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god_n purpose_n in_o the_o prefer_n of_o jacob_n before_o esau_n and_o the_o other_o 27._o have_v lay_v his_o hand_n athwart_o 48._o upon_o his_o two_o nephew_n manasses_n &_o ephraim_n will_v not_o remove_v they_o according_a to_o the_o advice_n and_o desire_v of_o their_o father_n joseph_n but_o fix_v they_o according_a to_o the_o guidance_n of_o that_o light_n which_o direct_v he_o from_o within_o and_o when_o he_o can_v hardly_o see_v with_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o body_n his_o son_n which_o stand_v before_o he_o yet_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o mind_n do_v he_o foresee_v and_o foretell_v what_o shall_v become_v of_o each_o of_o they_o and_o their_o issue_n for_o many_o generation_n ensue_v to_o these_o may_v be_v add_v out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o blind_a bartimâ—â—us_n 46_o
the_o vanity_n of_o the_o eye_n first_o begin_v for_o the_o comfort_n of_o a_o gentlewoman_n bereave_v of_o her_o sight_n and_o since_o upon_o occasion_n enlarge_v &_o publish_v for_o the_o common_a good_a by_o george_n hakewill_n master_n of_o art_n and_o fellow_n of_o exeter_n coll._n in_o oxford_n the_o three_o edition_n augment_v by_o the_o author_n eccles._n 31._o 15._o nequius_fw-la oculo_fw-la quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la estâ—_n at_o oxford_n print_v by_o joseph_n barnes_n printer_n 〈◊〉_d the_o university_n 1615._o the_o content_n of_o the_o severaâ—â—_n chapter_n follow_v 1_o that_o the_o eye_n be_v the_o instrument_n of_o wantonness_n gluttony_n and_o covetousness_n 2_o how_o idolatry_n have_v a_o kind_n of_o necessary_a dependence_n upon_o the_o eye_n 3_o how_o pride_n be_v beget_v and_o nourish_v by_o the_o eye_n 4_o that_o often_o see_v be_v the_o mean_n to_o draw_v both_o thing_n and_o person_n into_o contempt_n 5_o how_o curiosity_n and_o pry_n into_o other_o menâ—_n business_n be_v breed_v &_o maintain_v by_o the_o eye_n 6_o of_o bewitch_v by_o the_o eye_n 7_o how_o the_o general_a rebellion_n of_o the_o body_n be_v occasion_v by_o the_o eye_n 8_o how_o the_o eye_n be_v the_o chief_a occasion_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o of_o example_n in_o all_o those_o mischief_n which_o former_o be_v prove_v to_o arise_v from_o it_o 9_o of_o the_o false_a report_n which_o the_o eyâ—_n make_v to_o the_o inner_a faculty_n in_o the_o apprehension_n of_o natural_a thing_n 10_o a_o general_a discourse_n of_o the_o delusion_n of_o the_o eye_n by_o artificial_a mean_n â—a_o also_o by_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o mind_n 11_o of_o the_o delusion_n of_o the_o sight_n in_o particular_a by_o the_o immediate_a work_n of_o the_o devil_n 12_o of_o the_o delusion_n of_o the_o sight_n by_o the_o enchantment_n of_o sorcerer_n 13_o of_o the_o delusion_n of_o the_o fight_n by_o the_o exorcism_n of_o conjurer_n 14_o of_o the_o delusion_n of_o the_o sight_n by_o the_o knavery_n 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alone_o have_v therefore_o giuâ—n_v he_o a_o upright_a figure_n of_o body_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v behold_v the_o heaven_n 23_o set_v down_o at_o large_a the_o hindrance_n of_o the_o eye_n in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n 24_o that_o suppose_v the_o sighâ—_n do_v not_o hinder_v yet_o be_v it_o prove_v that_o it_o further_v little_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o religion_n together_o with_o the_o particular_a answer_n to_o sundry_a objection_n 25_o that_o the_o popish_a religion_n consist_v more_o in_o eye-service_n then_o the_o reform_a 26_o that_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o creature_n help_v â—s_a little_a in_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n 27_o that_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o sense_n fail_v that_o of_o the_o understanding_n &_o spirit_n wâ—x_v more_o clear_a 28_o treat_v of_o the_o divers_a privilege_n of_o blind_a man_n 29_o that_o blind_a man_n need_v not_o complain_v of_o the_o want_n of_o pleasure_n especial_o the_o sense_n of_o many_o grief_n be_v by_o blindness_n much_o 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