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forgive_v i_o what_o you_o say_v be_v their_o wickedness_n they_o will_v say_v be_v innocent_a and_o praise_v worthy_a i_o never_o know_v a_o more_o vile_a wretch_n than_o one_o that_o will_v say_v that_o he_o think_v in_o conscience_n he_o serve_v god_n better_a on_o a_o sunday_n spend_v six_o penny_n in_o a_o alehouse_n to_o help_v a_o poor_a woman_n with_o her_o child_n to_o live_v then_o in_o go_v to_o church_n when_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o child_n stand_v in_o a_o much_o need_n as_o any_o ale-wive's_a whosoever_o look_v among_o papist_n who_o look_v upon_o work_n not_o only_o as_o such_o that_o justify_v but_o also_o merit_n and_o supererogate_v and_o see_v how_o far_o they_o exceed_v those_o that_o hold_v this_o which_o you_o call_v so_o dangerous_a a_o principle_n they_o be_v saint_n here_o they_o say_v compare_v with_o those_o in_o italy_n and_o spain_n this_o be_v the_o place_n of_o their_o persecution_n yet_o doctor_n hall_n observe_v in_o his_o serious_a dissuasive_a 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to_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o thes_n 5.23_o the_o very_a god_n of_o peace_n sanctify_v you_o whole_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la perfectos_fw-la vatablus_n read_v it_o and_o put_v in_o the_o margin_n vel_fw-la totos_fw-la according_a to_o our_o read_n whole_o and_o then_o add_v his_o comment_n the_o follow_a word_n declare_v what_o that_o whole_o be_v corpore_fw-la well_fw-mi totos_fw-la sequentia_fw-la declarant_fw-la istud_fw-la totos_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o spiritu_fw-la &_o in_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o in_fw-la corpore_fw-la viz._n in_o soul_n in_o spirit_n and_o body_n this_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o the_o subject_n of_o which_o i_o speak_v and_o as_o i_o think_v sufficient_o explain_v myself_o 2._o of_o a_o universality_n of_o the_o object_n when_o not_o one_o but_o every_o command_n be_v heed_v as_o psal_n 119.6_o 128._o you_o tell_v i_o you_o charitable_o conjecture_v that_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o a_o perfection_n of_o the_o object_n i_o mean_v a_o perfection_n of_o 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