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eat_n of_o the_o paschall_n lamb_n the_o israelite_n be_v to_o feed_v only_o on_o the_o flesh_n and_o not_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o bone_n so_o in_o the_o doctrine_n which_o instruct_v we_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n we_o must_v labour_v after_o those_o thing_n which_o serve_v for_o the_o nourishment_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o abstain_v from_o those_o which_o by_o their_o hardness_n will_v break_v our_o tooth_n and_o turn_v the_o edge_n of_o our_o understanding_n then_o only_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n shall_v we_o observe_v a_o mean_a betwixt_o a_o affect_a negligence_n and_o a_o saucy_a curiosity_n when_o we_o shall_v refer_v all_o our_o knowledge_n and_o meditation_n to_o piety_n and_o manner_n and_o to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n le_fw-fr sir_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr primaudaye_n en_fw-fr ses_fw-fr quatrain_n l'aeuvre_fw-fr excellent_a des_fw-fr cieux_fw-fr &_o l'entour_n &_o le_fw-fr space_n rendent_a leur_fw-fr architecte_v admirable_a a_o tous_fw-fr yeux_fw-fr mais_n sa_o divine_a loy_n restaurant_fw-mi l'ame_fw-fr en_fw-fr mieux_fw-fr l'esleue_v sur_fw-fr ce_fw-fr tout_fw-fr pour_fw-fr voire_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr face_n à _fw-fr face_n the_o glorious_a vault_n and_o fabric_n of_o the_o sky_n present_v their_o wondrous_a maker_n to_o all_o eye_n who_o law_n divine_a restore_v soul_n by_o grace_n mount_v they_o over_o all_o to_o see_v he_o face_n to_o face_n finis_fw-la the_o choice_a sentence_n take_v out_o of_o this_o present_a treatise_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god._n in_o the_o collection_n only_o whereof_o i_o have_v follow_v the_o copy_n of_o mounsieur_fw-fr derelincourt_n minister_n of_o the_o hague_n which_o if_o they_o be_v think_v either_o too_o tedious_a or_o impertinent_a it_o shall_v be_v some_o protection_n to_o i_o that_o i_o have_v so_o reverend_a a_o example_n truth_n be_v so_o affect_v to_o the_o mind_n as_o light_v unto_o the_o eye_n sect._n 3_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v the_o most_o absolute_a perfection_n of_o the_o mind_n sect._n 4._o that_o in_o all_o man_n be_v inherent_a a_o apprehension_n of_o a_o god_n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o experience_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o all_o age_n among_o who_o there_o be_v none_o so_o wild_a or_o barbarous_a that_o have_v not_o receive_v some_o form_n of_o religion_n and_o that_o establish_v under_o most_o grievous_a penalty_n for_o this_o be_v no_o write_v but_o a_o native_a law_n to_o which_o we_o be_v not_o teach_v but_o make_v not_o instruct_v by_o precept_n but_o by_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n sect._n 7._o from_o nothing_o to_o something_o be_v a_o infinite_a disproportion_n sect._n 24._o as_o the_o beam_n of_o light_n disperse_v over_o all_o the_o world_n do_v flow_v from_o one_o beginning_n namely_o the_o sun_n and_o as_o number_n proceed_v all_o from_o unity_n and_o in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n as_o all_o the_o artery_n and_o vital_a faculty_n proceed_v from_o one_o heart_n so_o every_o be_v do_v depend_v and_o be_v sustain_v by_o one_o chief_a and_o sovereign_n be_v sect._n 24._o god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o the_o final_a also_o as_o the_o apostle_n witness_v to_o the_o hebrew_n say_v that_o god_n be_v for_o who_o and_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v sect._n 25._o the_o end_n be_v always_o the_o foremost_a in_o the_o intention_n and_o the_o efficient_a cause_n be_v move_v by_o it_o ibid._n most_o true_a be_v that_o of_o aristotle_n in_o his_o second_o book_n de_fw-fr gen._n cap._n 10._o that_o the_o perpetual_a durance_n and_o continuance_n of_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o simple_a and_o daily_a motion_n of_o the_o sun_n from_o the_o east_n into_o the_o west_n but_o that_o generation_n and_o corruption_n do_v arise_v from_o the_o oblique_a course_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o planet_n through_o the_o zodiac_n while_o according_a to_o their_o situation_n they_o change_v their_o aspect_n and_o by_o their_o access_n near_o to_o we_o or_o recess_n far_o from_o we_o the_o affection_n and_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o thing_n do_v differ_v sect._n 28_o as_o the_o essence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v express_v by_o word_n so_o it_o can_v be_v conceive_v by_o the_o understanding_n for_o a_o thing_n infinite_a can_v be_v comprehend_v by_o a_o thing_n finite_a and_o the_o inaccessible_a light_n of_o god_n do_v dazzle_v the_o understanding_n sect._n 39_o from_o the_o diminution_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n will_v arise_v a_o diminution_n of_o his_o love_n and_o by_o the_o same_o contempt_n whereby_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v neglect_v the_o knowledge_n also_o of_o the_o divine_a will_n will_v be_v despise_v sect._n 42._o the_o life_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o return_n to_o god_n and_o the_o way_n to_o god_n be_v by_o the_o study_n of_o piety_n and_o justice_n sect._n 43._o the_o maker_n of_o time_n be_v before_o time_n and_o above_o it_o neither_o be_v his_o duration_n measure_v by_o it_o for_o as_o the_o infiniteness_n of_o god_n do_v not_o only_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o he_o be_v not_o circumscribe_v by_o limit_n but_o most_o especial_o in_o this_o that_o he_o be_v all_o in_o every_o place_n so_o his_o eternity_n likewise_o consist_v not_o in_o this_o only_a that_o he_o be_v without_o beginning_n and_o without_o end_n but_o rather_o in_o this_o that_o his_o life_n be_v not_o a_o motionary_a course_n but_o a_o perpetual_a rest_n and_o in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o succession_n of_o part_n sect._n 56._o as_o to_o a_o man_n sit_v on_o the_o bank_n of_o a_o river_n only_o that_o water_n be_v present_v which_o be_v observe_v by_o he_o in_o that_o instant_a moment_n and_o point_n of_o time_n but_o that_o part_n of_o the_o river_n be_v not_o present_v to_o his_o eye_n which_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v to_o he_o or_o but_o now_o go_v from_o he_o yet_o the_o same_o man_n be_v he_o exalt_v into_o the_o upper_a region_n of_o the_o air_n may_v behold_v the_o whole_a river_n and_o at_o one_o aspect_n observe_v both_o the_o fountain_n and_o the_o coruse_n of_o it_o so_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n who_o be_v obove_o time_n together_o and_o in_o one_o moment_n be_v observe_v the_o whole_a flux_n of_o transitory_a thing_n neither_o in_o he_o be_v there_o addition_n or_o subtraction_n because_o all_o thing_n be_v present_a with_o he_o se._n 56._o those_o perfection_n which_o be_v diverse_a and_o scatter_a in_o the_o creature_n in_o god_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o perfection_n se._n 57_o god_n make_v the_o body_n of_o man_n of_o earth_n do_v conform_v his_o mind_n to_o humility_n and_o a_o religious_a lowliness_n by_o remember_v he_o of_o his_o descent_n and_o ignoble_a parentage_n se._n 67._o the_o happiness_n of_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v by_o the_o present_a condition_n of_o thing_n but_o by_o the_o counsaeile_n of_o god_n and_o last_o event_n of_o all_o thing_n sect._n 71._o it_o be_v necessary_a in_o the_o business_n of_o salvation_n to_o have_v god_n our_o leader_n and_o to_o make_v his_o word_n our_o rule_n sect._n 74._o because_o that_o man_n do_v fall_v by_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v fit_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v raise_v from_o his_o fall_n by_o believe_v the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o contrary_a evil_n shall_v be_v cure_v by_o contrary_a remedy_n sect._n 79._o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o man_n be_v first_o creaet_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n endue_v with_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n revolt_v from_o god_n by_o his_o own_o consent_n and_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o devil_n whereupon_o sin_n come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o by_o sin_n death_n and_o malediction_n notwithstanding_o the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o deform_v in_o man_n that_o there_o remain_v not_o certain_a trace_n of_o it_o to_o wit_n a_o certain_a apprehension_n of_o divinity_n and_o some_o grain_n of_o honesty_n and_o civil_a justice_n sect._n 95._o though_o god_n inhabit_v light_a which_o can_v be_v attain_v to_o yet_o in_o some_o manner_n he_o have_v make_v himself_o visible_a in_o his_o son_n who_o be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n and_o god_n with_o we_o whosoever_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o come_v to_o god_n by_o any_o other_o way_n he_o shall_v find_v he_o a_o judge_n and_o not_o a_o father_n and_o the_o more_o he_o haste_v the_o more_o he_o err_v and_o headlong_o fall_v into_o a_o certain_a ruin_n sect._n 99_o physician_n do_v rather_o suspect_v then_o see_v the_o inward_a affection_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o disease_n and_o hereupon_o it_o often_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o pretence_n of_o cure_v the_o disease_a officious_o they_o kill_v ihem_n sect._n 105._o as_o there_o be_v may_v be_v gather_v many_o and_o excellent_a fruit_n from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n so_o this_o be_v above_o all_o the_o most_o principal_a that_o we_o can_v bridle_v in_o our_o vice_n or_o stop_v our_o desire_n in_o their_o career_n with_o a_o strong_a rein_n then_o with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n for_o he_o that_o know_v god_n know_v he_o to_o be_v a_o searcher_n into_o the_o secret_n of_o the_o heart_n who_o eye_n can_v be_v curtaind_a with_o the_o flatter_a cloud_n of_o lie_v or_o hypocrisy_n to_o who_o account_n be_v to_o be_v give_v of_o every_o idle_a word_n sect._n 111._o to_o complain_v of_o god_n providence_n as_o it_o be_v unrighteous_a so_o to_o oppose_v against_o be_v rash_a and_o dangerous_a sect._n 112._o without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o we_o to_o know_v ourselves_o for_o then_o the_o bubble_n of_o our_o pride_n sink_v down_o and_o our_o plume_n do_v fall_v when_o we_o look_v on_o god_n sect._n 114._o then_o only_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n shall_v we_o observe_v a_o mean_a betwixt_o a_o affect_a negligence_n and_o a_o saucy_a curiosity_n when_o we_o shall_v refer_v all_o our_o knowledge_n and_o meditation_n to_o piety_n and_o manner_n and_o to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n the_o end_n