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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n an_fw-mi id_fw-la potius_fw-la vult_fw-la lucianus_n pro_fw-la daemoniaci_fw-la cujusque_fw-la loco_fw-la patriave_v ita_fw-la daemonem_fw-la vel_fw-la graece_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quavis_fw-la linguâ_fw-la quae_fw-la propria_fw-la fit_a illius_fw-la loci_fw-la respendere_fw-la jo._n leo_n afric_n descr_n afr._n lib._n 6._o p._n 246._o aug._n confess_v lib._n 10._o c._n 8._o etc._n etc._n exercit._fw-la contra_fw-la card._n 307.28_o bod._n theat_n nat._n p._n 529_o etc._n etc._n bud._n annot._n in_o pand._n ed._n lug._n 1562._o p._n 698._o plin._n nat._n hist_o lib._n 7._o c._n 52._o cicero_n 1_o de_fw-fr divin_n divin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n angel_n for_o a_o good_a spirit_n be_v use_v by_o divers_a heathen_n cic._n 1_o tuscul_fw-la thuanus_n hist_o svi_fw-la temp_n tom_fw-mi 5._o lib._n 123._o 123._o see_v more_o below_o in_o the_o first_o question_n in_o s._n augustin_n be_v word_n concern_v restitutus_n eras_n ad._n chil._n 4._o cent._n 5._o cic._n 5._o tuscul_fw-la quaest_n quaest_n see_v abrah_n ecchel_n in_o habdarrhamanum_n de_fw-fr proprietat_fw-la etc._n etc._n not._n p._n 155.160_o 155.160_o baron_fw-fr tom_fw-mi 12._o a._n d._n 1163._o §_o 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v below_o 3._o question_n at_o the_o beginning_n tertul._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 9_o baronius_n a._n d._n 173.31.70_o &_o 201.7_o etc._n etc._n jos_n acosta_n de_fw-fr temporibus_fw-la novis_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 11._o rom._n ed._n 1590._o p._n 54._o etc._n etc._n fyenus_n de_fw-fr virib_n imagine_v tertul._n advers._fw-la haer_fw-mi cap._n 4._o jul._n caes_n claudini_fw-la consultat_fw-la medic_fw-la resp_n 21._o august_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 14._o c._n 24._o bodin_n theat_v nat._n p._n 503._o the_o word_n i_o know_v may_v have_v another_o meaning_n as_o common_o interpret_v but_o this_o too_o may_v be_v right_a enough_o and_o be_v warrantable_a by_o other_o place_n in_o hypocrates_n palmar_n de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la contag_n p._n 311._o 311._o since_o this_o write_v i_o have_v see_v one_o sandaeus_n of_o the_o same_o argument_n but_o have_v not_o yet_o find_v in_o he_o any_o thing_n much_o material_a that_o be_v not_o in_o hersentius_n though_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o be_v make_v any_o mention_n of_o he_o any_o where_o where_o see_v chap._n 6._o 6._o some_o may_v make_v a_o difference_n between_o ignoratio_fw-la and_o ignorantia_fw-la but_o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o do_v it_o in_o english_a except_o i_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o say_v unknowingness_n or_o the_o like_a the_o life_n of_o sister_n catharine_n of_o jesus_n etc._n etc._n at_o paris_n 1628._o see_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n reader_n wigelius_fw-la stifelius_n jac._n behmius_n and_o divers_a other_o of_o that_o country_n mere_a fanatic_n as_o unto_o any_o sober_a man_n may_v appear_v by_o their_o write_n some_o of_o which_o have_v be_v translate_v into_o english_a but_o of_o they_o and_o their_o phrenfy_v see_v more_o if_o you_o desire_v it_o in_o christ_n becmanus_n not_o to_o mention_v other_o his_o exerercitationes_n theologicae_fw-la theologicae_fw-la see_v more_o below_o in_o the_o 4._o particular_a where_o of_o greg._n nyssen_n casserius_n etc._n etc._n rodolp_n agric._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr inventione_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aâ—ist_n rhet._n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o longinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ed._n in_o quarto_fw-la bafil_n p._n 7._o oxon._n in_o octavo_fw-la cum_fw-la notis_n viri_fw-la cl._n guil._n l._n p._n 11._o the_o english_a of_o these_o passage_n be_v not_o material_a because_o tend_v only_o to_o show_v the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n see_v also_o at_o the_o end_n of_o 4._o particular_a of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n philostr_n in_o vita_fw-la apol._n lib._n 4._o edit_n ald._n quatern_n d._n 4._o initio_fw-la pag._n senec._n the_o tranquil_a cap._n ult_n ult_n it_o be_v so_o in_o best_a edit_n not_o ascend_v lest_o any_o shall_v think_v it_o a_o mistake_n sen._n 2._o de_fw-fr clem._n c._n 2._o 2._o arist_n 3._o ethic._n c._n 8._o polit._n lib._n 9_o c._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thucyd._n hist_o lib._n 3._o sen._n epist_n 108._o dion_n halicarn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quintil._n lib._n 10._o c._n 1._o cic._n in_o oratore_fw-la plut._n in_o vita_fw-la cic._n cic._n ecclesiast_fw-la ch_n 9_o v._n 11._o but_o time_n and_o chance_n by_o which_o word_n what_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v have_v be_v show_v elsewhere_o quintilian_n see_v more_o below_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n hippocr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o other_o more_o probable_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d initio_fw-la libri_fw-la more_o nev._n lib._n 2._o c._n 37._o phil._n jud._n de_fw-fr migrat_fw-la abrah_n ribera_n in_o com._n in_o hos_n cap._n 5._o epist_n lib._n 1._o epist_n 22._o a._n gellius_n noct._n attic._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o quintil._n lib._n 9_o c._n 4._o cicero_n in_o bruto_fw-la cic._n 3._o de_fw-fr orat_fw-la plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 59_o quintil._n institut_fw-la lib._n 10._o c._n 7._o 7._o see_v more_o in_o the_o chapter_n of_o poetical_a enthusiasm_n cic._n epist._n ad_fw-la att._n lib._n 9_o plin._n epist_n lib._n 1._o plut._n in_o vita_fw-la coriol_n m._n aurel._n anton_n meditat._n lib._n 1.5_o &_o 9_o joseph_n lib._n 18._o lact._n de_fw-fr opif._n d._n c._n 1._o ed._n crisp_n in_o 16._o p._n 672._o joan._n fabricii_n specimen_fw-la aâ—ab_n pag._n 174._o statuis_fw-la idem_fw-la scal._n etc._n etc._n cicer._n 2._o de_fw-fr orat._n nam_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la nerone_n caligula_n domitiano_n &_o reliquis_fw-la pestibus_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la scripta_fw-la leguntur_fw-la ludum_fw-la jocumque_fw-la dixeris_fw-la prae_fw-la insana_fw-la huius_fw-la rabie_fw-la paulus_n oderbornius_n in_o vita_fw-la quatern_n l._n 2._o witebergae_n a_o dom._n 1585._o ibid._n quatern_n x_o 5._o &_o n_n 6._o b._n in_o arce_fw-la alexandrovia_n etc._n etc._n &_o five_o 2._o b._n sed_fw-la tyrannum_fw-la fera_fw-fr rabie_fw-la etc._n etc._n august_n de_fw-fr hare_n cap._n 57_o hist_o arab._n ab_fw-la erpenio_fw-la publicata_fw-la plut._n in_o coriolano_n the_o word_n be_v quote_v by_o some_o other_o as_o by_o clem._n alex._n for_o one_o but_o neither_o write_v as_o i_o remember_v nor_o interpret_v by_o he_o as_o by_z plut._n chrysost_n in_o psal_n 10._o eccles_n 2.10_o anton._n benivenius_n the_o abd_a n._n ac_fw-la mir_fw-fr morb_n ac_fw-la sand_n causis_fw-la ed._n bas_n a_o d._n 1529._o c._n 10._o p._n 215._o etc._n etc._n