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and_o importunate_a with_o god_n to_o know_v what_o be_v those_o iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n which_o have_v turn_v his_o face_n and_o favour_n from_o he_o in_o that_o fearful_a manner_n as_o though_o he_o be_v a_o mere_a stranger_n or_o rather_o a_o profess_a enemy_n unto_o his_o majesty_n and_o he_o present_o apprehend_v the_o burden_n and_o bitterness_n of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o youth_n thou_o write_v say_v he_o bitter_a thing_n against_o i_o and_o make_v i_o possess_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o youth_n at_o all_o such_o time_n when_o god_n thus_o hide_v his_o face_n from_o we_o and_o leave_v we_o to_o the_o darkness_n of_o our_o own_o spirit_n the_o sin_n of_o our_o youth_n be_v wont_n to_o lie_v most_o heavy_a upon_o our_o heart_n &_o exact_v at_o our_o hand_n a_o more_o special_a renew_n increase_n and_o perfect_v of_o penitent_a sorrow_n for_o job._n they_o be_v act_v with_o the_o very_a strength_n of_o corruption_n in_o the_o heat_n of_o sensuality_n and_o 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and_o pollute_v both_o the_o substance_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o brain_n cause_v it_o without_o external_a occasion_n or_o object_n to_o forge_v monstrous_a fiction_n and_o terrible_a to_o the_o conceit_n which_o the_o judgement_n take_v as_o they_o be_v present_v by_o the_o disorder_a instrument_n deliver_v to_o the_o heart_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o sympathy_n between_o the_o brain_n and_o the_o heart_n the_o thought_n and_o affection_n and_o have_v no_o judgement_n of_o discretion_n in_o itself_o but_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o mistake_a report_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v affect_v proportionable_o with_o terror_n sadness_n and_o fear_n fear_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephes._n 6.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o cor._n 2.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d revel_v 2.24_o 2.24_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la cur_n aliqui_fw-la timent_fw-la non_fw-la timenda_fw-la cur_n in_o suspiciones_fw-la mirabiles_fw-la &_o falsissimas_fw-la cadunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la se_fw-la aliquanâ—o_fw-la quaeri_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la incarcerationeâ—_n vel_fw-la spoliationem_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la fugiunt_fw-la nemine_fw-la persequente_fw-la trepidantes_fw-la timore_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tiâ—or_fw-la cognovitalem_fw-la tempore_fw-la meo_fw-la qui_fw-la ingeniosissimus_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o peritus_fw-la valdè_fw-la in_o medicinâ_fw-la qui_fw-la tandem_fw-la fugit_fw-la in_o nemora_fw-la occulta_fw-la nec_fw-la ultrà _fw-la comparuit_fw-la gerson_n de_fw-fr passionibus_fw-la animae_fw-la consid._n 20._o 20._o let_v a_o melancholy_a person_n upon_o the_o sudden_a hear_v or_o see_v some_o fearful_a thing_n the_o strength_n of_o his_o imagination_n be_v such_o that_o he_o will_v present_o fasten_v the_o thing_n upon_o himself_o as_o if_o he_o see_v or_o hear_v that_o a_o man_n have_v hang_v himself_o or_o be_v possess_v of_o a_o devil_n it_o present_o come_v to_o his_o mind_n that_o he_o must_v do_v so_o to_o himself_o or_o that_o he_o be_v or_o at_o least_o shall_v be_v possess_v in_o like_a manner_n upon_o relation_n of_o fearful_a thing_n present_o his_o fantasy_n work_v and_o he_o imagine_v that_o the_o thing_n be_v already_o or_o shall_v befall_v he_o perkins_n case_n of_o conscience_n cap._n 12._o sect_n 2._o 2._o sic_fw-la aliquis_fw-la existimabat_fw-la se_fw-la gallum_fw-la &_o more_o galli_fw-la cantabat_fw-la alius_fw-la murilegum_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la lectis_fw-la mure_n quaerebat_fw-la alius_fw-la imaginans_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la cornua_fw-la in_o front_n verecundabatur_fw-la quotiescunque_fw-la videbat_fw-la se_fw-la inspici_fw-la &_o frontem_fw-la tegebat_fw-la alius_fw-la imaginans_fw-la se_fw-la notari_fw-la de_fw-fr insectione_fw-la leprae_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la morbo_fw-la caduco_fw-la omnes_fw-la fugiebat_fw-la &_o trepidabat_fw-la aspectus_fw-la &_o sermon_n alius_fw-la imaginans_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la pedes_fw-la ferreos_fw-la calcabat_fw-la validissimè_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la alius_fw-la ambulare_fw-la non_fw-la audebat_fw-la phantasians_fw-la pedes_fw-la suos_fw-la esse_fw-la vitreos_fw-la gerson_n loco_fw-la suprà _fw-la citato_fw-la citato_fw-la non_fw-la siculae_fw-la dape_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o all_o king_n denis_n dainty_a fare_n can_v please_a taste_n for_o they_o prepare_v no_o song_n of_o bird_n no_o music_n sound_n can_v lullaby_n to_o sleep_v propound_v when_o any_o come_v with_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n for_o sin_n we_o ought_v wise_o to_o discern_v whether_o they_o be_v mean_o grieve_v with_o a_o general_a sight_n of_o their_o sin_n or_o whether_o they_o be_v extreme_o throw_v down_o with_o the_o burden_n of_o particular_a sin_n if_o so_o they_o be_v than_o it_o be_v good_a at_o the_o first_o to_o show_v that_o no_o sin_n be_v so_o great_a but_o in_o christ_n it_o be_v pardonable_a and_o that_o there_o be_v mercy_n with_o god_n that_o he_o may_v be_v fear_v so_o on_o the_o otherside_n show_v the_o mercy_n to_o come_v from_o god_n but_o so_o as_o they_o be_v nothing_o fit_a to_o receive_v mercy_n unless_o they_o feel_v their_o particular_a and_o prick_a sin_n but_o if_o their_o sorrow_n be_v more_o confess_v in_o general_a thing_n than_o it_o be_v good_a to_o humble_v they_o more_o and_o more_o to_o give_v they_o a_o terror_n of_o god_n justice_n for_o particular_a sin_n for_o experience_n do_v teach_v that_o this_o be_v the_o best_a way_n to_o obtain_v sound_a comfort_n both_o to_o see_v our_o sin_n and_o to_o be_v humble_v to_o see_v our_o sin_n that_o be_v thorough_o throw_v down_o we_o may_v direct_o seek_v christ_n and_o keep_v no_o stay_n until_o we_o have_v find_v comfort_n in_o he_o who_o then_o be_v most_o ready_a to_o free_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o comfort_v we_o with_o his_o spirit_n when_o we_o be_v most_o cast_v down_o with_o our_o sin_n and_o most_o fear_n they_o greeneham_n in_o his_o grave_a counsel_n pag._n 6._o 6._o id_fw-la quidem_fw-la audâ—o_fw-la dicere_fw-la clariorem_fw-la evangelij_fw-la christi_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la nulli_fw-la unquam_fw-la populo_fw-la ante_fw-la propositam_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la sit_fw-la ca_fw-mi quam_fw-la nos_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la audimus_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la nostris_fw-la si_fw-mi profectò_fw-la non_fw-la baâ—eremus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la â—om_n sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la exceptá_fw-la hac_fw-la tam_fw-la clará_fw-fr verbâ—lace_n ea_fw-la debet_fw-la nos_fw-la vel_fw-la sola_fw-la consolari_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la gaudet_fw-la &_o recreatur_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la tenebris_fw-la educit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o lucemistam_fw-la solareâ—_n at_o nos_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquando_fw-la submersi_fw-la jacuimus_fw-la in_o tenebraâ—_fw-la longè_fw-la borribilissimis_fw-la multò_fw-la clariorum_fw-la lucem_fw-la babemus_fw-la solemn_a nimirùm_fw-la illum_fw-la justitia_fw-la rolloc_n in_o johan._n cap._n 6._o pag._n 389._o 389._o per_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la malum_fw-la à _fw-la nescientibus_fw-la innumerabilia_fw-la perpetrantur_fw-la mala_fw-la aug._n tom._n 7._o pag._n 2._o lib._n 6._o contra_fw-la sulia_fw-la palag_n palag_n those_o that_o have_v no_o mind_n at_o all_o to_o hear_v or_o read_v the_o word_n if_o at_o any_o time_n through_o the_o remorse_n of_o their_o conscience_n which_o accuse_v they_o they_o feel_v any_o inward_a grief_n sorrow_n or_o heaviness_n for_o their_o sin_n for_o so_o much_o as_o they_o want_v the_o salve_n and_o comfort_n of_o god_n word_n which_o they_o do_v despise_v it_o will_v be_v unto_o they_o rather_o a_o mean_a to_o bring_v they_o to_o utter_v desperation_n than_o otherwise_o hom._n of_o repentance_n pag._n 2._o 2._o how_o wise_o gracious_o and_o necessary_o then_o do_v king_n james_n direct_v for_o profitable_a catecheticall_a teach_n in_o the_o afternoon_n upon_o the_o lord_n day_n in_o all_o parish-church_n throughout_o the_o kingdom_n hear_v the_o word_n so_o far_o be_v these_o direction_n fâ—om_o abate_v that_o 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