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come_v upon_o he_o so_o oft_o his_o youth_n shall_v be_v renew_v and_o so_o live_v ever_o he_o command_v his_o own_o head_n to_o be_v cut_v off_o in_o hope_n instant_o to_o revive_v again_o but_o miserable_a that_o he_o be_v he_o be_v cheat_v in_o his_o confidence_n by_o that_o great_a deceiver_n in_o who_o he_o most_o trust_v by_o which_o he_o make_v both_o soul_n and_o body_n a_o sudden_a though_o long_o expect_v prey_n to_o the_o devil_n there_o can_v scarce_o a_o sin_n be_v imagine_v more_o hateful_a to_o god_n than_o magic_a by_o which_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o he_o be_v violate_v the_o sorcerer_n enter_v a_o new_a with_o the_o devil_n in_o which_o open_a war_n be_v proclaim_v against_o god_n and_o a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n first_o debate_v and_o after_o conclude_v with_o satan_n god_n himself_o say_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o servant_n moses_n 6._o if_o any_o turn_n after_o such_o as_o work_v with_o evil_a spirit_n and_o after_o soothsayer_n to_o go_v a_o whore_v after_o they_o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o that_o person_n and_o will_v cut_v he_o off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n and_o again_o if_o a_o man_n or_o woman_n have_v a_o spirit_n of_o divination_n or_o soothsay_v in_o they_o they_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n they_o shall_v stone_n they_o to_o death_n their_o blood_n shall_v be_v upon_o they_o read_v deutronomie_n cap._n 18._o vers_fw-la 10._o let_v none_o be_v find_v among_o you_o that_o make_v his_o son_n or_o his_o daughter_n to_o go_v through_o the_o fire_n or_o that_o use_v witchcraft_n or_o a_o regarde_a of_o time_n or_o a_o marker_n of_o the_o fly_n of_o fowl_n or_o a_o sorcerer_n or_o a_o charmer_n or_o that_o counsel_v with_o spirit_n or_o a_o soothsayer_n or_o that_o ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o dead_a for_o all_o that_o do_v such_o thing_n be_v abomination_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o because_o of_o these_o abomination_n the_o lord_n thy_o god_n do_v cast_v they_o out_o before_o thou_o thus_o we_o see_v as_o well_o by_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o as_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o kingdom_n all_o such_o as_o shall_v separate_v themselves_o from_o god_n and_o enter_v into_o converse_n and_o fellowship_n with_o satan_n be_v curse_v in_o the_o act_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v extermine_v from_o all_o christian_a church_n and_o commonweal_n the_o emblem_n a_o moth_n or_o silkworm_n creep_v from_o a_o old_a stock_n or_o trunk_n of_o a_o tree_n and_o turn_v unto_o a_o butterf_o the_o motto_n ecce_fw-la nova_fw-la omne_fw-la behold_v all_o thing_n be_v make_v new_a comply_v with_o that_o which_o we_o read_v in_o saint_n paul_n second_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n cap._n 5._o vers_fw-la 17._o therefore_o if_o any_o man_n be_v in_o christ_n let_v he_o be_v a_o new_a creature_n old_a thing_n be_v pass_v away_o behold_v all_o thing_n become_v new_a and_o ephes._n 4.22_o that_o you_o cast_v off_o concern_v the_o conversation_n in_o time_n past_a that_o old_a man_n which_o be_v corrupt_a through_o the_o deceivable_a lust_n and_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o spirit_n of_o your_o mind_n and_o put_v on_o the_o new_a man_n which_o after_o god_n be_v create_v unto_o righteousness_n and_o true_a holiness_n the_o emblem_n be_v thus_o express_v truncus_fw-la iners_fw-la eruca_fw-la fuit_fw-la nunc_fw-la alba_fw-la voluctis_fw-la ambrosium_fw-la coeli_fw-la corpore_fw-la gaudet_fw-la iter_fw-la antea_fw-la vermis_fw-la erat_fw-la mutatio_fw-la quanta_fw-la videtis_fw-la corporis_fw-la antiqui_fw-la portio_fw-la nulla_fw-la manet_fw-la vestis_fw-la opes_fw-la habitus_fw-la convivia_fw-la foedera_fw-la mores_fw-la lingua_fw-la sodalitium_fw-la gaudia_fw-la luctus_fw-la amor_fw-la omnia_fw-la sunt_fw-la mutanda_fw-la viris_fw-la quibus_fw-la entheus_fw-la ardour_n terrhenae_fw-la decet_fw-la hos_fw-la faecis_fw-la habere_fw-la nihil_fw-la ¶_o thus_o paraphrase_a a_o mere_a trunk_n be_v the_o silkworm_n now_o it_o fly_v a_o white_a bird_n sport_v in_o the_o ambrosial_a sky_n before_o a_o worm_n what_o a_o great_a change_n be_v here_o of_o the_o first_o shape_n no_o semblance_n do_v appear_v garment_n wealth_n banquet_n contract_n manor_n joy_n love_n language_n fellowship_n change_n must_v destroy_v such_o man_n who_o divine_a ardour_n do_v inspire_v must_v of_o this_o terrhene_n dross_n quench_v all_o desire_n after_o which_o change_n follow_v eternity_n and_o of_o the_o saint_n and_o elect_v it_o may_v be_v say_v parva_n patiuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la magna_fw-la potiantur_fw-la small_a be_v the_o thing_n they_o suffer_v in_o this_o world_n compare_v with_o the_o great_a thing_n they_o shall_v receive_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v we_o read_v dan._n cap._n 12._o vers_fw-la 2._o thus_o and_o many_o of_o they_o that_o sleep_n in_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v awake_v to_o everlasting_a life_n and_o some_o to_o shame_n and_o perpetual_a contempt_n and_o they_o that_o be_v wise_a shall_v shine_v as_o the_o brightness_n of_o the_o firmament_n and_o they_o that_o turn_v many_o unto_o righteousness_n shall_v shine_v as_o the_o star_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o moreover_o job_n 19_o for_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v and_o he_o shall_v stand_v the_o last_o on_o the_o earth_n and_o though_o after_o my_o skin_n worm_n shall_v destroy_v this_o body_n yet_o shall_v i_o see_v god_n in_o my_o flesh_n who_o i_o myself_o shall_v see_v with_o my_o eye_n and_o none_o other_o for_o i_o etc._n etc._n aeternus_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la sopor_fw-la death_n shall_v be_v no_o everlasting_a sleep_n john_n 5.28_o marvel_v not_o at_o this_o for_o the_o hour_n shall_v come_v in_o which_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o grave_n shall_v hear_v his_o voice_n and_o they_o shall_v come_v forth_o that_o have_v do_v good_a unto_o the_o resurrection_n of_o life_n but_o they_o that_o have_v do_v evil_a unto_o the_o resurrection_n of_o condemnation_n saint_n augustine_n in_o one_o of_o his_o book_n say_v resurgent_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la