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And to pass by them that take advantage at a clause of a saying, and apprehend not the sentence, or stumble at words, not regarding the meaning, as the malicious cavillers did, which put no difference between the temple of Christ his ⟨p. 16⟩body, and the temple of stone) they are hereby controlled,¹ and that sharply, which speak evil, as Peter saith, of the things which they know not: and so much more they which not only speak evil, but pass a sentence of condemnation: which are not only heady to condemn, but also hasty to inflict punishment upon their innocent underlings. So dealt Pashur ²with Jeremiah, and Ananias with Paul: but so would not Job deal with his people, though of his own family, though bondmen,³ though handmaids, though never so mean and abject: hearing they should have, and justice they should find: if their cause proved good, their entreaty should not be bad.

And to passe by them that take aduantage at a clause of a saying, and apprehend not the sentence, or stumble at words, not regarding the meaning, as the malicious cauillers did, which put no difference betweene the temple of Christ his ⟨p. 16⟩bodie, and the temple of stone) they are hereby controlled,¹ and that sharpely, which speake euill, as Peter saith, of the things which they know not: and so much more they which not onely speake euill, but passe a sentence of condemnation: which are not onely headie to condemne, but also hastie to inflict punishment vpon their innocent vnderlings. So dealt Pashur ²with Ieremie, and Ananias with Paul: but so would not Iob deale with his people, though of his owne familie, though bondmen,³