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compose_v must_v not_o be_v moâ—ed_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v julian._n man_n over_o busy_a be_v by_o nature_n unfit_a to_o govern_v for_o they_o move_v all_o thing_n &_o leave_v nothing_o without_o question_n and_o innovation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o nazianzen_n speak_v out_o of_o desire_n to_o amend_v what_o be_v already_o well_o and_o therefore_o we_o see_v that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n such_o if_o they_o be_v in_o place_n of_o authority_n by_o unseasonable_a and_o unnecessary_a tamper_n put_v all_o thing_n into_o tumult_n and_o combustion_n not_o the_o commonwealth_n alone_o but_o the_o church_n likewise_o have_v receive_v the_o like_a blow_n from_o these_o kind_n of_o man_n nazianzen_n in_o his_o six_o &_o twenty_o oration_n discourse_v concern_v the_o disorder_n commit_v in_o the_o handle_n of_o controversy_n speak_v it_o plain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n great_a wit_n hot_a and_o fiery_a disposition_n have_v raise_v these_o tumult_n 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a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o st_n maries_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d oxford_z upon_o tvesday_n in_o easter_n week_n 1617._o concern_v the_o abuse_n of_o obscure_a and_o difficult_a place_n of_o holy_a scripture_n and_o remedy_n against_o they_o by_o john_n hales_n fellow_z of_o eton_n college_n and_o regius_n professor_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n in_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n at_o oxford_n print_v by_o john_n lichfield_n and_o william_n wrench_v printer_n to_o the_o famous_a university_n 1617._o 2._o peter_n 3._o 16._o which_o the_o unlearned_a and_o unstable_a wrist_n as_o they_o do_v the_o other_o scripture_n unto_o their_o own_o destruction_n the_o love_n and_o favour_n which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o bear_v our_o father_n before_o the_o law_n so_o far_o prevail_v with_o he_o as_o that_o without_o any_o book_n &_o write_n by_o familiar_a and_o friendly_a converse_v with_o they_o and_o communicate_v himself_o unto_o they_o he_o make_v they_o receive_v and_o understand_v his_o law_n their_o inward_a conceit_n &_o intellectual_n be_v after_o a_o wonderful_a manner_n as_o it_o be_v figure_v 28._o and_o character_v as_o st_n basill_n express_v it_o by_o his_o spirit_n so_o that_o they_o can_v not_o but_o see_v and_o consent_n unto_o and_o confess_v the_o truth_n of_o they_o which_o way_n of_o manifest_v his_o will_n unto_o many_o other_o gracious_a privilege_n which_o it_o have_v above_o that_o which_o in_o after_o age_n come_v in_o place_n of_o it_o have_v this_o add_v that_o it_o bring_v with_o it_o unto_o the_o man_n to_o who_o it_o be_v make_v a_o preservati_fw-la on_o against_o all_o doubt_n and_o hesitancy_n a_o full_a assurance_n both_o who_o the_o author_n be_v and_o how_o far_o his_o intent_n and_o meaning_n reach_v we_o 〈◊〉_d their_o offing_a aught_o mat._n as_o st_n chrysostome_n tell_v we_o for_n to_o have_v demean_v ourselves_o that_o it_o may_v have_v be_v with_o we_o as_o it_o be_v with_o they_o that_o 〈◊〉_d may_v have_v have_v no_o need_n of_o writing_n no_o other_o 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o spirit_n no_o other_o book_n but_o our_o heart_n no_o other_o mean_n to_o have_v be_v teach_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n nisi_fw-la inspirationis_fw-la divinae_fw-la internam_fw-la 〈…〉_z ubi_fw-la sine_fw-la sonis_fw-la sermonum_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la elementis_fw-la literarum_fw-la eo_fw-la dulciùs_fw-la quo_fw-la secretiùs_fw-la veritas_fw-la loquor_fw-la as_o say_v fulgentius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 106._o say_v isidorus_n pelâ—siota_n for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a argument_n of_o our_o shame_n &_o imperfection_n that_o the_o holy_a thing_n be_v write_v in_o book_n for_o as_o god_n in_o anger_n tell_v the_o jew_n that_o he_o himself_o will_v not_o go_v before_o they_o as_o hitherto_o he_o have_v do_v to_o conduct_v they_o into_o the_o promise_a land_n but_o will_v leave_v his_o angel_n with_o they_o as_o his_o deputy_n so_o have_v he_o deal_v with_o we_o the_o unhappy_a posterity_n degenerate_v from_o the_o ancient_a purity_n of_o our_o forefather_n when_o himself_o refuse_v to_o speak_v unto_o our_o heart_n because_o of_o the_o hardness_n of_o they_o he_o then_o begin_v to_o put_v his_o law_n in_o writing_n which_o thing_n for_o a_o long_a time_n among_o his_o own_o people_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v bring_v with_o it_o any_o sensible_a inconvenience_n for_o among_o all_o those_o act_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o god_n in_o his_o book_n have_v register_v for_o our_o instruction_n there_o be_v not_o one_o concern_v any_o pretend_a ambiguity_n or_o obscurity_n of_o the_o text_n &_o letter_n of_o their_o law_n which_o may_v draw_v they_o into_o faction_n and_o schism_n the_o devil_n be_v like_o have_v other_o sufficieâ—_n advantage_n on_o which_o he_o wrought_v but_o ever_o since_o the_o gospel_n be_v commit_v to_o wâ—â—ting_v what_o age_n what_o monument_n of_o the_o church_n act_n be_v not_o full_a of_o debate_n and_o strife_n concern_v the_o force_n &_o meaning_n 〈◊〉_d those_o write_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v leave_v we_o 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letter_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o life_n and_o peace_n the_o most_o forcible_a instrument_n of_o mortal_a quarrel_n &_o contention_n the_o growth_n of_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o st_n peter_n have_v endeavour_v to_o cut_v up_o in_o the_o bud_n and_o to_o strangle_v in_o the_o womb_n in_o this_o short_a admonition_n which_o but_o now_o have_v found_v in_o your_o ear_n which_o the_o learned_a etc._n etc._n in_o which_o word_n for_o our_o more_o orderly_a proceed_n we_o will_v consider_v first_o the_o sin_n itself_o that_o be_v hear_v reprehend_v wrest_v of_o scripture_n where_o we_o will_v brief_o consider_v what_o it_o be_v and_o what_o cauâ—â—â—_n and_o motioner_n it_o find_v in_o our_o corrupt_a understand_n second_o the_o person_n guilty_a of_o this_o offence_n decipher_v unto_o we_o in_o two_o epithet_n unlearned_a unstable_a last_o of_o all_o the_o danger_n in_o the_o last_o word_n unto_o their_o own_o damnation_n and_o first_o of_o the_o sin_n itself_o together_o with_o some_o of_o the_o especial_a cause_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o wrest_v they_o deal_v with_o scripture_n as_o chimicke_n deal_v with_o natural_a body_n torture_v they_o to_o extract_v that_o out_o of_o they_o which_o god_n and_o nature_n never_o put_v in_o they_o scripture_n be_v a_o rule_n which_o will_v not_o fit_v itself_o to_o the_o obliquity_n of_o our_o conceit_n but_o our_o perverse_a and_o crooked_a discourse_n must_v fit_v itself_o to_o the_o straightness_n of_o that_o rule_n a_o learned_a writer_n in_o the_o age_n of_o our_o father_n fabâ—r_n comment_v upon_o scripture_n speak_v most_o true_o when_o he_o say_v that_o his_o comment_n give_v no_o light_n unto_o the_o text_n the_o text_n give_v light_a unto_o his_o comment_n other_o exposition_n may_v give_v rule_n &_o direction_n for_o understand_v their_o author_n but_o scripture_n give_v rule_n to_o exposition_n itself_o and_o interpret_v the_o interpreter_n wherefore_o when_o 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singularity_n alone_o and_o