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for_o they_o be_v move_v at_o a_o sudden_a but_o they_o return_v by_o and_o by_o to_o their_o old_a wont_a again_o for_o impiety_n can_v be_v reform_v by_o any_o revelation_n god_n have_v sufficient_o teach_v by_o his_o word_n what_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o he_o have_v sufficient_o confirm_v the_o same_o word_n to_o be_v beleve_v for_o by_o how_o many_o miracle_n do_v he_o approve_v the_o law_n by_o how_o many_o also_o do_v he_o confirm_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prophet_n which_o follow_v the_o law_n at_o the_o last_o come_v chryste_n who_o approve_v the_o doctrine_n with_o miracle_n and_o mighty_a sign_n furthermore_o god_n will_v work_v effectual_o with_o his_o word_n for_o faith_n do_v not_o depend_v upon_o humane_a reason_n but_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n it_o follow_v then_o that_o revelation_n shall_v prevail_v nothing_o for_o we_o do_v not_o consider_v the_o naked_a word_n but_o as_o it_o be_v join_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n r._n wherefore_o we_o must_v 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cap._n 1._o he_o say_v unto_o his_o disciple_n it_o can_v be_v but_o that_o offence_n will_v come_v nevertheless_o woe_n unto_o he_o through_o who_o they_o come_v r._n how_o great_a a_o sin_n it_o be_v to_o contemn_v thy_o needy_a neighbour_n and_o not_o to_o help_v he_o when_o thou_o may_v we_o have_v show_v in_o the_o example_n go_v before_o of_o the_o richman_n and_o of_o lazarus_n and_o now_o chryste_n show_v what_o great_a wickedness_n it_o be_v to_o offend_v our_o neighbour_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v teach_v in_o this_o place_n pertain_v to_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o commandment_n concern_v the_o loloving_a of_o our_o neighbour_n and_o special_o of_o this_o commandment_n 20.13_o exo._n 20.13_o thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v for_o hypocrite_n think_v that_o when_o they_o lay_v a_o stumble_a block_n before_o their_o neighbour_n to_o make_v he_o fall_v they_o do_v not_o commit_v deadly_a murder_n and_o they_o think_v that_o the_o more_o poor_a and_o abiecte_a a_o man_n be_v the_o more_o they_o may_v offend_v he_o without_o punishment_n a._n but_o chryst_n do_v far_o otherwise_o expound_v the_o sin_n of_o offence_n &_o do_v sufficient_o declare_v by_o the_o sharpness_n of_o the_o punishment_n wherewith_o the_o author_n of_o offence_n shall_v be_v punish_v how_o much_o it_o displease_v god_n for_o the_o exposition_n of_o this_o and_o the_o rest_n follow_v unto_o the_o five_o verse_n read_v the_o 18._o chap._n of_o matthew_n begin_v at_o the_o 6._o verse_n 5._o and_o the_o apostle_n say_v unto_o the_o lord_n increase_v our_o faith_n r._n it_o may_v be_v doubt_v upon_o what_o occasion_n the_o apostle_n make_v this_o petition_n and_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o after_o chrystâ—_n have_v preach_v concern_v the_o suffer_n of_o injury_n and_o the_o forgeve_n of_o our_o neighbour_n and_o the_o apostle_n consider_v that_o no_o man_n can_v follow_v this_o doctrine_n of_o charity_n without_o faith_n for_o charity_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o faith_n they_o pray_v that_o their_o faith_n may_v be_v increase_v that_o they_o may_v though_o not_o perfecte_o yet_o to_o the_o utmoste_a of_o their_o power_n follow_v his_o doctrine_n and_o from_o their_o heart_n forgeve_v their_o neighbour_n their_o offence_n notwithstanding_o in_o the_o seventene_n of_o matthew_n it_o appear_v plain_o that_o the_o apostle_n desire_v to_o have_v their_o faith_n increase_v because_o they_o can_v not_o cast_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o the_o child_n and_o because_o chryst_n have_v say_v that_o they_o can_v not_o cast_v out_o the_o devil_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o unbelief_n but_o upon_o what_o occasion_n soever_o they_o pray_v it_o be_v such_o a_o prayer_n as_o we_o ought_v always_o necessarilye_o to_o use_v for_o faith_n sprynge_v not_o from_o our_o flesh_n because_o by_o nature_n we_o want_v the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o as_o the_o beginning_a of_o faith_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n in_o we_o so_o also_o be_v the_o increase_n of_o the_o same_o we_o must_v of_o necessity_n therefore_o always_o pray_v the_o god_n of_o his_o goodness_n will_v make_v strong_a and_o increase_v true_a faith_n in_o us._n 7._o but_o which_o of_o you_o have_v a_o servant_n plough_v or_o feed_v cattle_n will_v say_v unto_o he_o by_o and_o by_o when_o he_o be_v come_v from_o the_o fyelde_n go_v and_o sit_v down_o at_o the_o table_n c._n the_o end_n of_o this_o parable_n be_v this_o see_v god_n of_o his_o own_o right_a do_v challenge_v all_o that_o we_o have_v unto_o himself_o and_o see_v we_o be_v bind_v unto_o he_o how_o diligent_o soever_o we_o seek_v to_o do_v our_o duty_n he_o be_v not_o tie_v unto_o we_o by_o any_o merit_n or_o desert_n because_o we_o ourselves_o and_o all_o that_o we_o have_v be_v his_o he_o can_v owe_v noch_v unto_o us._n therefore_o chryst_n set_v before_o we_o the_o simillitude_n of_o a_o servant_n who_o have_v strong_o pass_v the_o whole_a day_n with_o labour_n and_o come_v home_o at_o night_n continue_v at_o his_o work_n until_o he_o have_v 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service_n that_o we_o be_v able_a to_o do_v he_o and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o to_o owe_v nothing_o at_o all_o unto_o we_o we_o see_v therefore_o that_o all_o they_o be_v condemn_v of_o wicked_a arrogancy_n which_o imagine_v they_o have_v deserve_v any_o thing_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o may_v be_v bind_v unto_o they_o and_o yet_o notwythstand_v there_o be_v no_o vice_n more_o common_a than_o such_o arrogancy_n for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n which_o will_v not_o willing_o call_v god_n to_o a_o account_v whereupon_o the_o fond_a imagination_n of_o merit_n have_v prevail_v almost_o in_o all_o age_n but_o we_o must_v note_v the_o sentence_n of_o chryste_n that_o we_o do_v nothing_o free_o unto_o god_n but_o that_o we_o be_v subject_a unto_o he_o that_o
moses_n say_v that_o he_o be_v mighty_a in_o word_n &_o deed_n and_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o chryst_n be_v call_v mighty_a in_o work_n for_o his_o miracle_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o power_n divine_a which_o may_v prove_v that_o he_o be_v send_v from_o heaven_n or_o whether_o this_o be_v more_o large_a as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o he_o excel_v as_o well_o in_o the_o gift_n of_o teach_v as_o in_o holiness_n of_o life_n and_o other_o excellent_a gift_n and_o this_o latter_a sense_n do_v best_a agree_v neither_o be_v this_o addition_n superfluous_a before_o god_n &_o all_o the_o people_n which_o show_v that_o chryst_n excellency_n be_v so_o manifest_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o man_n that_o it_o be_v without_o all_o colour_n and_o vain_a ostentation_n and_o hereeby_o may_v be_v gather_v a_o short_a definition_n of_o a_o true_a prophet_n which_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o join_v the_o virtue_n &_o power_n of_o his_o work_n to_o his_o word_n &_o which_o will_v not_o seek_v only_o to_o excel_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n but_o also_o before_o god_n to_o walk_v sincere_o &_o with_o a_o upright_a heart_n 21._o but_o we_o trust_v that_o it_o have_v be_v he_o which_o shall_v have_v redeem_v israel_n &_o as_o touch_v all_o these_o thing_n to_o day_n be_v even_o the_o three_o day_n c._n it_o shall_v evidentl_o appear_v by_o the_o text_n that_o they_o have_v not_o forsake_v the_o hope_n which_o they_o have_v conceyve_v concern_v chryst_n though_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n the_o word_n may_v seem_v to_o import_v the_o same_o but_o because_o the_o report_n of_o the_o commendation_n of_o chryste_n contain_v in_o the_o 20._o verse_n may_v have_v discourage_v a_o man_n have_v no_o taste_n of_o the_o gosple_n cleophas_n set_v against_o this_o offence_n the_o hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n and_o although_o hereafter_o he_o show_v himself_o fearful_a and_o waver_a in_o the_o hope_v thereof_o yet_o 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