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by_o you_o three_o thomasses_n will_v it_o follow_v at_o all_o from_o hence_o that_o i_o probable_o comply_v with_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o faction_n or_o will_v it_o not_o rather_o free_v i_o among_o all_o save_o such_o as_o if_o they_o can_v by_o hook_n will_v needs_o have_v it_o so_o by_o crook_n from_o all_o suspicion_n of_o such_o compliance_n more_o than_o such_o as_o cry_v out_o for_o ordinance_n with_o the_o pope_n yea_o more_fw-it for_o mere_a man_n ordinance_n too_o then_o for_o god_n viz._n that_o of_o sprinkle_v and_o ordinance_n for_o tribe_n and_o maintenance_n as_o his_o priest_n do_v be_v it_o not_o a_o far_o clear_a consequence_n to_o
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ab_fw-la host_n doceri_fw-la such_o as_o t.d._n have_v appeal_v to_o himself_o shall_v stand_v for_o i_o for_o as_o t.d._n say_v p._n 58._o to_o the_o prove_v of_o t.d._n to_o be_v a_o liar_n in_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 14._o that_o it_o be_v good_a work_n so_o h._n oxenden_n i._o boy_n n._n barry_n t._n seyliard_n c._n nicols_n agree_v in_o their_o witness_n with_o he_o and_o for_o aught_o i_o find_v as_o he_o say_v p._n 58._o so_o they_o say_v all_o and_o he_o that_o will_v not_o believe_v they_o do_v what_o in_o he_o lie_v make_v they_o to_o be_v liar_n like_o he_o as_o well_o as_o t.d._n in_o gain-saing_a p._n 14._o that_o truth_n which_o himself_o and_o they_o with_o he_o do_v all_o assert_v p._n 58._o do_v not_o only_o make_v himself_o a_o liar_n but_o also_o what_o in_o he_o lie_v abuse_n not_o only_o i_o and_o himself_o but_o all_o they_o also_o so_o as_o to_o make_v they_o seem_v liar_n also_o together_o with_o he_o now_o then_o t._n d._n let_v i_o expostulate_v with_o thou_o a_o little_a on_o thy_o own_o and_o thy_o friend_n behalf_n can_v thou_o not_o bâ—ly_o i_o in_o some_o better_a way_n than_o that_o p._n 14._o whereby_o thou_o give_v the_o lie_n if_o man_n be_v such_o fool_n as_o to_o believe_v thy_o single_a self_n before_o thyself_o and_o 5._o witness_n both_o to_o thyself_o and_o they_o all_o in_o that_o truth_n you_o all_o 6._o testify_v together_o p._n 58_o if_o thou_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a spare_v i_o who_o can_v expect_v no_o spare_v but_o rather_o a_o shoot_v out_o of_o your_o poison_a arrow_n against_o i_o even_o lie_v word_n who_o also_o can_v and_o do_v forgive_v thy_o forgery_n so_o far_o as_o it_o reach_v only_o to_o the_o ill_a reputation_n of_o myself_o yet_o thou_o may_v have_v be_v content_v to_o have_v spare_v thy_o friend_n thy_o gentleman_n and_o minister_n who_o as_o thou_o saift_v of_o they_o in_o thy_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n be_v witness_n of_o the_o term_n of_o the_o question_n agree_v to_o by_o the_o qua._n to_o free_v thou_o from_o the_o suspicion_n of_o a_o partial_a relator_n so_o as_o not_o to_o have_v lay_v they_o liable_a to_o suspicion_n of_o lie_v by_o thy_o lie_v p._n 14._o against_o thy_o own_o and_o their_o true_a testimony_n p._n 58._o or_o if_o not_o they_o yet_o at_o least_o have_v spare_v thyself_o so_o far_o as_o not_o to_o have_v stain_v thyself_o and_o thy_o own_o reputation_n and_o not_o have_v subject_v thyself_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o to_o not_o only_o a_o shrewd_a suspicion_n but_o welny_v a_o certain_a censure_n of_o forgery_n so_o much_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o handle_v thy_o ill_a matter_n no_o better_o and_o make_v thy_o invent_a evill-intending_a tale_n hang_v no_o more_o handsome_o together_o than_o it_o do_v for_o which_o how_o far_o soever_o i_o forgive_v thou_o and_o thou_o in_o favour_n to_o thyself_o may_v possible_o give_v pardon_n to_o thy_o own_o self_n suppose_v saintship_n as_o free_o as_o thou_o do_v to_o david_n and_o all_o saint_n in_o they_o in_o thy_o own_o foul_a fault_n and_o abomination_n yet_o every_o reader_n that_o love_v the_o truth_n which_o thou_o have_v wrong_v will_v remember_v and_o not_o so_o ready_o forget_v how_o eminent_o the_o lord_n have_v leave_v t.d._n in_o his_o envious_a undertake_n to_o manifest_a the_o qua._n folly_n to_o all_o man_n instead_o thereof_o most_o palpable_o to_o manifest_v his_o own_o neither_o when_o the_o lordâ—ises_v up_o to_o visit_v and_o to_o reckon_v and_o to_o enter_v into_o judgement_n with_o he_o for_o it_o will_v the_o seem_a saint_n without_o confession_n and_o forsake_v so_o easy_o as_o he_o suppose_v find_v from_o he_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o his_o falsehood_n henceforth_o therefore_o t.d._n take_v heed_n of_o lie_v at_o all_o to_o thy_o own_o hurt_n or_o if_o for_o want_v of_o love_n to_o it_o thou_o must_v needs_o bely_v the_o truth_n and_o its_o child_n for_o which_o woe_n and_o no_o less_o than_o the_o lake_n must_v be_v thy_o portion_n yet_o for_o thy_o credit_n sake_n a_o while_n have_v a_o care_v another_o time_n of_o lie_v so_o direct_o against_o thy_o self_n but_o remember_v that_o opoâ—teâ—_n mendacem_fw-la esse_fw-la memorem_fw-la it_o behoove_v a_o liar_n to_o have_v his_o wit_n better_a about_o he_o than_o thou_o have_v in_o this_o business_n lest_o by_o go_v about_o to_o wrong_v another_o a_o great_a deal_n he_o do_v not_o only_o in_o foro_fw-la dei_fw-la but_o hominum_fw-la also_o before_o man_n wrong_v himself_o not_o a_o little_a as_o thou_o have_v do_v who_o at_o this_o time_n â—_z not_o thy_o crafts-master_n so_o much_o as_o thy_o craft_n be_v thou_o to_o catch_v thou_o in_o the_o snare_n which_o thou_o laidst_v and_o to_o pull_v thou_o into_o the_o pit_n and_o draw_v thou_o down_o into_o the_o ditch_n which_o thyself_o digg'd_v for_o another_o for_o though_o thou_o travel_v with_o iniquity_n and_o conceive_v mischief_n and_o bring_v forth_o falsehood_n against_o thy_o fained-foe_n but_o unfeigned_a friend_n s.f._n yet_o be_v it_o in_o such_o a_o foolish_a unsubtle_a manner_n that_o the_o mischief_n of_o the_o serpent_n who_o be_v scarce_o like_o his_o cunning-self_n in_o the_o manage_v of_o this_o matter_n return_v and_o so_o it_o ever_o must_v till_o it_o be_v bruise_v let_v he_o lie_v never_o so_o wise_o upon_o his_o own_o head_n and_o his_o violent_a deal_n and_o violation_n of_o the_o truth_n come_v unaware_o upon_o his_o own_o pate_n so_o honi_fw-fr soir_fw-fr qui_fw-fr mal_fw-fr pierce_v evil_a still_o to_o he_o that_o evil_a think_v and_o howbeit_o fallere_fw-la fallentim_fw-la uâ—x_fw-la est_fw-la fraus_fw-la as_o they_o speak_v for_o a_o man_n to_o deceive_v himself_o in_o that_o very_a thing_n wherein_o he_o hope_v to_o deceive_v another_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o honest_a and_o harmless_a piece_n of_o deceit_n that_o i_o know_v and_o the_o least_o of_o all_o to_o befound_v fault_n with_o yet_o so_o it_o have_v happen_v to_o t.d._n in_o this_o one_o piece_n of_o his_o archery_n against_o i_o and_o the_o truth_n that_o he_o have_v as_o he_o say_v he_o intend_v to_o do_v p._n 50._o beat_v the_o devil_n at_o his_o own_o weapon_n and_o outshoot_v he_o in_o his_o bow_n yea_o and_o overshoot_v himself_o so_o exceed_o alâ—o_o as_o that_o not_o aim_v right_a when_o he_o bend_v his_o bow_n to_o shoot_v at_o a_o pigeon_n he_o kill_v a_o crow_n that_o then_o i_o affirm_v good_a work_n to_o deserve_v justification_n i_o own_o and_o still_o affirm_v the_o same_o but_o i_o deny_v that_o that_o i_o there_o affirm_v and_o here_o i_o affirm_v that_o i_o then_o do_v and_o still_o do_v deny_v the_o papist_n best_o work_n which_o be_v not_o good_a what_o ere_o they_o call_v they_o to_o deserve_v justification_n or_o our_o own_o best_a work_n either_o who_o know_v no_o good_a work_n that_o we_o have_v but_o what_o christ_n who_o work_v no_o evil_a work_n by_o his_o power_n work_v in_o and_o by_o we_o which_o as_o they_o be_v do_v by_o he_o in_o we_o be_v not_o we_o but_o distinctive_o from_o we_o 2_o tim._n 1.7_o tit._n 3.5_o call_v his_o and_o as_o they_o be_v do_v by_o we_o throw_v his_o power_n in_o we_o be_v call_v our_o work_n isa._n 26.12_o for_o as_o he_o do_v they_o in_o we_o mat._n 10.20_o 2_o cor._n 13.3_o 1_o cor._n 14.25_o and_o work_v in_o we_o both_o to_o will_v and_o do_v they_o they_o be_v true_o he_o and_o as_o we_o work_v they_o in_o and_o by_o that_o power_n he_o give_v may_v yet_o not_o in_o such_o sense_n as_o what_o we_o do_v of_o ourselves_o be_v call_v our_o own_o phil._n 2.12.13_o yea_o if_o we_o speak_v of_o what_o good_a work_v christ_n do_v in_o that_o person_n only_o in_o which_o he_o appear_v at_o jerusalem_n
and_o perfect_v as_o he_o shall_v be_v by_o he_o who_o be_v say_v to_o perfect_a for_o ever_o all_o such_o as_o be_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v for_o ever_o sanctify_v by_o he_o nor_o yet_o but_o that_o thy_o sense_n be_v sod_v so_o as_o to_o take_v or_o rather_o rake_v or_o scrape_v thing_n for_o grant_v to_o thou_o before_o they_o be_v so_o give_v do_v or_o do_v i_o grant_v as_o thou_o there_o tatle_v sâ—me_v person_n to_o be_v justify_v who_o never_o do_v fulfil_v the_o law_n personal_o for_o though_o i_o tell_v thou_o indeed_o as_o thou_o true_o tell_v it_o again_o to_o the_o world_n there_o be_v but_o two_o estate_n justification_n and_o condemdation_n and_o now_o i_o tell_v thou_o over_o again_o that_o there_o be_v no_o medium_n between_o these_o for_o every_o one_o stand_v either_o justify_v or_o condemn_v guilty_a or_o not_o guilty_a before_o god_n as_o his_o law_n which_o be_v the_o light_n be_v break_v or_o fulfil_v by_o he_o and_o he_o that_o stand_v by_o the_o light_n in_o 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this_o viz._n against_o such_o there_o be_v no_o law_n i._n e._n such_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o love_n joy_n peace_n goodness_n meekness_n temperance_n and_o such_o person_n as_o be_v by_o the_o spirit_n lead_v out_o of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n adultery_n uncleanness_n laferviousness_n hatred_n wrath_n envy_n drunkenness_n revel_n etc._n etc._n and_o into_o the_o other_o whence_o to_o the_o prove_v of_o the_o sequel_n of_o that_o argument_n in_o which_o thou_o sillity_n say_v there_o be_v no_o no_o consequence_n i_o argue_v if_o such_o as_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n out_o of_o evil_a into_o good_a work_n be_v thereupon_o deserve_o not_o under_o the_o law_n than_o their_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n who_o be_v lead_v by_o it_o from_o under_o it_o be_v the_o deserve_n or_o meritorius_fw-la cause_n of_o their_o nor_o be_v under_o the_o law_n and_o so_o of_o justification_n but_o verum_fw-la prius_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o posterius_fw-la the_o minor_n which_o 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