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religion_n wherein_o man_n do_v not_o mere_o pure_o or_o sincere_o love_v god_n and_o cleave_v only_o to_o he_o but_o will_v do_v no_o other_o than_o run_v on_o in_o art_n and_o reason_n and_o thereupon_o do_v rise_v up_o such_o fountain_n or_o source_n of_o error_n from_o such_o contentious_a spirit_n and_o forth_o out_o of_o the_o fiery_a soul_n which_o be_v break_v or_o spring_v forth_o out_o of_o this_o ground_n of_o the_o eternal_a centrall_a fire_n and_o come_v into_o a_o creature_n 17._o these_o source_n or_o quality_n be_v mere_a evil_a spirit_n from_o the_o lord_n of_o god_n anger_n break_v forth_o or_o spring_v from_o the_o own_o will_n of_o own_o self_n receptibility_n and_o be_v right_a heretic_n heretic_n heretic_n viz_o out-sâ—ewed_n outcast_n or_o reprobat_fw-la spirit_n as_o they_o call_v themselves_o one_o among_o another_o whereby_o man_n see_v that_o they_o also_o nothing_o else_o but_o strive_v for_o the_o victory_n of_o the_o opinion_n the_o patron_n or_o opinion_n 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make_v a_o show_n of_o and_o expose_v to_o open_a view_n in_o triumph_n that_o therein_o praise_n may_v exist_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o eternal_a stable_a immovablenesse_n may_v become_v know_v in_o the_o mortal_a 55._o thus_o reason_n become_v answer_v to_o its_o first_o question_n in_o that_o it_o suppose_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o guest_n by_o guest_n chance_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n see_v he_o suffer_v the_o honest_a and_o virtuous_a to_o be_v in_o pain_n anguish_n and_o tribulation_n and_o bring_v they_o in_o the_o end_n to_o the_o grave_a as_o well_o as_o the_o wicked_a so_o that_o it_o appear_v as_o if_o god_n do_v not_o regard_v any_o thing_n or_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o god_n be_v it_o neither_o see_v know_v nor_o perceive_v he_o 56._o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v to_o it_o that_o it_o in_o its_o own_o life_n be_v only_o a_o object_n of_o the_o right_a life_n and_o if_o it_o find_v in_o itself_o no_o hunger_n nor_o desire_n after_o that_o from_o whence_o in_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v exi_v that_o in_o its_o life_n it_o be_v only_o a_o folly_n and_o a_o lookingglass_n a_o or_o lookingglass_n play_n or_o scene_n wherein_o the_o wisdom_n bring_v its_o wonder_n to_o pass_v 57_o for_o wisdom_n for_o viz_o wisdom_n it_o see_v also_o in_o the_o wise_a according_a to_o the_o outward_a nature_n such_o a_o folly_n and_o see_v how_o god_n forsake_v that_o very_a folly_n of_o the_o wise_a that_o it_o must_v stand_v in_o shame_n and_o reproach_n before_o the_o ownself_n will_v foolish_a cunning_a suttlety_n which_o yet_o know_v not_o its_o end_n 58._o therefore_o the_o foolish_a reason_n suppose_v there_o be_v no_o deliverer_n and_o know_v not_o how_o the_o wise_a man_n in_o himself_o become_v deliver_v and_o release_v or_o free_v from_o the_o inherit_v folly_n through_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o his_o own_o wâ—lling_n in_o that_o his_o own_o will_n through_o the_o pain_n and_o opposition_n of_o the_o wicked_a enter_v into_o 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quality_n or_o torment_n of_o the_o eternal_a pain_n in_o itself_o so_o that_o when_o the_o light_n of_o the_o outward_a nature_n break_v from_o it_o wherein_o it_o have_v for_o a_o season_n pride_v and_o strut_v in_o self-hood_n that_o then_o it_o stand_v in_o itself_o in_o darkness_n so_o that_o its_o false_a wicked_a ownself_n desire_n be_v a_o mere_a rough_a sting_a hard_a sharp_a and_o opposite_a will._n 64._o it_o hope_v this_o time_n upon_o a_o outward_a help_n and_o bring_v itself_o into_o pleasure_n of_o its_o will_n and_o hold_v that_o for_o its_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o when_o the_o outward_a light_n extinguish_v in_o death_n so_o than_o it_o stand_v in_o eternal_a despair_n and_o look_v for_o no_o deliverer_n more_o either_o round_o about_o or_o in_o itself_o 65._o but_o the_o wise_a 3.18_o wise_a 1_o cor._n 3.18_o become_v to_o himself_o in_o this_o world_n a_o fool_n and_o learn_v to_o hate_v his_o folly_n which_o the_o reason_n account_v for_o prudence_n and_o 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