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opinion_n therefore_o that_o may_v have_v some_o truth_n in_o it_o that_o be_v report_v by_o the_o jesuit_n of_o their_o miracle_n in_o the_o indies_n i_o can_v wish_v it_o be_v true_a or_o have_v any_o other_o testimony_n than_o their_o own_o pen_n they_o may_v easy_o believe_v those_o miracle_n abroad_o who_o daily_o conceive_v a_o great_a at_o home_n the_o transmutation_n of_o those_o visible_a element_n into_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o the_o conversion_n of_o water_n into_o wine_n which_o he_o wrought_v in_o cana_n or_o what_o the_o devil_n will_v have_v have_v he_o do_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o stone_n into_o bread_n compare_v to_o this_o will_v scarce_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o a_o miracle_n though_o indeed_o to_o speak_v proper_o there_o be_v not_o one_o miracle_n great_a than_o another_o they_o be_v the_o extraordinary_a effect_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n to_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v of_o a_o equal_a facility_n and_o to_o create_v the_o world_n as_o easy_a as_o one_o single_a creature_n for_o this_o be_v also_o a_o miracle_n not_o only_o to_o produce_v effect_n against_o or_o above_o nature_n but_o before_o nature_n and_o to_o create_v nature_n as_o great_a a_o miracle_n as_o to_o contradict_v or_o transcend_v she_o we_o do_v too_o narrow_o define_v the_o power_n of_o god_n restrain_v it_o to_o our_o capacity_n *_o i_o hold_n that_o god_n can_v do_v all_o thing_n how_o he_o shall_v work_v contradiction_n i_o do_v not_o understand_v yet_o dare_v not_o therefore_o deny_v ‖_o i_o can_v see_v why_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n shall_v question_v esdras_n to_o recall_v the_o time_n past_a if_o it_o be_v beyond_o his_o own_o power_n or_o that_o god_n shall_v pose_v mortality_n in_o that_o which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o perform_v himself_o i_o will_v not_o say_v god_n can_v but_o he_o will_v not_o perform_v many_o thing_n which_o we_o plain_o affirm_v he_o can_v this_o i_o be_o sure_a be_v the_o mannerly_a proposition_n wherein_o notwithstanding_o i_o hold_v no_o paradox_n for_o strict_o his_o power_n be_v the_o same_o with_o his_o will_n and_o they_o both_o with_o all_o the_o rest_n do_v make_v but_o one_o god_n sect._n 28_o therefore_o that_o miracle_n have_v be_v i_o do_v believe_v that_o they_o may_v yet_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o live_n i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o have_v no_o confidence_n in_o those_o which_o be_v father_v on_o the_o dead_a and_o this_o have_v ever_o make_v i_o suspect_v the_o efficacy_n of_o relic_n to_o examine_v the_o bone_n question_v the_o habit_n and_o appurtenance_n of_o saint_n and_o even_o of_o christ_n himself_o i_o can_v conceive_v why_o the_o cross_n that_o helena_n find_v and_o whereon_o christ_n himself_o die_v shall_v have_v power_n to_o restore_v other_o unto_o life_n *_o i_o excuse_n not_o constantine_n from_o a_o fall_n off_o his_o horse_n or_o a_o mischief_n from_o his_o enemy_n upon_o the_o wear_n those_o nail_n on_o his_o bridle_n which_o our_o saviour_n bear_v upon_o the_o cross_n in_o his_o hand_n i_o compute_v among_o piae_fw-la fraud_n nor_o many_o degree_n before_o consecrate_a sword_n and_o rose_n that_o which_o baldwyn_n king_n of_o jerusalem_n return_v the_o genovese_n for_o their_o cost_n and_o pain_n in_o his_o war_n to_o wit_n the_o ash_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n those_o that_o hold_v the_o sanctity_n of_o their_o soul_n do_v leave_v behind_o a_o tincture_n and_o sacred_a faculty_n on_o their_o body_n speak_v natural_o of_o miracle_n and_o do_v not_o salve_v the_o doubt_n now_o one_o reason_n i_o tender_v so_o little_a devotion_n unto_o relic_n be_v i_o think_v the_o slender_a and_o doubtful_a respect_n i_o have_v always_o hold_v unto_o antiquity_n for_o that_o indeed_o which_o i_o admire_v be_v far_o before_o antiquity_n that_o be_v eternity_n and_o that_o be_v god_n himself_o who_o though_o he_o be_v style_v the_o ancient_a of_o day_n can_v receive_v the_o adjunct_n of_o antiquity_n who_o be_v before_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v be_v after_o it_o yet_o be_v not_o old_a than_o it_o for_o in_o his_o year_n there_o be_v no_o climacter_n his_o duration_n be_v eternity_n and_o far_o more_o venerable_a than_o antiquity_n sect._n 29_o *_o but_o above_o all_o thing_n i_o wonder_v how_o the_o curiosity_n of_o wise_a head_n can_v pass_v that_o great_a and_o indisputable_a miracle_n the_o cessation_n of_o oracle_n and_o in_o what_o swoon_n their_o reason_n lay_v to_o content_v themselves_o and_o sit_v down_o with_o such_o a_o far-fetched_a and_o ridiculous_a reason_n as_o plutarch_n allege_v for_o it_o the_o jew_n that_o can_v believe_v the_o supernatural_a solstice_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o day_n of_o joshua_n have_v yet_o the_o impudence_n to_o deny_v the_o eclipse_n which_o every_o pagan_a confess_v at_o his_o death_n but_o for_o this_o it_o be_v evident_a beyond_o all_o contradiction_n augustus_n the_o devil_n himself_o confess_v it_o certain_o it_o be_v not_o a_o warrantable_a curiosity_n to_o examine_v the_o verity_n of_o scripture_n by_o the_o concordance_n of_o humane_a history_n or_o seek_v to_o confirm_v the_o chronicle_n of_o hester_n or_o daniel_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o magasthenes_n or_o herodotus_n i_o confess_v i_o have_v have_v a_o unhappy_a curiosity_n this_o way_n *_o till_o i_o laugh_v myself_o out_o of_o it_o with_o a_o piece_n of_o justine_n where_o he_o deliver_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n for_o be_v scab_v be_v banish_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o true_o since_o i_o have_v understand_v the_o occurrence_n of_o the_o world_n and_o know_v in_o what_o counterfeit_a shape_n and_o deceitful_a vizard_n time_n present_v represent_v on_o the_o stage_n thing_n past_a i_o do_v believe_v they_o little_o more_o than_o thing_n to_o come_v some_o have_v be_v of_o my_o opinion_n and_o endeavour_v to_o write_v the_o history_n of_o their_o own_o life_n wherein_o moses_n have_v outgo_v they_o all_o and_o leave_v not_o only_o the_o story_n of_o his_o life_n but_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o of_o his_o death_n also_o sect._n 30_o it_o be_v a_o riddle_n to_o i_o how_o this_o story_n of_o oracle_n have_v not_o worm_v out_o of_o the_o world_n that_o doubtful_a conceit_n of_o spirit_n and_o witch_n how_o so_o many_o learned_a head_n shall_v so_o far_o forget_v their_o metaphysic_n and_o destroy_v the_o ladder_n and_o scale_n of_o creature_n as_o to_o question_v the_o existence_n of_o spirit_n for_o my_o part_n *_o i_o have_v ever_o believe_v and_o do_v now_o know_v that_o there_o be_v witch_n they_o that_o doubt_v of_o these_o do_v not_o only_o deny_v they_o but_o spirit_n and_o be_v oblique_o and_o upon_o consequence_n a_o sort_n not_o of_o infidel_n but_o atheist_n those_o that_o to_o confute_v their_o incredulity_n desire_v to_o see_v apparition_n shall_v questionless_a never_o behold_v any_o ‖_o nor_o have_v the_o power_n to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o witch_n the_o devil_n have_v they_o already_o in_o a_o heresy_n as_o capital_a as_o witchcraft_n and_o to_o appear_v to_o they_o be_v but_o to_o convert_v they_o of_o all_o the_o delusion_n wherewith_o he_o deceive_v mortality_n there_o be_v not_o any_o that_o puzle_v i_o more_o than_o the_o legerdemain_n of_o changeling_n i_o do_v not_o credit_v those_o transformation_n of_o reasonable_a creature_n into_o beast_n or_o that_o the_o devil_n have_v a_o power_n to_o transpeciate_v a_o man_n into_o a_o horse_n who_o tempt_v christ_n as_o a_o trial_n of_o his_o divinity_n to_o convert_v but_o stone_n into_o bread_n i_o can_v believe_v that_o spirit_n use_v with_o man_n the_o act_n of_o carnality_n and_o that_o in_o both_o sex_n i_o conceive_v they_o may_v assume_v steal_v or_o contrive_v a_o body_n wherein_o there_o may_v be_v action_n enough_o to_o content_v decrepit_a lust_n or_o passion_n to_o satisfy_v more_o active_a venery_n yet_o in_o both_o without_o
our_o secondine_n that_o be_v this_o slough_n of_o flesh_n and_o be_v deliver_v into_o the_o last_o world_n that_o be_v that_o ineffable_a place_n of_o paul_n that_o proper_a ubi_fw-la of_o spirit_n the_o smattering_n i_o have_v of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n which_o be_v something_o more_o than_o the_o perfect_a exaltation_n of_o gold_n have_v teach_v i_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o divinity_n and_o instruct_v my_o belief_n how_o that_o immortal_a spirit_n and_o incorruptible_a substance_n of_o my_o soul_n may_v lie_v obscure_a and_o sleep_v a_o while_n within_o this_o house_n of_o flesh_n those_o strange_a and_o mystical_a transmigration_n that_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o silkworm_n turn_v my_o philosophy_n into_o divinity_n there_o be_v in_o these_o work_n of_o nature_n which_o seem_v to_o puzzle_v reason_n something_o divine_a and_o have_v more_o in_o it_o then_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o common_a spectator_n do_v discover_v sect._n 40_o i_o be_o natural_o bashful_a nor_o have_v conversation_n age_n or_o travel_n be_v able_a to_o effront_v or_o enharden_v i_o yet_o i_o have_v one_o part_n of_o modesty_n which_o i_o have_v seldom_o discover_v in_o another_o that_o be_v to_o speak_v true_o i_o be_o not_o so_o much_o afraid_a of_o death_n as_o ashamed_a thereof_o it_o be_v the_o very_a disgrace_n and_o ignominy_n of_o our_o nature_n that_o in_o a_o moment_n can_v so_o disfigure_v we_o that_o our_o near_a friend_n wife_n and_o child_n stand_v afraid_a and_o start_v at_o we_o the_o bird_n and_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n that_o before_o in_o a_o natural_a fear_n obey_v we_o forget_v all_o allegiance_n begin_v to_o prey_n upon_o we_o this_o very_a conceit_n have_v in_o a_o tempest_n dispose_v and_o leave_v i_o willing_a to_o be_v swallow_v up_o in_o the_o abyss_n of_o water_n wherein_o i_o have_v perish_v unseen_a unpityed_a without_o wonder_v eye_n tear_n of_o pity_n lecture_n of_o mortality_n and_o none_o have_v say_v quantum_fw-la mutatus_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la not_o that_o i_o be_o ashamed_a of_o the_o anatomy_n of_o my_o part_n or_o can_v accuse_v nature_n for_o play_v the_o bungler_n in_o any_o part_n of_o i_o or_o my_o own_o vicious_a life_n for_o contract_v any_o shameful_a disease_n upon_o i_o whereby_o i_o may_v not_o call_v myself_o as_o wholesome_a a_o morsel_n for_o the_o worm_n as_o any_o sect._n 41_o some_o upon_o the_o courage_n of_o a_o fruitful_a issue_n wherein_o as_o in_o the_o true_a chronicle_n they_o seem_v to_o outlive_v themselves_o can_v with_o great_a patience_n away_o with_o death_n this_o conceit_n and_o counterfeit_a subsist_v in_o our_o progeny_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o mere_a fallacy_n unworthy_a the_o desire_n of_o a_o man_n that_o can_v but_o conceive_v a_o thought_n of_o the_o next_o world_n who_o in_o a_o noble_a ambition_n shall_v desire_v to_o live_v in_o his_o substance_n in_o heaven_n rather_o than_o his_o name_n and_o shadow_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o at_o my_o death_n i_o mean_v to_o take_v a_o total_a adieu_n of_o the_o world_n not_o care_v for_o a_o monument_n history_n or_o epitaph_n not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o memory_n of_o my_o name_n to_o be_v find_v any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o universal_a register_n of_o god_n i_o be_o not_o yet_o so_o cynical_a as_o to_o approve_v the_o crow_n testament_n of_o diogenes_n nor_o do_v i_o altogether_o allow_v that_o rodomontado_n of_o lucan_n coelo_fw-la tegitur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la urnam_fw-la he_o that_o unburied_a lie_n want_v not_o his_o hearse_n for_o unto_o he_o a_o tomb_n the_o universe_n but_o commend_v in_o my_o calm_a judgement_n those_o ingenuous_a intention_n that_o desire_v to_o sleep_v by_o the_o urn_n of_o they_o father_n and_o strive_v to_o go_v the_o neat_a way_n unto_o corruption_n *_o ay_o do_v not_o envy_v the_o temper_n of_o crow_n and_o daw_n nor_o the_o numerous_a and_o weary_a day_n of_o our_o father_n before_o the_o flood_n if_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n in_o astrology_n i_o may_v outlive_v a_o jubilee_n as_o yet_o i_o have_v not_o see_v one_o revolution_n of_o saturn_n nor_o have_v my_o pulse_n beat_v thirty_o year_n and_o yet_o except_v one_o have_v see_v the_o ash_n &_o leave_v underground_o all_o the_o king_n of_o europe_n have_v be_v contemporary_a to_o three_o emperor_n four_o grand_a signior_n and_o as_o many_o pope_n methinks_v i_o have_v outlive_v myself_o and_o begin_v to_o be_v weary_a of_o the_o sun_n i_o have_v shake_v hand_n with_o delight_n in_o my_o warm_a blood_n and_o canicular_a day_n i_o perceive_v i_o do_v anticipate_v the_o vice_n of_o age_n the_o world_n to_o i_o be_v but_o a_o dream_n or_o mock-show_a and_o we_o all_o therein_o but_o pantalones_n and_o antic_n to_o my_o severe_a contemplation_n sect._n 42_o it_o be_v not_o i_o confess_v a_o unlawful_a prayer_n to_o desire_v to_o surpass_v the_o day_n of_o our_o saviour_n or_o wish_v to_o outlive_v that_o age_n wherein_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o die_v yet_o if_o as_o divinity_n affirm_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o gray_a hair_n in_o heaven_n but_o all_o shall_v rise_v in_o the_o perfect_a state_n of_o man_n we_o do_v but_o outlive_v those_o perfection_n in_o this_o world_n to_o be_v recall_v unto_o they_o by_o a_o great_a miracle_n in_o the_o next_o and_o run_v on_o here_o but_o to_o be_v retrograde_a hereafter_o be_v there_o any_o hope_n to_o outlive_v vice_n or_o a_o point_n to_o be_v super-annuated_n from_o sin_n it_o be_v worthy_a our_o knee_n to_o implore_v the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n but_o age_n do_v not_o rectify_v but_o incurvate_a our_o nature_n turn_v bad_a disposition_n into_o worse_a habit_n and_o like_o disease_n bring_v on_o incurable_a vice_n for_o every_o day_n as_o we_o grow_v weak_a in_o age_n we_o grow_v strong_a in_o sin_n and_o the_o number_n of_o our_o day_n do_v but_o make_v our_o sin_n innumerable_a the_o same_o vice_n commit_v at_o sixteen_o be_v not_o the_o same_o though_o it_o agree_v in_o all_o other_o circumstance_n as_o at_o forty_o but_o 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i_o choose_v for_o my_o devotion_n but_o *_o our_o grosser_n memory_n have_v then_o so_o little_a hold_n of_o our_o abstract_a understanding_n that_o they_o forget_v the_o story_n and_o can_v only_o relate_v to_o our_o awake_v soul_n a_o confuse_a and_o break_a tale_n of_o that_o that_o have_v pass_v aristotle_n who_o have_v write_v a_o singular_a tract_n of_o sleep_n have_v not_o methinks_v thorough_o define_v it_o nor_o yet_o galen_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v correct_v it_o for_o those_o noctambuloes_n and_o nightwalker_n though_o in_o their_o sleep_n do_v yet_o enjoy_v the_o action_n of_o their_o sense_n we_o must_v therefore_o say_v that_o there_o be_v something_o in_o we_o that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o morpheus_n and_o that_o those_o abstract_a and_o ecstatick_a soul_n do_v walk_v about_o in_o their_o own_o corpse_n as_o spirit_n with_o the_o body_n they_o assume_v wherein_o they_o seem_v to_o hear_v and_o feel_v though_o indeed_o the_o organ_n be_v 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law_n have_v invent_v *_o i_o wonder_n the_o fancy_n of_o lucan_n and_o seneca_n do_v not_o discover_v it_o it_o be_v that_o death_n by_o which_o we_o may_v be_v literal_o say_v to_o die_v daily_o a_o death_n which_o adam_n die_v before_o his_o mortality_n a_o death_n whereby_o we_o live_v a_o middle_n and_o moderate_a point_n between_o life_n and_o death_n in_o fine_a so_o like_o death_n i_o dare_v not_o trust_v it_o without_o my_o prayer_n and_o a_o half_a adieu_n unto_o the_o world_n and_o take_v my_o farewell_n in_o a_o colloquy_n with_o god_n the_o night_n be_v come_v like_v to_o the_o day_n depart_v not_o thou_o great_a god_n away_o let_v not_o my_o sin_n black_a as_o the_o night_n eclipse_v the_o lustre_n of_o thy_o light_n keep_v still_o in_o my_o horizon_n for_o to_o i_o the_o sun_n make_v not_o the_o day_n but_o thou_o thou_o who_o nature_n can_v sleep_v on_o my_o temple_n sentry_n keep_v guard_v i_o '_o against_o those_o watchful_a foe_n who_o eye_n be_v open_a while_n my_o close_a let_v no_o dream_n my_o head_n infest_v but_o such_o as_o jacob_n temple_n blessed_v while_o i_o do_v rest_n my_o soul_n advance_v make_v my_o sleep_n a_o holy_a trance_n that_o i_o may_v my_o rest_n be_v wrought_v awake_v into_o some_o holy_a thought_n and_o with_o as_o active_a vigour_n run_v my_o course_n as_o do_v the_o nimble_a sun_n sleep_n be_v a_o death_n o_o make_v i_o try_v by_o sleep_v what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o as_o gentle_o lay_v my_o head_n on_o my_o grave_n as_o now_o my_o bed_n however_o i_o rest_v great_a god_n let_v i_o awake_v again_o at_o least_o with_o thou_o and_o thus_o assure_v behold_v i_o lie_v secure_o or_o to_o awake_v or_o die_v these_o be_v my_o drowsy_a day_n in_o vain_a i_o do_v now_o wake_v to_o sleep_v again_o o_o come_v that_o hour_n when_o i_o shall_v never_o sleep_v again_o but_o wake_v for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o dormative_a i_o take_v to_o bedward_o i_o need_v no_o other_o laudanum_n than_o this_o to_o make_v i_o sleep_v after_o which_o i_o close_o my_o eye_n in_o security_n content_a to_o take_v my_o leave_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o sleep_v unto_o the_o resurrection_n sect._n 13_o the_o method_n i_o shall_v use_v in_o distributive_a justice_n i_o often_o observe_v in_o commutative_a and_o keep_v a_o geometrical_a proportion_n in_o both_o whereby_o become_v equable_v to_o other_o i_o become_v unjust_a to_o myself_o and_o supererogate_v in_o that_o common_a principle_n do_v unto_o other_o as_o then_o will_v he_o do_v unto_o thyself_o i_o be_v not_o bear_v unto_o riches_n neither_o be_v it_o i_o think_v my_o star_n to_o be_v wealthy_a or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o freedom_n of_o my_o mind_n and_o frankness_n of_o my_o disposition_n be_v able_a to_o contradict_v and_o cross_v my_o fate_n for_o to_o i_o avarice_n seem_v not_o so_o much_o a_o vice_n as_o a_o deplorable_a piece_n of_o madness_n *_o to_o conceive_v ourselves_o urinal_n or_o be_v persuade_v that_o we_o be_v dead_a be_v not_o so_o ridiculous_a nor_o so_o many_o degree_n beyond_o the_o power_n of_o hellebore_n as_o this_o the_o opinion_n of_o theory_n and_o position_n of_o man_n be_v not_o so_o void_a of_o reason_n as_o their_o practise_a conclusion_n some_o have_v hold_v that_o snow_n be_v black_a that_o the_o earth_n move_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v air_n fire_n water_n but_o all_o this_o be_v philosophy_n and_o there_o be_v no_o delirium_fw-la if_o we_o do_v but_o speculate_v the_o folly_n and_o indisputable_a dotage_n of_o avarice_n to_o that_o subterraneous_a idol_n and_o god_n of_o the_o earth_n i_o do_v confess_v i_o be_o a_o atheist_n i_o can_v persuade_v myself_o to_o honour_n that_o the_o world_n adore_v whatsoever_o virtue_n its_o prepare_a substance_n may_v have_v within_o my_o body_n it_o have_v no_o influence_n nor_o operation_n without_o i_o will_v not_o entertain_v a_o base_a design_n or_o a_o action_n that_o shall_v call_v i_o villain_n for_o the_o indies_n and_o for_o this_o only_o do_v i_o love_v and_o honour_v my_o own_o soul_n and_o have_v methinks_v two_o arm_n too_o few_o to_o embrace_v myself_o aristotle_n be_v too_o severe_a that_o will_v not_o allow_v we_o to_o be_v true_o liberal_a without_o wealth_n and_o the_o bountiful_a hand_n of_o fortune_n if_o this_o be_v true_a i_o must_v confess_v i_o be_o charitable_a only_a in_o my_o liberal_a intention_n and_o bountiful_a well-wish_n but_o if_o the_o example_n of_o the_o mite_n be_v not_o only_o a_o act_n of_o wonder_n but_o a_o example_n of_o the_o noble_a charity_n sure_o poor_a man_n may_v also_o build_v hospital_n and_o the_o rich_a alone_o have_v not_o erect_v cathedral_n i_o have_v a_o private_a method_n which_o other_o observe_v not_o i_o take_v the_o opportunity_n of_o myself_o to_o do_v good_a i_o borrow_v occasion_n of_o charity_n from_o my_o own_o necessity_n and_o supply_v the_o want_n of_o other_o when_o i_o be_o in_o most_o need_v myself_o for_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a stratagem_n to_o make_v advantage_n of_o ourselves_o and_o so_o to_o husband_n the_o act_n of_o virtue_n that_o where_o they_o be_v defective_a in_o one_o circumstance_n they_o may_v repay_v their_o want_n and_o multiply_v their_o goodness_n in_o another_o i_o have_v not_o peru_n in_o my_o desire_n but_o a_o competence_n and_o ability_n to_o perform_v those_o good_a work_n to_o which_o he_o have_v incline_v my_o nature_n he_o be_v rich_a who_o have_v enough_o to_o be_v charitable_a and_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o be_v so_o poor_a that_o a_o noble_a mind_n may_v not_o find_v a_o way_n to_o this_o piece_n of_o goodness_n he_o that_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a dare_v to_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v more_o rhetoric_n in_o that_o one_o sentence_n than_o in_o a_o library_n of_o sermon_n and_o indeed_o if_o those_o sentence_n be_v understand_v by_o the_o reader_n with_o the_o same_o emphasis_n as_o they_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o author_n we_o need_v not_o those_o volume_n of_o instruction_n but_o may_v be_v honest_a by_o a_o epitome_n upon_o this_o motive_n only_o i_o can_v behold_v a_o beggar_n without_o relieve_v his_o necessity_n with_o my_o purse_n or_o his_o soul_n with_o my_o prayer_n these_o scenical_a and_o accidental_a difference_n between_o we_o can_v make_v i_o forget_v that_o common_a and_o untouched_a part_n of_o we_o both_o there_o be_v under_o these_o canto_n and_o miserable_a outside_n these_o mutilate_n and_o semi_a body_n a_o soul_n of_o the_o same_o alloy_n with_o our_o own_o who_o genealogy_n be_v god_n as_o well_o as_o we_o and_o be_v as_o fair_a a_o way_n to_o salvation_n as_o ourselves_o statist_n that_o labour_v to_o contrive_v a_o commonwealth_n without_o our_o poverty_n take_v away_o the_o object_n of_o charity_n not_o understand_v only_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o christian_a but_o
ground_n principal_o conclude_v the_o world_n to_o be_v eternal_a whereas_o if_o he_o have_v understand_v that_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o creation_n he_o have_v not_o do_v it_o for_o that_o solve_v his_o processus_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la take_v from_o plato_n that_o the_o world_n have_v a_o beginning_n and_o from_o aristot_n that_o it_o be_v not_o generate_v and_o you_o have_v the_o true_a christian_n opinion_n sect._n 36_o pag._n 80_o in_o our_o study_n of_o anatomy_n there_o be_v a_o mass_n of_o mysterious_a philosophy_n and_o such_o as_o reduce_v the_o very_a heathen_n to_o divinity_n so_o it_o do_v galen_n who_o consider_v the_o order_n use_v and_o disposition_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n break_v forth_o into_o these_o word_n compono_n hic_fw-la profecto_fw-la canticum_fw-la in_o creatoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la laudem_fw-la quod_fw-la ultra_fw-la res_fw-la svas_fw-la ornare_fw-la voluit_fw-la meliùs_fw-la quam_fw-la ulla_fw-la arte_fw-la possent_fw-la galen_n 3._o de_fw-la usu_fw-la partium_fw-la sect._n 37_o pag._n 81_o i_o can_v believe_v the_o wisdom_n of_o pythagoras_n do_v ever_o positive_o and_o in_o a_o literal_a sense_n affirm_v his_o metempsychosis_n in_o this_o the_o opinion_n of_o grotius_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o author_n who_o say_v this_o opinion_n be_v beget_v by_o occasion_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o philosopher_n who_o in_o their_o discourse_n of_o the_o life_n that_o be_v to_o be_v after_o this_o bring_v such_o argument_n quae_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-fr homine_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la bestiis_fw-la procedunt_fw-la and_o therefore_o say_v he_o mirandum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la transitum_fw-la animarum_fw-la de_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_o bestias_fw-la de_fw-la bestiis_fw-la in_o homines_fw-la alii_fw-la commenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la ver_fw-la relig._n christ_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la annotat._n ejusd_v but_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o shrewd_a objection_n against_o the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n if_o he_o do_v mean_v it_o literal_o which_o be_v cast_v in_o by_o the_o sectator_n of_o democritus_n and_o epicurus_n which_o lucretius_n remember_v in_o these_o verse_n praeterea_fw-la si_fw-la immortalis_fw-la natura_fw-la anima_fw-la constat_fw-la &_o in_o corpus_fw-la nascentibus_fw-la insinuatur_fw-la cur_n super_fw-la ante_fw-la actam_fw-la at_o aetatem_fw-la meminisse_fw-la nequimus_fw-la nec_fw-la vestigia_fw-la gestarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la ulla_fw-la tenemus_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la tantoper'st_a animi_fw-la mutata_fw-la a_o potestas_fw-la omnis_fw-la ut_fw-la actarum_fw-la excideret_fw-la retinentia_fw-la rerum_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la opinor_fw-la ea_fw-la ab_fw-la laeto_fw-la jam_fw-la longitèr_fw-la errat_fw-la this_o argument_n it_o be_v true_a be_v pro_fw-la falso_fw-la contra_fw-la falsum_fw-la but_o yet_o hold_v ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la so_o far_o that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a as_o the_o author_n say_v but_o pythagoras_n will_v observe_v a_o absurdity_n in_o the_o consequence_n of_o his_o metempsychosis_n and_o therefore_o do_v not_o mean_v it_o literal_o but_o desire_v only_o to_o express_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v immortal_a which_o he_o and_o the_o other_o philosopher_n that_o be_v of_o that_o opinion_n who_o have_v not_o hear_v of_o creation_n can_v not_o conceive_v unless_o it_o must_v be_v take_v for_o truth_n that_o the_o soul_n be_v before_o the_o body_n so_o say_v lactantius_n of_o they_o non_fw-la putaverunt_fw-la aliter_fw-la fieri_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la supersint_fw-la animae_fw-la post_fw-la corpora_fw-la nisi_fw-la videntur_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ante_fw-la corpora_fw-la de_fw-fr false_a sap._n c._n 18._o sect._n 41_o pag._n 89_o i_o do_v not_o envy_v the_o temper_n of_o crow_n or_o daw_n as_o theophrastus_n do_v who_o die_v accuse_a nature_n for_o give_v they_o to_o who_o it_o can_v not_o be_v of_o any_o concernment_n so_o large_a a_o life_n and_o to_o man_n who_o it_o much_o concern_v so_o short_a a_o one_o cic._n tusc_n quaest_n l._n 3._o how_o long_a daw_n live_v see_v in_o not._n ad_fw-la sect._n 41._o sect._n 42_o pag._n 91_o not_o upon_o cicero_n ground_n because_o i_o have_v live_v they_o well_o i_o suppose_v he_o allude_v to_o a_o expression_n in_o a_o epistle_n of_o cicero_n write_v in_o his_o exile_n to_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n to_o his_o wife_n quod_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la sustenta_fw-la mea_fw-la terentia_n ut_fw-la potes_fw-la honestissime_fw-la viximus_fw-la floruimus_fw-la non_fw-la vitium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la sed_fw-la virtus_fw-la nos_fw-la afflixit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la nullum_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la unà _fw-la animum_fw-la cum_fw-la ornamentis_fw-la amisimus_fw-la l._n 24._o ep._n 4._o and_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o aeson_n be_v bath_n before_o threescore_o aeson_n be_v the_o father_n of_o jason_n and_o at_o his_o request_n be_v by_o medea_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o this_o bath_n restore_v to_o his_o youth_n ingredient_n that_o go_v into_o it_o and_o the_o description_n of_o medea_n performance_n ovid_n give_v you_o l._n 7._o metam_fw-la interea_fw-la calido_fw-la positum_fw-la medicamen_fw-la aheno_fw-la fervet_fw-la &_o exultat_fw-la spumisque_fw-la tumentibus_fw-la albet_fw-la illic_fw-la aemonia_n radices_fw-la valle_o resectas_fw-la seminaque_n &_o flores_fw-la &_o succos_fw-la incoquit_fw-la atros_fw-la adjicit_fw-la extremo_fw-la lapides_fw-la oriente_fw-la petitos_fw-la et_fw-la quas_fw-la oceani_fw-la refluum_fw-la mare_fw-la lavit_fw-la arenas_fw-la addidit_fw-la exceptas_fw-la lunae_fw-la de_fw-la nocte_fw-la pruinas_fw-la et_fw-la strigis_fw-la infame_v ipsis_fw-la cum_fw-la carnibus_fw-la alas_o inque_fw-la virum_fw-la soliti_fw-la vultus_fw-la mutare_fw-la ferinos_fw-la ambigui_fw-la prosecta_fw-la lupi_fw-la nec_fw-la defuit_fw-la illi_fw-la squamea_fw-la cinypheitenuis_fw-la membrana_fw-la chelindri_fw-la vivacisque_fw-la jecur_fw-la cervi_fw-la quibus_fw-la insuper_fw-la addit_fw-la ora_fw-la caputque_fw-la novem_fw-la cornicis_fw-la secula_fw-la passae_fw-la he_o &_o mille_fw-la aliis_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la sine_fw-la nomine_fw-la rebus_fw-la propositum_fw-la instruxit_fw-la mortali_fw-la barbara_fw-la munus_fw-la arenti_fw-la ramo_fw-la jampridem_fw-la mitis_fw-la olivae_fw-la omnia_fw-la confudit_fw-la summisque_fw-la immiscuit_fw-la ima_fw-la ecce_fw-la vetus_fw-la calido_fw-la ver_fw-la satus_fw-la stipes_fw-la aheno_fw-la fit_a viridis_fw-la primo_fw-la nec_fw-la longo_fw-la tempore_fw-la frondes_fw-la induit_fw-la &_o subitò_fw-la gravidis_fw-la oneratur_fw-la olivis_fw-la at_o quacunque_fw-la cavo_fw-la spumas_fw-la ejecit_fw-la aheno_fw-la ignis_fw-la &_o in_o terram_fw-la guttae_fw-la cecidere_fw-la calentes_fw-la vernat_fw-la humus_fw-la floresque_fw-la &_o mollia_fw-la pabula_fw-la surgunt_fw-la quae_fw-la sunulac_fw-la vidi_fw-la stricto_fw-la medea_n recludit_fw-la ense_n senis_fw-la jugulum_fw-la veteremque_fw-la extare_fw-la cruorem_fw-la passa_fw-la replet_n succis_fw-la quos_fw-la postquam_fw-la combibit_fw-la aeson_n aut_fw-la ore_fw-la acceptas_fw-la aut_fw-la vulnere_fw-la barba_fw-la comaeque_fw-la lanitie_fw-la posita_fw-la nigrum_fw-la rapuere_fw-la colorem_fw-la pulsa_fw-la fugit_fw-la macies_fw-la abeunt_fw-la pallorque_fw-la situsque_fw-la adjectoque_fw-la cavae_fw-la supplentur_fw-la corpore_fw-la rugae_fw-la membraque_fw-la luxuriant_a aeson_n miratur_fw-la &_o olim_fw-la ante_fw-la quater_fw-la denos_fw-mi hunc_fw-la se_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la annos_fw-la dissimilemque_fw-la animum_fw-la subiit_fw-la aetate_fw-la relicta_fw-la sect._n 44_o pag._n 94_o extol_v the_o suicide_n of_o cato_n as_o do_v seneca_n in_o several_a place_n but_o lactantius_n say_v he_o cast_v away_o his_o life_n to_o get_v the_o reputation_n of_o a_o platonic_a philosopher_n and_o not_o for_o fear_v of_o caesar_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o be_v in_o no_o great_a fear_n of_o death_n when_o he_o sleep_v so_o secure_o the_o night_n before_o his_o death_n as_o the_o story_n report_v of_o he_o emori_fw-la nolo_fw-la sed_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la mortuum_fw-la nihil_fw-la curo_fw-la be_v i_o of_o caesar_n be_v religion_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o here_o be_v a_o fault_n of_o the_o press_n and_o that_o instead_o of_o caesar_n it_o shall_v be_v cicero_n i_o meet_v not_o with_o any_o such_o say_v impute_v to_o caesar_n nor_o any_o thing_n like_o it_o but_o that_o he_o prefer_v a_o sudden_a death_n in_o which_o he_o have_v his_o option_n to_o any_o other_o but_o i_o meet_v with_o such_o a_o say_n in_o cicero_n quote_v out_o of_o epicharmus_n emori_fw-la nolo_fw-la sed_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la mortuum_fw-la nihili_fw-la aestimo_fw-la where_o cicero_n sustain_v the_o part_n of_o the_o epicure_n that_o there_o be_v no_o hurt_n in_o be_v dead_a since_o there_o remain_v nothing_o after_o it_o cic._n 1._o thusc_n qu._n non_fw-la procul_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la sect._n 45_o pag._n 98_o or_o whence_o lucan_n learn_v to_o say_v communis_fw-la mundo_fw-la superest_fw-la rogus_fw-la etc._n etc._n why_o lucan_n be_v a_o stoic_a and_o it_o be_v a_o opinion_n among_o they_o almost_o general_o that_o the_o world_n shall_v perish_v by_o fire_n therefore_o without_o doubt_n from_o they_o he_o learn_v it_o coelum_fw-la quoque_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la continentur_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la coepisset_fw-la desinere_fw-la fontium_fw-la dulci_fw-la aqua_fw-la marisve_fw-la nutriri_fw-la in_o vim_o ignis_fw-la abiturum_fw-la stoicis_fw-la constans_fw-la opinio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la consumpto_fw-la humour_n mundus_fw-la hic_fw-la omnis_fw-la ignescat_fw-la minutius_n in_o octau._n but_o minutius_n shall_v have_v except_v
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