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the_o tooth_n with_o his_o exceed_a mercy_n and_o long_a sufferance_n and_o accuse_v he_o of_o injustice_n and_o unrighteousness_n and_o also_o he_o sorrow_v so_o much_o for_o the_o repentance_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o ninivet_n that_o he_o wish_v death_n unto_o himself_o although_o many_o man_n be_v wont_v to_o excuse_v the_o fault_n of_o holy_a man_n and_o to_o interpret_v they_o to_o the_o best_a yet_o notwithstanding_o because_o this_o deed_n and_o this_o indignation_n of_o ionas_n be_v reprehend_v of_o god_n himself_o as_o hereafter_o shall_v appear_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o vain_o to_o excuse_v this_o sin_n of_o the_o prophet_n 4._o charity_n true_o bind_v we_o to_o cover_v the_o sin_n of_o our_o neighbour_n so_o much_o as_o we_o may_v but_o yet_o we_o may_v not_o make_v righteousness_n of_o sin_n neither_o must_v we_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v equity_n and_o equity_n sin_n ionas_n therefore_o in_o this_o sin_v once_o again_o because_o he_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o repentance_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o ninivet_n he_o seem_v true_o to_o himself_o to_o have_v just_a cause_n of_o indignation_n for_o first_o of_o all_o when_o god_n spare_v the_o ninivet_n ionas_n think_v that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o he_o preach_v be_v in_o danger_n of_o discredit_n for_o he_o have_v say_v it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v within_o forty_o day_n that_o ninive_n shall_v be_v overthrow_v the_o which_o thing_n when_o it_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v according_a to_o his_o prophecy_n who_o will_v afterward_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o will_v believe_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n if_o god_n fulfil_v not_o the_o threaten_n of_o his_o word_n who_o will_v not_o condemn_v the_o prophet_n of_o vanity_n and_o lease_n ionas_n therefore_o think_v that_o it_o will_v be_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n name_n to_o have_v the_o city_n of_o ninive_n destroy_v the_o which_o when_o it_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v he_o think_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n name_n be_v in_o hazard_n and_o peril_n furthermore_o when_o he_o see_v the_o ninivet_n which_o be_v ethnic_n and_o uncircumcised_a to_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o be_v receive_v into_o god_n favour_n he_o think_v that_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o circumcision_n be_v in_o great_a peril_n because_o the_o other_o ethnic_n when_o they_o shall_v hear_v that_o god_n without_o respect_n of_o person_n receive_v those_o that_o true_o repent_v although_o they_o be_v uncircumcised_a will_v say_v by_o and_o by_o what_o avail_v circumcision_n what_o profit_n shall_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n bring_v unto_o we_o when_o these_o be_v ethnic_n be_v receive_v without_o circumcision_n and_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n into_o god_n favour_n ionas_n judge_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v most_o unjust_a fear_v therefore_o lest_o by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o god_n the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n the_o glory_n of_o circumcision_n and_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n shall_v be_v in_o danger_n of_o discredit_n he_o take_v such_o indignation_n at_o the_o matter_n that_o he_o wish_v death_n unto_o himself_o but_o ionas_n i_o say_v great_o err_v for_o as_o touch_v the_o preservation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n word_n god_n in_o spare_v the_o ninivet_n true_o fulfil_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n for_o although_o it_o be_v say_v there_o be_v yet_o forty_o day_n and_o then_o shall_v ninive_n be_v overthrow_v yet_o notwithstanding_o as_o it_o be_v say_v before_o this_o be_v so_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o ninive_n shall_v be_v overthrow_v if_o the_o citizen_n of_o the_o same_o do_v not_o repent_v but_o and_o if_o they_o repent_v then_o shall_v the_o city_n abide_v in_o safety_n for_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o god_n threaten_n those_o word_n and_o epithytes_n which_o ionas_n himself_o in_o this_o place_n rehearse_v declare_v for_o if_o god_n be_v gentle_a merciful_a and_o long_o suffer_v he_o will_v willing_o no_o doubt_n forgive_v the_o sin_n of_o those_o that_o turn_v unto_o he_o as_z appeareth_z by_o the_o mouth_n of_o ezechiell_n i_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o rather_o that_o he_o turn_v from_o his_o wickedness_n and_o live_v wherefore_o ionas_n fear_v in_o vain_a that_o god_n in_o spare_v the_o ninivet_n shall_v lose_v the_o credit_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o word_n and_o as_o touch_v the_o circumcision_n and_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v adventure_v because_o god_n receive_v the_o ninivet_n into_o his_o favour_n without_o those_o ionas_n declare_v again_o his_o ignorance_n for_o circumcision_n and_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n so_o far_o as_o it_o contain_v the_o ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a right_n pertain_v not_o to_o the_o gentile_n but_o only_o to_o the_o extern_a posterity_n of_o abraham_n and_o god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o god_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o also_o the_o god_n of_o the_o gentile_n for_o although_o the_o jew_n only_o have_v a_o promise_n that_o christ_n shall_v 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