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water_n make_v sweet_a with_o wood_n 38._o ecclus._n 38._o that_o
man_n may_v know_v the_o virtue_n thereof_o the_o virtue_n of_o this_o wood_n and_o all_o other_o thing_n be_v know_v to_o adam_n but_o lose_v in_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o slothful_a marry_v unto_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o man_n either_o refuse_v or_o not_o right_o understand_v the_o sweat_n of_o eat_a bread_n man_n become_v rebellious_a and_o disobedient_a unto_o god_n so_o other_o creature_n to_o man_n man_n be_v restore_v to_o god_n by_o the_o suffering_n of_o one_o most_o perfect_a so_o natural_a thing_n under_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n unto_o man_n by_o one_o most_o exact_o purify_v digest_v &_o regenerate_v natural_a compound_n and_o not_o define_v i_o think_v it_o no_o error_n to_o say_v 8._o â—â—m_fw-la 8._o that_o as_o every_o creature_n be_v subject_a to_o vanity_n and_o groan_v with_o we_o and_o at_o last_o shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n unto_o the_o glorious_a liberty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o also_o there_o may_v be_v natural_o before_o that_o consummation_n of_o all_o thing_n some_o proof_n of_o this_o restore_a incorruptibilitie_n real_o exist_v in_o a_o complete_a elementate_n compound_v as_o be_v before_o say_v in_o the_o 9_o chapter_n of_o this_o matter_n and_o substance_n speak_v roger_n bacon_n it_o be_v possible_a to_o nature_n and_o art_n help_v nature_n to_o prepare_v corpus_fw-la aequalis_fw-la complexionis_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la omne_fw-la elementa_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequalia_fw-la &_o adaequata_fw-la quo-ad_a virtutes_fw-la necesse_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la sit_fw-la possibilitas_fw-la huius_fw-la corporis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la corpora_fw-la in_o resurrectione_n non_fw-la possunt_fw-la habere_fw-la incorruptionem_fw-la &_o immortalitatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la corpus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o another_o place_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la aequale_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la componentur_fw-la corpora_fw-la post_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la and_o this_o be_v the_o rest_n from_o sweat_n and_o labour_n that_o every_o natural_a thing_n shall_v have_v after_o it_o be_v return_v into_o earth_n in_o the_o second_o purify_n of_o examination_n by_o fire_n as_o our_o hermes_n say_v of_o the_o world_n wonder_n vis_fw-fr eius_fw-la est_fw-la integra_fw-la si_fw-la versa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la the_o perfection_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n decay_v not_o but_o the_o way_n thereof_o be_v preclude_v whither_o nature_n can_v enter_v but_o by_o pass_v the_o fiery_a sword_n man_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v call_v omnis_fw-la creatura_fw-la every_o creature_n and_o therefore_o in_o he_o shall_v this_o restore_n from_o groan_v and_o travail_v and_o delivery_n from_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n be_v ultimatè_fw-fr in_o consummation_n perfect_v as_o before_o in_o the_o eight_o chapter_n where_o heat_n be_v multiply_v it_o be_v indifferent_a to_o congeal_v earth_n and_o melt_v wax_n to_o rarify_v water_n into_o air_n or_o incinerate_v combustible_a matter_n clay_n in_o the_o potter_n hand_n and_o wood_n in_o the_o gravers_n be_v in_o the_o workman_n power_n to_o form_n at_o his_o pleasure_n indifferent_a to_o all_o shape_n so_o be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o artist_n but_o after_o one_o form_n induce_v there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o any_o other_o without_o destroi_v the_o first_o so_o nature_n though_o not_o abridge_v and_o so_o short_a tie_v as_o mechanism_n before_o the_o specifical_a perfection_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v free_a to_o any_o thing_n for_o thing_n perfect_v have_v attain_v the_o last_o determinate_a end_n of_o their_o possibility_n and_o therein_o natural_a motion_n tend_v to_o generation_n do_v cease_v but_o the_o seed_n and_o spermatical_a substance_n have_v not_o attain_v any_o end_n or_o perfection_n neither_o be_v out_o of_o thelatitude_n of_o indetermination_n &_o indefinitenesse_n and_o therefore_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o predominant_a cause_n to_o produce_v such_o effect_n as_o answer_v they_o which_o be_v most_o universal_a most_o general_a such_o as_o before_o be_v speak_v of_o and_o declare_v this_o in_o any_o form_n mere_o artificial_a can_v be_v because_o the_o matter_n in_o which_o art_n work_v have_v no_o internal_a cause_n active_a neither_o power_n nor_o appetite_n natural_a to_o the_o effect_n of_o art_n but_o lie_v there_o like_o a_o peripatetic_a privation_n and_o all_o rest_v in_o the_o brain_n and_o hand_n of_o the_o workman_n external_a and_o foreign_a to_o the_o matter_n it_o may_v be_v object_v and_o common_o be_v that_o of_o any_o seed_n or_o spermaticall_a matter_n nothing_o can_v natural_o be_v produce_v or_o breed_v but_o a_o body_n of_o that_o kind_n or_o species_n of_o which_o the_o seed_n be_v and_o that_o therefore_o god_n in_o the_o several_a blessing_n of_o his_o several_a creature_n command_v every_o one_o to_o increase_v and_o multiply_v in_o his_o own_o kind_n but_o herein_o we_o condemn_v the_o shallownes_n of_o understanding_n and_o besotted_a reason_n which_o regard_v only_o thing_n at_o hand_n and_o the_o first_o face_n look_v no_o further_o general_o any_o seed_n grow_v to_o a_o perfection_n of_o life_n be_v receive_v in_o any_o near_a matrice_n of_o his_o own_o next_o genus_fw-la though_o this_o thing_n so_o produce_v be_v not_o specifical_a to_o any_o kind_n either_o of_o male_a or_o female_a and_o this_o be_v of_o the_o natural_a power_n of_o cause_n subalternate_o general_a but_o this_o be_v against_o the_o end_n of_o specifical_a nature_n ever_o intend_v the_o preservation_n of_o the_o species_n and_o so_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n like_v in_o specie_fw-la that_o may_v have_v the_o like_a power_n of_o propagation_n in_o their_o own_o kind_n which_o be_v not_o only_o according_a to_o the_o natural_a law_n but_o also_o according_a to_o the_o commandment_n so_o for_o preservation_n of_o family_n the_o jew_n have_v a_o commandment_n in_o what_o tribe_n and_o stock_n to_o marry_v yet_o if_o they_o marry_v contrary_a to_o that_o commandment_n there_o be_v child_n bear_v so_o for_o chastity_n and_o preservation_n of_o family_n adultery_n be_v forbid_v yet_o there_o be_v whole_a generation_n of_o adulterous_a mixture_n according_a to_o the_o natural_a gift_n though_o with_o breach_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n the_o seed_n of_o man_n receive_v into_o his_o proper_a matrice_n can_v natural_o produce_v nothing_o but_o man_n except_o in_o certain_a cause_n of_o superfetation_n unequalitie_n etc._n etc._n yet_o these_o be_v call_v unnatural_a error_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o they_o be_v be_v compare_v to_o the_o final_a intent_n but_o be_v in_o the_o matrice_n of_o some_o other_o animal_n there_o be_v form_v a_o monster_n no_o man_n partus_fw-la exparte_v sequitur_fw-la ventrem_fw-la so_o in_o all_o other_o animal_n else_o we_o shall_v be_v more_o full_a of_o ass_n &_o want_v mule_n hence_o come_v the_o proverb_n africasemper_fw-la aliquid_fw-la apportat_fw-la novi_fw-la the_o like_a we_o see_v in_o vegetable_n both_o in_o graft_n &_o seed_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o husbandman_n and_o gardener_n to_o alter_v at_o their_o pleasure_n for_o as_o it_o be_v true_a that_o nature_n do_v produce_v seed_n and_o spermaticall_a substance_n so_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n may_v join_v they_o together_o in_o any_o other_o matrice_n then_o that_o by_o which_o they_o be_v specificate_v or_o if_o they_o be_v hermaphroditical_a plant_v they_o in_o like_a sort_n in_o any_o other_o matrice_n and_o be_v so_o join_v or_o plant_v nature_n will_v fall_v to_o work_v and_o never_o cease_v until_o she_o have_v bring_v the_o matter_n to_o the_o last_o perfection_n possible_a for_o those_o cause_n to_o induce_v be_v it_o more_o or_o less_o excellent_a than_o the_o species_n of_o the_o seed_n instance_n of_o this_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o give_v in_o mineral_n because_o 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be_v of_o the_o earth_n shall_v turn_v to_o earth_n again_o â—â—_o ecles_n 40._o â—â—_o and_o