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himself_o as_o the_o least_o of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 15.9_o joseph_n see_v benjamin_n his_o brother_n of_o the_o same_o mother_n weep_v and_o christ_n see_v paul_n rage_v against_o the_o church_n his_o mother_n have_v pity_n on_o he_o joseph_n say_v of_o his_o brethren_n to_o his_o steward_n bring_v the_o man_n home_o for_o they_o shall_v dine_v with_o i_o and_o our_o joseph_n say_v by_o the_o prophet_n to_o his_o brethren_n eat_v of_o my_o bread_n and_o drink_v of_o my_o wine_n that_o i_o have_v mingle_v for_o you_o prov._n 9_o joseph_n give_v gift_n to_o his_o brethren_n so_o christ_n give_v gift_n to_o man_n when_o he_o give_v the_o spirit_n to_o he_o but_o to_o benjamin_n his_o young_a brother_n joseph_n give_v large_a gift_n then_o to_o his_o other_o brethren_n and_o this_o do_v paul_n our_o benjamin_n confess_v say_v i_o labour_v more_o than_o they_o all_o yet_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o be_v with_o i_o 1_o cor._n 15._o joseph_n command_v his_o cup_n to_o be_v put_v in_o benjamins_n sack_n which_o when_o it_o trouble_v his_o brethren_n to_o have_v it_o challenge_v of_o they_o be_v yet_o find_v in_o benjamins_n sack_n the_o cup_n of_o christ_n suffering_n be_v acknowledge_v hidden_o give_v in_o the_o body_n of_o paul_n when_o he_o say_v i_o bear_v in_o my_o body_n the_o mark_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n gal._n 6._o when_o joseph_n will_v make_v himself_o know_v to_o his_o brethren_n he_o lift_v up_o his_o voice_n and_o say_v i_o be_o joseph_n your_o brother_n be_v my_o father_n yet_o alive_a and_o christ_n our_o joseph_n that_o he_o may_v show_v himself_o to_o his_o brethren_n 22.26_o psal_n 22.26_o say_v i_o will_v declare_v thy_o name_n to_o my_o brethren_n 45._o gen._n 45._o joseph_n say_v to_o his_o brethren_n you_o send_v i_o not_o hither_o but_o god_n to_o preserve_v life_n and_o of_o our_o joseph_n the_o apostle_n john_n say_v to_o this_o end_n god_n send_v his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n that_o we_o may_v live_v by_o he_o chap._n viii_o hitherto_o we_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o person_n by_o who_o christ_n be_v foresignify_v while_o the_o church_n be_v in_o the_o narrow_a bound_n of_o a_o family_n proceed_v we_o now_o to_o the_o person_n that_o be_v type_n of_o christ_n when_o the_o church_n of_o god_n come_v to_o be_v in_o a_o people_n christ_n and_o moses_n god_n himself_o by_o moses_n prophesy_v and_o foretell_v of_o christ_n to_o be_v raise_v up_o as_o a_o prophet_n 18_o deutr._fw-la 18_o have_v this_o clause_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v like_a unto_o moses_n but_o so_o that_o as_o the_o truth_n be_v far_o above_o the_o type_n the_o body_n above_o the_o shadow_n so_o christ_n above_o moses_n in_o all_o respect_n 1._o moses_n be_v a_o true_a man_n so_o be_v christ_n but_o moses_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mere_a man_n but_o christ_n be_v immanuel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n and_o man_n in_o one_o person_n moses_n be_v a_o god_n to_o pharaoh_n 7.1_o exod._n 7.1_o but_o he_o make_v a_o god_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o god_n but_o christ_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n of_o himself_o he_o be_v deus_fw-la genitus_fw-la god_n by_o eternal_a generation_n and_o even_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n moses_n come_v from_o adam_n in_o the_o way_n of_o ordinary_a generation_n by_o conjunction_n of_o male_a and_o female_a he_o have_v a_o father_n and_o a_o mother_n christ_n also_o come_v from_o adam_n but_o not_o in_o the_o way_n of_o ordinary_a generation_n as_o man_n he_o have_v a_o mother_n but_o not_o a_o father_n he_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n but_o conceive_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n hence_o also_o moses_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o sinner_n even_o to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o to_o other_o come_v the_o contagion_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o hence_o he_o be_v subject_a to_o miscarriage_n in_o his_o life_n but_o of_o christ_n the_o apostle_n can_v say_v such_o a_o high_a priest_n we_o have_v who_o be_v holy_a 7._o heb._n 7._o harmless_a undefiled_a separate_a from_o sinner_n and_o hence_o he_o can_v appeal_v to_o his_o enemy_n themselves_o and_o say_v 8.46_o joh_n 8.46_o which_o of_o you_o convince_v i_o of_o evil_a 2._o as_o moses_n bring_v israel_n from_o bondage_n under_o pharaoh_n so_o christ_n have_v set_v we_o free_a from_o bondage_n under_o satan_n the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n and_o here_o the_o comparison_n hold_v apt_o the_o parallel_n be_v christ_n and_o moses_n satan_n and_o pharaoh_n bodily_a and_o spiritual_a bondage_n israel_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o israel_n according_a to_o the_o spirit_n but_o here_o also_o christ_n be_v though_o like_o moses_n yet_o far_o more_o excellent_a then_o he._n moses_n wrought_v a_o external_a deliverance_n the_o conveniency_n of_o which_o reach_v to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o israelite_n a_o handful_n of_o the_o world_n but_o christ_n have_v wrought_v a_o spiritual_a deliverance_n the_o conveniency_n of_o which_o reach_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o believer_n of_o all_o nation_n what_o comparison_n be_v there_o between_o they_o moses_n though_o he_o begin_v the_o work_n can_v not_o yet_o consummate_v it_o he_o bring_v israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n he_o carry_v they_o through_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o through_o the_o wilderness_n even_o to_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n but_o he_o must_v not_o put_v they_o into_o the_o possession_n of_o it_o joshua_n must_v begin_v where_o moses_n leave_v he_o must_v bring_v israel_n into_o it_o but_o yet_o neither_o can_v joshua_n make_v a_o perfect_a work_n of_o it_o he_o put_v they_o into_o possession_n but_o neither_o can_v he_o nor_o all_o the_o follow_a judge_n and_o king_n keep_v they_o in_o possession_n how_o soon_o and_o how_o frequent_o be_v they_o molest_v and_o bring_v under_o their_o enemy_n how_o be_v they_o at_o last_o dispossess_v the_o ten_o tribe_n by_o salmanasar_n the_o other_o two_o tribe_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o though_o they_o be_v release_v by_o cyrus_n and_o by_o ezrah_n and_o nehemiah_n bring_v again_o into_o their_o own_o country_n yet_o how_o be_v they_o by_o the_o roman_n so_o dispossess_v and_o scatter_v into_o all_o nation_n that_o to_o this_o day_n they_o never_o have_v the_o happiness_n to_o return_v again_o to_o their_o native_a soil_n but_o remain_v scatter_v vagabond_n over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n but_o christ_n have_v wrought_v a_o full_a and_o perfect_a salvation_n for_o we_o he_o have_v set_v we_o free_a from_o that_o miserable_a slavery_n in_o which_o we_o be_v under_o satan_n that_o hellish_a pharaoh_n he_o have_v bring_v we_o into_o and_o maugre_o the_o malice_n of_o all_o our_o spiritual_a enemy_n uphold_v we_o in_o the_o state_n of_o salvation_n 3._o moses_n be_v a_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o the_o people_n 2.5_o deut._n 5.5_o 1_o tim._n 2.5_o i_o stand_v say_v he_o between_o the_o lord_n and_o you_o and_o so_o be_v christ_n a_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o we_o there_o be_v one_o mediator_n say_v the_o apostle_n between_o god_n and_o man_n even_o the_o man_n jesus_n christ_n herein_o therefore_o he_o be_v like_o moses_n but_o yet_o herein_o also_o he_o far_o exceed_v he_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 8.6_o heb._n 8.6_o he_o namely_o christ_n be_v mediator_n of_o a_o better_a covenant_n which_o be_v establish_v upon_o better_a promise_n 4._o moses_n wrought_v great_a sign_n and_o wonder_n in_o egypt_n and_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o in_o the_o wilderness_n the_o history_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n make_v it_o manifest_a and_o christ_n also_o wrought_v great_a miracle_n the_o history_n of_o the_o evangelist_n be_v clear_a for_o it_o therefore_o herein_o also_o moses_n be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n and_o yet_o herein_o also_o he_o far_o exceed_v he_o 15.24_o joh._n 15.24_o hear_v we_o our_o saviour_n if_o i_o have_v not_o do_v among_o they_o the_o work_n that_o no_o other_o man_n do_v etc._n etc._n hear_v the_o blind_a man_n restore_v to_o his_o sight_n 9.32_o joh._n 9.32_o since_o the_o world_n begin_v be_v be_v it_o not_o hear_v that_o any_o man_n do_v open_v the_o eye_n of_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a hear_v the_o attestation_n of_o the_o people_n upon_o the_o still_a of_o the_o tempest_n 8.27_o matth._n 8.27_o what_o manner_n of_o man_n be_v this_o that_o even_o the_o wind_n and_o the_o sea_n obey_v he_o upon_o the_o cast_n out_o of_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n 1.27_o mar._n 1.27_o what_o thing_n be_v this_o what_o new_a doctrine_n be_v this_o for_o with_o authority_n command_v he_o even_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n and_o they_o obey_v he_o upon_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o paralytic_a we_o never_o see_v it_o on_o this_o fashion_n 2.12_o mar._n 2.12_o and_o final_o upon_o the_o heal_n of_o
christ_n he_o shall_v divide_v the_o spoil_n of_o the_o mighty_a for_o he_o have_v destroy_v his_o enemy_n while_o for_o sin_n he_o condemn_v sin_n in_o the_o flesh_n make_v good_a his_o promise_n of_o the_o spoil_n not_o according_a to_o merit_n but_o render_v good_a for_o evil_a to_o the_o miserable_a ibid._n pergen_v sampson_n ad_fw-la diem_fw-la festum_fw-la hebraei_fw-la populi_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la viro_fw-la alii_fw-la parent_n tradiderunt_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la faciunt_fw-la leves_fw-la animae_fw-la quae_fw-la consortium_fw-la unici_fw-la sponsi_fw-la christi_fw-la easto_fw-la fidelique_fw-la cord_n minime_fw-la retinentes_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la se_fw-la haereticae_fw-la tradunt_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ibid._n he_o go_v on_o samson_n go_v to_o his_o people_n his_o wife_n be_v by_o her_o parent_n give_v to_o another_o man_n and_o this_o do_v unstable_a soul_n which_o not_o keep_v the_o communion_n of_o christ_n with_o a_o chaste_a and_o faithful_a heart_n give_v themselves_o up_o to_o every_o heretical_a doctrine_n proceed_v in_o the_o history_n he_o add_v further_a ibid._n reversus_fw-la samson_n cum_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la vxorem_fw-la svam_fw-la viro_fw-la alteri_fw-la conjunctam_fw-la trecentis_fw-la vulpibus_fw-la apprehensis_fw-la earum_fw-la in_o inuicem_fw-la caudas_fw-la innectens_fw-la faces_z his_o ardentes_fw-la posuit_fw-la compendio_fw-la succendit_fw-la dicit_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o noster_fw-la fortis_fw-la dominus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la signans_fw-la capite_fw-la nobis_fw-la vulpes_fw-la pusillas_fw-la exterminantes_fw-la vineas_fw-la quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la face_n incenndii_fw-la potius_fw-la erroris_fw-la quam_fw-la divini_fw-la amoris_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n sampson_z returning_z when_o he_o see_v that_o his_o wife_n be_v give_v in_o marriage_n to_o another_o man_n have_v take_v three_o hundred_o fox_n tie_v their_o tail_n together_o and_o put_v firebrand_n between_o he_o sudden_o burn_v their_o country_n and_o our_o valiant_a lord_n say_v mean_v heretic_n take_v we_o the_o little_a fox_n that_o mar_v our_o vine_n which_o have_v also_o firebrand_n rather_o of_o error_n then_o of_o divine_a love_n etc._n etc._n he_o proceed_v in_o the_o story_n continue_v the_o parallel_n between_o samson_n as_o the_o type_n and_o christ_n as_o the_o truth_n the_o same_o samson_n say_v he_o love_v another_o woman_n of_o that_o people_n to_o who_o while_o he_o be_v go_v 22._o idem_fw-la samson_n in_o illo_fw-la populo_fw-la aliam_fw-la dilexit_fw-la mulierem_fw-la quam_fw-la dum_fw-la pergit_fw-la accipere_fw-la transeunti_fw-la viam_fw-la inimicorum_fw-la insidiae_fw-la irruerunt_fw-la cui_fw-la virtus_fw-la divina_fw-la statim_fw-la adfuit_fw-la apprehensa_fw-la enim_fw-la asini_fw-la maxilla_fw-la mille_fw-la viros_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la prostravit_fw-la caeterosque_fw-la in_o fugam_fw-la vertit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la siti_fw-la praeliando_fw-la deficeret_fw-la invocato_fw-la deo_fw-la ex_fw-la rima_fw-la illius_fw-la maxillae_fw-la aqua_fw-la profluens_fw-la virtuti_fw-la priscae_fw-la reddidit_fw-la satiaetum_fw-la eumque_fw-la adversariis_fw-la superatis_fw-la fecit_fw-la esse_fw-la victorem_fw-la si_fw-mi nostrum_fw-la fortem_fw-la dominum_fw-la respicias_fw-la hoc_fw-la animali_fw-la vectatum_fw-la ampliorem_fw-la numerum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la prostratum_fw-la inuenies_fw-la sitienti_fw-la corpori_fw-la illius_fw-la ex_fw-la latere_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la rima_fw-la sanguis_fw-la &_o aqua_fw-la manavit_fw-la qua_fw-la satiata_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la christiana_n dicit_fw-la super_fw-la aquas_fw-la refectionis_fw-la educavit_fw-la i_o de_fw-fr promise_v etc._n etc._n part_n 2._o c._n 22._o his_o enemy_n lay_v wait_v for_o he_o but_o the_o divine_a power_n be_v present_a with_o he_o for_o take_v the_o jawbone_n of_o a_o ass_n he_o slay_v with_o it_o a_o thousand_o man_n and_o put_v the_o rest_n to_o flight_n and_o when_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o faint_v with_o thirst_n call_v upon_o god_n water_n flow_v out_o of_o a_o hollow_a place_n in_o the_o jawbone_n restore_v he_o be_v satisfy_v with_o it_o to_o his_o former_a strength_n and_o make_v he_o a_o conqueror_n his_o enemy_n be_v overcome_v if_o you_o look_v at_o our_o valiant_a lord_n ride_v upon_o a_o ass_n you_o shall_v find_v a_o far_o great_a number_n vanquish_v by_o he_o and_o to_o his_o body_n ready_a to_o perish_v with_o thirst_n water_n and_o blood_n issue_v out_o of_o his_o side_n with_o which_o every_o christian_a soul_n be_v satiate_v say_v he_o lead_v i_o out_o to_o the_o water_n of_o comfort_n ibid._n venditur_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o joseph_n ante_fw-la legem_fw-la venditur_fw-la in_o samson_n sub_fw-la lege_fw-la venditur_fw-la à _fw-la juda_n judaeis_n sub_fw-la gratia_fw-la ibid._n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o add_v christ_n be_v sell_v in_o joseph_n before_o the_o law_n he_o be_v sell_v in_o samson_n under_o the_o law_n he_o be_v sell_v by_o judas_n to_o the_o jew_n under_o the_o gospel_n ibid._n sivit_fw-la se_fw-la samson_n nervis_fw-la recentibus_fw-la colligari_fw-la &_o dicente_fw-la ei_fw-la dalila_n philistim_fw-la super_fw-la te_fw-la sampson_z ita_fw-la illa_fw-la vincula_fw-la virtute_fw-la dissolvit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la stupa_fw-la cum_fw-la tetigerit_fw-la ignem_fw-la adversosque_fw-la omnes_fw-la vertit_fw-la in_o fugam_fw-la noster_fw-la etiam_fw-la dominus_fw-la fortitudinis_fw-la apud_fw-la jerusalem_n velut_fw-la he_o vinculis_fw-la se_fw-la ligari_fw-la permisit_fw-la adducunt_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la mulierem_fw-la in_o adulterio_fw-la deprehensam_fw-la et_fw-la dicunt_fw-la tentantes_fw-la magister_fw-la modo_fw-la hanc_fw-la deprehendimus_fw-la moses_n jussit_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la lapidari_fw-la tu_fw-la vero_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la statuis_fw-la nervorum_fw-la velut_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la vinculis_fw-la se_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la legasse_n jesum_fw-la &_o maxim_n recentâ—um_n cum_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la modo_fw-la quae_fw-la noster_fw-la jesus_n hoc_fw-la responso_fw-la disrupit_fw-la qui_fw-la vestrum_fw-la inquit_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la est_fw-la prio_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la lapidem_fw-la mittat_fw-la quo_fw-la audito_fw-la unus_fw-la post_fw-la alterum_fw-la discesserunt_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la vinculum_fw-la ita_fw-la solveretur_fw-la sicut_fw-la fluit_fw-la cera_fw-la à _fw-la fancy_n ignis_fw-la ibid._n he_o go_v on_o samson_n suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v bind_v with_o green_a wyth_n that_o be_v never_o dry_v but_o when_o dalilah_n say_v the_o philistines_n be_v upon_o thou_o samson_n he_o break_v the_o cord_n as_o a_o thread_n of_o tow_n be_v break_v when_o it_o touch_v the_o fire_n and_o put_v all_o his_o enemy_n to_o flight_n and_o our_o strong_a lord_n suffer_v himself_o at_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v bind_v with_o such_o cord_n for_o they_o bring_v to_o he_o a_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n and_o tempt_v he_o say_v master_n we_o find_v this_o woman_n in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o adultery_n and_o moses_n command_v such_o to_o be_v stone_v but_o what_o say_v thou_o joh._n 8.3_o 4_o 5._o and_o now_o they_o think_v they_o have_v bind_v he_o fast_o but_o our_o jesus_n break_v these_o cord_n with_o this_o answer_n verse_n 7._o who_o among_o you_o be_v without_o sin_n let_v he_o cast_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o she_o which_o when_o they_o hear_v they_o depart_v one_o after_o another_o so_o that_o the_o cord_n with_o which_o they_o have_v bind_v he_o be_v break_v as_o wax_n melt_v before_o the_o fire_n and_o again_o ibid._n ligatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la funibus_fw-la novis_fw-la cumque_fw-la id_fw-la fieret_fw-la adversarii_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la inquit_fw-la samson_n at_o ille_fw-la repletus_fw-la spiritu_fw-la disrumpen_v fune_n a_o brachiis_fw-la suis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la filum_fw-la spargit_fw-la omnesque_fw-la fugavit_fw-la adversarios_fw-la ligari_fw-la se_fw-la sinit_fw-la &_o noster_fw-la dominus_fw-la dum_fw-la veniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pharisaei_n dicentes_fw-la magister_fw-la scimus_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la doces_fw-la &_o nullius_fw-la personam_fw-la accipis_fw-la licet_fw-la tributam_fw-la dare_v caesari_n anon_o sed_fw-la fortis_fw-la noster_fw-la nodos_fw-la omnes_fw-la ista_fw-la voce_fw-la disrupit_fw-la quid_fw-la tentatis_fw-la i_o hypocritae_fw-la adferte_fw-la mihi_fw-la numisma_fw-la census_fw-la at_o illi_fw-la attulerunt_fw-la ei_fw-la denarium_fw-la et_fw-fr ait_fw-fr dominus_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la imago_fw-la &_o superscriptio_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la caesaris_fw-la reddite_fw-la ait_fw-la dominus_fw-la caesari_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la caesaris_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la quae_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la his_o dictis_fw-la mira_fw-la celeritate_fw-la vincula_fw-la illa_fw-la disrupit_fw-la ille_fw-la susceptus_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la deo_fw-la svo_fw-la canit_fw-la in_o psalmis_fw-la dirupisti_fw-la omne_fw-la vincula_fw-la mea_fw-la ibid._n samson_n be_v bind_v with_o new_a cord_n and_o when_o that_o be_v 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evening_n be_v also_o kill_v in_o the_o evening_n so_o christ_n be_v make_v manifest_a in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n to_o take_v away_o sin_n by_o the_o offering_n of_o himself_o for_o jerom_n well_o observe_v on_o mark_v 14._o that_o by_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o day_n the_o last_o day_n be_v signify_v the_o evening_n of_o the_o day_n say_v he_o signify_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n 5._o on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n illustrari_fw-la 5._o decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la die_fw-la lunae_fw-la quo_fw-la svo_fw-la ad_fw-la solemn_a suum_fw-la accessu_fw-la lumen_fw-la lunae_fw-la decrescere_fw-la incipit_fw-la cujus_fw-la numeri_fw-la similitudo_fw-la innuit_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la naturalis_fw-la lumen_fw-la propiore_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la accessu_fw-la imminui_fw-la oportere_fw-la si_fw-la nova_fw-la luce_fw-fr agni_fw-la velimus_fw-la illustrari_fw-la on_o which_o the_o light_n of_o the_o moon_n begin_v to_o decrease_v by_o her_o 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the_o blood_n of_o christ_n distinguish_v between_o the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o those_o that_o be_v profane_a and_o stranger_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n but_o with_o god_n this_o distinction_n be_v make_v not_o so_o much_o by_o the_o external_a sign_n as_o by_o the_o thing_n itself_o which_o be_v signify_v 7._o the_o destroyer_n pass_v over_o the_o house_n that_o be_v mark_v so_o they_o that_o be_v sprinkle_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n potestatem_fw-la 7._o transiliit_fw-la interfector_n aedes_fw-la signatas_fw-la sic_fw-la tinctos_fw-la sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la nulla_fw-la attingat_fw-la condemnatio_fw-la nec_fw-la mors_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la habebit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la be_v free_v from_o condemnation_n and_o death_n shall_v have_v no_o power_n over_o they_o 8._o the_o lamb_n be_v to_o be_v eat_v in_o the_o several_a family_n aeternae_fw-la 8._o manducandus_fw-la fuit_fw-la agnus_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la familiis_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la domesticis_fw-la circumcisis_fw-la sic_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la applicandus_fw-la christus_fw-la unicuique_fw-la qui_fw-la vult_fw-la particeps_fw-la esse_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la by_o all_o of_o the_o family_n that_o be_v circumcise_v so_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v by_o faith_n by_o every_o one_o that_o will_v partake_v of_o eternal_a life_n 9_o the_o lamb_n must_v not_o be_v eat_v raw_a nor_o sod_a in_o water_n aqua_fw-la 9_o crudus_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la edi_fw-la non_fw-la elixatus_fw-la aqua_fw-la ut_fw-la doceremur_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la cibum_fw-la qui_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la indiget_fw-la condimento_fw-la extra_fw-la seipsum_fw-la nil_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la admiscendum_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la humanam_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la &_o humanitatis_fw-la evacuant_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la legem_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la conjungere_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la traditiones_fw-la humanas_fw-la qui_fw-la merita_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o satisfactiones_fw-la illi_fw-la coquunt_fw-la agnum_fw-la cum_fw-la aqua_fw-la to_o teach_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v food_n that_o need_v no_o other_o season_v beside_o himself_o that_o nothing_o be_v to_o be_v mingle_v with_o he_o they_o that_o by_o humane_a wisdom_n make_v void_a the_o mystery_n of_o the_o divinity_n and_o humanity_n they_o that_o once_o join_v the_o law_n with_o christ_n they_o that_o now_o join_v humane_a tradition_n or_o their_o own_o merit_n and_o satisfaction_n these_o all_o seethe_v the_o lamb_n with_o water_n conjungerentur_fw-la 10._o totum_fw-la assare_fw-la oportebat_fw-la &_o comedere_fw-la ut_fw-la integra_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la fides_fw-la assereretur_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la divideretur_fw-la omnes_fw-la articuli_fw-la fidei_fw-la conjungerentur_fw-la 10._o the_o whole_a lamb_n be_v to_o be_v roast_v and_o eat_v to_o teach_v we_o to_o have_v a_o entire_a faith_n in_o christ_n not_o to_o divide_v christ_n but_o to_o join_v together_o all_o the_o article_n of_o our_o faith_n malitia_fw-la 11._o manducari_fw-la debuit_fw-la agnus_n sine_fw-la fermento_fw-la christus_fw-la sine_fw-la hypocrisi_fw-la &_o malitia_fw-la 11._o the_o lamb_n be_v to_o be_v eat_v without_o leaven_n and_o christ_n without_o hypocrisy_n and_o malice_n 12._o it_o must_v be_v eat_v with_o bitter_a herb_n senserit_fw-la 12._o cum_fw-la herbis_fw-la amaris_fw-la christus_fw-la cum_fw-la tolerantia_fw-la crucis_fw-la &_o nostri_fw-la ipsius_fw-la abnegatione_fw-la indicatum_fw-la etiam_fw-la fuit_fw-la neminem_fw-la dulcedinis_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la fore_fw-la participem_fw-la nisi_fw-la eorum_fw-la amaritudinem_fw-la antea_fw-la cord_n compuncto_fw-la senserit_fw-la so_o christ_n with_o the_o bear_n of_o the_o cross_n and_o self-denial_n it_o show_v also_o
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be_v manifest_a that_o here_o our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o himself_o as_o a_o physician_n and_o indeed_o the_o work_n of_o a_o physician_n be_v do_v by_o christ_n therefore_o he_o do_v not_o unfit_o resemble_v himself_o to_o the_o physician_n the_o antecedent_n be_v manifest_a for_o what_o work_n be_v more_o proper_a to_o the_o physician_n then_o to_o heal_v disease_n and_o to_o cure_v the_o disease_a and_o this_o be_v do_v by_o christ_n as_o be_v manifest_a in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o evangelist_n 24_o matth._n 9_o 35_o and_o 4.23_o 24_o he_o go_v about_o heal_v every_o sickness_n and_o every_o disease_n among_o the_o people_n say_v saint_n matthew_n and_o so_o it_o be_v prophesy_v of_o he_o 4.2_o mal._n 4.2_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v arise_v with_o heal_v under_o his_o wing_n and_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v require_v in_o a_o physician_n be_v eminent_o to_o be_v find_v in_o christ_n 1._o knowledge_n of_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o cure_n of_o they_o and_o who_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o this_o be_v transcendent_o in_o he_o 2._o carefulness_n and_o this_o be_v in_o christ_n in_o a_o eminent_a proportion_n 3._o pity_n christ_n have_v a_o fellow-feeling_n of_o our_o infirmity_n 4._o painfulness_n this_o be_v in_o christ_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o his_o manifold_a travel_n from_o one_o town_n to_o another_o for_o this_o end_n but_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o christ_n and_o other_o physician_n in_o all_o which_o we_o shall_v see_v christ_n to_o have_v the_o pre-eminency_n so_o that_o it_o will_v easy_o appear_v that_o we_o may_v say_v without_o prejudice_n to_o galen_n hypocrates_n or_o any_o other_o physician_n of_o the_o great_a note_n that_o ever_o have_v be_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o physician_n by_o way_n of_o eminency_n the_o incomparable_a physician_n in_o comparison_n of_o who_o the_o great_a or_o most_o eminent_a of_o that_o profession_n may_v without_o disparagement_n to_o themselves_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o carry_v his_o book_n after_o he_o or_o in_o the_o word_n of_o that_o holy_a baptist_n 3.16_o luke_n 3.16_o that_o they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o unloose_v the_o latchet_n of_o his_o shoe_n 1._o other_o physician_n cure_v only_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n but_o he_o be_v the_o physician_n that_o cure_v the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n and_o also_o of_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o latter_o none_o of_o our_o physician_n do_v attain_v excellent_o saint_n bernard_n to_o this_o purpose_n mankind_n say_v he_o labour_v under_o a_o threefold_a disease_n our_o nativity_n life_n sentent_fw-fr triplici_fw-la morbo_fw-la laborat_fw-la genus_fw-la humanum_fw-la nativitate_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la nativitas_fw-la immunda_fw-la vita_fw-la perversa_fw-la mors_fw-la periculosa_fw-la venit_fw-la christus_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la triplicem_fw-la hunc_fw-la morbum_fw-la triplex_fw-la attulit_fw-la remedium_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o vixit_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la nativitas_fw-la purgavit_fw-la nostram_fw-la mors_fw-la illius_fw-la destruxit_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la ejus_fw-la instruxit_fw-la nostram_fw-la lib._n sentent_fw-fr and_o death_n our_o nativity_n unclean_a our_o life_n perverse_a our_o death_n dangerous_a christ_n come_v and_o against_o this_o threefold_a disease_n have_v bring_v a_o threefold_a remedy_n for_o he_o be_v bear_v he_o live_v and_o he_o die_v his_o birth_n cleanse_v we_o his_o death_n destroy_v our_o death_n and_o his_o life_n have_v instruct_v we_o and_o set_v it_o right_n then_o be_v christ_n a_o complete_a physician_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o to_o this_o as_o no_o physician_n so_o no_o man_n nothing_o can_v lay_v any_o claim_n see_v the_o confession_n of_o saint_n macarius_n as_o that_o woman_n that_o be_v disease_v with_o the_o issue_n of_o blood_n say_v he_o
true_o believe_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la mulier_fw-la quae_fw-la fluxum_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la patiebatur_fw-la veer_fw-mi credens_fw-fr postquam_fw-la tetigit_fw-la fimbriam_fw-la vestimenti_fw-la domini_fw-la statim_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la est_fw-la adepta_fw-la &_o exiccatus_fw-la est_fw-la fluxus_fw-la fontis_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la impuri_fw-la ita_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la percussa_fw-la incurabili_fw-la vulnere_fw-la peccati_fw-la habensque_fw-la fontem_fw-la pravarum_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la si_fw-la accesserit_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o veer_fw-mi credens_fw-fr deprecata_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ab_fw-la incurabili_fw-la affectionum_fw-la fonte_fw-la &_o deficiens_fw-la exiccatur_fw-la fons_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la immundas_fw-la producebat_fw-la per_fw-la virtutem_fw-la solius_fw-la jesus_n nec_fw-la est_fw-la in_o alterius_fw-la cujuspiam_fw-la facultate_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la vulnus_fw-la sanare_fw-la possit_fw-la hom._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la illa_fw-la cum_fw-la omne_fw-la sva_fw-la bona_fw-la in_o medicos_fw-la erogasset_fw-la a_o nullo_n tamen_fw-la eorum_fw-la sanata_fw-la est_fw-la aonec_fw-la accesserit_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o veer_fw-mi credens_fw-fr tetigit_fw-la fimbriam_fw-la vestimenti_fw-la domini_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o animam_fw-la vitiosarum_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la vulnere_fw-la incurabili_fw-la sauciatam_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la nullus_fw-la justorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la aut_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la curare_fw-la potuit_fw-la venit_fw-la quidem_fw-la moses_n sed_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la confer_v non_fw-la potuit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la munera_fw-la decimationes_fw-la sabbatismi_fw-la neomeniae_fw-la oblationes_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la &_o holocausta_fw-la &_o universa_fw-la reliqua_fw-la justitia_fw-la celebrabatur_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la potuit_fw-la anima_fw-la sanari_fw-la aut_fw-la mundari_fw-la donec_fw-la salvator_n venit_fw-la verus_fw-la medice_fw-la qui_fw-la curate_n gratis_o ibid._n after_o she_o have_v touch_v the_o hem_o of_o the_o lord_n garment_n be_v present_o heal_v and_o the_o issue_n of_o blood_n be_v stop_v so_o every_o soul_n smite_v with_o the_o incurable_a wound_n of_o sin_n and_o have_v a_o fountain_n of_o impure_a thought_n if_o it_o come_v to_o christ_n and_o true_o blieve_v pray_v to_o he_o obtain_v cure_v from_o that_o otherwise_o incurable_a fountain_n of_o lust_n and_o that_o fountain_n be_v dry_v up_o and_o fail_v which_o send_v forth_o those_o impure_a thought_n by_o the_o power_n of_o jesus_n alone_o nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o other_o to_o heal_v this_o wound_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o add_v as_o the_o foresay_a woman_n when_o she_o have_v spend_v all_o her_o good_n upon_o physician_n be_v not_o yet_o heal_v by_o any_o of_o they_o till_o she_o come_v to_o christ_n and_o true_o believe_v touch_v the_o hem_o of_o his_o garment_n so_o neither_o can_v any_o of_o the_o just_a father_n prophet_n or_o patriarch_n from_o the_o begin_n cure_v the_o soul_n wound_v with_o the_o incurable_a wound_n of_o evil_a thought_n moses_n come_v but_o he_o can_v not_o confer_v soundness_n priest_n gift_n tithe_n sabbath_n new-moon_n wash_n sacrifice_n and_o burnt-offering_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o ceremonial_a righteousness_n be_v celebrate_v in_o the_o law_n and_o yet_o by_o they_o all_o can_v not_o the_o soul_n be_v heal_v or_o cleanse_v till_o the_o saviour_n come_v who_o be_v the_o true_a physician_n and_o heal_v free_o and_o the_o same_o truth_n be_v attest_v by_o he_o in_o many_o other_o place_n 45_o hom._n 30_o 44_o &_o 45_o and_o now_o what_o a_o vast_a difference_n be_v this_o between_o christ_n and_o other_o physician_n and_o how_o great_a be_v his_o eminency_n above_o they_o in_o that_o he_o heal_v the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n as_o well_o as_o they_o and_o also_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o cure_n of_o which_o neither_o they_o nor_o any_o other_o can_v or_o ever_o can_v attain_v 2._o with_o respect_n to_o the_o body_n other_o physician_n can_v cure_v some_o disease_n but_o some_o be_v incurable_a disease_n so_o call_v because_o it_o pass_v the_o skill_n of_o any_o physician_n to_o cure_v they_o many_o disease_n there_o be_v that_o put_v the_o most_o able_a physician_n to_o a_o plunge_n some_o ease_n they_o may_v give_v but_o perfect_o cure_v they_o they_o can_v with_o all_o their_o skill_n as_o we_o see_v in_o manifold_a experience_n but_o there_o be_v no_o disease_n or_o malady_n above_o the_o reach_n of_o this_o grand_a physician_n which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o cure_v palsy_n leprosy_n lunacy_n blindness_n deafness_n dumbness_n etc._n etc._n he_o heal_v they_o all_o he_o give_v they_o occasion_n to_o say_v ult_n matth._n 4.24_o mark_v 7._o ult_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v do_v all_o thing_n well_o he_o make_v both_o the_o deaf_a to_o hear_v and_o the_o dumb_a to_o speak_v of_o give_v sight_n to_o one_o bear_v blind_a the_o man_n so_o restore_v to_o sight_n can_v say_v 9.32_o john_n 9.32_o since_o the_o world_n begin_v be_v it_o not_o hear_v that_o any_o man_n open_v the_o eye_n of_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a 7_o verse_n 6_o 7_o and_o yet_o he_o do_v it_o a_o cure_n of_o so_o high_a a_o nature_n that_o from_o it_o the_o jew_n can_v conclude_v 11.37_o john_n 11.37_o that_o he_o can_v have_v cause_v that_o lazarus_n shall_v not_o have_v dye_v disease_n of_o long_a continuance_n have_v be_v cure_v by_o he_o 22_o mat._n 9.20_o 22_o the_o woman_n that_o have_v the_o issue_n of_o blood_n twelve_o year_n be_v heal_v by_o he_o 13_o luk._n 13.11_o 13_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v bow_v together_o so_o that_o she_o can_v not_o lift_v up_o herself_o eighteen_o year_n be_v make_v straight_o by_o he_o the_o man_n that_o have_v be_v sick_a of_o the_o palsy_n thirty_o eight_o year_n 8._o john_n 5.6_o 7_o 8._o be_v heal_v by_o he_o and_o what_o wonder_n be_v it_o that_o he_o can_v thus_o cure_v all_o kind_n of_o disease_n for_o death_n itself_o can_v not_o hold_v its_o purchase_n against_o he_o 9.25_o matth._n 9.25_o he_o restore_v even_o the_o dead_a to_o life_n as_o the_o daughter_n of_o jairus_n dead_a yet_o lie_v upon_o her_o bed_n 15_o luk._n 7.14_o 15_o yea_o the_o widow_n son_n at_o naim_n dead_a and_o lay_v upon_o the_o bier_n carry_v out_o of_o the_o house_n towards_o the_o place_n of_o burial_n yea_o and_o lazarus_n himself_o 44_o john_n 11.39_o 43_o 44_o dead_a and_o bury_v four_o day_n so_o that_o his_o sister_n martha_n can_v say_v lord_n by_o this_o time_n he_o stink_v yet_o he_o be_v raise_v and_o restore_v to_o life_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o he_o have_v such_o power_n against_o death_n for_o he_o have_v power_n over_o he_o that_o have_v the_o power_n of_o death_n 2.14_o heb._n 2.14_o even_o the_o devil_n cast_v he_o out_o of_o they_o of_o who_o he_o have_v take_v possession_n whether_o one_o devil_n as_o out_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o woman_n of_o canaan_n 8.2_o matth._n 15_o luke_n 8.2_o or_o seven_o devil_n as_o out_o of_o mary_n magdalen_n or_o a_o legion_n of_o devil_n 33_o verse_n 27_o 30_o 33_o as_o out_o of_o the_o man_n that_o wear_v no_o clothes_n nor_o abode_n in_o any_o house_n but_o in_o the_o tomb_n yet_o they_o all_o can_v not_o make_v good_a their_o tenure_n against_o christ_n a_o incomparable_a physician_n 3._o physician_n heal_v disease_n do_v it_o by_o the_o help_n of_o herb_n and_o drug_n and_o physic_n prepare_v by_o themselves_o or_o by_o apothecary_n at_o their_o appointment_n and_o without_o such_o mean_n they_o can_v do_v nothing_o be_v but_o instrument_n of_o god_n ordinary_a providence_n but_o in_o the_o cure_v wrought_v by_o our_o saviour_n there_o be_v no_o use_n of_o any_o such_o mean_n but_o either_o he_o speak_v the_o word_n and_o the_o business_n be_v effect_v he_o say_v to_o the_o leper_n 8.3_o matth._n 8.3_o i_o will_v be_v thou_o clean_a and_o present_o he_o be_v cleanse_v 15_o luke_n 7.14_o 15_o and_o so_o in_o raise_v the_o dead_a young_a man_n i_o say_v unto_o thou_o arise_v and_o instant_o he_o be_v restore_v to_o life_n and_o so_o in_o raise_v of_o lazarus_n christ_n say_v lazarus_n arise_v 11._o joh._n 11._o and_o present_o he_o arise_v or_o by_o his_o bare_a touch_n of_o they_o and_o word_n together_o so_o to_o the_o man_n that_o be_v deaf_a and_o dumb_a he_o put_v his_o finger_n into_o his_o ear_n and_o he_o spit_v 35._o mar._n 7.33_o 34_o 35._o and_o touch_v his_o tongue_n and_o straightway_o his_o ear_n be_v open_v and_o the_o string_n of_o his_o tongue_n be_v loose_v and_o he_o speak_v plain_a or_o by_o the_o touch_n of_o the_o hem_n of_o his_o garment_n 9_o matth._n 9_o as_o in_o the_o woman_n that_o have_v the_o issue_n of_o blood_n and_o so_o the_o evangelist_n say_v as_o many_o 6.56_o mar._n 6.56_o as_o touch_v the_o hem_n of_o his_o garment_n be_v make_v whole_a who_o can_v so_o cure_v 4._o physician_n work_v cure_n
show_v in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o prodigal_n when_o he_o come_v to_o his_o father_n how_o love_o be_v he_o receive_v 15.20_o luk._n 15.20_o for_o when_o he_o be_v yet_o afar_o off_o his_o father_n see_v he_o 22._o verse_n 22._o and_o have_v compassion_n on_o he_o and_o fall_v on_o his_o neck_n and_o kiss_v he_o he_o say_v also_o to_o his_o servant_n bring_v the_o best_a robe_n and_o put_v it_o on_o he_o 23._o verse_n 23._o and_o a_o ring_n on_o his_o hand_n and_o shoe_n on_o his_o foot_n and_o bring_v hither_o the_o fat_a calf_n and_o kill_v it_o what_o joy_n be_v there_o at_o his_o entertainment_n 25._o verse_n 25._o for_o there_o be_v music_n and_o dance_n and_o the_o elder_a brother_n at_o his_o come_n from_o the_o field_n be_v offend_v at_o this_o we_o see_v how_o the_o father_n justify_v this_o his_o rejoice_v 32._o verse_n 32._o it_o be_v meet_v say_v he_o that_o we_o shall_v make_v merry_a and_o be_v glad_a for_o this_o thy_o brother_n be_v dead_a and_o be_v alive_a again_o he_o be_v lose_v and_o be_v find_v most_o apt_a therefore_o be_v this_o resemblance_n of_o christ_n to_o a_o shepherd_n hence_o we_o may_v learn_v divers_a thing_n i._o see_v here_o the_o safe_a and_o secure_a estate_n of_o all_o godly_a christian_n have_v christ_n to_o be_v their_o shepherd_n who_o be_v so_o tender_a and_o watchful_a over_o they_o for_o now_o they_o can_v possible_o miscarry_v as_o saint_n hierome_n speak_v excellent_o solomone_n sape_fw-la vexatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la potest_fw-la sustinere_fw-la naufragium_fw-la to._n 1._o lib._n de_fw-fr solomone_n the_o church_n say_v he_o be_v oftentimes_o vex_v and_o disquiet_v but_o it_o can_v never_o suffer_v shipwreck_n ii_o see_v here_o the_o folly_n and_o wickedness_n of_o all_o the_o enemy_n of_o godly_a christian_n in_o vain_a yea_o wicked_a be_v all_o their_o endeavour_n against_o they_o you_o seek_v to_o hurt_v they_o who_o protection_n god_n have_v undertake_v as_o the_o shepherd_n of_o the_o sheep_n and_o how_o can_v this_o be_v but_o vain_a how_o can_v it_o be_v but_o sinful_a it_o be_v good_a admonition_n that_o saint_n chrysostom_n give_v in_o this_o kind_n exilium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n o_o homo_fw-la dirimito_fw-la bellum_fw-la ne_fw-la tuum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dissolvas_fw-la robur_fw-la ne_fw-la bellum_fw-la inferas_fw-la coelo_fw-la hominem_fw-la si_fw-la oppugnas_fw-la utique_fw-la aut_fw-la viceris_fw-la aut_fw-la ipse_fw-la vinceris_fw-la si_fw-mi ecclesiam_fw-la oppugnas_fw-la scito_fw-la te_fw-la arte_fw-la nulla_fw-la victoriam_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la reportaturum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o immensum_fw-la fortior_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la to._n 4._o serm._n antequam_fw-la iret_fw-la in_o exilium_fw-la o_o man_n say_v he_o do_v thou_o break_v off_o this_o war_n lest_o thou_o weaken_v thyself_o wage_v not_o war_n against_o heaven_n if_o thou_o do_v oppose_v a_o man_n either_o thou_o shall_v overcome_v or_o thou_o thyself_o shall_v be_v overcome_v but_o if_o thou_o do_v oppose_v the_o church_n know_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o by_o all_o thy_o skill_n obtain_v the_o victory_n over_o it_o for_o god_n be_v infinite_o strong_a than_o all_o remember_v that_o speech_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v hard_a for_o thou_o to_o kick_v against_o the_o prick_n 9.4_o act_n 9.4_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o saint_n chrysostom_n say_v upon_o these_o word_n by_o kick_v against_o the_o prick_n thou_o do_v not_o blunt_a the_o prick_n praed_fw-we 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serm._n praed_fw-we but_o draw_v blood_n from_o thy_o own_o foot_n take_v warning_n therefore_o to_o desist_v from_o such_o hostility_n who_o will_v labour_v in_o vain_a but_o this_o be_v also_o for_o hurt_v evil_a counsel_n enter_v into_o be_v worst_a to_o the_o counsellor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n can_v wrong_v the_o godly_a but_o he_o wrong_v himself_o first_o they_o that_o hate_v the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v desolate_a say_v the_o psalmist_n 34.21_o psalm_n 34.21_o and_o again_o the_o wicked_a have_v draw_v out_o his_o sword_n 15_o psal_n 37.14_o 15_o to_o slay_v such_o as_o be_v of_o upright_a conversation_n but_o their_o sword_n shall_v enter_v into_o their_o own_o heart_n iii_o let_v the_o godly_a see_v what_o comfort_n belong_v to_o they_o in_o this_o respect_n 1._o against_o the_o fear_n of_o want_n why_o shall_v we_o fear_v it_o have_v such_o a_o shepherd_n he_o be_v able_a to_o provide_v for_o we_o 1.2_o heb._n 1.2_o for_o he_o be_v make_v the_o heir_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o if_o the_o good_a shepherd_n have_v a_o care_n for_o the_o pasture_v of_o his_o sheep_n christ_n can_v be_v want_v herein_o to_o his_o sheep_n there_o be_v therefore_o nothing_o to_o hinder_v but_o that_o we_o may_v comfortable_o conclude_v with_o david_n 23.1_o psalm_n 23.1_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o shepherd_n i_o shall_v not_o want_v 2._o against_o the_o fear_n of_o enemy_n bodily_a or_o ghostly_a fear_v they_o not_o see_v what_o a_o shepherd_n you_o have_v the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n your_o enemy_n be_v strong_a yet_o their_o power_n be_v but_o finite_a but_o christ_n be_v infinite_a in_o strength_n what_o can_v they_o do_v against_o you_o who_o protection_n he_o have_v undertake_v well_o may_v you_o comfort_v yourselves_o against_o all_o visible_a enemy_n as_o king_n hezekiah_n comfort_v his_o subject_n 8_o 2_o chro._n 32.7_o 8_o there_o be_v more_o with_o we_o then_o with_o they_o with_o they_o be_v a_o arm_n of_o flesh_n but_o with_o we_o be_v the_o lord_n our_o god_n to_o help_v we_o as_o for_o your_o ghostly_a enemy_n they_o be_v spirit_n whereas_o you_o be_v but_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v much_o more_o than_o your_o match_n but_o be_v of_o good_a cheer_n he_o that_o be_v your_o shepherd_n be_v god_n as_o well_o as_o man_n even_o the_o create_a spirit_n whereas_o they_o be_v but_o create_v spirit_n and_o what_o shall_v the_o creature_n be_v able_a to_o do_v against_o the_o creator_n and_o we_o have_v assurance_n give_v we_o by_o the_o apostle_n 16.20_o rom._n 16.20_o that_o this_o our_o shepherd_n the_o god_n of_o peace_n shall_v trample_v satan_n under_o our_o foot_n our_o enemy_n of_o all_o kind_n be_v watchful_a against_o we_o seek_v all_o opportunity_n to_o do_v we_o a_o mischief_n but_o christ_n our_o great_a shepherd_n 121_o psalm_n 121_o be_v infinite_o more_o watchful_a he_o neither_o slumber_v nor_o sleep_v our_o enemy_n be_v great_a politician_n but_o be_v not_o our_o shepherd_n great_a in_o counsel_n and_o his_o wisdom_n incomprehensible_a be_v not_o then_o afraid_a of_o any_o enemy_n have_v such_o a_o shepherd_n how_o just_o may_v we_o conceive_v that_o we_o hear_v our_o saviour_n speak_v to_o we_o in_o those_o word_n 13_o isai_n 51.12_o 13_o i_o even_o i_o be_o he_o that_o comfort_v you_o who_o be_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v afraid_a of_o a_o man_n etc._n etc._n and_o of_o a_o son_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n yea_o of_o any_o creature_n and_o forget_v the_o lord_n thy_o maker_n and_o thy_o shepherd_n 3._o against_o your_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n you_o be_v subject_a to_o go_v astray_o but_o you_o have_v a_o careful_a shepherd_n who_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o seek_v you_o not_o give_v over_o till_o he_o find_v you_o and_o have_v bring_v you_o home_o to_o the_o fold_n you_o be_v weak_a and_o infirm_a but_o think_v not_o that_o this_o your_o shepherd_n will_v in_o this_o respect_n remit_v his_o care_n for_o you_o nay_o he_o will_v the_o more_o tender_a you_o and_o strengthen_v that_o which_o be_v weak_a in_o you_o iv_o let_v all_o those_o to_o who_o in_o scripture_n the_o name_n of_o shepherd_n be_v give_v learn_v to_o exercise_v care_n and_o providence_n towards_o and_o over_o they_o who_o as_o sheep_n be_v commit_v to_o their_o trust_n 1._o magistrate_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n these_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o homer_n call_v they_o shepherds_z of_o the_o people_n α._n iliad_n α._n and_o so_o when_o god_n set_v david_n to_o rule_n israel_n 71_o psalm_n 78.71_o verse_n 71_o it_o be_v thus_o express_v he_o bring_v he_o to_o feed_v jacob_n his_o people_n and_o israel_n his_o inheritance_n and_o so_o it_o be_v add_v so_o he_o feed_v they_o that_o be_v so_o he_o rule_v they_o so_o that_o magistrate_n set_v over_o people_n be_v as_o shepherd_n set_v over_o a_o flock_n of_o sheep_n let_v they_o therefore_o be_v exhort_v to_o take_v care_n for_o the_o people_n put_v under_o their_o charge_n as_o the_o shepherd_n for_o their_o sheep_n and_o that_o both_o their_o soul_n and_o body_n mollerus_n do_v well_o set_v it_o forth_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o body_n let_v king_n and_o prince_n feed_v their_o subject_n first_o with_o heavenly_a doctrine_n 72._o pascant_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la suos_fw-la subditos_fw-la
periclitantem_fw-la tanto_fw-la affectu_fw-la moveri_fw-la &_o dolore_fw-la ut_fw-la corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la in_o currat_fw-la si_fw-mi hoc_fw-la praestat_fw-la homo_fw-la homini_fw-la quantum_fw-la deum_fw-la hominem_fw-la jesum_fw-la putas_fw-la homini_fw-la praestitisse_fw-la si_fw-mi tu_fw-la pro_fw-la uno_fw-la homine_fw-la per_fw-la compassionem_fw-la corporale_fw-la periculum_fw-la incurris_fw-la quid_fw-la putas_fw-la dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la tolerasse_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la ad_fw-la passionis_fw-la defectum_fw-la veniamus_fw-la passionem_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la unum_fw-la illum_fw-la diem_fw-la appellamus_fw-la sed_fw-la totam_fw-la vitam_fw-la svam_fw-la tota_n enim_fw-la vita_fw-la crux_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o martyrium_fw-la vide_fw-la quantae_fw-la fuit_fw-la parcitatis_fw-la in_o abstinentia_fw-la quam_fw-la assiduus_fw-la in_o vigiliis_fw-la quam_fw-la frequens_fw-la in_o orationibus_fw-la in_o labour_v &_o sudore_fw-la vultus_fw-la svi_fw-la quam_fw-la assiduus_fw-la cum_fw-la circuiret_fw-la vicos_fw-la et_fw-la castella_fw-la evangelizans_fw-la &_o curans_fw-la undique_fw-la et_fw-la quam_fw-la crebro_fw-la famem_fw-la pertulit_fw-la &_o sitim_fw-la ille_fw-la panis_fw-la vivus_fw-la ille_fw-la fons_fw-la aquae_fw-la sitientis_fw-la in_o vitam_fw-la eternam_fw-la videamus_fw-la jejunium_fw-la illud_fw-la 40._o dierum_fw-la et_fw-la 40._o noctium_fw-la et_fw-la jam_fw-la a_o deserto_fw-la ad_fw-la homines_fw-la redâ—unti_fw-la occurramus_fw-la &_o vultum_fw-la illius_fw-la amabilem_fw-la tantis_fw-la iejuniis_fw-la considerâ—mus_fw-la afflictum_fw-la veniamus_fw-la jam_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la ultimae_fw-la diei_fw-la agonem_fw-la &_o causas_fw-la deformitatis_fw-la corporis_fw-la nequibimus_fw-la ignorare_fw-la vide_fw-la quomodo_fw-la pavere_fw-la &_o taedere_fw-la coepit_fw-la tristis_fw-la fuit_fw-la anima_fw-la ejus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la sudoâ—_n sanguineus_fw-la orantis_fw-la corpus_fw-la per_fw-la fudit_fw-la copiose_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la distillaret_n sed_fw-la guttae_fw-la guttatim_fw-la decurrerent_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la noctis_fw-la etiam_fw-la illius_fw-la incommoda_fw-la percurramus_fw-la quomodo_fw-la tentus_fw-la vinctus_fw-la tractus_fw-la trusus_fw-la coesus_fw-la consputus_fw-la alapis_fw-la percussus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quis_fw-la hic_fw-la locus_fw-la delitiarum_fw-la qualis_fw-la hic_fw-la decor_fw-la speciei_fw-la quis_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la si_fw-la tractato_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la quaerat_fw-la veniamus_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la nudatur_fw-la bone_fw-la jesus_n heu_fw-la mihi_fw-la qui_fw-fr vestivit_fw-la coelos_fw-la variis_fw-la sideribus_fw-la ante_fw-la crucem_fw-la expoliatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n c._n 5._o and_o as_o it_o be_v altogether_o unprofitable_a and_o base_a neither_o lovely_a to_o look_v upon_o nor_o fit_a for_o any_o use_n so_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o the_o vine_n ezek._n 15.3_o shall_v wood_n be_v take_v thereof_o for_o any_o work_n or_o will_v man_n take_v a_o pin_n of_o it_o to_o hang_v any_o vessel_n thereon_o it_o be_v a_o question_n that_o imply_v a_o vehement_a negation_n so_o be_v it_o also_o in_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o prophet_n isa_n 53.2_o he_o have_v no_o form_n nor_o comeliness_n and_o when_o we_o shall_v see_v he_o there_o be_v no_o beauty_n that_o we_o shall_v desire_v he_o what_o be_v more_o manifest_a and_o he_o be_v true_o such_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o carnal_a man_n that_o can_v look_v no_o further_o than_o the_o flesh_n and_o this_o we_o may_v prove_v by_o plain_a reason_n first_o by_o his_o compassion_n then_o by_o his_o passion_n who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o a_o man_n about_o his_o friend_n in_o danger_n be_v move_v with_o such_o affection_n and_o grief_n that_o he_o prejudices_fw-la his_o own_a body_n if_o a_o man_n do_v this_o for_o a_o man_n what_o think_v we_o that_o jesus_n god_n and_o man_n do_v for_o man_n if_o thou_o for_o one_o man_n endangerest_n thyself_o by_o compassion_n what_o think_v thou_o that_o the_o jesus_n lord_n endure_v for_o all_o man_n but_o come_v we_o now_o to_o his_o passion_n and_o we_o speak_v not_o now_o of_o the_o passion_n of_o one_o day_n in_o which_o he_o suffer_v death_n but_o of_o his_o whole_a life_n for_o christ_n whole_a life_n be_v a_o continue_a cross_n and_o martyrdom_n see_v how_o he_o exceed_v in_o abstinence_n in_o watch_v in_o prayer_n how_o assiduous_a in_o labour_n and_o sweat_v when_o he_o go_v about_o their_o town_n and_o village_n preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o heal_a disease_n every_o where_n and_o how_o oft_o do_v he_o suffer_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n who_o be_v that_o bread_n of_o life_n and_o that_o fountain_n of_o water_n spring_v up_o unto_o eternal_a life_n consider_v we_o that_o fast_o of_o forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n and_o let_v we_o now_o meet_v he_o return_v to_o man_n from_o the_o desert_n and_o consider_v his_o lovely_a countenance_n afflict_v with_o such_o fast_n come_v we_o now_o to_o that_o conflict_n of_o the_o last_o day_n of_o his_o life_n and_o we_o shall_v see_v cause_n enough_o of_o the_o deformity_n of_o his_o body_n see_v how_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v amaze_v and_o astonish_v my_o soul_n say_v he_o be_v exceed_v sorrowful_a unto_o the_o death_n a_o bloody_a sweat_n do_v in_o such_o plenty_n bedew_v his_o body_n while_o he_o be_v pray_v that_o it_o do_v not_o alone_o distil_v but_o also_o fall_v by_o drop_n to_o the_o earth_n let_v we_o brief_o run_v over_o the_o evil_n of_o that_o night_n how_o he_o be_v apprehend_v bind_v draw_v thrust_v beat_v spit_v on_o and_o buffet_v etc._n etc._n and_o now_o what_o place_n be_v here_o for_o delicacy_n what_o comeliness_n can_v be_v there_o who_o can_v expect_v beauty_n in_o a_o body_n thus_o handle_v come_v we_o to_o the_o close_a good_a jesus_n be_v strip_v stark_o naked_a woe_n be_v i_o he_o that_o clothe_v the_o heaven_n with_o several_a star_n be_v to_o be_v crucify_v be_v spoil_v of_o his_o garment_n and_o now_o let_v we_o not_o be_v offend_v so_o far_o at_o the_o deformity_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o body_n it_o be_v that_o to_o which_o he_o submit_v himself_o for_o our_o good_a and_o eternal_a advantage_n as_o saint_n bernard_n speak_v well_o from_o the_o deformity_n of_o our_o redeemer_n issue_v the_o price_n ibid._n de_fw-fr deformitate_fw-la redemptoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la manavit_fw-la pretium_fw-la eterni_fw-la decoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la ibid._n with_o which_o our_o eternal_a comeliness_n be_v purchase_v why_o then_o shall_v we_o stumble_v at_o that_o outward_a deformity_n to_o which_o for_o our_o advantage_n he_o do_v voluntary_o submit_v himself_o especial_o consider_v that_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o as_o the_o psalmist_n confess_v fair_a than_o the_o child_n of_o man_n 45._o psal_n 45._o and_o let_v we_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v make_v deform_v by_o suffer_v for_o christ_n and_o for_o his_o honour_n though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o much_o stick_v not_o at_o any_o kind_n or_o degree_n of_o deformity_n for_o christ_n who_o be_v make_v so_o deform_v outward_o for_o our_o good_a it_o be_v the_o exhortation_n which_o saint_n bernard_n give_v upon_o this_o ground_n let_v we_o be_v content_a say_v he_o outward_o in_o our_o body_n to_o be_v make_v deform_v ibid._n deformemur_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la extrinsecus_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la deformato_fw-la ut_fw-la reformemur_fw-la interius_fw-la in_o anima_fw-la cum_fw-la formoso_fw-la jesus_n conformemur_fw-la corpori_fw-la vitis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la nostro_fw-la ut_fw-la reformet_fw-la corpus_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la configuratum_fw-la corpori_fw-la claritatis_fw-la suae_fw-la ibid._n with_o christ_n deform_v that_o we_o may_v inward_o in_o our_o soul_n be_v reform_v with_o fair_a jesus_n let_v we_o in_o our_o body_n be_v willing_o conform_v to_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n our_o vine_n that_o he_o may_v change_v our_o vile_a body_n and_o make_v they_o like_v unto_o his_o glorious_a body_n the_o plain_a english_a be_v let_v we_o partake_v of_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n that_o we_o may_v partake_v of_o his_o glory_n at_o last_o the_o apostle_n can_v tell_v we_o that_o all_o the_o affliction_n of_o this_o present_a life_n 8.18_o rom._n 8.18_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveil_v but_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n that_o we_o shall_v attain_v to_o this_o glory_n except_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o suffer_v with_o he_o for_o this_o be_v the_o order_n which_o the_o only_a wise_a god_n have_v set_v as_o for_o christ_n that_o he_o must_v first_o suffer_v and_o then_o enter_v into_o glory_n so_o for_o we_o 14.26_o luk._n 14.26_o that_o suffer_v with_o he_o 8.17_o rom._n 8.17_o we_o shall_v be_v glorify_v together_o vi_o to_o all_o these_o i_o shall_v add_v one_o resemblance_n more_o which_o our_o saviour_n himself_o do_v clear_o intimate_v yea_o full_o express_v in_o both_o part_n of_o the_o comparison_n as_o the_o branch_n can_v bear_v fruit_n of_o itself_o 5_o joh._n 15_o 5_o except_o it_o abide_v in_o the_o vine_n no_o more_o can_v you_o except_v you_o abide_v in_o i_o and_o then_o he_o add_v i_o be_o the_o vine_n and_o you_o be_v the_o branch_n 5_o ver._n 5_o he_o that_o abide_v in_o i_o and_o i_o
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