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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alius_fw-la quoties_fw-la cunque_fw-la rem_fw-la abominandam_fw-la tacitè_fw-fr innuunt_fw-la hort_v thesaur_n philolog_fw-la p._n 51._o for_o so_o the_o hebrew_n be_v wont_a to_o express_v vile_a abominable_a thing_n by_o other_o thing_n thence_o they_o term_v swine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o thing_n 9_o hence_o also_o conclude_v that_o such_o as_o love_v the_o world_n hate_v god_n and_o their_o own_o soul_n that_o predominant_a love_n to_o the_o world_n in_o its_o proper_a notion_n include_v the_o hatred_n of_o god_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o whole_a of_o our_o discourse_n that_o it_o imply_v also_o hatred_n of_o ourselves_o be_v manifest_a because_o the_o hatred_n of_o god_n include_v love_n to_o death_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n the_o hatred_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n as_o prov._n