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and_o more_o favour_n to_o deliver_v i_o from_o my_o misery_n then_o only_o to_o remain_v with_o i_o in_o my_o prosperity_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o if_o we_o be_v free_a from_o trouble_n it_o be_v quia_fw-la bone_fw-la deus_fw-la israeli_n from_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n that_o preserve_v we_o if_o we_o be_v punish_v and_o afflict_v repose_v thy_o trust_n in_o god_n dolore_fw-la forti_fw-la animo_fw-la mala_fw-la fer_fw-fr nec_fw-la bis_fw-la miser_n esto_fw-la dolore_fw-la and_o be_v not_o deject_a to_o add_v grief_n unto_o grief_n but_o think_v it_o be_v because_o it_o be_v good_a for_o we_o to_o be_v afflict_v and_o if_o we_o be_v deliver_v from_o our_o affliction_n and_o preserve_v from_o that_o poison_n of_o despair_n and_o other_o evil_n that_o they_o bring_v on_o other_o it_o be_v from_o this_o goodness_n of_o god_n 8.28_o rom._n 8.28_o which_o work_v all_o thing_n together_o for_o the_o best_a for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o be_v what_o the_o grace_n of_o 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unwillingness_n in_o they_o to_o serve_v he_o but_o because_o he_o deni_v his_o grace_n unto_o they_o whereby_o they_o may_v be_v enable_v to_o serve_v he_o and_o this_o denial_n of_o his_o grace_n be_v no_o injustice_n in_o god_n because_o their_o own_o sin_n have_v make_v this_o separation_n betwixt_o god_n and_o they_o he_o god_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o give_v the_o wicked_a power_n to_o serve_v he_o and_o make_v every_o man_n like_o unto_o turnus_n soul_n fugit_fw-la indignata_fw-la per_fw-la umbras_fw-la to_o hide_v himself_o from_o this_o shine_a light_n and_o god_n be_v a_o debtor_n to_o no_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v inlighten_v any_o but_o who_o it_o please_v he_o second_o i_o say_v that_o this_o extend_v of_o his_o special_a goodness_n unto_o some_o and_o not_o to_o other_o be_v no_o accept_n of_o person_n in_o that_o sense_n which_o the_o scripture_n say_v god_n be_v no_o accepter_n of_o person_n for_o first_o saint_n augustine_n tell_v we_o that_o ibi_fw-la est_fw-la 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33.19_o and_o so_o you_o see_v how_o abundant_o god_n be_v good_a eternal_o in_o himself_o general_o unto_o all_o and_o more_o especial_o unto_o his_o saint_n oh_o then_o let_v we_o not_o be_v like_o the_o egyptian_n that_o find_v out_o the_o stream_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n but_o know_v not_o the_o spring_n from_o whence_o they_o issue_v let_v we_o not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o spring_n and_o fountain_n from_o whence_o we_o receive_v so_o many_o benefit_n god_n that_o we_o shall_v acknowledge_v all_o our_o goodness_n to_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o so_o many_o stream_n of_o goodness_n for_o this_o be_v but_o like_o the_o swine_n to_o eat_v the_o acorn_n that_o fall_v on_o the_o ground_n and_o never_o to_o behold_v the_o tree_n from_o whence_o they_o fall_v or_o to_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o god_n write_v in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o pen_n of_o nature_n and_o yet_o to_o be_v like_o the_o athenian_a altar_n wherein_o be_v engrave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o 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7._o &_o moral_a l._n 1._o c_o 33._o what_o moral_a truth_n be_v 1._o moral_o 2._o physical_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n be_v a_o virtue_n even_o place_v betwixt_o arrogancy_n and_o simulation_n or_o as_o cicero_n define_v it_o and_o which_o saint_n augustine_n hold_v to_o be_v the_o best_a definition_n of_o it_o veritas_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la immutata_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la truth_n be_v that_o i._n e._n that_o virtue_n whereby_o thing_n past_a thing_n present_a and_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v immutable_o relate_v as_o they_o be_v and_o this_o truth_n though_o it_o be_v in_o god_n or_o rather_o from_o god_n because_o he_o always_o say_v and_o relate_v thing_n immutable_o as_o they_o be_v yet_o be_v it_o not_o in_o he_o as_o in_o we_o because_o in_o we_o truth_n be_v a_o moral_a virtue_n whereby_o as_o by_o a_o habit_n we_o be_v propense_a and_o incline_v to_o show_v forth_o the_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v but_o in_o god_n it_o be_v not_o as_o a_o quality_n but_o a_o essential_a property_n whereby_o he_o be_v what_o he_o be_v and_o can_v no_o more_o leave_n to_o be_v or_o to_o relate_v truth_n than_o he_o can_v leave_v to_o be_v a_o god_n be_v what_o physical_a truth_n be_v in_o the_o second_o sense_n veritas_fw-la cuiuslibet_fw-la rei_fw-la est_fw-la proprietas_fw-la svi_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la stabilitum_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la the_o truth_n of_o every_o thing_n be_v the_o propriety_n of_o his_o be_v or_o as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v verum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v true_a which_o be_v illud_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la verum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la tale_n revera_fw-la est_fw-la 5._o aâ—gust_n soliâ—â—que_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 5._o quale_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o all_o man_n say_v he_o affirm_v that_o to_o be_v true_a which_o be_v indeed_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v and_o that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o be_v not_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v as_o the_o image_n of_o a_o man_n in_o a_o glass_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o man_n and_o be_v not_o and_o therefore_o though_o it_o be_v a_o true_a image_n of_o a_o man_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o false_a man_n and_o so_o he_o be_v a_o false_a friend_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o true_a frâ—end_n and_o be_v not_o a_o most_o heavy_a sentence_n against_o they_o which_o say_v they_o be_v jew_n 2.9_o revel_v 2.9_o and_o be_v not_o but_o be_v of_o the_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n which_o say_v they_o be_v christian_n but_o serve_v not_o god_n and_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v just_a and_o honest_a man_n but_o inward_o be_v raven_a wolf_n because_o they_o be_v not_o what_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v do_v deceive_v themselves_o and_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o in_o they_o and_o therefore_o 1.6_o 1_o john_n 1.6_o nihil_fw-la prodest_fw-la illis_fw-la nomen_fw-la usurpare_fw-la alienum_fw-la &_o vocari_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la it_o will_v avail_v they_o nothing_o to_o usurp_v a_o wrong_a name_n and_o to_o be_v call_v what_o they_o be_v not_o for_o though_o they_o may_v deceive_v the_o world_n yet_o christ_n which_o be_v truth_n itself_o and_o know_v all_o truth_n will_v tell_v they_o at_o the_o last_o day_n that_o he_o never_o know_v they_o that_o be_v 25.12_o math_n 25.12_o to_o be_v true_a christian_n which_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v but_o be_v not_o and_o thus_o god_n be_v truth_n and_o that_o two_o way_n 1._o essential_o in_o himself_o 2._o causal_o in_o all_o thing_n first_o god_n be_v essential_o true_a yea_o truth_n itself_o as_o moses_n and_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v quia_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la 32.4_o deut._n 32.4_o because_o he_o be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v and_o that_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v and_o thus_o proper_o
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