be_v naught_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o say_v he_o this_o fish_n polypus_n be_v pleasant_a to_o the_o taste_n but_o it_o disturb_v sleep_v with_o troublesome_a and_o heterogenous_a or_o unnatural_a fancy_n as_o also_o from_o plautus_n rud._n plautus_n in_o mâ—â—â—t_n &_o in_o rud._n miris_fw-la modis_fw-la dii_fw-la ludos_fw-la faciunt_fw-la hominibus_fw-la mirisque_fw-la exemplis_fw-la nam_fw-la somnia_fw-la in_o somnis_fw-la danunt_fw-la ne_fw-fr dormientes_fw-la quidem_fw-la sinunt_fw-la quiescere_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o miris_fw-la modis_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o before_o then_o follow_v velut_fw-la ego_fw-la hac_fw-la nocte_fw-la hac_fw-la quae_fw-la praeteriit_fw-la proxima_fw-la in_o somnis_fw-la egi_fw-la satis_fw-la &_o fui_fw-la homo_fw-la exercitus_fw-la it_o be_v take_v otherwise_o passive_o by_o aristotle_n where_o he_o define_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o man_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n molestiam_fw-la turbulentam_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o fortunate_a man_n that_o among_o a_o great_a number_n of_o bad_a quality_n they_o have_v one_o that_o be_v commendable_a and_o make_v some_o amends_o which_o be_v that_o they_o be_v common_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lover_n of_o god_n or_o pious_o affect_v towards_o god_n it_o may_v well_o seem_v strange_a if_o not_o altogether_o false_a it_o be_v more_o general_o receive_v and_o apparent_o more_o probable_a that_o bonae_fw-la mentis_fw-la soror_fw-la paupertas_fw-la virtue_n and_o poverty_n poverty_n &_o piety_n the_o virtue_n of_o virtue_n especial_o be_v of_o a_o kind_n it_o be_v no_o hard_a thing_n with_o such_o distinction_n and_o limitation_n of_o circumstance_n as_o in_o case_n of_o this_o nature_n must_v always_o be_v presuppose_v to_o reconcile_v these_o two_o neither_o indeed_o do_v aristotle_n simple_o say_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d religious_a in_o point_n of_o life_n which_o may_v prove_v quite_o another_o thing_n 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from_o he_o chief_o propagate_v to_o afterage_n though_o long_o in_o part_n at_o least_o in_o the_o world_n before_o he_o as_o more_o know_v i_o shall_v first_o name_n which_o be_v as_o he_o open_o profess_v it_o for_o some_o ancient_n make_v he_o to_o have_v be_v a_o arrant_a atheist_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n a_o excellent_a nature_n who_o happiness_n and_o perfection_n be_v to_o enjoy_v himself_o free_a from_o all_o trouble_n and_o care_n not_o regard_v or_o hee_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o but_o himself_o that_o it_o be_v a_o folly_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v create_v the_o world_n as_o either_o sun_n or_o moon_n or_o any_o other_o part_n of_o this_o universe_n and_o not_o folly_n alone_o but_o impiety_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n either_o regard_v what_o be_v do_v by_o man_n or_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o whether_o good_a or_o evil_n that_o happen_v unto_o they_o this_o opinion_n though_o it_o may_v and_o do_v in_o the_o late_a age_n of_o the_o world_n when_o god_n cease_v by_o strange_a apparition_n and_o otherwise_o so_o familiar_o to_o reveal_v himself_o unto_o man_n as_o before_o yet_o in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o it_o impious_a enough_o otherwise_o when_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o creation_n &_o other_o great_a and_o miraculous_a work_n of_o god_n be_v so_o fresh_a and_o his_o presence_n by_o angel_n and_o the_o like_a so_o frequent_a among_o man_n it_o can_v not_o possible_o take_v place_n the_o devil_n then_o in_o those_o day_n when_o god_n do_v so_o manifest_o interest_n himself_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o man_n because_o the_o time_n for_o epicurism_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v in_o stead_n of_o it_o he_o poison_a man_n with_o a_o opinion_n that_o god_n be_v of_o a_o envious_a nature_n which_o be_v as_o be_v show_v in_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n the_o very_a argument_n he_o use_v to_o our_o
in_o his_o noctes_fw-la atticae_fw-la which_o in_o the_o latter_a edition_n of_o aulus_n gell._n be_v set_v out_o as_o imperfect_a or_o defective_a in_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o old_a edition_n and_o why_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o in_o the_o new_a i_o know_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o as_o i_o conceive_v those_o that_o first_o so_o set_v he_o out_o do_v not_o understand_v he_o and_o choose_v rather_o as_o many_o in_o that_o ease_n to_o the_o great_a prejudice_n of_o good_a author_n to_o place_v the_o defect_n upon_o the_o copy_n then_o to_o acknowledge_v it_o in_o themselves_o i_o shall_v be_v very_o willing_a to_o bestow_v some_o pain_n to_o do_v that_o good_a author_n some_o right_n who_o have_v take_v so_o many_o pain_n to_o benefit_n posterity_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o to_o our_o purpose_n too_o nevertheless_o because_o all_o man_n be_v not_o for_o that_o kind_n of_o learning_n it_o shall_v make_v no_o further_o interruption_n here_o but_o shall_v be_v add_v at_o the_o end_n the_o place_n of_o gellius_n that_o we_o mean_v be_v lib._n vi_o cap._n 1._o homines_fw-la fecisse_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n last_o beside_o these_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o there_o be_v yet_o other_o who_o upon_o ground_n of_o natural_a reason_n stand_v for_o the_o goodness_n both_o and_o omnipotency_n of_o god_n as_o peremptory_o as_o any_o yet_o dare_v not_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n of_o natural_a reason_n take_v upon_o themselves_o to_o answer_v all_o objection_n against_o their_o opinion_n which_o their_o natural_a reason_n they_o modest_o acknowledge_v weak_a and_o desective_a and_o incapable_a of_o such_o high_a mystery_n and_o speculation_n plotinus_n the_o philosopher_n as_o i_o remember_v i_o may_v say_v aristotle_n too_o but_o that_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o defect_n of_o humane_a reason_n which_o he_o compare_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o bat_n be_v upon_o another_o occasion_n have_v a_o excellent_a passage_n or_o two_o to_o that_o purpose_n antoninus_n a_o great_a and_o glorious_a monarch_n in_o his_o day_n by_o many_o as_o deserve_o as_o ever_o heathen_a be_v both_o for_o his_o learning_n and_o goodness_n surname_v the_o philosopher_n have_v i_o be_o sure_a which_o may_v be_v read_v in_o his_o meditation_n concern_v himself_o lib._n ii_o n._n 8._o but_o especial_o lib._n xii_o n._n 4._o how_o so_o many_o come_v to_o pitch_v upon_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o materiam_fw-la and_o partly_o to_o join_v partly_o to_o oppose_v it_o unto_o god_n in_o the_o creation_n may_v easy_o be_v conceive_v if_o we_o compare_v what_o divers_a of_o they_o write_v of_o it_o with_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n gen._n 1._o v._n 2._o of_o the_o chaos_n which_o very_a chaos_n some_o of_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d necessity_n though_o they_o say_v not_o altogether_o what_o moses_n say_v and_o add_v to_o it_o much_o yet_o a_o man_n may_v in_o moses_n word_n see_v some_o ground_n for_o their_o error_n in_o so_o obscure_a a_o subject_n darkness_n be_v in_o the_o text_n and_o caligo_n be_v the_o word_n use_v by_o some_o of_o they_o also_o for_o the_o chaos_n they_o may_v easy_o mistake_v he_o they_o especial_o that_o have_v he_o but_o by_o tradition_n but_o i_o will_v say_v no_o more_o of_o it_o here_o because_o it_o be_v but_o upon_o the_o by_o and_o so_o much_o concern_v the_o original_n of_o the_o opinion_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daemon_n or_o the_o daemon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v god_n and_o the_o deity_n in_o the_o language_n and_o more_o clear_a expression_n of_o divers_a other_o as_o by_o divers_a example_n have_v appear_v be_v of_o a_o envious_a nature_n there_o be_v other_o place_n of_o scripture_n i_o know_v beside_o that_o of_o genesis_n which_o upon_o this_o occasion_n and_o not_o impertinent_o perchance_o may_v have_v be_v consider_v of_o as_o for_o example_n those_o ironical_a word_n though_o possible_o not_o ironical_o take_v by_o all_o that_o may_v light_v upon_o they_o of_o almighty_a god_n gen._n iii_o 22_o 23._o and_o the_o lord_n god_n say_v behold_v the_o man_n be_v become_v as_o one_o of_o we_o to_o know_v good_a or_o evil_n and_o now_o lest_o he_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o take_v also_o of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n and_o eat_v and_o live_v for_o ever_o therefore_o the_o lord_n god_n send_v he_o forth_o from_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o those_o gen._n xi_o 6._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v behold_v the_o people_n be_v one_o and_o they_o have_v all_o one_o language_n and_o this_o they_o begin_v to_o do_v and_o now_o nothing_o will_v be_v restrain_v from_o they_o which_o they_o have_v imagine_v to_o do_v etc._n etc._n but_o especial_o that_o ambiguous_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o as_o it_o signify_v to_o be_v jealous_a exod._n xx._n 5._o xxxiv_o 14._o and_o elsewhere_o frequent_o so_o genesis_n xxxi_o 1._o and_o elsewhere_o to_o envy_v but_o since_o we_o have_v as_o i_o conceive_v sufficient_o discover_v and_o lay_v open_a the_o main_a spring_n of_o the_o error_n i_o shall_v be_v less_o solicitous_a about_o the_o riveret_n and_o small_a stream_n we_o will_v now_o suppose_v that_o daemon_n be_v original_o take_v for_o a_o devil_n or_o evill-spirit_n this_o supposition_n be_v not_o without_o some_o probability_n as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o if_o that_o will_v not_o be_v grant_v we_o be_v sure_a however_o that_o since_o christ_n it_o be_v so_o take_v by_o many_o heathen_n and_o that_o even_o before_o long_o before_o christ_n there_o be_v a_o opinion_n among_o heathen_n of_o certain_a envious_a spirit_n or_o devil_n that_o do_v set_v themselves_o against_o man_n to_o do_v they_o what_o mischief_n they_o can_v now_o how_o consonant_a it_o be_v to_o the_o scripture_n to_o ascribe_v all_o temporal_a evil_n to_o the_o malice_n and_o envy_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o the_o first_o and_o original_a cause_n be_v so_o apparent_o obvious_a as_o little_o shall_v need_v to_o be_v say_v about_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o envy_n of_o the_o devil_n come_v death_n into_o the_o world_n say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n chap._n 11._o ver_fw-la ult_n attribute_v unto_o solomon_n in_o which_o word_n by_o death_n must_v be_v understand_v not_o bare_a death_n only_o but_o all_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o all_o the_o change_n &_o chance_n to_o which_o this_o our_o mortality_n be_v liable_a which_o make_v our_o very_a life_n as_o divers_a ancient_a heathen_n have_v teach_v rather_o a_o daily_a death_n than_o life_n proper_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v behold_v the_o envy_n and_o manifold_a or_o deep_a subtlety_n of_o the_o wicked_a daemon_n for_o when_o he_o see_v man_n create_v to_o high_a honour_n and_o little_a inferior_a to_o angel_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n he_o use_v here_o and_o some_o line_n after_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o afterward_o both_o here_o and_o upon_o the_o seven_o verse_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n basil_n in_o his_o homily_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o evil_n have_v both_o the_o word_n together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o devil_n the_o receptacle_n of_o all_o wickedness_n he_o labour_v of_o envy_n also_o our_o honour_n become_v a_o eyesore_n unto_o he_o so_o basil_n there_o but_o in_o his_o xxi_o homily_n upon_o divers_a so_o inscribe_v place_n of_o scripture_n have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o envy_n in_o general_a he_o fall_v upon_o this_o particular_a of_o the_o devil_n envy_n and_o man_n ruin_n through_o it_o and_o handle_v it_o very_o rhetorical_o so_o gregor_n nyssen_n as_o pathetical_o though_o not_o so_o large_o in_o his_o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la divers_n more_fw-it may_v be_v add_v hardly_o shall_v we_o find_v any_o ancient_n that_o either_o speak_v of_o adam_n fall_n or_o his_o posterity_n misery_n in_o this_o life_n but_o have_v a_o touch_n of_o the_o devil_n envy_v as_o for_o modern_a author_n in_o so_o obvious_a and_o so_o unquestionable_a a_o subject_n among_o all_o christian_n i_o shall_v for_o bear_v their_o testimony_n and_o proceed_v to_o other_o matter_n we_o have_v presume_v that_o time_n out_o of_o mind_n such_o a_o opinion_n be_v among_o the_o heathen_n concern_v this_o inuidia_fw-la daemonis_fw-la the_o subject_n of_o our_o discourse_n we_o think_v we_o have_v say_v enough_o to_o make_v it_o probable_a we_o will_v now_o see_v what_o can_v be_v say_v against_o it_o to_o wit_n whether_o his_o name_n can_v be_v produce_v that_o first_o either_o say_v it_o or_o be_v observe_v
aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n speak_v obiter_fw-la of_o this_o matter_n and_o in_o the_o very_a term_n as_o herodotus_n do_v he_o quote_v this_o simonides_n and_o may_v be_v think_v to_o make_v he_o the_o first_o author_n but_o he_o do_v not_o he_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o say_n from_o simonides_n the_o poet_n indeed_o and_o because_o from_o none_o but_o he_o disapprove_v the_o say_n he_o be_v content_a to_o say_v that_o poet_n will_v lie_v that_o no_o body_n say_v it_o before_o he_o he_o do_v not_o write_v neither_o will_v it_o follow_v last_o how_o easy_o either_o aristotle_n or_o any_o other_o in_o case_n they_o have_v speak_v more_o peremptory_o may_v be_v mistake_v in_o this_o point_n since_o neither_o all_o book_n be_v extant_a in_o any_o age_n that_o have_v former_o be_v write_v be_v it_o the_o happy_a age_n that_o ever_o be_v nor_o all_o that_o be_v extant_a likely_a to_o come_v to_o any_o one_o man_n knowledge_n be_v he_o never_o so_o careful_a and_o curious_a i_o leave_v it_o further_a to_o be_v consider_v aristotle_n word_n in_o english_a those_o memorable_a word_n we_o mention_v before_o be_v these_o therefore_o it_o may_v well_o be_v think_v that_o the_o possession_n or_o purchase_n of_o this_o ingenuous_a noble_a science_n the_o metaphysic_n do_v not_o belong_v unto_o man_n for_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n in_o many_o respect_n be_v slavish_a so_o that_o according_a to_o simonides_n this_o blessedness_n do_v peculiar_o belong_v unto_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o fit_a for_o man_n to_o seek_v that_o science_n which_o be_v above_o he_o or_o which_o be_v not_o grant_v unto_o he_o gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v as_o i_o conceive_v such_o trajection_n be_v very_o usual_a to_o aristotle_n especial_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o if_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n be_v true_a that_o god_n can_v envy_v i_o think_v it_o appliable_a to_o this_o especial_o gr._n it_o be_v probable_a that_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o in_o this_o especial_o whence_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o all_o man_n be_v unfortunate_a gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o allude_v to_o those_o verse_n of_o euripides_n as_o i_o take_v it_o cite_v by_o he_o in_o his_o ethic_n lib._n vi_o c._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v divine_o confute_v by_o he_o in_o the_o say_a ethic_n the_o 7._o &_o 8._o chapter_n of_o the_o x._o book_n who_o aspire_v to_o such_o excellency_n but_o neither_o be_v it_o a_o thing_n possible_a that_o god_n shall_v envy_v but_o according_a to_o the_o proverb_n poet_n will_v feign_v many_o thing_n or_o often_o lie_v neither_o aught_o we_o though_o but_o man_n and_o not_o so_o capable_a of_o it_o as_o of_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o make_v more_o reckon_n of_o any_o other_o science_n then_o of_o this_o these_o word_n of_o aristotle_n may_v give_v light_n to_o a_o obscure_a passage_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n who_o in_o his_o five_o stromat_n have_v discourse_v at_o large_a and_o to_o that_o end_n bring_v proof_n out_o of_o the_o scripture_n also_o that_o god_n have_v not_o reveal_v the_o truth_n unto_o man_n but_o in_o mystery_n and_o allegory_n in_o dream_n and_o symbol_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v not_o out_o of_o envy_n since_o that_o to_o fancy_n god_n subject_n to_o passion_n so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v here_o be_v render_v not_o as_o it_o be_v translate_v patibilis_fw-la in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v take_v act_v xxvi_o v._o 23._o be_v impious_a but_o etc._n etc._n i_o have_v do_v with_o my_o main_a subject_n the_o original_n of_o that_o opinion_n of_o ancient_a heathen_n de_fw-fr inuidia_fw-la daemonis_fw-la i_o must_v now_o remember_v a_o observation_n of_o the_o same_o ancient_n speak_v of_o at_o the_o beginning_n concern_v unusual_a overswell_a prosperity_n for_o which_o there_o be_v sufficient_a ground_n in_o ordinary_a construction_n upon_o daily_a experience_n the_o 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