seek_v and_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o there_o be_v the_o break_a with_o affliction_n or_o any_o casualty_n who_o be_v to_o be_v heal_v not_o crush_v and_o there_o be_v that_o stand_v still_o for_o weakness_n not_o be_v able_a to_o go_v on_o and_o these_o be_v to_o be_v feed_v and_o bear_v as_o the_o word_n be_v with_o tenderness_n and_o compassion_n if_o need_v be_v the_o good_a shepherd_n therefore_o in_o perâ_fw-la gestat_fw-la unguentum_fw-la have_v his_o medicine_n ready_a in_o his_o scrip_n to_o apply_v as_o need_n require_v he_o not_o only_o not_o break_v the_o sound_n but_o also_o he_o bind_v up_o the_o break_a the_o neglect_n of_o this_o care_n virgil_n reprove_v perditio_fw-la reprove_v alitur_fw-la vitium_fw-la vivitque_fw-la tegendo_fw-la dum_fw-la medicas_fw-la adhibere_fw-la manus_fw-la ad_fw-la vulnera_fw-la pastor_n abnegat_fw-la &_o meliora_fw-la deos_fw-la sedet_fw-la omne_fw-la poscens_fw-la lib._n 3._o bucol_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d omnimoda_fw-la rei_fw-la 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much_o more_o to_o man_n which_o therefore_o himself_o extend_v chief_o to_o their_o soul_n and_o justifi_v his_o do_v good_a to_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n by_o this_o acknowledge_a practice_n of_o their_o own_o mat._n 12._o 11._o thus_o he_o bring_v again_o david_n after_o many_o slip_n and_o that_o shameful_a fall_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o vriah_n solomon_n also_o after_o his_o wallow_n in_o adultery_n and_o idolatry_n in_o his_o ecclesiaste_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o vanity_n he_o have_v find_v in_o all_o sin_n path_n and_o to_o manifest_v his_o return_n to_o the_o lord_n by_o his_o rejoyn_a himself_o to_o the_o church_n peter_n too_o after_o his_o woeful_a denial_n of_o his_o master_n he_o leave_v not_o till_o he_o have_v by_o a_o look_n of_o grace_n break_v his_o heart_n and_o by_o a_o flood_n of_o tear_n bring_v he_o home_o who_o therefore_o can_v affectionate_o by_o experience_n speak_v of_o go_v astray_o like_o sheep_n and_o of_o return_v to_o the_o shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o soul_n 1_o epist_n 2._o 25._o christ_n seal_v up_o his_o love_n to_o he_o in_o particular_o acquaint_v he_o with_o his_o resurrection_n mar._n 16._o 7._o and_o extract_v a_o bez._n a_o aequum_fw-la erot_n ut_fw-la triplici_fw-la abnegationi_fw-la triplex_fw-la confessio_fw-la appâ—nâ—retur_fw-la ne_fw-fr de_fw-fr tanti_fw-la peccati_fw-la remissione_n &_o restitutione_n muneris_fw-la aposlolici_fw-la dubitaret_fw-la pet._n we_o bez._n threefold_a confession_n of_o love_n from_o he_o to_o answer_v his_o threefold_a denial_n and_o it_o be_v very_o observable_a as_o jansenius_n note_v that_o our_o saviour_n after_o his_o resurrection_n for_o the_o comfort_n of_o true_a penitent_n appear_v first_o to_o mary_n magdalene_n not_o to_o the_o virgin_n mary_n as_o papist_n say_v and_o peter_n who_o have_v be_v grievous_a sinner_n yea_o we_o may_v put_v in_o all_o his_o disciple_n into_o this_o number_n of_o wander_a sheep_n bring_v home_o who_o so_o 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it_o be_v presume_v that_o many_o hear_v who_o mind_n little_a of_o what_o they_o hear_v of_o such_o the_o apostle_n speak_v ja._n 1._o 22._o that_o hereby_o put_v paralogism_n false_a reason_n upon_o themselves_o to_o their_o ruin_n or_o that_o i_o pray_v so_o do_v the_o jew_n of_o old_a isa_n 1._o 15._o yet_o be_v reject_v of_o god_n because_o filthiness_n be_v within_o see_v there_o from_z vers_n 11_o downward_z multitude_n of_o sacrifice_n without_o faith_n and_o heart-devotion_n be_v no_o better_a than_o mere_a hypocrisiâ—_fw-la and_o illusion_n they_o come_v to_o appear_v before_o god_n vers_fw-la 12._o heb._n to_o be_v see_v that_o be_v all_o they_o design_v in_o their_o approach_n to_o god_n that_o they_o may_v be_v see_v and_o take_v notice_n of_o to_o be_v there_o else_o all_o have_v be_v lose_v if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v note_v and_o notice_v thus_o the_o pharisee_n mat._n 6._o 5._o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o gale_n the_o windmill_n will_v not_o about_o be_v it_o not_o 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son_n as_o mediator_n be_v he_o by_o who_o matter_n be_v manage_v towards_o the_o son_n of_o man_n of_o he_o we_o will_v speak_v particular_o as_o who_o appropriate_v to_o himself_o this_o relation_n jo._n 10_o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o that_o shepherd_n that_o good_a one_o chap._n i._o proem_n antiquity_n ennoble_v shepherdy_n it_o do_v so_o peace_n and_o sincere_a piety_n ever_o we_o fall_v on_o this_o discourse_n we_o have_v here_o room_n enough_o do_v it_o suit_v our_o present_a purpose_n to_o rhetorize_v and_o from_o the_o antiquity_n and_o honourableness_n of_o shepherdy_n to_o commend_v it_o to_o man_n we_o hint_v even_o now_o from_o one_o of_o the_o rabbin_n how_o contemptible_o some_o have_v think_v and_o speak_v of_o that_o trade_n of_o life_n but_o it_o be_v easy_a with_o the_o pen_n of_o other_o to_o dash_v out_o that_o reproach_n and_o reconcile_v authority_n and_o credit_n to_o it_o from_o day_n of_o old_a wherein_o and_o person_n of_o esteem_n in_o 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and_o worst_a day_n have_v put_v on_o real_a godliness_n to_o scare_v man_n off_o from_o it_o but_o whoso_o will_v considerate_o inquire_v shall_v find_v holiness_n a_o ancient_a path_n though_o every_o ancient_a way_n be_v not_o good_a sin_n and_o error_n be_v early_o in_o the_o world_n yet_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n and_o purity_n will_v be_v find_v the_o most_o ancient_a way_n the_o good_a way_n be_v the_o old_a way_n jer._n 6._o 16._o antiquity_n disjoin_v from_o verity_n be_v but_o filthy_a hoariness_n remember_v the_o gibeonite_n jos._n 9_o 12_o 13_o 14._o and_o deserve_v no_o more_o reverence_n than_o a_o old_a fornicator_n who_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o odious_a because_o old_a yet_o we_o know_v what_o be_v most_o ancient_a verissimum_fw-la ancient_a quod_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la est_fw-la verissimum_fw-la be_v most_o true_a truth_n and_o holiness_n be_v before_o falsehood_n and_o sin_n first_o it_o be_v the_o way_n in_o which_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o most_o high_a in_o 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