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true_a and_o every_o man_n a_o liar_n save_v that_o i_o desire_v to_o dismiss_v he_o with_o all_o reverence_n and_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v to_o free_v he_o from_o blame_n also_o shall_v i_o say_v then_o with_o some_o that_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o infidel_n who_o think_v it_o a_o high_a point_n of_o unjustice_n so_o to_o involve_v both_o good_a and_o bad_a together_o i_o can_v for_o it_o become_v not_o the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a to_o press_v upon_o god_n the_o argument_n of_o unbeliever_n shall_v i_o say_v his_o meaning_n be_v that_o it_o can_v every_o way_n and_o in_o all_o respect_n be_v alike_o to_o both_o without_o unjustice_n this_o indeed_o i_o confess_v will_v be_v great_a unjustice_n but_o god_n never_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o sub_fw-la uno_fw-la igni_fw-la aurum_fw-la
the_o limitation_n of_o this_o wisdom_n for_o it_o be_v not_o boundless_a and_o infinite_a but_o as_o unto_o the_o sea_n so_o unto_o it_o also_o term_n be_v set_v which_o it_o may_v not_o pass_v pone_fw-la modum_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la set_v a_o measure_n to_o thy_o wisdom_n 23.4_o say_v solomon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o wise_a above_o that_o thou_o ought_v to_o be_v wise_a say_v saint_n paul_n and_o the_o philosopher_n make_v it_o a_o extreme_a of_o wisdom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v wise_a above_o measure_n what_o then_o be_v the_o measure_n what_o be_v the_o limit_n of_o wisdom_n be_v serpent_n say_v our_o saviour_n yet_o dove_n be_v wise_a yet_o innocent_a be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o innocent_a as_o dove_n be_v innocent_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n derive_v from_o the_o privative_a particle_n ae_z and_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o signify_v simple_a without_o mixture_n or_o from_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o horn_n signify_v harmless_a or_o hurtless_a the_o syrian_a translation_n turn_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perfect_a entire_a upright_o tota_n innocentia_fw-la say_v augustine_n ad_fw-la unum_fw-la verbum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la redigitur_fw-la innocence_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o justice_n and_o elsewhere_o innocentia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la nemini_fw-la nocet_fw-la nec_fw-la nocere_fw-la velit_fw-la innocence_n be_v that_o which_o neither_o do_v nor_o will_v hurt_v any_o be_v innocent_a then_o and_o innocent_a as_o dove_n not_o as_o serpent_n in_o the_o winter_n time_n which_o though_o they_o sting_v nor_o then_o be_v benumb_v with_o cold_a yet_o be_v full_a of_o venom_n but_o as_o dove_n which_o be_v utter_o void_a of_o malice_n and_o have_v no_o desire_n to_o hurt_v for_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o dove_n be_v describe_v in_o this_o one_o distich_n est_fw-la sine_fw-la felle_fw-fr gemit_fw-la rostro_fw-la non_fw-la laedit_fw-la &_o ungue_fw-la possidet_fw-la innocuos_fw-la puraque_fw-la grana_fw-la legit_fw-la she_o be_v without_o gall_n mourn_v hurt_v not_o with_o her_o bill_n have_v harmless_a claw_n and_o feed_v on_o pure_a grain_n so_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n consider_v dovelike_a innocence_n consist_v in_o these_o three_o thing_n first_o to_o do_v no_o hurt_n second_o to_o do_v all_o good_a three_o to_o do_v both_o with_o all_o sincerity_n to_o do_v no_o hurt_n that_o we_o be_v not_o vicious_a to_o do_v all_o good_a or_o else_o we_o be_v not_o virtuous_a and_o to_o season_v all_o with_o sincerity_n or_o else_o it_o be_v counterfeit_a virtue_n and_o so_o double_a iniquity_n and_o these_o duty_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v not_o only_o to_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o household_n of_o faith_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o mystical_a union_n that_o be_v betwixt_o we_o and_o they_o in_o christ_n but_o general_o also_o unto_o all_o man_n be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o mould_n and_o unite_v into_o the_o brotherhood_n of_o the_o same_o blood_n so_o then_o innocency_n be_v unto_o wisdom_n as_o hercules_n pillar_n beyond_o which_o it_o may_v not_o pass_v and_o our_o saviour_n allow_v man_n to_o be_v wise_a with_o innocence_n and_o for_o innocence_n but_o not_o against_o it_o but_o what_o if_o by_o innocence_n i_o can_v escape_v the_o danger_n must_v i_o still_o persist_v in_o my_o innocence_n if_o job_n wife_n may_v be_v judge_n she_o will_v say_v do_v thou_o still_o continue_v in_o thy_o uprightness_n blaspheme_n god_n and_o die_v 2.9_o but_o job_n tell_v she_o in_o so_o say_v she_o be_v but_o a_o foolish_a woman_n 10._o for_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a immutable_a inflexible_a and_o the_o breach_n thereof_o be_v sin_n and_o the_o least_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o the_o great_a of_o other_o evil_n as_o be_v most_o repugnant_a unto_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o most_o odious_a unto_o he_o in_o regard_v whereof_o the_o true_a saint_n of_o 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