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alaâ—â—_n call_v back_o from_o hell_n for_o the_o comfort_n of_o afflict_a catholic_n as_o some_o have_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o profess_v but_o it_o be_v plain_a the_o devil_n do_v only_o equivocate_v with_o our_o first_o parent_n and_o yet_o be_v call_v a_o liar_n every_o sin_n the_o more_o congenial_a it_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n the_o more_o sinful_a and_o abominable_a it_o be_v now_o every_o sin_n be_v of_o the_o devil_n both_o by_o temptation_n and_o approbation_n but_o only_o some_o sin_n be_v of_o the_o devil_n by_o way_n of_o practice_n and_o the_o sin_n which_o be_v chief_o of_o he_o by_o practice_n be_v lie_v remove_v from_o i_o the_o way_n of_o lie_v 119.29_o psalm_n 119.29_o jest_a quid_fw-la nobis_fw-la cum_fw-la fabulis_fw-la cum_fw-la risu_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la profusos_fw-la bern._n bern._n sed_fw-la atiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la jocos_fw-la declinandos_fw-la tertullian_n say_v he_o be_v nullâ—_n rei_fw-la naim_fw-fr nisi_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la bear_v for_o nothing_o else_o but_o for_o repentance_n sir_n thomas_n moor_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o tower_n a_o malefactor_n 970._o act._n and_o mon._n fol._n 970._o and_o one_o of_o the_o officer_n demand_v his_o upper_a garment_n for_o a_o fee_n mean_v his_o gown_n he_o say_v he_o shall_v have_v it_o and_o take_v he_o his_o cap_n say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o uppermost_a garment_n that_o he_o have_v so_o when_o he_o be_v to_o be_v behead_v he_o say_v to_o the_o executioner_n i_o pray_v you_o let_v i_o lay_v my_o beard_n over_o the_o block_n lest_o you_o shall_v cut_v it_o it_o seem_v he_o think_v it_o no_o glory_n unless_o he_o may_v die_v with_o a_o jest_n in_o his_o mouth_n sure_o it_o be_v very_o unseasonable_a the_o chronicler_n seem_v to_o doubt_v chron._n edw._n hallâ—_n chron._n whether_o to_o call_v he_o a_o foolish-wise-man_n or_o a_o wise-foolish-man_n crede_fw-la mihi_fw-la râ—â—_n sâ—vern_n est_fw-la gandium_fw-la verum_fw-la true_a mirth_n be_v a_o severe_a business_n seneca_n seneca_n scurrility_n consist_v not_o with_o piety_n and_o christian_a gravity_n nor_o foolish_a talk_n nor_o jest_v which_o be_v not_o convenient_a 〈◊〉_d ephes_n â—_o 4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o rather_o give_v of_o thanks_o obscaenity_n idle_a and_o wasâ—_n word_n be_v to_o be_v account_v for_o how_o much_o more_o than_o evil_a and_o wicked_a plato_n and_o xenophâ—n_n think_v it_o fit_a and_o profitable_a that_o man_n speech_n at_o meeting_n shall_v be_v write_v evil_a word_n be_v not_o wind_v say_v a_o late_a writer_n as_o most_o man_n imagine_v but_o the_o devil_n drivel_v that_o leave_v a_o soul_n staâ—â—_n upon_o the_o speaker_n and_o oft_o set_v the_o like_a upon_o the_o hearer_n shun_v obscene_a borborologie_n say_v another_o and_o unsavoury_a speech_n thou_o lose_v so_o much_o of_o thy_o honesty_n and_o piety_n as_o thou_o admitte_v evil_a in_o thy_o tongue_n let_v no_o corrupt_a communication_n proceed_v out_o of_o your_o mouth_n 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4.29_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a to_o the_o use_n of_o edify_v that_o it_o may_v minister_v grace_n unto_o the_o hearer_n voice_n christ_n not_o lift_v up_o his_o voice_n in_o the_o street_n isa_n 42.2_o be_v vox_fw-la jactantis_fw-la non_fw-la docentis_fw-la there_o be_v many_o voice_n say_v one_o all_o the_o prophet_n be_v voice_n preacher_n be_v voice_n certè_fw-la non_fw-la vox_fw-la hominis_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la certè_fw-la but_o there_o be_v some_o voces_fw-la ad_fw-la placitum_fw-la temporize_v voice_n cry_v for_o their_o own_o profit_n other_o which_o be_v voces_fw-la aequivecae_fw-la as_o a_o hatchet_n that_o will_v not_o cut_v a_o fire_n that_o will_v not_o burn_v but_o john_n baptist_n be_v the_o proper_a voice_n of_o they_o all_o reverend_a mr._n samuel_n crook_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v to_o his_o friend_n rejoice_v with_o he_o and_o blessing_n god_n for_o he_o i_o be_o nothing_o but_o a_o voice_n so_o john_n he_o profess_v himself_o to_o be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o voice_n and_o indeed_o he_o be_v totus_fw-la vox_fw-la all_o voice_n his_o apparel_n his_o diet_n his_o conversation_n do_v preach_v holiness_n as_o well_o as_o his_o doctrine_n john_n 1.23_o every_o faithful_a minister_n be_v ordain_v to_o be_v a_o crier_n and_o so_o have_v we_o need_v we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o deaf_a man_n dead_a man_n live_v carcase_n walk_v sepulcher_n of_o themselves_o now_o therefore_o as_o our_o saviour_n lift_v up_o his_o voice_n vincas_fw-la isa_n 58.1_o claim_n etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la stentora_fw-la vincas_fw-la when_o he_o say_v lazarus_n come_v forth_o so_o must_v christ_n minister_n when_o they_o speak_v to_o such_o as_o lie_v rot_v and_o stink_v in_o the_o grave_n of_o their_o corruption_n cry_v aloud_o awake_v thou_o that_o sleep_v 5.14_o eph._n 5.14_o and_o arise_v from_o the_o dead_a loquacity_n we_o read_v of_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o ear_n to_o hear_v let_v he_o hear_v but_o never_o he_o that_o have_v a_o tongue_n to_o speak_v let_v he_o speak_v empty_a vessel_n be_v full_a of_o sound_n wise_a man_n be_v most_o silent_a for_o as_o some_o gravel_n and_o mud_n pass_v away_o with_o much_o water_n so_o in_o many_o word_n there_o want_v no_o sin_n in_o multi_fw-la loquio_fw-la stulti_fw-la loquium_fw-la many_o word_n be_v hardly_o well_o manage_v it_o be_v seldom_o see_v that_o a_o man_n of_o many_o word_n miscarry_v not_o the_o silence_n of_o swan_n may_v for_o a_o time_n be_v overcome_v with_o the_o noise_n of_o swallow_n stabilis_fw-la vir_fw-la linguae_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la crit_fw-fr stabilis_fw-la but_o when_o the_o swallow_n be_v hoarse_a the_o swan_n will_v sing_v epaminondas_n be_v worthy_o praise_v by_o plutarch_n for_o this_o quòd_fw-la nemo_fw-la plura_fw-la nosset_n &_o pauciora_fw-la loqueretur_fw-la that_o no_o man_n know_v more_o and_o speak_v less_o than_o he_o do_v talkativenesse_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o worthlesnesse_n taciturnity_n of_o solidity_n he_o that_o have_v knowledge_n 17.27_o prov._n 17.27_o spare_v his_o word_n silence_n it_o be_v a_o privative_a at_o least_o a_o negative_a a_o dumbness_n be_v a_o total_a so_o silence_n be_v a_o temporal_a privation_n of_o speech_n it_o be_v a_o good_a rule_n that_o one_o give_v either_o keep_v silence_n or_o speak_v that_o that_o be_v better_a than_o silence_n well_o say_v hierom_n discamus_fw-la priùs_fw-la non_fw-la loqui_fw-la ut_fw-la postmodum_fw-la ad_fw-la loquendum_fw-la ora_fw-la reseramus_fw-la 3.7_o in_o eccl._n 3.7_o nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la rectum_fw-la esse_fw-la vidâ—atur_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la discimus_fw-la ut_fw-la post_fw-la multum_fw-la silentium_fw-la ex_fw-la discipulis_fw-la efficiamur_fw-la magistri_fw-la seneca_n say_v summa_fw-la summarum_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la tardiloquum_fw-la te_fw-la esse_fw-la jubeo_fw-la epist_n 40._o and_o ambrose_n 38._o in_o psal_n 38._o ovalidum_fw-la scutum_fw-la circumspect_a a_o munitionis_fw-la silentium_fw-la o_o fidissimum_fw-la stabilitatis_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la etiam_fw-la stabili_fw-la cord_n firmati_fw-la incauti_fw-la tamen_fw-la sermonis_fw-la fluctuantis_fw-la errore_fw-la ceciderunt_fw-la but_o here_o be_v a_o misery_n saepè_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la loqui_fw-la quum_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o saepè_fw-la non_fw-la volumus_fw-la quum_fw-la possumus_fw-la saepius_fw-la autem_fw-la utrumque_fw-la non_fw-la debemus_fw-la quum_fw-la facimus_fw-la there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o silent_a person_n 1._o some_o and_o it_o be_v their_o cunning_n 2._o other_o and_o it_o be_v their_o weakness_n 3._o but_o there_o be_v and_o it_o be_v their_o wisdom_n to_o these_o i_o may_v add_v a_o four_o there_o be_v a_o superstitious_a silence_n such_o as_o be_v those_o old_a monk_n of_o egypt_n who_o say_v cassian_n be_v umbrarum_fw-la more_fw-mi silentes_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o speechless_a as_o ghost_n so_o the_o carthusian_n monk_n who_o speak_v together_o but_o once_o a_o week_n some_o kind_n of_o sectary_n also_o at_o this_o day_n will_v not_o speak_v a_o word_n to_o any_o but_o those_o of_o their_o own_o sect_n and_o that_o but_o at_o
8.10_o deut._n 8.10_o the_o feed_a hawk_n soon_o forget_v her_o master_n therefore_o when_o thou_o shall_v have_v eat_v and_o be_v full_a then_o beware_v lest_o thou_o forget_v the_o lord_n let_v we_o be_v careful_a we_o forget_v not_o god_n word_n neither_o let_v slip_v any_o one_o sermon_n without_o some_o profit_n there_o be_v several_a help_n to_o memory_n attention_n man_n remember_v what_o they_o heed_n and_o regard_n attend_v to_o my_o saying_n say_v wisdom_n keep_v they_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o heart_n that_o be_v in_o such_o a_o place_n where_o nothing_o can_v come_v to_o take_v they_o away_o where_o there_o be_v attention_n there_o will_v be_v retention_n the_o memory_n be_v the_o chest_n and_o ark_n of_o divine_a truth_n and_o a_o man_n shall_v see_v they_o careful_o lock_v up_o affection_n that_o be_v a_o great_a help_n to_o memory_n man_n remember_v what_o they_o care_v for_o delight_n and_o love_n be_v ever_o revive_v and_o renew_v the_o object_n upon_o our_o thought_n application_n and_o appropriation_n of_o truth_n we_o will_v remember_v that_o which_o concern_v ourselves_o hear_v this_o and_o know_v it_o for_o thy_o good_a this_o i_o must_v remember_v for_o my_o comfort_n meditation_n this_o be_v a_o cover_n of_o the_o word_n that_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n do_v not_o snatch_v it_o from_o we_o as_o a_o apple_n which_o be_v toss_v in_o the_o hand_n leave_v the_o odour_n and_o smell_n of_o it_o behind_o so_o often_o revolve_v the_o word_n upon_o the_o thought_n marry_o keep_v christ_n saying_n and_o ponder_v they_o in_o her_o heart_n conference_n with_o other_o the_o disciple_n that_o travel_v to_o emmaus_n confer_v together_o the_o berean_o that_o come_v from_o st._n paul_n his_o sermon_n take_v their_o bibles_n and_o confer_v together_o many_o eye_n see_v more_o than_o one_o that_o which_o one_o have_v forget_v another_o may_v remember_v repetition_n will_v be_v as_o a_o nail_n to_o fasten_v the_o thing_n we_o have_v hear_v prayer_n our_o corporal_a meat_n will_v do_v we_o no_o good_a except_o god_n bless_v it_o no_o more_o can_v the_o food_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o beg_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o work_n it_o be_v to_o bring_v thing_n to_o our_o remembrance_n and_o observe_v the_o accomplishment_n of_o truth_n such_o occasion_n observe_v will_v make_v old_a truth_n come_v to_o mind_n afresh_o practice_n christian_n can_v remember_v the_o circumstance_n of_o that_o sermon_n sangâ—inem_fw-la in_o sucoum_n &_o sangâ—inem_fw-la by_o which_o they_o get_v profit_n this_o be_v the_o digest_v of_o our_o spiritual_a meat_n and_o the_o convert_n of_o it_o into_o our_o substance_n it_o be_v never_o our_o own_o true_o and_o indeed_o till_o it_o be_v practise_v therefore_o we_o ought_v to_o give_v the_o more_o earnest_a heed_n to_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v hear_v praeteâ—flâ—amus_fw-la heb._n 2.1_o nè_fw-la praeteâ—flâ—amus_fw-la lest_o at_o any_o time_n we_o shall_v let_v they_o slip_v abstinence_n nature_n be_v content_v with_o a_o little_a contenta_fw-la natura_fw-la pauâ—is_fw-la contenta_fw-la for_o who_o perceive_v not_o that_o at_o all_o thing_n be_v season_v by_o the_o desire_n darius_n in_o his_o flight_n when_o he_o drink_v of_o the_o water_n that_o be_v dirty_a and_o pollute_v with_o dead_a carcase_n affirm_v he_o never_o drink_v sweet_a or_o more_o pleasant_a the_o reason_n be_v because_o he_o never_o abstain_v from_o drink_n until_o he_o be_v thirsty_a tusâ—_n cicer._n quest._n tusâ—_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o every_o one_o be_v so_o far_o forth_o continent_n as_o may_v destroy_v the_o vice_n not_o the_o flesh_n for_o oftentimes_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o the_o enemy_n greg._n greg._n therein_o we_o kill_v the_o citizen_n who_o we_o love_v and_o oftentime_n while_o we_o do_v as_o it_o be_v spare_v our_o fellow-citizen_n we_o further_o the_o enemy_n in_o the_o skirmish_n abstain_v from_o all_o appearance_n of_o evil_n 5.22_o 1_o thes_n 5.22_o testimony_n testimonium_fw-la est_fw-la fallibile_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la humanâ_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la divinâ_fw-la infallibile_fw-la the_o witness_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n the_o witness_n of_o our_o spirit_n the_o sense_n of_o faith_n wrought_v this_o be_v better_a feel_v by_o experience_n than_o express_v by_o word_n know_v altogether_o and_o only_o to_o they_o that_o have_v it_o the_o state_n of_o god_n child_n be_v full_a of_o sweet_a certainty_n and_o assurance_n he_o that_o have_v a_o cause_n to_o be_v try_v and_o have_v two_o sufficient_a witness_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o day_n now_o god_n child_n have_v two_o witness_n omni_fw-la exceptione_n majores_fw-la 1._o their_o own_o spirit_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v condemn_v for_o if_o conscience_n a_o natural_a thing_n be_v a_o thousend_v witness_n much_o more_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v a_o supernatural_a power_n give_v of_o god_n 2._o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o can_v deceive_v or_o be_v deceive_v witness_v with_o our_o spirit_n beside_o what_o a_o honour_n be_v this_o to_o the_o saint_n that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v bear_v witness_n at_o the_o bar_n of_o their_o conscience_n there_o be_v several_a way_n of_o bear_v witness_n to_o christ_n 1._o by_o open_o publish_v the_o truth_n of_o christ_n promulge_v of_o the_o evangelical_n truth_n concern_v the_o messiah_n 2._o by_o lead_v life_n answerable_a to_o the_o christian_a profession_n holiness_n and_o uprightness_n of_o conversation_n do_v attest_v and_o credit_v the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n 3._o by_o suffer_v especial_o death_n itself_o for_o christ_n cause_n and_o the_o gospel_n to_o such_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v eminent_o apply_v under_o the_o law_n one_o witness_n be_v allow_v sufficient_a in_o case_n of_o religion_n deut._n 29.16_o 17._o paâ—isien_n malitia_fw-la tua_fw-la te_fw-la adduxit_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la non_fw-la nos_fw-la lyran._n vâ—erque_fw-la diabolum_fw-la habet_fw-la isle_n in_o linguâ_fw-la ille_fw-la in_o aâ—re_n dau._n detractores_fw-la canini_n dentes_fw-la diaboli_fw-la paâ—isien_n but_o two_o be_v require_v in_o civil_a case_n cap._n 19.15_o witness_n of_o old_a be_v wont_a to_o put_v their_o hand_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o offendor_n and_o say_v it_o be_v thy_o own_o wickedness_n which_o condemn_v thou_o and_o not_o we_o we_o may_v neither_o raise_v a_o evil_a report_n nor_o receive_v it_o neither_o be_v the_o tale-bearer_n nor_o tale-hearer_n the_o one_o carry_v the_o devil_n in_o his_o tongue_n the_o other_o in_o his_o ear_n not_o only_o those_o that_o make_v a_o lie_n but_o those_o that_o love_v it_o when_o it_o be_v make_v to_o their_o hand_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n rev._n 22.15_o every_o man_n have_v two_o great_a witness_n either_o for_o or_o against_o he_o 1._o conscience_n within_o he_o 2._o god_n above_o he_o other_o faculty_n may_v rest_v but_o no_o passage_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o escape_v the_o record_n of_o conscience_n conscia_fw-la mens_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la sva_fw-la est_fw-la ovid._n ovid._n ita_fw-la concipit_fw-la intra_fw-la pectora_fw-la pro_fw-la facto_fw-la spemque_fw-la metúmque_fw-la svo_fw-la this_o be_v god_n deputy-judge_n hold_v court_n in_o the_o whole_a soul_n bear_v witness_n of_o all_o a_o man_n do_n and_o desire_n and_o according_o excuse_v or_o accuse_v absolve_a or_o condemn_v comfort_v or_o torment_v but_o yet_o the_o witness_n of_o god_n be_v the_o most_o desirable_a witness_n the_o witness_n we_o have_v on_o earth_n be_v nothing_o worth_a unless_o we_o have_v a_o witness_n in_o heaven_n if_o we_o have_v not_o the_o inward_a witness_n of_o our_o own_o conscience_n it_o be_v little_a advantage_n though_o we_o have_v a_o thousand_o outward_a witness_n conscience_n be_v more_o than_o a_o thousand_o witness_n but_o god_n be_v more_o than_o ten_o thousand_o conscience_n as_o the_o witness_n of_o good_a man_n be_v more_o desirable_a than_o the_o witness_n of_o all_o other_o 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