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and_o finisher_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o salvation_n nay_o the_o creation_n or_o generation_n of_o our_o life_n and_o flesh_n as_o well_o as_o our_o salvation_n be_v here_o ascribe_v to_o the_o virgin_n which_o can_v have_v no_o sense_n or_o truth_n unless_o she_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god-woman_n in_o that_o sense_n that_o christ_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god-man_n and_o as_o i_o say_v be_v as_o proper_o the_o daughter_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 5._o as_o she_o be_v express_o call_v in_o her_o litanie_n filia_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o daughter_n of_o god_n which_o consider_v what_o high_a title_n they_o give_v she_o both_o in_o that_o litanie_n and_o elsewhere_o as_o illuminatrix_fw-la cordium_fw-la fons_n misericordiae_fw-la flumen_n sapientiae_fw-la mater_fw-la dei_fw-la regina_fw-la coeli_fw-la domina_fw-la mundi_fw-la domina_fw-la coeli_fw-la &_o terrae_fw-la will_v be_v but_o a_o dwindle_a title_n 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this_o first_o sense_n thereof_o be_v very_o weak_a and_o vain_a nor_o though_o there_o be_v this_o natural_a reference_n will_v it_o follow_v that_o we_o be_v to_o honour_v they_o this_o way_n it_o be_v so_o plain_o forbid_v and_o there_o be_v better_a way_n then_o this_o viz._n the_o commemorate_n and_o imitate_v their_o virtue_n 7._o and_o for_o that_o second_o sense_n it_o be_v indeed_o disinvolve_v of_o those_o former_a difficulty_n but_o great_a here_o occur_v for_o as_o touch_v our_o saviour_n christ_n forasmuch_o as_o his_o pretend_a image_n be_v but_o his_o symbolical_a presence_n the_o do_v of_o divine_a worship_n towards_o it_o be_v again_o plain_a idolatry_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o example_n of_o the_o israelite_n who_o worship_v the_o golden_a calf_n in_o reference_n to_o jehovah_n as_o appear_v plain_o 5._o in_o the_o story_n and_o for_o the_o bless_a virgin_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o incurvation_n towards_o their_o symbolical_a presence_n be_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v frequent_o change_v into_o one_o another_o according_a to_o diversity_n of_o dialect_n so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o difficulty_n touch_v this_o thing_n 6._o three_o it_o may_v haply_o be_v object_v against_o our_o interpret_n the_o ten_o day_n of_o affliction_n predict_v to_o the_o church_n in_o smyrna_n of_o the_o ten_o famous_a persecution_n that_o some_o reckon_v more_o than_o ten_o add_v a_o eleven_o under_o constantius_n the_o arian_n a_o twelve_o under_o julian_n the_o apostate_n and_o a_o thirteen_o under_o the_o arian_n emperor_n valens_n but_o prophecy_n be_v a_o anticipatorie_a history_n it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o it_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o usual_a language_n of_o historian_n who_o report_n run_v up_o on_o these_o ten_o so_o famous_o and_o distinct_o take_v notice_n of_o and_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o ten_o in_o the_o interval_n we_o set_v for_o 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