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that_o salt_n be_v as_o a_o temperament_n and_o fortification_n of_o the_o viand_n within_o the_o body_n and_o that_o it_o give_v it_o a_o agreement_n with_o the_o appetite_n but_o it_o be_v rather_o for_o the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v to_o preserve_v dead_a body_n from_o putrefaction_n which_o be_v as_o to_o resist_v death_n that_o which_o appertain_v to_o divinity_n thou_o shall_v not_o suffer_v thy_o holy_a one_o to_o see_v corruption_n not_o permit_v that_o what_o be_v deprive_v of_o life_n shall_v perish_v so_o sudden_o in_o all_o kind_n but_o as_o the_o soul_n that_o divine_a part_n within_o we_o keep_v the_o body_n alive_a a_o soul_n be_v give_v to_o hog_n for_o their_o safety_n this_o pliny_n set_v down_o after_o the_o stoic_n so_o salt_n also_o take_v into_o its_o safeguard_n dead_a flesh_n to_o keep_v it_o from_o putrefaction_n whence_o the_o fire_n of_o lightning_n be_v repute_v for_o divine_a because_o those_o that_o have_v be_v touch_v therewith_o remain_v a_o great_a 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4.22_o 24._o the_o one_o mount_a and_o divest_v its_o self_n put_v off_o the_o old_a man_n and_o put_v on_o the_o new_a for_o no_o spiritual_a thing_n descend_v downward_o operate_v without_o a_o vestment_n sit_v you_o in_o jerusalem_n till_o you_o be_v clad_v with_o power_n from_o above_o luk._n 24.49_o and_o in_o this_o case_n the_o body_n envelope_v and_o reclothe_v the_o spirit_n the_o spirit_n the_o soul_n the_o soul_n the_o intellect_n the_o intellect_n the_o temple_n the_o temple_n the_o throne_n the_o throne_n the_o sechinah_n or_o the_o glory_n and_o presence_n of_o god_n which_o shine_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n in_o descend_v this_o glory_n be_v shut_v out_o from_o the_o throne_n and_o from_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o be_v within_o the_o tabernacle_n or_o intellect_n the_o tabernacle_n within_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v our_o soul_n you_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n the_o temple_n be_v in_o jerusalem_n our_o vital_a spirit_n jerusalem_n in_o palestine_n 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