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mercy_n be_v to_o i_o extend_v so_o what_o be_v faulty_a may_v be_v full_o mend_v that_o perfect_a righteousness_n may_v clothe_v my_o back_n and_o i_o to_o sound_v thy_o praise_n will_v not_o slack_v in_o life_n or_o death_n or_o suffer_v by_o the_o world_n who_o in_o transgression_n up_o and_o down_o be_v hurl_v and_o topheâ—s_v pit_n shall_v sure_o help_v to_o fill_v if_o they_o in_o time_n repent_v not_o of_o their_o ill_n but_o as_o he_o do_v for_o his_o enemy_n pardon_v cry_v so_o do_v all_o chrictian_n heart_n and_o so_o do_v i._o o_o holy_a holy_a holy_a holy_a god_n who_o be_v name_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o ascendant_n jod_a myself_o do_v tremble_v and_o my_o flesh_n do_v quake_v while_o i_o the_o king_n of_o saint_n my_o subject_n make_v i_o dread_v thou_o lord_n i_o dread_v thy_o sov'raign_a fame_n i_o love_v thou_o so_o i_o can_v express_v the_o same_o my_o spirit_n be_v on_o site_n and_o my_o heart_n do_v flame_n with_o a_o desire_n to_o sanctify_v thy_o name_n my_o soul_n be_v melt_v and_o my_o heart_n be_v break_v in_o feel_v of_o the_o force_n of_o thy_o love-stroke_n father_n i_o thank_v thou_o that_o thou_o do_v enable_v i_o to_o convey_v the_o dish_n from_o helmontâ—_n table_n and_o if_o some_o crumb_n or_o drop_n have_v fall_v beside_o it_o be_v what_o a_o careful_a servant_n may_v be_v tide_v it_o be_v weighty_a full_a of_o divers_a fare_n if_o none_o shall_v over-fall_a or_o flow_v it_o be_v rare_a a_o corydon_n i_o head_n rather_o some_o i_o deem_v than_o to_o use_v dark-phrase_n that_o will_v not_o be-seem_a rather_o a_o tautologian_n be_v dain_v than_o to_o the_o mean_a leave_v word_n unexplain_v rather_o a_o homespun_a patcher_n want_v art_n than_o the_o author_n meaning_n willing_o pervert_v and_o if_o his_o tongue_n can_v speak_v out_o of_o the_o dust_n he_o will_v justify_v this_o translate_v all_o almost_o for_o though_o his_o learned_a art_n i_o do_v comprise_v yet_o in_o the_o root_n our_o spirit_n harmonise_v the_o dish_n lest_o somewhat_o of_o its_o crumb_n and_o drop_n as_o it_o be_v carry_v through_o the_o print_n shop_n yet_o what_o the_o press_n have_v nip_v off_o by_o the_o way_n it_o here_o return_v again_o by_o this_o survey_n errata_fw-la in_o the_o author_n dedication_n to_o the_o word_n pag._n 2_o lin_v 6_o read_z except_z in_o the_o translator_n premonition_n p_o 2_o l_o 35_o r_o and_o be_v p_o 3_o l_o 19_o deal_n other_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n p_o 11_o l_o 46_o r_o eternal_o p_o 12_o l_o 28_o r_o the_o work_n p_o 13_o l_o 35_o r_o world_n in_o the_o poetical_a prophecy_n p_o 1_o l_o 4_o r_o spite_v p_o 14_o of_o the_o book_n l_o 10_o r_o know_o ibid._n l_o 28_o r_o vain_a ibid._n r_o give_v p_o 17_o l_o 37_o r_o it_o with_o p_o 7_o l_o 32_o r_o nun_n p_o 34_o l_o 55_o r_o first_o 〈…〉_z p_o 57_o l_o 25_o 〈◊〉_d as_o r_o be_v p_o 295_o l_o 2_o r_o 〈◊〉_d p_o 298_o l_o 60_o r_o watchman_n p_o 407_o l_o 28_o r_o whereof_o they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o p_o 477_o l_o 26_o r_o vital_a p_o 504_o l_o 31_o r_o it_o be_v p_o 518_o l_o 50_o r_o this_o be_v â—oheaped_a p_o 535_o l_o 41_o r_o efficacy_n p_o 537_o l_o 38_o r_o plato_n p_o 519_o l_o 28_o r_o 〈◊〉_d p_o 575_o l_o 5_o r_o but_o be_v side_n p_o 577_o l_o 61_o r_o lile_n p_o 515_o l_o 18_o r_o another_o cherry_n p_o 621_o l_o 53_o r_o 〈…〉_z 710_o l_o 30_o r_o the_o god_n p_o 739._o l_o 28_o r_o moll_n p_o 741_o l_o 22_o for_o any_o r_o and._n p_o 825_o in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o stone_n r_o root_n p_o 838_o l_o 55_o r_o by_o p._n 1073_o l_o 13_o r_o voice_n p_o 1150_o l_o 12_o r_o worm_n ibid._n l_o 44_o after_o terrible_a deal_n and._n p_o 1157_o l_o 1_o r_o the_o plague_n medicine_n aesculapius_n hypocrates_n pandora_n latin_a er_fw-mi greek_a ro_n hebr._fw-la res_fw-la error_n eccles_n 1._o 11._o on_o psal_n 140._o &_o 143._o 1._o the_o essential_a form_n 2._o the_o vital_a form_n 3._o the_o substantial_a form_n 4._o the_o formal_a substance_n n_o lib._n 14._o de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 17._o lib._n 4._o contra_fw-la jul_n cap._n 10._o lib._n of_o marriage_n 12._o flesh_n of_o sin_n cap._n 24._o lib._n 5._o cont_n jul._n cap._n 15._o lib._n 5._o cont._n jul._n cap._n 12._o 12._o of_o his_o testament_n chap._n 26._o 26._o the_o sign_n of_o a_o true_a physician_n physician_n bernard_n
but_o if_o it_o list_v we_o to_o inquire_v into_o the_o cause_n hereof_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o eve_n after_o the_o eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a apple_n make_v herself_o subject_a to_o the_o itch_n of_o lust_n stir_v up_o and_o admit_v the_o man_n unto_o copulation_n and_o from_o hence_o that_o the_o conceive_v humane_a nature_n be_v corrupt_v and_o remain_v degenerate_a thenceforward_o through_o the_o cause_n of_o which_o corruption_n posterity_n be_v deprive_v of_o a_o incomparable_a purity_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v place_n for_o conjecture_n that_o eve_n do_v by_o the_o member_n through_o which_o she_o become_v subject_a unto_o many_o misery_n testify_v among_o posterity_n a_o successive_a fault_n of_o her_o fall_n and_o bloody_a defilement_n in_o nature_n for_o the_o part_n wherein_o the_o image_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o be_v conceive_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n become_v a_o sink_n of_o filth_n and_o testify_v the_o abuse_n and_o fault_n of_o a_o unobliterable_a sin_n and_o therefore_o also_o suffer_v because_o in_o sorrow_n shall_v thou_o bring_v forth_o thy_o son_n in_o manner_n of_o bruit_n beast_n because_o henceforward_o thou_o shall_v conceive_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o bruit_n for_o so_o that_o curse_n have_v enter_v into_o nature_n and_o shall_v there_o remain_v and_o by_o the_o same_o law_n also_o a_o necessity_n of_o menstrue_n for_o before_o sin_n the_o young_a go_v forth_o the_o womb_n be_v shut_v have_v not_o cause_v pain_n wherefore_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o argue_v from_o the_o premise_n that_o the_o incomparable_a virgin-mother_n of_o god_n the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n never_o admit_v into_o she_o any_o corruption_n and_o by_o consequence_n be_v never_o subject_a to_o menstrue_n as_o neither_o to_o have_v suffer_v womanish_a discomodity_n because_o she_o be_v she_o who_o by_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n have_v the_o moon_n and_o the_o property_n of_o the_o moon_n subject_v under_o her_o foot_n unto_o who_o next_o unto_o god_n be_v honour_n and_o praise_n chap._n cix_o life_n if_o i_o must_v at_o length_n philosophize_v of_o long_a life_n i_o must_v first_o look_v into_o what_o life_n be_v and_o then_o what_o the_o life_n of_o man_n what_o immortal_a and_o adamical_a life_n be_v afterward_o what_o a_o sensitive_a and_o short_a life_n be_v what_o a_o diseasie_a what_o a_o healthy_a life_n what_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n and_o what_o eternal_a life_n be_v to_o which_o end_n it_o be_v convenient_a to_o repeat_v some_o lesson_n from_o my_o premise_n first_o of_o all_o therefore_o life_n be_v a_o light_n and_o formal_a beginning_n whereby_o a_o thing_n act_n what_o it_o be_v command_v to_o act_v but_o this_o light_n be_v give_v by_o the_o creator_n as_o be_v infuse_v at_o one_o only_a instant_a even_o as_o fire_n be_v strike_v out_o of_o a_o flint_n it_o be_v enclose_v under_o the_o identity_n and_o unity_n of_o a_o form_n and_o be_v distinguish_v by_o general_a kind_n and_o species_n but_o it_o be_v not_o a_o fiery_a combustive_a light_n a_o consumer_n of_o the_o radical_a moisture_n it_o be_v as_o well_o vital_a in_o the_o fish_n as_o in_o the_o lion_n and_o as_o well_o in_o the_o poppy_n as_o in_o pepper_n neither_o also_o do_v heat_n fail_v in_o we_o by_o reason_n of_o a_o consumption_n of_o the_o radical_a moisture_n neither_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n do_v moisture_n fail_v through_o a_o defect_n of_o heat_n but_o only_o through_o a_o diminishment_n and_o extinguishment_n alone_o of_o the_o vital_a power_n and_o also_o of_o the_o light_n the_o fire_n light_n life_n form_n magnal_n place_n etc._n etc._n be_v neither_o creature_n not_o substance_n as_o neither_o comprehend_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o accident_n neither_o therefore_o do_v i_o distinguish_v the_o form_n in_o vital_a thing_n from_o their_o life_n the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v on_o both_o side_n except_v to_o wit_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a life_n which_o be_v mute_a or_o dumb_a and_o scarce_o appear_v such_o as_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o mineral_n the_o which_o notwithstanding_o do_v declare_v that_o they_o live_v and_o perform_v their_o office_n by_o their_o mark_n and_o remarkable_a sign_n of_o vital_a faculty_n and_o then_o there_o be_v another_o life_n which_o be_v a_o little_a more_o unfolded_a or_o manifest_a such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o seed_n of_o thing_n tend_v to_o the_o period_n of_o their_o species_n in_o the_o next_o place_n a_o three_o life_n be_v see_v in_o plant_n increase_v themselves_o and_o bring_v forth_o offspring_n by_o a_o successive_a multiply_v next_o a_o four_o life_n be_v manifest_a in_o bruit_n beast_n by_o motion_n sense_n and_o a_o voluntary_a choice_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o discourse_n of_o imagination_n at_o length_n the_o last_o life_n be_v now_o obscure_v in_o the_o immortal_a mind_n and_o substance_n and_o be_v after_o some_o sort_n unfold_v by_o the_o sensitive_a soul_n its_o vicaresse_n the_o life_n therefore_o be_v not_o the_o balsam_n not_o the_o mummy_n not_o in_o the_o next_o place_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o arterial_a blood_n although_o this_o spirit_n be_v the_o conserver_n of_o the_o body_n because_o the_o life_n be_v not_o a_o matter_n yea_o nor_o a_o substance_n but_o the_o very_a express_a form_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o moreover_o i_o be_v about_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o immortal_a life_n of_o man_n i_o will_v follow_v the_o text_n for_o indeed_o because_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o break_a precept_n be_v death_n for_o death_n come_v not_o from_o god_n but_o from_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o law_n i_o say_v the_o almighty_a make_v not_o death_n as_o neither_o a_o medicine_n of_o destruction_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o must_v be_v understand_v only_o in_o respect_n of_o man_n for_o neither_o aught_o the_o whole_a nature_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o universe_n to_o be_v bespatter_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n so_o as_o that_o bruit_n be_v make_v subject_a to_o death_n through_o the_o corruption_n or_o deviation_n of_o our_o kind_n for_o true_o even_o before_o sin_n bruit_n ought_v to_o die_v to_o wit_n some_o whereof_o the_o lord_n of_o thing_n have_v substitute_v for_o meat_n and_o fodder_n to_o other_o for_o they_o ought_v natural_o to_o die_v every_o annihilable_a life_n and_o form_n whereof_o be_v only_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n indeed_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n that_o those_o form_n shall_v perish_v whatsoever_o do_v obtain_v their_o first_o or_o chief_a antecedent_n and_o subsequent_a disposition_n from_o a_o corporal_a wedlock_n of_o the_o seed_n the_o death_n therefore_o of_o bruit_n be_v not_o worthy_a of_o the_o word_n death_n which_o include_v a_o extinguishment_n and_o annihilate_v of_o a_o light_n but_o not_o a_o separation_n of_o the_o same_o with_o a_o preservation_n of_o the_o light_n separate_v therefore_o it_o be_v the_o great_a god_n his_o good_a pleasure_n that_o he_o make_v man_n into_o the_o near_a image_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n as_o a_o live_a soul_n nor_o subject_n unto_o death_n therefore_o neither_o be_v it_o say_v that_o god_n make_v death_n it_o be_v therefore_o believe_v that_o adam_n before_o transgression_n be_v immortal_a from_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o creator_n therefore_o i_o know_v that_o adam_n indeed_o be_v immortal_a before_o the_o transpression_n of_o a_o law_n yet_o that_o it_o be_v not_o natural_a unto_o he_o from_o the_o root_n of_o life_n but_o for_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n sake_n for_o otherwise_o the_o plant_n of_o this_o tree_n in_o paradise_n have_v be_v vain_a if_o man_n can_v not_o have_v suffer_v the_o successive_a alteration_n and_o calamity_n of_o age_n that_o tree_n therefore_o be_v create_v for_o the_o power_n and_o necessity_n of_o renovation_n renew_v of_o youth_n yea_o and_o prevention_n of_o old_a age_n for_o although_o the_o body_n by_o creation_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o be_v wound_v nor_o subject_n unto_o disease_n yet_o it_o have_v by_o little_a and_o little_a feel_v the_o successive_a change_n of_o age_n if_o its_o vigour_n have_v not_o be_v continue_v by_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n for_o neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o lord_n of_o thing_n the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n be_v of_o a_o worse_a constitution_n than_o our_o first_o parent_n but_o that_o the_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n die_v and_o so_o feel_v the_o calamity_n of_o age_n that_o in_o his_o thirty_o second_o year_n he_o be_v reckon_v fifty_o year_n of_o age._n that_o happen_v not_o from_o his_o nature_n nor_o from_o the_o root_n of_o his_o life_n for_o death_n as_o also_o the_o rottenness_n of_o day_n have_v no_o right_n over_o he_o but_o out_o of_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n whereby_o he_o have_v appoint_v himself_o a_o surety_n for_o our_o sin_n he_o will_v subject_v himself_o to_o misery_n and_o so_o also_o to_o death_n in_o his_o most_o glorious_a
nativity_n wherein_o the_o lord_n take_v on_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n but_o how_o much_o he_o depart_v from_o that_o former_a and_o proper_a or_o natural_a dignity_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n wherein_o he_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o womb_n himself_o show_v because_o he_o who_o come_v forth_o into_o the_o world_n the_o womb_n of_o the_o virgin_n be_v shut_v and_o the_o bolt_n of_o dimension_n be_v contemn_v present_o prostrate_v himself_o to_o the_o ordain_a condition_n of_o death_n and_o willing_o feel_v every_o necessity_n of_o a_o servile_a nature_n for_o both_o adam_n in_o their_o beginning_n be_v immortal_a for_o the_o first_o adam_n aught_o to_o be_v preserve_v by_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n but_o the_o second_o do_v whole_o contain_v the_o tree_n of_o life_n in_o himself_o both_o of_o they_o indeed_o choose_v to_o die_v before_o a_o possibility_n to_o live_v for_o the_o former_a choose_v it_o from_o a_o vice_n but_o the_o second_o from_o charity_n the_o tree_n 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