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may_v so_o follow_v thou_o as_o at_o last_o to_o come_v to_o thou_o to_o be_v with_o thou_o and_o to_o abide_v in_o thou_o for_o ever_o for_o those_o who_o see_v thy_o son_n but_o in_o tpye_n and_o figure_n have_v teach_v we_o this_o lesson_n of_o sincerity_n and_o of_o constancy_n not_o to_o be_v careful_a to_o answer_v any_o of_o our_o adversary_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o ready_o and_o cheerful_o to_o say_v our_o god_n who_o we_o serve_v be_v able_a to_o deliver_v we_o and_o he_o will_v in_o his_o good_a time_n deliver_v we_o but_o if_o not_o be_v it_o know_v unto_o all_o the_o world_n that_o we_o will_v not_o worship_v the_o image_n which_o our_o father_n have_v set_v up_o nor_o the_o imagination_n which_o our_o child_n be_v now_o set_v up_o for_o our_o god_n be_v too_o spiritual_a to_o be_v worship_v with_o image_n and_o too_o substantial_a to_o be_v worship_v with_o imagination_n he_o be_v a_o spirit_n and_o they_o that_o worship_v he_o must_v worship_v he_o in_o spirit_n and_o 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that_o he_o be_v also_o a_o elder_a and_o a_o witness_n of_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n and_o a_o partaker_n of_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveal_v 1_o pet._n 5._o 1._o do_v use_v that_o strain_n which_o be_v call_v by_o rhetoritian_n titulus_fw-la argumentosus_fw-la a_o title_n that_o have_v as_o many_o argument_n as_o word_n for_o a_o elder_n be_v fit_a for_o the_o office_n of_o look_v to_o other_o and_o may_v not_o neglect_v his_o office_n a_o witness_n of_o christ_n suffering_n may_v not_o shrink_v from_o his_o testimony_n unless_o he_o will_v betray_v his_o trust_n and_o a_o partaker_n of_o christ_n glory_n may_v not_o renege_v that_o bless_a communion_n unless_o he_o will_v betray_v his_o own_o soul_n it_o be_v true_a that_o his_o first_o witness_n forsake_v he_o and_o flee_v mar._n 14._o 50._o and_o one_o of_o they_o also_o deny_v he_o yet_o after_o his_o resurrection_n he_o neither_o upbraid_v the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v 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sure_o such_o man_n can_v true_o say_v and_o yet_o they_o say_v it_o most_o of_o all_o man_n that_o they_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o they_o be_v very_o far_o from_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n unless_o hatred_n variance_n emulation_n wrath_n strife_n sedition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d divide_v and_o stand_v in_o party_n heresy_n envy_n murder_n and_o such_o like_o which_o the_o apostle_n call_v work_n of_o the_o flesh_n gal._n 5._o 19_o may_v be_v discern_v by_o some_o of_o the_o new_a light_n to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v a_o foul_a shame_n for_o any_o minister_n of_o christ_n to_o immix_v such_o a_o reproof_n as_o this_o in_o his_o doctrine_n if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o foul_a shame_n that_o some_o christian_n have_v immix_v such_o sin_n as_o these_o in_o their_o practice_n but_o those_o that_o have_v saint_n john_n baptist_n trust_n to_o prepare_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o preach_v of_o penance_n must_v follow_v his_o example_n constant_o speak_v the_o truth_n bold_o rebuke_v vice_n and_o patient_o suffer_v for_o the_o truth_n sake_n thus_o do_v saint_n paul_n rebuke_v the_o galatian_n when_o they_o be_v in_o the_o like_a distemper_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o amentes_n o_o you_o mad_a man_n that_o be_v out_o of_o your_o wit_n or_o o_o insentati_fw-la o_o you_o sottish_a and_o stupid_a man_n that_o be_v out_o of_o your_o sense_n who_o have_v bewitch_v you_o that_o you_o shall_v not_o obey_v the_o truth_n they_o will_v needs_o pretend_v to_o be_v reformer_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o indeed_o they_o be_v disturber_n and_o destroyer_n of_o it_o for_o this_o reason_n the_o apostle_n reprove_v they_o sharp_o as_o apostate_n say_v who_o have_v bewitch_v you_o and_o again_o you_o be_v fall_v from_o grace_n and_o he_o also_o reprove_v they_o fit_o as_o hypocrite_n call_v they_o fool_n whilst_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v wise_a than_o all_o 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mat._n 16._o 17._o &_o 23._o o_o bless_a saviour_n still_o say_v to_o this_o kind_n of_o satan_n that_o love_v to_o get_v in_o among_o the_o disciple_n get_v thou_o behind_o i_o take_v away_o such_o scandalous_a minister_n out_o of_o thy_o church_n who_o savour_v only_o the_o thing_n of_o man_n whilst_o they_o pretend_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n for_o such_o will_v often_o offend_v but_o never_o confess_v thou_o or_o if_o they_o do_v confess_v thou_o it_o be_v only_o that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o covert_o and_o the_o more_o secure_o offend_v thou_o real_a scandal_n they_o be_v not_o only_o to_o thy_o ministry_n but_o also_o to_o thyself_o not_o only_o to_o thy_o church_n but_o also_o to_o thy_o religion_n thou_o have_v show_v thy_o hatred_n of_o their_o sin_n in_o that_o thou_o have_v so_o sharp_o rebuke_v it_o o_o now_o show_v the_o love_n of_o their_o function_n in_o not_o suffer_v that_o foul_a sin_n any_o long_a to_o possess_v thy_o minister_n or_o to_o deceive_v thy_o people_n it_o be_v a_o question_n very_o well_o propound_v by_o alensis_n but_o better_o answer_v by_o he_o when_o he_o say_v vnde_fw-la tam_fw-la detestetur_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o evangelio_n peccatum_fw-la hypocrisis_fw-la resp_n 1._o ut_fw-la notetur_fw-la quanta_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la detestatio_fw-la antichristi_fw-la qui_fw-la maxim_n per_fw-la hypocrisin_n decipiet_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la hypocrita_fw-la est_fw-la contrarius_fw-la operi_fw-la divino_fw-la dominus_fw-la enim_fw-la ordinat_fw-la malum_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la ille_fw-la bonum_fw-la convertit_fw-la in_o malum_fw-la 3._o quia_fw-la contrarius_fw-la est_fw-la toti_fw-la trinitati_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_o question_n be_v this_o whence_o be_v it_o that_o our_o lord_n do_v in_o his_o gospel_n show_v so_o great_a a_o detestation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o hypocrisy_n his_o answer_n be_v this_o 1._o to_o show_v man_n how_o they_o ought_v to_o detest_v antichrist_n who_o will_v deceive_v they_o chief_o by_o hypocrisy_n 2._o because_o the_o hypocrite_n be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o god_n in_o work_v for_o god_n use_v to_o turn_v evil_a into_o good_a but_o the_o hypocrite_n use_v to_o turn_v good_a into_o evil_n 3._o because_o the_o hypocrite_n oppose_v the_o whole_a trinity_n the_o father_n in_o seek_v after_o his_o glory_n for_o the_o hypocrite_n aim_n be_v to_o glorify_v himself_o the_o son_n in_o not_o seek_v after_o his_o truth_n for_o his_o whole_a life_n be_v a_o lie_n the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o not_o regard_v his_o goodness_n for_o the_o hypocrite_n come_v only_o to_o appear_v good_a but_o not_o to_o be_v so_o for_o this_o cause_n our_o saviour_n intermingle_v sharp_a reproof_n with_o his_o doctrine_n when_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o hypocrite_n and_o so_o do_v his_o apostle_n after_o he_o say_v o_o you_o foolish_a or_o mad_a or_o senseless_a galatian_n who_o have_v bewitch_v you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o vary_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o teach_n according_o to_o the_o necessity_n of_o 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