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heresy_n ibid._n manhood_n of_o christ_n see_v by_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n 343_o word_n make_v flesh_n why_o the_o evangelist_n say_v 369_o how_o one_o thing_n may_v be_v make_v another_o thing_n three_o way_n 37â—_n manhood_n of_o christ_n how_o adore_v 383_o mary_n right_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mother_n of_o god_n 385_o mary_n of_o what_o tribe_n she_o be_v 397._o 398_o matthew_n and_o michoa_n how_o reconcile_v touch_v the_o place_n of_o christ_n his_o birth_n 407_o magi_n what_o they_o believe_v christ_n to_o be_v 4â—3_n man_n of_o all_o creature_n most_o subject_a to_o suffering_n 434_o malice_n of_o satan_n christ_n pray_v against_o 456_o malchus_n how_o he_o use_v christ_n 467_o master_n that_o be_v ill_a make_v ill_a servant_n 467_o malice_n of_o the_o jew_n against_o christ_n 495_o 517_o manner_n of_o christ_n suffering_n incomprehensible_a 5â—2_n mary_n magdalen_n a_o sinful_a woman_n 529_o how_o she_o live_v after_o her_o conversion_n 533_o 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4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d senum_fw-la of_o old_a age_n till_o death_n as_o varro_n distribute_v the_o same_o year_n of_o their_o age_n first_o in_o our_o childhood_n we_o be_v all_o alike_o the_o heir_n differ_v nothing_o from_o a_o servant_n though_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o all_o lord_n or_o what_o you_o will_v but_o they_o must_v be_v under_o tutor_n and_o governor_n say_v the_o apostle_n and_o because_o exultat_fw-la levitaete_fw-la pver_fw-la children_z be_v childish_a and_o apish_a rather_o delight_v in_o toy_n then_o embrace_v instruction_n therefore_o they_o be_v keep_v under_o correction_n and_o bring_v unto_o virtue_n by_o good_a discipline_n while_o they_o may_v be_v teach_v for_o as_o it_o be_v proverbial_o say_v flexilis_fw-la est_fw-la iuncus_fw-la salices_fw-la flectuntur_fw-la amarae_fw-la robora_fw-la dura_fw-la minus_fw-la the_o tender_a branch_n may_v be_v easy_o bow_v but_o the_o well-grown_a oak_n 4.3.4_o prover._n 29.18_o and_o c._n 4.3.4_o will_v be_v soon_o break_v then_o straiten_v so_o we_o may_v teach_v a_o child_n a_o trade_n in_o his_o youth_n but_o we_o shall_v hardly_o teach_v a_o old_a horse_n to_o amble_v and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n advise_v all_o man_n to_o correct_v their_o child_n though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o dear_a in_o their_o sight_n because_o this_o be_v as_o necessary_a unto_o the_o child_n as_o their_o food_n and_o as_o comfortable_a unto_o the_o parent_n as_o the_o child_n himself_o in_o as_o much_o as_o to_o have_v a_o good_a child_n be_v better_a than_o to_o have_v a_o child_n and_o yet_o this_o instruction_n and_o especial_o the_o correction_n be_v such_o a_o intolerable_a burden_n so_o heavy_a for_o they_o to_o bear_v child_n what_o a_o burden_n correction_n be_v unto_o child_n as_o that_o they_o think_v no_o creature_n more_o miserable_a than_o themselves_o when_o they_o see_v all_o other_o free_a and_o themselves_o only_o as_o they_o think_v bind_v under_o the_o rod_n 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nec_fw-la quae_fw-la magis_fw-la ardeat_fw-la ulla_fw-la est_fw-la pleasure_n and_o youth_n do_v smile_n on_o we_o to_o woo_v we_o to_o taste_v vain_a lust_n taste_v they_o undo_v us._n therefore_o s._n jere._n say_v that_o it_o be_v almost_o impossible_a to_o find_v a_o young_a man_n that_o be_v not_o sometime_o tempt_v with_o fleshly_a lust_n and_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v inter_fw-la omne_fw-la certamina_fw-la christianorum_fw-la durissima_fw-la sunt_fw-la praelia_fw-la caftitatis_fw-la amo_fw-la prodigus_fw-la &_o curae_fw-la vacuus_fw-la temerarius_fw-la audax_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la liberioris_fw-la amo_fw-la among_o all_o the_o combat_n of_o christian_n it_o be_v the_o hard_a thing_n for_o we_o to_o overcome_v and_o subdue_v our_o own_o lust_n and_o to_o keep_v our_o own_o flesh_n a_o chaste_a and_o a_o modest_a virgin_n and_o as_o we_o be_v inflame_v with_o lust_n so_o we_o be_v drown_v in_o drunkenness_n we_o swell_v with_o pride_n and_o we_o fill_v 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adeo_fw-la gravis_fw-la uxori_fw-la gnatisque_fw-la sibique_fw-la ut_fw-la captatori_fw-la moveat_fw-la fastidia_fw-la cosso_fw-la we_o be_v troublesome_a to_o ourselves_o and_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 12.1_o nunc_fw-la mihi_fw-la cum_fw-la medicis_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la &_o iudice_fw-la summo_fw-la &_o misere_fw-la vitam_fw-la semisepultus_fw-la ago_o rixosae_fw-la investant_n vetula_fw-la execrabile_fw-la vulgus_fw-la inuidus_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la parta_fw-la recondo_fw-la sâ—num_fw-la eccles_n 12.1_o a_o old_a man_n be_v troublesome_a unto_o youth_n say_v menander_n yea_o our_o own_o wife_n though_o they_o can_v leave_v we_o yet_o do_v they_o loathe_v we_o and_o indeed_o our_o self_n do_v now_o begin_v to_o hate_v ourselves_o laudat_fw-la praeteritos_fw-la present_n despicit_fw-la annos_fw-la for_o these_o be_v the_o day_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o pleasure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o old_a age_n be_v like_o a_o heavy_a burden_n unto_o man_n that_o 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more_o and_o more_o clear_o unto_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o succeed_a prophet_n and_o i_o will_v chief_o insist_v upon_o that_o chief_a token_n of_o god_n love_n 132.12_o psal_n 132.12_o and_o that_o great_a argument_n of_o god_n goodness_n towards_o we_o the_o most_o merciful_a fulfil_n of_o these_o gracious_a promise_n so_o much_o desire_v and_o so_o long_o expect_v by_o all_o the_o bless_a patriarch_n and_o prophet_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n for_o when_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n come_v god_n send_v his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n 4.4_o gal._n 4.4_o make_v under_o the_o law_n to_o redeem_v they_o that_o be_v in_o bondage_n under_o the_o law_n that_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o adoption_n of_o child_n and_o this_o my_o text_n do_v full_o and_o plain_o show_v unto_o us._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n the_o most_o excellent_a speech_n that_o can_v be_v utter_v be_v ever_o measure_v say_v fulgentius_n by_o 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of_o god_n perfect_a 1.16_o 2_o tim._n 3.17_o rom._n 1.16_o be_v instruct_v to_o all_o good_a work_n the_o sum_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o gospel_n for_o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n unto_o salvation_n to_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v and_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o word_n that_o be_v make_v flesh_n for_o these_o thing_n i_o e._n the_o gospel_n be_v write_v that_o you_o may_v believe_v jesus_n christ_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 10.31_o john_n 10.31_o and_o that_o in_o believe_v you_o may_v have_v eternal_a life_n thing_n christ_n the_o word_n the_o sum_n of_o all_o thing_n this_o be_v verbum_fw-la abbreviatum_fw-la that_o contract_a word_n into_o which_o all_o word_n be_v reduce_v as_o the_o river_n into_o the_o sea_n from_o this_o word_n they_o come_v unto_o this_o word_n they_o tend_v and_o within_o this_o word_n they_o be_v all_o contain_v for_o he_o be_v the_o first_o he_o be_v the_o last_o he_o be_v 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solomon_n king_n priest_n prophet_n title_n of_o dignity_n name_n of_o honour_n or_o whatsoever_o else_o be_v ascribe_v to_o they_o to_o express_v their_o sovereignty_n 31._o omnia_fw-la in_o figura_fw-la contingebaâ—t_fw-la illis_fw-la 1_o cor._n 10.11_o esay_n 9.6_o aug._n in_o soliloq_fw-la c._n 31._o they_o be_v only_o use_v to_o express_v those_o transcendent_a excellency_n which_o these_o personal_a type_n do_v adumbrate_v and_o show_v most_o proper_o to_o belong_v unto_o this_o king_n of_o king_n this_o mighty_a counsellor_n and_o this_o prince_n of_o peace_n for_o as_o saint_n augustine_n tell_v we_o that_o have_v go_v through_o all_o creature_n and_o inquire_v of_o they_o for_o god_n each_o one_o of_o they_o do_v answer_v i_o be_o not_o he_o 1.20_o john_n 1.20_o sed_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sum_fw-la quem_fw-la quaeris_fw-la in_o i_o but_o i_o have_v my_o be_v from_o he_o who_o thou_o seek_v in_o i_o so_o if_o we_o will_v run_v over_o the_o whole_a classie_a of_o the_o 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