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no_o wealth_n but_o his_o book_n which_o he_o give_v to_o the_o common_a library_n august_n posidon_n in_o vita_fw-la august_n say_v possidonius_fw-la but_o christ_n be_v poor_a for_o he_o have_v no_o good_n but_o his_o garment_n this_o be_v all_o the_o soldier_n get_v by_o he_o to_o teach_v we_o in_o his_o mundanis_fw-la faelicitatem_fw-la non_fw-la reponere_fw-la that_o we_o shall_v not_o greedy_o seek_v nor_o childish_o place_v our_o delight_n in_o these_o vain_a and_o worldly_a toy_n but_o if_o riches_n increase_v not_o to_o set_v our_o heart_n upon_o they_o et_fw-la omne_fw-la mala_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la misery_n christ_n suffer_v all_o misery_n and_o he_o suffer_v all_o the_o sorrow_n of_o this_o world_n hunger_n thirst_n cold_a and_o nakedness_n lying_n slander_n spitting_n mock_n whip_n death_n itself_o to_o teach_v we_o ut_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la quaereretur_fw-la faelicitas_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o istis_fw-la infaelicitas_fw-la timeretur_fw-la that_o as_o we_o 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of_o the_o grace_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o causa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o impulsive_a cause_n in_o respect_n of_o god_n be_v his_o great_a love_n and_o tender_a compassion_n towards_o mankind_n so_o lie_v in_o misery_n under_o the_o tyranny_n and_o bondage_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o perform_n of_o his_o promise_n 15._o gen._n 3_o 15._o which_o he_o make_v unto_o adam_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n and_o therefore_o because_o he_o will_v not_o alter_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v go_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n 1.72_o luke_n 1.72_o nor_o suffer_v his_o truth_n to_o fail_v he_o remember_v his_o holy_a covenant_n and_o the_o oath_n that_o he_o swear_v unto_o our_o father_n and_o at_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n he_o send_v this_o word_n to_o be_v make_v flesh_n second_o the_o final_a cause_n in_o respect_n of_o we_o be_v the_o restore_n of_o mankind_n unto_o the_o favour_n of_o 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die_v 3._o heb._n 7_o 3._o four_o because_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o this_o melchisedeck_n be_v like_a unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n even_o as_o nebuchadnezzer_n say_v that_o the_o four_o man_n which_o walk_v with_o the_o three_o child_n in_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n be_v like_a unto_o the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o here_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3.25_o dan._n 3.25_o like_o the_o son_n of_o god_n mean_v no_o doubt_n that_o he_o assume_v a_o body_n of_o the_o same_o likeness_n and_o habit_n and_o countenance_n as_o afterward_o he_o mean_v to_o unite_v personal_o unto_o himself_o for_o that_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n in_o scripture_n to_o say_v that_o he_o which_o be_v be_v like_a unto_o himself_o as_o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v 2.7.8_o phil._n 2.7.8_o that_o he_o be_v find_v in_o shape_n as_o a_o man_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n and_o be_v make_v in_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n that_o be_v he_o be_v 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also_o in_o a_o visible_a shape_n which_o he_o assume_v like_v unto_o that_o whereunto_o he_o be_v afterward_o to_o be_v unite_v so_o that_o man_n which_o wrestle_v with_o jacob_n be_v none_o other_o but_o the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n for_o himself_o say_v that_o jacob_n shall_v be_v call_v israel_n 32.28.30_o gen._n 32.28.30_o a_o wrestler_n and_o prevailer_n with_o god_n and_o jacob_n call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n peniel_n because_o he_o have_v see_v god_n face_n to_o face_n and_o so_o that_o man_n which_o appear_v unto_o josua_n and_o come_v as_o a_o captain_n of_o the_o hest_n of_o the_o lord_n 5.14_o josua_n 5.14_o be_v none_o other_o then_o jesus_n christ_n as_o peter_n martyr_n do_v most_o excellent_o by_o many_o argument_n confirm_v whereby_o you_o see_v christ_n do_v heretofore_o assume_v unto_o himself_o humane_a form_n wherein_o he_o appear_v unto_o the_o father_n to_o be_v as_o a_o praeludium_n of_o his_o incarnation_n but_o in_o none_o of_o these_o apparition_n and_o assumption_n of_o such_o form_n be_v he_o ever_o say_v to_o be_v make_v the_o thing_n that_o he_o assume_v or_o to_o unite_v himself_o hypostatical_o unto_o any_o of_o the_o say_a form_n for_o those_o body_n he_o form_v of_o the_o air_n or_o of_o nothing_o and_o when_o he_o have_v finish_v the_o work_n for_o which_o he_o have_v assume_v they_o tum_o redit_fw-la in_o nihilum_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la ante_fw-la nihil_fw-la then_o it_o return_v into_o that_o out_o of_o which_o it_o be_v frame_v but_o now_o the_o evangelist_n say_v word_n the_o conception_n of_o the_o word_n that_o this_o word_n do_v not_o only_o appear_v or_o assume_v unto_o himself_o our_o flesh_n for_o a_o time_n to_o discharge_v some_o special_a office_n and_o then_o to_o depose_v and_o to_o lay_v aside_o the_o same_o again_o but_o that_o he_o be_v make_v flesh_n that_o be_v real_o make_v man_n like_o one_o of_o we_o sin_n only_o except_v and_o eternal_o to_o remain_v man_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o and_o therefore_o that_o we_o may_v true_o understand_v this_o point_n how_o this_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n we_o must_v well_o consider_v these_o two_o especial_a thing_n 1._o the_o manner_n of_o his_o conception_n conception_n two_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v for_o the_o understanding_n of_o christ_n conception_n 2._o the_o matter_n or_o substance_n from_o which_o he_o be_v form_v first_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v here_o use_v do_v plain_o show_v unto_o we_o as_o both_o saint_n chrysostome_n and_o tolet_n do_v observe_v mirabilem_fw-la eius_fw-la conceptionem_fw-la non_fw-la virili_fw-la virtute_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la potentia_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la conceptum_fw-la his_o wonderful_a conception_n that_o he_o be_v make_v not_o by_o any_o virtue_n of_o man_n seed_n but_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n spirit_n who_o without_o any_o seed_n of_o man_n do_v frame_n and_o make_v the_o man_n christ_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o therefore_o we_o 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sun_n by_o who_o heat_n and_o virtue_n they_o grow_v and_o a_o mother_n only_o in_o earth_n i._n e._n the_o ground_n from_o whence_o they_o spring_v so_o christ_n the_o flower_n of_o the_o root_n of_o jesse_n have_v only_o a_o father_n in_o heaven_n without_o a_o mother_n and_o a_o mother_n only_o in_o earth_n without_o a_o father_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o another_o from_o his_o father_n and_o another_o from_o his_o mother_n sed_fw-la aliter_fw-la est_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la &_o aliter_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la matre_fw-la but_o he_o be_v otherwise_o from_o his_o father_n and_o otherwise_o from_o his_o mother_n that_o be_v a_o true_a god_n of_o god_n his_o father_n and_o a_o true_a man_n of_o the_o virgin_n his_o mother_n of_o two_o nature_n subsist_v in_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_o person_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n woman_n ambros_n in_o luc._n 24._o why_o christ_n be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n as_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v be_v ne_o perpetui_fw-la reatus_fw-la apud_fw-la viros_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la sustinerent_fw-la mulieres_fw-la lest_o woman_n shall_v still_o suffer_v the_o reproach_n of_o perpetual_a guiltiness_n and_o blame_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n for_o their_o first_o transgression_n for_o her_o yield_v unto_o the_o serpent_n and_o the_o seduce_a of_o her_o husband_n make_v she_o and_o all_o her_o sex_n to_o be_v deserve_o subject_a unto_o much_o reproach_n and_o therefore_o though_o because_o the_o mankind_n be_v more_o noble_a christ_n will_v be_v make_v a_o man_n yet_o because_o woman_n shall_v not_o be_v contemn_v he_o be_v content_v to_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la formam_fw-la viri_fw-la assumendo_fw-la faust_z aug._n count_v faust_z &_o de_fw-fr foemina_fw-la nascendo_fw-la utrumque_fw-la sexum_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la honorandum_fw-la
indicavit_fw-la and_o so_o he_o do_v sufficient_o honour_v both_o sex_n the_o man_n by_o assume_v the_o form_n of_o a_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n by_o take_v his_o flesh_n from_o a_o woman_n that_o as_o a_o woman_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o make_v man_n a_o sinner_n so_o she_o may_v be_v the_o instrument_n to_o bring_v he_o a_o saviour_n but_o he_o will_v be_v bear_v of_o such_o a_o woman_n that_o be_v a_o virgin_n because_o it_o become_v not_o god_n to_o have_v any_o mother_n but_o a_o maid_n and_o it_o beseem_v not_o a_o maid_n to_o have_v any_o son_n 10._o barrad_n l._n 7._o c._n 10._o but_o a_o god_n say_v barradius_fw-la and_o so_o he_o be_v make_v of_o a_o woman_n virgin_n why_o christ_n be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n of_o a_o woman_n that_o be_v a_o virgin_n and_o of_o a_o virgin_n without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o man_n and_o that_o for_o diverse_a reason_n as_o first_o because_o that_o woman_n be_v a_o virgin_n by_o who_o sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n 19_o jrenaeus_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 19_o as_o irenaeus_n think_v and_o all_o probability_n confirm_v second_o because_o god_n have_v promise_v that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n 3.15_o gen._n 3.15_o that_o be_v of_o the_o woman_n only_o without_o the_o help_n of_o man_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n 7.14_o esay_n 7.14_o and_o therefore_o esayas_n say_v behold_v a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n three_o because_o he_o be_v to_o be_v most_o pure_a without_o any_o the_o least_o spot_n or_o contagion_n of_o sin_n which_o he_o can_v not_o have_v be_v if_o he_o have_v be_v bear_v after_o the_o usual_a manner_n of_o man_n for_o as_o adam_n so_o all_o the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n beget_v child_n do_v beget_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n 3.6_o john_n 3.6_o together_o with_o the_o guilt_n and_o corruption_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n say_v whatsoever_o be_v bear_v of_o flesh_n that_o be_v after_o the_o usual_a manner_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n be_v flesh_n i_o e._n fleshly_a corrupt_a and_o defile_v four_o because_o this_o word_n have_v a_o natural_a father_n in_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v to_o have_v none_o in_o earth_n lest_o thereby_o he_o shall_v be_v say_v to_o have_v two_o father_n five_o because_o he_o be_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedecke_n who_o be_v without_o father_n and_o without_o mother_n to_o show_v that_o christ_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o mother_n as_o he_o be_v a_o god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o father_n as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n and_o so_o i_o may_v collect_v many_o other_o reason_n why_o this_o word_n be_v to_o be_v make_v flesh_n will_v be_v make_v of_o a_o virgin_n but_o i_o will_v proceed_v second_o touch_v the_o agent_n conceive_v of_o the_o manner_n how_o christ_n be_v conceive_v and_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o act_n how_o this_o substance_n shall_v be_v frame_v and_o this_o child_n shall_v be_v conceive_v without_o the_o help_n of_o man_n saint_n luke_n do_v most_o plain_o and_o full_o declare_v unto_o we_o say_v 1.35_o luc._n 1.35_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o high_a shall_v overshadow_v thou_o which_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v so_o as_o if_o he_o be_v beget_v spermaticcos_fw-la per_fw-la concubitum_fw-la by_o any_o carnal_a effusion_n of_o seminal_a humour_n as_o jansenius_n seem_v to_o imagine_v nor_o of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o some_o heretic_n have_v say_v for_o so_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v god_n shall_v have_v beget_v he_o not_o man_n but_o god_n quia_fw-la omne_fw-la generans_fw-la generate_fw-la sibi_fw-la simile_n because_o every_o begetter_n beget_v his_o like_a and_o 3.6_o john_n 3.6_o that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o spirit_n be_v spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o he_o be_v conceive_v by_o way_n of_o manufacture_n that_o be_v by_o the_o handy_a work_n or_o operation_n or_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n whereby_o the_o virgin_n do_v conceive_v as_o justine_n martyr_n say_v nativitate_fw-la just_a martyr_n apol._n 2._o pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la aug_n ser._n 3._o the_o temp_n basilius_n ser_fw-mi de_fw-fr nativitate_fw-la or_o else_o by_o the_o energeticall_a command_n and_o ordination_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v or_o by_o the_o benediction_n and_o blessing_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o saint_n basil_n say_v whereby_o that_o part_n of_o the_o virgin_n blood_n or_o seed_n whereof_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v frame_v be_v so_o cleanse_v and_o sanctify_v that_o in_o it_o there_o shall_v be_v neither_o spot_n nor_o stain_n of_o original_a pollution_n for_o otherwise_o the_o seed_n of_o that_o bless_a virgin_n before_o it_o be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v taint_v and_o infect_v with_o sin_n and_o then_o be_v so_o compose_v &_o frame_v that_o it_o become_v a_o perfect_a christ_n 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and_o therefore_o as_o the_o prophet_n david_n say_v of_o himself_o i_o be_o fearful_o and_o wonderful_o make_v 13._o psal_n 139_o 13._o so_o we_o may_v say_v of_o this_o son_n of_o david_n that_o he_o be_v most_o wonderful_o make_v for_o first_o his_o mother_n be_v sanctify_v with_o the_o fullness_n of_o grace_n with_o the_o over-shadowing_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o with_o the_o inhabitation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o saint_n bernard_n say_v that_o she_o be_v sine_fw-la pudore_fw-la faecunda_fw-la sine_fw-la gravamine_fw-la gravida_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la dolore_fw-la puerpera_fw-la great_a with_o child_n without_o breach_n of_o chastity_n a_o mother_n and_o yet_o a_o maid_n a_o woman_n and_o yet_o escape_v the_o curse_n of_o all_o woman_n for_o the_o law_n have_v accurse_v they_o all_o virgin_n because_o they_o be_v barren_a 1.25_o luc._n 1.25_o and_o the_o marry_a wife_n because_o they_o shall_v bear_v in_o sorrow_n 3.16_o gen._n 3.16_o but_o the_o bless_a 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