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the_o first_o place_n and_o set_v my_o wit_n to_o work_v with_o all_o imaginable_a care_n and_o diligence_n to_o search_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o creature_n here_o below_o think_v i_o shall_v be_v happy_a if_o i_o can_v but_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n beginning_n and_o progress_v of_o thing_n especial_o the_o counsel_n contrivance_n and_o endeavour_n of_o mankind_n with_o the_o event_n of_o all_o their_o action_n but_o alas_o i_o soon_o find_v that_o this_o be_v a_o tedious_a business_n in_o which_o when_o i_o have_v travel_v a_o great_a way_n i_o meet_v with_o small_a satisfaction_n nay_o find_v it_o to_o be_v the_o torture_n of_o the_o mind_n unto_o which_o god_n have_v condemn_v mankind_n as_o a_o punishment_n for_o their_o vain_a curiosity_n and_o gross_a negligence_n of_o heavenly_a wisdom_n see_v annot._n h_o 14._o i_o have_v see_v all_o the_o work_n that_o be_v do_v under_o the_o sun_n and_o behold_v all_o be_v vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n 14._o and_o have_v now_o finish_v these_o study_n and_o take_v a_o serious_a view_n of_o all_o that_o fall_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o humane_a knowledge_n i_o can_v say_v that_o they_o have_v give_v i_o any_o solid_a contentment_n for_o we_o can_v know_v but_o little_a and_o what_o we_o do_v know_v of_o natural_a thing_n do_v we_o small_a service_n it_o puff_v we_o up_o indeed_o like_o wind_n but_o give_v no_o nourishment_n it_o fill_v we_o with_o notion_n but_o of_o little_a or_o no_o use_n and_o therefore_o vex_v we_o at_o last_o and_o break_v our_o heart_n to_o consider_v that_o we_o have_v spend_v so_o much_o time_n and_o so_o many_o thought_n which_o have_v even_o eat_v up_o our_o spirit_n to_o so_o little_a purpose_n see_v annot._n i_o 15._o that_o which_o be_v crooked_a can_v be_v make_v straight_o and_o that_o which_o be_v want_v can_v be_v number_v 15._o for_o as_o there_o be_v inexplicable_a difficulty_n in_o all_o sort_n of_o knowledge_n of_o which_o no_o man_n can_v give_v a_o account_n so_o with_o all_o our_o study_n we_o can_v get_v skill_n enough_o either_o to_o prevent_v misfortune_n or_o to_o remove_v out_o of_o the_o way_n that_o which_o cross_v our_o design_n much_o less_o to_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o our_o own_o constitution_n nor_o to_o redress_v the_o disorder_n in_o government_n the_o defect_n in_o which_o and_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o condition_n we_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v able_a to_o supply_v that_o we_o can_v number_v they_o and_o yet_o the_o folly_n of_o mankind_n represent_v every_o thing_n to_o their_o desire_n as_o if_o it_o be_v complete_o good_a and_o want_v nothing_o to_o make_v one_o happy_a see_v annot._n k_n 16._o i_o commune_v with_o my_o own_o heart_n say_v lo_o i_o be_o come_v to_o great_a estate_n and_o have_v get_v more_o wisdom_n than_o all_o they_o that_o have_v be_v before_o i_o in_o jerusalem_n yea_o my_o heart_n have_v great_a experience_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n 16._o i_o myself_o still_o persist_v in_o my_o reach_n after_o knowledge_n though_o i_o find_v it_o so_o painful_a and_o so_o unsatisfactory_a think_v within_o myself_o that_o there_o be_v this_o good_a at_o least_o in_o it_o that_o it_o have_v get_v i_o a_o very_a great_a name_n and_o raise_v i_o so_o high_a in_o all_o man_n opinion_n that_o i_o be_v note_v for_o the_o wise_a person_n that_o have_v ever_o be_v in_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n there_o be_v no_o sort_n of_o knowledge_n wherewith_o my_o mind_n be_v not_o store_v in_o great_a abundance_n see_v annot._n l_o 17._o and_o i_o give_v my_o heart_n to_o know_v wisdom_n and_o to_o know_v madness_n and_o folly_n i_o perceive_v that_o this_o also_o be_v vexation_n of_o spirit_n 17._o and_o as_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o knowledge_n be_v to_o excite_v a_o thirst_n after_o more_o this_o make_v i_o apply_v my_o mind_n more_o earnest_o to_o comprehend_v not_o only_o the_o great_a but_o the_o mean_a matter_n to_o mark_v for_o 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especial_o in_o that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o preserve_v the_o order_n wherein_o he_o have_v dispose_v all_o thing_n like_o the_o walk_n and_o bed_n in_o a_o garden_n and_o keep_v themselves_o also_o in_o the_o purity_n of_o his_o religion_n c_o v._n 3._o now_o she_o seem_v to_o have_v so_o perfect_o recover_v herself_o out_o of_o the_o slumber_n wherein_o she_o have_v be_v as_o to_o have_v regain_v her_o former_a sense_n of_o he_o and_o of_o her_o interest_n in_o he_o repeat_v those_o word_n which_o we_o meet_v withal_o before_o ch._n ii_o 16._o of_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o which_o he_o feed_v among_o the_o lily_n i_o think_v fit_a here_o further_o to_o note_n that_o to_o feed_v may_v relate_v either_o unto_o himself_o or_o unto_o other_o for_o there_o be_v example_n of_o both_o of_o the_o former_a xli_o gen._n 2._o i._o job_n 14._o of_o the_o latter_a xxix_o gen._n 7_o 9_o xxxvii_o 12._o i_o take_v it_o here_o rather_o in_o this_o latter_a sense_n and_o suppose_v it_o signify_v 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apply_v to_o the_o comely_a order_n which_o christ_n appoint_v in_o his_o church_n which_o while_o it_o be_v preserve_v make_v the_o church_n very_o venerable_a in_o the_o world_n so_o theodoret_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n for_o they_o be_v astonish_v who_o behold_v thy_o order_n there_o be_v nothing_o disorderly_a nothing_o uncertain_a or_o undetermined_a nothing_o confuse_v and_o indistinct_a but_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orderly_o appoint_v and_o judicious_o determine_v some_o refer_v this_o terribleness_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o to_o the_o gravity_n or_o rather_o severity_n of_o her_o countenance_n which_o forebad_v all_o wanton_a approach_n to_o so_o great_a a_o beauty_n e_fw-la v._n 5._o in_o this_o
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