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the_o heart_n unless_o we_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v these_o hide_a thing_n to_o light_n and_o to_o make_v manifest_a these_o counsel_n it_o be_v 18._o rashness_n in_o we_o to_o judge_v and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o judge_v three_o this_o judge_v be_v uncharitable_a charity_n be_v not_o easy_o suspicious_a 15._o but_o upon_o just_a cause_n much_o less_o then_o censorious_a and_o peremptory_a indeed_o 3._o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o 2._o thing_n it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o judge_v of_o they_o secundùm_fw-la quod_fw-la sunt_fw-la as_o near_o as_o we_o can_v to_o judge_v of_o they_o just_a as_o they_o be_v without_o any_o sway_n or_o partial_a inclination_n either_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a but_o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o man_n and_o their_o action_n it_o be_v not_o altogether_o so_o there_o the_o rule_n of_o charity_n must_v take_v place_n 81._o dubia_fw-la in_o meliorem_fw-la partem_fw-la sunt_fw-la interpretanda_fw-la unless_o we_o see_v 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