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see_v therefore_o that_o as_o we_o may_v not_o presume_v so_o far_o as_o to_o judge_v accord_v to_o the_o lust_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n so_o all_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v approve_v and_o as_o it_o be_v ratify_v with_o our_o assent_n which_o god_n have_v judge_v therefore_o as_o avouch_v he_o to_o be_v a_o good_a and_o righteous_a judge_n we_o shall_v condemn_v with_o he_o wicked_a work_n and_o as_o he_o advise_v we_o shall_v judge_v a_o good_a or_o evil_a tree_n by_o his_o fruit_n afterwards_o they_o allege_v this_o sentence_n hypocrite_n 12._o first_o pluck_v the_o beam_n out_o of_o thine_o own_o eye_n and_o then_o shall_v thou_o see_v to_o remove_v the_o mote_n out_o of_o thy_o brother_n eye_n but_o what_o will_v they_o conclude_v thereof_o 7._o this_o answer_n belong_v to_o hypocrite_n who_o only_o note_v other_o man_n fault_n and_o conceal_v their_o own_o as_o when_o he_o say_v to_o they_o which_o accuse_v the_o adultress_n he_o that_o amongst_o you_o be_v without_o sin_n let_v he_o cast_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o she_o he_o do_v not_o therefore_o forbid_v to_o punish_v offender_n but_o only_o adnionish_v that_o when_o we_o reprehend_v other_o we_o begin_v at_o ourselves_o when_o we_o correct_v they_o that_o have_v offend_v let_v we_o be_v without_o those_o fault_n which_o we_o correct_v in_o they_o that_o we_o may_v show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v move_v with_o the_o true_a zeal_n of_o justice_n to_o hate_v evil_a as_o well_o in_o ourselves_o as_o in_o they_o without_o all_o respect_n of_o person_n but_o betwixt_o these_o two_o there_o be_v maruellon_n great_a difference_n to_o judge_v nothing_o by_o hypocrisy_n and_o utter_o to_o judge_v nothing_o the_o lord_n command_v that_o we_o judge_v according_a to_o truth_n that_o we_o be_v not_o more_o severe_a against_o our_o neighbour_n than_o against_o ourselves_o but_o these_o dog_n with_o this_o colour_v will_v have_v all_o judgement_n be_v it_o never_o so_o consonant_n to_o reason_n to_o be_v exclude_v and_o abolish_v albeit_o if_o a_o hypoerite_n flatter_v himself_o shall_v reprehend_v another_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o he_o which_o have_v offend_v shall_v therefore_o be_v excuse_v for_o evil_a be_v ever_o to_o be_v damn_v but_o this_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o a_o hypocrite_n that_o he_o measure_v not_o himself_o by_o the_o same_o rule_n and_o easy_o forgyve_a himself_o he_o use_v the_o extremity_n of_o law_n against_o other_o but_o as_o i_o say_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o ribald_n do_v not_o endeavour_n to_o obtain_v this_o in_o vain_a for_o they_o shall_v open_v to_o themselves_o a_o notable_a ingress_n if_o they_o may_v persuade_v the_o world_n that_o nothing_o at_o all_o be_v to_o be_v improve_v but_o it_o be_v best_o to_o note_v satan_n subtlety_n in_o this_o place_n and_o whereto_o
20._o chapter_n of_o ezechiel_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n there_o be_v leave_v no_o place_n to_o the_o change_v of_o his_o determination_n or_o for_o repentance_n for_o whereas_o it_o be_v sometime_o say_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v repent_v if_o thou_o understand_v not_o that_o it_o be_v speak_v by_o figure_n in_o deed_n thou_o know_v not_o the_o first_o ground_n of_o christian_a religion_n if_o thou_o impudent_o deny_v it_o thou_o be_v more_o worthy_a for_o thy_o blasphemy_n to_o be_v suppress_v of_o a_o magistrate_n than_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v inform_v of_o any_o one_o in_o the_o other_o place_n which_o thou_o cite_v out_o of_o luke_n thou_o bewray_v thy_o manifest_a &_o intolerable_a malice_n from_o who_o do_v ever_o this_o blasphemy_n proceed_v beside_o thou_o that_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o man_n may_v infringe_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n and_o thou_o thyself_o in_o deed_n when_o in_o latin_a thou_o do_v rather_o pervert_v than_o convert_v waste_v somewhat_o more_o shamefast_a for_o so_o thou_o haste_v interpret_v when_o this_o be_v hear_v the_o people_n and_o publican_n be_v wash_v with_o the_o wase_n of_o john_n praise_v god_n but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o lawyer_n so_o much_o as_o in_o they_o do_v lie_v do_v foredoe_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n but_o say_v when_o thou_o will_v add_v that_o exception_n as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o do_v lie_v do_v thy_o conscience_n tell_v thou_o that_o this_o sentence_n can_v not_o stand_v without_o this_o exception_n how_o be_v it_o therefore_o that_o that_o omit_v thou_o dare_v now_o be_v impudent_o wrest_v this_o testimony_n that_o thou_o may_v ratify_v so_o horrible_a a_o blasphemy_n but_o further_o good_a lord_n what_o sacrilegious_a impudency_n be_v this_o to_o dare_v so_o open_o transfer_v the_o most_o sacred_a word_n of_o god_n to_o who_o only_a authority_n the_o truth_n amongst_o man_n lean_v and_o indeed_o i_o leave_v thy_o wash_n to_o such_o a_o fine_a and_o dainty_a man_n as_o thyself_o for_o we_o be_v not_o the_o man_n which_o despise_v baptism_n but_o who_o teach_v thou_o to_o expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d against_o themselves_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o be_v it_o shall_v rather_o have_v be_v lay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o they_o and_o see_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v many_o signification_n why_o have_v thou_o choose_v that_o which_o be_v of_o all_o other_o lest_o appertyyn_v be_v it_o not_o because_o thou_o haste_v determine_v as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o thou_o to_o deprave_v this_o place_n and_o many_o other_o for_o who_o can_v not_o see_v that_o those_o be_v set_v against_o the_o publican_n embrace_v the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n by_o direct_a contrary_n those_o who_o despise_v the_o same_o and_o abandon_v it_o from_o they_o for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v oft-times_o declare_v this_o as_o i_o chn_n 12.48_o and_o 1._o thessa._n 4.8_o in_o the_o which_o place_n thou_o thyself_o use_v the_o word_n of_o retect_v see_v thou_o therefore_o most_o shameless_a man_n that_o this_o testimony_n do_v nothing_o less_o than_o confirm_v thy_o blasphemy_n but_o i_o assure_v thou_o this_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o if_o thou_o repent_v not_o with_o speed_n and_o bring_v a_o more_o religious_a mind_n to_o the_o deal_n in_o holy_a write_n the_o very_a stone_n will_v rather_o rise_v against_o thou_o than_o that_o thou_o shall_v escape_v with_o this_o sacrilegious_a impudency_n unpunished_a that_o remain_v which_o thou_o allege_v of_o ezechias_n of_o which_o sort_n of_o example_n thou_o avouch_v there_o might_n be_v many_o bring_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o rcprove_v thine_o ignorance_n with_o the_o word_n of_o caluine_n himself_o because_o though_o thou_o burst_v with_o envy_n of_o this_o matter_n there_o can_v be_v nothing_o speak_v neither_o more_o brief_o nor_o more_o true_o nor_o more_o plain_o thus_o therefore_o he_o say_v in_o that_o golden_a work_n who_o true_a title_n be_v that_o institution_n of_o christian_a religion_n in_o that_o chapter_n of_o predestination_n &_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n that_o 53._o &_o 54._o section_n as_o when_o we_o hear_v that_o god_n be_v angry_a we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o there_o be_v in_o he_o any_o disquietness_n but_o rather_o think_v that_o this_o speech_n be_v take_v from_o our_o sense_n because_o god_n seem_v to_o bear_v the_o countenance_n of_o one_o that_o be_v mon_z &_o angry_a so_o oft_o as_o he_o execute_v judgement_n so_o may_v we_o not_o conceive_v any_o other_o thing_n by_o the_o name_n of_o repentance_n than_o the_o alteration_n of_o his_o work_n because_o man_n be_v wont_a in_o change_v their_o work_n to_o show_v that_o they_o displease_v they_o because_o therefore_o every_o change_n amongst_o man_n be_v the_o correction_n of_o that_o which_o displease_v and_o correction_n proceed_v of_o repentance_n therefore_o by_o the_o name_n of_o repentance_n be_v signify_v that_o which_o god_n change_v in_o his_o work_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n neither_o his_o counsel_n nor_o will_n be_v infringe_v nor_o his_o affection_n change_v but_o that_o which_o from_o everlasting_a he_o have_v forsake_v approve_a and_o decree_v he_o prosecute_v with_o a_o stand_a course_n howsoever_o any_o sudden_a change_n may_v appear_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n nor_o while_o the_o sacred_a history_n report_v the_o destruction_n forgive_v to_o the_o ninivite_n which_o before_o be_v publish_v &_o the_o prorogation_n of_o ezechias_n his_o life_n when_o death_n be_v denounce_v show_v what_o god_n decree_n be_v abrogate_v they_o which_o so_o think_v be_v deceive_v in_o threaten_n which_o albeit_o they_o simp_o affirm_v yet_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o they_o conceive_v in_o they_o a_o secret_a condition_n why_o do_v the_o lord_n send_v jonas_n to_o the_o ninivit_n who_o shall_v foreshe_v we_o their_o destruction_n why_o do_v he_o foretell_v of_o death_n to_o ezechias_n by_o isaiah_n for_o he_o can_v have_v destroy_v both_o those_o and_o they_o without_o warning_n of_o destruction_n he_o therefore_o weigh_v another_o thing_n than_o forknow_v their_o destruction_n they_o may_v behold_v it_o come_v even_o hard_o at_o hand_n very_o he_o will_v not_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v but_o amend_v lest_o they_o shall_v be_v destroy_v whereas_o therefore_o he_o prophesy_v that_o ninevy_n shall_v be_v destroy_v after_o forty_o day_n it_o be_v therefore_o do_v jest_n it_o shall_v perish_v whereas_o the_o hope_n of_o long_a life_n be_v cut_v off_o to_o ezechias_n it_o be_v therefore_o do_v that_o he_o may_v obtain_v by_o request_n a_o long_a life_n who_o see_v not_o now_o that_o the_o lord_n by_o such_o like_a threaten_n will_v awake_v they_o to_o repentance_n who_o he_o fear_v that_o they_o may_v escape_v the_o judgement_n which_o their_o sin_n have_v deserve_v if_o that_o be_v so_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n enforce_v we_o thither_o that_o in_o a_o simple_a denunciation_n we_o understand_v a_o secret_a condition_n which_o also_o we_o confirm_v by_o like_a example_n the_o lord_n reprove_v the_o king_n abimelec_n because_o he_o have_v take_v from_o abraham_n his_o wife_n 20._o use_v these_o word_n behold_v thou_o shall_v die_v for_o the_o woman_n who_o thou_o haste_v take_v for_o she_o be_v the_o man_n wife_n and_o after_o that_o he_o have_v make_v excuse_n he_o say_v thus_o restore_v the_o man_n his_o wife_n for_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o he_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v live_v but_o if_o not_o know_v that_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o all_o that_o thou_o haste_v see_v thou_o that_o by_o the_o first_o denunciation_n he_o may_v strike_v his_o mind_n the_o more_o vehement_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v make_v he_o careful_a to_o restore_v but_o by_o the_o other_o he_o plain_o manifest_v his_o will_n when_o the_o like_a reason_n be_v of_o other_o place_n infer_v not_o upon_o they_o that_o any_o thing_n of_o the_o former_a counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v disannul_v because_o he_o have_v make_v frustrate_a that_o he_o pronounce_v the_o lord_n rather_o make_v way_n to_o his_o eternal_a ordinance_n when_o in_o denounce_v punishment_n he_o move_v they_o to_o repentance_n who_o he_o will_v spare_v than_o change_v any_o thing_n in_o will_n no_o nor_o in_o word_n except_o because_o he_o set_v not_o down_o by_o syllable_n that_o which_o be_v manifest_a he_o mean_v if_o in_o téed_n that_o be_v to_o stand_v true_a which_o that_o prophet_n isaiah_n say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n have_v determine_v &_o who_o can_v disannul_v it_o his_o hand_n be_v stretch_v out_o and_o who_o shall_v turn_v it_o away_o these_o say_v caluine_n which_o if_o they_o can_v satisfy_v thou_o yet_o they_o be_v such_o as_o i_o trust_n will_v satisfy_v all_o govern_v wit_n nor_o do_v