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that_o afterward_o many_o great_a person_n in_o the_o very_a church_n also_o great_o like_v it_o and_o set_v it_o abroach_o touch_v the_o gentile_n 15._o gentile_n cicero_n in_o hortensio_n apud_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la juliâ—_n a_o l._n 4._o c._n 12._o &_o 15._o tully_n himself_o profess_v his_o approbation_n of_o this_o opinion_n namely_o that_o we_o be_v bear_v into_o this_o wretched_a world_n for_o some_o foul_a matter_n commit_v before_o in_o a_o former_a world_n to_o suffer_v punishment_n here_o for_o the_o same_o who_o also_o compare_v man_n case_n herein_o to_o that_o of_o those_o which_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o thief_n of_o tuscany_n mention_v by_o aristotle_n who_o be_v deal_v with_o after_o this_o lamentable_a manner_n the_o one_o half_a of_o they_o be_v leave_v alive_a the_o other_o half_o murder_v than_o the_o live_n be_v bind_v back_o to_o back_n to_o the_o dead_a and_o so_o rot_v with_o they_o and_o that_o even_o so_o our_o soul_n be_v couple_v with_o our_o 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which_o if_o they_o have_v understand_v of_o the_o first_o man_n adara_n when_o he_o fall_v have_v be_v true_a and_o sound_a but_o of_o this_o they_o never_o dream_v they_o think_v that_o man_n consider_v in_o the_o state_n of_o corrupt_a nature_n or_o as_o he_o be_v now_o of_o himself_o be_v without_o sin_n by_o birth_n and_o have_v equal_a power_n to_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n to_o be_v virtuous_a or_o vicious_a and_o as_o i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v only_o bad_a education_n and_o imitation_n of_o the_o bad_a or_o bad_a employment_n of_o his_o freewill_n &_o natural_a faculty_n of_o his_o soul_n that_o make_v he_o naught_o in_o which_o error_n we_o find_v the_o very_o best_a and_o wise_a to_o have_v be_v 4._o be_v cie_o aead_n quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lib._n â—woudâ—_n &_o tusculan_a lib._n 4._o the_o stoic_n the_o best_a of_o all_o philosopher_n for_o morality_n be_v so_o blind_v herein_o that_o they_o think_v even_o good_a and_o lawful_a affection_n to_o be_v mere_o of_o ill_a custom_n not_o of_o nature_n much_o more_o that_o corrupt_a and_o evil_a affection_n be_v so_o and_o 22._o and_o seneca_n epist_n 22._o seneca_n bring_v in_o nature_n complain_v of_o her_o child_n as_o degenerate_v and_o tell_v they_o that_o she_o bring_v the_o forth_o with_o out_o passion_n and_o evil_a desire_n &_o lust_n without_o fear_n without_o superstition_n without_o treachery_n &_o the_o like_a &_o 116._o &_o seneca_n c._n pist_o 116._o in_o a_o other_o place_n make_v this_o the_o only_a cause_n that_o we_o be_v naught_o because_o we_o will_v not_o use_v the_o strength_n which_o nature_n have_v give_v we_o to_o shake_v of_o our_o vice_n which_o be_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o do_v it_o not_o to_o be_v willing_a say_v he_o be_v the_o cause_n hereof_o but_o not_o to_o be_v able_a be_v make_v the_o pretence_n and_o colour_n 8._o chap_n 5._o sect._n 8._o we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n *_o hereafter_o to_o speak_v more_o of_o this_o blindness_n and_o madness_n of_o the_o gentile_n touch_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o part_n of_o man_n misery_n namely_o sin_n when_o we_o shall_v come_v to_o handle_v the_o remedy_n which_o they_o prescribe_v for_o the_o same_o and_o as_o for_o the_o falsehood_n thereof_o it_o shall_v be_v show_v *_o in_o place_n convenient_a 4._o chap._n 6._o sect_n 4._o chap._n 4._o that_o as_o the_o gentile_n know_v not_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o man_n misery_n so_o nether_a do_v they_o know_v the_o utmost_a height_n of_o it_o 1_o as_o we_o have_v see_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n that_o the_o blind_a heathen_n know_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o man_n misery_n so_o it_o rest_v to_o be_v here_o declare_v that_o they_o know_v not_o the_o true_a measure_n and_o greatness_n thereof_o nay_o be_v mere_o ignorant_a of_o many_o principal_a branch_n of_o it_o 2_o one_o special_a point_n of_o our_o misery_n be_v that_o by_o sin_n we_o incur_v the_o displeasure_n of_o god_n and_o become_v liable_a to_o his_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n who_o by_o nature_n be_v a_o 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