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which_o do_v meritorious_o deserve_v to_o be_v so_o punish_v prove_v often_o also_o a_o dispose_n mid_n for_o receive_v of_o the_o tentation_n but_o we_o forbear_v 3._o people_z often_o by_o their_o carriage_n do_v promove_v this_o plague_n of_o delusion_n upon_o themselves_o cast_v themselves_o in_o the_o snare_n 1._o by_o needless_a familiar_a converse_v with_o such_o person_n 2._o go_v to_o hear_v they_o 3._o purchase_v or_o read_v their_o book_n 4._o hazard_v to_o entertain_v their_o doubt_n and_o to_o prosecute_v their_o argument_n and_o question_n to_o plead_v for_o their_o opinion_n and_o such_o like_a shun_v withal_o of_o such_o mean_n and_o way_n as_o may_v recover_v they_o and_o entertain_v prejudice_n at_o such_o as_o will_v aim_v thereat_o and_o such_o like_a whereby_o that_o of_o the_o prophet_n be_v verify_v the_o prophet_n teach_v lie_n and_o my_o people_n love_n to_o have_v it_o so_o now_o if_o all_o these_o be_v put_v together_o can_v it_o be_v think_v strange_a to_o 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timous_a for_o a_o little_a leaven_n leaven_v the_o whole_a lump_n gal._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d and_o experience_n prove_v that_o such_o ill_n do_v fret_v and_o corrupt_v as_o do_v a_o gangrene_n 2_o tim._n 2._o 17._o the_o difficulty_n be_v in_o determine_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v wherein_o not_o only_o the_o piety_n zeal_n and_o conscience_n of_o man_n will_v have_v exercise_n but_o also_o their_o prudence_n and_o part_n the_o lose_n of_o this_o question_n will_v relate_v to_o three_o rank_n of_o man_n 1._o to_o church-officer_n especial_o to_o minister_n 2._o to_o magistrate_n 3._o to_o people_n in_o private_a station_n yet_o before_o we_o positive_o say_v any_o thing_n we_o shall_v 1._o show_n what_o be_v not_o the_o remedy_n called-for_a 2._o we_o shall_v show_v what_o be_v called-for_a but_o be_v not_o sufficient_a 3._o what_o seem_v to_o be_v called-for_a as_o sufficient_a as_o to_o the_o first_o there_o be_v two_o extremity_n to_o be_v shun_v which_o we_o shall_v lay_v down_o in_o 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necessary_a at_o all_o time_n to_o have_v a_o judicial_a meeting_n nor_o at_o any_o time_n be_v a_o present_a duty_n to_o be_v suspend_v by_o any_o person_n if_o no_o such_o meeting_n can_v be_v have_v what_o be_v say_v do_v demonstrat_fw-la that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n to_o be_v make_v in_o reference_n to_o error_n person_n and_o case_n chap._n viii_o when_o some_o error_n be_v to_o be_v forbear_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v inquire_v how_o this_o difference_n be_v to_o be_v make_v or_o how_o it_o may_v be_v know_v when_o without_o guilt_n there_o may_v be_v some_o forbearance_n and_o when_o not_o answ._n this_o be_v indeed_o difficult_a and_o we_o will_v not_o undertake_v in_o particular_n either_o to_o be_v satisfy_v or_o peremptory_a yet_o we_o suppose_v the_o consider_v of_o these_o general_a distinction_n will_v be_v helpful_a and_o the_o distinction_n application_n of_o they_o necessary_a in_o this_o case_n 1._o we_o will_v distinguish_v betwixt_o some_o error_n and_o 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