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over_o they_o his_o upright_a word_n which_o be_v his_o first_o beget_v son_n who_o take_v the_o care_n of_o this_o sacred_a hear_v like_o the_o deputy_n of_o some_o great_a king_n pag._n 161._o he_o show_v his_o learning_n be_v the_o great_a encyclica_fw-la pag._n 168._o he_o call_v angel_n genii_n and_o hero_n according_a to_o the_o greek_n and_o hold_v that_o they_o be_v create_v in_o the_o air_n but_o in_o the_o superior_a part_n of_o it_o near_o the_o sky_n and_o fly_v up_o and_o down_o there_o pag._n 221_o 222._o pag._n 170._o his_o allegory_n make_v he_o impious_a and_o he_o count_v the_o story_n of_o paradise_n to_o be_v but_o foolery_n if_o it_o be_v take_v literal_a pag._n 180._o he_o talk_v a_o rabinall_n tale_n about_o the_o invention_n of_o music_n he_o constant_o follow_v the_o lxx_o as_o appear_v pag._n 160_o 179_o 218_o 245_o 255._o pag._n 190._o he_o make_v god_n and_o his_o wisdom_n as_o it_o be_v father_n and_o mother_n of_o who_o the_o world_n be_v generate_v but_o not_o humano_fw-la more_fw-mi ibid._n he_o read_v that_o place_n prov._n 8.22_o the_o lord_n create_v i_o the_o first_o of_o his_o work_n for_o say_v he_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o all_o thing_n that_o come_v to_o generation_n shall_v be_v young_a than_o the_o mother_n and_o nurse_n of_o all_o thing_n pag._n 191._o he_o be_v very_o uncivil_a with_o jethro_n pag._n 205._o he_o hold_v lot_n wife_n to_o have_v be_v turn_v into_o a_o stone_n pag._n 206._o he_o be_v in_o the_o theatre_n at_o a_o play_n pag._n 213._o he_o hold_v isaac_n wean_v at_o seven_o year_n old_a and_o mention_v certain_a dialogue_n make_v by_o himself_o personate_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n he_o call_v cap._n 32._o of_o deuteronomie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d canticum_fw-la majus_fw-la according_a to_o the_o rabbin_n phrase_n so_o likewise_o pag._n 179._o pag._n 214._o jacob_n pray_v for_o joseph_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v very_o questionable_a where_o this_o speech_n be_v to_o be_v find_v pag._n 223._o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v a_o immortal_a knowledge_n pag._n 232._o he_o treat_v de_fw-la primogenito_fw-la &_o secundogenito_o dei_fw-la that_o be_v of_o his_o word_n and_o the_o world_n pag._n 234._o he_o hold_v freewill_n but_o it_o be_v in_o comparison_n of_o the_o action_n of_o man_n with_o the_o effect_n of_o plant_n and_o brute_n pag._n 241._o he_o be_v fall_v out_o with_o joseph_n again_o pag._n 251._o he_o tell_v a_o fable_n how_o all_o bird_n and_o beast_n speak_v the_o same_o language_n and_o understand_v one_o another_o but_o that_o their_o tongue_n be_v confound_v because_o they_o petition_v that_o they_o may_v never_o grow_v old_a but_o renew_v their_o youth_n as_o the_o serpent_n do_v who_o be_v the_o base_a of_o they_o but_o this_o be_v more_o then_o enough_o for_o a_o taste_n we_o shall_v conclude_v his_o character_n with_o that_o apophthegm_n that_o come_v from_o he_o when_o caius_n be_v in_o a_o rage_n against_o he_o and_o his_o 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