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their_o father_n sin_n have_v not_o forfeit_v their_o interest_n in_o they_o if_o they_o acknowledge_v god_n summons_n for_o judahs_n return_n &_o they_o to_o be_v the_o same_o yet_o with_o old_a anchises_n in_o like_a case_n they_o find_v a_o difference_n in_o their_o estate_n 2._o vos_fw-fr o_o quibus_fw-la integer_fw-la aevi_fw-la sanguis_fw-la ait_fw-la soliáaeque_fw-la svo_fw-la stant_fw-la robore_fw-la vires_fw-la vos_fw-fr agitate_v fugam_fw-la such_o as_o bad_a fresh_a and_o lively_a spirit_n to_o wield_v their_o strong_a and_o able_a limb_n see_v their_o arm_n can_v not_o defend_v their_o country_n from_o the_o violence_n of_o their_o enemy_n may_v use_v the_o benefit_n of_o their_o leg_n to_o escape_v their_o burial_n in_o her_o ruin_n i_o si_fw-mi caelicole_fw-fr volnissent_fw-la ducere_fw-la vitam_fw-la have_v mihi_fw-la servassent_fw-la sedes_fw-la but_o sure_a if_o the_o god_n intend_v anchises_n any_o long_a lease_n of_o his_o life_n
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to_o enlarge_v his_o comment_n upon_o my_o prophet_n riddle_n 34._o then_o say_v mary_n unto_o the_o angel_n how_o shall_v this_o be_v see_v i_o know_v not_o a_o man_n and_o the_o angel_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o she_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o high_a shall_v over_o shadow_v thou_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v with_o a_o man_n who_o have_v find_v this_o favour_n with_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v with_o thou_o as_o with_o other_o woman_n thy_o conception_n of_o this_o thy_o son_n be_v a_o work_n new_a and_o unheard_a of_o hitherto_o in_o israel_n a_o work_n not_o of_o generation_n but_o of_o creation_n it_o must_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n but_o let_v it_o not_o seem_v so_o impossible_a as_o new_a and_o strange_a see_v he_o have_v foretell_v it_o by_o his_o prophet_n who_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v to_o pass_v what_o ever_o he_o fortell_n nor_o will_v the_o 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〈◊〉_d there_o use_v be_v transitives_n and_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o that_o which_o go_v before_o israël_n have_v not_o know_v his_o owner_n my_o people_n will_v not_o acknowledge_v he_o for_o their_o master_n that_o lie_v swaddle_v in_o a_o cratch_n or_o manger_n this_o be_v a_o stumble_a block_n to_o the_o proud_a &_o haughty_a jew_n that_o fix_v his_o eye_n on_o lofty_a tower_n and_o stately_a palace_n as_o if_o these_o be_v the_o place_n of_o his_o messiah_n birth_n who_o in_o his_o prime_n must_v come_v to_o zion_n as_o one_o too_o meek_a and_o humble_a to_o mind_v such_o matter_n as_o one_o that_o will_v testify_v the_o place_n of_o his_o birth_n by_o 9_o ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n and_o upon_o a_o colt_n the_o foal_n of_o a_o ass_n but_o though_o judah_n