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the_o time_n of_o your_o so_o journ_v here_o in_o fear_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 17._o if_o i_o then_o be_v a_o father_n where_o be_v my_o honour_n if_o i_o be_v a_o master_n where_o be_v my_o fear_n mal._n 1._o 6._o i_o will_v be_v sanctify_v say_v god_n of_o all_o they_o that_o draw_v near_o unto_o i_o there_o be_v a_o double_a draw_v near_o unto_o god_n 1._o one_o in_o respect_n of_o office_n as_o the_o priest_n of_o who_o he_o there_o speak_v who_o because_o their_o call_v and_o office_n be_v more_o high_a and_o heavenly_a they_o therefore_o shall_v be_v more_o religious_a and_o holy_a 2._o another_o in_o respect_n of_o nature_n and_o change_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o our_o relation_n come_v close_a to_o god_n even_o this_o nearness_n shall_v occasion_v more_o care_n against_o sinfulness_n reason_n reasins_z whereof_o be_v these_o first_o admission_n of_o sinning_n here_o do_v diffuse_v a_o great_a ingloriousness_n god_n their_o sinning_n be_v most_o dishonourable_a to_o god_n to_o god_n 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it_o though_o the_o hypocrite_n may_v contend_v against_o many_o sinning_n yet_o he_o never_o stand_v against_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o profit_n or_o pleasure_n like_o a_o fisher_n he_o may_v throw_v away_o many_o of_o the_o small_a fish_n but_o he_o keep_v those_o which_o will_v make_v a_o sale_n and_o merchandise_n but_o now_o if_o the_o heart_n be_v upright_o than_o a_o marvellous_a tenderness_n and_o conscience_n will_v be_v find_v in_o thou_o even_o against_o those_o sin_n which_o formal_o thou_o do_v love_v as_o dear_o as_o thy_o one_o life_n thou_o will_v set_v against_o that_o profitable_a sin_n of_o which_o demetrius_n say_v that_o by_o this_o craft_n i_o get_v my_o wealth_n and_o thou_o will_v set_v against_o that_o sin_n of_o which_o herod_n speak_v that_o she_o please_v he_o great_o that_o sin_n which_o former_o be_v to_o thy_o affection_n as_o the_o oil_n to_o the_o lamp_n and_o as_o joseph_n to_o jacob_n now_o thou_o will_v strive_v against_o it_o as_o thy_o only_a choice_n enemy_n and_o betrayer_n of_o thy_o soul_n and_o salvation_n david_n if_o i_o mistake_v not_o and_o interpreter_n deceive_v i_o not_o make_v this_o a_o testimony_n of_o his_o uprightness_n in_o psal_n 18._o 23_o i_o be_v upright_o before_o he_o and_o keep_v myself_o from_o my_o iniquity_n iniquity_n may_v be_v call_v i_o either_o in_o respect_n of_o approbation_n and_o covenant_n as_o a_o man_n may_v say_v this_o wife_n be_v i_o this_o master_n be_v i_o or_o in_o respect_n of_o special_a inclination_n so_o a_o man_n may_v say_v this_o be_v my_o iniquity_n ay_o that_o sin_n to_o which_o above_o all_o other_o i_o find_v myself_o most_o apt_a and_o ready_a and_o prone_a so_o david_n here_o i_o keep_v my_o self_n from_o my_o iniquity_n i_o from_o the_o iniquity_n into_o which_o i_o be_o natural_o so_o apt_a and_o prone_a to_o fall_v into_o and_o this_o he_o make_v as_o a_o argument_n of_o his_o uprightness_n viz._n that_o as_o he_o do_v not_o hunt_v after_o other_o sin_n so_o 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filium_fw-la hominis_fw-la venia_fw-la dignus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la in_o ignorantiam_fw-la decidisse_fw-la there_o be_v some_o ground_n of_o apology_n in_o this_o this_o opinion_n be_v not_o very_o unsound_a but_o not_o genuine_a 3._o facility_n of_o pardon_n thus_o jansenius_n in_o concord_n evang-remittetur_a non_fw-la quasi_fw-la cunctis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la remittetur_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la facile_fw-la remittetur_fw-la there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o difficulty_n to_o get_v these_o as_o the_o other_o to_o be_v pardon_v 4._o not_o eventum_fw-la infallibilem_fw-la sed_fw-la possibilem_fw-la shall_v be_v forgive_v i._n e._n they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o exclude_v from_o hope_n and_o offer_v of_o pardon_n not_o that_o they_o be_v certain_o remit_v to_o all_o in_o the_o event_n or_o that_o they_o deserve_v pardon_n or_o that_o they_o be_v easy_o pardon_v they_o do_v not_o contract_v a_o peremptory_a incapacity_n of_o mercy_n but_o that_o they_o may_v and_o 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