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p._n 156_o 9_o that_o the_o uncertainty_n and_o obscurity_n of_o knowledge_n derive_v from_o siâ—ne_n p._n â—65_n 10_o that_o eloquence_n be_v a_o enemy_n to_o reason_n truth_n and_o religion_n p_o â—73_n the_o four_o treatise_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o man_n body_n by_o sin_n discourse_n 1_o of_o the_o excellency_n of_o man_n body_n p._n 182_o 2_o of_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o body_n in_o general_n p._n 190_o 3_o of_o the_o infidelity_n of_o the_o sense_n p._n 195_o 4_o that_o the_o passion_n be_v fickle_a or_o wild_a p._n 201_o 5_o that_o the_o health_n of_o man_n be_v prejudice_v by_o sickness_n p._n 207_o 6_o 〈◊〉_d the_o body_n beauty_n be_v become_v perishable_a and_o criminal_a p._n 214_o 7_o that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v short_a and_o miserable_a p._n 225_o 8_o that_o death_n be_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n p._n 231_o 9_o what_o advantage_n we_o may_v draw_v from_o death_n by_o mean_n of_o grace_n p._n 237_o 10_o that_o sleep_n be_v a_o punishment_n of_o sin_n as_o 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