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the_o saint_n of_o god_n the_o great_a and_o worthy_a example_n of_o this_o wonderful_a strength_n of_o this_o omnipotency_n of_o a_o christian_a man_n what_o evil_a be_v imaginable_a which_o he_o do_v not_o either_o indeed_o or_o at_o least_o in_o will_n and_o affection_n undergo_v omnem_fw-la patientiae_fw-la speciem_fw-la adversus_fw-la omnem_fw-la diaâ—oli_fw-la vim_o expunxit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o on_o fire_n say_v st._n chrysostom_n when_o i_o speak_v of_o st._n paul_n and_o indeed_o who_o will_v it_o not_o inflame_v to_o read_v that_o admirable_a synopsis_n and_o brief_a of_o his_o suffering_n register_v in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o corinthian_n at_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n in_o labour_n more_o abundant_a in_o stripe_n above_o measure_n in_o prison_n more_o frequent_a in_o death_n oft_o and_o can_v he_o do_v more_o yes_o he_o can_v sed_fw-la ubi_fw-la historiam_fw-la praestare_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la votum_fw-la attulit_fw-la hitherto_o he_o report_v historical_o what_o be_v do_v and_o as_o if_o that_o be_v not_o enough_o he_o tell_v we_o what_o he_o will_v have_v do_v and_o that_o his_o patience_n be_v able_a even_o glad_o to_o have_v encounter_v hell_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o in_o the_o nine_o of_o the_o roman_n i_o have_v pray_v unto_o god_n i_o have_v beg_v it_o at_o his_o hand_n as_o a_o favour_n that_o for_o the_o increase_n of_o his_o glory_n through_o the_o salvation_n of_o israel_n my_o kinsman_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n i_o may_v become_v a_o castaway_n and_o endure_v the_o pain_n of_o eternal_a fire_n tertullian_n consider_v the_o wonderful_a patience_n of_o our_o saviour_n upon_o his_o cross_n think_v that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o other_o argument_n to_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v god_n yet_o this_o alone_o have_v be_v sufficient_a hanc_fw-la vel_fw-la maxim_n pharisaei_n dominum_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la debuistis_fw-la patientiam_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la nemo_fw-la hominum_fw-la perpetraret_fw-la in_o like_a manner_n may_v we_o true_o say_v be_v there_o no_o other_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o christ_n do_v dwell_v in_o we_o do_v mighty_o strengthen_v and_o enable_v we_o yet_o this_o wonderful_a measure_n of_o patience_n in_o so_o finite_a a_o creature_n can_v never_o subsist_v if_o god_n be_v not_o in_o we_o of_o a_o truth_n again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o word_n of_o do_v here_o in_o my_o text_n signify_v not_o only_a suffering_n and_o patience_n this_o be_v to_o make_v a_o christian_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o stone_n a_o christian_a have_v not_o only_o a_o buckler_n to_o resist_v but_o he_o must_v have_v a_o sword_n to_o strike_v wherefore_o this_o word_n of_o do_v must_v signify_v yet_o further_o some_o action_n and_o life_n and_o so_o indeed_o it_o do_v for_o it_o note_v unto_o we_o the_o most_o glorious_a and_o eminent_a kind_n of_o
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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n who_o will_v not_o marvel_v say_v he_o that_o st._n mark_v not_o only_o conceal_v not_o the_o gross_a escape_n of_o his_o master_n but_o have_v more_o accurate_o than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n record_v the_o particular_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o because_o he_o be_v his_o disciple_n as_o if_o he_o can_v have_v do_v his_o master_n no_o better_o service_n then_o to_o deliver_v a_o most_o exact_a relation_n of_o his_o fault_n there_o be_v yet_o two_o thing_n further_a to_o be_v note_v in_o this_o dispensation_n of_o almighty_a god_n the_o first_o in_o regard_n of_o we_o the_o second_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o saint_n who_o error_n be_v record_v for_o the_o first_o who_o can_v but_o marvel_n that_o since_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v be_v write_v for_o our_o instruction_n that_o if_o they_o be_v good_a they_o may_v serve_v for_o our_o imitation_n if_o otherwise_o for_o warning_n to_o we_o yet_o many_o sinister_a action_n of_o the_o saint_n 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