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i_o yea_o i_o will_v lay_v my_o ear_n unto_o his_o mouth_n but_o shall_v he_o speak_v in_o the_o hebrew_n hebrew_n tongue_n in_o vain_a shall_v he_o beat_v my_o ear_n for_o never_o shall_v he_o come_v near_o my_o understanding_n whenas_o if_o he_o speak_v latin_a i_o shall_v well_o enough_o know_v what_o he_o say_v 2._o but_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v whether_o he_o say_v true_a or_o no_o and_o if_o i_o can_v learn_v this_o too_o shall_v i_o know_v it_o by_o he_o for_o within_o i_o in_o that_o inward_a house_n of_o my_o thought_n neither_o the_o hebrew_n nor_o the_o greek_a nor_o the_o latin_a nor_o any_o other_o language_n but_o even_o truth_n itself_o and_o that_o without_o any_o help_n of_o the_o mouth_n &_o tongue_n without_o any_o sound_n of_o syllable_n shall_v tell_v i_o he_o say_v true_a and_o myself_o thereupon_o assure_v of_o it_o will_v confident_o say_v unto_o that_o servant_n of_o thou_o thou_o speak_v truth_n see_v i_o have_v not_o now_o the_o mean_n to_o confer_v with_o moses_n i_o beg_v of_o thou_o my_o god_n inspire_v by_o who_o he_o utter_v these_o truth_n i_o beg_v of_o thou_o the_o pardon_n of_o my_o sin_n and_o thou_o that_o enable_v that_o servant_n of_o thou_o to_o deliver_v these_o truth_n enable_v i_o also_o to_o understand_v they_o chap._n 4._o the_o creature_n proclaim_v god_n to_o be_v their_o creator_n 1_o behold_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v already_o they_o proclaim_v themselves_o to_o have_v be_v create_v for_o they_o be_v change_v and_o alter_v from_o what_o they_o be_v whereas_o whatsoever_o be_v not_o make_v and_o yet_o have_v a_o be_v have_v nothing_o in_o it_o now_o which_o it_o have_v not_o before_o which_o to_o have_v be_v indeed_o to_o be_v change_v and_o alter_v they_o proclaim_v also_o that_o they_o make_v not_o themselves_o but_o say_v therefore_o we_o be_v because_o we_o be_v make_v and_o therefore_o be_v we_o not_o before_o our_o time_n be_v to_o be_v as_o if_o we_o can_v possible_o have_v make_v ourselves_o 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thou_o for_o it_o yet_o be_v our_o knowledge_n in_o comparison_n of_o thou_o but_o mere_a ignorance_n chap._n 5._o how_o the_o world_n be_v make_v of_o nothing_o 1._o in_o the_o beginning_n god_n make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n but_o how_o do_v thou_o make_v they_o and_o what_o engine_n have_v thou_o to_o work_v all_o this_o vast_a fabric_n of_o thou_o for_o thou_o wente_v not_o about_o it_o like_o a_o fleshly_a artificer_n who_o shape_a one_o body_n by_o another_o purpose_n according_a to_o the_o discretion_n of_o his_o mind_n to_o cast_v it_o into_o such_o a_o figure_n as_o in_o his_o fancy_n he_o see_v fit_a by_o his_o inward_a eye_n but_o whence_o shall_v he_o be_v able_a to_o do_v all_o this_o unless_o thou_o have_v make_v he_o that_o fancy_n and_o he_o put_v a_o figure_n upon_o some_o material_a that_o have_v existence_n before_o suppose_v clay_n or_o stone_n or_o wood_n or_o gold_n or_o other_o thing_n but_o whence_o shall_v these_o material_n have_v their_o be_v have_v not_o thou_o appoint_v it_o they_o it_o be_v thou_o that_o make_v the_o artificer_n his_o body_n thou_o that_o give_v a_o soul_n to_o direct_v his_o limb_n thou_o make_v the_o stuff_n of_o which_o he_o make_v any_o thing_n thou_o make_v the_o apprehension_n whereby_o he_o take_v his_o art_n by_o which_o he_o see_v in_o himself_o what_o he_o have_v to_o do_v thou_o give_v he_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o body_n which_o be_v his_o interpreter_n he_o may_v from_o his_o mind_n unto_o his_o stuff_n convey_v that_o figure_n which_o he_o be_v now_o a_o work_n which_o be_v to_o signify_v unto_o his_o mind_n again_o what_o be_v do_v already_o that_o the_o mind_n upon_o it_o may_v ask_v advice_n of_o its_o precedent_n truth_n whether_o it_o be_v well_o do_v or_o no._n let_v all_o these_o thing_n praise_v thou_o the_o creator_n of_o these_o all_o 2._o but_o yet_o which_o way_n do_v thou_o make_v they_o how_o o_o god_n do_v thou_o make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n very_o neither_o in_o the_o heaven_n nor_o 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which_o such_o a_o voice_n be_v to_o be_v make_v unless_o by_o thyself_o it_o be_v make_v it_o shall_v not_o at_o all_o have_v any_o be_v that_o a_o body_n therefore_o may_v be_v make_v by_o which_o these_o word_n may_v be_v make_v by_o what_o word_n of_o thou_o be_v it_o command_v chap._n 7._o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v the_o word_n coeternal_a with_o the_o father_n 1._o thou_o call_v we_o therefore_o to_o understand_v the_o word_n who_o be_v god_n with_o thou_o god_n which_o word_n be_v speak_v unto_o all_o eternity_n and_o in_o it_o be_v all_o thing_n speak_v unto_o everlasting_a for_o never_o be_v that_o finish_v which_o be_v speak_v or_o any_o other_o thing_n speak_v after_o it_o that_o so_o all_o may_v come_v to_o be_v speak_v but_o all_o be_v speak_v at_o once_o and_o unto_o everlasting_a for_o otherwise_o there_o shall_v be_v time_n and_o alteration_n and_o no_o true_a eternity_n no_o true_a immortality_n thus_o much_o i_o know_v o_o my_o god_n thanks_n to_o thou_o therefore_o this_o i_o know_v as_o i_o confess_v to_o thou_o o_o lord_n yea_o he_o know_v and_o bless_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v whoever_o be_v not_o unthankful_a to_o thy_o assure_a verity_n 2._o we_o know_v lord_n we_o know_v that_o in_o as_o much_o as_o any_o thing_n be_v not_o now_o what_o sometime_o it_o have_v be_v or_o be_v now_o what_o heretofore_o it_o have_v not_o be_v so_o far_o forth_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o die_v nothing_o therefore_o of_o thy_o word_n do_v retire_v and_o come_v in_o place_n again_o because_o it_o be_v true_o immortal_a and_o eternal_a and_o therefore_o unto_o thy_o word_n coeternal_a unto_o thyself_o thou_o do_v once_a and_o for_o ever_o say_v all_o that_o thou_o do_v say_v and_o it_o be_v make_v whatever_o thou_o say_v shall_v be_v make_v nor_o do_v thou_o make_v it_o otherwise_o then_o by_o say_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o all_o thing_n make_v together_o or_o everlasting_a which_o so_o thou_o make_v by_o say_v chap._n 8._o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v our_o teacher_n in_o 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