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33.19_o and_o so_o you_o see_v how_o abundant_o god_n be_v good_a eternal_o in_o himself_o general_o unto_o all_o and_o more_o especial_o unto_o his_o saint_n oh_o then_o let_v we_o not_o be_v like_o the_o egyptian_n that_o find_v out_o the_o stream_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n but_o know_v not_o the_o spring_n from_o whence_o they_o issue_v let_v we_o not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o spring_n and_o fountain_n from_o whence_o we_o receive_v so_o many_o benefit_n god_n that_o we_o shall_v acknowledge_v all_o our_o goodness_n to_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o so_o many_o stream_n of_o goodness_n for_o this_o be_v but_o like_o the_o swine_n to_o eat_v the_o acorn_n that_o fall_v on_o the_o ground_n and_o never_o to_o behold_v the_o tree_n from_o whence_o they_o fall_v or_o to_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o pen_n of_o nature_n and_o yet_o to_o be_v like_o the_o athenian_a altar_n wherein_o be_v engrave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o 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7._o &_o moral_a l._n 1._o c_o 33._o what_o moral_a truth_n be_v 1._o moral_o 2._o physical_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n be_v a_o virtue_n even_o place_v betwixt_o arrogancy_n and_o simulation_n or_o as_o cicero_n define_v it_o and_o which_o saint_n augustine_n hold_v to_o be_v the_o best_a definition_n of_o it_o veritas_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la immutata_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la truth_n be_v that_o i._n e._n that_o virtue_n whereby_o thing_n past_a thing_n present_a and_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v immutable_o relate_v as_o they_o be_v and_o this_o truth_n though_o it_o be_v in_o god_n or_o rather_o from_o god_n because_o he_o always_o say_v and_o relate_v thing_n immutable_o as_o they_o be_v yet_o be_v it_o not_o in_o he_o as_o in_o we_o because_o in_o we_o truth_n be_v a_o moral_a virtue_n whereby_o as_o by_o a_o habit_n we_o be_v propense_a and_o 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quod_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la it_o will_v avail_v they_o nothing_o to_o usurp_v a_o wrong_a name_n and_o to_o be_v call_v what_o they_o be_v not_o for_o though_o they_o may_v deceive_v the_o world_n yet_o christ_n which_o be_v truth_n itself_o and_o know_v all_o truth_n will_v tell_v they_o at_o the_o last_o day_n that_o he_o never_o know_v they_o that_o be_v 25.12_o math_n 25.12_o to_o be_v true_a christian_n which_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v but_o be_v not_o and_o thus_o god_n be_v truth_n and_o that_o two_o way_n 1._o essential_o in_o himself_o 2._o causal_o in_o all_o thing_n first_o god_n be_v essential_o true_a yea_o truth_n itself_o as_o moses_n and_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v quia_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la 32.4_o deut._n 32.4_o because_o he_o be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v and_o that_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v and_o thus_o proper_o
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adversary_n of_o the_o truth_n or_o some_o lewd_a dissolute_a man_n that_o neither_o love_n god_n nor_o his_o minister_n but_o be_v ever_o ready_a to_o speak_v the_o worst_a of_o all_o for_o the_o offence_n of_o few_o may_v false_o say_v against_o we_o but_o also_o to_o see_v how_o dissolute_a how_o worldly_a and_o how_o conformable_a to_o the_o world_n boon_n companion_n fashionable_a to_o all_o company_n a_o great_a many_o of_o we_o do_v live_v nec_fw-la jovis_fw-la imperium_fw-la nec_fw-la phlegetonta_n timent_fw-la and_o therefore_o i_o wonder_v not_o that_o the_o simple_a be_v bring_v to_o their_o nonplus_n to_o see_v truth_n and_o wickedness_n thus_o link_v together_o in_o the_o same_o person_n 1.18_o rom._n 1.18_o but_o when_o i_o consider_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o the_o gentile_n do_v hold_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n i_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v that_o wicked_a man_n may_v have_v the_o theoric_n knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o teach_v this_o 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