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and_o to_o this_o we_o be_v bind_v here_o we_o be_v but_o stranger_n si_fw-mi velimus_fw-la accolae_fw-la si_fw-la nolimus_fw-la accolae_fw-la if_o we_o will_v we_o may_v be_v stranger_n and_o if_o we_o will_v not_o but_o love_v to_o dwell_v and_o stay_v here_o yet_o we_o shall_v be_v stranger_n whether_o we_o will_v or_o no._n and_o as_o we_o be_v so_o our_o abode_n here_o be_v that_o of_o stranger_n in_o another_o country_n as_o of_o those_o who_o be_v ever_o in_o their_o way_n and_o move_v forward_o never_o stand_v still_o but_o strive_v to_o go_v out_o of_o it_o who_o whole_a motion_n and_o progress_n be_v a_o leave_v it_o behind_o they_o when_o adam_n be_v lord_n of_o all_o the_o world_n he_o be_v but_o a_o stranger_n in_o it_o for_o god_n make_v he_o naked_a in_o paradise_n and_o withal_o give_v he_o no_o sense_n of_o his_o nakedness_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v give_v by_o s._n basil_n that_o man_n may_v not_o be_v distract_v and_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o meditation_n upon_o god_n that_o the_o care_n of_o his_o flesh_n may_v not_o steal_v away_o his_o mind_n from_o he_o that_o make_v he_o so_o that_o adam_n be_v make_v a_o stranger_n when_o he_o be_v make_v the_o sole_a emperor_n of_o the_o world_n but_o when_o he_o be_v fall_v god_n clothe_v he_o with_o skin_n ut_fw-la illum_fw-la veluti_fw-la morte_fw-la quadam_fw-la indueret_fw-la say_v proclus_n in_o epiphanius_n that_o he_o may_v clothe_v he_o as_o it_o be_v with_o death_n itself_o which_o be_v represent_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o skin_n of_o dead_a beast_n that_o he_o may_v always_o carry_v about_o with_o he_o the_o remembrance_n of_o it_o the_o most_o suitable_a garment_n that_o a_o stranger_n or_o pilgrim_n can_v wear_v a_o stranger_n come_v not_o to_o stay_v long_o in_o a_o place_n he_o be_v here_o as_o we_o say_v to_o day_n and_o go_v to_o morrow_n so_o be_v man._n 90.9_o psal_n 9.25_o &_o 4.2_o psal_n 90.9_o he_o fly_v as_o a_o post_n or_o rather_o as_o a_o shadow_n and_o 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