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from_o you_o all_o your_o transgression_n whereby_o you_o have_v transgress_v and_o make_v you_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o a_o new_a spirit_n for_o why_o will_v you_o die_v o_o house_n of_o israel_n for_o i_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n wherefore_o turn_n yourselves_o and_o live_v you_o ezek._n 18.31_o 32._o that_o we_o may_v do_v so_o we_o must_v beware_v of_o self-conceitedness_n and_o obstinacy_n in_o our_o own_o self-willed_a way_n and_o be_v careful_a to_o listen_v to_o good_a counsel_n and_o advertisement_n and_o to_o consider_v the_o latter_a end_n and_o not_o the_o present_a contentment_n and_o feign_v flattery_n of_o evil_a course_n themselves_o use_v 3_o man_n sin_n against_o themselves_o the_o three_o use_n be_v a_o intimation_n to_o show_v unto_o those_o that_o do_v desperate_o or_o careless_o venture_v upon_o course_n tend_v to_o their_o own_o self-destruction_n that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o guilty_a of_o sin_n 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observe_v 2._o where_o it_o be_v also_o remarkable_a that_o a_o man_n can_v wrong_v god_n or_o other_o but_o by_o ruinate_v himself_o therewithal_o and_o so_o all_o ill_a course_n do_v prove_v a_o punishment_n to_o the_o doer_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o if_o there_o be_v any_o true_a love_n in_o such_o person_n to_o themselves_o they_o will_v abandon_v all_o such_o course_n as_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n and_o perdition_n of_o the_o entertainer_n or_o proceeder_n in_o the_o same_o chap._n 12._o of_o direct_v bodily_a self-murder_n §._o 1._o what_o it_o be_v now_o it_o follow_v that_o we_o treat_v of_o direct_a self-murder_n and_o first_o show_v what_o it_o be_v direct_v bodily_a self-murder_n be_v a_o advise_v wit_v and_o willing_a intention_n and_o effectual_a endeavour_n of_o a_o man_n by_o his_o own_o hand_n or_o mean_n to_o take_v away_o or_o destroy_v his_o own_o life_n whereby_o he_o do_v indeed_o kill_v himself_o in_o which_o
man_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 2.11.15_o god_n 1_o cor._n 2.11.15_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o spiritual_a man_n discern_v all_o thing_n by_o this_o spirit_n a_o man_n judgement_n be_v conformable_a to_o the_o truth_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o sound_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n touch_v the_o mistake_n and_o abuse_v of_o scripture_n for_o the_o vile_a fact_n of_o self-murder_n augustine_n give_v this_o admonition_n take_v heed_n to_o thyself_o that_o it_o may_v not_o sly_o creep_v upon_o thou_o to_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o kill_v thyself_o by_o so_o understand_v these_o word_n of_o scripture_n that_o thou_o ought_v to_o hate_v thy_o life_n in_o this_o world_n for_o from_o thence_o some_o malignant_a and_o perverse_a man_n and_o most_o cruel_a and_o wretched_a murderer_n against_o themselves_o do_v throw_v themselves_o into_o the_o fire_n do_v choke_v themselves_o in_o the_o water_n and_o by_o headlong_a downfall_n do_v crush_v themselves_o and_o perish_v 51._o perish_v videne_n tibi_fw-la subrepat_fw-la ut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la velis_fw-la interimere_fw-la sic_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la quod_fw-la debes_fw-la odisse_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la animam_fw-la tuam_fw-la hine_v enim_fw-la quidam_fw-la maligni_fw-la &_o perversi_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o in_fw-la seipsos_fw-la crudeliores_fw-la etc._n etc._n august_n tract_n in_o joan._n 51._o our_o saviour_n christ_n tell_v peter_n that_o other_o shall_v gird_v and_o carry_v he_o whither_o he_o will_v not_o 21.18_o not_o john_n 21.18_o whereby_o he_o intimate_v that_o peter_n shall_v not_o will_v to_o gird_v and_o destroy_v himself_o also_o the_o same_o augustine_n call_v such_o selfmurderer_n the_o devil_n martyr_n when_o he_o answer_v to_o petilian_n the_o donatist_n 49._o confessores_fw-la illi_fw-la vestri_fw-la quando_fw-la seipsos_fw-la praecipitant_fw-la cvi_fw-la dicant_fw-la martyrium_fw-la uto_fw-mi um_o chrisio_n qui_fw-la talia_fw-la suggerentem_fw-la 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and_o vileness_n of_o that_o fact_n and_o also_o by_o the_o power_n thereof_o or_o of_o the_o spirit_n therein_o dissuade_v and_o vehement_o withdraw_v of_o we_o therefrom_o to_o who_o advice_n and_o motion_n so_o long_o as_o we_o obedient_o listen_v we_o be_v safe_a from_o self-murder_n §._o 5._o of_o misconstrue_v decree_n and_o destiny_n to_o the_o pervert_n of_o judgement_n destiny_n the_o three_o ground_n of_o a_o deceive_a judgement_n conceit_n of_o decree_n and_o destiny_n the_o three_o ground_n of_o a_o deceive_a judgement_n which_o occasion_n self-murder_n be_v the_o self_n murderer_n strong_a apprehension_n that_o it_o be_v the_o unalterable_a deeree_n of_o god_n and_o his_o own_o inevitable_a fortune_n for_o he_o so_o to_o die_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n as_o tertullian_n speak_v of_o some_o which_o conceit_n arise_v from_o two_o original_n it_o dinumerant_fw-la in_o semetipsos_fw-la mentis_fw-la malae_fw-la impetus_fw-la vel_fw-la fato_fw-la vel_fw-la astris_fw-la imputant_fw-la tertul._n apolog._n c._n 1._o original_a of_o it_o imposture_n 1._o imposture_n first_o from_o the_o oracle_n or_o imposture_n of_o magician_n and_o fortune_n teller_n that_o declare_v to_o those_o who_o unwarrantable_o seek_v to_o they_o for_o knowledge_n and_o resolution_n of_o future_a contingent_a thing_n special_o touch_v their_o death_n that_o so_o they_o shall_v die_v and_o perish_v which_o be_v the_o just_a reward_n of_o such_o unlawful_a curiosity_n that_o so_o they_o may_v thereby_o be_v punish_v either_o by_o do_v of_o the_o deed_n or_o by_o continual_a torment_n of_o fear_n that_o they_o shall_v do_v it_o note_n note_n god_n never_o conceal_v any_o thing_n from_o we_o but_o that_o whereof_o the_o ignorance_n be_v better_a for_o we_o than_o the_o knowledge_n it_o be_v curiosity_n after_o this_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n that_o make_v eve_n willing_a to_o learn_v of_o the_o devil_n be_v her_o schoolmaster_n 6._o schoolmaster_n gen._n 3.5_o 6._o that_o whereby_o she_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o undo_v herself_o and_o all_o mankind_n we_o see_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o saul_n in_o kill_v himself_o how_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o advise_v with_o witch_n 28.7_o witch_n 1_o sam._n 28.7_o soothsayer_n magician_n astrologer_n or_o any_o of_o that_o black_a rabble_n upon_o affectation_n of_o curious_a and_o secret_a knowledge_n from_o those_o person_n a_o man_n shall_v but_o play_v the_o gnat_n about_o the_o candle_n delight_v in_o the_o light_n thereof_o until_o it_o be_v at_o last_o burn_v up_o with_o the_o heat_n thereof_o observe_v observe_v as_o many_o a_o man_n may_v grieve_v that_o he_o have_v so_o little_a knowledge_n of_o profitable_a thing_n so_o many_o may_v grieve_v that_o they_o have_v so_o much_o unprofitable_a and_o needless_a knowledge_n people_z be_v ignorant_a of_o necessary_a thing_n discimus_fw-la necessaria_fw-la nâ—scimus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la necesseria_fw-la discimus_fw-la because_o they_o bend_v their_o mind_n 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