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no_o man_n know_v whether_o thou_o do_v or_o not_o for_o he_o that_o be_v the_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n know_v all_o but_o if_o thou_o want_v opportunity_n to_o do_v it_o secret_o rather_o than_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v do_v thou_o must_v do_v it_o public_o and_o that_o upon_o no_o less_o penalty_n than_o damnation_n for_o the_o contrary_n must_v needs_o be_v to_o that_o of_o christ_n to_o zacheus_n that_o no_o restitution_n exclude_v salvation_n out_o of_o thy_o house_n and_o heart_n for_o as_o augustine_n say_v ibid._n non_fw-la remittetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la restituatur_fw-la ablatum_fw-la sed_fw-la cùm_fw-la restitui_fw-la potest_fw-la august_n ibid._n the_o sin_n shall_v not_o be_v remit_v if_o that_o which_o be_v take_v away_o be_v not_o restore_v when_o a_o man_n have_v ability_n to_o restore_v for_o if_o it_o deserve_v damnation_n to_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o a_o man_n wrongful_o as_o doubtless_o it_o do_v then_o be_v it_o as_o dangerous_a to_o keep_v it_o 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we_o which_o doubtless_o will_v be_v the_o best_a patrimony_n that_o as_o we_o beget_v they_o to_o the_o world_n so_o the_o word_n may_v beget_v they_o to_o god_n and_o we_o may_v with_o they_o be_v glorify_v together_o 3_o use_v 3_o 3._o three_o see_v that_o god_n beget_v we_o unto_o he_o by_o the_o word_n then_o ought_v every_o one_o who_o have_v any_o care_n to_o attain_v to_o this_o to_o take_v out_o and_o learn_v that_o good_a sentence_n of_o s._n james_n 1.19_o james_n 1.19_o my_o dear_a brethren_n say_v he_o let_v every_o man_n be_v swift_a to_o hear_v slow_a to_o speak_v and_o slow_a to_o wrath_n consist_v of_o three_o special_a and_o spiritual_a aphorism_n 1._o be_v swift_a to_o hear_v that_o be_v to_o say_v take_v all_o occasion_n and_o opportunity_n that_o may_v be_v to_o embrace_v the_o truth_n 2._o be_v slow_a to_o speak_v take_v heed_n of_o a_o spirit_n of_o contradiction_n and_o reason_n against_o the_o truth_n deliver_v 3._o and_o slow_a to_o wrath_n be_v not_o apt_a 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himself_o from_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o will_v 16.12_o 2._o sam._n 16.12_o look_v upon_o his_o affliction_n and_o to_o do_v he_o good_a for_o their_o curse_v &_o among_o other_o thing_n happy_o this_o good_a which_o david_n speak_v of_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v make_v he_o of_o the_o very_a some_o servant_n which_o michol_n tell_v he_o have_v despise_v he_o 6.22_o 2._o sam._n 6.22_o to_o be_v have_v in_o honour_n so_o that_o god_n will_v make_v those_o who_o now_o reproach_n and_o dospise_v he_o afterward_o to_o honour_v he_o yea_o and_o to_o glorify_v god_n for_o they_o 4.2.12_o 1._o pet._n 4.2.12_o in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o visitation_n when_o god_n shall_v call_v they_o and_o as_o for_o scandal_n which_o arise_v from_o professor_n he_o must_v learn_v to_o put_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o person_n and_o the_o profession_n and_o not_o for_o the_o fault_n of_o he_o to_o condemn_v this_o i_o have_v hear_v it_o often_o observe_v that_o in_o many_o handy_a craft_n the_o 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