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of_o bread_n ezech._n 4.16_o that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o natural_a virtue_n and_o power_n to_o maintain_v the_o strength_n of_o body_n in_o he_o who_o eat_v thereof_o and_o can_v digest_v it_o likewise_o he_o have_v give_v unto_o the_o wine_n a_o natural_a and_o inward_a virtue_n and_o property_n to_o sustain_v and_o to_o cheer_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n which_o drink_v thereof_o competent_o and_o measurablie_o psal_n 104.15_o the_o like_a be_v of_o other_o creature_n create_v for_o the_o use_n of_o this_o corporal_a life_n with_o give_v of_o thanks_n 1._o tim._n 4.3_o as_o it_o come_v also_o to_o pass_v in_o many_o other_o creature_n ordain_v for_o remedy_n of_o sickness_n and_o disease_n against_o which_o we_o see_v that_o god_n have_v insert_v in_o they_o a_o certain_a proper_a and_o natural_a force_n and_o virtue_n reserve_v still_o notwithstanding_o unto_o himself_o the_o right_n &_o power_n of_o make_v this_o virtue_n of_o they_o available_a or_o not_o available_a in_o his_o 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