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because_o of_o this_o double_a suspicion_n of_o partiality_n this_o be_v a_o sound_a and_o safe_a rule_n let_v we_o account_v ourselves_o to_o be_v worse_o than_o upon_o examination_n we_o find_v ourselves_o to_o be_v thus_o do_v saint_n paul_n 1._o cor_n 4.4_o for_o i_o know_v nothing_o by_o myself_o yet_o be_o i_o not_o hereby_o justify_v but_o he_o that_o judge_v i_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o be_v since_o his_o conversion_n his_o conscience_n accuse_v he_o of_o no_o great_a sin_n unrepented_a and_o yet_o hereupon_o he_o dare_v not_o pronounce_v himself_o to_o be_v innocent_a for_o god_n judge_v not_o as_o man_n judge_v neither_o see_v as_o man_n see_v but_o those_o who_o be_v acquit_v by_o themselves_o may_v be_v condemn_v by_o he_o see_v thus_o as_o it_o be_v say_v a_o man_n be_v to_o act_v three_o part_n by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v observe_v doct_n a_o christian_a though_o alone_o may_v make_v company_n for_o himself_o psalm_n 4.4_o commune_fw-la with_o your_o heart_n in_o your_o chamber_n and_o be_v still_o psal._n 43.5_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o heavy_a o_o my_o soul_n why_o be_v thou_o etc._n etc._n one_o as_o we_o have_v say_v may_v make_v himself_o three_o offender_n accuser_n judge_n so_o that_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v less_o alone_o than_o when_o alone_o be_v always_o in_o the_o company_n of_o heavenly_a discourser_n in_o himself_o have_v man_n the_o art_n of_o these_o self-examination_n and_o soliloquy_n they_o need_v not_o to_o put_v away_o melancholy_a as_o they_o pretend_v and_o to_o avoid_v solitariness_n repair_v to_o the_o school_n of_o drunkenness_n there_o to_o seek_v for_o bad_a company_n that_o there_o to_o use_v their_o own_o expression_n they_o may_v drive_v away_o the_o time_n fool_n to_o drive_v away_o that_o which_o be_v wing_v and_o which_o though_o they_o shall_v strive_v to_o stay_v they_o can_v 1._o now_o the_o interrogatory_n whereupon_o every_o man_n be_v to_o be_v examine_v be_v these_o 1._o whether_o thou_o do_v repair_v to_o 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and_o worship_n and_o come_v again_o to_o you_o they_o leave_v their_o injury_n at_o the_o church_n door_n till_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o then_o return_v make_v a_o resumption_n of_o they_o again_o but_o let_v we_o not_o only_o lop_v the_o bow_n but_o grub_n up_o even_o the_o root_n of_o our_o malice_n not_o only_o suspend_v the_o act_n but_o depose_v the_o habit_n of_o our_o hatred_n and_o here_o as_o god_n say_v to_o the_o jew_n ezek._n 18.3_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o occasion_n any_o more_o to_o use_v that_o proverb_n in_o israel_n the_o father_n have_v eat_v sour_a grape_n and_o the_o child_n tooth_n be_v set_v on_o edge_n in_o like_a manner_n i_o can_v wish_v no_o occasion_n that_o the_o english_a byword_n be_v any_o more_o use_v i_o forgive_v he_o but_o i_o will_v not_o forget_v he_o such_o people_n i_o dare_v say_v neither_o forgive_v nor_o forget_v like_o slut_n they_o sweep_v the_o house_n of_o their_o heart_n but_o leave_v all_o the_o 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