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own_o head_n 15._o but_o ground_v it_o upon_o the_o scripture_n which_o specify_v the_o sin_n that_o be_v peculiar_a unto_o satan_n make_v mention_n of_o these_o 18._o as_o isaiah_n and_o ezechiel_n when_o they_o will_v exaggerate_v the_o great_a overween_n and_o pride_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o their_o he_o make_v a_o comparison_n betwixt_o lucifer_n and_o they_o and_o our_o saviour_n when_o he_o see_v his_o apostle_n to_o be_v a_o little_a puss_v up_o and_o swell_v in_o spirit_n because_o at_o their_o word_n and_o commandment_n the_o devil_n be_v cast_v out_o rejoice_v not_o say_v he_o in_o this_o 10._o for_o i_o see_v satan_n fall_v from_o heaven_n like_o lightning_n by_o which_o word_n he_o insinuate_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o down_o fall_v of_o the_o devil_n proceed_v from_o pride_n s._n paul_n also_o in_o his_o admonition_n unto_o bishop_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v humble_a 2_o do_v charge_v the_o bishop_n not_o to_o be_v puss_v up_o with_o pride_n lest_o he_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o same_o condemnation_n with_o the_o devil_n touch_v the_o sin_n of_o envy_n it_o be_v also_o write_v inuidia_fw-la diaboli_fw-la mors_fw-la intravit_fw-la in_o orbem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la and_o the_o reason_n why_o mention_n of_o mankind_n be_v make_v herein_o be_v to_o give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o devil_n fall_v not_o into_o the_o sin_n of_o envy_n till_o after_o the_o creation_n of_o man_n and_o that_o pride_n be_v his_o peculiar_a sin_n for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o heaven_n now_o whether_o it_o be_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a endowment_n of_o nature_n he_o do_v so_o far_o overballance_v his_o own_o worth_n that_o he_o may_v conceit_n that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o make_v himself_o a_o associate_n and_o partaker_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n whereunto_o a_o intellectual_a substance_n may_v aspire_v and_o that_o by_o his_o own_o natural_a and_o peculiar_a force_n as_o esai_n and_o exechiel_n do_v seem_v to_o imply_v or_o whether_o he_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v christ_n jesus_n the_o mediator_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n for_o his_o head_n which_o mystery_n may_v by_o revelation_n be_v propose_v unto_o he_o as_o it_o be_v afterward_o also_o unfold_v unto_o adam_n and_o all_o the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o from_o his_o own_o will_n and_o in_o the_o pride_n of_o his_o heart_n he_o rebel_v against_o god_n so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o battle_n fight_v in_o heaven_n after_o the_o manner_n that_o spirit_n combat_v one_o against_o another_o by_o a_o strong_a renitency_n and_o resistance_n of_o the_o one_o will_n against_o the_o other_o even_o as_o we_o also_o fight_v against_o they_o but_o the_o good_a angel_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n adhere_v or_o favour_v that_o damnable_a attempt_n but_o resist_v it_o with_o all_o their_o force_n accomplish_v that_o which_o be_v write_v of_o they_o 102._o benedicite_fw-la domino_fw-la omnes_fw-la angeli_fw-la eius_fw-la potentes_fw-la virtute_fw-la
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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exercise_v the_o mystery_n of_o their_o abomination_n like_v as_o thief_n and_o murderer_n haunt_v such_o kind_n of_o solitude_n pliny_n lib._n 25._o hist._n cap._n 11._o say_v that_o woman_n do_v far_o exceed_v man_n in_o this_o trade_n and_o quintilian_n in_o declamat_fw-la say_v latrâ—cinium_n in_o uâ—ro_fw-la facilius_fw-la veneficium_fw-la in_o foemina_fw-la the_o other_o kind_n of_o witch_n be_v not_o so_o execrable_a because_o there_o be_v no_o express_a bargain_n with_o satan_n but_o only_o a_o tacit_a agreement_n and_o against_o they_o s._n chrysostome_n homil_n 13._o in_o 1._o ad_fw-la timotheum_n teach_v we_o to_o proceed_v in_o another_o fashion_n timoth._n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la inquit_fw-la ligatur_fw-la as_o inane_n aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la quippiam_fw-la eiusmodisciens_fw-la &_o prudens_fw-la sequitur_fw-la praecepto_fw-la atque_fw-la imperio_fw-la tantum_fw-la arcendus_fw-la est_fw-la sin_n vero_fw-la ignarus_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la inciderit_fw-la docendus_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v we_o be_v to_o inform_v the_o ignorant_a and_o to_o show_v unto_o they_o how_o foul_a the_o offence_n be_v where_o man_n leave_v god_n to_o adhere_v unto_o superstition_n chap._n viii_o a_o answer_n unto_o those_o that_o demand_n what_o danger_n there_o be_v in_o crave_v the_o assistance_n and_o aid_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v a_o general_a observation_n which_o be_v make_v of_o those_o that_o forget_v god_n to_o fall_v if_o they_o do_v not_o return_v unto_o he_o speedy_o into_o blindness_n of_o understanding_n and_o into_o a_o obduratnesse_n of_o heart_n like_v unto_o that_o of_o devil_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o damn_a for_o as_o there_o be_v a_o sympathy_n and_o participation_n of_o good_a man_n with_o those_o that_o be_v in_o paradise_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o live_v in_o this_o world_n they_o have_v their_o conversation_n in_o heaven_n so_o be_v there_o other_o who_o differ_v very_o little_a from_o the_o damn_a fabulis_fw-la 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paradise_n for_o he_o
and_o by_o say_v that_o thou_o use_v he_o as_o thy_o servant_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o be_v to_o be_v master_v only_o by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o covenant_n or_o agreement_n he_o be_v a_o liar_n and_o when_o he_o spy_v his_o advantage_n will_v deceive_v thou_o and_o when_o against_o his_o promise_n he_o shall_v break_v thy_o neck_n before_o what_o judge_n will_v thou_o bring_v in_o thy_o action_n to_o have_v reparation_n of_o the_o wrong_n he_o do_v thou_o another_o thing_n that_o offer_v itself_o unto_o consideration_n be_v that_o be_v a_o liar_n and_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o lie_v manifest_o to_o christ_n jesus_n in_o promise_v he_o that_o which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o perform_v 4._o say_v haec_fw-la omne_fw-la tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la man_n ought_v not_o to_o deceive_v themselves_o and_o say_v that_o he_o will_v be_v ashamed_a to_o promise_v unto_o a_o man_n that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o compass_v as_o not_o to_o be_v slay_v in_o battle_n or_o 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