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disguise_v for_o the_o scripture_n make_v the_o devil_n the_o first_o author_n of_o evil_n himself_o and_o the_o first_o solicitor_n and_o tempter_n of_o man_n to_o it_o who_o when_o god_n direct_v he_o straight_o forward_o pull_v man_n back_o and_o put_v he_o quite_o out_o of_o his_o way_n by_o which_o mean_v all_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o world_n come_v into_o it_o for_o while_o man_n keep_v close_o to_o his_o maker_n his_o integrity_n and_o obedience_n be_v to_o he_o what_o the_o vasa_fw-la umbilicalia_fw-la be_v to_o the_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n by_o they_o he_o receive_v what_o ever_o tend_v to_o his_o subsistence_n and_o comfort_n but_o sin_n cut_v those_o vessel_n asunder_o and_o prove_v the_o midwife_n of_o misery_n bring_v man_n forth_o into_o a_o world_n of_o sorrow_n and_o suffering_n now_o i_o say_v the_o scripture_n take_v such_o especial_a notice_n of_o one_o as_o the_o chief_a of_o devil_n through_o who_o mean_n evil_a come_v into_o the_o world_n this_o give_v 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evil_a and_o irregular_a they_o ascribe_v to_o typho_n what_o be_v good_a comely_a and_o useful_a they_o attribute_v to_o isis_n and_o osiris_n to_o isis_n as_o the_o passive_a osiris_n as_o the_o active_a principle_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o large_a a_o spread_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a have_v in_o the_o gentile_a world_n neither_o do_v it_o expire_v with_o 10._o heathenism_n but_o manes_n retain_v so_o much_o of_o the_o religion_n of_o his_o country_n be_v a_o persian_a that_o he_o make_v a_o strange_a medley_n of_o the_o persian_a and_o christian_a doctrine_n together_o for_o that_o be_v his_o famous_a opinion_n of_o which_o st._n austin_n tell_v we_o isâ—e_fw-la duo_fw-la principia_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la diversa_fw-la at_o que_fw-la adversa_fw-la cadeâ—que_fw-la aeterna_fw-la &_o eterna_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la
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