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The second note is [Greek or Hebrew] they never set upon themselves, they have no leisure to do it, but they have small delight in it: if one telleth them of any fault in their eye, they reply, why me thinks your eyes are not well neither. First, he will say they ail nothing at all, or ⟨p. 202⟩deny it in part, or if he grant it, he saith it doth not hinder his sight, or it is not so well as¹ it might be; and these hypocrites cast out no faults, but such as are extenuated, and it is a rule in Rhetoric, every sin may be extenuated.

The second note is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 they neuer set vpon themselues, they haue no leisure to do it, but they haue small delight in it: if one telleth them of any fault in their eye, they reply, why me thinkes your eyes are not well neither. First, he will say they aile nothing at all, or ⟨p. 202⟩denie it in part, or if he graunt it, he saith it doth not hinder his sight, or it is not so well as¹ it might be; and these hypocrites cast out no faults, but such as are extenuated, and it is a rule in Rhetorike, euery sinne may be extenuated.

1. 1Omne peccatum extenuari potest.

A third note is, that he will say, my brother: the Chaldee paraphrast willeth us to observe,¹ he is an hypocrite, for behold his tongue. They salute their brother in the morning with an high voice, so the Pharisees said to Christ, We know thou art a good man, and hast no