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gen._n 1._o 29._o 19_o in_o the_o sweat_n of_o thy_o face_n mind_n face_n i._n e._n of_o thy_o body_n he_o mention_n the_o face_n because_o there_o the_o sweat_n appear_v first_o and_o most_o or_o with_o labour_n of_o body_n or_o brain_n eccles._n 1._o 13._o and_o vexation_n of_o mind_n shall_v thou_o eat_v bread_n 20._o bread_n i._n e._n get_v thy_o food_n and_o livelihood_n bread_n be_v put_v for_o all_o nourishment_n as_o gen._n 18._o 5._o and_o 28._o 20._o till_o thou_o return_v unto_o the_o ground_n for_o out_o of_o it_o waste_v thou_o take_v for_o dust_n thou_o be_v 14._o be_v as_o to_o the_o constitution_n and_o original_n of_o thy_o body_n see_v gen._n 18._o 27._o job_n 1._o 21._o psal._n 103._o 14._o and_o unto_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v beginning_n return_v though_o upon_o thy_o obedience_n i_o will_v have_v preserve_v thy_o body_n no_o less_o than_o thy_o soul_n from_o all_o mortality_n yet_o now_o have_v sin_v thou_o shall_v return_v unto_o dust_n in_o thy_o body_n whilst_o the_o immortal_a spirit_n shall_v return_v unto_o god_n who_o give_v it_o eccles._n 12._o 7._o thus_o thy_o end_n shall_v be_v as_o base_a as_o thy_o beginning_n 20._o and_o adam_n call_v his_o wife_n name_n chauâ—…_n name_n heb._n chauâ—…_n eve_n life_n eve_n which_o signify_v either_o live_n or_o the_o giver_n or_o preserver_n of_o life_n because_o she_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o live_n be_v live_n though_o for_o her_o sin_n just_o sentence_v to_o a_o present_a death_n yet_o by_o god_n infinite_a mercy_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o promise_a seed_n be_v both_o continue_v in_o life_n herself_o and_o be_v make_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o live_a man_n and_o woman_n that_o shall_v be_v after_o she_o upon_o the_o earth_n who_o though_o in_o and_o with_o their_o mother_n they_o be_v condemn_v to_o speedy_a death_n yet_o shall_v be_v bring_v forth_o into_o the_o state_n and_o land_n of_o the_o live_n and_o into_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o bless_a and_o eternal_a life_n by_o the_o redeemer_n who_o mother_n or_o progenitor_n she_o be_v 21._o unto_o adam_n also_o and_o to_o his_o wife_n do_v the_o lord_n god_n angel_n god_n either_o by_o his_o own_o word_n or_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n make_v coat_n of_o skin_n owner_n skin_n of_o beast_n slay_v either_o for_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n or_o for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n their_o lord_n and_o owner_n and_o clothe_v they_o repentance_n they_o which_o he_o do_v partly_o to_o defend_v they_o from_o excessive_a heat_n and_o cold_n or_o other_o injury_n of_o the_o air_n to_o which_o they_o be_v now_o expose_v partly_o to_o mind_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o make_v their_o nakedness_n which_o before_o be_v innocent_a and_o honourable_a now_o to_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o shame_n and_o therefore_o to_o need_v cover_v and_o partly_o to_o show_v his_o care_n even_o of_o fall_v man_n and_o to_o encourage_v his_o hope_n of_o god_n mercy_n through_o the_o bless_a seed_n and_o thereby_o to_o 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