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yet_o god_n have_v not_o lose_v that_o virtue_n and_o powe_n â—_o wherewith_o he_o may_v save_v a_o penitent_a sinner_n and_o behold_v the_o fruit_n of_o this_o power_n if_o i_o do_v but_o speak_v or_o name_n god_n it_o be_v god_n that_o speak_v in_o my_o heart_n ipse_fw-la praesens_fw-la facit_fw-la se_fw-la quaeri_fw-la i_o have_v think_v i_o have_v lose_v he_o but_o behold_v he_o be_v present_a and_o invite_v i_o to_o a_o banquet_n where_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o feast_n conviâ—a_o &_o convinium_fw-la lord_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a with_o the_o dog_n to_o lick_v up_o the_o crumb_n under_o thy_o table_n yet_o give_v i_o o_o lord_n that_o property_n of_o dog_n that_o lick_v my_o own_o wound_n i_o may_v heal_v my_o own_o sore_n that_o my_o tongue_n may_v serve_v to_o cleanse_v my_o uncleanness_n confess_v my_o sin_n i_o may_v disgorge_v and_o cast_v out_o my_o sin_n where_o they_o shall_v lie_v as_o a_o heavy_a burden_n upon_o thy_o son_n for_o he_o have_v take_v up_o my_o sin_n and_o bear_v my_o iniquity_n my_o sin_n be_v no_o long_o i_o mea_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la perpetrationem_fw-la christâ—_n sunt_fw-la quoad_fw-la obligationem_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la indeed_o i_o commit_v they_o and_o so_o they_o be_v i_o but_o christ_n alone_o have_v enter_v into_o band_n for_o the_o discharge_n of_o they_o he_o have_v cancel_v the_o hand_n write_v of_o the_o law_n he_o have_v satisfy_v the_o rigour_n of_o thy_o justice_n by_o the_o shed_n of_o his_o blood_n by_o his_o death_n and_o passion_n and_o therefore_o o_o lord_n thou_o will_v not_o demand_v a_o second_o payment_n of_o we_o he_o have_v impute_v his_o righteousness_n to_o we_o and_o thus_o every_o true_a penitent_a stand_v rectus_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la acquit_v in_o thy_o consistory_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o compare_v myself_o that_o be_o the_o mean_a of_o all_o man_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a and_o this_o my_o present_a treatise_n world_n wherein_o i_o labour_v to_o show_v the_o fall_n and_o corruption_n of_o man_n to_o the_o conquest_n of_o nature_n i_o think_v i_o have_v subdue_v the_o little_a world_n and_o bring_v man_n as_o a_o captive_a or_o slave_n through_o much_o misery_n and_o sorrow_n at_o length_n to_o the_o place_n of_o his_o execution_n and_o have_v now_o possess_v myself_o of_o the_o fair_a fortress_n or_o tower_n in_o nature_n man_n that_o be_v a_o little_a world_n i_o can_v here_o content_v myself_o but_o i_o begin_v to_o inquire_v whether_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o more_o world_n to_o be_v conquer_v and_o behold_v in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o will_v fall_v upon_o the_o great_a world_n and_o i_o will_v attempt_v with_o archimedes_n to_o shake_v her_o foundation_n to_o threaten_v her_o ruin_n in_o this_o general_a corruption_n and_o dissolution_n of_o man_n for_o this_o punishment_n morte_fw-la morieris_fw-la though_o it_o principal_o concern_v man_n yet_o the_o whole_a world_n can_v be_v exempt_v from_o it_o be_v direct_v and_o ordain_v only_o for_o 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part_n and_o the_o whole_a be_v not_o of_o like_a condition_n but_o how_o wonderful_a be_v the_o difference_n if_o you_o will_v suppose_v a_o corruption_n of_o the_o singular_n and_o a_o eternity_n of_o the_o kind_n for_o whereas_o the_o recompense_n shall_v be_v make_v by_o succession_n or_o equivalency_n we_o must_v consider_v that_o succession_n may_v well_o prolong_v the_o corruption_n add_v more_o degree_n proceed_v more_o leisurely_o but_o can_v whole_o exclude_v the_o corruption_n 3._o the_o general_a intent_n and_o scope_n of_o nature_n whole_o â—ends_v to_o corruption_n for_o i_o will_v glad_o ask_v why_o shall_v not_o nature_n either_o renew_v man_n age_n or_o preserve_v he_o in_o a_o state_n of_o consistencie_n the_o answer_n be_v because_o the_o juice_n and_o sap_n which_o we_o receive_v from_o our_o food_n or_o our_o nourishment_n be_v not_o
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