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of_o this_o commandment_n a._n that_o we_o worship_v god_n according_a to_o his_o will_n 8._o q._n how_o be_v that_o a._n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n joh._n 4.24_o 9_o q._n what_o be_v the_o reason_n here_o add_v a._n for_o i_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n be_o a_o jealous_a god_n 10._o q._n how_o be_v god_n jealousy_n express_v a._n by_o punish_v the_o breaker_n and_o blessing_n the_o keeper_n of_o this_o law_n 11._o q._n how_o punish_v a._n the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n 12._o q._n how_o can_v this_o be_v just_a a._n it_o be_v here_o express_v in_o they_o that_o hate_v i_o 13._o q._n how_o blessing_n a._n in_o a_o unlimited_a measure_n unto_o thousand_o in_o they_o that_o love_v he_o 14._o q._n what_o learn_v you_o for_o practice_n out_o of_o all_o aforesaid_a of_o the_o second_o commandment_n a._n 1._o to_o abhor_v romish_n bow_v to_o and_o before_o image_n 2._o to_o worship_n god_n after_o his_o will_n and_o not_o after_o my_o own_o will_n 3._o to_o serve_v he_o in_o fear_n because_o of_o his_o justice_n and_o in_o love_n because_o of_o his_o mercy_n sect._n 35._o of_o the_o three_o commandment_n 1._o q._n what_o be_v the_o three_o commandment_n a._n thou_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n in_o vain_a for_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o hold_v he_o guiltless_a that_o take_v his_o name_n in_o vain_a 2._o q._n what_o be_v the_o part_n of_o this_o commandment_n a._n a_o negative_a a_o affirmative_a and_o a_o reason_n 3._o q._n what_o be_v the_o negative_a part_n a._n god_n name_n
do_v be_v require_v if_o you_o do_v 3._o what_o we_o must_v know_v and_o do_v these_o thing_n 4._o that_o neither_o know_v alone_o nor_o do_v alone_o but_o both_o together_o be_v require_v to_o make_v we_o bless_v not_o bless_v be_v you_o if_o you_o know_v only_o nor_o bless_v be_v you_o if_o you_o do_v only_o but_o both_o if_o you_o know_v these_o thing_n bless_a be_v you_o if_o you_o do_v they_o 5._o the_o reward_n of_o our_o know_v and_o do_v that_o be_v blessedness_n bless_a be_v you_o for_o the_o first_o that_o know_v be_v require_v ratio_fw-la &_o oratio_fw-la say_v the_o heathen_a man_n reason_n and_o speech_n be_v the_o principal_a thing_n that_o do_v make_v man_n more_o excellent_a than_o beast_n and_o it_o be_v reason_n especial_o that_o make_v the_o difference_n for_o if_o a_o man_n speak_v without_o reason_n what_o do_v his_o voice_n differ_v from_o the_o voice_n of_o a_o beast_n david_n say_v man_n be_v in_o honour_n have_v no_o understanding_n but_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v why_o be_v he_o compare_v to_o the_o beast_n not_o for_o his_o want_n of_o speech_n but_o for_o his_o want_n of_o understanding_n for_o though_o a_o man_n have_v speech_n he_o be_v nevertheless_o a_o beast_n if_o he_o want_v reason_n and_o if_o he_o have_v reason_n he_o be_v nevertheless_o a_o man_n though_o he_o want_v speech_n and_o if_o we_o go_v further_o and_o make_v comparison_n in_o other_o thing_n whether_o they_o be_v bona_fw-la corporis_fw-la or_o bona_fw-la fortunae_fw-la as_o he_o call_v they_o good_n of_o the_o body_n or_o good_n of_o fortune_n as_o health_n strength_n beauty_n peace_n plenty_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o these_o thing_n the_o beast_n be_v equal_a if_o not_o superior_a to_o we_o only_o it_o be_v that_o same_o bonum_fw-la animi_fw-la that_o intellectual_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n apprehend_v thing_n past_a present_a and_o to_o come_v that_o do_v set_v we_o before_o they_o and_o make_v they_o come_v short_a of_o we_o therefore_o 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child_n that_o be_v wise_a say_v solomon_n be_v better_a than_o a_o old_a foolish_a king_n eccles_n 4.13_o here_o be_v childhood_n and_o poverty_n for_o wisdom_n sake_n prefer_v before_o age_n and_o dignity_n again_o he_o say_v prov._n 3.35_o fool_n have_v dishonour_n though_o they_o be_v exalt_v before_o wisdom_n be_v honour_v in_o poverty_n and_o here_o folly_n be_v dishonour_v in_o dignity_n fool_n have_v dishonour_n though_o they_o be_v exalt_v but_o what_o do_v i_o light_v a_o candle_n before_o the_o sun_n and_o cast_v water_n into_o the_o sea_n why_o do_v i_o commend_v that_o which_o no_o man_n do_v mislike_v and_o why_o do_v i_o exhort_v you_o to_o go_v when_o as_o you_o be_v voluntary_o ready_a to_o run_v yea_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o fly_v for_o there_o be_v scarce_o a_o man_n to_o be_v find_v i_o say_v not_o so_o void_a of_o grace_n but_o so_o monstrous_a in_o nature_n that_o do_v not_o desire_v knowledge_n if_o we_o look_v among_o the_o wild_a savage_n for_o a_o man_n that_o affect_v ignorance_n and_o do_v not_o in_o some_o sort_n desire_v knowledge_n we_o shall_v nodum_fw-la in_o scirpo_fw-la quaerere_fw-la we_o shall_v hardly_o find_v this_o error_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n what_o venture_v by_o sea_n what_o travel_n by_o land_n what_o study_n by_o day_n what_o watch_n by_o night_n do_v man_n undertake_v and_o endure_v in_o the_o search_n and_o pursuit_n of_o knowledge_n some_o in_o one_o kind_n and_o some_o in_o another_o it_o be_v not_o for_o nought_o then_o that_o christ_n threaten_v he_o with_o hell_n fire_n that_o call_v his_o brother_n fool_n for_o there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o odious_a reproach_n give_v then_o fool_n for_o very_a nature_n do_v abhor_v to_o be_v ignorant_a yea_o so_o so_o much_o do_v man_n abhor_v ignorance_n that_o every_o man_n do_v profess_v himself_o not_o to_o be_v a_o searcher_n and_o seeker_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n but_o to_o be_v a_o keeper_n and_o possessor_n of_o it_o not_o a_o student_n but_o a_o master_n not_o to_o seek_v it_o but_o to_o have_v it_o and_o think_v it_o a_o shame_n to_o be_v think_v to_o want_v it_o and_o will_v take_v it_o in_o great_a scorn_n to_o be_v tell_v he_o have_v it_o not_o every_o man_n i_o say_v for_o even_o the_o base_a be_v ready_a to_o brag_v of_o it_o as_o solomon_n observe_v the_o rich_a man_n be_v wise_a in_o his_o own_o conceit_n prov._n 28.11_o and_o the_o slothful_a man_n be_v wise_a in_o his_o own_o conceit_n then_o seven_o man_n that_o can_v render_v a_o reason_n prov._n 26.16_o see_v therefore_o that_o man_n of_o all_o yea_o even_o the_o worst_a condition_n be_v thus_o store_v and_o furnish_v with_o knowledge_n i_o have_v more_o need_n to_o commend_v it_o in_o all_o then_o to_o commend_v it_o to_o all_o but_o as_o st._n paul_n in_o another_o case_n so_o may_v i_o say_v in_o this_o shall_v i_o praise_v you_o in_o this_o i_o praise_v you_o not_o for_o this_o knowledge_n which_o be_v so_o common_a and_o general_a be_v only_o in_o conceit_n it_o be_v not_o in_o truth_n and_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v then_o that_o it_o be_v knowledge_n nay_o but_o rather_o that_o it_o be_v mere_a ignorance_n and_o folly_n which_o st._n paul_n prove_v 1_o cor._n 8.2_o if_o any_o man_n think_v he_o know_v any_o thing_n he_o know_v nothing_o yet_o as_o he_o ought_v to_o know_v if_o he_o know_v nothing_o than_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o his_o knowledge_n be_v mere_a folly_n yea_o his_o conceit_a knowledge_n be_v not_o only_a folly_n but_o it_o be_v worse_a than_o folly_n prov._n 26.12_o see_v thou_o a_o man_n that_o be_v wise_a in_o his_o own_o conceit_n there_o be_v more_o hope_n of_o a_o fool_n then_o of_o he_o his_o knowledge_n be_v worse_a than_o folly_n yea_o it_o be_v not_o only_o worse_o than_o folly_n but_o it_o be_v a_o curse_a folly_n there_o be_v a_o woe_n go_v with_o it_o be_v 5.21_o woe_n unto_o they_o that_o be_v wise_a in_o their_o own_o eye_n and_o prudent_a in_o their_o own_o sight_n will_v you_o know_v then_o what_o knowledge_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v wise_a st._n paul_n advise_v he_o that_o will_v be_v wise_a to_o turn_v fool_n 1_o cor._n 3.18_o if_o any_o man_n among_o you_o say_v he_o seem_v to_o be_v wise_a in_o this_o world_n let_v he_o be_v a_o fool_n that_o he_o may_v be_v wise_a this_o be_v strange_a doctrine_n must_v wise_a man_n be_v fool_n how_o be_v that_o possible_a yes_o they_o must_v be_v fool_n in_o the_o estimation_n or_o account_n of_o the_o world_n they_o must_v embrace_v he_o who_o be_v to_o the_o grecian_n foolishness_n that_o be_v christ_n they_o must_v follow_v the_o foolishness_n of_o preach_v and_o they_o must_v conform_v themselves_o to_o that_o foolishness_n of_o god_n for_o so_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o name_n and_o person_n of_o the_o world_n call_v it_o 1_o cor._n 1.25_o they_o need_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o be_v fool_n in_o such_o kind_n and_o in_o such_o company_n but_o especial_o they_o must_v be_v fool_n in_o their_o own_o opinion_n have_v a_o humble_a conceit_n of_o themselves_o alii_fw-la melius_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la quam_fw-la tu_fw-la sentiant_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la minima_fw-la videantur_fw-la quae_fw-la feceris_fw-la ut_fw-la majora_fw-la quotidie_fw-la possis_fw-la say_v lipsius_n and_o solomon_n do_v plain_o construe_v he_o prov._n 27.2_o let_v another_o man_n praise_v thou_o and_o not_o thy_o own_o mouth_n a_o stranger_n and_o not_o thy_o own_o lip_n knowledge_n then_o appear_v to_o be_v necessary_a and_o by_o christ_n here_o to_o be_v require_v yet_o in_o know_v we_o must_v not_o know_v i_o mean_v in_o our_o own_o opinion_n we_o must_v have_v a_o humble_a and_o meek_a conceit_n of_o our_o knowledge_n and_o say_v with_o david_n lord_n i_o be_o
think_v but_o a_o little_a before_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o festival_n of_o the_o nativity_n that_o we_o shall_v have_v keep_v it_o in_o so_o sad_a colour_n as_o we_o have_v do_v but_o god_n have_v much_o fulfil_v on_o we_o that_o threaten_a am._n 8.10_o i_o will_v turn_v your_o feast_n into_o mourning_n and_o your_o song_n into_o lamentation_n i_o have_v therefore_a now_o produce_v this_o text_n of_o mortification_n to_o conclude_v and_o close_v our_o festival_n as_o suitable_a to_o our_o occasion_n that_o i_o may_v bring_v you_o to_o that_o jam._n 4.9_o be_v afflict_a and_o mourn_v and_o weep_v let_v your_o laughter_n be_v turn_v into_o mourning_n and_o your_o joy_n into_o heaviness_n yet_o not_o in_o reference_n to_o she_o that_o be_v go_v but_o to_o ourselves_o according_a to_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n which_o we_o may_v apply_v as_o speak_v by_o she_o weep_v not_o for_o i_o but_o weep_v for_o yourselves_o and_o i_o also_o think_v it_o my_o duty_n though_o her_o funeral_n be_v 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our_o age_n make_v themselves_o by_o take_v on_o they_o the_o ministerial_a work_n of_o preach_v yet_o in_o some_o degree_n beyond_o that_o of_o win_v of_o soul_n by_o conversation_n recommend_v to_o woman_n by_o saint_n peter_n 1_o pet._n 3.1_o for_o not_o only_o to_o her_o family_n but_o upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o all_o comer_n and_o visiter_n who_o be_v not_o a_o few_o she_o have_v always_o in_o a_o readiness_n word_n edify_v and_o minister_a grace_n unto_o the_o hearer_n be_v able_a by_o the_o light_n of_o orthodox_n truth_n to_o dazzle_v and_o quench_v false_a light_n now_o too_o common_a as_o oft_o as_o she_o meet_v with_o they_o and_o she_o may_v be_v call_v a_o spiritual_a mother_n in_o that_o she_o be_v a_o fosterer_n and_o cherisher_n of_o the_o spiritual_a father_n and_o minister_n as_o many_o as_o have_v any_o relation_n to_o she_o or_o occasion_n to_o be_v know_v of_o she_o they_o be_v not_o a_o few_o yea_o she_o do_v not_o only_o foster_v and_o cherish_v they_o with_o 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