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it_o to_o be_v false_a and_o a_o three_o sort_n there_o be_v who_o have_v not_o certain_a knowledge_n whether_o it_o be_v false_a or_o no_o do_v yet_o divulge_v it_o as_o a_o absolute_a certainty_n or_o at_o least_o with_o such_o artificial_a insinuation_n as_o may_v bias_n the_o hearer_n on_o that_o hand_n the_o former_a of_o these_o be_v a_o crime_n of_o so_o high_a so_o disingenuous_a a_o nature_n that_o though_o many_o be_v vile_a enough_o to_o commit_v it_o none_o be_v so_o impudent_a as_o to_o avow_v it_o even_o in_o this_o age_n of_o insult_a vice_n when_o almost_o all_o other_o wickedness_n appear_v barefaced_a this_o be_v fain_o to_o keep_v on_o the_o vizard_n no_o man_n will_v own_v himself_o a_o false_a accuser_n for_o if_o modesty_n do_v not_o restrain_v he_o yet_o his_o very_a malice_n will_v since_o to_o confess_v will_v be_v but_o to_o
that_o you_o can_v go_v to_o one_o but_o you_o shall_v be_v entertain_v with_o invective_n against_o the_o other_o nay_o perhaps_o you_o shall_v lose_v both_o because_o you_o be_v willing_a to_o side_n with_o neither_o 20._o these_o be_v the_o usual_a consequence_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o tongue_n and_o what_o account_n can_v any_o man_n give_v to_o himself_o either_o in_o christianity_n or_o prudence_n that_o have_v let_v in_o such_o a_o train_n of_o mischief_n mere_o to_o gratify_v a_o impotent_a childish_a humour_n of_o tell_v a_o tale_n peace_n be_v the_o great_a legacy_n christ_n leave_v to_o his_o follower_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v guard_v though_o we_o expose_v for_o it_o our_o great_a temporal_a concern_v but_o can_v without_o despite_n to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o our_o brethren_n be_v thus_o prostitute_v 21._o yet_o if_o we_o consider_v it_o abstract_o from_o those_o more_o solemn_a mischief_n which_o attend_v it_o the_o mere_a levity_n and_o unworthiness_n of_o it_o 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sample_n of_o rigour_n and_o by_o the_o bitterness_n of_o their_o own_o censure_n invite_v they_o to_o pass_v the_o like_a a_o process_n contrary_n to_o all_o rule_n of_o law_n or_o equity_n for_o the_o plaintiff_n to_o assume_v the_o part_n of_o a_o judg._n and_o we_o may_v easy_o divine_v the_o fate_n of_o that_o man_n fame_n that_o be_v so_o undue_o try_v 23._o it_o be_v indeed_o sad_a to_o see_v how_o many_o private_a tribunal_n be_v every_o where_o set_v up_o where_o we_o scan_v and_o judge_v our_o neighbour_n action_n but_o scarce_o ever_o acquit_v any_o we_o take_v up_o with_o the_o most_o incompetent_a witness_n nay_o often_o suborn_v our_o own_o surmise_n and_o jealousy_n that_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a to_o cast_v the_o unhappy_a criminal_a how_o nice_o and_o scrupulous_o do_v we_o examine_v every_o circumstance_n will_v god_n we_o be_v but_o half_a as_o exact_v in_o our_o own_o penitential_a inquisition_n and_o torture_v it_o to_o make_v it_o confess_v something_o which_o appear_v not_o in_o the_o more_o general_a view_n of_o the_o fact_n and_o which_o perhaps_o never_o be_v in_o the_o actor_n intention_n in_o a_o word_n we_o do_v like_o witch_n with_o their_o magical_a chemistry_n extract_v all_o the_o venem_fw-la and_o take_v none_o of_o the_o allay_n by_o this_o mean_n we_o confound_v the_o degree_n of_o sin_n and_o sentence_n deliberate_a and_o indeliberate_a a_o habit_n or_o a_o act_n all_o at_o one_o rate_n that_o be_v common_o at_o the_o utmost_a it_o can_v amount_v to_o even_o in_o its_o worse_a acception_n and_o sure_o this_o be_v a_o most_o culpable_a corruption_n in_o judgement_n can_v we_o show_v our_o commission_n to_o judge_n our_o brethren_n 24._o but_o here_o we_o may_v every_o one_o of_o we_o interrogate_v ourselves_o in_o our_o saviour_n word_n who_o make_v i_o a_o judge_n luke_n 12.14_o and_o if_o he_o disclaim_v it_o who_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o divinity_n have_v the_o supreme_a right_n and_o that_o too_o in_o a_o case_n wherein_o one_o at_o least_o or_o the_o litigant_n have_v desire_v his_o interposition_n what_o a_o boldness_n be_v it_o in_o we_o to_o assume_v it_o where_o no_o such_o appeal_n be_v make_v to_o we_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o party_n disow_v our_o authority_n nay_o which_o be_v infinite_o more_o it_o be_v supersede_v by_o our_o great_a lawgiver_n in_o that_o express_a prohibition_n matth._n 7.1_o judge_v not_o and_o that_o back_v with_o a_o severe_a penalty_n that_o you_o be_v not_o judge_v as_o god_n have_v appropriate_v vengeance_n to_o himself_o so_o have_v he_o judicature_n also_o and_o it_o be_v a_o invasion_n of_o his_o peculiar_a for_o any_o but_o his_o delegate_n the_o lawful_a magistrate_n to_o pretend_v to_o either_o and_o indeed_o in_o all_o private_a judgement_n so_o much_o depend_v upon_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o offender_n that_o unless_o we_o can_v possess_v ourselves_o of_o god_n omniscience_n it_o will_v be_v as_o irrational_a as_o impious_a to_o assume_v his_o 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