it_o shall_v bruise_v thy_o head_n and_o thou_o shall_v bruise_v his_o heel_n you_o know_v the_o serpent_n be_v a_o creature_n go_v upon_o his_o belly_n be_v obnoxious_a to_o be_v tread_v upon_o and_o to_o have_v his_o head_n bruise_v but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o reach_v man_n head_n it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o serpent_n that_o it_o shall_v bruife_fw-mi man_n heel_n some_o conceive_v that_o the_o curse_n be_v pronounce_v both_o upon_o the_o brute_n serpent_n and_o the_o spiritual_a serpent_n and_o this_o i_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o truth_n the_o devil_n when_o he_o beguile_v man_n come_v not_o as_o a_o naked_a spirit_n but_o in_o the_o shape_n and_o figure_n of_o a_o serpent_n and_o therefore_o that_o his_o punishment_n may_v be_v suitable_a and_o answerable_a to_o his_o offence_n he_o be_v to_o receive_v his_o doom_n likewise_o under_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o serpent_n quest_n 28._o verse_n 14._o whether_o satan_n be_v not_o under_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n before_o this_o be_v 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dare_v not_o reason_n against_o man_n quest._n 30._o verse_n 14._o whether_o the_o serpent_n go_v upon_o his_o belly_n before_o the_o curse_n some_o conceive_v that_o it_o do_v but_o that_o resp_n 1_o this_o be_v make_v ignominious_a and_o curse_a to_o he_o after_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n and_o they_o illustrate_v this_o two_o manner_n of_o way_n 1._o nakedness_n be_v natural_a to_o man_n at_o first_o and_o yet_o afterward_o he_o be_v ashamed_a of_o it_o and_o it_o become_v his_o punishment_n 2._o briar_n and_o thorn_n be_v create_v before_o man_n fall_n but_o afterward_o become_v a_o curse_n but_o to_o both_o these_o instance_n we_o may_v give_v this_o answer_n 1._o that_o nakedness_n simple_o consider_v be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o man_n shame_n but_o nuditas_fw-la turpis_fw-la adamus_n videns_fw-la faedos_fw-la et_fw-la inordinatos_fw-la membrorum_fw-la motus_fw-la pudefactus_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o for_o brier_n and_o thorn_n consider_v they_o in_o puris_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la in_o 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among_o live_a creature_n the_o base_a be_v the_o most_o creep_a as_o worm_n etc._n etc._n while_o the_o noble_a lion_n advance_v his_o head_n and_o breast_n so_o far_o as_o the_o frame_n of_o his_o body_n be_v capable_a so_o man_n be_v of_o all_o creature_n most_o excellent_a be_v therefore_o of_o all_o other_o most_o advance_a in_o body_n os_fw-la homini_fw-la sublime_a dedit_fw-la coelúmque_fw-la tueri_fw-la jussit_fw-la the_o serpent_n therefore_o be_v of_o a_o sublime_a nature_n insomuch_o that_o the_o scripture_n say_v it_o be_v more_o subtle_a than_o any_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n the_o frame_n and_o shape_n of_o his_o body_n be_v suitable_a thereunto_o quest_n 31._o verse_n 14._o in_o what_o sense_n we_o must_v understand_v this_o phrase_n dust_n shall_v thou_o eat_v all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n when_o we_o find_v that_o serpent_n feed_v upon_o herb_n and_o devour_v other_o creature_n also_o these_o two_o phrase_n upon_o thy_o belly_n shall_v resp_n thou_o go_v and_o 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it_o be_v say_v the_o dust_n shall_v be_v the_o serpent_n meat_n the_o wolf_n and_o 65.25_o be_v 65.25_o the_o lamb_n shall_v feed_v together_o and_o the_o lion_n shall_v eat_v straw_n like_o the_o bullock_n and_o dust_n shall_v be_v the_o serpent_n meat_n these_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v literal_o resp_n but_o allegorical_o as_o the_o very_a expression_n in_o the_o text_n clear_o intimate_v and_o when_o it_o be_v say_v the_o dust_n shall_v be_v the_o serpent_n meat_n the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o in_o those_o day_n man_n shall_v not_o need_v to_o fear_v hurt_v from_o any_o creature_n the_o serpent_n itself_o shall_v be_v confine_v to_o his_o dust_n and_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o prejudice_v man_n in_o the_o least_o quest_n 32._o verse_n 14._o see_v this_o sentence_n be_v
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