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do_v not_o at_o any_o time_n do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o flesh_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o this_o union_n be_v perpetual_a and_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o it_o do_v not_o hereupon_o follow_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o word_n do_v he_o do_v it_o by_o the_o flesh_n though_o it_o be_v grant_v i_o say_v that_o the_o word_n do_v nothing_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o flesh_n because_o that_o that_o flesh_n which_o it_o once_o take_v it_o never_o lay_v down_o yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o whatsoever_o the_o word_n do_v it_o do_v it_o by_o the_o flesh_n which_o thing_n may_v be_v show_v by_o most_o assure_a and_o manifest_a example_n example_n the_o first_o example_n christ_n raise_v uppe_o himself_o by_o his_o own_o divine_a power_n who_o also_o have_v say_v of_o himself_o 10.18_o john_n 10.18_o i_o have_v power_n to_o lay_v down_o my_o soul_n or_o life_n and_o to_o take_v it_o again_o do_v therefore_o the_o godhead_n through_o the_o flesh_n accomplish_v and_o perform_v that_o work_n i_o suppose_v no_o man_n will_v say_v so_o 9.4_o the_o second_o example_n john_n 1.48_o matth._n 9.4_o when_o christ_n behold_v nathaniel_n absent_a do_v he_o see_v he_o with_o his_o bodily_a eye_n and_o when_o without_o the_o disclose_v of_o any_o other_o man_n he_o see_v the_o thought_n of_o his_o adversary_n do_v he_o this_o by_o any_o sharpness_n of_o man_n mind_n or_o understanding_n no_o very_o wherefore_o he_o see_v all_o these_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v god_n and_o not_o with_o mind_n or_o body_n and_o yet_o he_o see_v they_o not_o without_o man_n because_o he_o be_v god_n be_v man_n also_o etc._n the_o three_o example_n matth._n 8.13_o john_n 9.6.7_o etc._n etc._n when_o he_o heal_v the_o centurians_fw-la servant_n be_v absent_a do_v he_o that_o as_o when_o he_o heal_v that_o blind_a man_n be_v present_a put_v his_o hand_n to_o he_o and_o make_v the_o clay_n no_o in_o deed_n for_o he_o wrought_v this_o latter_a by_o his_o hand_n move_v through_o the_o flesh_n that_o be_v to_o say_v use_v the_o instrument_n of_o flesh_n assume_v or_o take_v whereas_o he_o heal_v the_o other_o by_o the_o only_a power_n of_o his_o godhead_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o free_a from_o flesh_n i_o confess_v it_o he_o heal_v he_o therefore_o with_o the_o flesh_n but_o not_o through_o flesh_n wherefore_o in_o this_o fellow-working_a together_o of_o the_o godhead_n &_o the_o nature_n assume_v or_o take_v the_o personal_a union_n be_v not_o depose_v or_o overthrow_v but_o establish_v rather_o beside_o though_o i_o shall_v grant_v the_o antecedent_n or_o first_o proposition_n it_o he_o grant_v the_o adversary_n that_o which_o they_o speak_v and_o yet_o they_o gain_v nothing_o by_o it_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o word_n do_v nothing_o but_o with_o and_o by_o the_o manhood_n yet_o that_o will_v not_o follow_v thereupon_o that_o they_o imagine_v