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reveal_v from_o god_n what_o indeed_o be_v humane_a be_v subject_a to_o mutation_n and_o change_n as_o man_n himself_o be_v it_o be_v like_o himself_o his_o breath_n go_v forth_o he_o return_v 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la titulus_fw-la etsi_fw-la omni_fw-la veritati_fw-la de_fw-la quacunque_fw-la re_fw-la sit_fw-la significatione_n largiori_fw-la possit_fw-la tribui_fw-la quoniam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la &_o inspir_n at_o io_fw-it omnipotentis_fw-la that_fw-mi intelligentiam_fw-la job_n 32._o 8._o attamen_fw-la immediatè_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la revelata_fw-la doctrina_fw-la merito_fw-la titulum_fw-la illum_fw-la sibi_fw-la proprie_fw-la vendicat_fw-la river_n in_o isagog_n pag._n 9_o to_o his_o earth_n in_o that_o very_a day_n his_o thought_n perish_v but_o the_o scripture_n be_v divine_a and_o that_o which_o in_o a_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a way_n be_v the_o write_n of_o god_n that_o can_v alter_v or_o change_v or_o be_v dissolve_v 2._o 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say_v and_o swear_v god_n can_v lie_v nor_o deceive_v whether_o he_o say_v or_o swear_v his_o nature_n make_v it_o impossible_a and_o yet_o he_o be_v please_v to_o do_v both_o both_o to_o say_v and_o swear_v such_o be_v his_o wonderful_a goodness_n and_o condescension_n and_o if_o yet_o notwithstanding_o both_o these_o we_o shall_v so_o far_o dishonour_n god_n and_o be_v want_v to_o our_o own_o comfort_n as_o not_o to_o believe_v and_o rely_v on_o both_o these_o how_o sad_a and_o unworthy_a a_o thing_n will_v it_o be_v how_o derogatory_n to_o god_n glory_n as_o well_o as_o to_o our_o own_o comfort_n nudis_fw-la ejus_fw-la promissis_fw-la fidem_fw-la haberi_fw-la oportuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o ought_v say_v pareus_n upon_o the_o place_n to_o give_v credit_n to_o his_o bare_a promise_n because_o he_o be_v truth_n itself_o and_o goodness_n itself_o wisdom_n itself_o and_o power_n
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