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whereby_o he_o may_v direct_v himself_o and_o every_o other_o thing_n as_o god_n do_v guide_v and_o govern_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o wisdom_n and_o providence_n and_o this_o be_v it_o as_o s._n augustine_n have_v notable_o observe_v which_o be_v present_o there_o add_v ut_fw-la praesit_fw-la piscibus_fw-la maris_fw-la 12._o &_o volatilibus_fw-la coeli_fw-la &_o universis_fw-la animantibus_fw-la quae_fw-la moventur_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la it_o must_v needs_o therefore_o be_v a_o intellectual_a substance_n that_o make_v the_o serpent_n to_o speak_v for_o it_o be_v neither_o man_n nor_o woman_n because_o there_o be_v none_o but_o adam_n and_o eve_n as_o the_o text_n say_v erunt_fw-la autem_fw-la ambo_fw-la nudi_fw-la moreover_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o a_o cherubin_n who_o be_v appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o door_n of_o paradise_n for_o fear_v least_o man_n shall_v return_v back_o again_o and_o shall_v eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o life_n and_o in_o his_o hand_n he_o hold_v a_o bright_a flame_a sword_n to_o strike_v a_o terror_n into_o man_n if_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o presumptuous_a this_o can_v not_o be_v a_o man_n as_o we_o have_v declare_v and_o must_v therefore_o be_v a_o spirit_n there_o be_v also_o frequent_a mention_n make_v of_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n who_o appear_v unto_o man_n as_o unto_o abraham_n lot_n jacob_n and_o other_o foretell_v they_o of_o thing_n which_o be_v beyond_o the_o compass_n of_o man_n knowledge_n as_o that_o a_o old_a barren_a woman_n shall_v conceive_v that_o sodom_n and_o gomorra_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o the_o like_a as_o also_o that_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n shall_v be_v lead_v through_o the_o wilderness_n by_o a_o cloud_n and_o by_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n there_o can_v no_o other_o reason_n be_v give_v hereof_o but_o that_o they_o be_v spirit_n send_v as_o guide_n by_o god_n unto_o they_o praesedet_fw-la te_fw-la say_v god_n to_o moses_n angelus_n meus_fw-la and_o
be_v no_o fable_n which_o relation_n will_v receive_v strength_n and_o accession_n of_o authority_n if_o we_o will_v allow_v that_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sirac_n do_v make_v that_o discourse_n which_o do_v at_o large_a mention_n all_o these_o thing_n and_o be_v attribute_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o hebrew_n book_n we_o also_o find_v the_o word_n lilith_n in_o the_o scripture_n and_o particular_o in_o the_o four_o and_o thirty_o of_o isaiah_n 34._o which_o saint_n jerome_n translate_v and_o think_v to_o be_v a_o sorceress_n 4._o ibi_fw-la cubavit_fw-la lamia_n whereby_o be_v mean_v such_o woman_n as_o use_v to_o go_v in_o the_o night_n again_o in_o the_o lamentation_n of_o jeremy_n he_o interprete_v this_o word_n lilith_n to_o be_v a_o sorceress_n say_v lybicis_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o lamiae_n lamia_n say_v duris_n be_v a_o woman_n who_o be_v jealous_a that_o her_o husband_n have_v beget_v a_o child_n upon_o another_o woman_n and_o thereupon_o in_o a_o great_a surie_n she_o give_v secret_a 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