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themselves_o since_o the_o division_n of_o the_o body_n from_o the_o soul_n and_o steadfastness_n must_v no_o long_o be_v look_v for_o in_o the_o world_n since_o innocency_n be_v banish_v thence_o by_o injustice_n this_o disorder_n be_v the_o punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o reason_n together_o with_o faith_n do_v sufficient_o persuade_v we_o that_o the_o universe_n will_v never_o have_v be_v agitate_a with_o these_o furious_a accident_n during_o the_o estate_n of_o original_a righteousness_n wherefore_o shall_v god_n anger_v have_v arm_v the_o element_n against_o his_o faithful_a subject_n wherefore_o shall_v it_o have_v overthrow_v all_o his_o work_n to_o destroy_v innocent_a man_n why_o shall_v it_o have_v overwhelm_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n with_o the_o ruin_n thereof_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v sinful_a why_o shall_v it_o have_v bury_v those_o in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o be_v not_o to_o die_v aug._n let_v we_o then_o conclude_v that_o 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shall_v have_v be_v break_v down_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v set_v at_o liberty_n by_o the_o hand_n which_o hold_v they_o in_o they_o will_v not_o have_v have_v wave_n enough_o to_o have_v overflow_v all_o the_o earth_n if_o those_o rain_n which_o make_v the_o water_n swell_v come_v not_o from_o out_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o cloud_n a_o sovereign_a power_n form_v the_o vapour_n which_o do_v produce_v they_o the_o same_o fiunt_fw-la justice_n which_o shall_v burn_v the_o world_n do_v drown_v it_o and_o let_v philosopher_n say_v what_o they_o list_v that_o prodigious_a accident_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a effect_n of_o nature_n nature_n be_v not_o powerful_a enough_o to_o destroy_v what_o she_o have_v not_o make_v that_o hand_n only_o by_o which_o she_o be_v guide_v can_v disorder_v she_o those_o great_a disorder_n which_o draw_v along_o with_o they_o her_o general_a ruin_n can_v have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o the_o will_n of_o god_n philosophy_n have_v not_o be_v able_a 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and_o violate_v their_o particular_a inclination_n to_o prevent_v a_o general_a disorder_n fire_n descend_v to_o assist_v nature_n when_o she_o be_v set_v upon_o water_n mount_v aloft_o to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o vacuum_n which_o be_v the_o common_a enemy_n to_o all_o element_n the_o earth_n open_v her_o bowel_n and_o loosen_v herself_o from_o her_o foundation_n to_o suppress_v the_o disorder_n which_o sin_n have_v cause_v in_o the_o world_n but_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v comprehend_v how_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v conspire_v nature_n ruin_n nor_o by_o what_o secret_a vein_n the_o sea_n can_v issue_v forth_o so_o much_o water_n as_o can_v drown_v she_o the_o sea_n even_o when_o incense_v use_v violence_n upon_o herself_o not_o to_o overflow_v the_o earth_n 38._o it_o remember_v what_o order_n it_o receive_v from_o god_n in_o the_o beginning_n it_o use_v violence_n upon_o itself_o
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