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A47663 The secret miracles of nature in four books : learnedly and moderately treating of generation, and the parts thereof, the soul, and its immortality, of plants and living creatures, of diseases, their symptoms and cures, and many other rarities ... : whereunto is added one book containing philosophical and prudential rules how man shall become excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his life with health of body and mind ... / written by that famous physitian, Levinus Lemnius.; De miraculis occultis naturae. English Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568. 1658 (1658) Wing L1044; ESTC R8382 466,452 422

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necessary_a for_o any_o man_n of_o what_o language_n soever_o he_o be_v rhetoric_n or_o oratory_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o speak_v fit_o distinct_o and_o decent_o and_o to_o allure_v and_o inflame_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o hearer_n with_o grave_a sentence_n and_o choice_a word_n be_v chief_o necessary_a and_o useful_a for_o those_o who_o be_v preacher_n or_o magistrate_n and_o governor_n of_o commonwealth_n sedition_n eloquence_n allay_v sedition_n or_o be_v consul_n or_o general_n such_o as_o be_v conversant_a in_o mutinous_a army_n and_o popular_a sedition_n who_o it_o concern_v by_o their_o place_n and_o authority_n to_o pacify_v and_o over-rule_v the_o unruly_a multitude_n by_o their_o counsel_n and_o majesty_n of_o their_o word_n for_o subject_n be_v not_o always_o to_o be_v constrain_v by_o threat_n terror_n cruelty_n punishment_n and_o by_o the_o sword_n unless_o the_o matter_n require_v the_o shed_n of_o blood_n to_o allay_v the_o tumult_n but_o with_o please_a speech_n 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and_o be_v more_o fit_a to_o conceive_v wholesome_a cogitation_n the_o sacred_a scripture_n every_o where_o restify_v that_o the_o hol●_n prophet_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v so_o for_o david_n be_v in_o a_o strait_a say_v my_o voice_n shall_v thou_o hear_v in_o the_o morning_n o_o lord_n 61._o psalm_n 5._o psalm_n 61._o in_o the_o morning_n will_v i_o dire●t_v my_o prayer_n unto_o thou_o and_o will_v look_v up_o in_o the_o morning_n shall_v my_o prayer_n come_v unto_o thou_o 17._o chap._n 17._o so_o esaiah_n in_o the_o morning_n shall_v the_o lord_n hearken_v unto_o i_o that_o i_o may_v listen_v unto_o he_o who_o give_v i_o warning_n and_o again_o 26._o chap._n 26._o my_o soul_n desire_v thou_o in_o the_o night_n season_n with_o my_o spirit_n within_o i_o will_v seek_v thou_o early_o by_o which_o word_n the_o prophet_n show_v that_o all_o his_o mind_n and_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o his_o soul_n interpret_v the_o place_n of_o esay_n interpret_v and_o spirit_n both_o vital_a and_o animal_n be_v fix_v upon_o god_n continual_o so_o that_o no_o time_n shall_v pass_v without_o the_o thought_n of_o he_o but_o all_o our_o word_n deed_n and_o thought_n of_o our_o heart_n shall_v be_v direct_v unto_o god_n chap._n l._n when_o the_o day_n be_v end_v we_o must_v examine_v our_o mind_n for_o a_o account_n of_o the_o action_n we_o have_v do_v that_o day_n mind_n we_o must_v require_v a_o reason_n of_o our_o action_n and_o examine_v our_o mind_n at_o even_o examine_v thy_o mind_n concern_v all_o thy_o word_n and_o deed_n do_v or_o speak_v that_o day_n so_o when_o the_o day_n be_v end_v before_o you_o settle_v yourself_o to_o sleep_v take_v a_o account_n of_o every_o day_n action_n and_o ask_v thy_o mind_n for_o a_o reason_n thereof_o what_o evil_a thou_o have_v amend_v this_o day_n what_o vice_n thou_o have_v oppose_v in_o what_o thou_o be_v grow_v better_a what_o addition_n have_v be_v make_v to_o piety_n and_o what_o progress_n thou_o have_v make_v in_o virtue_n wherein_o he_o 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so_o brand_v with_o infamy_n that_o he_o shall_v hardly_o ever_o after_o procure_v or_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o a_o honest_a and_o upright_a man_n wickedness_n a_o wicked_a man_n mind_n be_v harden_v by_o wickedness_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v they_o hamper_v who_o when_o they_o have_v offend_v and_o be_v fall_v into_o any_o sin_n will_v not_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v it_o though_o the_o wrack_n of_o their_o conscience_n extort_v it_o from_o they_o but_o they_o be_v silent_a and_o hold_v their_o peace_n and_o hope_v that_o in_o time_n all_o shall_v be_v forget_v child_n a_o simile_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o child_n for_o it_o fall_v out_o with_o they_o as_o with_o boy_n who_o will_v not_o leave_v off_o when_o they_o be_v forbid_v especial_o where_o they_o hope_v it_o may_v be_v conceal_v and_o may_v not_o come_v to_o their_o parent_n ear_n we_o have_v example_n hereof_o in_o adam_n and_o c●●n_n and_o in_o their_o posterity_n to_o who_o original_a sin_n be_v derive_v 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world_n even_o your_o faith_n for_o the_o trust_n whereby_o we_o rely_v on_o christ_n and_o whole_o commit_v ourselves_o to_o such_o a_o protector_n devil_n by_o confidence_n in_o christ_n we_o must_v drive_v away_o the_o devil_n get_v we_o the_o victory_n against_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n so_o that_o we_o can_v win_v and_o carry_v from_o he_o be_v cast_v under_o we_o rich_a spoil_n when_o therefore_o we_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n against_o this_o adversary_n and_o will_v resist_v his_o charm_n and_o witchcraft_n the_o dutch_a call_v that_o toverye_n or_o will_v cast_v ill_a spirit_n out_o of_o man_n mind_n it_o must_v be_v do_v by_o confidence_n in_o jesus_n christ_n contemn_v all_o old_a wife_n superstition_n and_o heathenish_a vanity_n and_o other_o magical_a execration_n for_o god_n by_o his_o son_n who_o be_v the_o brightness_n of_o his_o glory_n christ_n heb._n 1_o all_o thing_n be_v attribute_v unto_o christ_n and_o express_v image_n of_o his_o 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