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ask_v jehosophat_n 2_o chron._n 19.2_o will_v thou_o help_v the_o wicked_a and_o love_v they_o that_o hate_v the_o lord_n it_o may_v be_v demand_v shall_v christian_n be_v friend_n with_o they_o who_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n no_o no._n and_o yet_o to_o the_o man_n separate_v from_o their_o manner_n we_o have_v no_o quarrel_n but_o wish_v they_o better_o than_o they_o either_o wish_v to_o we_o or_o to_o themselves_o indeed_o if_o we_o shall_v contemn_v they_o as_o they_o think_v we_o do_v it_o be_v but_o a_o just_a recompense_n of_o their_o folly_n and_o wickedness_n for_o as_o one_o speak_v of_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o purse_n say_v that_o poverty_n be_v just_o contemptible_a which_o be_v purchase_v by_o follow_v of_o vice_n so_o may_v i_o of_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o mind_n that_o poverty_n of_o wit_n and_o grace_n be_v just_o contemptible_a which_o be_v purchase_v by_o a_o wilful_a rebellion_n against_o god_n and_o the_o great_a mean_n of_o knowledge_n 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how_o long_o shall_v he_o be_v a_o offence_n unto_o we_o exodus_fw-la 10.7_o for_o he_o mean_v in_o that_o place_n only_o such_o offence_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o he_o have_v expound_v his_o own_o meaning_n rom._n 16.17_o and_o if_o nothing_o may_v be_v do_v whereat_o wicked_a man_n be_v offend_v than_o the_o word_n of_o god_n must_v not_o be_v preach_v nor_o his_o holy_a and_o divine_a precept_n walk_v in_o yea_o christ_n must_v not_o have_v come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o redeem_v it_o for_o he_o be_v to_o the_o jew_n a_o stumble_a block_n and_o to_o the_o greek_n foolishness_n 1_o cor._n 1.2_o 3_o but_o all_o which_o god_n have_v command_v must_v be_v do_v and_o all_o which_o he_o have_v leave_v indifferent_a may_v be_v do_v and_o none_o may_v or_o aught_o to_o censure_v the_o do_v of_o it_o the_o precept_n be_v plain_a one_o believe_v that_o he_o may_v eat_v of_o all_o thing_n and_o another_o which_o be_v weak_a eat_v herb_n say_v the_o apostle_n and_o what_o follow_v let_v not_o he_o that_o eat_v despise_v he_o that_o eat_v not_o and_o let_v not_o he_o that_o eat_v not_o condemn_v he_o that_o eat_v for_o god_n have_v receive_v he_o rom_n 14.2.3_o if_o i_o know_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v good_a and_o that_o i_o do_v it_o to_o a_o good_a end_n what_o care_v i_o for_o their_o idle_a misconstruction_n moral_o good_a action_n must_v not_o be_v suspend_v upon_o danger_n of_o causeless_a scandal_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a and_o arbitrary_a it_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v overrule_v by_o fear_n of_o offence_n but_o if_o man_n will_v stumble_v in_o the_o plain_a ground_n of_o good_a let_v they_o fall_v without_o our_o regard_n not_o without_o their_o own_o peril_n now_o that_o the_o cuckoo_n may_v acknowledge_v this_o for_o she_o own_o egg_n notwithstanding_o she_o have_v lay_v it_o in_o the_o dove_n nest_n let_v the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n know_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o offence_n give_v by_o we_o but_o take_v by_o they_o yea_o they_o first_o give_v a_o offence_n to_o we_o by_o their_o ungodliness_n and_o after_o take_v the_o just_a reward_n of_o the_o same_o namely_o to_o be_v exclude_v our_o society_n for_o a_o offence_n wherein_o they_o imitate_v athanagoras_n who_o as_o tully_n report_v will_v always_o complain_v of_o his_o punishment_n but_o of_o his_o fault_n he_o will_v say_v nothing_o or_o adam_n who_o be_v ashamed_a of_o his_o nakedness_n but_o not_o of_o his_o sin_n wicked_a man_n be_v neither_o sensible_a of_o do_v injury_n nor_o patient_a in_o suffer_v for_o it_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n of_o justice_n that_o what_o man_n deserve_v they_o shall_v suffer_v yea_o in_o this_o particular_a case_n god_n rule_n be_v if_o