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be_v the_o lord_n question_n so_o must_v it_o be_v his_o answer_n for_o there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n upon_o earth_n nor_o ever_o be_v clothe_v with_o sinful_a flesh_n that_o can_v show_v the_o king_n matter_n what_o then_o be_v the_o lord_n answer_v if_o we_o know_v the_o scripture_n we_o know_v what_o it_o be_v for_o thus_o they_o say_v he_o have_v found_v the_o earth_n upon_o the_o sea_n and_o establish_v it_o upon_o the_o flood_n 2._o flood_n psal_n 24._o 2._o upon_o the_o sea_n and_o upon_o the_o flood_n what_o finite_a understanding_n say_v the_o father_n hex_z father_n chrysost_n in_o gen._n hom._n 12._o near_o the_o middle_n ad_fw-la pop._n ant._n hom._n 9_o lege_fw-la hom._n primum_fw-la s._n basil_n in_o hex_z can_v understand_v or_o comprehend_v
how_o so_o they_o be_v in_o the_o same_o hand_n that_o hold_v up_o the_o earth_n in_o god_n hand_n he_o love_v his_o people_n all_o his_o israel_n saint_n be_v in_o thy_o hand_n trem._n hand_n deut._n 33._o 3._o trem._n and_o we_o must_v all_o grant_v that_o what_o be_v in_o god_n hand_n can_v by_o force_v or_o fraud_n be_v throw_v out_o oh_o how_o sure_a how_o secure_a that_o build_n which_o god_n bear_v up_o and_o the_o corner_n stone_n whereof_o the_o lord_n christ_n be_v how_o sure_a and_o certain_a be_v their_o dependence_n who_o have_v nothing_o can_v yet_o root_v themselves_o upon_o he_o who_o hang_v the_o earth_n upon_o nothing_o so_o much_o to_o the_o second_o enquiry_n and_o the_o use_n therefrom_o 3._o the_o three_o be_v touch_v the_o magnitude_n thereof_o and_o this_o our_o sense_n report_v to_o be_v a_o massive_a body_n according_a to_o all_o dimension_n but_o therein_o exceed_v both_o sense_n and_o our_o finite_a understanding_n and_o yet_o we_o must_v needs_o conceive_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n bas_n in_o hex_z hom._n 2._o there_o the_o sheep_n seed_v here_o the_o horse_n and_o ox_n plough_v there_o the_o sheep_n give_v we_o her_o lamb_n and_o her_o wool_n here_o the_o cow_n give_v her_o calf_n and_o her_o milk_n so_o we_o have_v from_o both_o first_o a_o increase_n and_o then_o their_o flesh_n cloth_n for_o our_o back_n and_o food_n for_o our_o hunger_n there_o i_o see_v herb_n flower_n tree_n leaf_n seed_n fruit_n perhaps_o now_o in_o their_o winter_n and_o wither_a quarter_n or_o in_o their_o springtime_n and_o new_a dress_n receive_v a_o new_a life_n again_o whether_o so_o or_o so_o they_o give_v clear_a evidence_n that_o what_o be_v quite_o rot_a now_o shall_v revive_v again_o tertul._n again_o in_o resurrectionem_fw-la futuram_fw-la omnis_fw-la natura_fw-la meditatur_fw-la expectandum_fw-la etiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la ver_fw-la est_fw-la minut._n faelix_fw-la p._n 24._o in_o sol_fw-mi l._n 19_o the_o spring_n be_v the_o resurrection_n of_o 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