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the_o effect_n signify_v satan_n device_n etc._n etc._n and_o his_o heel_n a_o metaphor_n from_o the_o low_a part_n in_o man_n to_o signify_v the_o debasement_n and_o humiliation_n of_o christ_n wherein_o he_o shall_v suffer_v the_o devil_n be_v a_o principal_a agent_n of_o all_o his_o sorrow_n but_o satan_n shall_v rue_v his_o intermeddle_v when_o he_o shall_v feel_v the_o knock_n give_v by_o christ_n yea_o and_o grieve_v that_o he_o have_v ever_o so_o much_o to_o do_v with_o a_o woman_n who_o enmity_n he_o shall_v now_o find_v as_o bitter_a as_o ever_o he_o feel_v sweetness_n in_o her_o friendship_n eve_n think_v she_o be_v the_o woman_n when_o she_o bring_v forth_o cain_n as_o if_o she_o have_v now_o possess_v a_o man_n of_o jehovah_n to_o do_v all_o this_o but_o by_o the_o name_n of_o her_o next_o son_n abel_n she_o see_v the_o vanity_n of_o her_o own_o opinion_n yet_o adam_n after_o he_o have_v receive_v the_o promise_n right_o call_v her_o eve_n not_o only_o because_o we_o 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