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speak_v against_o all_o those_o temptation_n which_o be_v dangerous_a and_o deleterial_a to_o our_o faith_n we_o can_v doubt_v but_o that_o he_o who_o delight_v in_o what_o god_n have_v do_v have_v also_o surrender_v his_o will_n to_o god_n and_o say_v from_o his_o very_a heart_n let_v the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v do_v nazianzene_n in_o orat._n 39_o yet_o add_v another_o and_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o holy_a emulation_n to_o work_v great_a work_n to_o be_v god_n unto_o ourselves_o not_o to_o create_v a_o new_a world_n but_o the_o help_n of_o god_n grace_n to_o create_v new_a heart_n in_o ourselves_o to_o bind_v and_o fetter_v the_o common_a enemy_n of_o mankind_n to_o open_v the_o window_n of_o goal_n and_o wash_v our_o sin_n with_o the_o tear_n of_o our_o repentance_n to_o strike_v those_o rock_n our_o stony_a heart_n that_o the_o water_n of_o contrition_n may_v gush_v forth_o in_o a_o holy_a consideration_n of_o god_n immensity_n and_o power_n to_o gain_v to_o 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that_o excuse_n be_v the_o natural_a offspring_n of_o sin_n or_o rather_o that_o sin_n and_o excuse_n be_v twin_n omne_fw-la malum_fw-la pudore_fw-la natura_fw-la suffundit_fw-la no_o soon_o have_v sin_n stain_v the_o soul_n but_o shame_n die_v the_o face_n with_o a_o blush_n the_o philosopher_n will_v tell_v we_o that_o shame_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fear_v of_o just_a reprehension_n which_o to_o avoid_v we_o seek_v out_o many_o invention_n we_o run_v behind_o the_o bush_n and_o when_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n call_v we_o from_o thence_o we_o make_v a_o thicket_n of_o our_o own_o a_o multitude_n of_o excuse_n where_o we_o think_v ourselves_o more_o safe_a then_o among_o all_o
the_o tree_n of_o the_o garden_n behold_v here_o the_o first_o sin_n that_o ever_o be_v commit_v and_o behold_v our_o first_o father_n adam_n ready_a with_o a_o excuse_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v commit_v god_n come_v unto_o he_o not_o in_o a_o sire_n devour_v before_o 21._o psai_n 51._o 3._o gen._n 3_o 8._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 21._o he_o nor_o in_o a_o mighty_a tempest_n round_o about_o he_o but_o in_o the_o cool_a of_o the_o day_n he_o come_v not_o with_o a_o rod_n but_o with_o meekness_n he_o invit_v he_o to_o mercy_n and_o prompt_v he_o to_o repentance_n he_o ask_v he_o adam_z where_o be_v thou_o not_o out_o of_o ignorance_n as_o if_o he_o see_v he_o not_o but_o as_o a_o remembrance_n that_o he_o may_v see_v himself_o and_o when_o he_o can_v extort_v from_o he_o so_o much_o as_o a_o bare_a mention_n of_o his_o sin_n but_o only_o of_o his_o fear_n and_o his_o nakedness_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o bitter_a effect_n of_o it_o he_o come_v near_a to_o he_o and_o be_v instant_n with_o he_o as_o if_o he_o will_v dictate_v to_o he_o and_o bespeak_v he_o to_o confess_v and_o put_v a_o form_n of_o word_n into_o his_o mouth_n have_v thou_o eat_v of_o the_o tree_n whereof_o i_o command_v 11._o v._o 11._o thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v a_o question_n so_o plain_a so_o keen_a of_o such_o a_o edge_n that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v cleave_v his_o heart_n in_o twain_o and_o let_v his_o sin_n out_o at_o his_o mouth_n by_o a_o humble_a confession_n what_o be_v it_o but_o as_o the_o hand_n write_v upon_o the_o wall_n and_o sure_o now_o it_o can_v be_v but_o adam_n countenance_n be_v 5._o dau._n 5_o 5._o change_v his_o thought_n trouble_v his_o joint_n loose_v and_o his_o knee_n smite_v each_o other_o against_o this_o battery_n what_o hold_n can_v prevail_v but_o oh_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o sin_n oh_o the_o mighty_a powea_fw-mi of_o sin_n which_o so_o stupifi_v the_o heart_n and_o so_o fill_v it_o with_o itself_o that_o it_o feel_v it_o not_o which_o transform_v a_o heart_n of_o flesh_n into_o brass_n or_o marble_n that_o no_o hammer_n can_v malleate_v it_o no_o sword_n can_v pierce_v it_o no_o influence_n from_o god_n himself_o can_v mollify_v it_o in_o ipso_fw-la peccato_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la discimus_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la in_o sin_n itself_o we_o learn_v a_o kind_n of_o impudent_a remorselessness_n and_o we_o learn_v it_o from_o it_o these_o two_o be_v contrary_a say_v st._n chrysostom_n sin_n and_o repentance_n in_o sin_n we_o see_v shame_n and_o confusion_n in_o repentance_n hope_v and_o confidence_n but_o the_o devil_n have_v change_v and_o invert_v this_o order_n and_o have_v place_v upon_o sin_n boldness_n and_o confidence_n and_o shame_n upon_o repentance_n adam_n here_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o commit_v sin_n but_o he_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v it_o and_o therefore_o he_o make_v a_o apron_n for_o his_o sin_n as_o he_o have_v do_v for_o his_o body_n but_o he_o be_v never_o more_o naked_a then_o in_o his_o figleaf_n and_o the_o man_n say_v the_o woman_n who_o thou_o give_v to_o be_v with_o i_o she_o give_v i_o of_o the_o tree_n and_o i_o do_v eat_v my_o text_n then_o you_o see_v be_v not_o a_o answer_n but_o a_o excuse_n and_o therefore_o will_v not_o so_o easy_o admit_v a_o methodical_a division_n for_o in_o these_o ambage_n in_o the_o turn_n and_o wind_n in_o the_o maze_n and_o labyrinth_n of_o excuse_n what_o order_n can_v we_o find_v but_o though_o we_o can_v orderly_o divide_v this_o excuse_n we_o will_v dissect_v and_o anatomize_v it_o and_o make_v some_o use_n of_o our_o father_n sin_n god_n may_v seem_v sometime_o to_o have_v be_v more_o ready_a to_o discredit_v his_o saint_n then_o to_o honour_v they_o in_o that_o he_o set_v down_o oftentimes_o and_o record_v their_o fault_n but_o wrap_v up_o their_o repentance_n in_o silence_n the_o story_n of_o noah_n be_v shut_v up_o 9_o gen._n 9_o with_o his_o drunkenness_n after_o the_o relation_n of_o lots_n incest_n we_o hear_v no_o more_o 19_o gen._n 19_o of_o he_o after_o the_o story_n of_o solomon_n idolatry_n it_o follow_v immediate_o and_o solomon_n sleep_v with_o his_o father_n adam_n no_o doubt_n do_v repent_v yet_o we_o 43_o 1_o king_n 11._o 43_o see_v his_o story_n conclude_v with_o his_o punishment_n nor_o may_v we_o think_v that_o this_o be_v do_v by_o chance_n but_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v all_o these_o thing_n be_v write_v 11._o 1._o cor._n 10._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o our_o admonition_n upon_o who_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n be_v come_v as_o therefore_o they_o who_o come_v to_o see_v dead_a body_n cut_v up_o although_o they_o purpose_v not_o to_o learn_v anatomy_n yet_o by_o that_o sight_n go_v away_o inform_v what_o manner_n of_o substance_n the_o heart_n the_o spleen_n the_o liver_n be_v of_o so_o by_o dissection_n of_o this_o excuse_n of_o adam_n and_o by_o view_n and_o inspection_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o very_a entrails_n of_o our_o progenitor_n we_o may_v read_v our_o own_o disease_n we_o may_v learn_v to_o search_v and_o examine_v our_o own_o heart_n and_o find_v that_o our_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o constitution_n be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o they_o that_o we_o resemble_v they_o not_o only_o in_o their_o fall_n but_o also_o in_o their_o excuse_n and_o that_o we_o be_v as_o skilful_a artificer_n to_o few_o figleaf_n together_o to_o apologise_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o extenuate_v they_o as_o ever_o our_o first_o father_n be_v the_o line_n then_o by_o which_o we_o be_v to_o pass_v be_v these_o first_o we_o will_v anatomize_v and_o disect_v this_o excuse_n of_o adam_n next_o we_o will_v look_v into_o ourselves_o take_v some_o notice_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n and_o of_o those_o excuse_n which_o we_o common_o frame_v and_o then_o to_o make_v a_o exact_a anatomie-lecture_n we_o will_v lay_v open_a the_o danger_n of_o the_o disease_n that_o we_o may_v learn_v to_o avoid_v what_o be_v fatal_a to_o our_o parent_n and_o though_o we_o sin_n with_o adam_n yet_o not_o with_o adam_n to_o excuse_v our_o sin_n of_o these_o in_o their_o order_n and_o the_o man_n say_v the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n i_o tell_v you_o this_o be_v no_o answer_n but_o a_o excuse_n for_o indeed_o a_o excuse_n be_v no_o answer_n a_o answer_n must_v be_v fit_v to_o the_o question_n which_o be_v ask_v but_o this_o be_v quite_o beside_o it_o we_o find_v indeed_o ambage_n a_o circuit_n of_o word_n which_o the_o philosopher_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o run_v round_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o circle_n and_o never_o point_n in_o a_o direct_a line_n to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n never_o present_v it_o with_o what_o the_o question_n expect_v but_o something_o else_o in_o stead_n of_o it_o the_o question_n here_o be_v have_v thou_o caten_v of_o the_o forbid_a tree_n the_o answer_n be_v wide_a from_o the_o purpose_n a_o accusation_n of_o the_o woman_n yea_o of_o god_n himself_o the_o woman_n who_o thou_o gavesl_v to_o be_v with_o i_o she_o give_v i_o of_o the_o tree_n and_o i_o do_v eat_v in_o civil_a court_n patronus_fw-la negate_fw-la defendit_fw-la transfert_fw-la minuit_fw-la deprecatur_fw-la say_v the_o orator_n it_o be_v usual_a and_o commendable_a for_o he_o who_o take_v upon_o himself_o to_o be_v a_o advocate_n either_o to_o deny_v the_o fact_n or_o defend_v it_o or_o translate_v it_o or_o extenuate_v it_o or_o put_v it_o off_o and_o he_o who_o fall_v short_a of_o this_o act_n deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o a_o patron_n but_o in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n there_o be_v no_o room_n for_o this_o act_n here_o every_o man_n must_v be_v not_o his_o own_o advocate_n but_o accuser_n and_o judge_n for_o when_o god_n ask_v the_o question_n make_v inquisition_n for_o blood_n or_o any_o other_o sin_n to_o extenuate_v the_o offence_n be_v to_o aggravate_v it_o to_o put_v it_o off_o be_v to_o draw_v it_o close_o on_o to_o defend_v it_o be_v to_o augment_v it_o there_o be_v no_o answer_v of_o god_n when_o he_o 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poison_n of_o the_o excuse_n but_o adam_n last_o word_n 4._o gen._n 41._o 4._o be_v lose_v in_o the_o former_a as_o the_o lean_a and_o ill-favoured_a kine_n in_o pharaoh_n dream_n eat_v up_o the_o fat_a one_o deny_v indeed_o the_o fact_n he_o can_v not_o for_o as_o god_n have_v build_v he_o up_o in_o his_o own_o image_n and_o likeness_n so_o he_o have_v raise_v up_o within_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o natural_a tribunal_n his_o conscience_n and_o make_v he_o thus_o far_o a_o god_n unto_o himself_o as_o not_o only_o to_o discern_v evil_a from_o good_a but_o also_o to_o search_v the_o very_a inward_o of_o his_o own_o heart_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n say_v st._n chrysostome_n all_o man_n of_o what_o rank_n soever_o though_o they_o sit_v not_o in_o the_o throne_n of_o justice_n though_o they_o be_v not_o judge_n and_o magistrate_n though_o they_o have_v no_o executioner_n nor_o prisoner_n nor_o give_v nor_o bolt_n yet_o they_o judge_v and_o condemn_v sin_n 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man_n of_o perfect_a limb_n to_o be_v beat_v by_o a_o cripple_n for_o a_o son_n of_o anak_n to_o be_v chase_v by_o a_o grasshopper_n for_o xerxes_n be_v army_n which_o drink_v up_o the_o sea_n to_o be_v beat_v out_o of_o greece_n by_o three_o hundred_o spartain_n certain_o he_o deserve_v not_o power_n who_o betray_v it_o to_o weakness_n the_o woman_n give_v it_o i_o then_o be_v a_o deep_a aggravation_n of_o the_o man_n transgression_n again_o it_o be_v but_o the_o woman_n give_v it_o and_o a_o gift_n as_o we_o common_o say_v may_v be_v either_o take_v or_o refuse_v and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o our_o power_n whether_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o gift_n or_o no._n have_v the_o man_n be_v unwilling_a to_o have_v receive_v the_o woman_n can_v have_v give_v he_o nothing_o nunquid_fw-la obsecravit_fw-la num_fw-la disseruit_fw-la num_fw-la decepit_fw-la say_v the_o father_n do_v she_o besiege_v he_o with_o her_o entreaty_n do_v she_o use_v the_o battery_n of_o discourse_n do_v she_o cunning_o undermine_v he_o with_o a_o fallacy_n no_o it_o be_v but_o dedit_fw-la she_o only_o give_v it_o he_o the_o orator_n will_v tell_v we_o necessitas_fw-la est_fw-la magnum_fw-la humanae_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la that_o necessity_n be_v the_o best_a plea_n that_o humane_a weakness_n have_v for_o the_o misery_n that_o befall_v we_o but_o it_o be_v too_o common_a a_o thing_n as_o tertulian_n say_v licentiam_fw-la usurpare_fw-la praetextu_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la to_o make_v necessity_n a_o pretence_n for_o our_o liberty_n and_o licentiousness_n in_o sin_v at_o this_o door_n enter-in_a covetousness_n intemperance_n revenge_n pride_n which_o we_o may_v easy_o keep_v out_o even_o with_o one_o of_o our_o finger_n nusquam_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la nusquam_fw-la violentia_fw-la sed_fw-la electio_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la here_o be_v no_o necessity_n no_o violence_n it_o be_v but_o dedit_fw-la she_o give_v it_o he_o and_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o receive_v it_o oh_o how_o 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nothing_o profit_v evil_a man_n more_o than_o the_o company_n of_o the_o good_a how_o many_o saint_n may_v the_o holy_a conversation_n of_o one_o man_n beget_v how_o many_o martyr_n have_v the_o patience_n and_o silence_n of_o one_o man_n bring_v to_o the_o stake_n how_o many_o evil_a man_n have_v lose_v themselves_o and_o their_o evil_n in_o the_o company_n of_o the_o good_a we_o must_v not_o therefore_o make_v the_o separation_n before_o the_o time_n for_o we_o may_v be_v in_o societate_fw-la impiorum_fw-la in_o the_o company_n of_o evil_a man_n but_o in_o solitudine_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o their_o evil_n be_v alone_o we_o may_v be_v with_o they_o in_o participatione_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la say_v augustine_n in_o the_o participation_n of_o the_o same_o sacrament_n but_o not_o in_o consensione_n factorum_fw-la in_o our_o consent_n to_o their_o evil_a deed_n we_o may_v be_v like_o the_o ark_n of_o noah_n in_o the_o deluge_n yet_o not_o drown_v like_o mose_n bush_n in_o the_o fire_n yet_o not_o burn_v we_o may_v carry_v about_o with_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o plato_n call_v it_o a_o kind_n of_o charm_n and_o spell_n which_o may_v slumber_v our_o turbulent_a affection_n and_o those_o motion_n which_o be_v so_o ready_a to_o subvert_v our_o reason_n that_o we_o may_v be_v near_o enough_o to_o they_o to_o help_v they_o but_o yet_o at_o such_o a_o distance_n that_o no_o poison_n which_o be_v breathe_v from_o they_o shall_v hurt_v we_o i_o please_v all_o man_n in_o all_o thing_n say_v st._n paul_n all_o man_n even_o evil_a man_n not_o by_o fashion_v himself_o to_o they_o 33._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 33._o but_o by_o reform_v they_o to_o the_o copy_n of_o his_o own_o innocency_n for_o what_o say_v tertullian_n numquid_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la celebrans_fw-la hominibus_fw-la placebat_fw-la do_v he_o please_v man_n by_o celebrate_v the_o same_o heathenish_a idolatrous_a feast_n with_o they_o no_o but_o by_o gravity_n and_o patience_n by_o modesty_n and_o integrity_n again_o i_o be_v make_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n numquid_fw-la idololatris_fw-la idololatre_v what_o be_v he_o 22._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 22._o make_v a_o idolater_n to_o idolater_n a_o heathen_a to_o heathen_n and_o a_o carnal_a man_n to_o carnal_a man_n no_o there_o be_v no_o such_o friendship_n between_o st._n paul_n and_o evil_a man_n he_o be_v not_o draw_v by_o they_o but_o make_v it_o his_o industry_n to_o draw_v they_o unto_o he_o he_o make_v not_o himself_o like_a unto_o they_o but_o make_v they_o like_a unto_o himself_o he_o please_v evil_a man_n but_o it_o be_v to_o make_v they_o good_a and_o in_o this_o manner_n licet_fw-la convivere_fw-la commori_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la we_o may_v live_v with_o evil_a man_n but_o we_o may_v not_o die_v with_o they_o we_o may_v possess_v the_o world_n with_o they_o but_o not_o their_o error_n and_o this_o be_v it_o by_o which_o we_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n justify_v our_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n we_o do_v it_o not_o as_o the_o donatist_n do_v of_o old_a and_o our_o separatist_n now_o a_o day_n only_o to_o avoid_v the_o communion_n of_o bad_a man_n but_o to_o free_v ourselves_o from_o a_o necessity_n of_o join_v with_o bad_a man_n in_o their_o impiety_n we_o go_v not_o from_o they_o but_o from_o their_o dangerous_a error_n we_o divide_v not_o ourselves_o from_o they_o for_o our_o heart_n desire_v be_v that_o they_o may_v repent_v and_o be_v save_v but_o from_o their_o superstition_n and_o thus_o to_o divide_v ourselves_o be_v no_o schism_n but_o christian_a animosity_n and_o in_o this_o case_n we_o say_v with_o cyprian_a pereant_fw-la sibi_fw-la solis_fw-la qui_fw-la perire_fw-la volunt_fw-la if_o they_o will_v perish_v let_v they_o perish_v to_o themselves_o alone_o iii_o god_n suffer_v this_o mixture_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a man_n not_o only_o for_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o evil_a but_o also_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o good_n for_o mali_fw-la bonis_fw-la prosunt_fw-la say_v the_o father_n evil_a man_n may_v prove_v advantageon_n to_o the_o good_a they_o may_v awake_v many_o glorious_a virtue_n in_o they_o which_o otherwise_o will_v be_v but_o as_o the_o seed_n in_o the_o ground_n not_o yet_o in_o the_o ear_n and_o blossom_n plutarch_n have_v write_v a_o book_n how_o together_o profit_n from_o a_o enemy_n how_o to_o make_v ourselves_o better_a by_o they_o who_o will_v make_v we_o worse_o but_o christ_n in_o the_o book_n of_o his_o gospel_n have_v teach_v we_o yet_o a_o more_o excellent_a way_n how_o to_o improve_v our_o virtue_n by_o other_o man_n sin_n how_o to_o increase_v more_o and_o more_o in_o good_a by_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o evil_n how_o to_o make_v those_o sin_n which_o press_v other_o down_o to_o hell_n as_o a_o scale_n and_o ladder_n to_o lift_v we_o up_o to_o heaven_n so_o that_o we_o may_v make_v friend_n not_o only_o of_o the_o unrighteous_a mammon_n but_o even_o of_o unrighteous_a man_n to_o lift_v we_o up_o unto_o 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