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natural_a and_o hereditary_a disease_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v entail_v to_o one_o stock_n there_o be_v many_o vice_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o one_o kindred_n see_v you_o not_o how_o diverse_a nation_n do_v differ_v from_o other_o as_o in_o their_o form_n and_o their_o lineament_n so_o likewise_o in_o colour_n and_o property_n do_v not_o one_o man_n sick_a of_o the_o plague_n infect_v the_o whole_a city_n and_o be_v not_o the_o same_o infection_n always_o apt_a to_o taint_v the_o same_o blood_n then_o why_o shall_v it_o seem_v strange_a that_o the_o first_o man_n corrupt_v with_o sin_n shall_v taint_v his_o whole_a seed_n why_o shall_v we_o not_o suppose_v the_o poison_n and_o malignity_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v of_o as_o great_a efficacy_n &_o c_o thus_o i_o hope_v by_o the_o light_n of_o our_o natural_a reason_n the_o fall_n and_o corruption_n of_o man_n sufficient_o appear_v which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n and_o groundwork_n of_o all_o our_o christian_a faith_n and_o religion_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v in_o lib._n 1._o adversus_fw-la julianum_fw-la cap._n 2._o alia_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la aliquando_fw-la etiam_fw-la doctissimi_fw-la atque_fw-la optimi_fw-la regulae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la defensores_fw-la treatise_n salua_fw-la fidei_fw-la compage_fw-la non_fw-la consonant_n &_o alius_fw-la alio_fw-la de_fw-la una_fw-la re_fw-la melius_fw-la dicit_fw-la &_o verius_fw-la sed_fw-la lapsus_fw-la hominis_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fidei_fw-la pertinet_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la quisquis_fw-la in_o christiana_n fide_fw-la vult_fw-la labefactare_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la hominem_fw-la mors_fw-la &_o per_fw-la hominem_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la in_o adam_n omnes_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la omnes_fw-la vinificabuntur_fw-la totum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la credimus_fw-la auferre_fw-la molitur_fw-la before_o i_o can_v 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before_o our_o eye_n that_o daystar_n which_o spring_v from_o a_o high_a have_v visit_v we_o christ_n jesus_n our_o only_a dear_a lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n jesus_n who_o be_v the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n the_o way_n to_o direct_v we_o to_o the_o truth_n the_o truth_n to_o guide_v we_o to_o life_n the_o life_n to_o give_v we_o full_a contentment_n of_o happiness_n who_o be_v the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n in_o who_o we_o live_v we_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v by_o who_o for_o who_o and_o through_o who_o we_o hope_v and_o expect_v our_o salvation_n to_o who_o with_o the_o eternal_a father_n and_o the_o most_o holy_a spirit_n three_o person_n and_o one_o god_n be_v all_o honour_n and_o glory_n as_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v lay_v so_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v now_o and_o ever_o shall_v be_v world_n without_o end_n amen_o amen_n finis_fw-la the_o author_n to_o the_o reader_n good_a reader_n i_o must_v here_o let_v thou_o 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disprove_v and_o deny_v unless_o it_o may_v every_o where_o appear_v and_o therefore_o a_o necessity_n do_v seem_v so_o to_o ordain_v it_o that_o it_o shall_v first_o begin_v in_o the_o author_n then_o in_o the_o pen_n then_o in_o the_o press_n and_o now_o i_o fear_v nothing_o so_o much_o as_o the_o evil_a and_o corrupt_a exposition_n of_o the_o reader_n for_o thus_o there_o be_v a_o general_a corruption_n how_o happy_a be_v i_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o such_o a_o subject_n which_o seem_v to_o excuse_v all_o the_o error_n of_o my_o pamphlet_n especial_o good_a reader_n if_o i_o shall_v find_v thy_o love_a and_o kind_a acceptance_n well_o hope_v that_o all_o other_o will_v be_v charitable_a to_o i_o as_o i_o be_o most_o charitable_a to_o all_o other_o and_o so_o i_o commit_v thou_o to_o the_o god_n of_o charity_n knowell_n hill_n the_o 4._o of_o june_n 1616._o g._n g._n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o fear_n of_o a_o relapse_n the_o ground_n of_o this_o fear_n the_o 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