find_v verse_n 15._o that_o which_o be_v crooked_a can_v be_v make_v straight_o and_o that_o which_o be_v want_v can_v be_v number_v a_o reason_n why_o he_o find_v no_o contentation_n no_o profit_n by_o the_o diligent_a search_n of_o wisdom_n draw_v from_o the_o subject_n or_o object_n thereof_o the_o thing_n themselves_o which_o be_v not_o in_o man_n power_n and_o providence_n nor_o reformable_a by_o his_o wisdom_n but_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n chap._n 3._o 11._o and_o chap._n 7._o 13._o for_o in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n in_o all_o live_a creature_n chief_o in_o man_n and_o civil_a state_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o corruption_n enmity_n vanity_n misery_n the_o creature_n and_o man_n himself_o the_o success_n and_o event_n of_o thing_n and_o business_n be_v crooked_a perverse_a confuse_a if_o a_o man_n labour_n to_o build_v up_o some_o sure_a work_n upon_o the_o creature_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a travail_n and_o bring_v forth_o vexation_n for_o they_o be_v frail_a 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to_o the_o sight_n of_o that_o great_a darkness_n of_o ignorance_n that_o be_v in_o he_o chap._n 7._o 23._o 24._o which_o he_o think_v by_o study_n to_o expel_v do_v more_o increase_v it_o that_o be_v he_o more_o and_o more_o see_v into_o what_o a_o deep_a dungeon_n he_o and_o all_o man_n be_v fall_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n three_o it_o be_v difficult_a troublous_a full_a of_o intricate_a question_n and_o distract_n doubt_n endless_a and_o withal_o transitory_a it_o be_v neither_o perfective_a of_o he_o that_o have_v it_o nor_o perfective_a of_o other_o man_n or_o their_o matter_n four_o the_o more_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n know_v he_o still_o more_o more_o and_o more_o behold_v great_a corruption_n vanity_n folly_n madness_n and_o misery_n wherewith_o his_o spirit_n be_v discomfort_a and_o grieve_a his_o heart_n be_v heavy_a his_o mind_n dispairefull_a so_o that_o he_o be_v far_o off_o from_o happiness_n then_o the_o ignorant_a that_o know_v nothing_o for_o he_o work_v and_o 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