his_o daughter_n when_o as_o yet_o he_o can_v beg_v pardon_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n as_o he_o ought_v in_o his_o daily_a prayer_n to_o do_v without_o a_o express_a condition_n of_o forgive_a every_o body_n and_o a_o implicit_a imprecation_n upon_o himself_o if_o he_o do_v not_o 15._o but_o shall_v the_o daughter_n that_o have_v thus_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o her_o father_n thus_o escape_v unpunished_a and_o be_v in_o as_o good_a a_o condition_n as_o if_o she_o have_v never_o offend_v and_o will_v not_o other_o be_v encourage_v by_o her_o impunity_n to_o despise_v their_o parent_n after_o her_o example_n there_o be_v much_o reason_n in_o this_o objection_n and_o therefore_o what_o i_o have_v hitherto_o write_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o thereby_o be_v intend_v such_o a_o plenary_a indulgence_n for_o the_o daughter_n as_o shall_v restore_v she_o in_o integrum_fw-la but_o only_o that_o she_o shall_v be_v make_v capable_a of_o receive_v such_o relief_n from_o her_o father_n from_o time_n to_o time_n as_o in_o relation_n to_o her_o necessity_n and_o after-carriage_n from_o time_n to_o time_n shall_v seem_v reasonable_a and_o that_o his_o vow_n ought_v not_o to_o hinder_v he_o from_o afford_v she_o such_o relief_n but_o by_o what_o degree_n and_o in_o what_o proportion_n the_o father_n shall_v thus_o receive_v his_o daughter_n into_o his_o fatherly_a affection_n and_o relieve_v she_o must_v be_v leave_v to_o discretion_n and_o the_o exigence_n of_o circumstance_n only_o i_o shall_v advise_v in_o order_n to_o the_o objection_n viz._n for_o example_n sake_n and_o that_o the_o daughter_n may_v be_v make_v even_o
to_o her_o die_a day_n and_o keep_v sensible_a of_o her_o great_a and_o sinful_a disobedience_n to_o her_o father_n that_o the_o father_n shall_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o daughter_n and_o her_o posterity_n some_o meet_a portion_n of_o his_o estate_n as_o perhaps_o a_o five_o part_n at_o the_o least_o or_o if_o a_o four_o or_o a_o whole_a three_o part_n i_o shall_v like_v it_o the_o better_a and_o by_o a_o solemn_a deliberate_a vow_n dedicate_v the_o same_o to_o be_v yearly_o employ_v in_o some_o pious_a and_o charitable_a use_n these_o time_n will_v afford_v he_o choice_n of_o object_n if_o god_n shall_v move_v his_o heart_n so_o to_o do_v and_o by_o so_o do_v he_o may_v first_o in_o some_o sort_n redeem_v and_o make_v a_o kind_n of_o satisfaction_n for_o his_o former_a rashness_n not_o popish_o understand_v and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n but_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o world_n and_o his_o own_o conscience_n second_o it_o may_v be_v a_o good_a mean_n to_o keep_v the_o daughter_n in_o a_o continual_a fresh_a remembrance_n of_o her_o fault_n that_o she_o may_v not_o after_o a_o short_a and_o slight_a repentance_n as_o in_o such_o case_n too_o often_o it_o happen_v forget_v the_o same_o whereof_o she_o ought_v to_o have_v some_o remorse_n all_o the_o day_n of_o her_o life_n three_o he_o shall_v thereby_o after_o a_o sort_n perform_v his_o first_o vow_n i_o mean_v according_a to_o the_o general_a intention_n thereof_o and_o the_o rational_a part_n which_o be_v to_o make_v his_o daughter_n repent_v her_o folly_n and_o to_o smart_v for_o it_o the_o overplus_n more_o than_o this_o be_v but_o the_o fruit_n of_o rancour_n and_o perturbation_n last_o he_o shall_v in_o so_o do_v double_o imitate_v god_n our_o heavenly_a father_n first_o when_o a_o rash_a or_o sinful_a act_n be_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o a_o pious_a or_o charitable_a work_n it_o bear_v some_o resemblance_n of_o or_o rather_o be_v indeed_o itself_o a_o 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