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as_o all_o the_o scripture_n witness_v yea_o and_o we_o be_v lead_v express_o even_o by_o experience_n to_o know_v god_n providence_n and_o fatherly_a care_n towards_o we_o in_o ordain_v of_o magistrate_n therefore_o let_v we_o learn_v to_o behold_v god_n goodness_n in_o all_o such_o as_o have_v superiority_n over_o we_o to_o the_o end_n to_o submit_v ourselves_o obedient_o unto_o they_o thus_o you_o see_v what_o we_o have_v to_o remember_v now_o see_v that_o so_o it_o be_v that_o god_n have_v in_o one_o word_n and_o in_o a_o brief_a sum_n give_v we_o here_o the_o rule_n of_o obedience_n to_o all_o superior_n let_v we_o mark_v that_o in_o so_o do_v he_o resign_v not_o his_o own_o right_a ne_o
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now_o and_o then_o mutter_v at_o it_o but_o that_o be_v but_o with_o half_a mouth_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o he_o that_o have_v misbehave_v himself_o soothe_v himself_o and_o which_o worse_a be_v the_o great_a thief_n that_o he_o be_v the_o more_o be_v he_o honour_v for_o the_o more_o a_o man_n have_v get_v to_o himself_o and_o the_o rich_a that_o he_o be_v become_v the_o more_o do_v man_n stoop_v to_o he_o and_o the_o highly_o be_v he_o advance_v you_o see_v then_o that_o oftentimes_o man_n come_v to_o great_a honour_n in_o the_o world_n by_o thievery_n and_o therefore_o let_v we_o not_o take_v any_o of_o those_o scarf_n to_o cover_v our_o eye_n but_o rather_o let_v we_o consider_v what_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la holy_a scripture_n say_v namely_o that_o we_o be_v thief_n if_o we_o do_v not_o unto_o other_o as_o we_o ourselves_o will_v be_v do_v unto_o ne_o yield_v to_o every_o man_n his_o right_n for_o we_o must_v define_v a_o vice_n by_o the_o contrary_a virtue_n if_o we_o will_v 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it_o be_v so_o hard_a a_o matter_n to_o love_v our_o neighbour_n we_o will_v answer_v no._n for_o nature_n have_v voutsafe_v to_o link_v man_n together_o in_o unity_n and_o god_n have_v create_v they_o all_o after_o his_o own_o image_n and_o therefore_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v no_o hard_a nor_o cumbersome_a matter_n to_o we_o to_o love_v one_o another_o now_o it_o be_v so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n have_v love_n he_o will_v never_o be_v a_o thief_n as_o say_v saint_n paul_n yea_o and_o if_o we_o do_v willing_o consider_v what_o we_o owe_v to_o other_o man_n of_o right_a and_o how_o we_o be_v bind_v unto_o they_o we_o shall_v not_o need_v all_o these_o warning_n thou_o shall_v not_o play_v the_o thief_n thou_o shall_v not_o play_v the_o advowterer_n thou_o shall_v not_o play_v the_o murderer_n all_o this_o be_v needless_a as_o saint_n paul_n show_v in_o the_o same_o place_n but_o what_o there_o be_v very_o few_o that_o think_v upon_o that_o nay_o contrariwise_o as_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o 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thief_n and_o it_o can_v be_v otherwise_o this_o will_v seem_v strange_a at_o the_o first_o blush_n but_o when_o every_o of_o we_o shall_v have_v gather_v home_o his_o wit_n to_o himself_o we_o shall_v find_v as_o the_o heathen_a themselves_o can_v well_o skill_n to_o say_v that_o even_o nature_n teach_v we_o it_o be_v unpossible_a for_o we_o to_o covet_v to_o be_v scotfree_a but_o we_o shall_v be_v inflame_v to_o rake_v to_o ourselves_o by_o hook_n or_o by_o crook_n will_v we_o then_o shun_v theft_n we_o must_v lay_v aside_o covetousness_n that_o be_v
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