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not_o off_o esa._n 48_o 9_o yea_o even_o when_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o blood_n i_o say_v unto_o thou_o thou_o shall_v live_v â—…_n swear_v unto_o thou_o and_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o thou_o say_v the_o lord_n and_o thou_o be_v become_v i_o ezech._n 16._o 8._o for_o why_o shall_v i_o cause_v other_o to_o travail_n and_o bring_v forth_o and_o shall_v i_o remain_v barren_a say_v the_o lord_n esa._n 66._o 9_o no_o but_o in_o the_o mid_n of_o my_o child_n the_o work_n of_o my_o hand_n shall_v my_o name_n be_v sanctify_v esa._n 29._o 23._o thou_o shall_v call_v i_o father_n and_o not_o turn_v from_o i_o jerem_n 3._o 19_o and_o i_o will_v put_v a_o new_a spirit_n in_o thy_o bowel_n that_o thou_o may_v walk_v in_o sanctification_n my_o statute_n ezech._n 11._o 19_o old_a thing_n be_v pass_v away_o behold_v all_o thing_n be_v make_v new_a if_o any_o man_n be_v in_o christ_n let_v he_o become_v a_o new_a creature_n 2._o cor._n 5._o 17._o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o except_o a_o 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be_v esteem_v to_o be_v worse_o than_o indeed_o he_o be_v as_o a_o rich_a man_n will_v laugh_v if_o he_o be_v call_v poor_a because_o he_o know_v it_o be_v false_a so_o a_o christian_a when_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o evil_n whereof_o he_o know_v he_o be_v not_o guilty_a bene_fw-la sibi_fw-la conscius_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la falsis_fw-la 5._o moveri_fw-la nec_fw-la aestimare_fw-la plus_fw-la ponderis_fw-la in_o alieno_fw-la esse_fw-la convitio_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la testimonio_fw-la now_o as_o for_o those_o trouble_n which_o come_v immediate_o bear_v from_o god_n we_o ought_v so_o much_o the_o more_o patient_o to_o bear_v they_o whether_o they_o be_v in_o our_o body_n or_o our_o good_n shall_v we_o receive_v good_a thing_n 27._o from_o he_o and_o not_o receive_v evil_a moreover_o we_o have_v have_v father_n of_o our_o body_n correction_n who_o have_v correct_v we_o at_o their_o pleasure_n and_o we_o have_v be_v subject_a to_o they_o how_o much_o more_o shall_v we_o be_v 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commandment_n 15._o pour_v thy_o spirit_n upon_o i_o from_o above_o 3._o and_o teach_v i_o in_o all_o thing_n to_o do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a in_o thy_o sight_n 8._o thou_o be_v gracious_a and_o righteous_a and_o teach_v sinner_n thy_o way_n special_o they_o that_o be_v meek_a will_v thou_o guide_v in_o judgement_n deliver_v i_o 20._o from_o wrath_n contention_n and_o debate_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n 4._o and_o work_v in_o i_o a_o meek_a and_o a_o quiet_a spirit_n which_o before_o thou_o be_v a_o thing_n much_o set_v be_v 13._o so_o shall_v i_o show_v by_o good_a conversation_n my_o work_n in_o the_o meekness_n of_o wisdom_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o thy_o name_n through_o christ_n jesus_n amen_n the_o christian_n practice_v of_o this_o command_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n servant_n i_o will_v not_o forget_v he_o lord_n isaiah_n 44._o 21._o but_o will_n lie_v up_o his_o word_n in_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o sin_v not_o against_o he_o psal._n 119._o i_o will_v not_o 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apostle_n in_o the_o similitude_n of_o â—…e_n descend_v first_o on_o the_o lord_n jesus_n in_o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o dove_n to_o teach_v we_o that_o in_o some_o thing_n we_o shall_v be_v patient_a and_o meek_a in_o other_o inflame_v with_o a_o holy_a anger_n and_o that_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o our_o own_o particular_n we_o shall_v be_v patient_a god_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n we_o shall_v be_v zealous_a after_o the_o example_n of_o moses_n who_o be_v the_o meek_a man_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o wonderful_a angry_a when_o he_o see_v god_n dishonour_v by_o idolatry_n he_o spare_v not_o to_o put_v to_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n those_o people_n who_o otherwise_o he_o love_v most_o dear_o but_o alas_o our_o corruption_n carry_v we_o a_o contrary_a way_n make_v we_o fiery_a beyond_o measure_n in_o revenge_v our_o own_o wrong_n but_o wondrous_a cold_a in_o plead_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n anger_n be_v a_o natural_a affection_n by_o which_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v commove_v to_o remedy_v the_o evil_n do_v against_o the_o will_n thereof_o by_o revenge_n i_o call_v man_n it_o a_o natural_a affection_n such_o as_o god_n create_v in_o adam_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n otherwise_o it_o have_v not_o be_v in_o our_o bless_a saviour_n now_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o anger_n one_o carnal_a spiritual_a which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o forbid_a another_o holy_a which_o be_v a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o command_v alia_fw-la est_fw-la ira_fw-la quam_fw-la impaâ—…ientia_fw-la 125._o excitat_fw-la alia_fw-la quam_fw-la zelus_fw-la format_n illa_fw-la ex_fw-la vitio_fw-la haec_fw-la ex_fw-la virtute_fw-la for_o the_o commotion_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v according_a thereof_o to_o the_o mover_n thereof_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n commove_v thy_o mind_n it_o be_v a_o holy_a anger_n raise_v for_o just_a cause_n and_o temper_v in_o ordinate_a measure_n affectiones_fw-la dona_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la ratione_fw-la lib._n deuce_fw-la ac_fw-la imperatore_fw-la moventur_fw-la affection_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n when_o they_o be_v move_v by_o reason_n as_o their_o leader_n and_o commander_n and_o in_o special_a iracundia_fw-la moderate_a spirans_fw-la zeli_fw-la est_fw-la armatura_fw-la ibid._n moderate_a anger_n be_v the_o armour_n of_o zeal_n but_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o satan_n commove_v thy_o moderation_n mind_n he_o raise_v a_o anger_n which_o either_o be_v unjust_a or_o at_o least_o so_o immoderate_a that_o thou_o neither_o can_z keep_v under_o it_o reverence_n towards_o thy_o god_n love_n towards_o thy_o nighbour_n nor_o compassion_n towards_o thyself_o this_o carnal_a anger_n be_v a_o rage_a evil_n momentanea_fw-la insania_fw-la a_o momentanie_n madness_n say_v basil_n compositum_fw-la malum_fw-la a_o compound_n evil_n be_v of_o many_o evil_n say_v nazianzen_n spirituum_fw-la legio_fw-la a_o legion_n of_o many_o evil_a spirit_n by_o which_o the_o will_n ibid._n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o first_o murderer_n of_o man_n be_v satisfy_v and_o many_o horrible_a evil_n be_v effect_v it_o cast_v off_o all_o reverence_n of_o god_n for_o the_o god_n man_n this_o way_n angry_a do_v set_v himself_o in_o the_o room_n of_o god_n and_o will_v have_v the_o lord_n subject_n to_o he_o as_o his_o servant_n to_o execute_v without_o delay_n all_o that_o wrath_n he_o wish_v for_o by_o curse_a imprecation_n it_o disjoin_v a_o man_n from_o god_n and_o make_v satan_n he_o like_a to_o the_o devil_n in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la quid_fw-la mitissimum_fw-la a_o non_fw-la deus_fw-la quaenam_fw-la natura_fw-la biliosa_fw-la ibid._n est_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la hominem_fw-la peremit_fw-la de_fw-fr his_fw-la tibi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la partem_fw-la elige_fw-la nam_fw-la utramque_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la habere_fw-la the_o