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the_o subject_n not_o the_o delator_n of_o those_o fable_n old_a wife_n old_a granam_n old_a gossip_n old_a mother_n midnight_n will_v spend_v whole_a night_n and_o day_n in_o tale_n and_o fable_n concern_v devil_n and_o daymon_n 7._o giving_z heed_n to_o seduce_a spirit_n and_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n as_o well_o follow_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v very_o nay_o most_o proper_o may_v if_o not_o must_v be_v render_v by_o or_o through_o the_o hypocrisy_n knavery_n or_o deceit_n of_o liar_n fabler_n or_o tale-teller_n somewhat_o answerable_a to_o what_o we_o read_v eph._n 4.14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o rev._n 18.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o legend_n fiction_n and_o monstrous_a fable_n of_o monk_n friar_n and_o other_o such_o vain_a varlet_n be_v the_o people_n seduce_v into_o most_o absurd_a opinion_n concern_v devil_n these_o word_n here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rev._n 21.27_o intimate_v but_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a kind_n 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unclean_a spirit_n here_o too_o vers_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nay_o and_o vers_fw-la 3._o one_o principle_n verb_n or_o lead_v word_n be_v altogether_o omit_v forbid_v to_o marry_v and_o to_o abstain_v from_o meat_n the_o sense_n be_v harsh_a and_o unsavoury_a unless_o we_o supply_v command_v or_o some_o such_o word_n and_o command_v to_o abstain_v from_o meat_n so_o will_v this_o sentence_n be_v harsh_a too_o and_o odd_a if_o we_o read_v thus_o give_v heed_n to_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n speak_v lie_n in_o hypocrisy_n so_o join_v per_fw-la appositionem_fw-la speak_v lie_n and_o devil_n together_o as_o one_o thing_n the_o revelation_n will_v be_v ridiculous_a as_o afore_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v of_o necessity_n be_v supply_v of_o about_o or_o concern_v devil_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o if_o we_o stick_v to_o this_o expression_n doctrine_n of_o devil_n speak_v lie_n in_o hypocrisy_n but_o 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doctrine_n of_o devil_n be_v further_o yet_o point_v at_o in_o these_o word_n forbid_v to_o marry_v and_o a_o command_a to_o abstain_v from_o meat_n now_o if_o there_o have_v not_o heretofore_o be_v and_o yet_o now_o be_v many_o such_o broacher_n in_o who_o all_o the_o particular_n abovementioned_a do_v meet_v within_o the_o popedom_n if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v and_o yet_o be_v even_o in_o protestantdom_n some_o too_o that_o have_v and_o do_v give_v heed_n to_o such_o doctrine_n then_o be_v not_o this_o prophecy_n as_o yet_o nor_o ever_o will_v in_o any_o sort_n be_v fulfil_v but_o it_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o light_n even_o at_o noonday_n that_o there_o be_v a_o abundance_n of_o such_o doctor_n or_o broacher_n of_o this_o doctrine_n in_o the_o popedom_n as_o appear_v by_o those_o volume_n of_o legend_n those_o decade_n of_o romance_n those_o huge_a tome_n of_o fable_n that_o have_v be_v obtrude_v upon_o the_o world_n by_o monk_n friar_n and_o other_o shaveling_n there_o it_o 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but_o subsist_v mere_o by_o and_o in_o the_o other_o person_n as_o a_o ciens_fw-la ingraft_v do_v in_o the_o tree_n but_o best_a of_o all_o be_v this_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n adumbrate_v by_o the_o union_n of_o the_o spiritual_a and_o corporeal_a part_n in_o man_n for_o as_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n and_o flesh_n be_v one_o man_n so_o god_n and_o man_n be_v one_o christ_n as_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n have_v it_o there_o be_v many_o resemblance_n of_o this_o it_o seem_v but_o not_o any_o kind_n of_o adumbration_n as_o yet_o find_v in_o nature_n how_o to_o shadow_v out_o the_o consubstantiation_n of_o two_o perfect_a complete_a and_o subsistent_a individual_n in_o one_o person_n and_o yet_o which_o be_v considerable_a too_o 2._o god_n think_v it_o needful_a to_o send_v a_o angel_n even_o one_o of_o his_o mighty_a most_o honourable_a most_o eloquent_a and_o most_o powerful_a even_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n herself_o to_o persuade_v she_o into_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o possibility_n of_o that_o whereas_o they_o say_v that_o the_o union_n of_o devil_n unto_o man_n be_v easy_o credible_a and_o general_o believe_v without_o half_a that_o trouble_n strange_a that_o the_o strange_a thing_n shall_v be_v more_o easy_o believe_v than_o the_o easy_a 3._o but_o yet_o further_o there_o be_v great_a ado_n and_o much_o trouble_n about_o it_o to_o unite_v man_n to_o god_n the_o omnipotency_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o almighty_a god_n be_v employ_v and_o all_o needful_a for_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o where_o the_o devil_n as_o the_o ichneumon_a into_o the_o crocodile_n can_v slip_v into_o man_n mouth_n with_o ease_n as_o they_o gape_v and_o possess_v they_o whole_o as_o their_o own_o member_n and_o yet_o again_o 4._o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n himself_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o much_o time_n even_o thirty_o year_n and_o more_o shall_v be_v spend_v i_o will_v 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