and_o therefore_o here_o i_o will_v conclude_v sermon_n v._n at_o whitehall_n jan._n 12._o 1639._o matth_n 13._o v._n 27._o so_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o housholder_n come_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o sir_n do_v not_o thou_o sow_v good_a seed_n in_o thy_o field_n from_o whence_o then_o have_v it_o tare_n primus_fw-la felicitatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la cyprian_a etc._n etc._n the_o first_o degree_n of_o happiness_n be_v not_o to_o sin_v the_o second_o to_o be_v sensible_a of_o a_o fault_n commit_v it_o have_v be_v well_o do_v of_o the_o servant_n in_o the_o present_a parable_n to_o have_v be_v careful_a in_o their_o master_n business_n and_o not_o have_v give_v the_o enemy_n advantage_n by_o their_o dull_a security_n for_o the_o disperse_v of_o his_o tare_n and_o it_o be_v well_o do_v although_o not_o so_o well_o that_o they_o discern_v they_o in_o good_a time_n before_o they_o have_v destroy_v god_n harvest_n and_o devour_v his_o wheat_n a_o fault_n have_v be_v commit_v by_o their_o sloth_n and_o drowsiness_n that_o they_o see_v too_o well_o but_o every_o man_n be_v willing_a to_o excuse_v himself_o paterculque_fw-fr and_o cast_v the_o blame_n upon_o his_o fellow_n proprium_fw-la est_fw-la humano_fw-la ingenio_fw-la omne_fw-la sibi_fw-la remittere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliis_fw-la say_v velleius_n right_o and_o tare_n they_o see_v spring_v up_o which_o they_o have_v not_o sow_v but_o how_o they_o come_v there_o that_o they_o can_v not_o tell_v certain_a they_o be_v that_o they_o have_v sow_v good_a seed_n in_o their_o master_n field_n and_o that_o the_o field_n be_v well_o manure_v and_o fit_v for_o so_o great_a a_o blessing_n to_o see_v this_o field_n so_o dress_v and_o cultivate_v overgrow_v with_o tare_n and_o to_o be_v ignorant_a withal_o what_o malicious_a hand_n have_v plot_v and_o perform_v so_o great_a a_o mischief_n must_v needs_o produce_v both_o wonder_n and_o amazement_n in_o their_o doubtful_a mind_n therefore_o as_o well_o to_o 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villainy_n will_v confess_v the_o action_n the_o take_n of_o their_o opportunity_n cum_fw-la dormirent_fw-la homines_fw-la when_o as_o the_o servant_n be_v asleep_a do_v manifest_o show_v that_o by_o whomever_o it_o be_v do_v it_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o work_n of_o darkness_n and_o therefore_o very_o little_a hope_n that_o they_o themselves_o will_v bring_v it_o to_o the_o open_a light_n in_o this_o uncertainty_n there_o can_v be_v find_v no_o better_a way_n to_o inform_v themselves_o 121._o then_o to_o repair_v unto_o the_o lord_n the_o celestial_a housholder_n who_o eye_n do_v neither_o sleep_v nor_o slumber_n god_n eye_n be_v always_o open_a though_o his_o servant_n sleep_v felix_n interest_n tenebris_fw-la say_v minutius_n no_o darkness_n be_v so_o gross_a which_o he_o can_v penetrate_v nor_o fact_n so_o secret_a and_o obscure_a which_o he_o discern_v not_o the_o lord_n be_v totus_fw-la oculus_fw-la jerenaeus_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la lumen_fw-la as_o the_o father_n have_v it_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v keep_v ignorant_a of_o man_n private_a practice_n how_o close_o soever_o they_o be_v carry_v can_v any_o man_n hide_v himself_o in_o secret_a place_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o see_v he_o jerem._n say_v the_o lord_n almighty_a beside_o there_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n in_o the_o point_n before_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n in_o all_o doubtful_a case_n as_o long_o as_o they_o continue_v in_o god_n grace_n and_o favour_n to_o ask_v for_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n no_o resolution_n so_o perspicuous_a as_o that_o which_o come_v from_o god_n in_o his_o holy_a tabernacle_n or_o be_v deliver_v by_o his_o seer_n our_o saviour_n christ_n as_o he_o be_v deus_fw-mi de_fw-fr deo_fw-la god_n of_o god_n so_o he_o be_v also_o lumen_fw-la de_fw-la lumine_fw-la light_n of_o light_n his_o providence_n as_o watchful_a and_o his_o eye_n as_o pierce_v as_o that_o of_o his_o almighty_a father_n no_o better_a resolution_n of_o a_o doubtful_a case_n then_o that_o which_o may_v be_v have_v from_o he_o domine_fw-la quò_fw-la eamus_fw-la lord_n say_v st._n peter_n whither_o shall_v we_o go_v 68_o thou_o have_v the_o word_n of_o everlasting_a life_n himself_o our_o bless_a saviour_n give_v they_o more_o encouragement_n to_o have_v recourse_n to_o he_o in_o their_o doubt_n and_o difficulty_n ego_fw-la sum_fw-la via_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la i_o be_o the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n john_n 14._o the_o servant_n of_o my_o text_n need_v not_o make_v a_o question_n either_o of_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o be_v in_o search_n of_o or_o gain_v life_n eternal_a which_o they_o seek_v by_o truth_n when_o he_o which_o be_v the_o journey_n end_n be_v the_o way_n also_o and_o therefore_o in_o my_o mind_n st._n bernard_n descant_v very_o pretty_o on_o that_o text_n of_o scripture_n eamus_fw-la ergo_fw-la post_fw-la christum_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la via_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la let_v we_o walk_v after_o christ_n because_o he_o be_v the_o truth_n by_o christ_n because_o he_o be_v the_o way_n to_o christ_n because_o he_o be_v life_n st._n austin_n also_o give_v we_o a_o good_a hint_n for_o our_o direction_n in_o this_o journey_n both_o for_o truth_n and_o life_n non_fw-la est_fw-la quò_fw-la eamus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quà _fw-la eamus_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la whither_o o_o lord_n shall_v we_o repair_v but_o to_o thou_o and_o which_o way_n shall_v we_o come_v unto_o thou_o if_o we_o come_v not_o by_o thou_o the_o servant_n here_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o this_o way_n they_o know_v none_o better_o that_o howsoever_o god_n inhabit_v in_o luce_n inaccessibili_fw-la in_o light_n inaccessible_a yet_o he_o be_v easy_a of_o access_n unto_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o and_o therefore_o accedentes_fw-la they_o come_v unto_o he_o accedentes_fw-la autem_fw-la servi_fw-la so_o the_o servant_n come_v the_o servant_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n they_o come_v not_o one_o by_o one_o to_o make_v their_o own_o excuse_n apart_o they_o come_v all_o together_o they_o have_v be_v faulty_a all_o alike_o and_o therefore_o if_o a_o check_n be_v fear_v good_a reason_n they_o shall_v be_v all_o partaker_n of_o it_o the_o heathen_a orator_n think_v it_o a_o equitable_a point_n marcello_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la causa_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_fw-la eadem_fw-la item_n essent_fw-la fortuna_fw-la that_o they_o who_o have_v be_v interest_v in_o the_o selfsame_a business_n shall_v bear_v their_o equal_a share_n in_o the_o self_n same_o fortune_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o business_n that_o they_o be_v in_o quest_n of_o their_o errand_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v satisfy_v upon_o the_o unde_fw-la haec_fw-la zizania_fw-la whence_o the_o tare_n shall_v come_v but_o to_o inquire_v their_o master_n pleasure_n what_o he_o think_v sit_v to_o be_v do_v on_o the_o discovery_n vis_fw-la imus_fw-la &_o colligimus_fw-la
however_o we_o in_o charity_n may_v say_v lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o he_o yet_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n in_o justice_n will_v inflict_v that_o judgement_n on_o he_o which_o usual_o do_v befall_v those_o man_n which_o do_v wilful_o and_o perverse_o tempt_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o necessary_a in_o regard_n of_o we_o of_o private_a and_o particular_a man_n that_o the_o tare_n shall_v come_v to_o their_o epiphanie_n their_o apparuerunt_fw-la god_n do_v it_o most_o especial_o for_o his_o church_n sake_n who_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o conduct_v in_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n and_o to_o be_v with_o she_o always_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o tear_v be_v in_o itself_o as_o the_o poet_n call_v it_o infelix_fw-la lolium_fw-la a_o wretched_a and_o unlucky_a weed_n and_o frugum_fw-la pestis_fw-la the_o bane_n and_o plague_n of_o other_o grain_n as_o the_o learned_a herbalist_n and_o of_o the_o mischief_n which_o it_o bring_v to_o god_n holy_a husbandry_n either_o by_o eat_v up_o the_o wheat_n the_o lord_n own_o good_a seed_n or_o overrun_v all_o the_o field_n in_o the_o which_o it_o grow_v i_o have_v at_o large_a discourse_v already_o suffice_v it_o that_o the_o devil_n sow_v they_o with_o a_o devilish_a purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o so_o he_o may_v destroy_v the_o labour_n of_o the_o heavenly_a husbandman_n and_o doubt_v we_o not_o but_o that_o he_o have_v in_o fine_a effect_v his_o malicious_a end_n have_v not_o god_n bring_v they_o in_o due_a time_n to_o apparuerunt_fw-la have_v he_o not_o make_v a_o plain_a discovery_n of_o their_o noxious_a nature_n and_o call_v upon_o his_o servant_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o they_o we_o may_v conceive_v what_o reputation_n they_o have_v gain_v by_o a_o long_a sufferance_n how_o ill_o it_o will_v have_v go_v with_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o the_o attempt_n of_o reformation_n in_o that_o be_v so_o long_o since_o detect_v and_o bring_v to_o their_o apparuerunt_fw-la so_o many_o in_o the_o world_n be_v not_o yet_o persuade_v that_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n fit_a to_o be_v reform_v it_o be_v with_o error_n now_o as_o with_o temple_n ancient_o the_o more_o antiquity_n they_o have_v the_o great_a sanctity_n tantumque_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la tribuerunt_fw-la quantum_fw-la vetustatis_fw-la as_o minutius_n felix_n god_n therefore_o take_v his_o time_n to_o detect_v these_o error_n and_o to_o give_v notice_n to_o the_o world_n that_o they_o be_v but_o tare_n before_o they_o can_v prescribe_v to_o truth_n or_o challenge_v such_o a_o interest_n in_o antiquity_n as_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o be_v disprove_v and_o this_o the_o lord_n do_v partly_o for_o his_o own_o sake_n too_o that_o so_o he_o may_v acquit_v himself_o of_o those_o gracious_a promise_n which_o he_o have_v make_v unto_o his_o church_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n become_v her_o debtor_n he_o promise_v to_o be_v with_o she_o always_o and_o therefore_o can_v not_o possible_o forsake_v she_o in_o her_o great_a need_n he_o promise_v to_o conduct_v she_o in_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o leave_v she_o as_o a_o prey_n to_o error_n he_o promise_v that_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o she_o and_o therefore_o can_v not_o give_v she_o over_o to_o the_o snare_n of_o satan_n god_n never_o do_v forsake_v his_o church_n though_o he_o sometime_o leave_v she_o to_o herself_o for_o her_o further_a trial_n nor_o turn_v away_o his_o face_n though_o he_o look_v aside_o for_o her_o correction_n and_o chastisement_n for_o shall_v he_o utter_o desert_n it_o and_o leave_v it_o as_o a_o prey_n unto_o sin_n and_o error_n the_o church_n indeed_o be_v in_o a_o very_a sorry_a take_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n where_o be_v all_o god_n promise_n may_v not_o the_o enemy_n rejoice_v and_o advance_v his_o head_n and_o say_v that_o either_o god_n do_v not_o see_v his_o practice_n or_o be_v not_o able_a to_o prevent_v they_o that_o he_o be_v only_o rich_a in_o promise_n promissis_fw-la dive_v but_o when_o it_o come_v to_o the_o performance_n then_o quid_fw-la dignum_fw-la tanto_fw-la and_o may_v not_o his_o most_o trusty_a servant_n have_v complain_v with_o david_n ut_fw-la quid_fw-la deus_fw-la repulisti_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la o_o god_n wherefore_o be_v thou_o absent_a from_o we_o so_o long_o we_o see_v not_o our_o token_n there_o be_v not_o one_o prophet_n more_o no_o not_o one_o be_v there_o among_o we_o that_o understand_v any_o more_o this_o the_o lord_n hear_v but_o will_v not_o suffer_v and_o therefore_o when_o he_o have_v make_v trial_n of_o his_o church_n and_o let_v she_o see_v she_o own_o infirmity_n he_o bring_v those_o error_n and_o false_a doctrine_n which_o do_v seem_v to_o threaten_v it_o to_o their_o apparuerunt_fw-la to_o the_o open_a light_n and_o of_o false_a doctrine_n many_o be_v of_o that_o condition_n that_o be_v once_o discover_v they_o be_v soon_o confute_v majorque_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la labour_n est_fw-la invenire_fw-la quam_fw-la vincere_fw-la how_o this_o be_v do_v and_o when_o we_o must_v next_o consider_v which_o for_o the_o time_n thereof_o be_v tunc_fw-la and_o for_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o in_o fecissent_fw-la fructum_fw-la my_o next_o particular_a and_o next_o in_o order_n to_o be_v handle_v rectum_fw-la est_fw-la svi_fw-la index_n &_o obliqui_fw-la there_o be_v no_o better_a way_n to_o discern_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v crooked_a then_o by_o lay_v it_o to_o a_o right_a line_n or_o to_o discover_v error_n and_o erroneous_a tenet_n then_o to_o compare_v they_o with_o the_o truth_n truth_n do_v not_o only_o justify_v itself_o but_o by_o the_o light_n thereof_o we_o be_v make_v more_o able_a than_o before_o to_o judge_v of_o falsehood_n and_o howsoever_o many_o false_a opinion_n have_v pass_v and_o still_o may_v pass_v for_o currant_n in_o the_o conceit_n of_o those_o which_o have_v take_v they_o up_o yet_o by_o compare_v they_o with_o scripture_n which_o be_v truth_n itself_o or_o with_o the_o catholic_a tendry_n of_o god_n holy_a church_n the_o best_a expositor_n of_o scripture_n their_o folly_n and_o their_o falsehood_n will_v at_o once_o appear_v thus_o be_v it_o with_o the_o tare_n in_o the_o present_a parable_n they_o seem_v so_o lovely_a to_o the_o eye_n in_o the_o blade_n or_o stalk_n that_o few_o be_v able_a to_o discern_v they_o most_o take_v they_o to_o be_v wheat_n of_o the_o lord_n own_o sow_v a_o very_a excellent_a piece_n of_o wheat_n and_o such_o as_o may_v have_v recompense_v the_o labour_n of_o the_o heavenly_a husbandman_n but_o when_o they_o come_v unto_o fecissent_fw-la fructum_fw-la when_o both_o the_o wheat_n and_o tare_n come_v to_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n and_o that_o the_o fruit_n of_o each_o be_v balance_v in_o the_o scale_n of_o the_o holy_a sanctuary_n than_o be_v it_o no_o great_a difficulty_n to_o determine_v of_o they_o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v wheat_n 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