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A13272 Sermons vpon solemne occasions preached in severall auditories. By Humphrey Sydenham, rector of Pokington in Somerset. Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650? 1637 (1637) STC 23573; ESTC S118116 163,580 323

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lie_a divination_n there_o be_v the_o falsus_fw-la propheta_fw-la at_o the_o seven_o a_o vain_a vision_n there_o be_v the_o vanus_fw-la too_o and_o if_o we_o weigh_v the_o dependence_n of_o word_n with_o matter_n we_o shall_v bring_v this_o vanus_fw-la and_o falsus_fw-la within_o the_o verge_n of_o the_o text_n too_o and_o so_o make_v the_o foolish_a prophet_n the_o vain_a and_o the_o lie_v all_o one_o for_o whatsoever_o be_v false_a must_v be_v vain_a and_o what_o be_v vain_a be_v foolish_a too_o novit_n deus_fw-la homines_fw-la vanos_fw-la god_n know_v vain_a man_n job_n 11.11_o vanus_fw-la there_o be_v in_o the_o root_n naboüb_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o concavum_fw-la or_o vacuum_n any_o thing_n that_o be_v hollow_a or_o empty_a a_o word_n which_o the_o rabbin_n usual_o bestow_v on_o fool_n who_o have_v nothing_o in_o they_o solid_a and_o compact_a and_o therefore_o in_o scripture_n resemble_v not_o only_o to_o a_o empty_a but_o to_o a_o break_a vessel_n in_o the_o like_a 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every_o fool_n want_v and_o every_o one_o that_o want_v be_v a_o fool_n the_o father_n double_v on_o the_o word_n do_v at_o last_o distinguish_v they_o egestas_fw-la est_fw-la verbum_fw-la non_fw-la habendi_fw-la and_o stultitia_fw-la verbum_fw-la sterilitatis_fw-la habet_fw-la egestatem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la habet_fw-la stultitiam_fw-la habet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la habere_fw-la folly_n and_o poverty_n be_v name_n of_o barrenness_n and_o want_n the_o one_o may_v have_v some_o expectation_n or_o at_o least_o hope_n of_o supply_n the_o other_o never_o folly_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o alteration_n poverity_n be_v folly_n will_v be_v folly_n though_o you_o bray_v it_o in_o a_o mortar_n it_o be_v not_o only_a feebt_n or_o shallow_a but_o perverse_a and_o thou_o shall_v soon_o bear_v it_o into_o atom_n than_o break_v it_o of_o that_o course_n in_o which_o it_o be_v a_o drive_v it_o will_v be_v always_o follow_v she_o own_o spirit_n the_o worst_a of_o spirit_n spiritum_fw-la eratoris_fw-la where_o once_o captivate_v it_o can_v see_v nothing_o neither_o indeed_o desire_v to_o see_v and_o therefore_o the_o father_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v not_o quaevis_fw-la but_o vitiosa_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la such_o a_o ignorance_n as_o be_v not_o only_o dark_a or_o purblind_a but_o refractory_a impatient_a as_o well_o of_o direction_n as_o restraint_n headstrong_a will_v not_o endure_v the_o curb_n nor_o the_o snaffle_n but_o the_o reins_n lose_v on_o the_o neck_n gallop_v where_o it_o listen_v not_o where_o it_o shall_v carry_v mere_o by_o the_o precipitation_n of_o the_o will_n without_o any_o guide_n or_o convoy_n of_o reason_n or_o understanding_n a_o ship_n without_o sterne_n or_o rudder_n unman_v unballace_v without_o pole_n or_o compass_n the_o scorn_n of_o every_o blast_n and_o billow_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n put_v the_o fool_n on_o those_o that_o be_v the_o lackey_n and_o slave_n of_o their_o own_o