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world_n first_o by_o conception_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o mother_n and_o then_o by_o production_n and_o bring_v forth_o from_o thence_o according_a to_o the_o time_n of_o life_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v by_o his_o wise_a and_o all-guiding_a and_o govern_v providence_n and_o decree_n so_o he_o be_v to_o take_v our_o true_a and_o perfect_a humane_a nature_n and_o shape_n upon_o he_o that_o therein_o he_o may_v perform_v all_o that_o righteousness_n which_o the_o law_n of_o god_n do_v require_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o mankind_n and_o so_o satisfy_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n in_o man_n person_n for_o man_n sin_n according_a to_o that_o first_o promise_n and_o prophesy_v of_o he_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n gen._n 3.15_o therefore_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o all_o other_o person_n and_o people_n whatsoever_o he_o shall_v be_v propagate_v and_o produce_v into_o the_o 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not_o so_o the_o author_n neither_o ut_fw-la caro_fw-la ista_fw-la formata_fw-la sit_fw-la citra_fw-la interventum_fw-la propriae_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filii_fw-la dei_fw-la as_o athanasius_n speak_v as_o if_o the_o flesh_n be_v form_v without_o the_o intervention_n of_o the_o proper_a essence_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n absit_fw-la ea_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la mens_fw-la pauli_n samosatensis_n et_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la as_o he_o go_v on_o far_o be_v it_o from_o we_o so_o to_o imagine_v this_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o conceit_n of_o paulus_n samosatensis_n and_o other_o heretic_n but_o we_o believe_v and_o speak_v secundum_fw-la orthodoxorum_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la according_a to_o the_o rectitude_n and_o straightness_n of_o the_o catholic_a tenet_n that_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v fill_v indeed_o with_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n tum_o ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la ejus_fw-la sanctificaretur_fw-la tum_fw-la ut_fw-la 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birth_n of_o christ_n of_o this_o bless_a virgin_n rubus_fw-la mosaicus_n virga_fw-la aaronica_n vellus_fw-la gedeonis_fw-la clausa_fw-la ezechielis_fw-la porta_fw-la virginem_fw-la parituram_fw-la sine_fw-la detrimento_fw-la virginitati_fw-la suae_fw-la designant_fw-la say_v one_o moses_n bush_n that_o burn_v and_o be_v not_o consume_v exod._n 3.2_o aaron_n rod_n that_o bud_v and_o blossom_v and_o bare_a ripe_a almond_n when_o it_o be_v wither_v and_o dry_a numb_a 17.8_o gedeon_n fleece_n that_o be_v full_a of_o dew_n that_o one_o may_v wring_v it_o when_o all_o the_o earth_n be_v dry_a beside_o judg._n 6.38_o and_o ezekiel_n gate_n which_o be_v shut_v so_o that_o none_o shall_v enter_v by_o it_o because_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n have_v enter_v by_o it_o ezech._n 44.2_o do_v all_o in_o some_o sort_n or_o other_o express_v the_o conception_n and_o birth_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n without_o any_o detriment_n to_o the_o virginity_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o indeed_o the_o last_o of_o these_o ezekiel_n shut_v gate_n be_v near_o apply_v by_o s._n augustine_n himself_o in_o his_o eighteen_o sermon_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la to_o this_o purpose_n where_o he_o say_v quid_fw-la est_fw-la porta_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la domini_fw-la clausa_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la maria_fw-la semper_fw-la erit_fw-la intacta_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o gate_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v always_o shut_v but_o only_o this_o that_o the_o virgin_n mary_n shall_v ever_o remain_v untouched_a and_o undefiled_a et_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la transit_fw-la per_fw-la eam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la joseph_n non_fw-la cognovit_fw-la eam_fw-la and_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v enter_v by_o it_o but_o this_o that_o her_o husband_n joseph_n shall_v not_o carnal_o know_v she_o et_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la solus_fw-la intrat_fw-la &_o egredietur_fw-la per_fw-la 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to_o go_v in_o and_o out_o by_o i_o and_o that_o without_o either_o open_n or_o shut_v of_o my_o sanctify_a womb_n whereby_o my_o virginity_n shall_v be_v impair_v in_o the_o least_o degree_n as_o after_o his_o resurrection_n he_o enter_v in_o among_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o disciple_n when_o the_o door_n be_v fast_o shut_v joh._n 20.19_o and_o therefore_o we_o need_v not_o fear_v to_o believe_v he_o bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n marie_n and_o thus_o you_o see_v belove_v how_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v our_o humane_a nature_n and_o shape_n perfect_o and_o entire_o upon_o he_o and_o so_o become_v also_o the_o son_n of_o man_n first_o by_o be_v conceive_v and_o then_o bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n marie_n which_o howsoever_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a and_o almost_o miraculous_a unto_o we_o yet_o to_o god_n that_o do_v work_v it_o it_o be_v both_o facile_a and_o easy_a for_o that_o god_n that_o have_v write_v wondrous_a thing_n in_o his_o law_n be_v able_a also_o to_o work_v wondrous_a thing_n for_o we_o in_o his_o gospel_n quid_fw-la autem_fw-la sunt_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quae_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la impossibilia_fw-la augustine_n and_o what_o i_o pray_v you_o be_v wonderful_a but_o that_o which_o seem_v to_o we_o impossible_a as_o for_o example_n the_o very_a writing_n of_o the_o law_n in_o table_n of_o stone_n without_o fit_v instrument_n be_v itself_o a_o very_a wonder_n of_o the_o law_n again_o the_o earth_n yield_a bread_n in_o the_o wilderness_n without_o either_o plow_a or_o sow_v as_o exod._n 16.15_o be_v another_o wonder_n of_o the_o same_o and_o three_o aaron_n rod_n speak_v of_o before_o which_o have_v be_v wither_v many_o year_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v begin_v to_o revive_v without_o water_n to_o flourish_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o to_o bring_v forth_o nut_n or_o almond_n when_o it_o be_v enclose_v under_o the_o dry_a roof_n of_o a_o house_n be_v a_o three_o wonder_v also_o of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n now_o then_o 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