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THE forenamed Recrimination, and censure which Christ gave of the Scribes and Pharisees, is in these words; very sharp indeed it is, but most just. The reason thereof is intimated by Saint Matthew, in the particle of inference set down in the first place (Wherefore) and expressed by Saint Mark, ¹in the reason which he layeth down in the last place (because they said he had an unclean spirit.) Very brazen-faced and impudent they were, that durst openly utter such a vile slander against all probability and possibility, yea against their own judgement and opinion, and therefore Christ thought it not meet to spare them any whit at all. Whence learn, that

THE forenamed Recrimination, and censure which Christ gaue of the Scribes and Parisies, is in these words; very sharpe indeed it is, but most iust. The reason thereof is intimated by Saint Matthew, in the particle of inference set downe in the first place (Wherefore) and expressed by Saint Marke, ¹in the reason which hee layeth downe in the last place (because they said he had an vncleane spirit.) Very brazen-faced and impudent they were, that durst openly vtter such a vile slander against all probabilitie and possibilitie, yea against their own iudgement and opinion, and therefore Christ thought it not meete to spare them any whit at all. Whence learne, that

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As sinners wax bold and impudent in sin, ¹so is the heinousness and fearful issue of their sin to be discovered. ^a