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that_o shipwreck_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o drown_v a_o other_o therefore_o faith_n which_o be_v wrack_v be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o drown_v for_o it_o may_v happen_v to_o suffer_v shipwreck_n as_o s._n paul_n do_v and_o swim_v out_o safe_a to_o the_o shore_n but_o this_o 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o touch_n by_o the_o way_n mean_a season_n we_o see_v how_o safe_a and_o secure_a the_o faithful_a man_n be_v in_o christ._n he_o be_v a_o house_n to_o which_o the_o flood_n may_v come_v near_o to_o shake_v it_o but_o never_o to_o throw_v it_o down_o he_o be_v a_o ship_n which_o the_o wave_n may_v come_v near_o to_o toss_v it_o but_o never_o to_o turn_v it_o over_o even_o as_o saint_n peter_n begin_v to_o sink_v but_o still_o keep_v up_o his_o head_n and_o saint_n paul_n suffer_v shippewracke_n but_o be_v not_o a_o hair_n the_o worse_a for_o it_o sure_o in_o the_o flood_n of_o many_o water_n they_o shall_v not_o come_v near_o he_o second_o he_o they_o shall_v not_o come_v near_o he_o this_o word_n must_v 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mortar_n speak_v thus_o to_o the_o executioner_n beat_v and_o bray_v as_o long_o as_o thou_o will_v anaxarchus_n his_o bag_n or_o satchel_n so_o he_o call_v his_o own_o body_n but_o anaxarchus_n thou_o can_v not_o touch_v yet_o these_o make_n so_o small_a reckon_n of_o their_o good_n and_o body_n set_v their_o mindâ—_n notwithstanding_o at_o a_o high_a rate_n cuique_fw-la mens_fw-la cuinsque_fw-la be_v est_fw-la cuique_fw-la the_o mind_n of_o a_o man_n be_v himself_o say_v they_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o julius_n caesar_n when_o amyclas_n the_o pilot_n be_v great_o afraid_a of_o the_o tempest_n speak_v to_o he_o thus_o what_o mean_v thou_o to_o fear_v base_a fellow_n do_v thou_o not_o know_v thou_o carry_v caesar_n with_o thou_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v veâ—is_fw-la caesarem_fw-la veâ—is_fw-la caesar_n body_n may_v well_o be_v drown_v as_o any_o other_o manâ—_n may_v but_o his_o mind_n his_o magnanimity_n his_o valour_n his_o fortitude_n can_v never_o be_v drown_v thus_o far_o wâ—nt_a philosophy_n but_o divinity_n go_v a_o degree_n further_o for_o philosophy_n define_v he_o that_o be_v a_o man_n by_o his_o reason_n and_o the_o moral_a virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n but_o divinity_n define_v a_o christian_a man_n by_o his_o faith_n and_o his_o conjunction_n thereby_o with_o christ._n excellent_o say_v saint_n austin_n whence_o come_v it_o that_o the_o soul_n die_v est_fw-la tract_n 49_o in_o johan._n vnde_fw-la mors_fw-la in_o animâ_fw-la â—_o quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la fides_fw-la vnde_fw-la mors_fw-la in_o corporeâ—_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la anima_fw-la ergo_fw-la animae_fw-la tuus_fw-la anima_fw-la fides_fw-la est_fw-la because_o faith_n be_v not_o in_o it_o whence_o that_o the_o body_n die_v because_o a_o soul_n be_v not_o in_o
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