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etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la cum_fw-la faceret_fw-la mulier_fw-la â—idem_fw-la insidiantes_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la ait_fw-fr samson_n at_o ille_fw-la exurgens_fw-la disruptis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fugatos_fw-la inimicos_fw-la prostravit_fw-la fit_a &_o nostro_fw-la forti_fw-la jesus_n domino_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la colligatio_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o palo_fw-la orsorio_n contextio_fw-la capillorum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la jesum_fw-la scripsit_fw-la nobis_fw-la moses_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la mortuus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la non_fw-la habeus_fw-la filios_fw-la accipiat_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la frater_fw-la ipsius_fw-la &_o suscitet_fw-la seman_n fratri_fw-la svo_fw-la septem_fw-la autem_fw-la fratres_fw-la erant_fw-la accipit_fw-la vxorem_fw-la fratris_fw-la secundus_fw-la &_o tertius_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la omnes_fw-la eam_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la sine_fw-la liberis_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la &_o mulier_fw-la in_o resurrectione_n aiunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la erit_fw-la uxor_fw-la quanto_fw-la vehementius_fw-la se_fw-la ligasse_n nostrum_fw-la fortem_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la tanto_fw-la velocius_fw-la solvit_fw-la quam_fw-la intulerant_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la silij_fw-la inquit_fw-la seculi_fw-la generant_fw-la &_o generantur_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la digni_fw-la fuerint_fw-la seculum_fw-la illud_fw-la contingere_fw-la nec_fw-la nubunt_fw-la nec_fw-la nubuntur_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la mori_fw-la poterunt_fw-la quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la simile_n angelis_n tell_v i_o how_o thou_o may_v be_v bind_v the_o jew_n speak_v almost_o the_o same_o word_n to_o our_o judge_n christ_n how_o long_o make_v you_o we_o to_o doubt_v if_o thou_o be_v the_o christ_n tell_v we_o plain_o joh._n 10.24_o samson_n suffer_v himself_o a_o three_o time_n to_o be_v bind_v on_o this_o manner_n if_o say_v he_o thou_o weave_v the_o seven_o lock_n of_o my_o head_n i_o shall_v be_v weak_a which_o the_o woman_n do_v and_o then_o say_v the_o philistines_n be_v upon_o thou_o samson_n but_o he_o rise_v put_v his_o enemy_n to_o flight_n so_o be_v christ_n use_v for_o the_o pharisee_n come_v and_o say_v to_o he_o master_n moses_n say_v if_o a_o man_n die_v have_v no_o child_n his_o brother_n shall_v marry_v his_o wife_n and_o raise_v up_o seed_n to_o his_o brother_n now_o there_o be_v among_o we_o seven_o brethren_n and_o all_o the_o young_a brethren_n in_o order_n marry_v the_o wife_n of_o the_o elder_a brother_n and_o all_o of_o they_o and_o the_o woman_n at_o last_o die_v without_o issue_n in_o the_o resurrection_n therefore_o who_o wife_n shall_v she_o be_v of_o the_o seven_o matth._n 22.24.28_o but_o by_o how_o much_o more_o strong_o they_o think_v they_o have_v bind_v our_o strong_a one_o by_o so_o much_o more_o speedy_o he_o answer_v the_o objection_n luk._n 20.34_o the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n say_v he_o marry_o and_o be_v give_v in_o marriage_n but_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v judge_v worthy_a of_o that_o world_n neither_o marry_o nor_o be_v give_v in_o marriage_n for_o they_o can_v die_v but_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o angel_n he_o go_v on_o the_o hour_n of_o sampsons_n death_n be_v come_v ibid._n venit_fw-la hora_fw-la mortis_fw-la samson_n dicit_fw-la &_o noster_fw-la venit_fw-la hora_fw-la ut_fw-la glorificetur_fw-la filius_fw-la hominis_fw-la nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la granum_fw-la tritici_fw-la cadens_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la mortuum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la solum_fw-la manet_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la mortuum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la multum_fw-la fructum_fw-la affert_fw-la ibid._n and_o our_o samson_n say_v the_o hour_n be_v come_v for_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o be_v glorify_v for_o except_o a_o grain_n of_o wheat_n fall_v into_o the_o earth_n and_o die_v it_o abide_v alone_o but_o if_o it_o die_v it_o bring_v forth_o much_o fruit_n joh._n 12._o he_o proceed_v dalilah_n be_v urgent_a upon_o he_o mortem_fw-la instant_a &_o flente_fw-la mendaciter_fw-la coram_fw-la se_fw-la muliere_fw-la pusillanimis_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la samson_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la nostri_fw-la figurata_fw-la actio_fw-la impleretur_fw-la dicentis_fw-la tristis_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la and_o weep_v before_o he_o he_o be_v vex_v to_o the_o death_n as_o a_o type_n of_o that_o which_o christ_n our_o samson_n say_v my_o soul_n be_v exceed_o sorrowful_a even_o unto_o death_n mat._n 26.38_o he_o add_v further_a before_o dalilah_n do_v these_o thing_n namely_o ibid._n antequam_fw-la haec_fw-la fierent_fw-la misit_fw-la mulier_fw-la ad_fw-la viros_fw-la dicens_fw-la afferte_fw-la argentum_fw-la jam_fw-la enim_fw-la mihi_fw-la omne_fw-la veraciter_fw-la indicavit_fw-la fit_a certa_fw-la traditio_fw-la quam_fw-la supplevit_fw-la judas_n accepto_fw-la argento_fw-la ibid._n before_o she_o shave_v off_o the_o seven_o lock_n of_o his_o head_n she_o send_v for_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o philistine_n say_v bring_v the_o silver_n for_o now_o he_o have_v tell_v i_o all_o his_o mind_n and_o receive_v the_o silver_n she_o make_v a_o certain_a delivery_n of_o he_o into_o their_o hand_n as_o judas_n do_v of_o christ_n he_o add_v ib._n impletur_fw-la in_o samson_n per_fw-la figuram_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la christo_fw-la domino_fw-la actum_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la manifest_a no_o quod_fw-la eum_fw-la accipiens_fw-la mulier_fw-la fecit_fw-la dormire_fw-la in_o sinu_fw-la svo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la noster_fw-la fortis_fw-la dominus_fw-la dixit_fw-la non_fw-la expedit_fw-la prophetam_fw-la mori_fw-la extra_fw-la jerusalem_n quod_fw-la novacula_fw-la adhibita_fw-la rasit_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la calvariae_fw-la crucifixit_fw-la raso_n capite_fw-la samson_n discessit_fw-la &_o virtus_fw-la &_o noster_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la pendens_fw-la clamavit_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la quare_fw-la i_o dereliquisti_fw-la accipientes_fw-la inimici_fw-la samson_n ligaverunt_fw-la eum_fw-la ferro_fw-la hoc_fw-la clavi_fw-la indicant_fw-la crucifixi_fw-la ib._n that_o be_v do_v in_o samson_n as_o a_o type_n which_o be_v afterward_o manifest_o act_v in_o our_o lord_n christ_n for_o this_o that_o dalilah_n make_v samson_n to_o sleep_v in_o her_o bosom_n be_v that_o which_o our_o lord_n say_v it_o can_v be_v that_o a_o prophet_n shall_v perish_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n luk._n 13._o that_o with_o a_o razor_n she_o do_v shave_v his_o head_n be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n be_v crucify_v in_o the_o place_n call_v calvary_n in_o the_o place_n of_o a_o dead_a man_n skull_n samson_n be_v shave_v his_o strength_n depart_v from_o he_o and_o christ_n hang_v on_o the_o tree_n 27._o matth._n 27._o cry_v out_o my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o samson_n be_v bind_v in_o fetter_n and_o christ_n be_v nail_v to_o the_o cross_n he_o conclude_v with_o this_o one_o great_a miracle_n samson_n wrought_v in_o his_o death_n which_o also_o our_o lord_n fulfil_v ibid._n vnum_fw-la extremum_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la sva_fw-la samson_n fecit_fw-la miraculum_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la noster_fw-la dominus_fw-la implevit_fw-la apprehendens_fw-la dvas_fw-la columnas_fw-la super_fw-la quas_fw-la totum_fw-la aedificium_fw-la ferebatur_fw-la invocato_fw-la deo_fw-la semel_fw-la se_fw-la adhuc_fw-la confirmari_fw-la petit_fw-la atque_fw-la impetu_fw-la spiritus_fw-la columnas_fw-la evelleus_fw-la omne_fw-la illud_fw-la aedificium_fw-la cum_fw-la populis_fw-la cadens_fw-la plures_fw-la samson_n in_fw-la morte_fw-la sva_fw-la occidit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la sva_fw-la occiderat_fw-la dominus_fw-la etiam_fw-la noster_fw-la manifestius_fw-la quod_fw-la ille_fw-la mystice_fw-la fecit_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la dvos_fw-la angulos_fw-la mundi_fw-la circumcisionem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o praeputium_fw-la velut_fw-la dvas_fw-la columnas_fw-la in_fw-la sva_fw-la morte_fw-la movens_fw-la omnem_fw-la culturam_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la subvertit_fw-la ibid._n lay_v hold_n on_o the_o two_o pillar_n which_o uphold_v the_o house_n on_o which_o the_o philistine_n be_v set_v call_v upon_o god_n he_o desire_v the_o renew_n of_o his_o strength_n and_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n he_o throw_v down_o the_o pillar_n and_o so_o the_o house_n and_o the_o people_n fall_v sampson_z slay_v more_o at_o his_o death_n than_o he_o have_v slay_v in_o his_o life-time_n and_o our_o lord_n do_v that_o more_o manifest_o which_o he_o do_v in_o a_o mystery_n for_o in_o his_o death_n move_v the_o two_o corner_n of_o the_o world_n namely_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o two_o pillar_n he_o destroy_v all_o idolatry_n 472._o def._n of_o perkins_n p._n 472._o hear_v wotton_n as_o samson_n save_v
sanguinem_fw-la fudit_fw-la in_fw-la sva_fw-la front_n conscripserint_fw-la sed_fw-la tum_fw-la figura_fw-la tantum_fw-la valuit_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la ad_fw-la depellendum_fw-la periculum_fw-la ut_fw-la appareat_fw-la quantum_fw-la veritas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la valitura_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la plebem_fw-la dei_fw-la protegendam_fw-la in_o extrema_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la necessitate_v divin_n instit_fw-la l._n 4_o cap._n 26._o god_n say_v he_o intend_v to_o smite_v the_o egyptian_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o indemnity_n of_o the_o hebrew_n command_v they_o to_o sacrifice_v a_o lamb_n without_o spot_n and_o to_o mark_v their_o door_n with_o the_o blood_n of_o it_o and_o so_o when_o all_o the_o first-born_a of_o egypt_n perish_v in_o one_o night_n only_o the_o hebrew_n be_v safe_a by_o this_o mean_n not_o that_o the_o lamb_n blood_n of_o itself_o be_v of_o force_n to_o save_v man_n but_o it_o be_v a_o image_n or_o type_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v for_o that_o lamb_n without_o spot_n be_v christ_n innocent_a righteous_a and_o holy_a who_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o jew_n be_v a_o author_n of_o salvation_n to_o all_o who_o mark_v their_o forehead_n with_o this_o blood_n that_o be_v with_o the_o cross_n in_o which_o he_o shed_v his_o blood_n but_o then_o the_o figure_n be_v of_o such_o force_n for_o the_o present_a to_o drive_v away_o the_o danger_n to_o show_v what_o force_n the_o truth_n itself_o shall_v have_v to_o protect_v the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o the_o extreme_a necessity_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n saint_n chrysostom_n handle_v those_o word_n of_o the_o baptist_n jâ—h_n 1.29_o observe_v that_o he_o say_v not_o simple_o behold_v the_o lamb_n but_o behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n 32._o non_fw-la dixit_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la agnus_n sed_fw-la agnus_n dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la agnus_fw-la erat_fw-la judaicus_n ut_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la hunc_fw-la esse_fw-la dei_fw-la ideo_fw-la ita_fw-la dixit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ille_fw-la pro_fw-la illa_fw-la sola_fw-la gente_fw-la offerebatur_fw-la hic_fw-la pro_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la oblatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n et_fw-la illius_fw-la quidem_fw-la sanguis_fw-la corporalem_fw-la plagam_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la à _fw-la judaeis_n huius_fw-la autem_fw-la sanguis_fw-la purgationem_fw-la orbi_fw-la attulit_fw-la universo_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n et_fw-la vero_fw-la hic_fw-la sanguis_fw-la judaici_n agni_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la sva_fw-la potuit_fw-la natura_fw-la quod_fw-la potuit_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la huius_fw-la erat_fw-la figura_fw-la hanc_fw-la vim_o obtinuit_fw-la to._n 1._o hom_n 32._o for_o because_o there_o be_v another_o lamb_n of_o the_o jew_n mean_v the_o paschal_n lamb_n that_o he_o may_v show_v that_o this_o be_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n therefore_o he_o so_o speak_v that_o lamb_n be_v offer_v only_o for_o that_o nation_n but_o this_o for_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o the_o blood_n of_o that_o lamb_n keep_v off_o a_o temporal_a plague_n from_o the_o jew_n but_o the_o blood_n of_o this_o lamb_n of_o christ_n namely_o obtain_v a_o cleanse_v for_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o indeed_o this_o blood_n of_o the_o jewish_a lamb_n can_v not_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n do_v that_o for_o which_o it_o be_v appoint_v but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o this_o lamb_n hence_o it_o obtain_v this_o power_n hear_v st._n hierome_n the_o lamb_n say_v he_o be_v kill_v pasc_fw-la occiditur_fw-la ovis_fw-la celebratur_fw-la pascha_fw-la &_o interpositis_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la datur_fw-la lex_fw-la ad_fw-la timorem_fw-la scripta_fw-la digito_fw-la dei_fw-la occiditur_fw-la christus_fw-la celebratur_fw-la verum_fw-la pascha_fw-la &_o interpositis_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la datur_fw-la ad_fw-la charitatem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la digitus_fw-la dei_fw-la to._n 4._o epist_n 21._o the_o celebr_n pasc_fw-la and_o the_o passover_n be_v celebrate_v and_o after_o fifty_o day_n the_o law_n be_v give_v for_o fear_n write_v with_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n christ_n be_v slay_v the_o true_a passover_n be_v celebrate_v and_o after_o fifty_o day_n the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n be_v give_v to_o work_v our_o heart_n to_o charity_n hear_v he_o again_o the_o lamb_n 33._o agnus_n non_fw-la in_o die_v sed_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la immolatur_fw-la quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la &_o salvator_fw-la in_o consummatione_fw-la seculi_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la to._n 4._o epist_n 33._o say_v he_o namely_o of_o the_o passover_n be_v kill_v and_o sacrifice_v not_o in_o the_o day_n but_o in_o the_o evening_n because_o christ_n suffer_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n pucanus_n clear_v this_o parallel_n in_o sundry_a particular_n 1._o god_n require_v a_o lamb_n without_o spot_n or_o blemish_n expurgaret_fw-la 1._o agnum_fw-la integrum_fw-la immaculatum_fw-la &_o a_o reliquo_fw-la grege_fw-la seperatum_fw-la exigebat_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la scirent_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la propitiandum_fw-la requiri_fw-la excellentius_fw-la pretium_fw-la quam_fw-la inveniri_fw-la posset_n in_fw-la toto_fw-la genere_fw-la humano_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la denotaret_fw-la agnum_fw-la innocentem_fw-la segregatum_fw-la a_o peccatoribus_fw-la patri_fw-la obedientem_fw-la legem_fw-la perfect_v implentem_fw-la &_o coelesti_fw-la puritate_fw-la praeditum_fw-la ideoque_fw-la de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it in_o virgine_fw-la conceptum_fw-la ut_fw-la aliorum_fw-la noxam_fw-la expurgaret_fw-la and_o separate_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o flock_n to_o show_v that_o for_o the_o appease_n of_o god_n wrath_n a_o more_o excellent_a price_n be_v require_v then_o can_v be_v find_v among_o all_o mankind_n and_o to_o foreshow_v that_o innocent_a lamb_n separate_v from_o sinner_n obedient_a to_o his_o father_n keep_v the_o law_n perfect_o and_o endue_v with_o heavenly_a purity_n and_o therefore_o conceive_v in_o the_o virgin_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o he_o may_v purge_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o 2._o god_n require_v a_o male_a to_o foreshow_v 4.13_o 2._o masculum_fw-la ut_fw-la designaret_fw-la potentem_fw-la futurum_fw-la illum_fw-la agnum_fw-la &_o virili_fw-la robore_fw-la praeditum_fw-la ad_fw-la tollenda_fw-la peccata_fw-la mundi_fw-la &_o destruendum_fw-la regnum_fw-la pecati_fw-la &_o liberandum_fw-la nos_fw-la a_o servitute_fw-la peccati_fw-la satanae_n etc._n etc._n anniculum_fw-la tamen_fw-la i._n e._n tenerum_fw-la imbecillum_fw-la &_o scientem_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la quoad_fw-la naturam_fw-la humanam_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la fratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la grege_fw-la sumi_fw-la &_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la milis_fw-la nobis_fw-la excepto_fw-la peccato_fw-la esse_fw-la debuit_fw-la heb._n 4.13_o that_o that_o lamb_n which_o be_v to_o come_v shall_v be_v powerful_a and_o endue_v with_o manlike_o strength_n to_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n to_o destroy_v the_o kingdom_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o free_v we_o from_o the_o service_n of_o sin_n satan_n etc._n etc._n yet_o of_o a_o year_n old_a that_o be_v tender_a weak_a know_v infirmity_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n because_o he_o be_v to_o be_v take_v from_o among_o his_o brethren_n and_o to_o be_v like_a unto_o we_o in_o all_o thing_n sin_n only_o except_v heb._n 4.13_o administraturum_fw-la 3._o haberi_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la volebat_fw-la deus_fw-la quatuor_fw-la diebus_fw-la viz._n a_o decimo_fw-la die_fw-la mensis_fw-la primi_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la decimi_fw-la quarti_fw-la extremum_fw-la ut_fw-la innueret_fw-la christum_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la a_o nativitate_fw-la sva_fw-la morti_fw-la tradendum_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la praefinito_fw-la publicam_fw-la evangelii_n functionem_fw-la administraturum_fw-la 3._o god_n will_v have_v it_o keep_v up_o four_o day_n namely_o from_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n to_o the_o close_a of_o the_o fourteen_o day_n to_o imply_v that_o christ_n shall_v not_o be_v deliver_v to_o death_n present_o upon_o this_o birth_n but_o for_o some_o space_n of_o time_n set_v by_o god_n shall_v administer_v his_o public_a function_n of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n mactandum_fw-la 4._o inter_fw-la vesperas_fw-la mactari_fw-la ut_fw-la notaret_fw-la hunc_fw-la agnum_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la dierum_fw-la i._n e._n plenitudine_fw-la temporum_fw-la mactandum_fw-la 4._o god_n order_v the_o lamb_n to_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o evening_n to_o note_v that_o this_o lamb_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v slay_v in_o the_o evening_n of_o time_n that_o be_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n 5._o he_o order_v that_o the_o door-post_n shall_v be_v sprinkle_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n to_o show_v etc._n 5._o illius_fw-la sanguine_fw-la post_n aspergi_fw-la ut_fw-la significaret_fw-la huius_fw-la solius_fw-la sanguine_fw-la aspergi_fw-la tingi_fw-la insigniri_fw-la purgari_fw-la &_o sanctificari_fw-la corda_fw-la fidelium_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la nitentem_fw-la meriejus_fw-la aspersione_n facta_fw-la fasciculo_fw-la hysopi_n h._n e._n virtute_fw-la purgante_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la liminibus_fw-la cordium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la asperso_fw-la exterminatorem_fw-la averti_fw-la protegi_fw-la nos_fw-la ab_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o only_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o heart_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v sprinkle_v wash_v mark_v purge_v and_o
15._o to._n 6._o ser._n de_fw-fr aeneo_fw-la serpent_n o_o thou_o faithful_a servant_n of_o god_n why_o do_v thou_o that_o which_o thou_o forbidde_v thou_o have_v make_v a_o law_n thou_o shall_v not_o make_v any_o image_n to_o thyself_o and_o do_v thou_o make_v a_o serpent_n and_o then_o he_o bring_v he_o in_o answer_v i_o give_v indeed_o those_o law_n that_o i_o may_v pull_v up_o by_o the_o root_n all_o matter_n of_o impiety_n and_o that_o i_o may_v keep_v that_o people_n as_o far_o as_o may_v be_v from_o all_o worship_n of_o image_n but_o now_o i_o also_o make_v a_o serpent_n that_o i_o may_v hereby_o typify_v christ_n death_n on_o the_o cross_n and_o make_v plain_a the_o way_n in_o which_o the_o apostle_n in_o time_n to_o come_v shall_v run_v and_o so_o our_o lord_n himself_o interpret_v this_o of_o himself_o joh._n 3.14_o and_o then_o he_o descend_v to_o particular_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sicut_fw-la illa_fw-la figura_fw-la imaginem_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o speciem_fw-la serpentis_fw-la praesentabat_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o servator_fw-la in_o similitudine_fw-la carnis_fw-la peccati_fw-la apparuit_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la extra_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la esset_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la illic_fw-la figura_fw-la aliorum_fw-la serpentium_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la momordit_fw-la nec_fw-la percussit_fw-la in_fw-la crucem_fw-la sublatus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la delicta_fw-la &_o scelera_fw-la aliorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la innocens_fw-la jesus_n svo_fw-la crucis_fw-la supplicio_fw-la erat_fw-la expiaturus_fw-la ibid._n as_o that_o figure_n do_v represent_v the_o shape_n and_o likeness_n of_o a_o serpent_n so_o our_o saviour_n appear_v in_o the_o similitude_n of_o sinful_a flesh_n when_o yet_o he_o be_v free_a from_o all_o sin_n he_o add_v yet_o further_o as_o there_o the_o figure_n of_o other_o serpent_n that_o serpent_n which_o neither_o sting_v nor_o wound_v any_o be_v fasten_v to_o the_o pole_n so_o our_o innocent_a jesus_n by_o his_o death_n upon_o the_o cross_n be_v to_o expiate_v the_o sin_n and_o transgression_n of_o other_o man_n he_o add_v there_o one_o thing_n more_o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sublatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o crucem_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la ut_fw-la abolerentur_fw-la morsus_fw-la draconum_fw-la &_o crucifixus_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la ut_fw-la daemonum_n operationes_fw-la abolerentur_fw-la ibid._n the_o brazen_a serpent_n say_v he_o be_v fasten_v to_o the_o pole_n to_o take_v away_o the_o wound_n of_o the_o fiery_a serpent_n and_o christ_n be_v crucify_v that_o he_o may_v destroy_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n hear_v he_o elsewhere_o enlarge_a himself_n about_o this_o parallel_n you_o see_v say_v he_o how_o the_o type_n and_o the_o truth_n agree_v there_o the_o israelite_n escape_v death_n 26._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vides_fw-la ut_fw-la figura_fw-la veritati_fw-la consentiat_fw-la illic_fw-la mortem_fw-la fugerunt_fw-la judaei_n sed_fw-la temporalem_fw-la hic_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la fideles_fw-la illic_fw-la ictus_fw-la serpentum_fw-la serpens_fw-la suspensus_fw-la sanavit_fw-la hic_fw-la incorporei_fw-la serpentis_fw-la plagas_fw-la jesus_n cruci_fw-la affixus_fw-la curavit_fw-la illic_fw-la corporeis_fw-la oculis_fw-la suspicientes_fw-la corporis_fw-la salutem_fw-la hic_fw-la incorporeis_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la consecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la illic_fw-la aes_fw-la suspensum_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o serpentis_fw-la effigiem_fw-la hic_fw-la dominicum_fw-la corpus_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la formatum_fw-la illic_fw-la serpens_fw-la mordebat_fw-la &_o serpens_fw-la sanabat_fw-la hic_fw-la mors_fw-la perdidit_fw-la &_o mors_fw-la salvum_fw-la fecit_fw-la illic_fw-la serpens_fw-la qui_fw-la interimebat_fw-la veneno_fw-la saeviebat_fw-la qui_fw-la liberabat_fw-la nullo_n ita_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la mors_fw-la quae_fw-la 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and_o cover_v oft_o with_o a_o vail_n of_o weakness_n and_o external_a baseness_n and_o therefore_o the_o world_n know_v it_o not_o and_o therefore_o it_o despise_v and_o trample_v we_o under_o foot_n but_o howsoever_o it_o be_v yet_o true_a that_o solomon_n say_v 12.16_o prov._n 12.16_o the_o righteous_a man_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o his_o neighbour_n st._n paul_n with_o his_o iron_n chain_n in_o a_o better_a condition_n than_o agrippa_n in_o all_o his_o pomp_n poor_a lazarus_n lie_v at_o the_o rich_a man_n gate_n crave_v the_o scrap_n for_o his_o relief_n than_o the_o rich_a glutton_n himself_o fare_v delicious_o every_o day_n and_o clad_v in_o purple_a the_o poor_a christian_n slave_n serve_v in_o the_o
against_o the_o disciple_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v havoc_n of_o the_o church_n and_o hale_v man_n and_o woman_n to_o prison_n but_o christ_n meet_v he_o in_o the_o way_n to_o damascus_n and_o enter_v into_o his_o soul_n and_o now_o have_v communion_n with_o this_o light_n he_o be_v direct_v to_o better_a course_n of_o a_o wolf_n he_o become_v a_o sheep_n yea_o a_o careful_a shepherd_n 23_o gal._n 1_o 23_o he_o preach_v the_o faith_n which_o once_o he_o destroy_v he_o tender_v the_o flock_n of_o christ_n of_o which_o former_o he_o have_v make_v havoc_n and_o so_o we_o may_v see_v it_o to_o have_v be_v with_o other_o 5._o light_n be_v a_o pleasant_a thing_n 11.7_o eccles_n 11.7_o true_o the_o light_n be_v sweet_a say_v solomon_n and_o it_o be_v a_o pleasant_a thing_n for_o the_o eye_n to_o behold_v the_o sun_n and_o 15.30_o prov._n 15.30_o the_o light_n of_o the_o eye_n rejoice_v the_o heart_n say_v he_o and_o hence_o light_n be_v put_v for_o joy_n light_n be_v sow_v for_o the_o righteous_a 97.11_o psalm_n 97.11_o and_o joy_n for_o the_o upright_a in_o heart_n and_o thus_o do_v christ_n resemble_v the_o light_n as_o jansenius_n well_o observe_v we_o shall_v say_v he_o right_o understand_v that_o christ_n do_v call_v himself_o the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n ibid._n recte_fw-la intellexerimus_fw-la dominum_fw-la se_fw-la vocare_fw-la lucem_fw-la mundi_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la suum_fw-la evangelium_fw-la &_o salutiferum_fw-la nuncium_fw-la afflictas_fw-la omnium_fw-la mentes_fw-la venerit_fw-la exhilaraturus_fw-la ibid._n because_o he_o come_v to_o exhilarate_v the_o afflict_a mind_n of_o man_n by_o his_o gospel_n and_o the_o tiding_n of_o salvation_n and_o therefore_o the_o angel_n bring_v news_n to_o the_o shepherd_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n call_v it_o tiding_n of_o great_a joy_n 14.16_o luke_n 2.10_o 11_o john_n 14.16_o which_o shall_v be_v to_o all_o nation_n and_o therefore_o call_v the_o holy_a ghost_n another_o comforter_n he_o imply_v that_o 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quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o vinculis_fw-la ligantur_fw-la vites_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la jaceant_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la aut_fw-la minuantur_fw-la aut_fw-la corrumpantur_fw-la fructus_fw-la earum_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la autem_fw-la fructus_fw-la fuit_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o est_fw-la quare_fw-la ergo_fw-la ligaris_fw-la bene_fw-la rex_fw-la quidam_fw-la cum_fw-la percussus_fw-la humana_fw-la sagitta_fw-la peteretur_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la ligare_fw-la permitteret_fw-la donec_fw-la excideretur_fw-la quia_fw-la levissimo_fw-la motu_fw-la mortem_fw-la posset_n incurrere_fw-la non_fw-la decet_fw-la inquit_fw-la regem_fw-la vinciri_fw-la libera_fw-la sit_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la salva_fw-la potestas_fw-la o_o deus_fw-la deorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ergo_fw-la derogatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la libertati_fw-la &_o potentiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la tu_fw-la ligaris_fw-la adeo_fw-la vinculis_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o solvendi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habes_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la 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appear_v not_o to_o our_o eye_n and_o yet_o its_o certain_a that_o the_o church_n have_v always_o a_o be_v and_o be_v always_o enlighten_v by_o christ_n her_o sun_n so_o say_v whitaker_n against_o campian_n think_v thou_o that_o thou_o can_v persuade_v we_o 3._o an_fw-mi tu_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la pute_fw-la nobis_fw-la persuadere_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la statum_fw-la ut_fw-la obscurari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la nil_fw-la perfidia_fw-la nil_fw-la host_n nil_fw-la antichristus_fw-la valeat_fw-la delere_fw-la hi_o quidem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_fw-la angustias_fw-la compingere_fw-la &_o compellere_fw-la in_o latebras_fw-la possunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la augustinus_n lunae_fw-la similem_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la tota_fw-la lucet_fw-la solis_fw-la incensa_fw-la radiis_fw-la nunc_fw-la luminis_fw-la magna_fw-la parte_fw-la privatur_fw-la nunc_fw-la lumen_fw-la omnino_fw-la nullum_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ita_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la interdum_fw-la lumine_fw-la clarissimo_fw-la illustratur_fw-la interdum_fw-la obscurior_fw-la apparet_fw-la interdum_fw-la vix_fw-la apparet_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la campian_n raâ—_n 3._o that_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v such_o that_o it_o can_v be_v obscure_v so_o that_o the_o perfidiousness_n of_o enemy_n and_o antichrist_n can_v do_v nothing_o against_o it_o they_o can_v indeed_o destroy_v the_o church_n but_o they_o can_v bring_v it_o into_o a_o narrow_a compass_n and_o drive_v it_o into_o hole_n augustine_n say_v the_o church_n be_v like_o the_o moon_n which_o sometime_o shine_v whole_o be_v enlighten_v with_o the_o sunbeam_n sometime_o be_v deprive_v of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o her_o light_n and_o sometime_o show_v no_o light_n at_o all_o so_o the_o church_n shine_v sometime_o more_o glorious_o sometime_o it_o be_v more_o obscure_v and_o sometime_o it_o hardly_o appear_v at_o all_o he_o proceed_v to_o make_v it_o manifest_a by_o example_n the_o 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ibid._n but_o under_o ahab_n it_o be_v so_o obscure_v that_o eliah_n complain_v that_o beside_o himself_o there_o be_v none_o leave_v and_o thence_o he_o infer_v '_o if_o that_o church_n can_v be_v so_o waste_v that_o of_o all_o that_o number_n of_o godly_a man_n none_o seem_v to_o be_v leave_v though_o indeed_o many_o be_v leave_v seven_o thousand_o say_v god_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n who_o exceed_v all_o ahab_n and_o jezabel_n in_o cruelty_n the_o church_n be_v so_o lay_v waste_n that_o there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o solitude_n of_o the_o faithful_a yet_o neither_o be_v antichrist_n able_a in_o that_o devastation_n of_o the_o church_n to_o prevail_v but_o that_o there_o remain_v thousand_o of_o saint_n which_o bow_v not_o the_o knee_n to_o the_o beast_n nor_o receive_v his_o mark_n hence_o we_o may_v frame_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o romanist_n frequent_o assail_a we_o with_o that_o question_n where_o be_v your_o church_n before_o luther_n for_o this_o be_v the_o confident_a assertion_n of_o campian_n the_o jesuit_n of_o we_o that_o for_o fifteen_o age_n we_o can_v find_v any_o one_o town_n or_o village_n or_o house_n 3._o quindecim_fw-la seculis_fw-la non_fw-la oppidum_fw-la non_fw-la villam_fw-la non_fw-la domum_fw-la reperire_fw-la possumus_fw-la imbutum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la nostra_fw-la rat_n 3._o hold_v our_o religion_n namely_o till_o the_o time_n of_o luther_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n but_o learned_a whitaker_n do_v just_o deny_v it_o ibid._n id_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la est_fw-la campiane_fw-la temporibus_fw-la enim_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la urbes_fw-la omne_fw-la oppida_fw-la familiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la eandem_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la coluerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la profitemur_fw-la ibid._n this_o be_v most_o false_a say_v he_o for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n all_o church_n all_o city_n all_o town_n all_o family_n hold_v the_o same_o faith_n which_o we_o profess_v he_o mean_v all_o city_n town_n and_o family_n in_o which_o the_o church_n be_v plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o may_v with_o ease_n be_v manifest_v by_o compare_v the_o particular_n of_o our_o religion_n profess_v by_o the_o reform_a church_n with_o the_o religion_n of_o those_o apostolical_a church_n but_o that_o will_v take_v up_o too_o much_o time_n it_o be_v true_a that_o sometime_o the_o church_n have_v be_v much_o obscure_v and_o keep_v under_o the_o hatch_n yet_o still_o there_o have_v be_v a_o church_n that_o have_v maintain_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n against_o heresy_n spring_v up_o when_o arianisme_n prevail_v most_o under_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o valens_n there_o want_v not_o those_o that_o maintain_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o consubstantiality_n of_o the_o son_n with_o the_o father_n and_o when_o heathenism_n have_v the_o upper_a hand_n under_o the_o emperor_n 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