unto_o thou_o namely_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v rather_o think_v to_o suffer_v ill_a than_o man_n to_o do_v ill_o chap._n 4._o god_n can_v be_v compel_v 1._o in_o this_o sort_n do_v i_o endeavour_v now_o to_o find_v out_o the_o rest_n as_o i_o have_v already_o find_v that_o what_o be_v incorruptible_a must_v needs_o be_v better_a than_o that_o which_o be_v corruptible_a and_o thou_o therefore_o whatsoever_o thou_o be_v do_v i_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v incorruptible_a for_o never_o yet_o soul_n be_v nor_o ever_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o think_v upon_o any_o thing_n which_o may_v be_v better_o than_o thou_o who_o be_v the_o sovereign_a and_o the_o best_a good_n but_o whereas_o most_o true_o and_o certain_o that_o which_o be_v incorruptible_a be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o what_o be_v corruptible_a like_a as_o i_o do_v then_o prefer_v it_o i_o may_v very_o well_o have_v reach_v so_o high_a in_o my_o thought_n as_o something_o that_o shall_v be_v better_a than_o my_o god_n have_v not_o 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thou_o for_o it_o yet_o be_v our_o knowledge_n in_o comparison_n of_o thou_o but_o mere_a ignorance_n chap._n 5._o how_o the_o world_n be_v make_v of_o nothing_o 1._o in_o the_o beginning_n god_n make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n but_o how_o do_v thou_o make_v they_o and_o what_o engine_n have_v thou_o to_o work_v all_o this_o vast_a fabric_n of_o thou_o for_o thou_o wente_v not_o about_o it_o like_o a_o fleshly_a artificer_n who_o shape_a one_o body_n by_o another_o purpose_n according_a to_o the_o discretion_n of_o his_o mind_n to_o cast_v it_o into_o such_o a_o figure_n as_o in_o his_o fancy_n he_o see_v fit_a by_o his_o inward_a eye_n but_o whence_o shall_v he_o be_v able_a to_o do_v all_o this_o unless_o thou_o have_v make_v he_o that_o fancy_n and_o he_o put_v a_o figure_n upon_o some_o material_a that_o have_v existence_n before_o suppose_v clay_n or_o stone_n or_o wood_n or_o gold_n or_o other_o thing_n but_o whence_o shall_v these_o material_n have_v their_o be_v have_v not_o 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17._o my_o belove_a son_n as_o for_o that_o voice_n it_o be_v utter_v and_o pass_v away_o have_v a_o beginning_n and_o end_v the_o syllable_n make_v a_o sound_n and_o so_o pass_v over_o the_o second_o after_o the_o first_o the_o three_o after_o the_o second_o and_o so_o forth_o in_o order_n until_o the_o last_o come_v after_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o silence_n after_o the_o last_o by_o which_o most_o clear_a and_o plain_o it_o be_v that_o the_o motion_n of_o a_o creature_n express_v it_o perform_v thy_o eternal_a will_n in_o it_o itself_o be_v but_o temporal_a and_o these_o word_n of_o thou_o thus_o make_v to_o serve_v for_o the_o time_n do_v the_o outward_a care_n give_v notice_n of_o unto_o the_o intelligent_a soul_n who_o inward_a ear_n lie_v listen_v to_o thy_o eternal_a word_n but_o whenas_o this_o latter_a have_v compare_v these_o word_n thus_o sound_v within_o a_o proportion_n of_o time_n with_o that_o eternal_a word_n of_o thou_o which_o be_v in_o the_o silence_n it_o say_v 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this_o i_o know_v as_o i_o confess_v to_o thou_o o_o lord_n yea_o he_o know_v and_o bless_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v whoever_o be_v not_o unthankful_a to_o thy_o assure_a verity_n 2._o we_o know_v lord_n we_o know_v that_o in_o as_o much_o as_o any_o thing_n be_v not_o now_o what_o sometime_o it_o have_v be_v or_o be_v now_o what_o heretofore_o it_o have_v not_o be_v so_o far_o forth_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o die_v nothing_o therefore_o of_o thy_o word_n do_v retire_v and_o come_v in_o place_n again_o because_o it_o be_v true_o immortal_a and_o eternal_a and_o therefore_o unto_o thy_o word_n coeternal_a unto_o thyself_o thou_o do_v once_a and_o for_o ever_o say_v all_o that_o thou_o do_v say_v and_o it_o be_v make_v whatever_o thou_o say_v shall_v be_v make_v nor_o do_v thou_o make_v it_o otherwise_o then_o by_o say_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o all_o thing_n make_v together_o or_o everlasting_a which_o so_o thou_o make_v by_o say_v chap._n 8._o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v our_o teacher_n in_o 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thing_n be_v change_v and_o this_o changeablenesse_n what_o be_v it_o be_v it_o a_o soul_n or_o be_v it_o a_o body_n or_o be_v it_o any_o figure_n of_o a_o soul_n or_o body_n may_v it_o be_v say_v proper_o that_o nothing_o be_v something_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o i_o will_v say_v this_o be_v it_o and_o yet_o be_v it_o both_o of_o these_o that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v capable_a of_o these_o visible_a and_o compound_a figure_n chap._n 7._o heaven_n be_v great_a than_o earth_n 1._o but_o whence_o be_v both_o these_o but_o from_o thou_o from_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o they_o have_v be_v but_o how_o much_o the_o further_o off_o from_o thou_o so_o much_o the_o unliker_n thou_o i_o do_v not_o mean_a locis_fw-la farrenesse_n of_o place_n thou_o therefore_o o_o lord_n who_o be_v not_o another_o in_o another_o place_n nor_o otherwise_o in_o another_o place_n but_o the_o same_o and_o the_o very_a same_o and_o the_o very_a selfsame_o holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n god_n 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nothing_o else_o be_v there_o beside_o out_o of_o which_o thou_o creat_v heaven_n and_o earth_n two_o certain_a thing_n one_o near_o thou_o the_o other_o near_o to_o it_o nothing_o one_o for_o thyself_o to_o be_v superior_a unto_o the_o other_o which_o nothing_o shall_v be_v inferior_a unto_o chap._n 8._o the_o chaos_n be_v create_v out_o of_o nothing_o and_o out_o of_o that_o all_o thing_n 1._o but_o that_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v for_o thy_o 16_o self_n lord_n and_o this_o earth_n which_o thou_o give_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o be_v see_v and_o feel_v be_v not_o at_o first_o such_o as_o we_o now_o both_o see_v and_o feel_v for_o it_o be_v invisible_a and_o unshape_a and_o there_o be_v a_o deep_a upon_o which_o there_o be_v no_o light_n or_o darkness_n be_v upon_o the_o deep_a that_o be_v more_o than_o in_o the_o deep_a because_o this_o deep_a of_o water_n visible_a now_o adays_o have_v in_o his_o deep_n a_o light_a proper_a for_o its_o nature_n perceivable_a however_o unto_o the_o fish_n and_o creep_a thing_n in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o but_o all_o this_o whole_a be_v almost_o nothing_o because_o hitherto_o it_o be_v altogether_o without_o form_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v now_o a_o matter_n that_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v form_v for_o thou_o lord_n creat_v the_o world_n of_o a_o matter_n without_o form_n which_o be_v next_o to_o nothing_o thou_o make_v out_o of_o nothing_o out_o of_o which_o thou_o may_v make_v those_o great_a work_n which_o we_o son_n of_o man_n so_o much_o wonder_n at_o 2._o for_o very_o wonderful_a be_v this_o corporeal_a heaven_n which_o firmament_n between_o water_n and_o water_n the_o second_o day_n after_o the_o creation_n of_o light_n thou_o command_v it_o to_o be_v make_v &_o it_o be_v make_v which_o firmament_n thou_o call_v heaven_n the_o heaven_n that_o be_v to_o this_o earth_n and_o sea_n which_o thou_o creat_v the_o three_o day_n by_o give_v a_o visible_a figure_n unto_o the_o unshape_a matter_n which_o thou_o 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be_v coeternal_a to_o he_o notwithstanding_o that_o this_o story_n have_v omit_v to_o show_v where_o it_o be_v create_v chap._n 23._o in_o interpret_n of_o holy_a scripture_n truth_n be_v to_o be_v seek_v with_o a_o charitable_a construction_n 1._o these_o thing_n therefore_o be_v hear_v and_o perceyve_v according_a to_o the_o weakness_n of_o my_o capacity_n which_o i_o confess_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n that_o very_o well_o know_v it_o two_o sort_n of_o difference_n do_v i_o perceive_v likely_a to_o arise_v whensoever_o any_o thing_n be_v by_o word_n relate_v though_o even_o by_o the_o true_a reporter_n one_o when_o the_o difference_n rise_v concern_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n the_o other_o when_o it_o be_v concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o relater_n for_o we_o inquire_v one_o way_n about_o the_o make_n of_o the_o thing_n create_v what_o may_v be_v true_a &_o another_o way_n what_o it_o be_v that_o moses_n that_o notable_a dispenser_n of_o thy_o faith_n will_v have_v his_o 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shall_v be_v so_o able_a as_o to_o find_v out_o this_o full_a meaning_n among_o those_o so_o many_o word_n which_o the_o seeker_n shall_v every_o where_o meet_v withal_o sometime_o understand_v this_o way_n and_o sometime_o that_o way_n as_o that_o he_o can_v confident_o affirm_v this_o moses_n think_v and_o this_o will_v be_v have_v understand_v in_o that_o story_n as_o he_o may_v bold_o say_v this_o be_v true_a whether_o he_o think_v this_o or_o that_o for_o behold_v o_o my_o god_n i_o thy_o servant_n who_o have_v in_o this_o book_n vow_v a_o sacrifice_n of_o confession_n unto_o thou_o do_v now_o beseech_v thou_o that_o by_o thy_o mercy_n i_o may_v have_v leave_n to_o pay_v my_o vow_n unto_o thou_o 2._o see_v here_o how_o confident_o i_o affirm_v that_o in_o thy_o incommutable_a word_n thou_o have_v create_v all_o thing_n visible_a and_o invisible_a but_o dare_v i_o so_o confident_o affirm_v that_o moses_n have_v no_o further_a meaning_n when_o he_o write_v in_o the_o beginning_n 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which_o so_o great_a a_o man_n see_v in_o his_o mind_n at_o the_o utter_n of_o these_o word_n i_o nothing_o doubt_v but_o that_o he_o see_v it_o true_o and_o express_v it_o apt_o let_v no_o man_n vex_v i_o now_o by_o say_v moses_n think_v not_o as_o you_o say_v but_o as_o i_o say_v for_o if_o he_o shall_v ask_v i_o how_o know_v you_o that_o moses_n think_v that_o which_o you_o inter_v out_o of_o his_o word_n i_o ought_v to_o take_v it_o in_o good_a part_n and_o will_v answer_v he_o perchance_o as_o i_o have_v do_v heretofore_o or_o something_o more_o at_o large_a if_o i_o be_v mind_v to_o put_v he_o hard_o to_o it_o chap._n 25._o we_o be_v not_o to_o break_v charity_n about_o a_o different_a exposition_n of_o scripture_n 1._o but_o when_o he_o say_v moses_n mean_v not_o what_o you_o say_v but_o what_o i_o say_v yet_o deny_v not_o what_o either_o of_o we_o say_v these_o may_v both_o be_v true_a o_o my_o god_n thou_o life_n of_o the_o poor_a who_o breast_n harbour_v no_o contradiction_n rain_n thou_o some_o thought_n of_o mitigation_n into_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o may_v patient_o bear_v with_o such_o who_o differ_v not_o thus_o with_o i_o because_o they_o favour_v of_o divine_a thing_n or_o be_v able_a to_o discover_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o thy_o servant_n what_o they_o speak_v but_o because_o they_o be_v proud_a not_o know_v moses_n opinion_n so_o well_o as_o love_v their_o own_o not_o for_o that_o it_o be_v truth_n but_o because_o it_o be_v they_o otherwise_o they_o will_v as_o well_o love_v another_o true_a opinion_n as_o i_o love_v what_o they_o say_v when_o it_o be_v true_a 〈…〉_z they_o say_v not_o because_o it_o be_v they_o but_o because_o it_o
it_o be_v with_o gall_n all_o the_o pleasure_n of_o those_o fabulous_a narration_n for_o i_o understand_v not_o a_o word_n of_o it_o yet_o they_o vehement_o press_v i_o and_o with_o most_o cruel_a threaten_n and_o punishment_n to_o make_v i_o understand_v it_o the_o time_n be_v also_o when_o i_o be_v a_o infant_n that_o i_o know_v not_o a_o word_n of_o latin_a yet_o by_o mark_v i_o gate_n that_o without_o any_o fear_n or_o torment_a even_o by_o my_o nurse_n pratling_n to_o i_o and_o the_o pretty_a tale_n of_o those_o that_o laugh_v upon_o i_o and_o the_o sport_n of_o those_o that_o play_v with_o i_o 2._o so_o much_o very_o i_o learn_v without_o any_o painful_a burden_n to_o i_o of_o those_o that_o urge_v i_o for_o that_o my_o own_o heart_n put_v i_o to_o it_o to_o bring_v out_o my_o own_o conception_n which_o i_o can_v never_o have_v do_v have_v i_o not_o learn_v divers_a word_n not_o of_o those_o that_o teach_v i_o but_o of_o they_o that_o talk_v familiar_o to_o i_o in_o who_o hear_n i_o also_o bring_v forth_o whatsoever_o i_o have_v conceive_v hereby_o it_o clear_o appear_v that_o a_o free_a curiosity_n have_v more_o force_n in_o child_n learning_n of_o language_n than_o a_o frightful_a enforcement_n can_v have_v but_o the_o unsettledness_n of_o that_o freedom_n this_o enforcement_n restrain_v thy_o law_n o_o god_n yea_o thy_o law_n even_o from_o the_o schoolmaster_n ferula_fw-la to_o the_o martyr_n trial_n be_v able_a to_o temper_v wholesome_a and_o bitter_a together_o call_v we_o back_o by_o that_o mean_n unto_o thyself_o even_o from_o that_o infectious_a sweetness_n which_o at_o first_o allure_v we_o to_o fall_v away_o from_o thou_o chap._n 15._o his_o prayer_n to_o god_n 1._o hear_v my_o prayer_n o_o lord_n let_v not_o my_o soul_n faint_a under_o thy_o correction_n nor_o let_v i_o faint_v in_o confess_v unto_o thou_o thy_o own_o mercy_n by_o which_o thou_o have_v draw_v i_o out_o of_o all_o my_o own_o most_o wicked_a course_n that_o thyself_o may_v from_o 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lascivious_a fable_n 1._o but_o woe_n unto_o thou_o o_o thou_o torrent_n of_o humane_a custom_n who_o shall_v stop_v the_o course_n of_o thou_o when_o will_v thou_o be_v dry_a how_o long_o will_v thou_o continue_v tumble_v the_o son_n of_o eve_n into_o that_o huge_a and_o hidcous_a ocean_n which_o they_o very_o hardly_o pass_v who_o be_v well_o ship_v do_v i_o not_o read_v in_o thou_o of_o jupiter_n sometime_o thunder_v and_o sometime_o adulterate_v but_o very_o both_o these_o can_v not_o one_o person_n do_v but_o this_o be_v feign_a that_o he_o may_v have_v authority_n to_o imitate_v true-acted_n adultery_n false_a thunder_n the_o mean_a while_n play_v the_o bawd_n to_o he_o yet_o which_o of_o our_o understand_v grave_a master_n can_v with_o any_o patience_n hear_v a_o man_n that_o shall_v in_o his_o school_n cry_v out_o say_v homer_n feign_v these_o and_o ascribe_v man_n fault_n unto_o the_o god_n but_o i_o have_v rather_o he_o have_v derive_v divine_a excellency_n upon_o we_o but_o more_o true_o be_v it_o say_v that_o homer_n feign_v these_o thing_n indeed_o and_o that_o by_o his_o attribute_v divine_a excellency_n to_o most_o wicked_a mortal_n crime_n may_v not_o be_v account_v crime_n so_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v commit_v the_o like_a seem_v not_o therein_o to_o imitate_v desperate_a people_n but_o some_o heavenly_a deity_n 2._o this_o notwithstanding_o o_o thou_o hellish_a torrent_n be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n cast_v into_o thou_o with_o reward_n propound_v to_o allure_v child_n to_o learn_v these_o fable_n and_o a_o great_a solemnity_n be_v make_v of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v plead_v for_o open_o in_o the_o assemble_v and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o law_n which_o allow_v stipend_n to_o the_o teacher_n over_o and_o above_o the_o reward_n unto_o the_o scholar_n yet_o o_o torrent_n thou_o be_v still_o beat_v upon_o thy_o rock_n roar_v out_o and_o cry_v here_o be_v fine_a word_n to_o be_v learn_v here_o eloquence_n be_v attain_v eloquence_n so_o necessary_a 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give_v life_n unto_o it_o which_o no_o body_n can_v give_v unto_o a_o body_n but_o thy_o god_n be_v the_o life_n of_o thy_o life_n unto_o thou_o chap._n 7._o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v by_o any_o ability_n in_o our_o body_n 1._o what_o be_v it_o therefore_o which_o i_o love_v when_o as_o i_o love_v my_o god_n who_o be_v he_o that_o be_v above_o the_o top_n of_o my_o soul_n by_o this_o very_a soul_n will_v i_o ascend_v up_o unto_o he_o i_o will_v so_o be_v beyond_o that_o faculty_n of_o i_o by_o which_o i_o be_o unite_v unto_o my_o body_n and_o by_o which_o i_o fill_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o it_o with_o life_n i_o can_v by_o that_o faculty_n find_v my_o god_n for_o so_o the_o horse_n &_o mule_n that_o have_v no_o understanding_n may_v â—_o as_o well_o find_v he_o see_v they_o have_v the_o same_o faculty_n by_o which_o their_o body_n live_v also_o 2._o but_o another_o faculty_n there_o be_v not_o that_o only_a by_o which_o i_o give_v life_n but_o that_o too_o by_o which_o i_o 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thyself_o do_v not_o please_v in_o those_o creature_n so_o that_o rather_o have_v they_o enjoy_v they_o then_z they_z yea_o and_o another_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o when_o a_o man_n see_v any_o thing_n that_o it_o be_v good_a it_o be_v god_n that_o see_v in_o he_o that_o it_o be_v good_a and_o that_o to_o this_o end_n plain_o that_o himself_o may_v be_v love_v in_o his_o creature_n for_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v love_v but_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o he_o have_v give_v because_o the_o love_n 5_o of_o god_n be_v shed_v abroad_o in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o we_o by_o who_o we_o see_v that_o a_o thing_n be_v good_a whatsoever_o any_o way_n have_v any_o essence_n for_o from_o he_o it_o be_v who_o himself_o be_v not_o by_o any_o way_n that_o other_o thing_n be_v but_o original_o of_o himself_o be_v what_o he_o be_v 14_o chap._n 32._o he_o brief_o sum_v up_o the_o work_n of_o god_n 1._o thanks_o to_o thou_o o_o lord_n we_o behold_v the_o 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be_v the_o power_n of_o reason_n and_o understanding_n make_v superior_a to_o all_o unreasonable_a creature_n and_o like_o as_o in_o his_o soul_n there_o be_v one_o power_n which_o bear_v rule_v by_o direct_v and_o another_o nature_n make_v subject_a that_o it_o may_v obey_v even_o so_o very_o be_v there_o a_o woman_n make_v who_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o her_o reasonable_a understanding_n shall_v have_v a_o parity_n of_o nature_n with_o the_o the_o man_n but_o in_o the_o sex_n of_o her_o body_n shall_v be_v in_o reason_n like_a manner_n subject_a to_o the_o sex_n of_o her_o husband_n as_o the_o appetite_n of_o do_v be_v fain_o to_o conceive_v the_o skill_n of_o right_o do_v even_o from_o the_o rational_a direction_n of_o the_o understanding_n these_o thing_n we_o behold_v and_o they_o be_v all_o several_o good_a and_o altogether_o very_o good_a chap._n 33._o how_o every_o creature_n ought_v to_o praise_v the_o creator_n 1._o let_v all_o thy_o work_n praise_v thou_o that_o we_o may_v love_v thou_o yea_o let_v we_o love_v thou_o and_o let_v all_o thy_o work_n praise_v thou_o even_o those_o which_o from_o time_n have_v their_o beginning_n and_o their_o end_n their_o rise_n and_o their_o fall_n their_o growth_n and_o their_o decay_n their_o form_n and_o their_o privation_n they_o have_v therefore_o their_o succession_n of_o morning_n and_o evening_n part_v insensible_o and_o part_o more_o apparent_o for_o they_o be_v of_o nothing_o make_v by_o thy_o power_n not_o of_o thy_o substance_n not_o of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o thou_o nor_o of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v before_o but_o of_o a_o matter_n concreated_a that_o be_v all_o at_o once_o create_v by_o thou_o because_o that_o into_o that_o matter_n which_o be_v nonsense_n without_o form_n and_o void_a thou_o do_v introduce_v a_o form_n without_o any_o distance_n of_o time_n between_o for_o see_v the_o matter_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o form_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v another_o thing_n thou_o make_v the_o matter_n of_o mere_o nothing_o but_o the_o form_n of_o the_o world_n thou_o produce_v out_o of_o the_o unformed_a matter_n yet_o make_v both_o matter_n and_o form_n so_o just_a at_o one_o instant_a that_o the_o form_n shall_v follow_v the_o matter_n without_o any_o respite_n of_o delay_n between_o chap._n 34._o of_o the_o order_n and_o various_a fruit_n of_o a_o christian_a life_n 1._o we_o have_v also_o look_v into_o this_o sake_n after_o who_o pattern_n desire_v thou_o to_o have_v these_o thing_n make_v in_o this_o order_n or_o describe_v in_o this_o method_n and_o we_o have_v see_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v good_a