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some_o of_o the_o ancient_a heresy_n viz._n that_o the_o very_a name_n of_o they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a refutation_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o some_o passage_n i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v pag._n 25._o there_o be_v a_o dialogue_n between_o the_o serpent_n and_o eve_n it_o happen_v upon_o a_o time_n that_o eve_n sit_v solitary_a under_o a_o tree_n without_o her_o husband_n there_o come_v to_o her_o a_o serpent_n or_o adder_n which_o i_o know_v not_o by_o what_o mean_n or_o power_n civil_o accost_v the_o woman_n in_o these_o word_n or_o to_o this_o purpose_n all_o hail_n most_o fair_a one_o what_o be_v you_o do_v so_o solitary_a and_o serious_a under_o this_o shade_n pag._n 26._o eve_n say_v let_v i_o see_v have_v i_o best_o use_v it_o or_o no_o what_o can_v be_v more_o beautiful_a than_o this_o apple_n how_o sweet_o it_o smell_v but_o it_o may_v be_v it_o taste_v ill_a serpent_n if_o it_o taste_v ill_a throw_v it_o away_o and_o say_v i_o be_o a_o great_a lyar._n eve_n 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ver_fw-la 11._o and_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n shall_v send_v they_o strong_a delusion_n that_o they_o shall_v believe_v a_o lie_n saint_n austin_n in_o the_o four_o of_o his_o confession_n chap._n 7._o speak_v of_o the_o miserable_a condition_n he_o be_v in_o when_o a_o manichee_n break_v out_o into_o this_o expression_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la tu_fw-la eras_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la phantasma_n &_o error_n meus_fw-la erat_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la not_o thou_o o_o lord_n but_o a_o vain_a phantasm_n and_o my_o error_n be_v then_o my_o god_n how_o apposite_o and_o true_o this_o may_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o deist_n the_o reader_n can_v but_o perceive_v and_o will_v to_o god_n it_o may_v be_v apply_v not_o only_o to_o they_o with_o respect_n to_o their_o error_n but_o also_o with_o respect_n to_o their_o conversion_n sect_n vi_o concern_v the_o arrian_n trinitarian_n and_o council_n pag._n 97._o how_o grateful_a this_o discourse_n of_o you_o will_v be_v to_o the_o quicunque_fw-la 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we_o say_v he_o do_v this_o to_o compliment_v the_o jewish_a and_o to_o rob_v the_o english_a nation_n of_o the_o spirit_n behind_o be_v he_o not_o oblige_v to_o do_v it_o for_o his_o deserve_o honour_v and_o most_o ingenious_a major_n a._n as_o he_o call_v he_o p._n 126_o or_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o he_o only_o separate_v the_o dregs_o for_o his_o ingenious_a major_n a_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o have_v be_v very_o disingenuous_a in_o his_o translation_n for_o he_o have_v not_o only_o abuse_v his_o major_n but_o his_o reader_n also_o nay_o tacitus_n himself_o tacitus_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n do_v effigiem_fw-la animalis_fw-la quo_fw-la monstratore_fw-la errorem_fw-la sitimque_fw-la depulerant_fw-la penetrali_fw-la sacravere_fw-la which_o place_n he_o thus_o translate_v they_o likewise_o consecrate_a the_o effigy_n of_o a_o ass_n for_o be_v their_o guide_n to_o the_o water_n where_o they_o satisfy_v their_o thirst_n whereas_o tacitus_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o ass_n unless_o animal_n be_v latin_a for_o a_o ass_n and_o whereas_o tacitus_n say_v they_o consecrate_v a_o animal_n in_o penetrali_fw-la that_o be_v their_o holy_a of_o holies_n he_o omit_v that_o word_n the_o lie_n be_v so_o great_a that_o the_o ingenious_a major_n can_v not_o swallow_v it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v conjecture_v why_o he_o shall_v only_o translate_v two_o three_o and_o omit_v the_o other_o but_o that_o he_o conceive_v the_o part_n untranslate_v will_v have_v spoil_v his_o project_n for_o there_o be_v a_o palpable_a contradiction_n in_o tacitus_n which_o render_v his_o account_n fabulous_a in_o the_o part_n untranslate_v tacitus_n say_v aegyptii_fw-la effigy_n venerantur_fw-la judai_n sola_fw-la ment_fw-la the_o egyptian_n worship_n image_n the_o jew_n abhor_v they_o tacitus_n also_o add_v judaei_n nulla_fw-la simulachra_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o urbibus_fw-la nedum_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la the_o jew_n have_v not_o grave_v image_n nor_o idol_n to_o be_v see_v in_o their_o city_n 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
so_o much_o assistance_n in_o this_o point_n it_o be_v to_o be_v lament_v that_o such_o a_o person_n shall_v give_v any_o countenance_n to_o so_o great_a a_o error_n pag._n 142._o canon_n elibertinus_n 61._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la uxoris_fw-la suae_fw-la sororem_fw-la ejus_fw-la duxerit_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fidelis_fw-la per_fw-la quinquennium_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la abstinere_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la ostendens_fw-la manere_fw-la vinculum_fw-la matrimonii_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la jam_fw-la diximus_fw-la in_o canonibus_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolici_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la dvas_fw-la sorores_fw-la duxerit_fw-la aut_fw-la fratris_fw-la filiam_fw-la tantum_fw-la clericus_fw-la fieri_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la this_o mr._n blount_n have_v out_o of_o grotius_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o belli_n and_o he_o thus_o translate_v it_o if_o any_o one_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n marry_v her_o sister_n and_o 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&_o prophet_n say_v that_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v be_v gravius_n quam_fw-la ferro_fw-la puniri_fw-la quam_fw-la flammis_fw-la consumi_fw-la quam_fw-la feris_fw-la subjici_fw-la it_o be_v a_o great_a punishment_n than_o to_o be_v behead_v than_o to_o be_v consume_v by_o fire_n than_o to_o be_v throw_v before_o wild_a beast_n to_o be_v devour_v tertullian_n in_o his_o apol._n sect._n 39_o call_n it_o censura_fw-la divina_fw-la god_n censure_n summumque_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ita_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la the_o excommunicate_v of_o a_o man_n and_o separate_v of_o he_o from_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o public_a prayer_n and_o the_o holy_a communion_n and_o the_o holy_a assembly_n be_v a_o representation_n of_o the_o final_a judgement_n of_o condemnation_n at_o the_o last_o day_n this_o be_v religious_o to_o 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