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and_o confess_v that_o all_o thing_n depend_v upon_o his_o providence_n who_o humble_v and_o exalt_v who_o it_o please_v he_o nevertheless_o i_o hope_v we_o may_v without_o offence_n examine_v how_o these_o assertion_n hold_v so_o long_o as_o we_o use_v they_o rather_o as_o indices_fw-la than_z causas_fw-la mutationum_fw-la and_o therefore_o have_v i_o attempt_v to_o practice_v at_o this_o present_a the_o example_n of_o bodinus_fw-la first_o in_o the_o alteration_n of_o our_o civil_a estate_n pass_v and_o secondlie_o of_o the_o like_a in_o case_n of_o religion_n from_o the_o flood_n general_o and_o then_o after_o the_o first_o come_v in_o of_o samothe_n into_o our_o isle_n thereby_o somewhat_o to_o satisfy_v myself_o and_o recreate_v the_o reader_n but_o still_o protest_v in_o the_o mean_a season_n that_o i_o utterlie_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v any_o cause_n or_o of_o themselves_o to_o work_v any_o effect_n at_o all_o in_o these_o thing_n as_o bodinus_fw-la will_v seem_v to_o uphold_v as_o for_o those_o of_o other_o country_n i_o refer_v you_o to_o aristotle_n politike_n and_o the_o eight_o of_o the_o commonwealth_n which_o plato_n have_v leave_v unto_o we_o thereby_o to_o be_v far_o resolve_v if_o you_o be_v desirous_a to_o look_v on_o they_o in_o beginning_n therefore_o with_o my_o purpose_n first_o because_o the_o flood_n of_o noah_n be_v general_a and_o therefore_o appertinent_a unto_o all_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o begin_v with_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 1656._o after_o the_o creation_n of_o adam_n so_o that_o if_o you_o divide_v the_o same_o by_o nine_o you_o shall_v find_v the_o quotient_a to_o fall_v out_o exact_o with_o the_o 184._o revolution_n of_o the_o same_o number_n secondlie_o for_o so_o much_o as_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n be_v the_o original_a cause_n of_o the_o dispersion_n of_o the_o people_n over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o also_o to_o examine_v the_o same_o certes_o 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