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reu._n 18._o 4._o q._n do_v god_n descend_v local_o from_o heaven_n to_o see_v the_o tower_n a._n no_o but_o when_o he_o bring_v out_o some_o extraordinary_a effect_n of_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o justice_n or_o mercy_n he_o be_v say_v to_o descend_v so_o he_o descend_v to_o see_v sodom_n gen._n 18._o 21._o he_o descend_v to_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o egypt_n exod._n 3._o 8._o he_o descend_v on_o sinai_n exod._n 19_o 11._o so_o he_o be_v desire_v to_o descend_v psal._n 144._o 5._o esa._n 64._o 1_o etc._n etc._n so_o here_o because_o he_o will_v manifest_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o justice_n in_o confound_v their_o tongue_n and_o disperse_v of_o they_o he_o be_v say_v to_o descend_v but_o if_o we_o say_v with_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n that_o christ_n oftentimes_o do_v assume_v the_o form_n of_o man_n before_o he_o have_v full_o unite_v it_o to_o himself_o in_o the_o virgin_n womb_n than_o we_o must_v also_o say_v that_o god_n here_o 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be_v almighty_a and_o we_o be_v but_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n therefore_o when_o we_o do_v forget_v ourselves_o he_o can_v drown_v we_o with_o 〈◊〉_d kill_v we_o with_o 〈◊〉_d turn_v we_o into_o beast_n with_o 〈◊〉_d and_o resolve_v our_o body_n into_o lice_n with_o herod_n three_o that_o we_o do_v not_o too_o much_o admire_v and_o adore_v the_o potentate_n of_o this_o world_n for_o let_v their_o power_n be_v never_o so_o great_a yet_o they_o be_v but_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n therefore_o vide_fw-la unde_fw-la es_fw-la homo_fw-la et_fw-la erubesce_fw-la q._n how_o be_v it_o understand_v that_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d one_o a._n not_o only_o in_o place_n and_o speech_n but_o also_o in_o consent_n and_o affection_n and_o this_o union_n make_v they_o the_o more_o forward_o to_o begin_v that_o work_n so_o that_o they_o will_v not_o willing_o be_v restrain_v from_o that_o which_o they_o have_v imagine_v to_o do_v and_o here_o we_o see_v that_o the_o wicked_a have_v their_o unity_n but_o it_o be_v 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