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sin_n transform_v a_o man_n into_o a_o monster_n and_o make_v he_o a_o base_a degenerate_a creature_n yea_o the_o worst_a of_o all_o sensitive_a creature_n this_o have_v so_o alter_v man_n that_o as_o 2d_o as_o idem_fw-la ibid._n lib_n 1_o c._n 2d_o s._n augustin_n elegant_o express_v it_o he_o that_o shall_v have_v be_v spiritual_a in_o his_o flesh_n be_v now_o fleshly_a in_o his_o spirit_n his_o meaning_n be_v that_o whereas_o if_o man_n have_v continue_v in_o his_o innocence_n his_o flesh_n shall_v have_v be_v in_o a_o manner_n spiritual_a because_o all_o the_o sense_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o flesh_n shall_v have_v be_v comely_a regular_a and_o holy_a now_o his_o very_a spirit_n be_v become_v fleshly_a because_o all_o the_o operation_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o very_a mind_n and_o soul_n be_v inordinate_a and_o vicious_a and_o how_o foul_o sin_n have_v deform_v we_o and_o distemper_a nature_n and_o what_o confusion_n it_o have_v wrought_v in_o we_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o 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bondage_n one_o will_v think_v that_o necessity_n and_o willingness_n be_v incomparible_a and_o can_v not_o stand_v together_o yet_o sin_n have_v join_v they_o in_o one_o man_n can_v choose_v but_o sin_n and_o yet_o be_v willing_a to_o sin_n thus_o 81._o thus_o bernar_n in_o cant._n serm_n 81._o as_o a_o divine_a author_n complain_v after_o a_o strange_a manner_n neither_o necessity_n can_v excuse_v the_o will_n be_v cause_n it_o be_v willing_a nor_o yet_o the_o will_v shake_v of_o necessity_n because_o it_o be_v content_a to_o be_v allure_v to_o evil_a and_o to_o be_v overrule_v by_o such_o necessity_n so_o that_o this_o be_v after_o a_o sort_n a_o willing_a necessity_n a_o favourable_a or_o gentle_a violence_n flatter_v we_o while_o it_o force_v we_o and_o force_v we_o while_o it_o flatter_v us._n 9_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n often_o relapse_n into_o the_o very_a same_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v former_o renounce_v and_o abjure_v the_o very_a gentile_n perceive_v and_o condemn_v this_o vanity_n or_o rather_o madness_n of_o man_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v a_o moral_a evil_n the_o extent_n whereof_o we_o have_v see_v before_o 3._o before_o see_v barth_n keckerman_n system_fw-la eth._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o polybius_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o other_o think_v a_o man_n to_o be_v the_o wise_a creature_n that_o be_v but_o for_o his_o part_n he_o think_v he_o to_o be_v the_o most_o foolish_a because_o other_o creature_n will_v beware_v of_o those_o thing_n by_o who_o they_o have_v be_v once_o hurt_v whereas_o man_n oftentimes_o fall_v back_o again_o into_o the_o same_o vice_n and_o 28_o and_o sen._n ep_v 20_o &_o the_o vita_fw-la beata_fw-la ca._n 28_o as_o seneca_n express_v it_o return_v to_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o
hard_o 4._o hard_o chap._n 2._o sect_n 4._o before_o yet_o herein_o the_o most_o renown_a of_o they_o have_v shameful_o err_v &_o draw_v other_o into_o error_n 1._o error_n cie_o tuse_a quaest_a â—ib_n 1._o tully_n in_o a_o large_a discourse_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o after_o death_n man_n either_o shall_v be_v happy_a or_o else_o not_o be_v at_o all_o orum_fw-la all_o senec_n de_fw-fr remediis_fw-la fortui_fw-la orum_fw-la seneca_n peremptory_o avouch_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v end_v by_o death_n yea_o death_n itself_o which_o speech_n of_o his_o 42._o his_o tertul._n the_o resurrect_a carnis_fw-la cap._n 2._o &_o de_fw-la any_fw-la ma_fw-fr cap._n 42._o tertullian_n both_o just_o reprove_v and_o pithy_o confute_v and_o in_o 19_o in_o sen._n conso_fw-la sit_v ad_fw-la matriam_fw-la c._n 19_o another_o place_n the_o same_o seneca_n more_o distinct_o affirm_v that_o those_o thing_n that_o make_v bell_n so_o terrible_a unto_o we_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a fable_n that_o no_o darkness_n no_o prison_n no_o lake_n of_o fire_n be_v appoint_v for_o any_o after_o death_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o arraign_v no_o judge_n to_o condemn_v that_o those_o that_o devise_v these_o thing_n have_v but_o fright_v we_o with_o scarecrow_n that_o death_n be_v the_o dissolution_n and_o end_n of_o all_o grief_n beyond_o which_o our_o evil_n do_v not_o reach_v the_o same_o in_o effect_n be_v deliver_v by_o 13._o by_o epict._n dissertat_fw-la lib._n â—_o cap._n 13._o epictetus_n otherwise_o almost_o more_o than_o a_o humane_a author_n but_o most_o blind_o and_o profane_o of_o all_o other_o write_v 55._o write_v plin._n hist_o â—at_a lib_n 7._o cap_n 55._o pliny_n hereof_o although_o in_o most_o elegant_a word_n and_o plausible_a language_n the_o sum_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o all_o man_n be_v in_o the_o same_o case_n after_o their_o last_o day_n as_o they_o be_v before_o the_o first_o day_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o feeling_n either_o in_o the_o body_n 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in_o the_o true_a remedy_n against_o the_o same_o 1_o now_o the_o blind_a heathen_n be_v so_o gross_o ignorant_a both_o of_o the_o cause_n &_o also_o of_o the_o measure_n &_o greatness_n of_o man_n misery_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a remedy_n for_o the_o same_o the_o thing_n that_o make_v man_n state_n so_o miserable_a as_o have_v *_o former_o be_v say_v be_v principal_o two_o the_o evil_n we_o suffer_v 1_o chap._n 2._o sect_n 1_o and_o the_o evil_n which_o we_o do_v with_o the_o former_a whereof_o carnal_a &_o natural_a man_n be_v most_o move_v although_o they_o shall_v be_v most_o move_v with_o the_o latter_a 6._o chap._n 2_o sect_n 6._o *_o as_o have_v be_v show_v touch_v the_o evil_n which_o we_o suffer_v as_o sickness_n famine_n pestilence_n war_n poverty_n banishment_n imprisonment_n torment_v at_o our_o enemy_n pleasure_n unhappy_a match_n and_o the_o like_o both_o innumerable_a and_o intolerable_a cross_n and_o last_o of_o all_o 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reme_v utriusque_fw-la fortunae_fw-la the_o other_o of_o late_a time_n we_o shall_v see_v they_o feed_v we_o with_o word_n and_o wind_n and_o give_v we_o only_o verbal_a comfort_n against_o real_a evil_n i_o must_v forbear_v the_o particular_n and_o insist_v only_o in_o those_o general_a remedy_n wherein_o all_o agree_v the_o first_o be_v devise_v by_o the_o founder_n of_o the_o stoical_a profession_n zeno_n and_o carry_v a_o goodly_a show_n of_o secure_v we_o that_o way_n 2._o way_n cic_a tuse_n quaest_a lib._n 2._o his_o best_a munition_n against_o this_o branch_n of_o humane_a misery_n be_v that_o nothing_o can_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a but_o evil_n that_o only_a vice_n be_v evil_a and_o therefore_o that_o only_a vice_n can_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a that_o poverty_n sickness_n banishment_n imprisonment_n cold_a hunger_n famine_n whip_v rack_a cruel_a kind_n of_o death_n be_v no_o vice_n and_o therefore_o no_o evil_n no_o evil_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o make_v we_o miserable_a and_o 2._o and_o sense_n de_fw-fr constant_a sapient_a sive_fw-la de_fw-fr tranquil_a viâ—e_n lib._n 2._o seneca_n strain_n the_o point_n yet_o far_a tell_v we_o that_o a_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a man_n can_v be_v wrong_v by_o any_o but_o alas_o what_o poor_a and_o cold_a comfort_n be_v these_o what_o be_v sickness_n imprison_v famine_n whip_v rack_a hang_a burn_a and_o other_o like_a or_o great_a torment_n the_o less_o or_o easy_a because_o i_o be_o tell_v they_o be_v no_o evil_n what_o fond_a cavillation_n and_o sophistical_a delusion_n be_v this_o that_o because_o these_o be_v not_o evil_n of_o fault_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o evil_n of_o pain_n or_o no_o evil_n at_o all_o c._n all_o cicer._n quâ—_n supra_fw-la hac_fw-la sect_n lit_fw-fr mar_v giu_fw-fr c._n a_o heathen_a author_n himself_o just_o laugh_v at_o this_o vanity_n and_o pithy_o confute_v it_o the_o stoic_n say_v he_o conclude_v by_o certain_a urine_a cavillation_n that_o painâ—_n or_o grief_n be_v no_o evil_a as_o though_o the_o word_n evil_a do_v trouble_v we_o not_o the_o thing_n why_o do_v thou_o mock_v i_o o_o zeno_n for_o when_o thou_o deny_v that_o which_o be_v so_o terrible_a to_o i_o to_o be_v a_o evil_a thou_o do_v but_o cozen_v i_o and_o i_o will_v glod_o know_v of_o thou_o why_o that_o which_o seem_v to_o i_o most_o miserable_a shall_v not_o be_v evil_a thou_o say_v that_o nothing_o be_v evil_a but_o that_o which_o be_v naught_o and_o dishonest_a in_o so_o say_v thou_o do_v but_o return_v to_o thy_o old_a foolery_n for_o by_o all_o this_o thou_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o thing_n that_o torment_v i_o i_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o pain_n be_v not_o wickedness_n never_o tell_v i_o what_o i_o know_v well_o enough_o already_o prove_v to_o i_o that_o there_o be_v no_o odds_n in_o the_o matter_n whether_o i_o be_v in_o pain_n or_o not_o in_o pain_n and_o here_o it_o be_v worthy_a of_o observation_n that_o when_o these_o gallant_n that_o thus_o in_o word_n brave_v all_o 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