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be_v as_o a_o burn_a fire_n in_o my_o heart_n shut_v up_o in_o my_o bone_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n then_o of_o that_o in_o the_o maccabee_n that_o the_o fire_n be_v become_v water_n and_o this_o water_n excite_v the_o fire_n but_o that_o the_o spiritual_a grace_n burn_v by_o the_o fire_n and_o by_o the_o water_n it_o do_v purify_v and_o cleanse_v our_o sin_n for_o sin_n wash_v and_o burn_v according_a to_o which_o the_o apostle_n say_v fire_n will_v prove_v what_o each_o man_n work_n shall_v be_v for_o it_o must_v necessary_o be_v that_o this_o examination_n shall_v be_v perfect_v in_o all_o those_o that_o desire_v to_o return_v into_o paradise_n it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n nor_o idle_o set_v down_o in_o the_o 3._o of_o genesis_n that_o after_o adam_n and_o eve_n be_v
banish_v from_o thence_o he_o place_v at_o its_o entrance_n a_o brandish_v sword_n of_o fire_n to_o keep_v the_o passage_n to_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n with_o this_o fire_n than_o we_o must_v all_o be_v salt_v that_o be_v in_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n follow_v that_o which_o origen_n set_v down_o in_o his_o 3._o homil._n upon_o the_o 36._o psalm_n we_o must_v all_o go_v to_o the_o fire_n of_o purgatory_n and_o peter_n and_o paul_n but_o all_o shall_v not_o pass_v thereby_o after_o the_o same_o sort_n as_o they_o do_v whereof_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o 43._o of_o esay_n 2._o when_o thou_o shall_v pass_v through_o the_o water_n the_o wave_n shall_v not_o cover_v thou_o for_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o when_o thou_o shall_v march_v through_o the_o fire_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v burn_v the_o israelite_n pass_v through_o the_o red_a sea_n dry-shod_a and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v drown_v therein_o the_o three_o child_n in_o nebuchadnezar_n furnace_n have_v no_o detriment_n and_o 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delight_n agitate_a with_o the_o live_n and_o most_o rigorous_a prick_n which_o gall_n it_o she_o come_v to_o be_v she_o own_o accuser_n by_o certain_a remorse_n of_o conscience_n that_o can_v profit_v they_o no_o more_o because_o in_o hell_n there_o be_v no_o redemption_n and_o to_o be_v his_o witness_n and_o judge_n as_o the_o apostle_n set_v it_o down_o in_o the_o 2._o of_o the_o roman_n their_o conscience_n bear_v witness_n and_o their_o thought_n accuse_v they_o in_o the_o day_n when_o god_n shall_v judge_v the_o secret_n of_o man_n but_o there_o be_v also_o a_o fire_n in_o this_o world_n by_o which_o we_o must_v be_v salt_v and_o purify_v for_o as_o much_o deduction_n of_o it_o as_o we_o must_v endure_v from_o thence_o namely_o tribulation_n which_o be_v to_o we_o as_o a_o minorative_n in_o physic_n of_o the_o complete_a purgation_n that_o we_o must_v receive_v thereby_o the_o two_o foresay_a fire_n furthermore_o that_o of_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o strange_a may_v be_v very_o proper_o compare_v that_o there_o to_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la the_o other_o to_o aqua_fw-la fortis_fw-la which_o end_n and_o destroy_v all_o where_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la serve_v for_o nourishment_n for_o all_o that_o we_o eat_v or_o drink_n participate_v thereof_o and_o be_v that_o which_o pass_v and_o convert_v into_o nutriment_n it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v reveal_v more_o near_o in_o some_o subject_n then_o in_o other_o wine_n be_v that_o where_o it_o manifest_v itself_o soon_o and_o with_o less_o preparation_n and_o paâ—ne_n afterward_o wheat_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o wherein_o nature_n do_v so_o soon_o make_v his_o profit_n as_o of_o these_o two_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la be_v also_o call_v burn_v because_o it_o conceive_v so_o easy_o the_o flame_n and_o burn_v for_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o whatsoever_o do_v nourish_v must_v suffer_v under_o the_o fire_n action_n otherwise_o how_o be_v it_o that_o natural_a heat_n 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