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their_o soul_n their_o faith_n their_o religion_n to_o the_o moloch_n of_o rome_n lupos_fw-la rome_n plin._n nat_n hist_o l._n 8_o c._n 22._o arcades_n scribunt_fw-la ex_fw-la
wife_n embrace_v a_o stranger_n in_o bed_n so_o do_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n burn_v like_o fire_n and_o his_o jealousy_n break_v out_o like_o a_o bright_a flame_n against_o such_o as_o pigmalion-like_a entertain_v a_o idol_n for_o he_o in_o the_o bed_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o commit_v fornication_n with_o it_o to_o commit_v fornication_n and_o to_o eat_v meat_n sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n there_o be_v so_o near_a affinity_n betwixt_o carnal_a and_o spiritual_a fornication_n that_o few_o defile_v their_o soul_n with_o the_o one_o but_o be_v defile_v in_o body_n with_o the_o other_o as_o jezebel_n scholar_n here_o who_o by_o eat_v meat_n sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n be_v provoke_v to_o corporal_a uncleanness_n one_o sin_n as_o it_o breed_v so_o it_o feed_v another_o and_o as_o blindness_n of_o eye_n be_v inflict_v upon_o elymas_n for_o his_o blindness_n of_o heart_n so_o god_n in_o his_o secret_a and_o just_a judgement_n here_o punish_v the_o nicolait_n spiritual_a with_o corporal_a 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simulaâ—hrorum_fw-la cultus_fw-la
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hamor_n be_v the_o father_n of_o sechem_n as_o we_o read_v genes_n 33.19_o neither_o do_v s._n stephen_n gainsay_v it_o for_o his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o sechem_n which_o shall_v have_v be_v translate_v the_o father_n of_o sechem_n as_o herodotus_n in_o clio_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o thalia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15.40_o mar._n 15.40_o and_o saint_n mark_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adrastus_n of_o midas_n to_o wit_n the_o father_n of_o midas_n cyrus_n of_o cambyses_n that_o be_v the_o father_n of_o cambyses_n mary_n of_o james_n that_o be_v marry_o the_o mother_n of_o james_n the_o mist_n be_v thus_o dispel_v we_o may_v clear_o see_v our_o way_n and_o ready_o follow_v the_o patriarch_n in_o the_o funeral_n procession_n from_o egypt_n first_o to_o sechem_n and_o afterward_o to_o ephron_n and_o they_o be_v carry_v over_o etc._n etc._n this_o transportation_n offer_v to_o our_o religious_a thought_n two_o act_n 1._o of_o piety_n 2._o of_o charity_n both_o significative_a and_o mystical_a for_o the_o carry_v the_o patriarch_n bone_n from_o egypt_n to_o canaan_n shadow_v our_o removal_n after_o death_n from_o egyptian_a darkness_n to_o the_o inheritance_n of_o saint_n in_o light_n and_o the_o lay_v they_o by_o the_o bone_n of_o abraham_n may_v represent_v unto_o we_o how_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a immediate_o after_o they_o be_v sever_v from_o their_o body_n be_v carry_v by_o angel_n into_o the_o bosom_n of_o abraham_n the_o first_o i_o call_v a_o act_n of_o piety_n or_o religion_n because_o the_o patriarch_n before_o their_o death_n by_o faith_n give_v charge_n of_o their_o bone_n and_o their_o posterity_n execute_v their_o last_o will_n in_o this_o point_n to_o profess_v their_o faith_n in_o god_n promise_n which_o be_v to_o give_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o their_o seed_n for_o a_o inheritance_n and_o according_o by_o their_o dead_a body_n they_o take_v a_o kind_n of_o real_a possession_n thereof_o and_o they_o as_o by_o a_o synecdoche_n the_o soul_n be_v put_v for_o the_o man_n anima_fw-la cujusque_fw-la be_v est_fw-la cuique_fw-la so_o by_o the_o same_o figure_n the_o corpse_n of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v call_v the_o patriarch_n poole_n elegant_o call_v his_o dead_a body_n his_o depositum_fw-la scaliger_n his_o relic_n saint_n paul_n the_o tentmaker_n agreeable_a to_o his_o profession_n call_v it_o a_o earthly_a tabernacle_n and_o although_o indeed_o it_o be_v but_o the_o casket_n which_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o precious_a ring_n our_o immortal_a spirit_n yet_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o union_n of_o it_o to_o the_o soul_n and_o because_o it_o concur_v with_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o physical_a constitution_n of_o a_o man_n it_o may_v by_o a_o figure_n be_v call_v a_o man_n yea_o but_o have_v the_o patriarch_n no_o privilege_n but_o must_v they_o go_v the_o way_n of_o all_o flesh_n they_o must_v for_o earth_n be_v in_o their_o composition_n and_o into_o the_o earth_n must_v be_v their_o resolution_n as_o the_o world_n be_v a_o circle_n so_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n in_o this_o be_v like_o a_o circle_n that_o they_o end_v where_o or_o as_o they_o begin_v the_o vapour_n that_o be_v draw_v up_o from_o the_o earth_n fall_v down_o again_o upon_o the_o earth_n in_o rain_n the_o fire_n that_o descend_v at_o the_o first_o from_o the_o region_n of_o fire_n in_o the_o phys_n the_o pickolom_n phys_n hollow_a of_o the_o moon_n ascend_v up_o thither_o again_o the_o water_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o sea_n return_v back_o to_o the_o sea_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v infuse_v by_o god_n return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o but_o the_o body_n which_o be_v make_v of_o red_a earth_n return_v to_o dust_n as_o it_o be_v we_o need_v not_o inquire_v of_o scripture_n where_o reason_n speak_v so_o plain_a nor_o interrogate_v reason_n where_o sense_n give_v daily_a testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n every_o pass_a bell_n ring_v this_o lesson_n in_o our_o ear_n omnis_fw-la loculus_fw-la locus_fw-la est_fw-la every_o coffin_n be_v a_o topicke_n to_o prove_v it_o every_o grave_n lay_v it_o open_a to_o we_o every_o speechless_a man_n on_o his_o deathbed_n cry_v out_o to_o we_o memento_n mori_fw-la quod_fw-la tueris_fw-la eris_fw-la be_v carry_v over_o into_o sechem_n the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v a_o double_a pilgrimage_n 1._o of_o the_o outward_a man_n 2._o of_o the_o inward_a man_n the_o outward_a travel_v from_o the_o cradle_n to_o the_o coffin_n the_o inward_a from_o earth_n to_o heaven_n of_o all_o creature_n man_n only_o be_v proper_o a_o pilgrim_n on_o earth_n because_o he_o alone_o be_v bear_v and_o live_v all_o his_o time_n here_o out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n of_o all_o man_n the_o patriarch_n