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coelesti_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la utrique_fw-la invitamur_fw-la arcendi_fw-la ab_fw-la ubere_fw-la lactisugi_fw-la illi_fw-la senes_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la cibi_fw-la solidioris_fw-la usum_fw-la fame_n &_o necessitate_v adducendi_fw-la a_o sacred_a famine_n pursue_v a_o thoughtful_a mind_n which_o will_v never_o permit_v it_o to_o be_v at_o rest_n but_o still_o keep_v it_o on_o the_o wing_n till_o it_o have_v light_v on_o some_o branch_n of_o peace_n and_o bring_v it_o home_o with_o it_o to_o the_o ark_n and_o this_o must_v be_v do_v by_o search_v into_o the_o sacred_a symbolical_a sense_n contain_v under_o the_o foresay_a mystery_n in_o which_o the_o mind_n calm_o repose_v itself_o for_o otherwise_o either_o with_o ixion_n we_o shall_v embrace_v a_o cloud_n instead_o of_o a_o beauty_n by_o adhere_v to_o a_o false_a reason_n instead_o of_o a_o true_a one_o or_o be_v carry_v down_o the_o stream_n with_o the_o crowd_n and_o be_v whole_o keep_v at_o gaze_n at_o the_o incomprehensible_a wonder_n thus_o methinks_v concern_v the_o pass_v away_o of_o this_o world_n and_o a_o new_a heaven_n and_o new_a earth_n man_n may_v rest_v satisfy_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o socinus_n 6._o vita_fw-la haec_fw-la animalis_fw-la ac_fw-la terrestris_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la cessare_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la loco_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o coelestibus_fw-la substitui_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la vero_fw-la coelo_fw-la &_o verâ_fw-la terrâ_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la nobis_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nun_n &_o coelum_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la ut_fw-la huic_fw-la animali_fw-la ac_fw-la terrestri_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la inservirent_fw-la deus_fw-la creavit_fw-la quâ_fw-la cessante_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la utrumque_fw-la conditum_fw-la fuit_fw-la a_o non_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la cessare_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o beneath_o num_fw-la fortassis_fw-la aliquo_fw-la sole_a &_o lunâ_fw-la aliquibúsve_fw-la stellis_fw-la ad_fw-la diei_fw-la &_o noctis_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la ad_fw-la tempestatum_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la ad_fw-la annos_fw-la notandos_fw-la propter_fw-la quae_fw-la sydera_fw-la omne_fw-la creata_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o perpetuâ_fw-la luce_fw-fr futuri_fw-la sumus_fw-la experturi_fw-la qui_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la vitam_fw-la vivemus_fw-la num_fw-la luce_fw-fr hac_fw-la creatâ_fw-la &_o ipso_fw-la sole_a ac_fw-la lunâ_fw-la ad_fw-la locum_fw-la illustrandum_fw-la ubi_fw-la erimus_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsam_fw-la increatam_fw-la lucem_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la praesentem_fw-la habituri_fw-la simus_fw-la quibúsque_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o claritas_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la jesus_n agnus_fw-la ille_fw-la purissimus_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la lucebunt_fw-la ac_fw-la vice_fw-la solis_fw-la et_fw-la lunae_fw-la erunt_fw-la 22._o etc._n etc._n so_o again_o chassonius_n tell_v we_o promissionem_fw-la de_fw-la coelis_fw-la novis_fw-la et_fw-la terrâ_fw-la nouâ_fw-la summam_fw-la et_fw-la perfectam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la instaurationem_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la allegorice_n significare_fw-la prout_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la et_fw-la aeterna_fw-la rebus_fw-la corporeis_fw-la et_fw-la aspectabilibus_fw-la saepius_fw-la in_o scripturâ_fw-la figurantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n methinks_v i_o find_v my_o mind_n to_o rest_v itself_o here_o in_o a_o wonderful_a calm_n and_o i_o doubt_v that_o those_o who_o will_v be_v search_v far_o will_v search_v beyond_o themselves_o and_o never_o come_v at_o any_o bottom_n have_v so_o far_o treat_v of_o symbolical_a writer_n both_o sacred_a and_o profane_a and_o of_o the_o genius_n of_o its_o author_n i_o shall_v now_o say_v a_o little_a of_o literal_a writer_n and_o mere_a physiologer_n these_o man_n among_o the_o gentile_n be_v unacquainted_a in_o the_o learning_n of_o the_o mystae_fw-la and_o read_v in_o their_o write_n a_o beginning_n of_o the_o world_n deluge_n and_o conflagration_n a_o golden_a age_n etc._n etc._n majestical_o set_v forth_o by_o they_o and_o be_v sway_v by_o their_o authority_n who_o lie_v too_o deep_a for_o they_o they_o draw_v all_o physics_n to_o moral_n and_o personate_n external_a nature_n by_o analogy_n to_o what_o pass_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n in_o all_o its_o humour_n passion_n and_o most_o pure_a and_o clear_a instinct_n apply_v themselves_o close_o with_o all_o the_o industry_n they_o have_v to_o the_o make_v out_o of_o these_o thing_n from_o natural_a cause_n and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v man_n of_o great_a natural_a part_n have_v excogitated_a such_o plausible_a ground_n in_o nature_n for_o they_o that_o they_o have_v find_v a_o reception_n more_o or_o less_o among_o man_n of_o their_o rank_n but_o of_o what_o real_a validity_n they_o be_v the_o long_o think_v man_n or_o the_o symbolical_a philosopher_n may_v determine_v many_o man_n also_o among_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n of_o the_o same_o rank_n have_v apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o make_v out_o of_o those_o thing_n more_o or_o less_o from_o cause_n in_o nature_n though_o perhaps_o the_o great_a part_n ascribe_v they_o to_o miracle_n in_o which_o certain_o they_o do_v well_o but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n they_o do_v not_o withal_o consider_v any_o symbolical_a sense_n couch_v under_o these_o great_a fact_n in_o which_o the_o great_a mystery_n belong_v to_o mankind_n lie_v and_o indeed_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o be_v do_v without_o a_o particular_a providence_n as_o virgil_n say_v of_o get_v the_o golden_a branch_n namque_fw-la ipse_fw-la volens_fw-la facilÃsque_fw-la sequetur_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la fata_fw-la vocant_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la viribus_fw-la illis_fw-la vincere_fw-la nec_fw-la duro_fw-la poteris_fw-la convellere_fw-la ferro_fw-la 6._o to_o give_v a_o instance_n of_o the_o several_a way_n these_o different_a sort_n of_o man_n take_v in_o consider_v thing_n i_o may_v here_o set_v down_o the_o performance_n of_o medea_n according_a to_o the_o account_n she_o give_v herself_o in_o ovid._n cum_fw-la volui_fw-la ripis_fw-la mirantibus_fw-la amnes_fw-la in_o fontes_fw-la rediêre_fw-la suos_fw-la concussáque_fw-la sisto_fw-la stantia_fw-la concutio_fw-la cantu_fw-la sreta_fw-la nubila_fw-la pello_fw-la nubiláque_fw-la induco_fw-la ventos_fw-la abigóque_fw-la vocóque_fw-la vipereas_fw-la fauces_fw-la verbis_fw-la et_fw-la carmine_fw-la frango_fw-la viuáque_fw-la saxa_fw-la