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hominem_fw-la ad_fw-la imaginem_fw-la dei_fw-la factum_fw-la conspexit_fw-la in_o zelum_fw-la malevolo_fw-la livore_fw-la prorupit_fw-la et_fw-la dum_fw-la stimulante_fw-la livore_fw-la homini_fw-la gratiam_fw-la datae_fw-la immortalitatis_fw-la eripit_fw-la ipse_fw-la quoque_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la fuerat_fw-la amisit_fw-la st._n cyprian_n be_v very_o plain_a that_o the_o devil_n do_v not_o fall_v before_o the_o creation_n he_o say_v the_o devil_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n perish_v himself_o and_o destroy_v man._n he_o who_o be_v dear_a to_o god_n and_o accept_v by_o he_o after_o he_o see_v man_n be_v make_v in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n he_o be_v move_v with_o great_a envy_n and_o malevolence_n and_o be_v stir_v up_o by_o these_o affection_n rob_v man_n of_o the_o grace_n and_o immmortality_n and_o himself_o lose_v that_o which_o he_o enjoy_v before_o some_o think_v that_o st._n cyprian_n contradict_v himself_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o write_v in_o the_o 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scriptoribus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la prove_v st._n cyprian_n can_v not_o be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o book_n because_o he_o affirm_v diabolum_fw-la cecidisse_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la ante_fw-la hominis_fw-la creationem_fw-la cujus_fw-la sententiae_fw-la contrarium_fw-la habet_fw-la cyprianus_n in_fw-la tractatu_fw-la de_fw-la zelo_fw-la &_o livore_fw-la that_o the_o devil_n fall_v from_o heaven_n before_o man_n be_v create_v whereas_o st._n cyprian_n teach_v the_o contrary_a in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr zelo_fw-la &_o livore_fw-la which_o observation_n of_o bellarmine_n be_v allow_v of_o by_o dalle_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr libris_fw-la suppositis_fw-la dionysio_fw-la &_o ignatio_n p._n 468._o dr._n thomas_n james_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o father_n inform_v we_o that_o in_o a_o ancient_a manuscript_n in_o all_o soul_n library_n the_o author_n of_o this_o book_n be_v of_o much_o late_a date_n write_v by_o one_o that_o live_v in_o st._n bernard_n 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so_o do_v quintus_n curtius_n in_o his_o eight_o book_n maffeius_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o indian_n affirm_v that_o they_o worship_v god_n or_o a_o daemon_n in_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o ox_n as_o the_o egyptian_n do_v apys_n and_o that_o they_o also_o worship_v a_o elephant_n as_o god_n pag._n 83._o they_o affirm_v there_o be_v several_a world_n exist_v at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n in_o divers_a region_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o that_o there_o be_v several_a successive_a one_o so_o that_o the_o same_o world_n be_v destroy_v and_o renew_v again_o according_a to_o certain_a period_n answer_n of_o these_o several_a world_n exist_v at_o one_o time_n in_o divers_a region_n of_o the_o universe_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n either_o in_o that_o book_n under_o the_o name_n of_o st._n ambrose_n nor_o in_o porphury_a nor_o in_o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n strabo_n indeed_o lib._n 15._o say_v that_o their_o opinion_n of_o the_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o 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argument_n and_o say_v that_o human_a reason_n be_v like_o a_o pitcher_n with_o two_o ear_n and_o may_v be_v take_v on_o either_o side_n answer_n what_o he_o write_v of_o human_a reason_n in_o compare_v of_o it_o to_o a_o pitcher_n with_o two_o ear_n may_v be_v allow_v and_o give_v we_o some_o light_n how_o to_o behold_v his_o oracle_n as_o we_o ought_v for_o most_o of_o they_o have_v two_o handle_n and_o be_v propose_v as_o the_o devil_n oracle_n be_v of_o old_a full_a of_o ambiguity_n epicterus_fw-la in_o his_o enchiridion_n c._n 65._o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o thing_n have_v two_o handle_n reason_v certain_o have_v so_o and_o from_o hence_o we_o may_v infer_v what_o a_o bad_a foundation_n it_o be_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n the_o necessity_n of_o reveal_v religion_n from_o hence_o appear_v as_o also_o do_v the_o little_a support_n we_o can_v have_v from_o that_o which_o be_v common_o call_v natural_a in_o a_o word_n this_o 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much_o less_o in_o their_o temple_n the_o contrary_a whereof_o we_o find_v in_o the_o translation_n of_o mr._n blount_n as_o also_o in_o tacitus_n pag._n 132._o abraham_n and_o moses_n seem_v first_o to_o institute_v religious_a worship_n and_o both_o of_o they_o be_v well_o skill_v in_o egyptian_a learning_n which_o give_v â—ecasion_n for_o some_o to_o think_v that_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n take_v divers_a of_o their_o custom_n from_o the_o egyptian_n as_o for_o instance_n their_o circumcision_n because_o herodotus_n say_v that_o the_o phaenician_o and_o syrian_n in_o palestine_n whieh_o must_v be_v the_o jew_n since_o none_o else_o use_v it_o in_o palestine_n take_v their_o circumcision_n from_o the_o egyptian_n as_o also_o say_v he_o they_o confess_v the_o fame_n themselves_o nor_o do_v josephus_n deny_v as_o much_o answer_n we_o know_v nothing_o for_o certain_a concern_v the_o institution_n of_o divine_a worship_n but_o from_o moses_n and_o from_o he_o gen._n 4._o ver_fw-la 26._o we_o learn_v that_o man_n begin_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o day_n of_o enos_n that_o be_v the_o number_n of_o family_n increase_v in_o the_o day_n of_o enos_n they_o appoint_v more_o public_a place_n for_o god_n service_n in_o which_o at_o set_a time_n they_o may_v together_o and_o in_o a_o more_o solemn_a congregation_n worship_v their_o great_a creator_n this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o chaldeo_fw-la interpreter_n and_o approve_v by_o our_o present_n most_o reverend_a archbishop_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o idolatry_n p._n 40._o josephus_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n chap._n 4._o say_v that_o for_o seven_o generation_n man_n persevere_v in_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n and_o have_v a_o regard_n to_o virtue_n but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n man_n degenerate_v and_o forsake_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o institution_n of_o their_o ancestor_n if_o this_o seem_v otherwise_o to_o mr._n blount_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o since_o p._n 17._o he_o positive_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n be_v write_v by_o another_o hand_n after_o his_o decease_n that_o moses_n be_v institute_v in_o the_o egyptian_a learning_n we_o ready_o grant_v he_o be_v account_v but_o some_o of_o the_o gentile_n a_o egyptian_a priest_n but_o the_o same_o can_v be_v affirm_v of_o abraham_n josephus_n be_v very_o plain_a when_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n chap._n 9_o he_o assert_n that_o the_o egyptian_n learn_v all_o the_o knowledge_n they_o have_v in_o arithmetic_n and_o astronomy_n from_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o abraham_n come_v into_o egypt_n he_o teach_v the_o egyptian_n astronomy_n and_o arithmetic_n of_o which_o they_o be_v ignorant_a before_o so_o that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o science_n come_v first_o from_o the_o chaldean_n to_o the_o egyptian_n and_o from_o they_o to_o the_o greek_n whether_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n take_v circumcision_n from_o the_o egyptian_n have_v be_v a_o subject_a of_o great_a dispute_n the_o well_o know_a place_n in_o herodotus_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o say_v so_o much_o although_o our_o late_a great_a critic_n bisnagius_n in_o his_o exerc._n hist_o critic_n p._n 119._o will_n by_o no_o mean_n grant_v it_o grotius_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o the_o one_a book_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n religion_n cite_v herodotus_n at_o large_a and_o charge_v herodotus_n with_o report_v a_o untruth_n he_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o herodotus_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n confess_v that_o they_o learn_v the_o rite_n of_o circumcision_n from_o the_o jew_n but_o he_o say_v herodotus_n do_v they_o a_o injury_n in_o say_v so_o tantum_n vero_fw-la abest_fw-la say_v grotius_n ut_fw-la judaei_n fassi_fw-la sunt_fw-la unquam_fw-la ab_fw-la aegyptiis_fw-la se_fw-la accepisse_fw-la hunc_fw-la ritum_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la aperte_fw-la dicunt_fw-la aegyptios_n ab_fw-la josepho_n didicisse_fw-la circumcidi_fw-la it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o truth_n that_o the_o jew_n shall_v confess_v that_o they_o receive_v this_o rite_n from_o the_o egyptian_n that_o on_o the_o contrary_n they_o bold_o affirm_v that_o the_o egyptian_n learned_a circumcision_n from_o joseph_n and_o for_o this_o grotius_n in_o the_o place_n cite_v refer_v to_o authority_n what_o mr._n blount_n write_v concern_v josephus_n the_o historian_n be_v of_o no_o moment_n josephus_n in_o the_o 8_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n ch_n 4._o cite_v this_o place_n of_o herodotus_n he_o cite_v the_o same_o place_n also_o in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o apian_a neither_o do_v he_o deny_v in_o those_o place_n what_o herodotus_n affirm_v but_o be_v altogether_o silent_a of_o which_o silence_n bisnagius_n exerc._n hist_n crit._n p._n 120._o give_v a_o good_a account_n because_o say_v he_o josephus_n have_v long_o before_o express_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o original_a of_o circumcision_n lib._n 1._o antiq._n c._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n command_v that_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n shall_v be_v circumcise_v that_o they_o may_v keep_v themselves_o a_o part_n and_o separate_v from_o all_o other_o and_o josephus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n lib._n 1._o c._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d abraham_n be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v who_o be_v circumcise_v the_o eight_o day_n and_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v continue_v for_o the_o circumcision_n of_o child_n after_o the_o same_o number_n of_o day_n from_o which_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o josephus_n his_o opinion_n of_o circumcision_n be_v very_o different_a from_o that_o of_o herodotus_n he_o say_v the_o jew_n have_v it_o from_o the_o egyptian_n josephus_n say_v they_o have_v it_o from_o god_n and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o other_o nation_n and_o consequent_o circumcision_n be_v among_o the_o jew_n long_o before_o the_o egyptian_n have_v it_o so_o that_o mr._n blount_n may_v just_o
the_o forecited_a honor._n du_n plessis_n in_o the_o 29._o c._n positive_o and_o true_o affirm_v quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sanhedrin_n seu_fw-la juces_n 70._o quos_fw-la r._n moses_n hadarsan_n ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la messiae_n non_fw-la destituros_fw-la dicebat_fw-la sub_fw-la assyriorum_n jugo_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la macchabaeorum_n principatu_fw-la persevere_v abant_fw-la the_o sanhedrin_n or_o 70_o judge_n who_o rabbi_n moses_n hadarsan_n assert_v shall_v not_o cease_v till_o the_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n continue_v under_o the_o bondage_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o government_n of_o the_o macchabee_n he_o also_o add_v in_o ipsa_fw-la captivitate_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la judaei_n suum_fw-la reschgaluta_n id_fw-la est_fw-la principem_fw-la exulum_fw-la ex_fw-la tribu_fw-la juda_n exque_fw-la ipsa_fw-la davidis_fw-la stirpe_fw-la quod_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la historiae_fw-la testantur_fw-la the_o jewish_a historian_n testify_v that_o when_o they_o be_v in_o captivity_n they_o have_v their_o prince_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n of_o the_o family_n of_o david_n and_o yet_o mr._n blount_n contrary_a to_o all_o these_o authority_n peremptory_o say_v that_o the_o sceptre_n in_o the_o captivity_n under_o nabuchadnezzar_n so_o depart_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n as_o that_o it_o be_v never_o resettled_a in_o it_o more_o a_o plain_a argument_n he_o have_v not_o well_o consider_v reveal_v religion_n which_o so_o ignorant_o he_o impugn_v pag._n 159._o other_o prophecy_n be_v either_o general_a and_o indefinite_o express_v as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o accomplishment_n or_o inexplicable_a from_o their_o obscurity_n or_o uncertain_a as_o to_o their_o authority_n such_o as_o be_v the_o week_n of_o daniel_n which_o book_n the_o jew_n reckon_v among_o their_o hagiographa_n or_o sacred_a but_o not_o canonical_a book_n answer_n the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n which_o express_o point_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n 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the_o people_n of_o the_o prince_n that_o shall_v come_v shall_v destroy_v the_o city_n and_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o the_o end_n thereof_o shall_v be_v with_o a_o flood_n and_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o war_n desolation_n be_v determine_v ver._n 27._o and_o he_o shall_v confirm_v the_o covenant_n with_o many_o for_o one_o week_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o week_n he_o shall_v cause_v the_o sacrifice_n and_o oblation_n to_o cease_v and_o for_o the_o overspread_a of_o abomination_n he_o shall_v make_v it_o desolate_a even_o until_o the_o consummation_n and_o that_o determine_a shall_v be_v pour_v upon_o the_o desolate_a this_o prophecy_n be_v clear_o mean_v of_o the_o messiah_n because_o here_o we_o have_v not_o only_o his_o name_n but_o his_o suffering_n and_o the_o account_n of_o his_o suffering_n not_o for_o himself_o but_o the_o people_n the_o ancient_a jew_n understand_v this_o place_n of_o the_o messiah_n hoornbeck_n to_o this_o purpose_n tell_v we_o that_o r._n 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〈◊〉_d and_o varro_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o image_n write_v se_fw-la jam_fw-la duodecimam_fw-la annorum_fw-la hebdomadam_fw-la ingressum_fw-la esse_fw-la that_o he_o have_v now_o enter_v into_o the_o twelve_o sennet_n of_o year_n which_o expression_n be_v plain_a and_o full_a in_o this_o signification_n the_o word_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o this_o place_n understand_v by_o 70_o sevennet_n 490_o year_n have_v proof_n thereof_o from_o holy_a scripture_n and_o profane_a author_n and_o to_o those_o before_o mention_v we_o may_v add_v censorinus_n de_fw-fr die_v natali_n c._n 14._o and_o macrobius_n book_n first_o in_o somnium_fw-la scipionis_fw-la c._n 6._o as_o for_o those_o who_o stretch_v the_o word_n further_o to_o a_o sevenet_n of_o ten_o or_o jubily_n or_o hundred_o of_o year_n as_o some_o have_v do_v their_o opinion_n have_v neither_o warrant_n of_o god_n word_n nor_o any_o likelihood_n of_o truth_n the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v about_o the_o beginning_n of_o those_o 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