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B20917
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The union of Christ and the church, in a shadow by R.C.
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Cudworth, Ralph, 1617-1688.
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Wing C7472; ESTC R22662
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israelis_fw-la and_o domus_fw-la israelis_fw-la for_o so_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o these_o author_n to_o express_v one_o and_o the_o same_o sephirah_n by_o divers_a name_n for_o full_a explication_n sake_n so_o the_o learned_a author_n of_o that_o discourse_n who_o title_n be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d or_o influentia_fw-la roris_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d i.e._n malcuth_n be_v that_o which_o be_v otherwise_o call_v chenese_v israel_n or_o congregatio_fw-la israelis_fw-la i.e._n the_o church_n and_o tipheret_n likewise_o which_o be_v sponsus_fw-la be_v expound_v also_o by_o the_o same_o author_n by_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d adam_n superior_a in_o opposition_n to_o who_o the_o first_o terrestrial_a adam_n be_v call_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d adam_n inferior_a and_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d adam_n corporeus_fw-la as_o also_o in_o those_o cabalistick_a axiom_n collect_v by_o mirandula_n he_o be_v call_v magnus_n adam_n in_o these_o word_n rectius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la paradisus_fw-la sit_fw-la totum_fw-la aedificium_fw-la quà m_fw-la sit_fw-la decima_fw-la &_o in_o medio_fw-la ejus_fw-la collocatus_fw-la est_fw-la magnus_fw-la adam_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la tipheret_n the_o meaning_n whereof_o be_v that_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n be_v not_o only_o a_o type_n of_o the_o ten_o sephirah_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a decade_n of_o they_o because_o tipheret_n the_o celestial_a and_o archetypall_a adam_n be_v place_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o just_a as_o the_o terrestrial_a adam_n be_v create_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o earthly_a paradise_n so_o that_o it_o be_v clear_a this_o tipheret_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o christ_n the_o true_a celestial_a adam_n who_o the_o scripture_n sometime_o call_v the_o adam_n the_o persee_n use_v to_o call_v noah_n to_o this_o day_n adam_n asseni_n which_o be_v pure_a hebrew_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d i.e._n the_o second_o adam_n second_o adam_n the_o author_n of_o shephah_n tal_n 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rege_fw-la sancto_fw-la &_o facies_fw-la ejus_fw-la coruscant_fw-la upon_o which_o a_o hebrew_n scholiast_n thus_o gloss_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d i.e._n quando_fw-la multiplicantur_fw-la merita_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la inferiore_fw-la quia_fw-la justi_fw-la semet_fw-la excitant_fw-la per_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ad_fw-la vniendum_fw-la &_o maritandum_fw-la mundum_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la cum_fw-la mundo_fw-la superiori_fw-la tunc_fw-la malcuth_n quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la chenese_v israel_n emittit_fw-la odores_fw-la fragrantissimos_fw-la ad_fw-la tipheret_n virum_fw-la suum_fw-la by_o which_o passage_n we_o may_v partly_o see_v the_o strain_n of_o cabalisticke_a divinity_n and_o what_o a_o resentment_n they_o have_v of_o this_o notion_n but_o picus_n mirandula_n in_o his_o cabalistick_a proposition_n collect_v by_o he_o from_o some_o ancient_a jewish_a author_n put_v we_o down_o one_o that_o speak_v as_o full_o to_o our_o purpose_n as_o we_o can_v imagine_v ubicunque_fw-la in_o 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