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and_o take_v away_o the_o liberty_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o do_v wonderful_o bewitch_v our_o soul_n so_o far_o that_o he_o say_v credo_fw-la aliquis_fw-la daemon_n subiens_fw-la praecordia_fw-la flammam_fw-la concitat_fw-la &_o ruptam_fw-la tollit_fw-la de_fw-la cardine_fw-la mentem_fw-la he_o believe_v some_o devil_n do_v kindle_v these_o flame_n and_o take_v away_o our_o sense_n from_o we_o and_o therefore_o the_o foresay_a father_n do_v conclude_v that_o the_o first_o sin_n of_o satan_n and_o his_o fellow-devil_n be_v carnal_a lust_n and_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o three_o thing_n which_o we_o profess_v in_o our_o baptism_n that_o we_o will_v forsake_v 11.10_o tertullian_n reason_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o angel_n to_o lascivious_a lust_n 1_o cor._n 11.10_o whereupon_o tertullian_n say_v that_o for_o this_o cause_n the_o apostle_n command_v the_o woman_n to_o be_v cover_v in_o the_o church_n or_o as_o the_o original_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o have_v some_o power_n over_o their_o head_n because_o of_o the_o angel_n that_o be_v lest_o the_o angel_n that_o be_v to_o assist_v they_o in_o their_o devotion_n and_o to_o carry_v up_o their_o prayer_n and_o desire_n to_o heaven_n shall_v be_v tempt_v and_o entice_v to_o lust_n after_o they_o and_o true_o i_o think_v with_o tertullian_n it_o be_v well_o that_o the_o woman_n shall_v be_v cover_v though_o not_o because_o of_o the_o heavenly_a angel_n yet_o because_o of_o lascivious_a man_n who_o wanton_a eye_n do_v often_o carry_v away_o their_o thought_n from_o their_o heavenly_a duty_n to_o gaze_v upon_o their_o fade_a vanity_n reason_n that_o there_o be_v double_a mistake_n in_o tertullia_n reason_n for_o touch_v the_o heavenly_a angel_n we_o may_v find_v in_o tertullian_n reason_n a_o double_a absurdity_n error_n 1_o 1._o for_o that_o now_o the_o heavenly_a angel_n be_v so_o confirm_v in_o good_a partly_o by_o the_o extrinsical_a assistance_n and_o providence_n of_o almighty_a 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