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and_o job_n for_o patience_n etc._n etc._n yet_o death_n since_o mow_v they_o all_o down_o as_o grass_n and_o they_o sleep_v with_o their_o father_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o the_o lord_n do_v be_v 1._o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o truth_n in_o that_o threaten_n of_o adam_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v 2._o for_o declaration_n of_o his_o power_n 1._o over_o sin_n which_o bring_v in_o death_n wherein_o god_n wonderful_a power_n be_v see_v that_o he_o make_v death_n which_o sin_n bring_v in_o utterlie_o to_o abolish_v sin_n which_o breed_v and_o bring_v in_o the_o same_o so_o that_o thereof_o it_o may_v be_v say_v filia_fw-la devoravit_fw-la matrem_fw-la and_o that_o sin_n which_o in_o we_o grace_n make_v moribundum_fw-la death_n kill_v outright_o and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v
mortâ—um_n the_o brood_n of_o this_o viper_n gnaw_v forth_o so_o the_o womb_n which_o hatch_v the_o same_o and_o goliah_n sword_n cut_v off_o as_o it_o be_v his_o own_o head_n next_o hereby_o the_o lord_n declare_v his_o power_n over_o death_n as_o well_o as_o former_o over_o sin_n by_o death_n that_o although_o death_n seem_v so_o to_o prevail_v over_o the_o godly_a as_o to_o turn_v their_o body_n into_o dust_n and_o to_o have_v they_o sure_o lay_v fast_o in_o his_o strong_a hold_n of_o the_o grave_n yet_o as_o potiphars_n wife_n catch_v only_o and_o keep_v the_o upper_a garment_n of_o joseph_n but_o himself_o go_v free_a and_o thereafter_o be_v advance_v be_v royallie_o array_v even_o so_o death_n lay_v hold_v or_o else_z on_o the_o garment_n whereof_o we_o must_v be_v unclothe_v before_o our_o better_a part_n get_v free_a or_o that_o we_o be_v glorious_o array_v in_o that_o place_n of_o heavenly_a advancement_n as_o also_o the_o power_n of_o our_o good_a god_n shall_v appear_v yet_o 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ancient_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la parva_fw-la virtus_fw-la esset_fw-la fidei_fw-la quae_fw-la perdilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la 147._o mortis_fw-la metum_fw-la vincere_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la tanta_fw-la martyrum_fw-la gloria_fw-la nec_fw-la diceret_fw-la dominus_fw-la majorem_fw-la hac_fw-la charitatem_fw-la nemo_fw-la habet_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la ponat_fw-la pro_fw-la amiciss_fw-la suis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la ergo_fw-la pro_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la subeunda_fw-la vel_fw-la contemnenda_fw-la landaretur_fw-la praecipua_fw-la patientia_fw-la si_fw-la mortis_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la magna_fw-la multumque_fw-la dura_fw-la molestia_fw-la cujus_fw-la timorem_fw-la qui_fw-la vincit_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la magnam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la fidei_fw-la comparat_fw-la gloriam_fw-la justamque_fw-la mercedem_fw-la the_o three_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v to_o consider_v in_o this_o text_n be_v how_o the_o death_n of_o god_n servant_n be_v call_v as_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v unto_o we_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o same_o be_v a_o dimission_n from_o servitude_n or_o captivity_n or_o a_o departure_n out_o of_o prison_n this_o prison_n be_v the_o body_n the_o door_n whereof_o by_o death_n be_v open_v that_o the_o soul_n may_v go_v free_a and_o as_o noah_n dove_n return_v to_o he_o who_o send_v she_o forth_o with_o a_o olive_n branch_n in_o her_o bill_n so_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n which_o come_v from_o god_n may_v return_v as_o say_v ecclesiastes_n unto_o god_n that_o give_v it_o mors_fw-la ergo_fw-la obstretricatur_fw-la animae_fw-la death_n then_o be_v but_o the_o midwife_n to_o the_o soul_n and_o as_o our_o first_o birth_n bring_v we_o out_o of_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o our_o second_o out_o of_o nature_n and_o sin_n so_o this_o three_o and_o last_o birth_n by_o death_n shall_v bring_v we_o perfect_o the_o soul_n out_o of_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o whole_a man_n out_o of_o the_o 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