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agent_n in_o every_o and_o therefore_o even_o in_o sinful_a action_n god_n etc._n god_n rom._n 9.11.15.18_o etc._n etc._n free_a election_n of_o those_o who_o he_o purpose_v to_o save_v of_o his_o own_o grace_n without_o any_o motive_n in_o or_o from_o themselves_o the_o immutabilitie_n of_o god_n 8.35.38.39_o god_n joh._n 13.1_o rom._n 11.29_o &_o 5.9.10_o &_o 8.35.38.39_o love_n &_o grace_n towards_o the_o saint_n and_o their_o certain_a perseverance_n therein_o unto_o salvation_n the_o 3.28_o the_o rom._n 3.28_o justification_n of_o sinner_n by_o the_o impute_a righteousness_n of_o christ_n apprehend_v and_o apply_v unto_o they_o by_o a_o lively_a faith_n without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n these_o be_v sound_a and_o true_a and_o comfortable_a and_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a doctrine_n and_o yet_o that_o impudent_a strumpet_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o forehead_n i_o will_v not_o say_v to_o slander_v my_o text_n allow_v more_o to_o blaspheme_v god_n and_o his_o truth_n and_o the_o minister_n thereof_o for_o teach_v they_o bellarmine_n gretser_n maldonate_fw-it &_o the_o jesuite_n but_o none_o more_o than_o our_o own_o english_a fugitive_n bristol_n stapleton_n parson_n kellison_n and_o all_o the_o rabble_n of_o those_o romish_a hellhound_n free_o spend_v their_o mouth_n in_o bark_v against_o we_o as_o if_o we_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n as_o if_o we_o will_v have_v man_n sin_n and_o be_v damn_v by_o a_o stoical_a fatal_a necessity_n sin_n whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o and_o be_v damn_v whether_o they_o deserve_v it_o or_o no_o as_o if_o we_o open_v a_o gap_n to_o all_o licentiousness_n and_o profaneness_n let_v man_n believe_v it_o be_v no_o matter_n how_o they_o live_v heaven_n be_v their_o own_o cocksure_a as_o if_o we_o cry_v down_o good_a work_n &_o condemn_a charity_n slander_n loud_a and_o false_a yet_o easy_o blow_v away_o with_o one_o single_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o imputation_n upon_o we_o and_o our_o 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we_o be_v not_o either_o first_o so_o wicked_o malicious_a as_o without_o apparent_a cause_n to_o raise_v any_o slander_n or_o second_o so_o foolish_o credulous_a as_o without_o severe_a examination_n to_o believe_v any_o slander_n or_o three_o so_o base_o timorous_a as_o to_o flinch_v from_o any_o part_n of_o god_n truth_n for_o any_o slander_n but_o i_o must_v not_o insist_v this_o from_o the_o slander_n slander_n §._o 10._o obser_n iv_o every_o slander_n observe_v fourthly_a how_o peremptory_a the_o apostle_n be_v in_o his_o censure_n against_o the_o slanderer_n or_o abuser_n of_o holy_a truth_n who_o damnation_n be_v just_a etc._n just_a ambrose_n lyra_n piscator_fw-la pareus_n etc._n etc._n some_o understand_v it_o with_o reference_n to_o the_o slanderer_n as_o we_o be_v slanderous_o report_v and_o as_o some_o affirm_v that_o we_o say_v who_o damnation_n be_v just_a that_o be_v their_o damnation_n be_v just_a who_o thus_o unjust_o slander_v us._n etc._n us._n chrysostomus_n caietanus_n erasmus_n etc._n etc._n other_o understand_v it_o with_o reference_n to_o that_o ungodly_a resosolution_n let_v we_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v who_o damnation_n be_v just_a that_o be_v their_o damnation_n be_v just_a for_o the_o evil_n they_o do_v who_o adventure_n to_o do_v any_o evil_n under_o whatsoever_o pretence_n of_o good_a to_o come_v of_o it_o both_o exposition_n be_v good_a and_o i_o rather_o embrace_v both_o than_o prefer_v either_o i_o ever_o hold_v it_o a_o kind_n of_o honest_a spiritual_a thrift_n where_o there_o be_v two_o sense_n give_v of_o one_o place_n both_o agreeable_a to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n and_o manner_n both_o so_o indifferent_o appliable_a to_o the_o word_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n as_o that_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o say_v which_o be_v rather_o intend_v though_o there_o be_v but_o one_o intend_v yet_o to_o make_v use_n of_o both_o and_o so_o will_v we_o take_v it_o the_o first_o way_n and_o the_o slanderer_n may_v 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reprehendere_fw-la non_fw-la puslumus_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la flacâ—o_fw-la allowable_a and_o be_v at_o this_o day_n of_o too_o frequent_a use_n both_o in_o private_a and_o public_a calumniation_n be_v when_o upon_o some_o small_a ground_n of_o truth_n we_o run_v descant_v at_o pleasure_n in_o our_o information_n interweave_v many_o untruth_n among_o or_o pervert_v the_o speech_n and_o action_n of_o our_o adversary_n to_o make_v their_o matter_n ill_a when_o they_o be_v not_o or_o otherwise_o aggravate_v they_o to_o make_v they_o seem_v worse_o than_o they_o be_v as_o tiding_n come_v to_o david_n when_o amnon_n only_o be_v slay_v that_o 13.30_o that_o 2._o sam._n 13.30_o absalon_n have_v kill_v all_o the_o king_n son_n it_o be_v a_o easy_a and_o a_o common_a thing_n by_o misconstruction_n to_o phoâ—mi_n to_o they_o daiâ—y_v wrest_v my_o word_n psal_n 56.5_o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la will_fw-mi narrando_fw-la possit_fw-la depravarior_fw-la terent._n in_o phoâ—mi_n deprave_v whatsoever_o be_v most_o innocent_o do_v or_o speak_v the_o ammonistish_n courtier_n deal_v so_o with_o david_n when_o he_o send_v 10.2_o send_v 3_o sam._n 10.2_o ambassador_n to_o hanun_n in_o kindness_n they_o inform_v the_o king_n as_o if_o he_o have_v indeed_o send_v spy_n to_o discover_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o city_n and_o land_n and_o the_o 4.12_o the_o nehe._n 6.6.7_o &_o ezr._n 4.12_o jew_n enemy_n deal_v so_o with_o those_o that_o of_o devotion_n repair_v the_o temple_n and_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n advertise_v the_o state_n as_o if_o their_o purpose_n have_v be_v to_o fortify_v themselves_o for_o a_o rebellion_n yea_o and_o the_o malicious_a jew_n deal_v so_o with_o christ_n himself_o take_v hold_n of_o some_o word_n of_o he_o about_o the_o destroy_n and_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o he_o understand_v of_o the_o 19-21_a the_o joh._n 2_o 19-21_a temple_n of_o his_o body_n and_o so_o 26.61_o so_o matth._n 26.61_o wrest_v they_o to_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o material_a temple_n as_o to_o
may_v help_v it_o to_o enrich_v himself_o or_o his_o officer_n or_o for_o any_o other_o indirect_a end_n shall_v suffer_v man_n to_o be_v implead_v and_o bring_v into_o trouble_n upon_o bill_n and_o presentment_n tender_v without_o oath_n equity_n §._o 28._o 2._o to_o temper_n justice_n with_o equity_n second_o since_o law_n can_v be_v so_o conceive_v but_o that_o through_o the_o infinite_a variety_n of_o humane_a occurrence_n they_o may_v sometime_o fall_v heavy_a upon_o particular_a man_n and_o yet_o for_o the_o prevent_n of_o more_o general_a inconvenience_n it_o be_v necessary_a there_o shall_v be_v law_n for_o better_a a_o mischief_n sometime_o than_o always_o a_o inconvenience_n there_o have_v be_v leave_v for_o any_o thing_n i_o find_v to_o the_o contrary_a in_o all_o well_o govern_v policy_n a_o kind_n of_o latitude_n more_o or_o less_o and_o power_n in_o the_o magistrate_n even_o in_o those_o court_n that_o be_v strictissimi_fw-la iuris_fw-la upon_o fit_a occasion_n to_o qualify_v and_o to_o 158._o to_o soleo_fw-la audire_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la esse_fw-la iudicis_fw-la mollire_fw-la sententiam_fw-la &_o mitiùs_fw-la vindicare_fw-la quà m_fw-la iubeant_fw-la leges_fw-la augustin_n epist._n 158._o mitigate_v something_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o law_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o equity_n for_o i_o know_v not_o any_o extremity_n of_o 10._o of_o summum_fw-la ius_fw-la summa_fw-la iniuria_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot._fw-la 5._o ethic._n 10._o wrong_n beyond_o the_o extremity_n of_o right_n when_o law_n intend_v for_o fence_n be_v make_v snare_n and_o be_v calumnious_o wrest_v to_o oppress_v that_o innocence_n which_o they_o shall_v protect_v and_o this_o be_v most_o proper_o cecinna_n proper_o existunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la saepè_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la calumniâ_fw-la quadam_fw-la &_o nimis_fw-la callidâ_fw-la sed_fw-la malitiosâ_fw-la iuris_fw-la interpretatione_n cic._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic._n scriptum_n sequi_fw-la 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full_a power_n by_o afford_v his_o lawful_a favour_n in_o due_a time_n and_o place_n to_o succour_v the_o innocence_n of_o the_o so_o accuse_v he_o shall_v thereby_o but_o give_v encouragement_n to_o the_o rayser_n and_o he_o must_v look_v to_o answer_v for_o it_o one_o day_n as_o the_o receiver_n of_o a_o false_a report_n three_o since_o that_o justice_n which_o especial_o support_v the_o commonweal_n informer_n §._o 29._o 3._o to_o punish_v partiality_n and_o collusion_n in_o the_o informer_n consist_v in_o nothing_o more_o than_o in_o the_o right_a distribution_n of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n many_o lawgivers_n have_v be_v careful_a by_o propose_v reward_n to_o encourage_v man_n to_o give_v in_o true_a and_o needful_a information_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a to_o suppress_v those_o that_o be_v false_a or_o idle_a by_o propose_v punishment_n for_o the_o informer_n office_n though_o it_o be_v as_o we_o hear_v a_o necessary_a yet_o it_o be_v in_o truth_n a_o very_a thankless_a office_n and_o man_n will_v be_v loath_a without_o special_a grievance_n to_o undergo_v the_o hatred_n and_o envy_n which_o common_o attend_v such_o as_o be_v officious_a that_o way_n unless_o there_o be_v some_o profit_n mix_v withal_o to_o sweeten_v that_o hatred_n &_o to_o countervail_v that_o envy_n for_o which_o cause_n in_o most_o penal_a statute_n a_o moiety_n or_o a_o three_o or_o annal._n or_o quartam_fw-la accusatoribus_fw-la secundum_fw-la necessitudinem_fw-la legis_fw-la tacit._n lib._n 4._o annal._n four_o which_o be_v the_o usual_a proportion_n in_o rome_n whence_o the_o name_n of_o 13._o of_o quadruplatores_fw-la accusatores_fw-la seu_fw-la delatores_fw-la criminum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la quadrupli_fw-la sive_fw-la quòd_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ex_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la bonis_fw-la quos_fw-la accusaverant_fw-la quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la consequebantur_fw-la ascon_n in_o verr._n see_v fest._n in_o quadruplatore_n turneb_n 3._o adverse_a 9_o li_n in_o lib._n 4._o ann._n taciti_fw-la bisciol_n 14._o subce_n 13._o quadruplatores_fw-la come_v or_o some_o other_o great_a or_o lesser_a part_n of_o the_o fiâ—e_n penalty_n or_o forfeiture_n express_v in_o the_o law_n be_v by_o the_o say_a law_n allow_v to_o the_o informer_n by_o way_n of_o recompense_n for_o the_o service_n he_o have_v do_v the_o state_n by_o his_o information_n and_o if_o he_o be_v faithful_a and_o conscionable_a in_o his_o office_n good_a reason_n he_o shall_v have_v it_o for_o he_o that_o have_v a_o office_n in_o any_o lawful_a call_n and_o the_o informer_n call_v be_v such_o howsoever_o through_o the_o iniquity_n of_o those_o that_o have_v usual_o exercise_v it_o it_o have_v long_o labour_v of_o a_o she_o a_o quadruplator_n ut_fw-la breviter_fw-la describam_fw-la capitalis_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la improbus_fw-la &_o pestifer_fw-la civis_fw-la cic._n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la she_o ill_a name_n but_o he_o that_o have_v such_o a_o office_n as_o it_o be_v meet_v he_o shall_v attend_v it_o so_o it_o be_v meet_v it_o shall_v maintain_v he_o for_o 9.7_o for_o 1_o cor._n 9.7_o who_o go_v to_o warrefare_n at_o any_o time_n of_o his_o own_o cost_n but_o if_o such_o a_o informer_n shall_v indite_v one_o man_n for_o a_o offence_n pretend_v it_o to_o be_v do_v to_o the_o great_a hurt_n of_o the_o commonweal_n and_o yet_o for_o favour_n fear_v or_o a_o fee_n bâ—lke_v quiq_fw-la bâ—lke_v aequitas_fw-la in_o paribus_fw-la causis_fw-la paria_fw-la iura_fw-la desiderat_fw-la cic._n in_o top._n quis_fw-la hoc_fw-la statuit_fw-la quod_fw-la aequum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o quintium_n id_fw-la iniquum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o pâ—tuit_fw-la id_fw-la pro._n quiq_fw-la another_o man_n who_o he_o know_v to_o have_v commit_v the_o same_o offence_n or_o a_o great_a or_o if_o have_v enter_v his_o complaint_n in_o the_o open_a court_n he_o shall_v afterward_o let_v the_o suit_n fall_v and_o take_v up_o the_o matter_n in_o a_o private_a chamber_n this_o be_v turpil_n be_v 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1._o the_o doubt_n propose_v i_o come_v now_o this_o three_o time_n to_o entreat_v of_o this_o scripture_n and_o by_o god_n help_n to_o finish_v it_o of_o the_o three_o part_n whereof_o heretofore_o propound_v viz._n 1._o ahabs_n humiliation_n 2._o the_o suspension_n of_o his_o judgement_n for_o life_n 3._o and_o the_o devolution_n of_o it_o upon_o jehoram_n the_o two_o former_a have_v be_v already_o handle_v the_o last_o only_o now_o remain_v to_o be_v consider_v of_o in_o the_o prosecution_n whereof_o as_o heretofore_o we_o have_v clear_v god_n holiness_n and_o truth_n so_o we_o shall_v be_v now_o occasion_v to_o clear_v his_o justice_n from_o such_o imputation_n as_o may_v seem_v to_o lie_v upon_o it_o from_o this_o act._n and_o that_o in_o three_o respect_n according_o as_o jehoram_n who_o stand_v here_o punishable_a for_o ahabs_n sin_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o a_o threefold_a reference_n to_o ahab_n that_o be_v to_o say_v either_o relatè_fw-la as_o the_o son_n of_o ahab_n or_o disparatè_fw-la as_o another_o man_n from_o ahab_n or_o comparatè_fw-la as_o a_o man_n 3.2_o man_n 4_o king_n 3.2_o not_o altogether_o so_o bad_a as_o ahab_n now_o what_o 7._o what_o quisquam_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la qui_fw-la fuisse_fw-la illum_fw-la jupiter_fw-la deum_fw-la credat_fw-la tà m_fw-la iniustum_fw-la tam_fw-la impium_fw-la nec_fw-la mortulium_fw-la saltem_fw-la constituta_fw-la seruantem_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la nefas_fw-la haberetur_fw-la magnum_fw-la alterum_fw-la pro_fw-la altero_fw-la plectâ—_n &_o aliena_fw-la delicta_fw-la aliorum_fw-la ceruicibus_fw-la vindicari_fw-la arnob._n contr_n gent._n lib._n 7._o justice_n first_o to_o punish_v the_o son_n for_o the_o father_n or_o indeed_o second_o any_o one_o man_n for_o another_o but_o most_o of_o all_o three_o the_o lesser_a offender_n for_o the_o great_a it_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o much_o difficulty_n whereof_o §._o 2._o for_o resolution_n whereof_o as_o at_o the_o first_o appearance_n it_o seem_v to_o clear_v these_o doubt_n if_o all_o thing_n thereto_o appertain_v be_v due_o and_o distinct_o consider_v the_o great_a trouble_n will_v be_v the_o thing_n be_v of_o more_o variety_n than_o hardness_n to_o sort_v they_o in_o such_o manner_n as_o that_o we_o may_v therein_o proceed_v orderly_a and_o without_o confusion_n evermore_o we_o know_v certainty_n must_v rule_v uncertainty_n and_o clear_a truth_n doubtful_a it_o will_v be_v therefore_o expedient_a for_o we_o for_o the_o better_a guide_n of_o our_o judgement_n first_o to_o lay_v down_o some_o certainty_n and_o then_o afterward_o by_o they_o to_o measure_v out_o fit_a resolution_n to_o the_o doubt_n and_o then_o last_o from_o the_o premise_n to_o raise_v some_o few_o instruction_n for_o our_o use_n the_o first_o certainty_n then_o certainty_n §._o 3._o the_o first_o certainty_n and_o a_o main_a one_o be_v this_o howsoever_o thing_n appear_v to_o we_o yet_o god_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v unjust_a as_o not_o in_o any_o 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from_o the_o duty_n of_o all_o other_o calling_n as_o if_o their_o spiritual_a freedom_n in_o christ_n have_v cancel_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la all_o former_a obligation_n whether_o of_o nature_n or_o civility_n the_o husband_n will_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n the_o servant_n disrespect_n his_o master_n every_o other_o man_n break_v the_o bond_n of_o relation_n to_o every_o other_o man_n and_o all_o under_o this_o pretence_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n that_o christ_n have_v make_v they_o free_a in_o this_o passage_n of_o the_o chapter_n the_o apostle_n occasional_o correct_v this_o error_n principal_o indeed_o as_o the_o present_a argument_n lead_v he_o in_o the_o particular_a of_o marriage_n but_o with_o a_o far_o &_o more_o universal_a extent_n to_o all_o outward_a state_n and_o condition_n of_o life_n the_o sum_n of_o his_o doctrine_n this_o he_o that_o be_v yoke_v with_o a_o wife_n must_v not_o put_v she_o away_o but_o count_v her_o worthy_a of_o all_o love_n he_o that_o be_v 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