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etc._n thou_o have_v manifest_v unto_o i_o and_o lord_n make_v it_o more_o and_o more_o manifest_a and_o grant_v that_o in_o this_o manifestation_n i_o may_v continue_v sober_a under_o thy_o wing_n if_o you_o urge_v yet_o more_o that_o even_o the_o power_n of_o sin_v give_v by_o god_n and_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n seem_v to_o derogate_v from_o his_o holiness_n in_o his_o work_n because_o as_o the_o ethnic_n say_v in_o justin._n martyr_n answer_v he_o that_o may_v hinder_v and_o permit_v in_o effect_n do_v what_o he_o permit_v i_o answer_v first_o concern_v the_o power_n of_o sin_v that_o if_o we_o understand_v thereby_o a_o licence_n to_o do_v evil_a it_o be_v not_o from_o god_n for_o this_o be_v a_o unbrydled_a disorder_n of_o the_o will_n import_v in_o it_o permission_n impunity_n and_o a_o formal_a or_o virtual_a approbation_n of_o he_o that_o give_v this_o liberty_n thus_o it_o be_v not_o from_o god_n ecclesiasticus_fw-la 15.20_o he_o have_v command_v no_o man_n to_o do_v 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word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v unto_o we_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o same_o be_v a_o dimission_n from_o servitude_n or_o captivity_n or_o a_o departure_n out_o of_o prison_n this_o prison_n be_v the_o body_n the_o door_n whereof_o by_o death_n be_v open_v that_o the_o soul_n may_v go_v free_a and_o as_o noah_n dove_n return_v to_o he_o who_o send_v she_o forth_o with_o a_o olive_n branch_n in_o her_o bill_n so_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n which_o come_v from_o god_n may_v return_v as_o say_v ecclesiastes_n unto_o god_n that_o give_v it_o mors_fw-la ergo_fw-la obstretricatur_fw-la animae_fw-la death_n then_o be_v but_o the_o midwife_n to_o the_o soul_n and_o as_o our_o first_o birth_n bring_v we_o out_o of_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o our_o second_o out_o of_o nature_n and_o sin_n so_o this_o three_o and_o last_o birth_n by_o death_n shall_v bring_v we_o perfect_o the_o soul_n out_o of_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o whole_a man_n out_o of_o the_o 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