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but_o as_o the_o prophet_n express_v it_o a_o mere_a dream_n of_o eat_v and_o drink_v it_o be_v even_o as_o when_o a_o hungry_a man_n dream_v and_o behold_v he_o eat_v but_o he_o awake_v and_o his_o soul_n be_v empty_a or_o as_o when_o a_o thirsty_a man_n dream_v and_o behold_v he_o drink_v but_o he_o awake_v and_o behold_v he_o be_v faint_a and_o his_o soul_n have_v appetite_n isa._n 29._o such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o all_o the_o adversary_n of_o zion_n the_o holy_a people_n of_o god_n that_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n after_o god_n and_o his_o righteousness_n the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n for_o this_o alone_a can_v fill_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n he_o that_o feed_v of_o any_o thing_n else_o suck_v but_o in_o a_o rot_a mist_n or_o fog_n of_o scarce_o so_o good_a as_o the_o prodigal_n husk_n of_o no_o better_a than_o mahomet_n ezeck_n that_o infernal_a tree_n who_o fruit_n be_v but_o devil_n head_n and_o root_v stream_n with_o flame_n of_o fire_n and_o tract_n of_o 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of_o hear_v and_o know_v it_o may_v seem_v but_o a_o lose_n of_o time_n and_o labour_n but_o because_o some_o man_n disposition_n be_v low_a and_o grovel_a veluti_fw-la pecorum_fw-la quae_fw-la natura_fw-la prona_fw-la atque_fw-la ventri_fw-la obedientia_fw-la finxit_fw-la as_o sallust_n speak_v all_o their_o desire_n and_o imagination_n tend_v downward_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o show_v what_o good_a cause_n there_o be_v that_o man_n shall_v give_v their_o mind_n to_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o word_n 1._o and_o sure_o no_o mean_a one_o be_v the_o resuscitation_n of_o that_o better_a part_n of_o man_n soul_n that_o lie_v slumber_v in_o a_o trance_n which_o many_o time_n be_v strong_o call_v upon_o by_o the_o word_n with_o much_o ado_n be_v rear_v up_o and_o slow_o and_o heavy_o move_v its_o dull_a sight_n that_o darkness_n so_o strong_o have_v possess_v before_o but_o if_o so_o be_v a_o man_n here_o be_v not_o propitious_a to_o himself_o and_o foster_v that_o life_n which_o 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and_o indeed_o a_o man_n least_o of_o all_o suspect_v his_o friend_n to_o be_v his_o deadly_a enemy_n yet_o it_o fare_v so_o with_o foolish_a wicked_a man_n righteousness_n be_v immortal_a but_o unrighteousness_n bring_v death_n and_o the_o ungodly_a call_v it_o unto_o they_o both_o with_o hand_n and_o word_n and_o while_o they_o think_v to_o have_v a_o friend_n of_o it_o they_o come_v to_o nought_o wisd._n 1._o which_o mischief_n may_v happy_o be_v prevent_v by_o give_v due_a heed_n and_o attention_n to_o the_o word_n 2._o for_o this_o word_n if_o we_o be_v grow_v fit_o prepare_v for_o the_o receive_n of_o it_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o eternal_a life_n whereby_o we_o may_v be_v bear_v again_o and_o regenerate_v into_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n and_o it_o be_v our_o saviour_n own_o gloss_n the_o seed_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n luke_n 8._o wherefore_o as_o in_o nature_n be_v it_o not_o for_o seed_n there_o will_v be_v no_o herb_n no_o plant_n no_o live_a creature_n so_o without_o 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have_v they_o hear_v but_o the_o answer_n be_v indifferent_a to_o both_o no_o doubt_n their_o sound_n go_v through_o all_o the_o earth_n and_o their_o word_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o this_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o voice_n of_o the_o heaven_n or_o the_o voice_n of_o that_o vast_a expansum_fw-la from_o the_o earth_n upward_o for_o that_o no_o man_n too_o confident_o restrict_n and_o straiten_v this_o preach_a and_o this_o word_n that_o s._n paul_n speak_v of_o in_o this_o place_n the_o quotation_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o 19_o psalm_n which_o begin_v the_o heaven_n declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o firmament_n show_v his_o handiwork_n this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o theon_n call_v it_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o aratus_n this_o far-stretched_n firmament_n or_o all-incircling_a air_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o never_o let_v rest_n ever_o anvel_v out_o its_o maker_n praise_n by_o air-beating_a sound_n and_o voice_n yea_o that_o low_a noise_n of_o the_o breathe_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n call_v aloud_o unto_o we_o for_o obedient_a thankfulness_n to_o he_o that_o be_v the_o life_n and_o breath_n of_o all_o live_a thing_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n as_o r._n moses_n the_o egyptian_a call_v he_o who_o if_o he_o shall_v draw_v in_o his_o ray_n of_o livelihood_n out_o of_o this_o great_a universe_n the_o world_n will_v be_v as_o a_o dead_a fabric_n in_o silence_n and_o desolation_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n for_o the_o due_a extent_n of_o s._n paul_n word_n in_o that_o place_n for_o i_o
and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n abstain_v from_o no_o manner_n of_o pleasure_n in_o anger_n impotent_a in_o good_a fortune_n insolent_a in_o adversity_n impatient_a remember_v the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n be_v hold_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o passion_n overcome_v no_o kind_n of_o perturbation_n virtue_n arrive_v at_o its_o due_a pitch_n with_o true_a wisdom_n and_o prudence_n show_v god_n unto_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o without_o true_a virtue_n the_o name_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v but_o a_o name_n a_o word_n a_o sound_n a_o echo_n nothing_o see_v how_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n triumph_v over_o those_o unworthy_a christian_n who_o religion_n be_v but_o opinion_n and_o their_o life_n the_o depth_n of_o filth_n and_o corruption_n or_o see_v rather_o how_o moderate_o and_o civil_o he_o carry_v himself_o towards_o they_o that_o in_o their_o controversy_n be_v ready_a to_o eat_v up_o and_o devour_v one_o another_o 2._o but_o i_o will_v endeavour_v to_o convince_v they_o with_o the_o apostle_n own_o argument_n viz._n that_o they_o that_o hear_v and_o do_v not_o deceive_v their_o own_o self_n there_o be_v many_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n that_o will_v witness_v this_o deceit_n gal._n 6._o 7_o 8._o be_v not_o deceive_v god_n be_v not_o mock_v for_o whatsoever_o a_o man_n sow_v that_o shall_v he_o also_o reap_v he_o that_o sow_v to_o his_o flesh_n shall_v of_o the_o flesh_n reap_v corruption_n but_o he_o that_o sow_v to_o the_o spirit_n shall_v of_o the_o spirit_n reap_v life_n everlasting_a so_o s._n john_n little_a child_n be_v not_o deceive_v he_o that_o do_v righteousness_n he_o be_v righteous_a even_o as_o he_o be_v righteous_a he_o that_o commit_v sin_n be_v of_o the_o devil_n for_o the_o devil_n sin_v from_o the_o beginning_n 1_o cor._n 6._o be_v not_o deceive_v neither_o fornicator_n nor_o idolater_n nor_o adulterer_n nor_o wantoness_n nor_o defiler_n of_o themselves_o with_o mankind_n nor_o 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tuam_fw-la &_o eâ_fw-la satiemur_fw-la cum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la è_fw-la pulvere_fw-la evigilaverimus_fw-la &_o reformati_fw-la fuerimus_fw-la ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la christi_fw-la tui_fw-la and_o this_o may_v go_v for_o the_o philosophical_a sense_n of_o the_o text._n but_o there_o be_v a_o moral_a sense_n thereof_o which_o castellio_n seem_v to_o reach_v at_o and_o be_v indeed_o the_o most_o easy_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n which_o run_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o the_o easy_a and_o accurate_a sense_n be_v i_o will_v behold_v thy_o face_n in_o righteousness_n at_o the_o awake_n of_o thy_o image_n i_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v according_a as_o castellio_n have_v also_o render_v it_o tum_o satiandus_fw-la cum_fw-la tua_fw-la experrecta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la imago_fw-la and_o his_o gloss_n be_v according_o per_fw-la christi_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la qui_fw-la dei_fw-la imago_fw-la est_fw-la plenam_fw-la consecuturus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la &_o foelicitatem_fw-la for_o the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v christ_n who_o be_v call_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o brightness_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n answerable_o to_o the_o lxx_o translation_n of_o my_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v when_o i_o shall_v see_v thy_o glory_n which_o glory_n like_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n reach_n and_o touch_v the_o very_a eyelid_n of_o he_o that_o be_v asleep_a but_o be_v not_o see_v nor_o enjoy_v till_o he_o awake_v for_o then_o the_o image_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v also_o awake_v in_o he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v excite_v into_o actual_a be_v according_a to_o which_o analogy_n be_v that_o say_v of_o the_o apostle_n awake_v thou_o that_o sleep_v and_o christ_n shall_v give_v thou_o light_n the_o evigilation_n therefore_o or_o resurrection_n of_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o we_o be_v our_o evigilation_n or_o resurrection_n in_o a_o mystical_a or_o moral_a sense_n into_o it_o which_o as_o soon_o as_o 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sleep_n and_o what_o if_o they_o can_v walk_v and_o talk_v and_o go_v up_o and_o down_o and_o do_v such_o thing_n as_o man_n that_o be_v awake_a also_o do_v do_v not_o the_o noctambuli_n do_v the_o same_o who_o eye_n be_v shut_v yet_o unwitting_o do_v they_o several_a exploit_n some_o hazardous_a other_o ridiculous_a other_o some_o as_o it_o some_o seldome_a time_n happen_v safe_a and_o congruous_a if_o the_o chain_n of_o phantasm_n that_o lead_v they_o attract_v lucky_o and_o to_o convenient_a object_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v but_o without_o any_o free_a consultation_n or_o deliberation_n be_v carry_v out_o hoodwink_v to_o action_n by_o the_o mere_a suggestion_n of_o dream_n and_o fancy_n and_o be_v not_o this_o the_o very_a condition_n of_o those_o who_o have_v arrive_v no_o high_a than_o to_o the_o image_n of_o the_o earthly_a
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