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no_o where_o find_v it_o use_v in_o that_o signification_n but_o always_o of_o the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grave_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o image_n or_o effigy_n and_o therefore_o st._n jerom_n translate_v it_o sometime_o idolum_fw-la sometime_o sculptile_a then_o imago_fw-la and_o in_o other_o place_n simulacrum_fw-la so_o the_o calf_n make_v in_o horeb_n be_v by_o st._n luke_n act._n 7._o 41._o call_v a_o idol_n and_o they_o that_o worship_v it_o be_v by_o st._n paul_n 1_o corinth_n 10._o 7._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idolater_n and_o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d answer_v exact_o to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o be_v signify_v worship_n alien_a from_o the_o law_n not_o that_o a_o idol_n signify_v any_o thing_n of_o evil_a per_fw-la se_fw-la as_o some_o think_v but_o because_o after_o the_o law_n there_o be_v no_o more_o evident_a sign_n of_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o pious_a and_o 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immundum_fw-la per_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la obligamentum_fw-la and_o in_o l._n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la he_o say_v that_o demon_n operate_v in_o image_n and_o minutius_n felix_n isti_fw-la impuri_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sub_fw-la statuis_fw-la &_o imaginibus_fw-la consecratis_fw-la delitescunt_fw-la that_o such_o be_v the_o image_n which_o in_o iacob_n history_n be_v name_v teraphim_n be_v the_o opinion_n of_o abenesdras_n maimonides_n and_o kimchi_n though_o the_o word_n itself_o be_v of_o good_a and_o bad_a signification_n indifferent_o and_o be_v sometime_o as_o in_o judg._n 17._o 5._o and_o hosea_n 3._o 5._o take_v for_o cherubin_n such_o also_o be_v the_o gamaheu_o or_o little_a image_n that_o nero_n have_v or_o at_o least_o be_v willing_a man_n shall_v believe_v he_o have_v by_o the_o suggestion_n whereof_o he_o pretend_v to_o be_v premonish_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o suetonius_n relate_v that_o many_o image_n telesmatical_o make_v forsooth_o and_o erect_v have_v be_v vocal_a yea_o and_o oraculous_a too_o many_o grave_a writer_n have_v make_v no_o scruple_n to_o affirm_v and_o maimonides_n part_n 3._o cap._n 29._o ductor_n dubitant_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v read_v two_o book_n of_o speak_a image_n these_o author_n perhaps_o have_v from_o other_o hear_v of_o such_o statue_n and_o believe_v what_o they_o have_v hear_v to_o be_v true_a but_o to_o i_o i_o free_o profess_v it_o seem_v more_o probable_a that_o either_o they_o give_v credit_n too_o easy_o to_o fabulous_a relation_n or_o that_o the_o relator_n themselves_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o by_o fraud_n and_o imposture_n of_o heathen_a priest_n speak_v in_o and_o pronounce_v enigmatick_a oracle_n from_o the_o hollow_a of_o statue_n to_o delude_v the_o credulous_a and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n propagate_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o false_a god_n represent_v by_o those_o idol_n than_o that_o evil_a demon_n shall_v as_o it_o be_v animate_v a_o statue_n and_o cause_v it_o to_o express_v articulate_a sound_n without_o vocal_a organ_n and_o as_o for_o memnon_n statue_n or_o colossus_n make_v of_o black_a marble_n set_v up_o in_o that_o magnificent_a temple_n of_o serapis_n in_o thebes_n and_o for_o the_o music_n it_o make_v upon_o the_o strike_n of_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n upon_o it_o so_o much_o celebrate_v by_o ancient_a writer_n as_o well_v latin_a as_o greek_a certain_o it_o be_v mere_o a_o piece_n of_o art_n a_o kind_n of_o pneumatic_a machine_n contrive_v by_o the_o theban_a priest_n man_n of_o not_o vulgar_a skill_n in_o astronomy_n and_o all_o other_o philosophical_a science_n athanasius_n kircher_n i_o remember_v in_o his_o oedipus_n aegyptiacus_n tom._n 2._o according_a to_o his_o usual_a credulity_n conceive_v it_o be_v a_o telesme_fw-fr or_o make_v by_o talismanic_a art_n and_o that_o the_o devil_n be_v conjure_v within_o the_o hollow_a of_o it_o to_o perform_v that_o effect_n because_o it_o continue_v musical_a for_o so_o long_a a_o time_n namely_o to_o the_o day_n of_o apollonius_n tyaneus_n which_o from_o the_o first_o erection_n of_o it_o be_v about_o eleven_o hundred_o year_n but_o yet_o he_o show_v that_o such_o a_o musical_a statue_n may_v be_v make_v by_o mathematical_a and_o natural_a contrivance_n upon_o the_o ground_n of_o rarefaction_n say_v magnam_fw-la enim_fw-la vim_o in_fw-la natura_fw-la rerum_fw-la rarefactionem_fw-la obtinere_fw-la nemo_fw-la ignorat_fw-la and_o subnect_v various_a other_o pneumatical_a device_n among_o the_o egyptian_n in_o their_o temple_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n or_o the_o priest_n that_o speak_v in_o those_o consecrate_a statue_n divination_n or_o whether_o the_o vulgar_a in_o all_o age_n easy_a to_o be_v gull_v by_o man_n of_o more_o learning_n and_o cunning_a be_v only_o delude_v into_o a_o belief_n that_o they_o speak_v certain_a it_o be_v however_o that_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o spirit_n or_o other_o include_v within_o they_o so_o far_o advance_v their_o
shall_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n for_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n oeconomical_a not_o political_a soon_o after_o the_o deluge_n god_n proclaim_v this_o edict_n gen._n 9_o 6._o he_o that_o shed_v man_n blood_n by_o man_n shall_v his_o blood_n be_v shed_v not_o by_o judgement_n of_o any_o court_n of_o those_o time_n but_o by_o natural_a right_n of_o talion_n cum_fw-la lex_fw-la haec_fw-la lata_fw-la est_fw-la say_v the_o incomparable_a hugo_n grotius_n in_o locum_fw-la nondum_fw-la constituta_fw-la erant_fw-la judicia_fw-la aucto_fw-la humano_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o in_o gentes_fw-la distributo_fw-la meritò_fw-la solis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la permissum_fw-la fuit_fw-la jus_o illud_fw-la primaevum_fw-la from_o these_o place_n of_o genesis_n therefore_o true_o interpret_v no_o pretext_n can_v be_v draw_v to_o excuse_v their_o error_n who_o dream_n of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o public_a tribunal_n or_o court_n of_o judicature_n 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history_n we_o have_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n in_o the_o year_n of_o nabonassar_n 588._o and_o of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4553._o at_o which_o time_n as_o the_o same_o josephus_n commemorate_v antiquit._n l._n 13._o c._n 9_o there_o grow_v up_o three_o sect_n or_o heresy_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o deliver_v divers_a doctrine_n not_o of_o religious_a duty_n but_o of_o human_a affair_n principal_o the_o fato_fw-la one_o of_o the_o pharisee_n a_o second_o of_o the_o sadducee_n a_o three_o of_o the_o essen_v who_o live_v a_o active_a life_n different_a from_o the_o other_o so_o philo_n de_fw-la vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o theoretic_n who_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o photius_n in_o bibliothec._n n._n 104._o interpret_n philo_n sai_z lectae_fw-la sunt_fw-la philosophantium_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la vivendi_fw-la rationes_fw-la &_o contemplativa_fw-la &_o activa_fw-la quorum_fw-la hi_o esseni_fw-la illi_fw-la therapeut_fw-fr ae_z appellantur_fw-la these_o esseni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denominate_v from_o their_o sanctity_n retire_v from_o the_o noise_n and_o crowd_n of_o populous_a city_n into_o solitary_a village_n affect_a solitude_n gens_fw-la sola_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la faemina_fw-la sine_fw-la pecunia_fw-la socia_fw-la palmarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o wonder_n then_o if_o all_o the_o four_o evangelist_n be_v silent_a concern_v they_o since_o they_o live_v stranger_n and_o unknown_a even_o to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n nor_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o they_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o write_n of_o any_o rabbin_n before_o zacuthius_fw-la a_o late_a writer_n and_o live_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1502._o but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o their_o antagonist_n the_o sadducee_n make_v a_o great_a bustle_n and_o noise_n in_o the_o court_n of_o jerusalem_n where_o they_o live_v in_o mutual_a emulation_n draw_v mighty_a party_n after_o they_o the_o rich_a for_o the_o most_o part_n patronise_a the_o sadducee_n and_o the_o common_a people_n adhere_v to_o the_o pharisee_n as_o we_o read_v in_o josephus_n antiquit_n l._n 13._o c._n 18._o and_o in_o truth_n those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unwritten_a tradition_n assert_v by_o the_o pharisee_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o authentic_a in_o the_o school_n be_v open_o teach_v by_o the_o rabbin_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n to_o their_o disciple_n and_o studious_o propagate_v as_o sacred_a verity_n but_o not_o publish_v in_o writing_n yet_o at_o length_n after_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n have_v be_v sack_v and_o demolish_v by_o titus_n and_o repair_v by_o hadrian_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o poor_a jew_n retain_v neither_o their_o name_n nor_o nation_n nor_o religion_n while_o by_o the_o sedition_n of_o one_o barchocebas_n almost_o all_o judea_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o desert_n as_o xiphiliâ—_n in_o vita_fw-la hadriani_n report_v and_o while_o the_o jew_n be_v disperse_v and_o in_o exile_n prohibit_v to_o set_v a_o foot_n upon_o their_o native_a soil_n and_o the_o school_n that_o have_v be_v design_v to_o promote_v the_o pharisaic_a discipline_n fail_v one_o rabbi_n jehuda_n who_o they_o call_v hakadosh_n i._n e._n the_o saint_n with_o vast_a labour_n collect_v all_o the_o tradition_n judgement_n opinion_n and_o exposition_n that_o the_o synagogue_n of_o all_o age_n precedent_n have_v deliver_v upon_o the_o whole_a law_n compose_v of_o they_o the_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n and_o read_v it_o public_o and_o this_o he_o do_v lest_o the_o tradition_n of_o their_o ancestor_n may_v otherwise_o be_v lose_v and_o forget_v he_o live_v under_o the_o three_o antonins_n pius_n marcus_n and_o commodus_n and_o finish_v this_o syntagm_n of_o the_o mishna_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o last_o and_o as_o de_n gantz_n compute_v in_o the_o year_n 120._o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o of_o the_o christian_a aera_fw-la 190._o this_o mishna_n be_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_n la_o so_o call_v to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o first_o which_o be_v write_v of_o christian_a writer_n the_o first_o that_o remember_v this_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o emperor_n justinian_n a_o great_a collector_n of_o ancient_n but_o civil_a law_n and_o constitution_n who_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 551._o give_v leave_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n public_o in_o their_o synagogue_n but_o interdict_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_o edition_n of_o their_o law_n the_o mishna_n as_o neither_o conjoin_v to_o the_o pentateuch_n nor_o deliver_v down_o from_o the_o old_a prophet_n but_o invent_v by_o man_n that_o have_v nothing_o of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n in_o they_o as_o appear_v from_o novel_a 146._o pag._n 295._o but_o since_o neither_o origen_n nor_o epiphanius_n nor_o st._n jerom_n who_o all_o make_v mention_v frequent_o of_o the_o judaic_a tradition_n take_v notice_n of_o any_o such_o book_n as_o the_o mishna_n and_o since_o