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rich_a treasury_n and_o closet_n replenish_v as_o man_n write_v with_o inestimable_a jewel_n theophra_v i_o have_v not_o desire_v to_o please_v my_o external_a sense_n herein_o but_o to_o behold_v she_o in_o contemplation_n which_o have_v content_v i_o without_o too_o curious_a a_o scrutenie_n not_o dare_v to_o dive_v deep_a than_o i_o have_v mean_n to_o swim_v philadelph_n what_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o natural_a thing_n and_o what_o thing_n be_v nature_n theophra_v all_o thing_n which_o come_v forth_o by_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o by_o a_o inward_a force_n and_o virtue_n be_v say_v to_o be_v by_o nature_n as_o the_o four_o element_n of_o the_o world_n metal_n all_o kind_n of_o plant_n all_o live_a creature_n and_o the_o part_n of_o these_o so_o that_o this_o secret_a and_o inward_a beginning_n of_o procreation_n and_o offspring_n and_o of_o all_o action_n be_v not_o only_o call_v but_o be_v in_o very_a deed_n the_o nature_n of_o every_o thing_n to_o this_o nature_n a_o certain_a 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