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of_o good_a &_o of_o evil_a with_o the_o manichee_n be_v to_o overthrow_v both_o for_o who_o shall_v set_v they_o at_o difference_n or_o who_o shall_v appoint_v they_o their_o bound_n and_o limitation_n evil_a want_v no_o positive_a cause_n be_v in_o itself_o a_o mere_a defect_n and_o privation_n want_v of_o light_n cause_v darkness_n etc._n etc._n or_o if_o you_o will_v suppose_v a_o fountain_n of_o evil_a than_o it_o shall_v sudden_o dissolve_v itself_o as_o consist_v of_o such_o contrariety_n which_o can_v never_o be_v reconcile_v as_o for_o example_n while_o partiality_n and_o oppression_n shall_v strive_v to_o encounter_v each_o other_o in_o judgement_n and_o to_o make_v themselves_o strong_a in_o their_o faction_n falsehood_n and_o lie_a shall_v interpose_v itself_o as_o a_o umpire_n or_o a_o advocate_n and_o so_o cunning_o corrupt_v and_o suborn_v witness_n and_o evidency_n on_o both_o side_n as_o neither_o of_o they_o shall_v attain_v to_o their_o purpose_n lo_o here_o sin_n 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as_o his_o helper_n and_o therefore_o the_o sin_n be_v much_o great_a that_o she_o shall_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o entice_v he_o in_o the_o breach_n of_o god_n law_n though_o man_n shall_v leave_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o cleave_v to_o his_o wife_n yet_o of_o any_o man_n hate_v not_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n yea_o and_o his_o own_o life_n also_o and_o come_v unto_o god_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v accept_v luke_n 14._o 26._o and_o he_o that_o shall_v forsake_v wife_n or_o child_n or_o land_n for_o his_o sake_n shall_v receive_v a_o hundred-fold_n more_o and_o shall_v inherit_v everlasting_a life_n matth._n 19_o 29._o now_o for_o the_o speech_n of_o dumb_a creature_n let_v we_o search_v what_o testimony_n hereof_o we_o shall_v find_v among_o the_o gentile_n plato_n report_v in_o his_o politico_n seculo_fw-la aurâ—â—_n regnante_fw-la saeturno_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la bestijs_fw-la sermocinaripotâ—isse_fw-la here_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o a_o heathen_a man_n concern_v 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