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we_o poor_a man_n into_o opinion_n contemn_v and_o reproach_v that_o we_o strive_v for_o the_o husk_n and_o mean_a while_n lose_v love_n and_o faith_n and_o attain_v not_o to_o the_o new_a birth_n 53._o our_o whole_a religion_n be_v but_o a_o childrens-work_n namely_o that_o we_o whole_o go_v out_o from_o our_o own_o know_v will_a run_v dispute_v and_o resolve_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o way_n which_o bring_v we_o again_o into_o our_o lose_a country_n and_o how_o we_o may_v return_v to_o our_o mother_n who_o have_v bear_v we_o in_o the_o beginning_n out_o of_o herself_o 54._o now_o if_o we_o will_v do_v this_o we_o must_v not_o come_v to_o she_o in_o our_o own_o will_n in_o pride_n and_o contempt_n of_o her_o child_n our_o fellow-christians_a and_o fellow-member_n for_o we_o be_v the_o lose_a son_n who_o be_v become_v a_o swineherd_n and_o have_v spend_v our_o patrimony_n filthy_o with_o the_o sty-hog_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o world_n we_o must_v enter_v into_o ourselves_o again_o and_o well_o consider_v ourselves_o and_o our_o father_n house_n and_o must_v set_v before_o we_o the_o mirror_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n and_o see_v how_o far_o we_o be_v depart_v from_o god_n righteousness_n and_o truth_n as_o also_o from_o the_o brotherly_a love_n and_o well_o examine_v our_o heart_n whereto_o it_o be_v incline_v 55._o now_o when_o we_o do_v this_o we_o shall_v find_v in_o ourselves_o many_o hundred_o evil_a beast_n which_o we_o have_v place_v in_o the_o stead_n of_o god_n and_o still_o do_v honour_n the_o same_o above_o god_n and_o shall_v then_o first_o see_v what_o terrible_a beast_n be_v become_v manifest_a in_o adam_n through_o the_o false_a lust_n and_o wherefore_o god_n say_v to_o adam_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o monstrous_a beast_n 56._o viz._n we_o shall_v first_o see_v in_o our_o desire_n the_o proud_a lucifer_n who_o be_v depart_v from_o the_o divine_a and_o brotherly_a humility_n and_o contemn_v the_o member_n of_o his_o body_n and_o have_v set_v himself_o over_o they_o as_o a_o god_n and_o lord_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o divine_a love_n either_o to_o love_n god_n or_o his_o neighbour_n 57_o second_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o beast_n in_o our_o property_n which_o be_v like_o a_o covetous_a greedy_a sow_n or_o swine_n which_o will_v draw_v all_o to_o itself_o and_o alone_o eat_v and_o possess_v all_o and_o desire_v more_o than_o it_o need_v wherewith_o the_o proud_a lucifer_n may_v brag_v and_o vaunt_v himself_o that_o he_o be_v a_o god_n over_o substance_n who_o can_v domineer_v and_o have_v power_n and_o might_n over_o his_o fellow-branche_n and_o we_o shall_v see_v how_o this_o proud_a lucifer_n have_v break_v himself_o off_o from_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n and_o from_o the_o growth_n of_o love_n and_o will_v be_v a_o tree_n of_o himself_o therefore_o he_o be_v also_o dry_v up_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n 58._o three_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o poisonous_a envious_a serpent_n in_o our_o property_n which_o sting_v about_o it_o as_o a_o poison_n viz._n envy_n which_o wish_v no_o man_n so_o well_o as_o itself_o which_o sting_v and_o ride_v in_o other_o man_n heart_n and_o slander_v they_o with_o word_n and_o praise_v only_o the_o proud_a lucifer_n in_o it_o and_o call_v its_o falsehood_n a_o angel_n of_o god_n 59_o four_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o fiery_a dragon_n sit_v in_o hellish_a fire_n in_o our_o property_n viz._n anger_n which_o if_o covetousness_n and_o envy_n can_v obtain_v it_o will_v strike_v with_o fist_n and_o take_v it_o by_o force_n and_o be_v so_o rage_v mad_a that_o he_o burst_v his_o life_n for_o wickedness_n and_o break_v in_o the_o fiery_a malice_n and_o be_v a_o very_a dry_a branch_n on_o the_o tree_n which_o be_v only_o fit_a for_o the_o fire_n 60._o five_o we_o shall_v find_v many_o hundred_o beast_n in_o our_o desire_n which_o pride_n love_v and_o honour_v more_o than_o god_n and_o covetousness_n draw_v to_o itself_o for_o a_o treasure_n wherewith_o pride_n brag_v as_o if_o they_o be_v god_n and_o thus_o do_v withdraw_v from_o his_o brother_n his_o life_n that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o spend_v it_o in_o misery_n and_o trouble_n through_o his_o violence_n and_o extortion_n 61._o now_o when_o a_o man_n do_v thus_o behold_v himself_o in_o this_o mirror_n of_o his_o self-hood_n and_o be_v become_v aware_a of_o these_o evil_a beast_n than_o he_o may_v right_o imagine_v they_o to_o himself_o and_o hereby_o consider_v the_o grievous_a fall_n of_o adam_n and_o think_v that_o all_o these_o evil_a desire_n one_o with_o another_o have_v their_o original_n in_o he_o out_o of_o the_o monster_n of_o the_o serpent_n through_o the_o devil_n bringing-in_a of_o they_o into_o our_o first_o parent_n 62._o for_o all_o the_o property_n of_o the_o desire_n lay_v in_o adam_n in_o a_o harmony_n and_o equality_n and_o the_o one_o love_v the_o other_o but_o such_o false_a desire_n be_v 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the_o earth_n tree_n and_o all_o plant_n how_o all_o stand_n and_o grow_v lovingly_z one_o by_o the_o other_o and_o rejoice_v in_o one_o mother_n and_o how_o one_o branch_n on_o the_o tree_n do_v in-flow_a to_o the_o other_o his_o sap_n and_o virtue_n and_o the_o one_o serve_v the_o other_o 64._o for_o so_o be_v also_o the_o life_n of_o man_n joh._n 1._o bring_v out_o of_o the_o eternal_a word_n into_o the_o image_n of_o man_n be_v out_o of_o the_o lincus_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o a_o lovely_a equality_n and_o harmony_n so_o that_o all_o the_o property_n of_o the_o life_n stand_v in_o a_o equal_a weight_n in_o the_o temperature_n in_o one_o love_n and_o do_v love_v themselves_o or_o one_o another_o 65._o but_o when_o the_o devil_n do_v throw_v his_o poison_n and_o false_a desire_n therein_o than_o the_o property_n of_o life_n be_v divide_v into_o many_o desire_n whence_o strife_n infirmity_n dissolution_n and_o the_o grossness_n of_o the_o body_n be_v spring_v through_o the_o false_a 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