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the_o honour_n and_o dignity_n the_o privilege_n and_o prerogative_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o you_o shall_v here_o anon_o otherwise_o as_o in_o other_o birth_n so_o in_o this_o you_o may_v please_v to_o observe_v 4._o thing_n more_o 1._o partus_fw-la 2._o vterus_fw-la 3._o semen_n and_o 4._o fructus_fw-la the_o birth_n the_o womb_n the_o seed_n and_o the_o fruit._n partus_fw-la 1._o partus_fw-la the_o birth_n and_o that_o be_v a_o holy_a birth_n progâ—nuit_fw-la deus_fw-la god_n beget_v we_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o almighty_a over-shadowing_a the_o soul_n as_o it_o do_v the_o body_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n sanctify_v it_o and_o beget_v a_o new_a creature_n for_o as_o christ_n be_v conceive_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o must_v every_o christian_a be_v vterus_fw-la 2._o vterus_fw-la the_o womb_n and_o that_o be_v
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man_n from_o death_n to_o tame_v a_o lion_n they_o say_v they_o beat_v a_o dog_n but_o here_o the_o lion_n be_v beat_v for_o the_o dog_n the_o lord_n for_o the_o servant_n he_o humble_v himself_o and_o take_v our_o nature_n upon_o he_o to_o sanctify_v nay_o to_o glorify_v our_o nature_n in_o which_o nature_n he_o suffer_v for_o this_o only_a end_n to_o make_v we_o accept_v ideo_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la faceret_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la therefore_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n make_v the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o the_o son_n of_o man_n may_v be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n behold_v then_o and_o admire_v what_o love_n the_o father_n have_v show_v unto_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v thus_o make_v and_o call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 1_o joh._n 3._o 1._o cause_n 1._o cause_o the_o formal_a cause_n but_o to_o proceed_v in_o order_n i_o will_v begin_v with_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o regeneration_n the_o formal_a cause_n god_n progenuit_fw-la deus_fw-la god_n beget_v we_o and_o the_o word_n the_o apostle_n use_v here_o to_o beget_v be_v worth_a your_o serious_a observation_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peperit_fw-la a_o word_n which_o the_o learned_a give_v to_o the_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o the_o body_n to_o the_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o flesh_n of_o man_n for_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o the_o soul_n and_o spirit_n of_o man_n have_v its_o birth_n and_o child_n as_o well_o as_o the_o flesh_n and_o body_n as_o for_o example_n memory_n that_o be_v the_o birth_n of_o the_o brain_n thought_n they_o be_v the_o birth_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o grace_n that_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o spirit_n i_o and_o there_o be_v dolour_n and_o pang_n tribulation_n and_o sorrow_n throb_n and_o throw_v gripe_n and_o convulsion_n in_o this_o our_o second_o birth_n as_o many_o if_o not_o more_o and_o as_o great_a nay_o great_a than_o in_o our_o first_o note_n note_n the_o 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as_o she_o will_v be_v but_o a_o strumpet_n and_o stepmother_n and_o not_o the_o true_a spouse_n of_o christ_n so_o much_o of_o the_o verity_n and_o truth_n of_o our_o new_a birth_n and_o of_o the_o evidence_n and_o sign_n thereof_o come_v we_o now_o to_o similitude_n and_o likeness_n between_o our_o first_o and_o second_o birth_n which_o be_v many_o but_o i_o will_v reduce_v they_o to_o seven_o 1._o in_o our_o first_o birth_n there_o be_v mutatio_fw-la à _fw-la non_fw-la ente_fw-la ad_fw-la ens_fw-la a_o change_n from_o a_o no_o be_v into_o a_o being_n thus_o it_o be_v in_o our_o second_o birth_n there_o be_v a_o change_n from_o a_o no_o be_v in_o grace_n to_o a_o be_v in_o grace_n new_a seed_n of_o grace_n be_v sow_o in_o the_o heart_n where_o before_o they_o be_v not_o and_o the_o man_n which_o be_v dead_a in_o sin_n and_o trespass_n be_v now_o quicken_v mutat_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o incipit_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la it_o change_v what_o it_o be_v 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