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a_o man_n the_o hinder_a like_o a_o horse_n â–ª_o plutarch_n de_fw-fr preparatione_fw-la euang._n li._n 5._o chap._n 9_o paulus_n marsus_n hunt_v of_o devil_n plato_n opinion_n tertullian_n homeâ—_n virgil_n plato_n the_o jew_n opinion_n job._n 7._o psal_n 31._o eccle._n 12._o wisedo_n 3._o â—sal_n 49._o 2._o samu._n 12._o eccle_n 38._o the_o tukes_n opinion_n papist_n jacobus_n de_fw-fr cusa_n 4._o place_n for_o soul_n heaven_n hell._n limbus_n puerorum_fw-la which_o be_v a_o place_n where_o the_o papist_n imagine_v the_o soul_n of_o young_a child_n to_o be_v which_o depart_v without_o baptism_n purgatory_n â–ª_o by_o who_o soul_n be_v torment_v in_o purgatory_n papist_n feign_v that_o soul_n reâ—o_v earth_n again_o whether_o we_o may_v wish_v to_o see_v spirit_n how_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o use_v himself_o when_o spirit_n appear_v according_a to_o the_o papist_n daniel_n 10.11_o 1._o samuel_n 3._o by_o what_o token_n good_a spirit_n may_v be_v discern_v from_o evil_a luke_n 1._o 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