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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11363	A treatise of Paradise. And the principall contents thereof especially of the greatnesse, situation, beautie, and other properties of that place: of the trees of life, good and euill; of the serpent, cherubin, fiery sword, mans creation, immortalitie, propagation, stature, age, knowledge, temptation, fall, and exclusion out of Paradise; and consequently of his and our originall sin: with many other difficulties touching these points. Collected out of the holy Scriptures, ancient fathers, and other both ancient and moderne writers.	Salkeld, John, 1576-1660.	1617 (1617)	STC 21622; ESTC S116515	126,315	368

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can_v be_v perform_v of_o all_o counsel_v therefore_o only_o to_o some_o and_o those_o but_o few_o see_v few_o can_v attain_v to_o this_o perfection_n 27._o 1._o cor._n c_o 7._o vers_fw-la 27._o my_o counsel_n therefore_o be_v that_o of_o saint_n paul_n be_v thou_o bind_v unto_o a_o wife_n seek_v not_o to_o be_v loose_v lest_o lose_v the_o knot_n which_o god_n have_v knit_v thou_o lose_v thyself_o be_v thou_o loose_v from_o a_o wife_n seek_v not_o a_o wife_n here_o paul_n counsel_v he_o command_v not_o neither_o be_v his_o counsel_n extend_v to_o all_o see_v all_o can_v be_v capable_a of_o this_o counsel_n not_o only_o by_o nature_n because_o this_o be_v not_o any_o gift_n of_o nature_n but_o also_o even_o by_o a_o lesser_a measure_n of_o grace_n for_o though_o the_o sun_n of_o justice_n do_v shine_v over_o the_o just_a and_o unjust_a and_o send_v down_o the_o dew_n of_o his_o grace_n unto_o all_o yet_o not_o with_o equality_n unto_o all_o but_o according_a unto_o his_o good_a 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threaten_v to_o be_v inflict_v so_o immediate_o after_o their_o sin_n so_o that_o even_o in_o his_o justice_n we_o may_v magnify_v his_o mercy_n and_o say_v with_o the_o psalmist_n misericordia_fw-la eius_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la opera_fw-la eius_fw-la that_o his_o mercy_n abound_v in_o all_o his_o work_n yea_o and_o be_v above_o all_o his_o work_n because_o as_o the_o divine_n say_v remunerat_fw-la ultra_fw-la condignum_fw-la punit_fw-la citra_fw-la condignum_fw-la he_o reward_v our_o work_n far_o beyond_o their_o worth_n which_o be_v none_o at_o all_o unless_o it_o be_v in_o christ_n and_o punish_v our_o sin_n much_o less_o than_o they_o deserve_v to_o the_o other_o blasphemy_n which_o manes_n use_v against_o the_o almighty_a god_n in_o accuse_v he_o of_o repentance_n and_o mutability_n i_o answer_v that_o we_o must_v first_o suppose_v what_o it_o be_v to_o repent_v or_o to_o be_v sorry_a for_o any_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v do_v for_o repentance_n or_o sorrow_n suppose_v ignorance_n in_o we_o of_o future_a event_n yea_o of_o such_o as_o be_v noxious_a or_o hurtful_a to_o those_o who_o be_v affect_v with_o the_o aforesaid_a passion_n both_o which_o be_v far_o unfitting_a the_o all-seeing_a science_n and_o omnipotent_a power_n of_o god_n who_o do_v not_o remit_v the_o rigour_n of_o this_o sentence_n move_v by_o sorrow_n or_o repentance_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o we_o but_o rather_o as_o we_o have_v say_v before_o by_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n and_o clemency_n to_o the_o end_n that_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n and_o mercy_n may_v be_v the_o more_o manifest_a unto_o us._n in_o like_a manner_n we_o may_v say_v that_o when_o any_o sinner_n do_v turn_v from_o his_o former_a be_v in_o sin_n god_n almighty_a in_o some_o sort_n may_v be_v say_v to_o remit_v the_o rigour_n of_o his_o sentence_n pronounce_v against_o he_o and_o this_o not_o by_o reason_n of_o any_o ignorance_n or_o mutable_a repent_v himself_o of_o the_o former_a fact_n or_o threaten_v as_o manes_n blasphemous_o object_v but_o rather_o he_o remit_v out_o of_o his_o infinite_a clemency_n the_o sentence_n of_o damnation_n which_o conditional_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o wit_n if_o the_o sinner_n have_v not_o repent_v himself_o of_o his_o sin_n a_o example_n of_o which_o we_o find_v in_o the_o commination_n of_o doom_n and_o utter_a destruction_n threaten_v not_o absolute_o but_o conditional_o against_o the_o niviuites_fw-la 3._o jonae_fw-la 3._o that_o they_o shall_v utter_o be_v destroy_v within_o forty_o day_n 20._o 4._o reg._n 20._o likewise_o against_o ezechias_n that_o he_o shall_v die_v for_o his_o sin_n who_o nevertheless_o god_n pardon_v upon_o their_o repentance_n and_o the_o like_a also_o we_o find_v in_o other_o most_o heinous_a offender_n against_o who_o god_n have_v denounce_v his_o wrath_n nevertheless_o pardon_v upon_o their_o sorrow_n contristation_n and_o humiliation_n now_o as_o touch_v the_o lie_n which_o this_o heretic_n object_v against_o god_n in_o that_o he_o threaten_v death_n unto_o man_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o transgression_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v not_o inflict_v i_o answer_v that_o as_o man_n be_v compose_v of_o body_n and_o spirit_n so_o likewise_o the_o death_n threaten_v against_o he_o be_v both_o corporal_a and_o spiritual_a which_o both_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n inflict_v even_o in_o the_o very_a instant_n of_o his_o transgression_n the_o spiritual_a in_o the_o separation_n of_o his_o spirit_n from_o god_n and_o his_o grace_n wherein_o consist_v his_o spiritual_a and_o supernatural_a life_n the_o corporal_a in_o the_o perturbation_n of_o his_o affection_n and_o power_n both_o spiritual_a and_o corporal_a which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o beginning_n of_o a_o never_o die_a death_n begin_v in_o this_o life_n and_o which_o according_a to_o the_o present_a justice_n of_o god_n if_o it_o have_v be_v execute_v be_v to_o have_v be_v consummate_v in_o the_o other_o life_n or_o rather_o eternal_a death_n if_o so_o be_v that_o this_o first_o lapse_n and_o fall_n have_v not_o be_v remit_v not_o of_o man_n merit_n but_o by_o god_n mercy_n chap._n lxvi_o the_o objection_n of_o theodorus_n and_o nestorius_n theodorus_n bishop_n of_o laodicea_n and_o nestorius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n with_o diverse_a other_o of_o the_o greek_a church_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o sin_n be_v not_o the_o occasion_n of_o death_n but_o that_o man_n shall_v have_v die_v though_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v because_o mortality_n be_v consequent_a to_o nature_n as_o immortality_n proceed_v only_o of_o grace_n how_o then_o be_v it_o possible_a unless_o god_n can_v contradict_v and_o deny_v himself_o or_o that_o one_o of_o the_o divine_a decree_n can_v be_v opposite_a to_o another_o that_o god_n shall_v first_o decree_v the_o immortality_n of_o man_n then_o present_o upon_o his_o transgression_n the_o object_n be_v change_v god_n also_o shall_v be_v change_v in_o his_o decree_n for_o either_o god_n fore-knew_a

they_o so_o appear_v and_o speak_v do_v always_o represent_v the_o majesty_n of_o their_o maker_n repeat_v for_o the_o most_o part_n god_n own_o word_n which_o he_o have_v immediate_o infuse_v into_o their_o understanding_n again_o if_o the_o aforesaid_a opinion_n of_o the_o assume_v of_o our_o humane_a nature_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o a_o personal_a union_n between_o god_n and_o man_n then_o questionless_a god_n have_v be_v twice_o incarnate_a and_o twice_o unite_v to_o our_o humane_a nature_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o if_o there_o be_v no_o real_a union_n or_o assumption_n of_o our_o humane_a nature_n but_o only_o a_o shade_n or_o similitude_n of_o the_o same_o as_o we_o read_v that_o angel_n have_v oftentimes_o assume_v humane_a body_n how_o then_o be_v it_o true_o say_v let_v we_o make_v man_n to_o our_o image_n and_o likeness_n see_v that_o similitude_n of_o humane_a nature_n can_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v true_o say_v that_o adam_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n if_o so_o be_v that_o we_o understand_v by_o the_o image_n of_o god_n not_o any_o true_a humane_a nature_n but_o the_o shade_n only_o and_o similitude_n of_o man_n nature_n hence_o i_o conclude_v the_o first_o opinion_n to_o be_v the_o best_a as_o which_o be_v most_o ground_a in_o the_o sacred_a text_n and_o most_o follow_v of_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o other_o expositor_n chap._n xvi_o whether_o the_o woman_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n or_o no._n it_o may_v seem_v rashness_n to_o doubt_v of_o this_o if_o s._n paul_n do_v not_o give_v we_o some_o ground_n deny_v as_o some_o think_v that_o woman_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n and_o likeness_n of_o god_n aver_n her_o only_a to_o be_v the_o image_n of_o man_n in_o that_o he_o contrapose_v woman_n as_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n to_o man_n as_o the_o image_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n his_o word_n be_v these_o 6._o 1._o cor._n 11._o &_o 6._o man_n ought_v not_o to_o cover_v his_o head_n forasmuch_o as_o he_o be_v the_o image_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n but_o the_o woman_n be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o man_n for_o the_o man_n be_v not_o of_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o man_n the_o woman_n therefore_o be_v not_o the_o image_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n but_o immediate_o only_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o man_n otherwise_o there_o can_v be_v no_o difference_n in_o this_o between_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n contrary_a to_o the_o inference_n which_o s._n paul_n make_v in_o the_o precedent_a verse_n nevertheless_o even_o the_o text_n itself_o do_v clear_o confute_v this_o opinion_n for_o after_o that_o it_o have_v be_v say_v let_v we_o make_v man_n to_o our_o own_o image_n and_o likeness_n present_o it_o be_v add_v he_o make_v they_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n wherefore_o as_o man_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n so_o likewise_o be_v the_o woman_n make_v to_o the_o same_o 7._o aug_n li._n 12._o de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la cap_n 7._o s._n austin_n be_v very_o large_a in_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n but_o brief_o this_o be_v the_o answer_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o principal_a reason_n why_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n to_o wit_n as_o he_o be_v a_o intellectual_a creature_n and_o as_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o the_o property_n thereunto_o annex_v so_o be_v it_o evident_a that_o this_o word_n image_n do_v equal_o signify_v and_o may_v be_v equal_o attribute_v both_o to_o man_n and_o woman_n see_v that_o they_o both_o participate_v of_o reason_n and_o understanding_n both_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o immortal_a soul_n both_o partaker_n of_o free_a will_n both_o capable_a of_o supernatural_a gift_n both_o of_o grace_n and_o glory_n but_o again_o if_o this_o word_n image_n be_v take_v in_o a_o more_o large_a and_o improper_a signification_n as_o have_v be_v already_o explicate_v we_o may_v well_o say_v that_o man_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n &_o woman_n frame_v to_o the_o image_n of_o man_n because_o as_o god_n be_v the_o end_n to_o who_o man_n be_v immediate_o refer_v so_o likewise_o man_n in_o some_o sort_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o woman_n because_o man_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o woman_n by_o who_o she_o ought_v to_o be_v direct_v unto_o god_n this_o explication_n seem_v to_o be_v ground_v in_o the_o aforesaid_a place_n of_o paul_n 1._o to_o the_o corin._n 11._o chap._n for_o when_o he_o have_v say_v that_o man_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o woman_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o man_n he_o present_o give_v the_o reason_n ver_fw-la 8._o for_o man_n say_v he_o be_v not_o of_o the_o woman_n but_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o man_n ver_fw-la 9_o for_o the_o man_n be_v not_o create_v for_o the_o woman_n sake_n but_o the_o woman_n for_o the_o man_n sake_n nevertheless_o if_o the_o similitude_n of_o god_n in_o man_n and_o woman_n be_v consider_v not_o according_a to_o their_o natural_a gift_n but_o to_o the_o supernatural_a of_o grace_n and_o glory_n then_o questionless_a it_o happen_v oftentime_o that_o some_o woman_n be_v more_o adorn_v with_o these_o supernatural_a grace_n and_o gift_n and_o consequent_o be_v more_o like_a unto_o god_n than_o many_o man_n as_o we_o pious_o believe_v of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n who_o as_o she_o be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n to_o be_v bless_v among_o all_o woman_n so_o no_o doubt_n but_o she_o have_v receive_v a_o eternal_a blessing_n above_o all_o angel_n and_o man_n our_o saviour_n only_o except_v both_o god_n and_o man_n chap._n xvii_o whether_o man_n be_v make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n even_o according_a to_o his_o body_n and_o corporal_a proportion_n shape_n and_o lineament_n or_o do_v in_o any_o wise_a represent_v the_o divine_a majesty_n the_o subject_n of_o this_o question_n be_v so_o certain_a of_o itself_o and_o without_o all_o coutroversie_n that_o for_o the_o resolution_n thereof_o we_o have_v more_o 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yea_o as_o all_o inferior_a creature_n be_v subject_a to_o their_o superior_a according_a to_o their_o nature_n order_n perfection_n and_o god_n decree_n the_o imperfect_a to_o the_o more_o perfect_a the_o matter_n for_o the_o form_n the_o corporal_a for_o the_o spiritual_a the_o accident_n for_o the_o substance_n the_o element_n for_o the_o mixt_n yea_o even_o the_o heaven_n star_n and_o planet_n for_o man_n man_n only_o for_o god_n as_o subject_v only_o to_o god_n while_o he_o do_v not_o infringe_v this_o sacred_a order_n and_o chain_n where_o by_o he_o all_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v reduce_v and_o link_v to_o god_n furthermore_o this_o power_n and_o dominion_n of_o man_n over_o all_o other_o live_v creature_n proceed_v from_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o nature_n do_v remain_v in_o he_o even_o after_o his_o sin_n though_o not_o in_o the_o same_o act_n or_o actual_a exercise_n of_o his_o power_n and_o dominion_n for_o albeit_o whatsoever_o be_v due_a unto_o nature_n be_v blemish_v 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