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matrem_fw-la verò_fw-la ejus_fw-la scil_n messiae_n ait_fw-fr david_n psal_n 80._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aâ—acum_fw-la quam_fw-la plantavit_fw-la dextratua_n dixissetque_fw-la ei_fw-la antoninus_n curio_n mater_fw-la dei_fw-la comparatur_fw-la abaco_n curve_v dicit_fw-la eam_fw-la a_o dextra_fw-la dei_fw-la plantatam_fw-la respondit_fw-la sic_fw-la ille_fw-la similis_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la abaco_n mater_fw-la dei_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la aâ—acus_fw-la est_fw-la armarium_fw-la quod_fw-la principes_fw-la conficiunt_fw-la ad_fw-la collâ—canda_fw-la vascula_fw-la auri_fw-la &_o argenti_fw-la ut_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la atque_fw-la opes_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ostendant_fw-la ita_fw-la mater_fw-la regis_fw-la messiae_n erat_fw-la armarium_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la construxit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la sedeat_fw-la ipse_fw-la messiah_n ad_fw-la ostendendam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la maiestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la cunctis_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la plantâ—tam_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o dextra_fw-la dei_fw-la ostendit_fw-la eam_fw-la primam_fw-la esse_fw-la creaturam_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la humano_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la micheae_n cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la egressus_fw-la eius_fw-la ab_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la &_o a_o diebus_fw-la seculi_fw-la dicit_fw-la enim_fw-la egressus_fw-la numero_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la quiâ—_n sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la messiae_n egressus_fw-la vnus_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la aeterna_fw-la ideoque_fw-la dicit_fw-la ab_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la alter_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sue_v matris_fw-la extat_fw-la substantia_fw-la quae_fw-la creata_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la hora_fw-la creationis_fw-la mundi_fw-la haec_fw-la ille_fw-la quem_fw-la judaei_n magistrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la nuncupant_fw-la ad_fw-la quorum_fw-la declarationem_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la opinio_fw-la quorundam_fw-la veterum_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la fuit_fw-la matrem_fw-la messiae_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la dei_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la secula_fw-la creatam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la paulò_fw-la superiùs_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la materiam_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o materia_fw-la adae_fw-la fuisse_fw-la productam_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la gloriosam_fw-la messiae_n matrem_fw-la principalem_fw-la extitisse_fw-la cum_fw-la eius_fw-la amore_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la mundus_fw-la creatus_fw-la sit_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la adam_n plasmaret_fw-la fecit_fw-la quasi_fw-la massam_fw-la ex_fw-la cvius_fw-la parte_fw-la nobiliori_fw-la accepit_fw-la intemeratae_fw-la matris_fw-la messiae_n materiam_fw-la ex_fw-la residuo_fw-la vero_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o superfluitate_fw-la adam_n formavit_fw-la exit_fw-la materia_fw-la autem_fw-la immaculatae_fw-la matris_fw-la messiae_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o nobiliori_fw-la loco_fw-la &_o membro_fw-la corporis_fw-la adae_fw-la conservata_fw-la fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la postea_fw-la emanavit_fw-la ad_fw-la seth_n deinde_fw-la ad_fw-la enos_n deinde_fw-la succidaneo_fw-la ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la reliquos_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctum_fw-la jehoiakim_n exit_fw-la hac_fw-la demum_fw-la virtute_fw-la beatissima_fw-la mater_fw-la messiae_n formata_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la idcirco_fw-la eam_fw-la zach._n cap._n 4._o suae_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la petram_fw-la primariam_fw-la recte_fw-la appellavit_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la ut_fw-la antiqui_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la exposuerunt_fw-la excidendus_fw-la erat_fw-la messiah_n neque_fw-la quidem_fw-la abs_fw-la re_fw-la cum_fw-la tempore_fw-la gradu_fw-la &_o excellentia_fw-la primaria_fw-la futura_fw-la esset_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la opinion_n apertè_fw-la concluditur_fw-la carnem_fw-la gloriosae_fw-la matris_fw-la messiae_n non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la peccato_fw-la originali_fw-la infectam_fw-la sed_fw-la purissimam_fw-la a_o divina_fw-la providentia_fw-la praeservatam_fw-la quocirca_fw-la nec_fw-la anima_fw-la eius_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o conceptione_n contractura_fw-la erat_fw-la petrus_n galatinus_n lib._n 7._o per_fw-la totum_fw-la caput_fw-la tertium_fw-la 6_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o moralize_v such_o fable_n as_o i_o take_v this_o of_o galatinus_n to_o be_v no_o better_a the_o best_a moral_n i_o can_v make_v of_o it_o will_v be_v this_o however_o there_o have_v be_v many_o intermediat_a generation_n as_o many_o as_o s._n luke_n relate_v if_o not_o more_o between_o our_o father_n adam_n and_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v our_o saviour_n in_o some_o respect_v the_o immediate_a successor_n of_o adam_n the_o only_o second_v adam_n his_o immediate_a successor_n not_o in_o sin_n but_o of_o that_o purity_n of_o nature_n wherein_o the_o first_o adam_n 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or_o abate_v when_o his_o pain_n and_o anguish_n do_v increase_v be_v in_o agony_n say_v s._n luke_n he_o pray_v more_o earnest_o luk._n 22.44_o these_o word_n i_o refer_v if_o not_o to_o the_o three_o yet_o certain_o to_o the_o second_o paroxysm_n of_o his_o agony_n one_o or_o more_o of_o which_o fit_n do_v wring_v blood_n from_o his_o sacred_a body_n be_v otherwise_o full_a of_o health_n but_o most_o probable_a it_o be_v from_o s._n luke_n relation_n chap._n 22._o ver_fw-la 44._o that_o he_o sweat_v blood_n both_o in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o fit_n and_o that_o in_o all_o the_o three_o he_o deliver_v his_o supplication_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kneel_v or_o fall_v upon_o the_o ground_n the_o form_n of_o his_o prayer_n and_o manner_n of_o deportment_n in_o it_o as_o be_v say_v before_o exhibit_v a_o true_a document_n or_o demonstrative_a argument_n that_o beside_o his_o divine_a will_n he_o have_v a_o will_n true_o humane_a a_o reasonable_a will_n in_o that_o he_o do_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o unknown_a suffering_n such_o i_o take_v it_o as_o no_o man_n in_o this_o life_n beside_o our_o saviour_n alone_o do_v suffer_v nor_o shall_v ever_o any_o man_n suffer_v the_o like_a in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v in_o which_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n shall_v be_v too_o well_o know_v unto_o many_o but_o that_o our_o saviour_n in_o this_o life_n shall_v suffer_v such_o pain_n be_v incredible_a for_o this_o be_v grant_v the_o power_n of_o darkness_n have_v prevail_v more_o against_o he_o than_o satan_n do_v against_o job._n for_o the_o actual_a suffer_v such_o pain_n include_v more_o than_o a_o taste_n a_o draught_n of_o the_o second_o death_n unto_o which_o no_o man_n be_v subject_a before_o he_o die_v the_o first_o death_n nor_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o our_o saviour_n shall_v ever_o taste_v they_o either_o die_a or_o live_v or_o after_o death_n this_o error_n it_o seem_v have_v surprise_v some_o otherways_o good_a divine_n through_o incogitancie_n 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