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mother_n like_o her_o babe_n if_o she_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n be_v no_o long_o exclude_v then_o until_o the_o eight_o day_n and_o no_o long_o if_o a_o daughter_n than_o till_o the_o fourteen_o but_o from_o the_o public_a and_o solemn_a meeting_n the_o prohibition_n be_v more_o severe_a for_o if_o she_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n she_o be_v exclude_v for_o 40_o day_n if_o a_o daughter_n for_o seventy_o four_o again_o the_o infant_n if_o put_v to_o nurse_n remain_v unclean_a but_o for_o a_o month_n but_o continue_v with_o the_o mother_n the_o legal_a uncleanness_n continue_v also_o §_o 2._o now_o this_o imputative_a uncleanness_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o adambration_n of_o that_o philo._n original_a vitiosity_n with_o which_o our_o nature_n be_v corrupt_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o adam_n and_o be_v by_o consequence_n to_o be_v purify_v by_o the_o innocence_n of_o the_o second_o for_o as_o the_o legal_a uncleanness_n be_v not_o so_o null_v upon_o the_o 8_o day_n as_o to_o exempt_v the_o person_n cleanse_v from_o be_v purify_v on_o the_o 40_o 〈◊〉_d without_o which_o late_a purification_n they_o be_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o sanedrim_n and_o sure_a much_o less_o into_o the_o temple_n we_o may_v say_v in_o like_a manner_n of_o original_a sin_n it_o have_v take_v so_o deep_a a_o root_n in_o the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n that_o however_o it_o be_v remit_v both_o in_o the_o jewish_a circumcision_n and_o christian_a baptism_n yet_o its_o relic_n and_o dregs_n do_v so_o stick_v in_o both_o as_o to_o exclude_v we_o from_o the_o communion_n &_o fellow-membership_a with_o the_o saint_n suppose_v we_o live_v to_o a_o ripe_a age_n until_o we_o be_v purify_v by_o repentance_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n whereof_o the_o legal_a purification_n be_v but_o a_o emblem_n and_o this_o may_v prompt_v we_o to_o give_v a_o reason_n why_o at_o the_o time_n of_o purification_n there_o be_v to_o be_v offer_v unto_o the_o lord_n either_o a_o lamb_n and_o a_o pigeon_n that_o be_v if_o the_o parent_n be_v rich_a enough_o or_o else_o in_o case_n they_o be_v not_o a_o pair_n of_o turtle_n or_o pigeon_n without_o a_o lamb._n the_o one_o for_o a_o holocaust_n the_o other_o for_o a_o sin-offering_a the_o first_o to_o signify_v their_o gratitude_n the_o second_o their_o repentance_n the_o one_o be_v to_o acknowledge_v the_o special_a blessing_n of_o the_o delivery_n and_o the_o other_o be_v to_o expiate_v the_o sullage_n of_o it_o §_o 3._o lord_n how_o filthy_a and_o impure_a be_v the_o life_n of_o man_n the_o pure_a part_n of_o who_o life_n which_o be_v his_o birth_n can_v make_v his_o mother_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o purification_n that_o we_o be_v spring_v out_o of_o the_o dust_n shew_v the_o unworthiness_n of_o our_o nature_n but_o that_o we_o derive_v it_o from_o our_o parent_n do_v speak_v its_o guilt_n too_o it_o be_v true_a the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v a_o precious_a treasure_n but_o he_o have_v it_o say_v st._n paul_n in_o a_o earthen_a vessel_n 7._o which_o be_v sufficient_o ignoble_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o it_o be_v make_v but_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o mould_n wherein_o it_o be_v cast_v or_o of_o the_o conduit_n through_o which_o derive_v it_o be_v not_o only_o ignoble_a but_o most_o unclean_a too_o if_o man_n will_v glory_v in_o their_o extraction_n let_v they_o first_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o they_o be_v bear_v from_o above_o let_v they_o prove_v they_o be_v regenerate_v and_o bear_v again_o 13._o not_o of_o blood_n nor_o of_o the_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n nor_o of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o st._n paul_n speak_v out_o of_o the_o poet_n that_o indeed_o they_o be_v the_o offspring_n and_o son_n of_o god_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o say_v 23._o chrysostome_n be_v the_o noble_a kind_n of_o genealogy_n and_o so_o the_o berean_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o noble_a but_o better_o bear_v than_o 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strange_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o any_o man_n shall_v grow_v proud_a and_o yet_o how_o hard_o a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o meet_v with_o a_o man_n who_o be_v true_o humble_a ibid._n our_o understanding_n indeed_o be_v dark_a our_o will_n disobedient_a our_o heart_n deceitful_a our_o passion_n eminent_o perverse_a but_o which_o make_v we_o most_o miserable_a we_o be_v so_o senseless_a of_o our_o be_v so_o that_o our_o special_a impellent_n to_o humiliation_n be_v common_a incentives_n unto_o our_o pride_n we_o be_v apt_a to_o glory_n in_o our_o infirmity_n if_o i_o may_v use_v st._n paul_n word_n not_o only_o without_o but_o against_o his_o meaning_n and_o to_o take_v honour_n unto_o ourselves_o from_o the_o just_a matter_n of_o mortification_n it_o be_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o what_o we_o be_v nor_o the_o remembrance_n of_o what_o we_o shall_v be_v it_o be_v not_o the_o baseness_n of_o a_o conception_n nor_o the_o unloveliness_n of_o a_o grave_a it_o be_v not_o the_o gastliness_n of_o death_n nor_o yet_o the_o dreadfulness_n of_o judgement_n that_o can_v subdue_v our_o exalt_a thought_n to_o a_o humble_a sense_n of_o our_o unworthiness_n but_o apt_a we_o be_v to_o be_v transport_v with_o a_o complacency_n in_o ourselves_o and_o a_o contempt_n of_o other_o although_o we_o can_v but_o be_v convince_v at_o least_o in_o our_o lucida_fw-la interualla_fw-la or_o godly_a fit_n that_o we_o be_v wretched_a and_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a §_o 5._o clemens_n romanus_n i_o remember_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n can_v think_v of_o no_o fit_a spell_n wherewith_o to_o lay_v or_o exorcise_v the_o devil_n of_o arrogance_n or_o ambition_n than_o this_o so_o seasonable_a a_o topick_n from_o whence_o i_o argue_v be_v we_o endanger_v by_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o froth_n and_o vanity_n of_o our_o mind_n which_o only_o raise_v we_o as_o it_o do_v lucifer_n and_o the_o other_o morning_n star_n to_o a_o high_a fall_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o reflect_v say_v the_o father_n upon_o the_o stuff_n which_o we_o be_v make_v of_o and_o 50._o set_v the_o contumely_n before_o we_o through_o which_o we_o pass_v into_o the_o world_n i_o be_o true_o so_o far_o of_o that_o father_n mind_n that_o have_v we_o but_o patience_n enough_o to_o meditate_v on_o our_o original_n and_o our_o end_n suprà _fw-la from_o what_o we_o come_v and_o whether_o it_o be_v that_o we_o be_v tend_v will_v we_o contemplate_v on_o our_o feature_n in_o that_o impartial_a mirroir_n of_o a_o skeleton_n and_o instead_o of_o a_o fawn_a glass_n see_v ourselves_o draw_v unto_o the_o life_n in_o a_o hollow_a cranion_n i_o be_o inclinable_a to_o infer_v we_o shall_v be_v high_o in_o god_n eye_n