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and_o make_v man_n of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o breathe_v into_o his_o nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n and_o so_o man_n become_v a_o live_a soul_n and_o not_o a_o die_a soul_n or_o a_o soul_n that_o shall_v die_v but_o such_o a_o soul_n as_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o because_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o natural_a spiritual_a and_o eternal_a life_n whence_o the_o latin_n do_v call_v the_o soul_n life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la vivificat_fw-la corpus_fw-la dum_fw-la adest_fw-la &_o seipsam_fw-la cum_fw-la abest_fw-la á_z corpore_fw-la and_o when_o god_n threaten_v adam_n that_o if_o he_o do_v eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n 2.17_o or_o sure_o die_v gen._n 2.17_o he_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n that_o death_n signify_v not_o the_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o the_o annihilation_n of_o the_o body_n but_o the_o dissolution_n or_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n that_o as_o it_o be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o dust_n so_o it_o may_v return_v to_o the_o dust_n again_o which_o while_o the_o soul_n remain_v in_o it_o unseparate_v it_o can_v not_o return_v and_o this_o st._n paul_n show_v plain_o when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o our_o earthly_a house_n be_v dissolve_v that_o be_v 5._o 2_o cor._n 5._o disjointed_a as_o a_o house_n that_o we_o pull_v down_o be_v separate_v one_o part_n from_o another_o but_o not_o destroy_v so_o be_v the_o soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n and_o neither_o of_o they_o destroy_v and_o reduce_v into_o nothing_o but_o the_o soul_n remain_v still_o immortal_a for_o ever_o and_o as_o god_n say_v 3.19_o gen._n 3.19_o the_o body_n return_v to_o the_o dust_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v take_v 2._o it_o be_v say_v that_o abel_n be_v unnatural_o murder_v by_o his_o bloodthirsty_a brother_n vox_fw-la sanguinum_fw-la clamabat_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la and_o the_o hebrew_n word_n say_v collerus_fw-la signify_v ex_fw-la ingenti_fw-la animi_fw-la dolore_fw-la exclamare_fw-la to_o cry_v out_o with_o a_o vehement_a grief_n of_o mind_n &_o queritando_fw-la vociferari_fw-la and_o to_o complain_v with_o a_o most_o lamentable_a voice_n therefore_o sure_o his_o cry_a soul_n be_v still_o alive_a though_o his_o slaughter_a body_n be_v lie_v dead_a 3._o god_n say_v unto_o moses_n i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o god_n of_o isaac_n and_o the_o god_n of_o jacob_n and_o the_o god_n of_o your_o father_n therefore_o abraham_n isaac_n 3.15_o exod._n 3.15_o and_o jacob_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o father_n be_v still_o alive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d secundum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la and_o that_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o their_o soul_n because_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v unto_o the_o sadducee_n god_n be_v not_o the_o god_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o the_o god_n of_o the_o live_n and_o the_o body_n of_o these_o man_n that_o be_v turn_v to_o dust_n can_v not_o be_v say_v either_o to_o be_v alive_a or_o to_o be_v 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