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〈◊〉_d a_o accusation_n of_o blasphemy_n of_o rail_v and_o peter_n 2_o pet._n 3.11_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o rail_n or_o blasph_v mous_a judgement_n or_o accusation_n both_o place_n be_v render_v by_o these_o word_n rail_v accusation_n a_o judgement_n or_o accusation_n of_o rail_v by_o a_o hebraism_n import_v the_o same_o in_o judas_n which_o a_o blasphemous_a judgement_n â—r_o accusation_n do_v in_o peter_n in_o the_o open_n whereof_o 1_o i_o shall_v show_v you_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o render_v accusation_n or_o judgement_n 2_o what_o the_o apostle_n intend_v by_o a_o rail_a accusation_n or_o the_o rail_n of_o the_o accusation_n 3_o wherein_o consist_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o that_o rail_a
truth_n and_o to_o give_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n reparation_n as_o it_o be_v by_o wipe_v off_o the_o blemish_n cast_v upon_o it_o by_o foolish_a and_o ignorant_a man_n when_o we_o have_v upon_o ground_a deliberation_n choose_v our_o love_n we_o shall_v zealous_o express_v the_o love_n of_o our_o choice_n sinner_n as_o they_o say_v of_o young_a man_n thought_n of_o old_a think_v that_o saint_n be_v foolish_a but_o saint_n know_v that_o sinner_n be_v so_o let_v not_o their_o prosecution_n of_o sin_n be_v more_o zealous_a than_o thy_o reprehension_n of_o it_o nor_o their_o opposition_n of_o any_o way_n of_o god_n be_v more_o hot_a than_o thy_o contention_n for_o it_o let_v thy_o fire_n have_v more_o purity_n than_o they_o but_o let_v it_o not_o be_v inferior_a in_o its_o fervour_n the_o christian_n serpent_n must_v not_o devour_v his_o dove_n how_o good_a a_o master_n do_v the_o godly_a serve_v who_o require_v no_o duty_n but_o such_o as_o he_o warrant_v in_o and_o reward_n after_o 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judex_fw-la qui_fw-la singulas_fw-la liâ—ga_fw-la torum_fw-la causas_fw-la non_fw-la pulsavis_fw-la nec_fw-la audivit_fw-la stultam_fw-la planè_fw-la &_o absurdam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la pronuntiet_n necesse_fw-la est_fw-la petrarc_n 6._o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o forbear_v speak_v against_o any_o thing_n which_o we_o understand_v not_o he_o that_o answer_v a_o matter_n say_v solomon_n before_o he_o hear_v it_o it_o be_v folly_n and_o shame_n to_o he_o prov._n 18.13_o as_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v commend_v so_o neither_o to_o be_v condemn_v before_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o cause_n as_o he_o cause_v a_o harsh_a and_o unmusical_a sound_n who_o strike_v and_o play_v upon_o the_o string_n of_o a_o instrument_n before_o he_o have_v try_v and_o tune_v they_o so_o he_o must_v needs_o pass_v a_o foolish_a and_o absurd_a sentence_n upon_o any_o cause_n who_o pass_v that_o sentence_n before_o he_o have_v serious_o hear_v and_o weigh_v the_o cause_n to_o which_o he_o speak_v herein_o eli_n manifest_v his_o fault_n and_o folly_n 1_o sam._n 1.14_o rash_o and_o weak_o charge_v hanna_n with_o drunkenness_n thus_o also_o david_n discover_v his_o folly_n in_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o information_n of_o flatter_a and_o false-hearted_a ziba_n against_o good_a mephibâ—sheth_n 4._o 2_o sam._n 16.3_o 4._o before_o he_o have_v hear_v what_o mephibâ—sheth_n can_v allege_v for_o himself_o potiphar_n likewise_o show_v himself_o as_o unjust_a as_o his_o wife_n show_v herself_o unchaste_a by_o a_o overhasty_a hee_n of_o his_o wife_n false_a and_o forge_a accusation_n against_o righteous_a joseph_n 20_o gen._n 39.19_o 20_o to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v the_o ignorant_a censure_n of_o those_o scoffer_n who_o deride_v the_o apostle_n fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o if_o fill_v with_o new_a wine_n 23._o inter_fw-la triâ—icum_fw-la &_o lolium_fw-la quamdâ—u_fw-la herba_fw-la est_fw-la &_o nondum_fw-la â—uâ—mus_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la spâ—cam_fw-la grandis_fw-la similitudo_fw-la eft_o &_o in_o disceruendo_fw-la aut_fw-la nulla_fw-la aut_fw-la perdifficilis_fw-la distanâ—ia_fw-la praemonâ—t_fw-la ergo_fw-la dominus_fw-la ne_fw-la uâ—i_fw-la quid_fw-la ambignum_fw-la est_fw-la cito_fw-la sententiam_fw-la proferamus_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la judici_fw-la terminum_fw-la reservemus_fw-la hieron_n ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la proponat_fw-la ne_fw-la mâ—la_fw-la hominum_fw-la ante_fw-la praesumamus_fw-la credere_fw-la quam_fw-la probare_fw-la gr._n mor._n l._n 19_o c._n 23._o doubtful_a case_n be_v to_o be_v exempt_v from_o our_o censure_n the_o wheat_n and_o courser_n grain_n say_v hierom_n be_v so_o like_a to_o one_o another_o when_o new_o come_v up_o and_o before_o the_o stalk_n come_v to_o the_o ear_n that_o there_o be_v no_o judge_v between_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n by_o command_v that_o both_o shall_v be_v let_v alone_o till_o the_o harvest_n admonish_v as_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o judge_v of_o doubtful_a thing_n but_o 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be_v their_o lot_n but_o withal_o
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