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14._o which_o be_v covetous_a say_v the_o text._n and_o you_o devour_v widow_n house_n 2._o aug._n count_v parm._n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o now_o potuitne_n gravius_fw-la divinis_fw-la eloquiis_fw-la accusari_fw-la avaritia_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la demonstraretur_fw-la aequalis_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la nominis_fw-la appellaretur_fw-la dicente_fw-la apostolo_n et_fw-la avaritia_fw-la 3.5_o eph._n 5.5_o col._n 3.5_o quae_fw-la est_fw-la idolorum_fw-la servitus_fw-la potuitne_v majori_fw-la poena_fw-la digna_fw-la judicari_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la illa_fw-la crimina_fw-la poneretur_fw-la quibus_fw-la obsessi_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la possidebunt_fw-la aperiantur_fw-la oculi_fw-la cordis_fw-la ne_fw-la frustra_fw-la pateant_fw-la oculi_fw-la corporis_fw-la can_v any_o thing_n be_v speak_v more_o to_o show_v the_o foulness_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o covetousness_n than_o when_o the_o apostle_n call_v it_o twice_o idolatry_n and_o can_v any_o sin_n be_v 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their_o own_o belly_n which_o i_o assure_v you_o some_o be_v well_o know_v to_o have_v even_o unto_o epicurism_n
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the_o good_a and_o tend_v to_o the_o subversion_n and_o overthrow_n of_o religion_n law_n and_o liberty_n but_o first_o they_o shall_v remember_v that_o although_o a_o moral_a evil_n in_o any_o kind_n be_v not_o god_n ordinance_n yet_o the_o application_n of_o it_o may_v and_o often_o be_v god_n ordinance_n as_o the_o set_n of_o satan_n to_o exercise_v his_o malice_n upon_o man_n and_o upon_o his_o own_o elect_a sometime_o for_o their_o trial_n and_o humiliation_n as_o he_o do_v upon_o job_n and_o the_o set_n up_o a_o king_n in_o his_o wrath_n 1._o job_n 1._o as_o we_o see_v above_o and_o the_o set_n of_o pharaoh_n over_o the_o israelite_n to_o who_o he_o give_v no_o power_n of_o resistance_n though_o they_o be_v not_o proper_o subject_n second_o though_o tyranny_n be_v not_o god_n ordinance_n yet_o the_o subjection_n to_o it_o be_v his_o ordinance_n be_v not_o the_o invasion_n of_o cesar_n and_o reign_v of_o caligula_n nero_n and_o other_o a_o tyranny_n and_o yet_o the_o apostle_n 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genuensi_fw-la cur_n tanta_fw-la crudelitate_fw-la uteretur_fw-la commotus_fw-la ac_fw-la veluti_fw-la furens_fw-la d_o storta_fw-la fancy_n ac_fw-la spirantibus_fw-la ignem_fw-la oculis_fw-la 1398._o aeneas_n silu._n in_o descript_n asiae_n refer_v bucholcer_n chronol_n an._n 1398._o respondit_fw-la tu_fw-la i_o hominem_fw-la esse_fw-la arbitraris_fw-la falleris_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la &_o orbis_fw-la vastitas_fw-la who_o be_v ask_v by_o a_o friend_n why_o he_o will_v be_v so_o cruel_a he_o be_v move_v with_o the_o question_n and_o in_o a_o rage_n his_o countenance_n distort_v and_o hâ—s_a eye_n flash_a fire_n answer_v do_v thou_o think_v i_o a_o man_n thou_o be_v deceive_v i_o be_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o the_o vastation_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o world_n tyranny_n therefore_o in_o this_o sense_n explain_v be_v oftentimes_o god_n ordinance_n this_o be_v their_o second_o error_n sect_n 3._o ground_n of_o nonresistance_n the_o three_o fundamental_a 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