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appearance_n and_o common_a opinion_n and_o that_o this_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v frequent_o use_v in_o many_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n may_v be_v easy_o manifest_a from_o these_o follow_a example_n thus_o though_o the_o moon_n may_v be_v prove_v by_o infallible_a observation_n to_o be_v less_o than_o any_o of_o the_o visible_a star_n yet_o because_o of_o its_o appearance_n and_o vulgar_a opinion_n therefore_o do_v the_o scripture_n in_o comparison_n to_o they_o 16._o call_v it_o one_o of_o the_o great_a light_n 7._o of_o which_o place_n say_v calvin_n moses_n populariter_fw-la scripsit_fw-la nos_fw-la potius_fw-la respexit_fw-la quam_fw-la sydera_fw-la moses_n do_v not_o so_o much_o regard_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o our_o capacity_n and_o therefore_o use_v a_o popular_a phrase_n so_o as_o ordinary_a people_n without_o the_o help_n of_o art_n and_o learning_n may_v easy_o understand_v he_o and_o in_o another_o place_n non_fw-la fuit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 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big_a light_n than_o a_o star_n or_o the_o moon_n because_o it_o be_v real_o so_o to_o i_o how_o ever_o any_o one_o will_v think_v this_o to_o be_v speak_v only_o in_o relation_n to_o its_o appearance_n and_o not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o in_o itself_o but_o by_o the_o way_n it_o do_v concern_v fromondus_n to_o maintain_v the_o scripture_n authority_n 5._o in_o reveal_v of_o natural_a secret_n because_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o fetch_v the_o chief_a argument_n for_o that_o strange_a assertion_n of_o he_o concern_v the_o heaviness_n of_o the_o wind_n 25._o where_o job_n say_v that_o god_n make_v the_o weight_n for_o the_o wind_n thus_o likewise_o because_o the_o common_a people_n usual_o think_v the_o rain_n to_o proceed_v from_o some_o water_n in_o the_o expansum_fw-la therefore_o do_v moses_n in_o reference_n to_o this_o erroneous_a conceit_n tell_v we_o of_o water_n above_o the_o firmament_n and_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n 4._o of_o 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