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may_v you_o also_o do_v good_a that_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v evil_a jerem._n 13.23_o give_v we_o thereby_o to_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o difficult_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n for_o a_o man_n to_o leave_v a_o custom_n or_o a_o habit_n of_o sin_v even_o as_o for_o a_o black_a moor_n to_o be_v make_v white_a who_o be_v natural_o so_o black_a as_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n to_o alter_v his_o hue_n though_o a_o man_n shall_v wash_v he_o with_o nitire_n and_o much_o soap_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o prevail_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v grow_v to_o a_o proverb_n that_o when_o a_o man_n undertake_v any_o impossible_a thing_n which_o can_v be_v effect_v be_v be_v say_v to_o wash_v a_o black_a moor_n troad_n moor_n ars_fw-la sit_fw-la ubi_fw-la a_o teneris_fw-la crimen_fw-la condiscitur_fw-la annis_fw-la ovid._n epist_n difficulter_n reciduntur_fw-la vitia_fw-la quae_fw-la
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the_o covetousness_n the_o cruelty_n or_o whatsoever_o other_o corruption_n do_v set_v they_o on_o be_v from_o themselves_o and_o be_v not_o instill_v into_o they_o from_o above_o but_o god_n in_o his_o wisdom_n and_o justice_n use_v their_o malice_n to_o a_o good_a end_n either_o to_o exercise_v the_o faith_n of_o his_o child_n or_o to_o punish_v the_o wicked_a if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o they_o fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o no_o man_n can_v resist_v 9.19_o rom._n 9.19_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v and_o therefore_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v without_o blame_n i_o answer_v howsoever_o this_o be_v true_a yet_o the_o action_n of_o evil_a man_n do_v differ_v in_o the_o end_n which_o god_n and_o they_o do_v proper_o aim_v at_o and_o that_o that_o they_o do_v they_o do_v it_o not_o in_o obedience_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o to_o fulfil_v their_o own_o desire_n howsoever_o god_n that_o bring_v light_a out_o of_o darkness_n direct_v their_o action_n to_o the_o 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action_n the_o like_a we_o see_v in_o joseph_n his_o brethren_n when_o they_o sell_v he_o into_o egypt_n they_o fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o god_n for_o by_o that_o mean_v the_o lord_n provide_v for_o his_o church_n in_o the_o famine_n as_o joseph_n say_v gen._n 45.5.6.7_o &_o 50.20_o but_o do_v they_o intend_v this_o in_o sell_v of_o he_o nothing_o less_o they_o only_o do_v it_o in_o revenge_n to_o satisfy_v the_o hatred_n they_o have_v conceive_v against_o he_o so_o that_o though_o wicked_a man_n do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n yet_o it_o be_v both_o beside_o their_o knowledge_n and_o against_o their_o will_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v without_o excuse_n reason_n excuse_n d._n whittakers_n answer_n to_o camâ—ians_n 8._o reason_n the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v ever_o fulfil_v say_v hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la and_o wicked_a man_n be_v not_o therefore_o excuse_v because_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v perform_v in_o they_o and_o by_o they_o for_o that_o they_o be_v not_o 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beside_o he_o have_v always_o accompany_v his_o master_n whether_o soever_o he_o go_v and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n that_o he_o shall_v escape_v unknown_a sin_n doct._n 1._o we_o must_v careful_o avoid_v all_o occasion_n of_o sin_n from_o hence_o then_o we_o learn_v for_o our_o first_o instruction_n that_o he_o that_o will_v preserve_v himself_o from_o sin_n must_v careful_o avoid_v all_o the_o occasion_n thereof_o it_o be_v a_o true_a say_n he_o that_o will_v not_o evil_o do_v must_v do_v nothing_o that_o belong_v thereto_o the_o occasion_n in_o every_o thing_n be_v a_o great_a matter_n the_o occasion_n of_o good_a prevail_v much_o to_o draw_v man_n to_o good_a and_o the_o occasion_n of_o evil_a to_o draw_v they_o to_o evil_a even_o when_o before_o the_o occasion_n be_v offer_v there_o be_v no_o great_a desire_n to_o either_o of_o they_o but_o especial_o occasion_n to_o evil_a be_v most_o forcible_a the_o reason_n be_v first_o because_o of_o ourselves_o we_o be_v so_o 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himself_o the_o devil_n and_o all_o the_o devil_n in_o hell_n can_v not_o prevail_v against_o we_o if_o our_o own_o heart_n by_o yield_v to_o every_o occasion_n of_o sin_n do_v not_o betray_v us._n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n james_n say_v every_o man_n be_v tempt_v 1.14_o jam._n 1.14_o when_o he_o be_v draw_v away_o and_o entice_v by_o his_o own_o concupiscence_n we_o harbour_v a_o secret_a enemy_n in_o our_o own_o bosom_n without_o which_o we_o can_v not_o so_o easy_o be_v overcome_v as_o we_o see_v in_o our_o saviour_n christ_n who_o say_v of_o himself_o 5.11_o john_n 14.30_o diabolus_fw-la plus_fw-la confidit_fw-la in_o adiutorio_fw-la carnis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la magis_fw-la nocet_fw-la domesticus_fw-la hostess_fw-la illa_fw-la verò_fw-la ad_fw-la subversionem_fw-la meam_fw-la â—um_fw-la illo_fw-la faedus_fw-la inijt_fw-la bern._n med._n cap._n 15._o jam._n 5.11_o that_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n come_v to_o he_o but_o he_o find_v nothing_o in_o he_o the_o devil_n tempt_v and_o assault_v he_o with_o might_n and_o main_a but_o because_o there_o be_v no_o corruption_n in_o his_o nature_n to_o work_v upon_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v yea_o holy_a job_n against_o who_o heaven_n and_o earth_n may_v seem_v to_o conspire_v so_o long_o as_o he_o hurt_v not_o himself_o by_o impatiency_n he_o be_v not_o hurt_v by_o all_o his_o affliction_n but_o rather_o become_v more_o famous_a thereby_o be_v set_v forth_o as_o a_o pattern_n of_o patience_n to_o all_o posterity_n so_o will_v it_o be_v with_o we_o be_v it_o not_o that_o we_o be_v as_o ready_a to_o lay_v hold_n upon_o every_o occasion_n of_o sin_n as_o the_o devil_n or_o the_o world_n be_v to_o offer_v the_o same_o unto_o us._n the_o truth_n of_o this_o point_n appear_v in_o many_o example_n in_o the_o scripture_n 3.6_o gene._n 3.6_o euah_n the_o mother_n of_o we_o all_o have_v no_o soon_o a_o occasion_n of_o sin_n offer_v she_o by_o the_o behold_v the_o fairness_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n but_o present_o she_o consent_v to_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o serpent_n neither_o do_v this_o corruption_n rest_n in_o she_o 6.2_o gene._n 6.2_o but_o it_o have_v likewise_o overspread_v all_o her_o posterity_n when_o the_o son_n of_o god_n see_v the_o daughter_n of_o man_n that_o they_o be_v fair_a they_o take_v themselves_o wife_n of_o all_o that_o they_o like_v 39.6.7_o gene._n 39.6.7_o joseph_n mistress_n no_o soon_o casther_v eye_n upon_o joseph_n and_o see_v that_o he_o be_v a_o fair_a person_n and_o well-favoured_a but_o straight_o she_o entice_v he_o to_o commit_v folly_n with_o she_o 34.1.2_o gene._n 34.1.2_o when_o dinah_n the_o daughter_n of_o jacob_n in_o a_o curious_a humour_n begin_v to_o walk_v out_o to_o see_v the_o daughter_n of_o that_o country_n though_o it_o be_v like_a she_o go_v not_o with_o any_o such_o purpose_n yet_o occasion_n be_v offer_v she_o lose_v her_o virginity_n 7.21_o josh_n 7.21_o when_o achan_n see_v in_o the_o spoil_n a_o goodly_a babylonish_n garment_n and_o two_o hundred_o shekel_n of_o silver_n and_o a_o wedge_n of_o gold_n of_o fifty_o shekel_n weight_n present_o he_o covet_v they_o and_o take_v they_o yea_o david_n a_o man_n otherwise_o after_o god_n own_o heart_n 13.14_o 1._o sam._n 13.14_o assoon_o as_o ever_o he_o see_v bathsheba_n wash_v herself_o 11.2.3.4_o 2._o sam._n 11.2.3.4_o by_o and_o by_o lust_v after_o she_o aquavitae_fw-la diabolus_fw-la dum_fw-la decipere_fw-la quenquam_fw-la quaerit_fw-la prius_fw-la naturam_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la intendit_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la se_fw-la applicat_fw-la unde_fw-la hominem_fw-la aptum_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatum_fw-la inspexerit_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la send_v for_o she_o and_o lay_v with_o she_o so_o violent_a be_v man_n corrupt_a nature_n in_o apprehend_v every_o occasion_n that_o may_v draw_v he_o to_o sin_n again_o
another_o reason_n hereof_o be_v this_o because_o the_o devil_n be_v so_o ready_a to_o watch_v every_o occasion_n and_o whensoever_o he_o see_v we_o any_o whit_n incline_v there_o he_o take_v advantage_n and_o bend_v all_o his_o force_n against_o us._n this_o doctrine_n serve_v first_o for_o admonition_n 1._o that_o we_o be_v careful_a in_o perform_v this_o duty_n as_o the_o mariner_n be_v use_v 1_o careful_a to_o avoid_v all_o the_o rock_n and_o sand_n which_o may_v be_v occasion_n of_o shipwreck_n so_o shall_v we_o with_o like_a care_n and_o diligence_n avoid_v all_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n to_o this_o end_n we_o must_v examine_v ourselves_o to_o what_o sin_n we_o be_v most_o addict_v and_o what_o have_v be_v the_o occasion_n whereby_o we_o have_v be_v provoke_v to_o the_o commit_v thereof_o and_o when_o we_o have_v find_v they_o out_o we_o must_v shun_v they_o as_o we_o will_v do_v a_o serpent_n to_o give_v instance_n in_o some_o particular_n if_o any_o man_n be_v give_v to_o whoredom_n he_o must_v follow_v the_o practice_n of_o job_n 31.1_o job._n 31.1_o who_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o his_o eye_n that_o he_o will_v not_o look_v upon_o a_o maid_n to_o which_o purpose_n the_o son_n of_o sirach_n give_v good_a counsel_n use_v not_o say_v he_o the_o company_n of_o a_o woman_n that_o be_v a_o dancer_n 9.4.5_o eccle._n 9.4.5_o lest_o thou_o be_v take_v by_o her_o craftiness_n gaze_v not_o upon_o a_o maid_n that_o thou_o fall_v not_o by_o that_o that_o be_v precious_a in_o she_o 8._o 8._o and_o a_o little_a further_o turn_v away_o thy_o eye_n from_o a_o beautiful_a woman_n and_o look_v not_o upon_o other_o beauty_n 11._o 11._o for_o many_o have_v perish_v by_o the_o beauty_n of_o woman_n and_o again_o sit_v not_o at_o all_o with_o a_o other_o man_n wife_n namely_o without_o warrant_n either_o from_o thy_o general_n or_o particular_a calling_n neither_o banquet_n with_o she_o lest_o thy_o heart_n incline_v unto_o she_o and_o so_o through_o thy_o desire_n 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in_o the_o cup_n he_o that_o know_v the_o weakness_n of_o his_o brain_n and_o how_o easy_o he_o be_v overtake_v he_o shall_v utter_o abstain_v from_o strong_a drink_n better_a be_v it_o for_o he_o to_o drink_v water_n all_o his_o life_n then_o to_o fall_v into_o so_o filthy_a a_o sin_n the_o prophet_n isaiah_n pronounce_v a_o heavy_a woe_n upon_o all_o such_o 5.11_o isa_n 5.11_o as_o rise_v up_o early_o to_o follow_v drunkenness_n and_o continue_v till_o night_n that_o the_o wine_n do_v inflame_v they_o that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o careful_a to_o avoid_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o sin_n so_o likewise_o if_o a_o man_n be_v incline_v to_o swear_v or_o to_o any_o other_o abuse_n of_o the_o tongue_n because_o as_o solomon_n say_v in_o many_o word_n there_o can_v want_v iniquity_n 10.19_o prou._n 10.19_o he_o must_v do_v as_o david_n do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n even_o take_v heed_n to_o his_o way_n and_o keep_v his_o mouth_n bridle_v 39.1_o psal_n 39.1_o that_o he_o may_v not_o 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they_o may_v have_v the_o good_a effect_n of_o grace_n in_o us._n 2._o use_v 2._o second_o more_o particular_o this_o doctrine_n serve_v to_o reproove_v all_o they_o that_o do_v put_v off_o the_o special_a work_n of_o repentance_n though_o the_o lord_n call_v they_o thereunto_o and_o offer_v they_o never_o so_o fit_a opportunity_n some_o because_o they_o be_v young_a and_o lusty_a think_v it_o too_o soon_o to_o think_v of_o repentance_n they_o must_v yet_o follow_v their_o pleasure_n and_o take_v their_o swinge_n as_o they_o call_v it_o and_o afterwards_o when_o they_o be_v old_a and_o good_a to_o nothing_o than_o it_o will_v be_v time_n enough_o to_o turn_v to_o god_n that_o which_o solomon_n speak_v in_o jest_n and_o in_o derision_n they_o all_o take_v in_o good_a earnest_n 8._o earnest_n eccles_n 11.9_o verba_fw-la lenta_fw-la &_o semnolenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la modo_fw-la ecce_fw-la modo_fw-la sine_fw-la paulutum_fw-la sed_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o modo_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la modum_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la paululum_fw-la in_o loâ—_n gum_n ibat_fw-la confess_v lib._n 8._o rejoice_v o_o young_a man_n in_o thy_o youth_n and_o let_v thy_o heart_n cheer_v thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o thy_o eye_n etc._n etc._n and_o s._n augustine_n confess_v that_o before_o his_o conversion_n this_o be_v his_o practice_n but_o how_o dangerous_a this_o be_v he_o show_v elsewhere_o mulier_fw-la elsewhere_o dicet_fw-la aliquis_fw-la iwenis_fw-la sum_fw-la faciam_fw-la quod_fw-la i_o delectat_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la agam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la si_fw-la dicat_fw-la percutiam_fw-la i_o gladio_fw-la crudeli_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la vadam_fw-la ad_fw-la medicum_fw-la de_fw-fr honest_a mulier_fw-la some_o man_n say_v he_o will_v say_v i_o be_o young_a i_o will_v now_o take_v my_o pleasure_n and_o afterward_o i_o will_v repent_v which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v i_o will_v wound_v myself_o dangerous_o wirh_n a_o sword_n and_o when_o i_o have_v do_v i_o will_v go_v to_o the_o physician_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o excellent_a book_n of_o his_o confession_n he_o speak_v to_o all_o young_a man_n in_o his_o own_o person_n persuade_v they_o not_o to_o defer_v the_o work_n of_o repentance_n 5._o repentance_n quamdiu_fw-la cras_fw-la cras_fw-la quare_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la quare_fw-la non_fw-la hac_fw-la hora_fw-la sinis_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la meae_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr crede_fw-la mihi_fw-la sapientis_fw-la dicere_fw-la vivam_fw-la sera_fw-fr nimis_fw-la vita_fw-la est_fw-la crastina_fw-la vive_fw-fr hodie_fw-la mar._n l._n 1._o epigr._fw-la 16._o properat_fw-la vivere_fw-la nemo_fw-la satis_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 2._o epigr._fw-la 90._o cras_fw-la ho_o fiet_fw-la idem_fw-la crà s_o fiet_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la cum_fw-la luxaltera_fw-la venit_fw-la jam_fw-la cras_fw-la hesternum_fw-la consumpsimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n pers_n sit_v 5._o how_o long_o say_v he_o shall_v i_o say_v to_o morrow_n to_o morrow_n why_o do_v i_o not_o now_o why_o do_v i_o not_o this_o hour_n make_v a_o end_n of_o my_o filthiness_n yea_o the_o very_a heathen_a poet_n have_v condemn_v this_o procrastination_n in_o all_o good_a purpose_n and_o will_v have_v man_n to_o lay_v hold_n on_o the_o present_a time_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v very_o great_a reason_n why_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o for_o otherwise_o if_o a_o man_n continue_v in_o his_o sin_n without_o repentance_n till_o he_o be_v old_a he_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o most_o difficult_a matter_n to_o overcome_v they_o partly_o because_o they_o will_v be_v grow_v so_o headstrong_a and_o so_o confirm_v by_o custom_n that_o they_o will_v hardly_o be_v subdue_v it_o be_v as_o easy_a for_o the_o black_a moor_n to_o change_v his_o skin_n and_o for_o the_o leopard_n to_o change_v his_o spot_v as_o for_o a_o man_n to_o forsake_v a_o old_a sin_n jerem._n 13.23_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o young_a
they_o all_o for_o they_o will_v have_v scoff_v at_o he_o but_o he_o betake_v himself_o into_o such_o a_o place_n where_o he_o may_v do_v it_o most_o free_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o god_n child_n many_o time_n do_v weep_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o other_o but_o it_o be_v because_o the_o abundance_n of_o their_o sorrow_n be_v such_o as_o they_o can_v otherwise_o choose_v as_o the_o woman_n that_o wash_v our_o saviour_n christ_n foot_n come_v into_o the_o pharisee_n house_n and_o weep_v before_o all_o that_o be_v at_o table_n and_o in_o public_a humiliation_n when_o the_o church_n meet_v together_o to_o prevent_v or_o turn_v away_o some_o judgement_n of_o god_n there_o be_v qublique_a and_o open_a weep_v but_o especial_o when_o a_o man_n be_v alone_o his_o tear_n have_v full_a scope_n then_o he_o pull_v up_o the_o sluice_n and_o floodgate_n of_o his_o eye_n and_o guive_v they_o free_a passage_n as_o we_o see_v in_o david_n who_o weep_v not_o so_o much_o in_o the_o day_n time_n when_o he_o be_v among_o other_o but_o when_o night_n come_v that_o he_o be_v alone_o in_o his_o bed_n than_o he_o weep_v so_o abundant_o that_o he_o water_v his_o couch_n with_o his_o tear_n 6.6_o psal_n 6.6_o and_o that_o good_a king_n hezekiah_n lie_v sick_a on_o his_o bed_n though_o he_o can_v not_o go_v from_o those_o that_o stand_v about_o he_o 38.2.3_o isa_n 38.2.3_o yet_o it_o be_v say_v he_o turn_v his_o face_n to_o the_o wall_n that_o he_o may_v weep_v as_o private_o as_o he_o can_v indeed_o it_o be_v a_o true_a say_n though_o it_o be_v speak_v with_o a_o profane_a mouth_n 34._o mouth_n ille_fw-la dolet_fw-la verè_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la teste_fw-la dolet_fw-la mart._n lib._n 1_o epigr._fw-la 34._o he_o sorrow_v ttue_o that_o have_v no_o witness_n of_o his_o sorrow_n no_o witness_n i_o say_v but_o god_n and_o his_o own_o conscience_n again_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o a_o little_a sorrow_n or_o a_o few_o tear_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n but_o we_o must_v have_v great_a measure_n of_o grief_n and_o with_o peter_n in_o this_o place_n we_o must_v weep_v bitter_o lapsl_n bitter_o quam_fw-la magna_fw-la deliquimus_fw-la tam_fw-la granditer_n defleamus_fw-la alto_fw-mi vulneri_fw-la diligens_fw-la &_o long_fw-mi medicina_fw-la non_fw-la defit_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la crimine_fw-la minor_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la cypri_n serm._n 5._o the_o lapsl_n look_v how_o grievous_o we_o have_v sin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o great_o shall_v we_o bewail_v our_o sin_n a_o deep_a wound_n must_v have_v a_o large_a plaster_n and_o our_o repentance_n must_v not_o be_v less_o than_o our_o fault_n it_o be_v true_a it_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o merit_n for_o a_o man_n to_o weep_v more_o or_o less_o we_o may_v say_v in_o this_o case_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o meat_n it_o be_v not_o our_o sorrow_n that_o make_v we_o acceptable_a to_o god_n 1._o cor._n 8.8_o but_o yet_o much_o sorrow_n be_v a_o token_n of_o great_a repentance_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n where_o there_o be_v but_o a_o little_a sorrow_n there_o be_v but_o a_o little_a repentance_n and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n have_v describe_v repentance_n 2.13_o repentance_n est_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dolentis_fw-la vindicte_fw-la puniens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la quod_fw-la dolet_fw-la commisisse_fw-la de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o sal_fw-la paenit_fw-la cap._n 8._o 2._o cor._n 7.11_o magis_fw-la cord_n fundendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la corpore_fw-la fulg._n ad_fw-la probam_fw-la epist_n 4._o joel_n 2.13_o to_o be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o revenge_n whereby_o a_o sorrowful_a man_n do_v punish_v that_o in_o himself_o which_o it_o grieve_v he_o to_o have_v committ_v and_o saint_n paul_n say_v that_o revenge_n be_v one_o of_o those_o bless_a fruit_n that_o do_v accompany_v true_a repentance_n even_o a_o cruciate_a of_o all_o the_o body_n and_o a_o sob_a to_o make_v the_o heart_n to_o ache_v that_o the_o tear_n that_o a_o man_n shed_v in_o this_o case_n may_v seem_v to_o come_v from_o the_o heart_n rather_o than_o from_o the_o body_n and_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o lord_n call_v the_o people_n to_o sorrow_n for_o their_o sin_n do_v not_o require_v some_o light_a sorrow_n or_o some_o small_a measure_n of_o grief_n but_o such_o a_o sorrow_n as_o shall_v even_o rend_v their_o very_a bearss_n and_o david_n say_v that_o a_o man_n heart_n must_v be_v contrite_a and_o break_a 51.19_o psal_n 51.19_o even_o beat_v to_o powder_n as_o it_o be_v with_o godly_a sorrow_n or_o else_o his_o repentance_n will_v never_o be_v acceptable_a to_o god_n this_o be_v not_o only_o require_v but_o have_v also_o be_v practise_v by_o god_n child_n for_o other_o man_n sin_n 2.7.8_o 2._o pet._n 2.7.8_o righteous_a lot_n have_v his_o soul_n vex_v with_o the_o unclean_a conversation_n of_o the_o wicked_a sodomite_n and_o the_o prophet_n cry_v out_o in_o like_a manner_n my_o leanness_n 24.16_o isa_n 24.16_o my_o leanness_n woe_n be_v i_o the_o transgressor_n have_v offend_v yea_o the_o transgressor_n have_v grievous_o offend_v he_o do_v so_o grieve_v at_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o people_n that_o he_o beecame_v exceed_v lean_a withal_o as_o the_o double_n of_o the_o word_n import_v the_o prophet_n jeremie_n likewise_o be_v full_a of_o passion_n in_o this_o behalf_n 4.19_o jere._n 4.19_o sometime_o he_o cry_v out_o as_o if_o he_o be_v in_o great_a perplexity_n my_o belly_n my_o belly_n i_o be_o pain_v even_o at_o the_o very_a heart_n my_o heart_n be_v trouble_v within_o i_o i_o can_v be_v still_o etc._n etc._n 9.1_o &_o 9.1_o sometime_o he_o wish_v that_o his_o head_n be_v full_a of_o water_n and_o his_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n that_o he_o may_v weep_v day_n and_o night_n etc._n etc._n 13.17_o &_o 13.17_o and_o he_o tell_v they_o his_o soul_n shall_v weep_v in_o secret_a for_o their_o pride_n and_o his_o eye_n shall_v weep_v and_o drop_v down_o tear_n 119.139_o psal_n 119.139_o and_o david_n say_v that_o his_o eye_n do_v gush_v out_o with_o river_n of_o water_n 19.41.42_o luke_n 19.41.42_o because_o man_n keep_v not_o the_o law_n yea_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o weep_v for_o jerusalem_n bewail_v the_o stubbornness_n of_o the_o people_n that_o will_v not_o be_v reclaim_v yea_o which_o be_v more_o the_o lord_n have_v absolute_o forbid_v the_o priest_n in_o the_o law_n 21.10.11_o levit._fw-la 21.10.11_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o mourn_v upon_o any_o occasion_n no_o not_o for_o the_o death_n of_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o they_o must_v even_o overcome_v their_o own_o natural_a affection_n in_o that_o case_n and_o when_o god_n have_v fearful_o slay_v nadad_n and_o abihu_n 10.2.6_o &_o 10.2.6_o the_o son_n of_o aron_n with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n for_o offer_v strange_a fire_n upon_o the_o altar_n aron_n be_v command_v that_o for_o his_o life_n he_o shall_v not_o mourn_v nor_o show_v any_o token_n of_o sorrow_n for_o they_o and_o yet_o mark_v they_o that_o may_v not_o weep_v for_o any_o worldly_a matter_n 2.17_o joel._n 2.17_o be_v command_v not_o only_o to_o weep_v but_o even_o to_o howl_v and_o cry_v for_o their_o own_o sin_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n if_o this_o be_v require_v of_o we_o for_o other_o man_n sin_n much_o more_o must_v we_o strive_v to_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o sorrow_n for_o our_o own_o sin_n our_o sin_n shall_v be_v our_o great_a sorrow_n nothing_o in_o the_o world_n shall_v come_v so_o near_o our_o heart_n as_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n say_v that_o when_o man_n be_v once_o bring_v to_o a_o true_a sight_n of_o their_o sin_n they_o shall_v mourn_v for_o they_o even_o as_o one_o that_o mourn_v for_o his_o only_a son_n 12.10_o zech._n 12.10_o and_o be_v sorry_a at_o one_o be_v sorry_a for_o his_o first_o bear_v as_o nothing_o more_o wound_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o tender_a father_n then_o to_o loose_v his_o only_a son_n the_o image_n of_o his_o name_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o his_o house_n so_o nothing_o shall_v pierce_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n so_o deep_o as_o the_o consideration_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o all_o the_o penitentiaries_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o bring_v in_o with_o a_o sigh_n or_o a_o tear_n or_o two_o but_o with_o exceed_v great_a sorrow_n to_o give_v we_o to_o know_v that_o slender_a sorrow_n in_o repentance_n be_v but_o hypocrisy_n the_o people_n of_o israel_n that_o lament_v after_o the_o lord_n for_o their_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o have_v pour_v out_o bucket_n of_o tear_n 7._o 1._o sam._n 7.2_o 7._o as_o it_o be_v unto_o the_o lord_n 6.6_o psal_n 6.6_o and_o david_n say_v that_o he_o weep_v in_o such_o abundance_n as_o he_o cause_v his_o bed_n to_o swim_v and_o water_v his_o couch_n with_o his_o tear_n in_o both_o which_o place_n
christ_n invit_v all_o they_o that_o labour_n and_o be_v lade_v imply_v that_o where_o sin_n be_v right_o feel_v it_o be_v a_o heavy_a and_o a_o wearisome_a load_n and_o no_o doubt_n this_o be_v it_o 18.13_o luke_n 18.13_o that_o make_v the_o poor_a publican_n express_v such_o token_n of_o grief_n and_o shame_n for_o his_o sin_n when_o he_o dare_v not_o lift_v up_o so_o much_o as_o his_o eye_n to_o heaven_n but_o smite_v his_o breast_n say_v o_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n 14._o aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la poenit_fw-la c._n 14._o and_o indeed_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v consider_v the_o quality_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o aggravate_v it_o by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n and_o by_o his_o continuance_n in_o it_o and_o shall_v call_v to_o mind_n upon_o how_o light_a temptation_n he_o be_v bring_v to_o commit_v it_o and_o how_o oft_o he_o have_v iterate_v the_o same_o he_o can_v choose_v but_o even_a groan_n in_o godly_a sorrow_n under_o the_o burden_n thereof_o cordis_fw-la thereof_o non_fw-la laborat_fw-la exonerari_fw-la peccato_fw-la cvi_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la nimium_fw-la aug._n ibid._n cap._n 2_o quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la quis_fw-la intelligit_fw-la mala_fw-la sva_fw-la tanto_fw-la amplius_fw-la suspirat_fw-la &_o gemit_fw-la aug._n the_o contritione_n cordis_fw-la otherwise_o if_o a_o man_n be_v not_o thus_o conceit_v of_o his_o sin_n he_o will_v never_o sorrow_n for_o it_o nor_o sigh_v to_o be_v disburden_v of_o it_o he_o that_o shall_v think_v his_o time_n to_o be_v as_o light_a as_o a_o feather_n and_o never_o see_v any_o hurt_n that_o come_v by_o it_o no_o marvel_n if_o it_o never_o grieve_v he_o second_o without_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n there_o can_v be_v no_o true_a repentance_n it_o be_v in_o vain_a for_o man_n to_o say_v they_o repent_v every_o day_n they_o rise_v and_o yet_o never_o show_v any_o token_n of_o remorse_n it_o may_v be_v upon_o some_o occasion_n they_o may_v cease_v the_o commit_n of_o sin_n 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atque_fw-la explorare_fw-la potueris_fw-la cic._n in_o verr._n lib._n 1._o for_o there_o be_v none_o more_o secret_a and_o hide_a treachery_n then_o that_o which_o be_v cloak_v with_o pretence_n of_o friendship_n a_o open_a adversary_n may_v easy_o be_v shun_v but_o this_o close_a mischief_n will_v oppress_v a_o man_n before_o he_o can_v perceive_v it_o as_o david_n say_v of_o his_o enemy_n sure_o my_o enemy_n do_v not_o defame_v i_o for_o i_o can_v have_v bear_v it_o neither_o do_v my_o adversary_n exalt_v himself_o against_o i_o for_o i_o will_v have_v hide_v i_o from_o he_o but_o it_o be_v thou_o o_o man_n my_o guide_n and_o my_o familiar_a etc._n etc._n psal_n 55.12.13_o by_o this_o mean_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o a_o man_n can_v tell_v who_o to_o trust_v 1._o trust_v non_fw-la hospes_fw-la ab_fw-la hospite_fw-la tutus_fw-la non_fw-la socer_fw-la a_o genero_fw-la ovid._n metam_fw-la lib._n 1._o if_o there_o be_v falsehood_n in_o fellowship_n it_o be_v not_o safe_a for_o any_o man_n to_o trust_v his_o friend_n yea_o he_o must_v keep_v the_o door_n of_o his_o mouth_n from_o she_o that_o lie_v in_o his_o bosom_n mich._n 7.5_o this_o doctrine_n serve_v to_o admonish_v every_o one_o of_o we_o use_v use_v to_o take_v heed_n of_o this_o sin_n as_o we_o desire_v to_o approve_v ourselves_o to_o be_v member_n of_o the_o church_n in_o this_o life_n and_o heir_n of_o god_n kingdom_n afterward_o we_o must_v speak_v the_o truth_n in_o our_o heart_n 15.2_o psal_n 15.2_o we_o may_v not_o pretend_v love_n to_o any_o man_n in_o word_n and_o in_o tongue_n only_o but_o we_o must_v love_v in_o deed_n and_o in_o truth_n especial_o 3.18_o 1._o joh_n 3.18_o we_o must_v keep_v all_o bond_n of_o friendship_n inviolable_a with_o those_o that_o trust_v we_o and_o rely_v upon_o us._n then_o when_o he_o see_v that_o he_o be_v condemn_v locü._n aquinas_n in_o locü._n aquinas_n move_v a_o question_n how_o judas_n can_v see_v this_o when_o as_o yet_o christ_n be_v not_o condemn_v for_o 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shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o now_o at_o the_o last_o come_n to_o himself_o he_o begin_v with_o sorrow_n and_o grief_n to_o weigh_v the_o enormity_n of_o his_o fact_n and_o to_o be_v displease_v with_o himself_o for_o it_o afterward_o it_o doctrine_n man_n eye_n be_v blind_v before_o the_o commit_n of_o sin_n and_o open_v afterward_o where_o we_o may_v observe_v the_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n that_o he_o dazzle_v man_n eye_n and_o blindfold_v they_o that_o they_o can_v see_v the_o foulness_n of_o their_o sin_n till_o he_o have_v bring_v they_o whether_o he_o will_v but_o afterward_o when_o it_o be_v too_o late_o he_o let_v they_o see_v what_o they_o have_v do_v locum_fw-la do_v non_fw-la permittit_fw-la diabolus_fw-la case_z qui_fw-la non_fw-la vigitant_a videre_fw-la malum_fw-la antequam_fw-la persiciant_fw-la aquinas_n in_o locum_fw-la first_o he_o extenuate_v a_o man_n sin_n to_o draw_v he_o on_o the_o more_o easy_o but_o afterward_o he_o aggravare_v they_o and_o make_v they_o appear_v out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a he_o seduce_v they_o with_o a_o false_a persuasion_n as_o though_o either_o no_o hurt_n at_o all_o or_o at_o least_o not_o much_o hurt_n will_v follow_v upon_o their_o sin_n 8._o sin_n malè_fw-la humanis_fw-la ingenijs_fw-la natura_fw-la consuluit_fw-la quod_fw-la plerunque_fw-la non_fw-la futura_fw-la sed_fw-la transacta_fw-la perpendimus_fw-la qu._n curtius_n lib._n 8._o yea_o there_o be_v even_o in_o nature_n a_o disposition_n never_o to_o weigh_v the_o issue_n of_o a_o thing_n thorough_o till_o it_o be_v do_v and_o pass_v which_o be_v further_v by_o the_o devil_n must_v needs_o be_v so_o much_o the_o worse_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o judas_n never_o see_v the_o heinousness_n of_o his_o bloody_a thought_n against_o his_o master_n till_o he_o be_v condemn_v otherwise_o he_o will_v never_o have_v do_v so_o cruel_a a_o deed_n he_o have_v often_o hear_v from_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o that_o he_o must_v be_v betray_v and_o deliver_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o by_o they_o be_v crucify_v he_o have_v hear_v a_o grievous_a woe_n denounce_v against_o he_o that_o shall_v betray_v he_o 26.24_o mat._n 26.24_o that_o it_o have_v be_v good_a for_o that_o man_n if_o he_o have_v never_o be_v bear_v but_o the_o devil_n soon_o extinguish_v the_o remembrance_n of_o these_o thing_n and_o make_v they_o no_o better_a than_o a_o tale_n tell_v to_o a_o deaf_a man_n no_o doubt_n he_o make_v he_o believe_v that_o christ_n shall_v never_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o that_o he_o may_v enrich_v himself_o with_o the_o money_n and_o yet_o his_o master_n shall_v do_v well_o enough_o he_o persuade_v he_o that_o either_o his_o own_o innocence_n will_v acquit_v he_o when_o he_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o his_o trial_n or_o else_o if_o his_o enemy_n shall_v be_v so_o malicious_a as_o to_o condemn_v he_o without_o cause_n yet_o by_o his_o divine_a power_n he_o can_v easy_o when_o he_o list_v 8.29.30_o mat._n 8.26_o luke_n 8.29.30_o rescue_v himself_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o he_o that_o with_o a_o word_n can_v still_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o with_o a_o word_n can_v cast_v out_o a_o legion_n of_o devil_n will_v suffer_v mortal_a man_n to_o prevail_v so_o far_o as_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n beside_o he_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o christ_n power_n in_o this_o case_n when_o the_o man_n of_o nazareth_n 29.30_o luke_n 4_o 29.30_o offend_v at_o his_o preach_n think_v to_o cast_v he_o headlong_o from_o the_o top_n of_o a_o hill_n he_o pass_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o and_o go_v his_o way_n yea_o when_o himself_o with_o a_o rabble_n of_o soldier_n come_v to_o apprehend_v he_o in_o the_o garden_n 18.6_o joh._n 18.6_o he_o do_v but_o speak_v a_o word_n and_o they_o all_o go_v backward_o and_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n but_o now_o perceive_v contrary_a to_o his_o opinion_n
that_o he_o be_v condemn_v to_o death_n at_o the_o last_o he_o acknowledge_v the_o grievousnes_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o be_v touch_v with_o remorse_n as_o the_o devil_n deal_v with_o judas_n so_o he_o deal_v with_o all_o sinner_n he_o lead_v they_o long_o hoodwink_v through_o many_o sin_n and_o at_o the_o last_o when_o their_o eye_n be_v open_v that_o they_o see_v the_o odiousness_n of_o their_o sin_n but_o can_v see_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n he_o cast_v they_o headlong_o into_o horror_n and_o anguish_n of_o heart_n adam_n and_o eve_n see_v no_o harm_n by_o themselves_o 3.7_o gen._n 3.7_o till_o they_o have_v indeed_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n but_o then_o their_o eye_n be_v open_v and_o they_o see_v their_o nakedness_n and_o in_o it_o their_o misery_n peter_n see_v nothing_o in_o the_o deny_v of_o his_o master_n till_o the_o cock_n crew_n 26.74.75_o mat._n 26.74.75_o and_o christ_n look_v back_o upon_o he_o but_o afterward_o his_o heart_n melt_v within_o he_o and_o he_o weep_v bitter_o david_n see_v nothing_o in_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n but_o sleep_v full_a secure_o and_o never_o think_v worse_o of_o himself_o for_o it_o till_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n awake_v he_o 12.13_o 2._o sam._n 12.13_o then_o he_o cry_v out_o in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o his_o soul_n i_o have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o devil_n do_v thus_o blind_a man_n mind_n be_v this_o he_o know_v they_o will_v never_o be_v catch_v nor_o bring_v to_o commit_v sin_n if_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o danger_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v most_o careful_a to_o hide_v that_o if_o david_n and_o peter_n have_v see_v as_o much_o before_o as_o they_o do_v after_o they_o will_v never_o have_v fall_v in_o so_o fearful_a a_o manner_n and_o herein_o the_o devil_n resemble_v the_o fowler_n 13_o fowler_n frustra_fw-la iactatur_fw-la rete_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la pennatorum_fw-la bern._n in_o psal_n 91._o serm_n 13_o that_o will_v not_o spread_v the_o bare_a net_n before_o the_o bird_n but_o straw_v corn_n or_o use_v stale_n or_o some_o thing_n or_o other_o to_o allure_v they_o and_o draw_v they_o to_o it_o and_o the_o fisher_n that_o cover_v his_o hook_n with_o a_o bait_n the_o better_a to_o beguile_v the_o fish_n if_o he_o shall_v cast_v a_o naked_a hook_n into_o the_o water_n he_o shall_v catch_v but_o a_o little_a fish_n 3.5_o gen._n 3.5_o so_o the_o devil_n when_o he_o fish_v for_o adam_n he_o bait_v his_o hook_n with_o hope_n of_o preferment_n 15.21_o 2_o sam._n 11.2_o i_o sh_z 7.21_o 2._o king_n 5.20_o 1._o sam._n 15.21_o persuade_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v better_v his_o estate_n and_o become_v like_o god_n himself_o know_v good_a and_o evil_a to_o catch_v david_n he_o bait_v his_o hook_n with_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n he_o catch_v achan_n gehezi_n and_o judas_n in_o this_o place_n with_o gain_n and_o profit_n and_o he_o ensnare_v saul_n with_o pretence_n of_o religion_n thus_o he_o deal_v still_o with_o every_o man_n know_v his_o disposition_n and_o how_o he_o be_v incline_v he_o fit_v his_o bait_n according_o he_o never_o come_v blunt_o and_o rude_o to_o a_o man_n and_o bid_v he_o simple_o transgress_v god_n commandment_n but_o always_o use_v some_o devise_n or_o other_o to_o make_v his_o sin_n please_v he_o he_o entice_v the_o drunkard_n with_o voluptuousness_n he_o allure_v the_o thief_n with_o hope_n to_o better_v his_o estate_n he_o draw_v on_o the_o whoremaster_n with_o delight_n of_o the_o flesh_n yea_o and_o all_o this_o while_n he_o do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o extenuate_v the_o sin_n and_o make_v it_o seem_v light_a make_v but_o little_a molehill_n of_o great_a mountain_n as_o he_o persuade_v man_n that_o drunkenness_n be_v but_o good_a fellowship_n that_o adultery_n be_v but_o a_o little_a dalliance_n and_o a_o trick_n of_o youth_n that_o pride_n be_v but_o a_o desire_n to_o be_v handsome_a and_o cleanly_a and_o that_o covetousness_n be_v but_o a_o honest_a care_n to_o live_v in_o this_o world_n but_o afterward_o when_o he_o have_v wrap_v they_o in_o indeed_o than_o he_o aggravate_v every_o sin_n and_o loden_v and_o overwhelm_v the_o soul_n and_o conscience_n with_o unspeakable_a horror_n 27._o jul._n solynus_n polyhist_n cap._n 27._o and_o herein_o he_o be_v like_o the_o panther_n which_o have_v the_o body_n all_o over_o paint_v with_o little_a spot_n very_o pleasant_a to_o the_o eye_n and_o delightsome_a to_o the_o smell_n whereby_o many_o beast_n come_v very_o hasty_o to_o gaze_v upon_o she_o but_o withal_o she_o have_v a_o very_a ugly_a and_o grim_a face_n which_o make_v they_o afraid_a to_o come_v near_o and_o therefore_o because_o she_o be_v slow_a of_o pace_n and_o can_v by_o run_v get_v her_o prey_n she_o hide_v her_o face_n and_o show_v only_o her_o paint_a skin_n to_o allure_v the_o beast_n within_o her_o reach_n and_o then_o sudden_o she_o devour_v they_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o devil_n seldom_o appear_v in_o his_o own_o ugly_a shape_n and_o likeness_n for_o then_o every_o one_o will_v be_v afraid_a of_o he_o but_o always_o appear_v under_o some_o colourable_a pretence_n or_o other_o that_o he_o may_v more_o easy_o deceive_v poor_a sinner_n use_v use_v this_o doctrine_n serve_v for_o our_o admonition_n that_o we_o take_v heed_n we_o be_v not_o beguile_v with_o false_a persuasion_n and_o so_o fall_v into_o grievous_a sin_n lest_o when_o the_o filthiness_n and_o heinousness_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v once_o bring_v to_o our_o knowledge_n we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v the_o horror_n that_o will_v follow_v upon_o they_o sin_n may_v well_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o strumpet_n that_o solomon_n speak_v of_o prover._n 7.13_o at_o the_o first_o it_o will_v flatter_v a_o man_n and_o use_v many_o persuasion_n to_o allure_v he_o but_o if_o he_o yield_v and_o consent_v he_o shall_v be_v as_o a_o ox_n that_o go_v to_o the_o slaughter-house_n and_o as_o a_o fool_n to_o the_o stock_n for_o correction_n till_o a_o dart_n strike_v through_o his_o liver_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 22.23_o that_o which_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o bread_n of_o deceit_n proverb_n 20.17_o be_v true_a of_o all_o sin_n whatsoever_o that_o at_o the_o first_o put_v into_o the_o mouth_n it_o be_v sweet_a as_o manchet_n it_o have_v a_o pleasant_a relish_n but_o afterward_o the_o belly_n be_v fill_v with_o gravel_n the_o pleasure_n that_o accompany_v the_o commit_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o certain_a as_o the_o heart-burn_n and_o horror_n of_o conscience_n that_o follow_v afterward_o 58._o afterward_o aug._n in_o psal_n 58._o saint_n augustine_n compare_v sin_n to_o a_o kind_n of_o bramble_n call_v christ_n thorn_n which_o at_o the_o first_o sprout_v be_v like_o a_o herb_n soft_a and_o tender_a but_o after_o there_o follow_v sharp_a prickle_n so_o sin_n at_o the_o first_o be_v please_v to_o the_o flesh_n but_o afterward_o it_o leave_v a_o prick_n in_o the_o conscience_n which_o whosoever_o will_v not_o feel_v he_o must_v now_o strike_v himself_o with_o the_o prick_n of_o repentance_n as_o the_o flower_n breed_v a_o worm_n which_o afterward_o eat_v and_o consume_v it_o so_o sin_n that_o a_o man_n live_v in_o with_o delight_n breed_v a_o worm_n that_o gnaw_v the_o conscience_n and_o vex_v it_o with_o endless_a woe_n aquavitae_fw-la woe_n voluptas_fw-la transijt_fw-la peccatum_fw-la remansit_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr vijs_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la which_o remain_v and_o abide_v when_o the_o pleasure_n be_v vanish_v and_o go_v mulierum_fw-la go_v transit_fw-la totus_fw-la ille_fw-la pruritus_fw-la delectationis_fw-la imiquae_fw-la &_o voluptatis_fw-la illecebra_fw-la tota_fw-la brevi_fw-la finita_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la amara_fw-la quaedam_fw-la impressit_fw-la signa_fw-la memoriae_fw-la &_o vestigia_fw-la faeda_fw-la reliquit_fw-la bern._n the_o conver_n ad_fw-la schol_n citò_fw-la praeterit_fw-la quod_fw-la delectat_fw-la permanet_fw-la sine_fw-la fine_fw-la quod_fw-la crueciat_fw-la aug._n the_o honest_a mulierum_fw-la and_o indeed_o all_o the_o itch_a delight_n and_o all_o the_o intice_v pleasure_n of_o sin_n be_v soon_o at_o a_o end_n but_o it_o imprint_v bitter_a token_n in_o the_o memory_n and_o leave_v foul_a footstep_n in_o the_o soul_n 24._o soul_n qui_fw-la in_o principijs_fw-la norunt_fw-la praedicant_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o fine_fw-la expèrti_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la iniuria_fw-la execrantur_fw-la jul._n solinus_n cap._n 24._o and_o therefore_o wâ—e_n may_v say_v of_o sin_n as_o be_v say_v of_o the_o river_n hypanis_n which_o be_v sweet_a and_o wholesome_a at_o the_o spring_n head_n but_o after_o fall_v into_o a_o other_o river_n the_o nature_n of_o it_o be_v change_v and_o it_o be_v exceed_o bitter_a that_o all_o that_o taste_n of_o it_o at_o the_o first_o do_v like_a and_o commend_v it_o but_o they_o that_o have_v experience_n of_o the_o end_n of_o it_o have_v cause_n to_o curse_v it_o we_o use_v to_o say_v we_o will_v not_o buy_v
affect_v that_o her_o very_a bowel_n be_v move_v within_o she_o and_o the_o apostle_n peter_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v before_o see_v how_o grievous_o he_o have_v sin_v in_o deny_v his_o master_n go_v out_o 26.75_o mat._n 26.75_o and_o weep_v bitter_o if_o there_o have_v be_v neither_o heaven_n nor_o hell_n neither_o reward_n nor_o punishment_n yet_o this_o very_a unthankfulness_n to_o so_o kind_a a_o master_n will_v have_v cause_v he_o to_o sorrow_n as_o much_o as_o he_o do_v when_o this_o affection_n be_v once_o in_o a_o man_n than_o he_o begin_v true_o to_o repent_v and_o never_o before_o then_o he_o be_v displease_v with_o himself_o than_o he_o loathe_v and_o detest_v his_o sin_n whereby_o he_o have_v offend_v god_n and_o then_o he_o begin_v serious_o to_o bethink_v himself_o what_o course_n he_o may_v take_v to_o please_v god_n so_o do_v david_n be_v grieve_v because_o he_o have_v so_o heinous_o offend_v god_n he_o pray_v 51.4.10_o psal_n 51.4.10_o that_o god_n will_v create_v in_o he_o a_o clean_a heart_n and_o renew_v a_o right_a spirit_n within_o he_o that_o so_o he_o may_v walk_v more_o acceptable_o before_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v so_o also_o the_o godly_a israelite_n in_o ezra_n his_o time_n 10.3_o ezra_n 9_o the_o whole_a chapter_n &_o 10.3_o when_o they_o have_v with_o great_a grief_n of_o heart_n bewail_v their_o sin_n against_o god_n they_o resolve_v to_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o god_n and_o solemn_o to_o bind_v themselves_o to_o put_v away_o their_o strange_a wife_n whereby_o they_o have_v so_o much_o dishonour_v he_o and_o so_o be_v it_o withal_o the_o faithful_a even_o as_o a_o good_a child_n have_v by_o his_o untowardness_n vex_v his_o father_n be_v careful_a afterwards_o to_o please_v he_o by_o all_o mean_v possible_a there_o be_v another_o sorrow_n which_o the_o apostle_n call_v a_o worldly_a sorrow_n which_o be_v always_o ineffectual_a 25_o 2._o cor._n 7.10_o oderunt_fw-la peccare_fw-la boni_fw-la virtutis_fw-la amore_fw-la oderunt_fw-la peccare_fw-la mali_fw-la formidine_fw-la paenae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la peccasse_fw-la paenitet_fw-la propter_fw-la presentia_fw-la supplicia_fw-la displicet_fw-la enim_fw-la latroni_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quando_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la paena_fw-la desit_fw-la vindicte_fw-la revertitur_fw-la ad_fw-la crimina_fw-la huic_fw-la concordant_a qui_fw-la consitentur_fw-la inviti_fw-la non_fw-la amore_fw-la boni_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la sagiant_a damnum_fw-la &_o incommodum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la utilis_fw-la ergo_fw-la erit_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la spontanea_fw-la de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o fulsa_fw-la paenit_fw-la cap._n 9_o gen._n 4.11.12.13_o exod._n 9.27.34_o &_o 10_o 16.17.20_o 1._o sam._n 15.24_o 25_o for_o it_o arise_v only_o of_o fear_n of_o punishment_n and_o when_o that_o be_v once_o take_v away_o they_o return_v to_o their_o former_a sin_n as_o greedy_o as_o the_o dog_n to_o his_o vomit_n whereupon_o saint_n augustine_n say_v well_o there_o be_v some_o that_o repent_v that_o they_o have_v sin_v by_o reason_n of_o present_a punishment_n for_o the_o robber_n be_v displease_v with_o his_o sin_n when_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o punishment_n for_o they_o but_o take_v away_o the_o punishment_n and_o he_o return_v again_o to_o his_o former_a fault_n like_o unto_o he_o be_v they_o that_o confess_v their_o sin_n against_o their_o will_n not_o for_o any_o love_n of_o good_a but_o to_o avoid_v the_o loss_n and_o punishment_n of_o the_o world_n so_o that_o repentance_n will_v be_v profitable_a if_o it_o be_v voluntary_a and_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n that_o which_o be_v extort_a and_o wring_v from_o a_o man_n for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n be_v always_o unprofitable_a kain_n mourn_v exceed_o and_o cry_v out_o say_v my_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o can_v be_v forgive_v i_o but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o his_o hypocrisy_n in_o god_n service_n no_o for_o his_o cruel_a murder_n of_o his_o brother_n but_o because_o of_o the_o punishment_n that_o god_n inflict_v upon_o he_o pharaoh_n howl_v and_o take_v on_o and_o confess_v himself_o a_o sinner_n but_o it_o be_v not_o in_o any_o detestation_n of_o his_o sin_n but_o for_o the_o great_a plague_n that_o god_n have_v bring_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o land_n and_o therefore_o when_o they_o be_v remove_v he_o be_v as_o wretched_a and_o as_o disobedient_a as_o ever_o he_o be_v before_o saul_n be_v sorrowful_a and_o acknowledge_v his_o sin_n but_o it_o be_v only_o in_o regard_n of_o samuel_n threaten_v that_o god_n have_v reject_v he_o and_o will_v take_v his_o kingdom_n from_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o amendment_n of_o life_n that_o he_o become_v every_o day_n worse_o and_o worse_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o the_o story_n achab_n also_o humble_v himself_o and_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n as_o though_o he_o have_v be_v very_o penitent_a 21.27_o 1._o king_n 21.27_o but_o it_o be_v for_o fear_n of_o the_o vengeance_n that_o eliah_n have_v denounce_v against_o he_o and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o reformation_n in_o he_o as_o may_v appear_v in_o that_o he_o persecute_v the_o prophet_n for_o tell_v he_o the_o truth_n 22.8.26.27_o &_o 22.8.26.27_o use_v use_v this_o end_n may_v serve_v to_o stir_v we_o up_o to_o labour_n for_o godly_a sorrow_n that_o we_o may_v mourn_v for_o sin_n because_o it_o be_v sin_n and_o because_o it_o displease_v god_n and_o this_o will_v be_v exceed_o forcible_a to_o expel_v our_o sin_n for_o when_o this_o affectation_n once_o come_v into_o the_o heart_n sin_n go_v out_o it_o will_v not_o lodge_v nor_o settle_v there_o unless_o it_o be_v cockered_a and_o make_v much_o of_o 12.10_o zech._n 12.10_o when_o a_o man_n once_o bewail_v his_o sin_n and_o lament_v for_o they_o as_o he_o will_v do_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o only_a son_n than_o he_o can_v choose_v but_o detest_v they_o then_o even_o his_o dear_a sin_n wherein_o he_o have_v take_v most_o delight_n will_v be_v bitter_a as_o gall_v and_o most_o odious_a unto_o he_o now_o the_o mean_n whereby_o this_o sorrow_n may_v be_v attain_v be_v these_o first_o to_o consider_v the_o manifold_a blessing_n of_o god_n towards_o we_o and_o our_o unthankfulness_n to_o he_o 3.23_o lament_n 3.23_o when_o a_o man_n shall_v consider_v how_o gracious_a god_n have_v be_v unto_o he_o renew_v his_o mercy_n towards_o he_o every_o morning_n and_o withal_o how_o unthankful_a he_o have_v be_v render_v evil_a for_o good_a and_o hatred_n for_o his_o good_a will_n it_o can_v choose_v but_o much_o affect_v he_o 12.7.8_o 2._o sam._n 12.7.8_o when_o david_n call_v to_o mind_n what_o great_a thing_n god_n have_v do_v for_o he_o that_o he_o have_v advance_v he_o to_o be_v king_n over_o israel_n and_o have_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o saul_n and_o as_o nathan_n tell_v he_o if_o that_o have_v be_v too_o little_a he_o will_v have_v give_v he_o much_o more_o that_o wrought_v remorse_n and_o sorrow_n in_o his_o heart_n 5.25_o ezra_n 9.8.9_o nehem._n 9.7.8.9.10_o etc._n etc._n jere._n 5.25_o the_o like_a we_o see_v in_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ezra_n and_o nehemiah_n second_o to_o call_v to_o mind_n and_o thorough_o to_o weigh_v the_o ill_a effect_n that_o follow_v upon_o sin_n namely_o that_o they_o hinder_v good_a thing_n from_o we_o 12.10_o zech._n 12.10_o and_o pull_v down_o many_o curse_n upon_o our_o head_n but_o especial_o that_o by_o they_o we_o pierce_v and_o crucify_v christ_n jesus_n when_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v persuade_v of_o this_o it_o will_v make_v he_o mourn_v more_o than_o any_o thing_n 4.9_o james_n 4.9_o it_o will_v cause_v he_o to_o afflict_v himself_o to_o sorrow_n and_o to_o weep_v to_o turn_v his_o laughter_n into_o mourning_n and_o his_o joy_n into_o heaviness_n three_o to_o attend_v diligent_o unto_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n that_o so_o our_o sin_n may_v be_v lay_v open_a and_o our_o heart_n smite_v with_o grief_n for_o they_o 2.36.37_o act_n 2.36.37_o thus_o be_v it_o with_o the_o hearer_n of_o saint_n peter_n when_o they_o hear_v their_o particular_a sin_n and_o the_o haniousnesse_n of_o they_o discover_v by_o his_o preach_n it_o be_v say_v they_o be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a hear_n of_o the_o word_n that_o will_v effect_v this_o it_o must_v be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o heart_n that_o so_o the_o continual_a remembrance_n of_o it_o may_v wound_v the_o soul_n when_o need_n require_v as_o the_o lord_n say_v by_o the_o prophet_n he_o will_v write_v his_o law_n in_o their_o heart_n by_o his_o spirit_n 36.27.31_o jere._n 33.31_o ezech._n 36.27.31_o and_o then_o shall_v they_o remember_v their_o own_o wicked_a way_n and_o shall_v judge_v themselves_o worthy_a to_o have_v be_v destroy_v last_o of_o all_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o presumptuous_a sin_n otherwise_o our_o heart_n will_v cease_v to_o smite_v
we_o or_o if_o they_o do_v we_o shall_v not_o feel_v it_o as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o example_n of_o david_n 24.6_o 1._o sam_n 24.6_o who_o heart_n do_v always_o smite_v he_o in_o his_o infirmity_n 24.10_o 2._o sam._n 24.10_o as_o after_o the_o cut_n of_o the_o lap_n of_o saul_n garment_n and_o after_o the_o number_n of_o his_o man_n but_o after_o those_o great_a sin_n of_o adultery_n and_o murder_n he_o have_v either_o no_o check_n nor_o touch_v of_o conscience_n at_o all_o or_o if_o he_o have_v any_o it_o be_v so_o that_o he_o have_v no_o sense_n nor_o feeling_n of_o it_o till_o &c_n 2._o sam._n 12.1_o &c_n &c_n nathan_n the_o prophet_n come_v to_o he_o and_o awake_v he_o out_o of_o his_o security_n i_o have_v sin_v this_o be_v the_o second_o part_n of_o judas_n his_o repentance_n namely_o his_o confession_n which_o though_o it_o be_v set_v down_o after_o his_o restitution_n yet_o no_o doubt_n it_o be_v in_o order_n before_o it_o and_o therefore_o we_o will_v handle_v it_o first_o and_o first_o we_o will_v speak_v of_o it_o in_o general_a and_o then_o more_o particular_o examine_v the_o matter_n of_o it_o in_o this_o confession_n of_o he_o we_o see_v he_o go_v very_o far_o first_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n open_o and_o public_o without_o any_o regard_n of_o his_o credit_n he_o care_v not_o who_o hear_v he_o second_o he_o do_v not_o only_o confess_v in_o general_a term_n i_o have_v sin_v but_o he_o lay_v out_o his_o particular_a sin_n i_o have_v sin_v sairh_n he_o in_o betray_v innocent_a blood_n herein_o he_o go_v a_o great_a deal_n far_o than_o many_o will_v do_v at_o this_o day_n and_o yet_o he_o go_v not_o far_o enough_o for_o many_o thing_n be_v want_v in_o he_o which_o be_v require_v in_o true_a confession_n which_o that_o it_o may_v the_o better_o appear_v let_v we_o consider_v the_o doctrine_n of_o true_a confession_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o observe_v first_o confession_n doct._n the_o nature_n of_o true_a confession_n the_o person_n to_o who_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n and_o second_o the_o manner_n how_o we_o must_v confess_v they_o for_o the_o person_n we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o first_o and_o ptincipal_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n to_o god_n as_o david_n do_v i_o acknowledge_v say_v he_o my_o sin_n unto_o thou_o for_o i_o think_v i_o will_v confess_v my_o wickedness_n unto_o the_o lord_n psal_n 32.5_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v first_o because_o all_o sin_n be_v commit_v against_o god_n as_o david_n say_v psal_n 51.4_o against_o thou_o against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v and_o do_v evil_a in_o thy_o sight_n it_o be_v true_a we_o may_v and_o do_v wrong_a and_o hurt_v man_n by_o our_o sin_n as_o david_n high_o injure_v vriah_n by_o his_o sin_n but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n the_o chief_a dishonour_n be_v against_o god_n and_o so_o be_v joseph_n persuade_v when_o he_o will_v not_o yield_v to_o the_o allurement_n of_o his_o mistress_n how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n and_o sin_n against_o god_n 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the_o lord_n himself_o testify_v as_o much_o say_n i_o even_o i_o be_o he_o that_o put_v away_o thy_o iniquity_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o our_o sin_n must_v be_v comess_v unto_o god_n now_o here_o judas_n fail_v for_o no_o doubt_n if_o he_o have_v unfeigned_o confess_v his_o sin_n to_o the_o lord_n he_o have_v obtain_v the_o pardon_n of_o they_o according_a to_o that_o say_n of_o saint_n john_n if_o we_o confess_v our_o sin_n god_n be_v faithful_a and_o just_a to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n second_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n also_o to_o man_n and_o that_o both_o public_o and_o private_o as_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o sin_n require_v for_o public_a confession_n if_o a_o man_n sin_n have_v be_v public_a to_o the_o offence_n and_o scandal_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o have_v be_v excommunicate_a for_o it_o he_o ought_v public_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o and_o earnest_o desire_v to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o 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and_o receive_v again_o 30._o again_o tripart_n hist_o lib._n 9_o cap._n 30._o and_o this_o discipline_n do_v st._n ambrose_n exercise_n against_o theodosius_n the_o emperor_n who_o have_v make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n of_o the_o thessalonian_o be_v keep_v out_o of_o the_o church_n for_o the_o space_n of_o eight_o month_n and_o after_o be_v admit_v he_o do_v not_o stand_v nor_o bow_v his_o knee_n only_o but_o fall_v flat_a on_o his_o face_n upon_o the_o floor_n and_o tear_v off_o his_o hair_n with_o his_o hand_n and_o bedew_v the_o pavement_n with_o his_o tear_n he_o desire_v that_o his_o sin_n may_v be_v forgive_v 1._o forgive_v amplector_fw-la prompta_fw-la &_o plena_fw-la dilectione_n cum_fw-la poenitetia_fw-mi revertentes_fw-la peccatum_fw-la
suum_fw-la satisfactione_n humili_fw-la &_o simplici_fw-la consitentes_fw-la si_fw-mi qui_fw-fr auten_fw-mi sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la precibus_fw-la sed_fw-la minis_fw-la regredi_fw-la posse_fw-la aut_fw-la existimant_fw-la aditum_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la lamentationibus_fw-la &_o satisfactionibus_fw-la sed_fw-la terroribus_fw-la facere_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la habeant_fw-la contra_fw-la tale_n stare_v ecclesiam_fw-la domini_fw-la nec_fw-la castra_fw-la christi_fw-la invicta_fw-la &_o fortia_fw-la &_o domino_fw-la tuente_fw-la munita_fw-la minis_fw-la cedere_fw-la sacerdos_n dei_fw-la euangelium_fw-la teneus_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la custodiens_fw-la occidi_fw-la potest_fw-la vinci_fw-la non_fw-la popotest_fw-la lib._n 1._o epist_n 1._o and_o this_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o st._n cyprian_n as_o himself_o testify_v i_o do_v willing_o say_v he_o and_o love_o embrace_v such_o as_o return_v penitent_o and_o confess_v their_o sin_n with_o humble_a and_o unfeigned_a satisfaction_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o think_v they_o may_v come_v again_o to_o the_o church_n not_o by_o entreaty_n but_o by_o threaten_n or_o suppose_v to_o procure_v their_o admittance_n not_o by_o lamentation_n and_o satisfaction_n but_o by_o terror_n let_v they_o know_v for_o a_o certainty_n that_o the_o church_n of_o god_n stand_v out_o against_o such_o person_n and_o that_o the_o invincible_a and_o strong_a tent_n of_o christ_n guard_v by_o the_o lord_n protection_n will_v not_o give_v place_n to_o threaten_n the_o priest_n of_o god_n that_o hold_v the_o gospel_n and_o keep_v the_o precept_n of_o christ_n may_v be_v kill_v but_o he_o can_v be_v overcome_v and_o this_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n when_o he_o hear_v that_o the_o emperor_n be_v come_v towards_o the_o church_n before_o he_o be_v absolve_v supra_fw-la absolve_v ego_fw-la vero_fw-la praedico_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la ingredi_fw-la 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to_o compassion_n and_o indeed_o he_o that_o be_v true_o touch_v with_o a_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o his_o sin_n will_v not_o be_v tender_a of_o his_o own_o credit_n nay_o he_o will_v not_o care_v how_o much_o he_o disgrace_v himself_o so_o that_o by_o his_o confession_n he_o may_v glorify_v god_n and_o edify_v the_o church_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v just_o suspect_v their_o repentance_n that_o have_v public_o offend_v can_v be_v bring_v to_o make_v public_a confession_n and_o as_o this_o public_a confession_n be_v require_v so_o in_o private_a offence_n private_a confession_n be_v also_o necessary_a first_o in_o respect_n of_o ourselves_o that_o by_o empty_v our_o heart_n into_o the_o bosom_n of_o another_o we_o may_v receive_v comfort_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o st._n james_n exhort_v say_v 5.16_o jam._n 5.16_o acknowledge_v your_o fault_n one_o to_o another_o and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v but_o here_o we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o confess_v his_o sin_n only_o to_o the_o minister_n and_o to_o none_o else_o as_o the_o papist_n teach_v man_n to_o lay_v open_a their_o sin_n to_o a_o greasy_a bald_a friar_n but_o he_o may_v make_v choice_n of_o any_o other_o christian_a friend_n of_o who_o godliness_n and_o faithfulness_n he_o have_v good_a experience_n 50.4_o jsa_n 50.4_o yet_o because_o every_o godly_a minister_n have_v from_o god_n the_o tongue_n of_o the_o learned_a and_o therefore_o know_v best_a to_o minister_v a_o word_n in_o season_n to_o he_o that_o be_v weary_a therefore_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o make_v choice_n of_o he_o 19.12_o psal_n 19.12_o neither_o be_v a_o man_n bind_v to_o make_v confession_n of_o all_o his_o sin_n as_o the_o papist_n will_v have_v it_o for_o who_o can_v tell_v how_o oft_o he_o offend_v but_o only_a of_o such_o as_o do_v most_o afflict_v his_o conscience_n second_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o and_o first_o of_o such_o as_o we_o have_v offend_v by_o our_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n mat._n 5.23.24_o if_o thou_o bring_v thy_o gift_n to_o the_o altar_n and_o there_o remember_v that_o thy_o brother_n have_v aught_o against_o thou_o leave_v there_o thy_o offering_n before_o the_o altar_n and_o go_v thy_o way_n first_o be_v reconcile_v to_o thy_o brother_n etc._n etc._n now_o here_o judas_n fail_v in_o that_o he_o go_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o confess_v to_o they_o but_o do_v not_o prostrate_v himself_o before_o his_o master_n who_o he_o have_v betray_v and_o desire_v he_o to_o forgive_v he_o his_o sin_n which_o if_o he_o have_v do_v 5._o do_v arbitror_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la judas_n potuisset_fw-la tanta_fw-la dei_fw-la miseratione_n non_fw-la excludi_fw-la à _fw-la venia_fw-la si_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la non_fw-la apud_fw-la ludae_fw-la or_o sed_fw-la apud_fw-la christum_n egisset_fw-la ambros_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o so_o great_a be_v his_o mercy_n to_o poor_a sinner_n he_o may_v have_v obtain_v pardon_n second_o of_o such_o as_o to_o who_o we_o have_v give_v occasion_n of_o sin_n or_o have_v be_v any_o mean_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o sin_n and_o in_o this_o judas_n do_v well_o for_o in_o go_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n he_o do_v not_o only_o confess_v his_o own_o sin_n but_o withal_o give_v they_o occasion_n to_o repent_v likewise_o for_o if_o he_o sin_v in_o betray_v christ_n jesus_n sure_o they_o also_o sin_v in_o apprehend_v condemn_v and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o thus_o we_o see_v the_o person_n to_o who_o we_o be_v to_o make_v confession_n of_o our_o sin_n now_o for_o the_o manner_n we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o every_o kind_n of_o confession_n will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n and_o therefore_o these_o property_n be_v require_v first_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o confess_v our_o sin_n in_o general_a as_o ignorant_a man_n use_v to_o thump_v themselves_o on_o the_o breast_n and_o say_v i_o be_o a_o sinner_n but_o we_o must_v 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2._o sam._n 24.10_o and_o in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o 51_o psalm_n he_o confess_v his_o adultery_n in_o plain_a term_n and_o so_o do_v the_o apostle_n confess_v how_o he_o have_v persecute_v the_o church_n 20._o act._n 22.19_o 20._o yea_o by_o name_n how_o he_o have_v be_v a_o great_a stickler_n in_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o bless_a steven_n yea_o judas_n in_o this_o place_n perform_v this_o duty_n and_o sure_o if_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a the_o devil_n will_v never_o labour_v to_o hinder_v it_o so_o much_o as_o he_o do_v as_o we_o see_v how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o bring_v one_o of_o a_o hundred_o to_o do_v it_o as_o they_o ought_v for_o he_o know_v that_o if_o once_o man_n come_v to_o a_o true_a sight_n of_o their_o particular_a sin_n and_o so_o to_o godly_a sorrow_n his_o kingdom_n will_v soon_o decay_v and_o therefore_o he_o make_v man_n so_o unwilling_a to_o yield_v to_o it_o as_o they_o be_v second_o we_o must_v in_o confess_v our_o sin_n aggravate_v they_o to_o the_o uttermost_a against_o ourselves_o and_o
not_o extenuate_v they_o as_o the_o manner_n be_v for_o man_n to_o make_v very_a light_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o if_o they_o never_o do_v worse_o they_o hope_v they_o shall_v do_v well_o enough_o but_o we_o must_v labour_v to_o make_v our_o sin_n appear_v most_o vile_a and_o heinous_a for_o soothe_v of_o ourselves_o in_o sin_n will_v take_v off_o the_o edge_n of_o our_o sorrow_n that_o we_o shall_v neither_o see_v they_o nor_o grieve_v for_o they_o as_o we_o ought_v and_o therefore_o 9.6_o ezra_n 9.6_o ezra_n confess_v his_o own_o sin_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o people_n he_o say_v our_o iniquity_n be_v increase_v over_o our_o head_n and_o our_o trespass_n be_v grow_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o daniel_n confess_v that_o to_o he_o and_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n 51.4_o dan._n 9.5.6.7_o psal_n 51.4_o there_o belong_v nothing_o but_o open_a shame_n and_o david_n acknowledge_v his_o sin_n to_o be_v so_o heinous_a against_o god_n as_o he_o may_v just_o condemn_v he_o and_o do_v he_o no_o wrong_n and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n speak_v of_o his_o persecute_v the_o church_n 1.13_o gal._n 1.13_o do_v set_v it_o out_o to_o the_o full_a he_o say_v he_o persecute_v the_o church_n of_o god_n extreme_o and_o waste_v it_o or_o make_v havoc_n of_o it_o and_o 1._o tim._n 1.13_o he_o say_v he_o be_v a_o blasphemer_n and_o a_o persecuter_n and_o a_o oppressor_n yea_o ver_fw-la 15._o the_o chief_a of_o all_o sinner_n solitaria_fw-la sinner_n neque_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicebat_fw-la menticudi_fw-la praecipitatione_fw-la sed_fw-la existimandi_fw-la affectione_n qui_fw-la enim_fw-la perfectè_fw-la examinando_fw-la scipsum_fw-la intelligit_fw-la svo_fw-la peccato_fw-la nullius_fw-la peccatum_fw-la par_fw-fr esse_fw-la existimat_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sicut_fw-la suum_fw-la intelligit_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la which_o as_o bernard_n well_o observe_v be_v not_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o lie_v but_o as_o he_o think_v in_o his_o heart_n for_o he_o that_o by_o due_a 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he_o as_o be_v weary_a and_o lade_v even_o ready_a to_o faint_v under_o the_o burden_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o this_o do_v david_n confess_v 38.4.6_o psal_n 38.4.6_o my_o sin_n say_v he_o be_v as_o a_o weighty_a burden_n too_o heavy_a for_o i_o and_o again_o i_o be_o crooked_a and_o bow_v very_o sore_o as_o though_o his_o sin_n have_v lyen_fw-we so_o heavy_a upon_o he_o that_o they_o make_v he_o go_v grovel_v and_o no_o doubt_n 8.13_o luke_n 8.13_o the_o poor_a publican_n be_v thus_o affect_v when_o for_o shame_n he_o dare_v not_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n to_o heaven_n but_o smite_v his_o breast_n say_v o_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n when_o man_n run_v away_o with_o their_o sin_n as_o though_o they_o be_v as_o light_v as_o a_o feather_n it_o be_v a_o evident_a token_n they_o never_o feel_v the_o weight_n of_o they_o four_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n willing_o and_o free_o a_o man_n may_v be_v compel_v and_o force_v to_o confess_v his_o sin_n by_o the_o rack_n 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must_v be_v voluntary_a that_o be_v of_o a_o man_n own_o deliberation_n and_o accord_n it_o must_v be_v naked_a that_o a_o man_n may_v confess_v his_o sin_n naked_o as_o it_o be_v do_v and_o it_o must_v be_v pure_a that_o a_o man_n do_v not_o declare_v his_o sin_n as_o sodom_n but_o pure_o and_o simple_o accuse_v himself_o and_o thus_o do_v david_n ingenuous_o confess_v his_o sin_n psal_n 32.5_o then_o say_v he_o i_o acknowledge_v my_o sin_n unto_o thou_o neither_o hide_v i_o my_o iniquity_n for_o i_o think_v i_o will_v confess_v against_o myself_o my_o wickedness_n etc._n etc._n five_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n in_o faith_n in_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n as_o with_o the_o one_o eye_n we_o must_v behold_v our_o sin_n and_o the_o heinousness_n of_o they_o so_o with_o the_o other_o eye_n we_o must_v look_v upon_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n wherein_o he_o be_v rich_a in_o christ_n jesus_n to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n as_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n say_v isa_n 1.18_o &_o 55.7_o he_o that_o want_v this_o sail_v as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o bottomless_a ship_n and_o can_v possible_o shun_v the_o shipwreck_n of_o his_o soul_n retribut_n soul_n salubris_n conuersio_fw-la duplici_fw-la ratione_fw-la consistit_fw-la si_fw-la nec_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la sperantem_fw-la nec_fw-la spes_fw-la deserat_fw-la poenitentë_fw-la et_fw-la panlò_fw-la post_fw-la judas_n qui_fw-fr christum_fw-la tradidit_fw-la peccati_fw-la svi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la gessit_fw-la sed_fw-la salutem_fw-la perdidit_fw-la quia_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la non_fw-la speravit_fw-la dignè_fw-la quidem_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la gessit_fw-la quia_fw-la peccavit_fw-la tradens_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la iustum_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la sibi_fw-la fructum_fw-la poetitentiae_fw-la denegavit_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la traditionis_fw-la suae_fw-la ipso_fw-la quem_fw-la tradidit_fw-la diluendum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la non_fw-la speravit_fw-la fulg._n epist_n 7._o ad_fw-la venant_fw-la de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la &_o retribut_n for_o as_o one_o say_v save_v conversion_n consist_v in_o two_o thing_n that_o neither_o repentance_n be_v without_o hope_n nor_o hope_v be_v without_o repentance_n and_o a_o little_a after_o judas_n that_o betray_v christ_n repent_v of_o his_o sin_n but_o he_o lose_v salvation_n because_o he_o hope_v not_o for_o mercy_n and_o worthy_o indeed_o do_v he_o repent_v because_o he_o sin_v in_o betray_v innocent_a blood_n but_o therefore_o he_o deny_v himself_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o repentance_n because_o he_o can_v not_o believe_v that_o his_o treason_n may_v be_v wash_v away_o with_o that_o blood_n which_o he_o betray_v 2._o betray_v sola_fw-la side_n inter_fw-la judam_n &_o petrum_fw-la discrevit_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la poenitendo_fw-la &_o credendo_fw-la saluatus_fw-la sit_fw-la ille_fw-la poenitendo_fw-la &_o non_fw-la credendo_fw-la perierit_fw-la muscut_n in_o locum_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la non_fw-la procedit_fw-la utilis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la poenit_fw-la cap._n 2._o and_o here_o be_v the_o main_a difference_n between_o the_o repentance_n of_o judas_n and_o peter_n they_o both_o repent_v but_o peter_n repent_v and_o believe_v be_v save_v judas_n repent_v and_o not_o believe_v be_v damn_v and_o so_o be_v it_o with_o all_o the_o wicked_a kain_n and_o pharaoh_n and_o saul_n and_o diverse_a confess_v their_o sin_n but_o because_o they_o want_v faith_n to_o believe_v the_o pardon_n of_o they_o their_o confession_n bring_v they_o to_o desperation_n six_o as_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n so_o we_o must_v earnest_o pray_v for_o the_o pardon_n of_o they_o thus_o do_v david_n i_o have_v sin_v say_v he_o exceed_o in_o that_o i_o have_v do_v 24.10_o 2._o sam._n 24.10_o therefore_o now_o lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o take_v away_o the_o trespass_n of_o thy_o servant_n and_o how_o earnest_o do_v he_o beg_v the_o pardon_n of_o his_o other_o sin_n in_o the_o 51._o psalm_n thus_o also_o do_v the_o prodigal_a son_n and_o the_o publican_n 18.13_o luke_n 15.21_o &_o 18.13_o it_o be_v true_a we_o
must_v humble_v ourselves_o even_o below_o the_o ground_n in_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o our_o sin_n come_v to_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v with_o rope_n about_o our_o neck_n as_o benhadad_n do_v to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 20.32_o 1._o king_n 20.32_o but_o yet_o withal_o we_o must_v crave_v the_o pardon_n of_o they_o and_o to_o this_o do_v the_o prophet_n exhort_v we_o say_v 14.3_o hos_fw-la 14.3_o take_v unto_o you_o word_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o take_v away_o all_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o and_o bold_o may_v we_o do_v this_o because_o the_o lord_n have_v proclaim_v himself_o to_o be_v so_o merciful_a 34.7_o exod._n 34.7_o that_o he_o forgive_v iniquity_n and_o transgression_n and_o sin_n that_o be_v sin_n of_o all_o sort_n though_o never_o so_o heinous_a in_o their_o nature_n now_o this_o can_v not_o judas_n perform_v he_o confess_v and_o aggravate_v his_o sin_n against_o himself_o but_o he_o have_v not_o the_o heart_n to_o give_v one_o rap_n at_o the_o door_n of_o god_n mercy_n for_o the_o pardon_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n may_v just_o say_v to_o he_o as_o once_o he_o say_v to_o a_o other_o of_o thy_o own_o mouth_n will_v i_o judge_v thou_o o_o thou_o evil_a servant_n luke_n 19.22_o last_o of_o all_o we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n with_o a_o purpose_n to_o forsake_v they_o as_o the_o prophet_n exhort_v isa_n 55.7_o let_v the_o wicked_a forsake_v his_o way_n and_o the_o ungodly_a his_o own_o imagination_n and_o return_v unto_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n there_o must_v be_v a_o desire_n to_o part_v with_o any_o sin_n whatsoever_o else_o there_o be_v no_o true_a repentance_n but_o of_o this_o point_n enough_o have_v be_v speak_v before_o in_o the_o repentance_n of_o peter_n 1._o use_v 1._o this_o doctrine_n serve_v first_o for_o our_o instruction_n that_o if_o we_o hope_v to_o speed_v better_a than_o judas_n do_v we_o must_v confess_v our_o sin_n better_a than_o he_o do_v and_o that_o we_o may_v do_v it_o we_o must_v first_o labour_n to_o see_v and_o acknowledge_v our_o sin_n humilit_fw-la sin_n quomodo_fw-la culpam_fw-la svam_fw-la confitebuntur_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la essè_fw-la putant_fw-la bern_n de_fw-fr grad_v humilit_fw-la for_o how_o can_v a_o man_n confess_v his_o sin_n when_o he_o think_v they_o not_o to_o be_v sin_n and_o therefore_o david_n say_v i_o know_v my_o iniquity_n and_o my_o sin_n be_v always_o before_o i_o psalm_n 51.3_o we_o be_v apt_a to_o flatter_v ourselves_o through_o self-love_n and_o hardly_o be_v we_o bring_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o our_o sin_n as_o we_o can_v not_o see_v the_o spot_n that_o be_v in_o our_o own_o face_n so_o we_o can_v discern_v the_o sin_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n in_o other_o man_n sin_n we_o be_v very_a quicksighted_n but_o in_o our_o own_o we_o be_v as_o blind_a as_o beetle_n and_o therefore_o in_o this_o case_n we_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o glass_n as_o proud_a person_n use_v their_o glass_n to_o see_v their_o beauty_n so_o must_v we_o use_v the_o glass_n of_o god_n law_n but_o to_o another_o end_n to_o show_v we_o our_o deformity_n we_o must_v therefore_o due_o examine_v ourselves_o by_o every_o one_o of_o the_o commandment_n that_o so_o we_o may_v come_v to_o the_o sight_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o when_o once_o we_o know_v our_o sin_n then_o without_o all_o dissemble_a we_o must_v confess_v they_o unto_o god_n 1._o god_n apparet_fw-la toties_fw-la opus_fw-la miserantis_fw-la quoties_fw-la fit_a confessio_fw-la poenitentis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la penitent_a cap._n 5._o &_o cap._n 10._o quanto_fw-la pluribus_fw-la quis_fw-la confitebitur_fw-la in_o spe_fw-la veniae_fw-la turpitudinem_fw-la criminis_fw-la tanto_fw-la facilius_fw-la consequitur_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la remissionis_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la veritatem_fw-la stimulatus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la confitetur_fw-la deus_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la slexus_fw-la confitenti_fw-la miseretur_fw-la omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la spes_fw-la veniae_fw-la &_o misericordiae_fw-la in_o confession_n est_fw-la nec_fw-la potest_fw-la quis_fw-la iustificari_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la confessus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr conscien_fw-fr edif_a cap._n 1._o and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o because_o otherwise_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o pardon_n for_o this_o be_v the_o condition_n annex_v unto_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n if_o we_o acknowledge_v our_o sin_n he_o be_v faithful_a and_o just_a to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n 1._o joh._n 1.9_o and_o solomon_n say_v he_o that_o confess_v and_o forsake_v his_o sin_n shall_v have_v mercy_n proverb_n 28.13_o and_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o that_o if_o we_o will_v judge_v ourselves_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v judge_v 1._o cor._n 11.31_o it_o be_v not_o with_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v in_o earthly_a court_n confess_v and_o be_v hang_v no_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o take_v we_o at_o the_o advantage_n and_o condemn_v we_o by_o our_o own_o confession_n but_o if_o we_o confess_v he_o will_v forgive_v if_o we_o judge_v and_o condemn_v ourselves_o he_o will_v acquit_v and_o discharge_v us._n to_o which_o purpose_n bernard_n have_v a_o sweet_a say_n 38._o say_n video_fw-la davidem_fw-la dicentem_fw-la peccavi_fw-la &_o audientem_fw-la dominus_fw-la transtulit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tuum_fw-la considero_fw-la mariam_n si_fw-la non_fw-la verbis_fw-la tamen_fw-la operibus_fw-la sva_fw-la publicè_fw-la crimina_fw-la consitentem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la pro_fw-la ea_fw-la raspondentem_fw-la dimissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la ei_fw-la multa_fw-la peccata_fw-la respicio_n principem_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la negantem_fw-la timidè_fw-la stentem_fw-la amarissimè_fw-la dominum_fw-la respicientem_fw-la iâ—â—um_fw-la felicem_fw-la latronem_fw-la intueor_fw-la se_fw-la accusantem_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la promittentem_fw-la hodie_fw-la mecum_fw-la eriâ—_n in_o paradise_n o_o quam_fw-la sublimis_fw-la ista_fw-la confessio_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la patibulo_fw-la ad_fw-la regnum_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la ad_fw-la caelum_fw-la de_fw-fr cruse_n ad_fw-la paradisum_fw-la latro_fw-la damnatus_fw-la &_o crucifixus_fw-la ascendit_fw-la ber._n de_fw-fr vijs_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la pium_fw-la iudicem_fw-la ipsa_fw-la agnitio_fw-la culpe_v impetratio_fw-la veniae_fw-la bern._n meditat._n cap._n 11._o ante_fw-la dei_fw-la conspectum_fw-la cuncta_fw-la peccata_fw-la sunt_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la scribit_fw-la transgressio_fw-la hic_fw-la delet_fw-la confessio_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr aedif_a cap._n 38._o i_o see_v david_n say_v he_o say_v i_o have_v sin_v and_o receive_v answer_n from_o the_o prophet_n the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o die_v i_o consider_v mary_n magdalen_n if_o not_o in_o word_n yet_o in_o deed_n confess_v her_o sin_n and_o the_o lord_n answer_v in_o her_o behalf_n many_o sin_n be_v forgive_v she_o for_o she_o love_v much_o i_o behold_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o apostle_n deny_v fearful_o weep_v bitter_o and_o christ_n look_v back_o upon_o he_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o mercy_n i_o see_v that_o bless_a thief_n accuse_v himself_o and_o christ_n the_o lord_n promise_v he_o this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n oh_o how_o notable_a be_v this_o confession_n whereby_o the_o thief_n that_o be_v condemn_v and_o crucify_v ascend_v from_o the_o gallows_n to_o a_o kingdom_n from_o earth_n to_o heaven_n from_o the_o cross_n to_o paradise_n this_o then_o be_v a_o high_a commendation_n of_o god_n mercy_n that_o when_o a_o man_n lay_v open_v his_o sin_n god_n cover_v it_o when_o a_o man_n acknowledge_v his_o sin_n god_n pardon_v it_o beside_o if_o we_o do_v often_o confess_v our_o sin_n unto_o god_n it_o will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o go_v far_o nor_o to_o lie_v long_o in_o any_o sin_n but_o will_v hunt_v it_o out_o before_o it_o be_v warm_a and_o settle_a in_o we_o yea_o it_o will_v chain_v up_o the_o the_o unrulinesse_n of_o our_o nature_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o break_v out_o to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n as_o otherwise_o it_o will_v let_v we_o therefore_o pursue_v our_o sin_n by_o this_o mean_n and_o if_o we_o desire_v to_o come_v to_o perfect_a health_n of_o our_o soul_n 56._o soul_n quicquid_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la stomachum_fw-la gravat_fw-la totum_fw-la vomitu_fw-la purae_fw-la confessionis_fw-la evomere_fw-la ne_fw-la differas_fw-la bern._n ibid._n cap._n 56._o whatsoever_o sin_n do_v surcharge_n the_o stomach_n of_o the_o soul_n let_v we_o not_o defer_v to_o cast_v it_o up_o by_o the_o vomit_n of_o a_o pure_a confession_n 2._o confession_n use_v 2._o second_o this_o serve_v for_o the_o just_a reproof_n of_o all_o those_o that_o will_v not_o confess_v their_o sin_n many_o will_v not_o confess_v before_o god_n it_o be_v a_o corruption_n that_o we_o all_o have_v by_o kind_n to_o dissemble_v our_o sin_n and_o to_o excuse_v ourselves_o for_o they_o as_o adam_n when_o he_o be_v examine_v post_v the_o matter_n from_o himself_o to_o his_o
wife_n gen._n 3.12.13_o 2._o 3.12.13_o use_v 2._o the_o woman_n that_o thou_o give_v i_o she_o give_v i_o of_o the_o tree_n and_o i_o do_v eat_v and_o eve_n quick_o clear_v herself_o and_o lay_v all_o the_o blame_n upon_o the_o serpent_n the_o serpent_n beguile_v i_o and_o i_o do_v eat_v so_o be_v it_o with_o all_o the_o son_n and_o daughter_n of_o adam_n they_o be_v loath_a to_o make_v any_o confession_n of_o their_o sin_n even_o to_o the_o lord_n much_o less_o will_v they_o confess_v they_o to_o man_n where_o be_v there_o a_o man_n that_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n either_o public_o or_o private_o will_v make_v confession_n of_o his_o sin_n man_n sin_n break_v forth_o every_o day_n to_o the_o public_a scandal_n of_o the_o church_n but_o where_o be_v there_o a_o man_n to_o be_v find_v that_o have_v any_o care_n to_o make_v satisfaction_n nay_o so_o long_o as_o the_o matter_n may_v be_v buy_v out_o with_o money_n they_o scorn_v and_o contemn_v the_o most_o godly_a minister_n that_o shall_v reprove_v they_o again_o they_o fail_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o confession_n it_o may_v be_v they_o will_v confess_v their_o sin_n in_o general_a but_o for_o any_o particular_a confession_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o bring_v they_o to_o it_o and_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o aggravate_v their_o sin_n that_o they_o rather_o extenuate_v they_o by_o all_o mean_v possible_a i_o be_o not_o alone_a nor_o i_o be_o not_o the_o first_o nor_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o last_o solitaria_fw-la last_o sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la consitendo_fw-la sicut_fw-la sabulam_fw-la enarrant_fw-la suorum_fw-la historiam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o aegritudines_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la sine_fw-la confusione_n dinumerant_fw-la &_o penè_fw-la sine_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la affectu_fw-la doloris_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la and_o for_o any_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n for_o their_o sin_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o that_o as_o that_o rather_o they_o take_v a_o pride_n in_o they_o delight_v as_o much_o to_o talk_v and_o make_v report_n of_o the_o sin_n they_o have_v commit_v as_o they_o do_v in_o tell_v of_o a_o merry_a tale_n and_o if_o we_o shall_v examine_v their_o confession_n by_o all_o the_o other_o property_n before_o speak_v of_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o they_o fail_v also_o in_o all_o the_o rest_n i_o have_v sin_v it_o may_v seem_v strange_a what_o shall_v move_v judas_n to_o confess_v his_o sin_n in_o this_o manner_n there_o be_v no_o court_n of_o inquisition_n concern_v his_o fact_n he_o be_v not_o convent_v before_o any_o authority_n there_o be_v no_o magistrate_n to_o examine_v he_o no_o witness_n to_o accuse_v he_o no_o judge_n to_o condemn_v he_o nay_o rather_o all_o the_o world_n be_v on_o his_o side_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v have_v call_v the_o matter_n into_o question_n no_o doubt_n his_o great_a master_n that_o set_v he_o on_o work_n will_v have_v back_v he_o and_o bear_v he_o out_o what_o then_o shall_v cause_v he_o without_o regard_n of_o his_o credit_n to_o come_v forth_o in_o this_o manner_n and_o thus_o public_o to_o confess_v his_o sin_n sure_o though_o no_o body_n else_o accuse_v he_o yet_o his_o own_o conscience_n accuse_v he_o and_o that_o extort_a and_o wring_v from_o he_o this_o confession_n where_o we_o see_v the_o property_n of_o a_o evil_a conscience_n conscience_n doct._n the_o property_n of_o a_o evil_a conscience_n so_o long_o as_o a_o man_n do_v well_o his_o conscience_n will_v excuse_v he_o but_o if_o he_o do_v evil_a it_o will_v accuse_v he_o every_o man_n sin_n be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n which_o he_o continual_o carry_v about_o with_o he_o as_o a_o domestical_a witness_n yea_o a_o man_n conscience_n be_v instead_o of_o a_o thousand_o witness_n yea_o a_o thousand_o army_n of_o witness_n which_o take_v particular_a notice_n of_o every_o thing_n he_o do_v and_o do_v always_o dog_v and_o accuse_v he_o for_o the_o same_o hippol._n same_o scelus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tutum_fw-la nemosecurum_fw-la tulu_fw-fr senan_n hippol._n so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o escape_v all_o apprehension_n and_o accusation_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o his_o own_o conscience_n will_v arrest_v he_o and_o hale_v he_o to_o judgement_n scholar_n judgement_n peccata_fw-la mea_fw-la celare_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quocunq_fw-fr vado_fw-la conscientia_fw-la mea_fw-la mecum_fw-la est_fw-la secum_fw-la portans_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la posui_fw-la sive_fw-la bonum_fw-la sive_fw-la malum_fw-la seruat_fw-la vino_fw-la restituet_fw-la desuncto_fw-la depositum_fw-la quod_fw-la accepit_fw-la si_fw-mi malefacio_fw-la adest_fw-la illa_fw-la sic_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o propria_fw-la domo_fw-la babeo_fw-la accusatores_fw-la testes_fw-la iudices_fw-la tortores_fw-la ber._n medit._n c._n 13_o quocunque_fw-la i_o verto_fw-la vitia_fw-la mea_fw-la i_o sequuntur_fw-la &_o quocunque_fw-la vado_fw-la conscientia_fw-la mea_fw-la non_fw-la i_o deserit_fw-la sed_fw-la praesensassistit_fw-la &_o quicquam_fw-la facere_fw-la scribit_fw-la ideirco_fw-la quanquam_fw-la bumana_fw-la subtersugiam_fw-la indicia_fw-la iudicium_fw-la propriae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la fugere_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la hominibus_fw-la celo_fw-la quod_fw-la egi_fw-la mihi_fw-la tamen_fw-la quinovi_fw-la malum_fw-la quod_fw-la gessi_fw-la celare_fw-la nequco_fw-la de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr aedif_a cap._n 32._o anima_fw-la ipsa_fw-la coacta_fw-la est_fw-la proprio_fw-la assistere_fw-la tribunali_fw-la bern._n the_o conver_n ad_fw-la scholar_n whereupon_o bernard_n say_v well_o i_o can_v hide_v my_o sin_n because_o whethersoever_o i_o go_v my_o conscience_n be_v with_o i_o carry_v with_o it_o whatsoever_o i_o have_v lay_v up_o in_o it_o be_v it_o good_a or_o evil_n it_o keep_v for_o i_o while_o i_o live_v and_o it_o will_v restore_v unto_o i_o when_o i_o be_o dead_a that_o which_o i_o have_v commit_v unto_o it_o if_o i_o do_v amiss_o it_o be_v present_a and_o privy_a to_o it_o and_o thus_o have_v i_o in_o my_o own_o house_n nay_o in_o my_o own_o bosom_n my_o accuser_n my_o witness_n my_o judge_n and_o my_o tormentor_n and_o in_o another_o place_n which_o way_n soever_o i_o turn_v i_o my_o sin_n follow_v i_o and_o whethersoever_o i_o go_v my_o conscience_n never_o forsake_v i_o but_o always_o stand_v by_o i_o and_o write_v whatsoever_o i_o do_v so_o that_o although_o i_o can_v shun_v the_o judgement_n of_o man_n yet_o i_o can_v escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n and_o all_o though_o i_o can_v conceal_v from_o man_n that_o i_o have_v do_v yet_o i_o can_v conceal_v it_o from_o myself_o that_o be_o privy_a to_o the_o evil_n i_o have_v commit_v and_o therefore_o as_o man_n himself_o be_v a_o little_a world_n of_o wonder_n so_o the_o great_a wonder_n that_o be_v in_o he_o be_v his_o conscience_n which_o do_v often_o summon_v a_o man_n and_o draw_v he_o to_o the_o bar_n of_o god_n judgement_n and_o this_o office_n do_v it_o exercise_n in_o we_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o most_o wise_a god_n that_o though_o no_o body_n do_v accuse_v we_o 13._o we_o paena_fw-la autem_fw-la vehemens_fw-la ac_fw-la multo_fw-la saevior_fw-la illis_fw-la quas_fw-la aut_fw-la caeditus_fw-la gravis_fw-la invenit_fw-la aut_fw-la rhadamanthus_n nocte_fw-la dieque_fw-la suum_fw-la gestare_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la testem_fw-la jwen_n sit_v 13._o yet_o in_o ourselves_o we_o may_v be_v excusable_a and_o lest_o we_o shall_v imagine_v that_o we_o can_v escape_v the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n he_o have_v erect_v it_o in_o our_o own_o conscience_n hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o conscience_n be_v call_v god_n vicar_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v most_o quicksight_v that_o the_o least_o sin_n we_o commit_v which_o be_v no_o small_a punishment_n to_o a_o wicked_a man_n can_v possible_o by_o any_o mean_n escape_v it_o and_o this_o we_o see_v in_o the_o example_n of_o adam_n and_o eve_n who_o though_o there_o be_v no_o body_n but_o themselves_o privy_a to_o their_o sin_n nor_o that_o can_v accuse_v they_o for_o it_o 11._o it_o habes_fw-la adam_n abscondentem_fw-la se_fw-la ubi_fw-la deum_fw-la cognovit_fw-la esse_fw-la praesentem_fw-la &_o quaesitum_fw-la latere_fw-la voluisse_fw-la &_o vocatum_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la ea_fw-la voce_fw-la quae_fw-la latentis_fw-la morderet_fw-la affeotum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la adam_z ubi_fw-la es_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n te_fw-la abscondis_fw-la cur_n late_n cur_n fugis_fw-la eum_fw-la quem_fw-la videre_fw-la desiderabas_fw-la ita_fw-la gravis_fw-la culpa_fw-la est_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la judice_fw-la ipsa_fw-la se_fw-la puniat_fw-la &_o velare_fw-la se_fw-la cupit_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la nuda_fw-la sit_fw-la ambr._n de_fw-fr paenit_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 11._o yet_o their_o guilty_a conscience_n cause_v they_o to_o hide_v themselves_o when_o they_o perceive_v god_n to_o be_v present_a and_o to_o seek_v covert_a even_o when_o god_n seek_v for_o they_o and_o call_v they_o and_o that_o with_o such_o a_o voice_n as_o may_v gnaw_v their_o soul_n namely_o adam_n where_o
in_o locum_fw-la first_o we_o see_v the_o hypocrisy_n of_o these_o wicked_a chief_a priest_n that_o though_o they_o be_v no_o doubt_n convince_v in_o their_o conscience_n by_o this_o confession_n of_o judas_n yet_o be_v not_o bring_v to_o any_o acknowledgement_n of_o their_o sin_n much_o less_o to_o repent_v of_o it_o nay_o indeed_o they_o can_v never_o endure_v at_o any_o hand_n to_o be_v put_v in_o mind_n of_o their_o sin_n that_o so_o they_o may_v come_v to_o amendment_n which_o of_o all_o the_o prophet_n can_v they_o hear_v with_o patience_n if_o once_o he_o begin_v to_o touch_v their_o sin_n nay_o do_v they_o not_o persecute_v he_o in_o this_o case_n as_o a_o heretic_n and_o a_o contemner_n of_o their_o sacred_a dignity_n the_o reason_n be_v first_o upon_o a_o false_a conceit_n they_o have_v that_o they_o can_v not_o err_v nor_o do_v amiss_o it_o be_v their_o say_n of_o old_a the_o law_n shall_v not_o perish_v from_o the_o priest_n 9.7_o jerem._n 18.18_o hos_fw-la 9.7_o nor_o the_o counsel_n from_o the_o wise_a etc._n etc._n yea_o they_o count_v themselves_o man_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o though_o none_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o they_o as_o zidkijah_n say_v to_o michaiah_n 22.24_o 1._o king_n 22.24_o when_o go_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n from_o i_o to_o speak_v unto_o thou_o and_o these_o late_a one_o be_v still_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n for_o when_o the_o officer_n that_o be_v send_v to_o apprehend_v our_o saviour_n christ_n return_v with_o this_o answer_n 7.46.47.48_o joh._n 7.46.47.48_o never_o man_n speak_v like_o this_o man_n what_o say_v they_o be_v you_o also_o deceive_v do_v any_o of_o the_o ruler_n or_o of_o the_o pharisee_n believe_v in_o he_o as_o though_o they_o can_v not_o be_v deceive_v and_o when_o the_o blind_a man_n that_o have_v new_o receive_v his_o sight_n speak_v somewhat_o bold_o unto_o they_o concern_v christ_n jesus_n they_o think_v great_a scorn_n with_o it_o 9.34_o john_n 9.34_o thou_o be_v altogether_o say_v they_o bear_v in_o sin_n and_o do_v thou_o teach_v we_o under_o this_o pretence_n they_o always_o bear_v out_o the_o matter_n and_o will_v not_o endure_v that_o any_o body_n shall_v reprove_v they_o when_o pashur_n the_o priest_n have_v hear_v that_o jeremiah_n have_v prophesy_v against_o he_o he_o smite_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o the_o stock_n 7.10_o jere._n 20.1_o amos_n 7.10_o and_o when_o amos_n the_o prophet_n speak_v against_o the_o sin_n of_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n he_o complain_v of_o he_o to_o the_o king_n yea_o the_o pharisee_n can_v not_o endure_v that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o shall_v reprove_v they_o for_o when_o he_o have_v denounce_v many_o woe_n against_o they_o one_o of_o they_o step_v up_o and_o tell_v he_o master_n in_o say_v thus_o 11.45_o euke_n 11.45_o thou_o put_v we_o to_o rebuke_v as_o though_o that_o have_v be_v a_o heinous_a matter_n and_o thus_o be_v it_o with_o the_o pope_n at_o this_o day_n he_o cry_v out_o with_o open_a mouth_n that_o he_o can_v err_v and_o that_o all_o judgement_n be_v in_o his_o power_n and_o that_o he_o must_v be_v judge_v of_o none_o papa_n none_o dist_n 40._o cap._n si_fw-mi papa_n yea_o it_o be_v to_o be_v read_v in_o plain_a word_n in_o his_o own_o decree_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o any_o man_n though_o be_v careless_a of_o his_o own_o and_o his_o brethren_n salvation_n he_o shall_v draw_v innumerable_a soul_n with_o he_o to_o hell_n second_o from_o this_o persuasion_n that_o they_o can_v not_o err_v do_v arise_v a_o damnable_a pride_n which_o make_v they_o think_v it_o a_o shame_n to_o confess_v any_o fault_n and_o therefore_o they_o maintain_v all_o their_o deed_n though_o never_o so_o heinous_a now_o from_o this_o particular_a example_n sin_n doct._n wicked_a man_n can_v endure_v to_o hear_v of_o their_o sin_n we_o may_v for_o our_o instruction_n gather_v this_o general_a doctrine_n that_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o all_o wicked_a man_n not_o to_o endure_v to_o hear_v of_o their_o sin_n especial_o if_o they_o be_v great_a person_n or_o have_v any_o authority_n amicitia_fw-la authority_n peccasse_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la anguntur_fw-la obiurgari_fw-la molestè_fw-fr serunt_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr amicitia_fw-la as_o the_o heathen_a orator_n can_v say_v they_o be_v not_o grieve_v at_o all_o that_o they_o have_v do_v amiss_o but_o it_o grieve_v they_o to_o be_v rebuke_v for_o it_o they_o can_v abide_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n in_o rip_v up_o and_o lay_v open_a their_o sin_n but_o they_o will_v chap_v logic_n with_o he_o whatsoever_o he_o be_v that_o shall_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o reprove_v they_o &_o will_v justify_v themselves_o and_o their_o action_n against_o he_o as_o saul_n do_v when_o samuel_n reprove_v he_o 15.20_o 1._o sam._n 15.20_o yea_o say_v he_o i_o have_v obey_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o have_v go_v the_o way_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v send_v i_o as_o though_o samuel_n have_v do_v he_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o wrong_n to_o challenge_v he_o in_o that_o manner_n so_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n bring_v in_o the_o people_n always_o answer_v again_o when_o they_o be_v accuse_v 1.6.7_o mal._n 1.6.7_o the_o lord_n tell_v they_o they_o have_v despise_v his_o name_n 3.8.13_o &_o 3.8.13_o they_o answer_v very_o saucy_o wherein_o have_v we_o despise_v thy_o name_n he_o tell_v they_o they_o have_v spoil_v he_o wherein_o have_v we_o spoil_v thou_o and_o he_o tell_v they_o their_o word_n have_v be_v stout_a against_o he_o why_o say_v they_o what_o have_v we_o speak_v against_o thou_o 4._o hos_fw-la 4_o 4._o and_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n affirm_v as_o much_o of_o the_o people_n with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o deal_v that_o though_o their_o sin_n be_v heinous_a and_o such_o as_o cause_v the_o lord_n to_o commence_v a_o action_n against_o they_o yet_o they_o may_v not_o be_v reprove_v for_o all_o that_o but_o be_v ready_a to_o fly_v in_o his_o face_n that_o shall_v do_v it_o 10.1â—_n ezech._n 13_o 10.1â—_n yet_o say_v he_o let_v none_o rebuke_v nor_o reprove_v another_o for_o thy_o people_n be_v as_o they_o that_o rebuke_v the_o priest_n so_o long_o as_o the_o minister_n do_v stroke_n their_o head_n in_o their_o sin_n 6.14_o jere._n 6.14_o so_o long_o as_o he_o daubeth_n with_o untempered_a mortar_n and_o sow_v pillow_n under_o man_n armhole_n heal_v their_o hurt_n with_o sweet_a word_n say_v peace_n peace_n when_o there_o be_v no_o peace_n so_o long_o as_o he_o will_v not_o open_v his_o mouth_n against_o they_o or_o if_o he_o do_v so_o long_o as_o he_o go_v fair_a and_o far_o off_o as_o we_o say_v or_o else_o frame_v himself_o to_o please_v their_o humour_n 4.4_o 1._o kin._n 22.13.14_o 1._o pet._n 4.4_o as_o ahabs_n servant_n will_v have_v persuade_v michaiah_n or_o which_o be_v worse_o will_v be_v content_a to_o run_v with_o they_o to_o all_o excess_n of_o riot_n so_o long_o he_o be_v a_o man_n for_o their_o tooth_n and_o so_o long_o they_o affect_v and_o love_v he_o but_o if_o he_o will_v needs_o deal_v sincere_o and_o will_v not_o spare_v the_o proud_a of_o they_o 1._o isa_n 58_o 1._o but_o will_v lift_v up_o his_o voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n and_o show_v they_o their_o sin_n then_o as_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n complain_v 15.10_o jere._n 15.10_o he_o be_v a_o contentious_a man_n a_o man_n that_o strive_v with_o the_o whole_a earth_n no_o body_n can_v endure_v he_o 15.12_o prou._n 15.12_o as_o solomon_n say_v a_o scorner_n love_v not_o he_o that_o rebuke_v he_o 4._o 1._o king_n 13_o 4._o hence_o be_v it_o that_o when_o jeroboam_fw-la hear_v the_o prophet_n inveigh_v against_o the_o altar_n that_o he_o have_v set_v up_o he_o present_o bid_v lay_v hold_v on_o he_o and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o make_v ahab_n hate_v michaiah_n 22.8_o &_o 22.8_o even_o because_o he_o will_v be_v so_o plain_a with_o he_o 4.9.1_o gal._n 4.9.1_o and_o the_o galatian_n count_v the_o apostle_n paul_n their_o enemy_n because_o he_o tell_v they_o the_o 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the_o captive_a and_o recover_n of_o sight_n to_o the_o blind_a etc._n etc._n 4.18_o luke_n 4.18_o he_o must_v be_v like_o that_o good_a samaritaine_n see_v man_n wound_v in_o their_o conscience_n he_o must_v bind_v up_o their_o wound_n 10.33.34_o luke_n 10.33.34_o and_o power_n in_o wine_n and_o oil_n to_o supple_a they_o and_o refresh_v they_o he_o be_v a_o physician_n for_o man_n soul_n and_o therefore_o he_o must_v apply_v unto_o they_o the_o blame_n of_o gilead_n 8.22_o jere._n 8.22_o even_o the_o sweet_a comfort_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o the_o health_n of_o god_n disttess_v people_n may_v be_v recover_v if_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o christian_n to_o comfort_v the_o feeble_a mind_v 5.14_o 1._o thes_n 5.14_o as_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v much_o more_o do_v it_o appertain_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n that_o be_v chief_o set_v apart_o thereunto_o yea_o it_o be_v ooe_v principal_a part_n of_o prophecy_n 14.3_o 1._o cor._n 14.3_o that_o be_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n he_o that_o prophesi_v say_v the_o apostle_n speak_v unto_o man_n 15.4_o rom._n 15.4_o to_o edify_v and_o to_o exhortation_n and_o to_o comfort_v as_o it_o be_v one_o property_n of_o the_o word_n to_o minister_v comfort_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v whatsoever_o thing_n be_v write_v aforetime_o be_v write_v for_o our_o learning_n that_o we_o through_o patience_n and_o comfort_n of_o the_o scripture_n may_v have_v hope_n 19.8_o psal_n 19.8_o and_o david_n say_v the_o statute_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v right_a and_o rejoice_v the_o heart_n so_o the_o minister_n must_v apply_v it_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o it_o may_v have_v this_o comfortable_a effect_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o those_o that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o it_o 1.9_o 1._o sam._n 1.9_o for_o this_o cause_n eli_n the_o priest_n sit_v upon_o a_o stool_n at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n that_o he_o may_v be_v ready_a at_o all_o time_n to_o perform_v this_o duty_n etc._n act_n 9.17_o &_o 16.28_o etc._n etc._n thus_o do_v ananias_n comfort_v the_o apostle_n paul_n be_v exceed_o cast_v down_o with_o the_o vision_n which_o he_o have_v see_v and_o thus_o do_v paul_n and_o silas_n comfort_v the_o jailer_n that_o be_v ready_a in_o the_o horror_n of_o his_o conscience_n to_o make_v away_o himself_o use_v 1_o this_o doctrine_n serve_v first_o for_o the_o reproof_n of_o all_o such_o minister_n as_o will_v not_o perform_v this_o duty_n but_o rather_o take_v pleasure_n in_o cut_v and_o lance_a in_o wound_v and_o afflict_v the_o poor_a conscience_n of_o man_n it_o be_v true_a we_o can_v be_v too_o severe_a against_o obstinate_a and_o impenitent_a sinner_n but_o yet_o when_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v humble_v for_o their_o sin_n than_o they_o be_v to_o be_v comfort_v and_o raise_v up_o if_o a_o chirurgeon_n do_v only_o cut_v and_o lance_n man_n sore_n and_o never_o bound_v they_o up_o if_o he_o only_o apply_v corrosive_n and_o no_o lenitive_n he_o be_v rather_o a_o butcher_n then_o a_o chirurgeon_n in_o like_a manner_n if_o a_o minister_n do_v only_o beat_v man_n down_o with_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o law_n and_o never_o labour_v to_o raise_v they_o up_o with_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o gospel_n he_o be_v a_o hangman_n and_o a_o executioner_n rather_o than_o a_o minister_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v labour_v to_o take_v a_o right_a course_n in_o administer_a the_o word_n we_o must_v not_o preach_v the_o law_n alone_o nor_o the_o gospel_n alone_o but_o both_o together_o and_o yet_o both_o in_o their_o right_a order_n the_o law_n must_v go_v before_o to_o beat_v down_o the_o pride_n of_o man_n heart_n and_o the_o gospel_n must_v follow_v after_o to_o minister_v comfort_n unto_o they_o when_o nathan_n have_v thorough_o humble_v king_n david_n 12.13_o 2._o sam._n 12.13_o with_o denounce_v god_n judgement_n against_o he_o for_o his_o sin_n than_o he_o speak_v peace_n unto_o he_o again_o say_v the_o lord_n have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o die_v etc._n act._n 2.37.28_o etc._n etc._n when_o the_o apostle_n peter_n see_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o sermon_n that_o it_o have_v prick_v and_o wound_v the_o people_n in_o their_o heart_n he_o be_v most_o ready_a to_o comfort_v they_o again_o with_o the_o promise_n of_o mercy_n use_v 2_o second_o this_o doctrine_n also_o serve_v to_o teprove_v all_o those_o that_o have_v no_o ability_n to_o perform_v this_o duty_n a_o number_n god_n know_v be_v ignorant_a person_n of_o no_o gift_n for_o this_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o beside_o be_v so_o give_v over_o to_o the_o world_n as_o they_o have_v no_o desire_n to_o come_v to_o knowledge_n so_o long_o as_o they_o may_v eat_v the_o fat_a 34.3_o ezech._n 34.3_o and_o cloth_n themselves_o with_o the_o wool_n they_o care_v not_o what_o become_v of_o the_o poor_a sheep_n they_o have_v more_o regard_n of_o the_o gain_n of_o riches_n 5._o riches_n apud_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la animarum_fw-la salus_fw-la sed_fw-la lucrum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la bern._n in_o psal_n 91._o serm._n 5._o as_o one_o say_v then_o of_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n soul_n but_o alas_o this_o intolerable_a defect_n never_o show_v itself_o more_o shameful_o or_o with_o great_a hurt_n then_o when_o man_n stand_v most_o in_o need_n of_o spiritual_a comfort_n namely_o at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n or_o in_o the_o time_n of_o some_o great_a affliction_n for_o as_o shepherd_n that_o want_v skill_n to_o help_v a_o poor_a sheep_n out_o of_o the_o ditch_n cut_v his_o throat_n in_o time_n to_o make_v it_o man_n meat_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v say_v it_o die_v in_o a_o ditch_n so_o these_o miserable_a comforter_n be_v drive_v to_o take_v some_o indirect_a course_n whereby_o for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n they_o slay_v many_o a_o poor_a soul_n and_o thus_o in_o many_o place_n be_v the_o miserable_a and_o desperate_a calamity_n of_o the_o people_n provide_v for_o when_o their_o necessity_n do_v most_o of_o all_o require_v better_a comfort_n use_v 3_o three_o it_o serve_v to_o admonish_v all_o of_o we_o that_o be_v minister_n of_o the_o word_n to_o labour_v diligent_o in_o this_o behalf_n that_o we_o may_v relieve_v the_o distress_n of_o god_n people_n every_o minister_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v a_o interpreter_n 5.19_o job._n 33.23_o 2._o cor._n 5.19_o as_o job_n say_v able_a to_o deliver_v aright_o the_o reconciliation_n make_v betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n the_o word_n whereof_o be_v commit_v unto_o he_o able_a to_o open_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o right_o to_o lay_v down_o the_o mean_n how_o this_o reconciliation_n be_v wrought_v and_o to_o apply_v the_o same_o according_o and_o so_o to_o declare_v to_o man_n his_o righteousness_n that_o be_v to_o say_v as_o that_o reverend_a and_o worthy_a man_n of_o bless_a memory_n master_n perkins_n do_v expound_v it_o when_o a_o poor_a sinner_n by_o his_o sin_n be_v bring_v down_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n and_o by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o law_n to_o a_o true_a sight_n of_o his_o misery_n than_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o minister_n to_o declare_v to_o he_o his_o righteousness_n namely_o that_o howsoever_o in_o himself_o he_o be_v as_o he_o be_v as_o foul_a as_o sin_n can_v make_v he_o and_o the_o law_n can_v discover_v he_o to_o be_v yet_o in_o christ_n he_o be_v righteous_a and_o by_o christ_n so_o justify_v as_o he_o be_v no_o more_o a_o sinner_n in_o god_n account_n and_o also_o to_o maintain_v the_o same_o for_o the_o quiet_a of_o his_o conscience_n against_o all_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n whatsoever_o now_o this_o can_v be_v do_v without_o a_o special_a gift_n from_o god_n and_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o pray_v earnest_o unto_o he_o that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n jesus_n and_o of_o heavenly_a thing_n may_v not_o only_o swim_v in_o our_o brain_n but_o may_v also_o be_v engrave_v in_o our_o heart_n and_o imprint_v in_o our_o soul_n by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n 1.4_o 2._o cor._n 1.4_o that_o so_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o comfort_v they_o that_o be_v in_o affliction_n out_o of_o the_o feel_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n even_o by_o the_o comfort_n wherewith_o we_o ourselves_o be_v comfort_v of_o god_n see_v thou_o to_o it_o the_o chief_a priest_n be_v so_o far_o from_o comfort_v judas_n in_o his_o distress_n that_o they_o do_v rather_o despise_v he_o and_o in_o a_o manner_n laugh_v he_o to_o scorn_v they_o hire_v he_o and_o set_v he_o on_o work_n they_o doct._n traitor_n be_v hate_v even_o of_o those_o that_o have_v benefit_n by_o they_o and_o yet_o now_o that_o they_o have_v effect_v what_o they_o will_v they_o do_v not_o respect_v he_o where_o we_o may_v observe_v the_o just_a reward_n and_o punishment_n of_o traitor_n they_o be_v odious_a even_o to_o they_o
that_o have_v do_v no_o evil_n be_v secure_a and_o fear_v nothing_o and_o they_o that_o have_v sin_v do_v always_o look_v for_o punishment_n and_o therefore_o it_o stand_v we_o in_o hand_n by_o all_o mean_v possible_a to_o pacify_v our_o conscience_n that_o so_o we_o may_v have_v comforr_n in_o all_o estate_n for_o as_o one_o say_v well_o 22._o well_o nihil_fw-la iucundius_fw-la nihil_fw-la tutius_fw-la nihil_fw-la dulcius_fw-la bona_fw-la conscientia_fw-la premat_fw-la corpus_fw-la trahat_fw-la mundus_fw-la terreat_fw-la diabolus_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la erit_fw-la secura_fw-la bona_fw-la conscientia_fw-la secura_fw-la erit_fw-la cum_fw-la corpus_fw-la morietur_fw-la secura_fw-la cum_fw-la animae_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la praesentabitur_fw-la secura_fw-la cum_fw-la utrumque_fw-la in_o die_fw-la iudicij_fw-la ante_fw-la tribunale_fw-la terrificum_fw-la iusti_fw-la indicis_fw-la statuetur_fw-la cum_fw-la mundus_fw-la omnis_fw-la volubilitate_fw-la circumrotetur_fw-la ploret_fw-la redeat_fw-la pereat_fw-la transcat_fw-la nunquam_fw-la marcessit_fw-la bona_fw-la conscientia_fw-la subijciatur_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o paena_fw-la in_fw-la ieiunijs_fw-la maceâ—ctur_n verberibus_fw-la lanietâ—r_fw-la eculeo_fw-la distendatur_fw-la gladio_fw-la trucidetur_fw-la crucis_fw-la supplicio_fw-la affligatur_fw-la &_o secura_fw-la erit_fw-la conscicatia_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr conscien_fw-fr aedifican_n cap._n 22._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o pleasant_a nothing_o more_o quiet_a nothing_o more_o sweet_a and_o comfortable_a than_o a_o good_a conscience_n let_v the_o body_n vex_v a_o man_n let_v the_o world_n hale_v he_o let_v the_o devil_n terrify_v he_o and_o yet_o it_o will_v be_v secure_a a_o good_a conscience_n will_v be_v secure_a when_o the_o body_n die_v it_o will_v be_v secure_a when_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v present_v before_o god_n it_o will_v be_v secure_a when_o both_o body_n and_o soul_n shall_v stand_v before_o the_o terrible_a bar_n of_o the_o just_a judge_n though_o all_o the_o world_n be_v turn_v topsy_n turuie_o though_o it_o weep_v though_o it_o laugh_v though_o it_o perish_v though_o it_o vanish_v yet_o a_o good_a conscience_n never_o shrinck_v let_v the_o body_n be_v bring_v under_o with_o punishment_n let_v it_o be_v macerate_v with_o fast_v let_v it_o be_v tear_v with_o stripe_n let_v it_o be_v stretch_v upon_o the_o rack_n let_v it_o be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n let_v it_o be_v hang_v upon_o the_o gallows_n yet_o the_o conscience_n will_v be_v secure_a second_o it_o may_v admonish_v we_o above_o all_o thing_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o sin_n lest_o it_o breed_v a_o worm_n in_o the_o conscience_n to_o gnaw_v and_o to_o wound_v the_o same_o with_o endless_a woe_n for_o as_o it_o have_v be_v say_v already_o howsoever_o pleasure_n may_v accompany_v the_o commit_n of_o sin_n yet_o honour_n of_o conscience_n always_o follow_v after_o use_v 3_o three_o it_o may_v admonish_v we_o to_o pity_v they_o that_o be_v afflict_v in_o conscience_n 41.1_o psal_n 41.1_o bless_a be_v he_o say_v david_n that_o judge_v wise_o of_o the_o poor_a we_o know_v not_o how_o soon_o we_o may_v drink_v of_o the_o same_o cup_n ourselves_o and_o therefore_o we_o shall_v pray_v for_o they_o in_o their_o distress_n it_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o job_n friend_n that_o see_v he_o cast_v down_o with_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n 16.5_o job._n 19.2_o &_o 16.5_o they_o vex_v his_o soul_n and_o torment_v he_o with_o word_n of_o reproach_n where_o as_o rather_o they_o shall_v have_v strengthen_v he_o with_o their_o mouth_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o their_o lip_n shall_v have_v assuage_v his_o sorrow_n use_v 4_o last_o of_o all_o it_o may_v serve_v to_o teach_v we_o that_o if_o the_o horror_n of_o conscience_n be_v so_o great_a in_o this_o life_n how_o unspeakable_a and_o unsupportable_a it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v where_o that_o shall_v be_v infinite_a which_o here_o be_v finite_a where_o that_o shall_v be_v unmeasurable_a which_o here_o be_v measurable_a where_o there_o be_v the_o sea_n of_o sorrow_n whereof_o this_o be_v but_o a_o drop_n and_o where_o there_o be_v the_o flame_n of_o that_o fire_n which_o here_o be_v less_o than_o a_o spark_n for_o whatsoever_o anguish_n wicked_a man_n endure_v here_o it_o be_v but_o the_o begin_n of_o sorrow_n as_o our_o saviour_n christ_n say_v mat._n 24.8_o and_o as_o the_o child_n of_o god_n have_v only_o in_o this_o life_n the_o earnest_n 1._o cor._n 1.22_o and_o the_o first_o fruit_n rom._n 8.23_o of_o that_o happiness_n which_o they_o shall_v full_o enjoy_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o wicked_a have_v here_o but_o even_o a_o taste_n only_o of_o that_o misery_n which_o shall_v be_v heap_v and_o pour_v upon_o they_o in_o hell_n and_o therefore_o saint_n bernard_n say_v well_o 2.9_o well_o quid_fw-la illic_fw-la confusionis_fw-la erit_fw-la quid_fw-la miseriae_fw-la quid_fw-la doloris_fw-la quando_fw-la iam_fw-la immortalis_fw-la factus_fw-la interior_a ille_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la vermis_fw-la tanta_fw-la malignitate_fw-la corrodet_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la consumet_fw-la animam_fw-la infelicem_fw-la bern._n in_o declamat_fw-la 1._o cor._n 2.9_o what_o confusion_n what_o misery_n what_o sorrow_n shall_v there_o be_v there_o when_o that_o inward_a woâ—me_n of_o conscience_n shall_v gnaw_v the_o wretched_a soul_n with_o such_o cruelty_n and_o yet_o shall_v not_o consume_v it_o as_o neither_o eye_n have_v see_v nor_o ear_n have_v hear_v nor_o heart_n can_v conceive_v the_o joy_n that_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o so_o no_o tongue_n can_v express_v no_o heart_n can_v imagine_v what_o horrible_a torment_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o wicked_a happy_a and_o thrice_o happy_a be_v they_o that_o shall_v never_o feel_v they_o hang_v himself_o this_o proceed_v not_o from_o locum_fw-la from_o aretius_n in_o locum_fw-la repentance_n but_o from_o desperation_n for_o though_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v sanct_n hear_v faciliùs_fw-la desperatione_n cucurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la laqueâ—m_fw-la quà m_fw-la humilitate_fw-la veniam_fw-la deprecatus_fw-la est_fw-la aret._n probl_a de_fw-fr peccato_fw-la in_fw-la spi_v sanct_n yet_o he_o be_v more_o ready_a by_o desperation_n to_o run_v to_o the_o gallows_n then_o by_o humility_n to_o crave_v pardon_n and_o therefore_o locum_fw-la therefore_o sceleratior_fw-la omnibus_fw-la o_fw-la juda_n &_o inselicior_fw-la extitisti_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la revocavit_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la sed_fw-la desperatio_fw-la traxit_fw-la ad_fw-la laqueum_fw-la glos_n ordin_fw-fr in_o locum_fw-la as_o one_o say_v he_o be_v more_o wicked_a and_o more_o wretched_a than_o all_o man_n in_o that_o his_o repentance_n can_v not_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o lord_n but_o desperation_n draw_v he_o to_o the_o rope_n he_o can_v not_o for_o his_o life_n give_v one_o rap_n at_o the_o mercy_n gate_n of_o god_n for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o his_o sin_n but_o be_v overwhelm_v with_o honour_n of_o conscience_n by_o the_o apprehension_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o herein_o judas_n be_v a_o pattern_n of_o all_o reprobate_n who_o the_o devil_n lead_v as_o it_o be_v hoodwink_v a_o long_a time_n into_o many_o great_a and_o fearful_a sin_n and_o at_o the_o last_o when_o their_o eye_n be_v open_v that_o they_o see_v the_o heinousness_n of_o their_o sin_n but_o see_v not_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n he_o cast_v they_o headlong_o into_o despair_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o cast_v off_o all_o hope_n of_o comfort_n and_o salvation_n locum_fw-la salvation_n penitentia_fw-la humani_fw-la animi_fw-la sine_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la quantò_fw-la maâ—or_fw-la est_fw-la tantò_fw-la est_fw-la periculosior_fw-la absorbet_fw-la enim_fw-la hominem_fw-la abundantiori_fw-la trislitia_fw-la &_o desperationem_fw-la inducit_fw-la talem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la iudae_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la hic_fw-la exitus_fw-la comprobat_fw-la caietan_n in_o locii_fw-la lira_n in_o locum_fw-la for_o repentance_n without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o great_a it_o be_v the_o more_o dangerous_a it_o be_v for_o it_o swallow_v up_o a_o man_n with_o more_o abundant_a sorrow_n and_o bring_v desperation_n and_o such_o be_v the_o repentance_n of_o judas_n as_o this_o end_n of_o he_o prove_v and_o herein_o he_o sin_v more_o than_o he_o do_v in_o betray_v his_o master_n because_o lyra_n note_v in_o betray_v of_o christ_n he_o sin_v direct_o against_o his_o humanity_n but_o by_o his_o despair_n he_o sin_v direct_o against_o his_o deity_n because_o he_o sin_v against_o the_o infiniteness_n of_o his_o divine_a mercy_n now_o this_o his_o desperation_n proceed_v from_o two_o cause_n first_o from_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o sin_n in_o betray_v he_o of_o who_o innocence_n and_o holiness_n he_o have_v so_o good_a experience_n second_o because_o he_o have_v hear_v our_o saviour_n christ_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v a_o true_a prophet_n who_o word_n shall_v never_o fail_v pronounce_v his_o damnation_n against_o he_o for_o so_o he_o threaten_v locum_fw-la lira_n in_o locum_fw-la when_o he_o discover_v his_o treason_n woe_n be_v to_o that_o man_n 26.24_o mat._n 24.35_o &_o 26.24_o by_o who_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v