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weal_n that_o can_v be_v overthrow_v gene._n 7._o the_o commodity_n which_o england_n inicy_v by_o imbrace_n the_o word_n of_o god._n 1._o reg._n 18._o sirach_n 40_o ephe_n 4._o author_n serm_n ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la in_o eremo_fw-la job._n 14._o 1._o cor._n 15._o gen._n 3._o the_o generasion_n of_o man_n unclean_a psal._n 50._o man_n birth_n all_o live_a creature_n have_v their_o denfence_n man_n only_o except_v plinius_n lib._n 7_o cap._n 1._o et_fw-la cap._n 50._o peril_n and_o danger_n whereunto_o man_n be_v subject_a solon_n man_n be_v mane_n so_o and_o enemy_n painful_a and_o fearful_a death_n everlasting_a death_n eccless_n 3._o sudden_a death_n â—arnon_fw-fr security_n or_o diâ—fydence_n the_o complaint_n of_o philosopher_n touch_v man_n stailnesse_n selueccerus_n in_o prolegon_v ad_fw-la genesin_n 1._o aristo_n 2._o euripides_n in_o orest_n et_fw-fr cicero_n tuse_a 4_o 3._o pindari_n in_o pithijs_fw-la odd_a 8_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la fidei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o seneca_n epist._n 1_o ad_fw-la lucil._n theophracomplaint_n of_o nature_n lucretius_n lib._n 5._o plinius_fw-la lib._n 7_o sallust_n in_o praesat_fw-la belli_n inguâ—th_v lactant._n de_fw-fr opificio_fw-la cap._n 3._o et_fw-la 4._o lud._n vives_fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la fidei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o seneca_n de_fw-fr brevitate_fw-la vitae_fw-la cicero_n tusce_fw-la lib._n 3._o of_o the_o word_n nature_n seneca_n de_fw-fr benef_n lib._n 4_o cap._n 7._o gallenus_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la hippocr_n et_fw-fr plat_n lib._n 9_o lactantius_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la et_fw-la eius_fw-la origine_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 3_o mathous_n beroalduâ—_n cron._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o caluniuc_fw-la lib._n 1_o institut_fw-la cap._n 5._o lactant_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 28._o what_o theophrast_n mean_v by_o the_o word_n nature_n augu_n contra_fw-la jusianum_fw-la lib._n 4._o ca._n 12._o repetit_fw-la ex_fw-la lib._n 3._o cic._n de_fw-fr repub._n the_o sygnifycation_n of_o the_o word_n nature_n aug._n retrac_n cap._n 10._o de_fw-fr trinitat_fw-la lib._n 13._o ca._n 12_o in_o psal._n 38._o ephe._n 2._o sulucte_v reyrehenb_v theophraste_v but_o yield_v no_o reason_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la et_fw-la gratia_fw-la cap._n 1._o rom._n 10._o ibidem_fw-la cap._n 3._o 2._o cor._n 5._o ephe._n 2._o the_o disorder_n of_o the_o ethnic_n lege_fw-la calu_n justit_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o seneca_n his_o judgement_n of_o this_o matter_n lactantio_n lib_n 1._o cap_n 5._o et_fw-la lib._n 2._o ca._n 9_o seneca_n de_fw-fr brevitate_fw-la vitae_fw-la our_o life_n be_v long_o enough_o if_o we_o can_v use_v it_o well_o exigua_fw-la pars_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la vitimus_fw-la man_n have_v great_a cause_n to_o lament_v portus_fw-la navigantium_fw-la mors_fw-la what_o the_o word_n of_o god_n pronounce_v of_o man_n estate_n gen._n 6._o et_fw-la 18._o gen._n 47._o deu._n 34._o psa_fw-la 90._o man_n life_n a_o peregrination_n hebr._n 11._o phili._n 3_o 2._o co._n 5._o the_o disposition_n of_o stranger_n man_n day_n be_v evil_n ecclesia_fw-la 1._o 2._o et_fw-la 9_o cic._n the_o nivent_a lib._n 1._o wisdom_n abuse_v jerem._n 9_o man_n dangerous_a condiciou_n set_v out_o in_o some_o symylitude_n 1._o pete_n 5._o job._n 7._o sic_fw-la enim_fw-la vertit_fw-la chaldeus_n paraphrastes_n ephe._n 6._o nah._n 3_n man_n be_v bear_v to_o labour_n job._n 5_o 1._o tim._n 1._o job._n 7._o esa._n 3_o s._n psa._n 89._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 2._o cor._n 4._o the_o wilful_a obstinacy_n of_o the_o world_n luke_n no_o man_n content_a with_o his_o estate_n herodotus_n many_o and_o great_a peâ—ua_n in_o all_o vocation_n deut._n 34._o psal._n 90._o math._n of_o oeconomie_n or_o housekeep_v the_o sorrow_n of_o parent_n gen._n 4._o gen._n 34._o 2._o sa._n 13._o a_o lamentable_a story_n georg._n maiot_n in_o postil_n grafton_n in_o part_n 6._o polid_a lib._n 1._o ferrex_n porrex_fw-la videna_n the_o tragedy_n gorbedug_n petryls_n and_o miseris_fw-la in_o civil_a regiment_n demostenes_n