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the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n weak_a impiety_n thou_o see_v they_o perhaps_o commit_v folly_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n see_v not_o that_o thou_o thyself_o commit_v great_a villainy_n thou_o may_v observe_v they_o woship_v like_o these_o athenian_n a_o god_n who_o they_o know_v not_o but_o alas_o thou_o observe_v not_o that_o thou_o deny_v a_o god_n which_o thou_o know_v thou_o may_v perhaps_o descry_v in_o they_o some_o treachery_n to_o thy_o state_n and_o yet_o discrie_v not_o that_o thou_o thyself_o be_v more_o treacherous_a to_o thy_o god_n thou_o may_v be_v proud_a that_o thy_o paper_n be_v replenish_v with_o vanity_n of_o other_o and_z lo_o thy_o heart_n more_o black_a than_o thy_o ink_n be_v dye_v with_o perfidiousness_n of_o thy_o own_o in_o a_o word_n when_o thou_o be_v return_v home_o thou_o have_v a_o few_o sheet_n to_o show_v of_o their_o absurdity_n and_o whole_a volume_n be_v they_o write_v of_o thy_o own_o impiety_n mistake_v i_o not_o belove_v i_o intend_v not_o by_o this_o discourse_n to_o condemn_v travel_v but_o to_o propose_v saint_n paul_n pauli_n ortel_n pereg_n d._n pauli_n who_o peregrination_n have_v fill_v a_o map_n of_o more_o than_o half_a the_o inhabired_a world_n to_o be_v a_o pattern_n to_o traveller_n 6._o ambroslib_a 1._o epist._n ep_v 6._o ambrose_n upon_o those_o word_n of_o esay_n vae_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la descendunt_fw-la in_o aegyptum_fw-la woe_n be_v to_o those_o which_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n non_fw-la utique_fw-la say_v he_o transire_fw-la in_fw-la aegyptum_fw-la criminosum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la transire_fw-la in_o mores_fw-la egyptiorum_n transire_fw-la in_o corum_fw-la persidiam_fw-la escae_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la defor_o mitatem_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la transit_fw-la descendit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la descendit_fw-la cadit_fw-la i_o english_a it_o it_o be_v not_o criminous_a or_o unlawful_a to_o go_v into_o egypt_n but_o to_o go_v into_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o go_v into_o their_o perfidiousness_n to_o lust_n after_o their_o pippin_n and_o onion_n he_o which_o so_o go_v thither_o do_v descend_v opusc_fw-la vid._n caluin_n opusc_fw-la and_o who_o descend_v falls_z i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a how_o far_o divine_n allow_v a_o traveller_n to_o suit_n and_o conform_v himself_o to_o the_o fashion_n of_o idolater_n as_o first_o in_o civil_a thing_n which_o be_v common_a to_o their_o nation_n not_o note_n of_o their_o idolatry_n idololat_a tertull._n lib._n the_o idololat_a such_o as_o tertullian_n term_n nativitatis_fw-la insignia_fw-la non_fw-la pietatis_fw-la generis_fw-la non_fw-la honoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la non_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la distinction_n of_o their_o birth_n or_o family_n not_o of_o any_o idolatrous_a honour_n or_o authority_n and_o mark_n of_o their_o order_n not_o of_o superstition_n second_o in_o thing_n which_o though_o they_o be_v necessary_o impose_v upon_o the_o conscience_n yet_o in_o themselves_o be_v indifferent_a as_o abstayn_v from_o certain_a meat_n or_o observe_v of_o certain_a day_n which_o the_o apostle_n mention_n in_o the_o 1._o corinth_n so_o that_o we_o give_v no_o sign_n of_o agreement_n in_o subiect_v the_o conscience_n to_o they_o but_o in_o these_o we_o must_v go_v ad_fw-la arras_n usque_fw-la till_o our_o faith_n interpose_v her_o right_n when_o that_o be_v touch_v or_o question_v no_o man_n may_v be_v still_o or_o silent_a he_o which_o have_v a_o tongue_n to_o speak_v he_o must_v speak_v he_o which_o have_v ear_n to_o hear_v he_o must_v hear_v he_o that_o have_v hand_n to_o lift_v up_o he_o must_v lift_v they_o up_o neither_o action_n voice_n nor_o gesture_n may_v be_v deficient_a in_o a_o cause_n which_o so_o near_o concern_v our_o lord_n and_o master_n ibid._n tertul._n ibid._n quid_fw-la refert_fw-la say_v tertullian_n deos_fw-la nationum_fw-la dicendo_fw-la deos_fw-la a_o audiendo_fw-la confirm_v what_o matter_n it_o whether_o thou_o confirme_v the_o god_n of_o the_o nation_n by_o speak_v or_o by_o hear_v the_o lord_n may_v have_v command_v his_o people_n as_o baruch_n have_v it_o when_o you_o see_v in_o babylon_n god_n of_o silver_n and_o of_o gold_n and_o of_o wood_n bear_v upon_o man_n shoulder_n which_o cause_n the_o nation_n to_o fear_n say_v you_o in_o your_o heart_n o_o lord_n we_o must_v worship_v thou_o 10.11_o jer._n 10.11_o but_o jeremiah_n in_o his_o ten_o chapter_n and_o the_o eleven_o verse_n tell_v the_o remnant_n of_o juda_n this_o must_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o the_o heart_n speak_v but_o the_o tongue_n also_o must_v tell_v babel_n inhabitant_n the_o god_n that_o have_v not_o make_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n even_o they_o shall_v perish_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o from_o under_o these_o heaven_n in_o which_o word_n one_o thing_n be_v worth_a the_o observe_n that_o whereas_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o jeremie_n be_v write_v in_o hebrew_n this_o verse_n alone_o be_v write_v in_o the_o chaldaicke_a tongue_n loc_n caluin_n in_o loc_n to_o note_v say_v interpreter_n that_o though_o the_o israelite_n be_v now_o in_o captivity_n and_o bondage_n under_o the_o babylonian_n yet_o the_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o ingenuous_a still_o and_o they_o shall_v bold_o defy_v the_o babylonian_n idol_n even_o in_o the_o language_n of_o babel_n that_o these_o idolater_n may_v understand_v it_o if_o therefore_o we_o will_v as_o saint_n paul_n here_o in_o my_o text_n do_v walk_v up_o and_o down_o athens_n i_o mean_v any_o place_n give_v to_o idolatry_n if_o we_o will_v as_o free_o as_o he_o take_v a_o inventory_n of_o their_o superstition_n let_v we_o make_v his_o constancy_n knowledge_n and_o prudencie_n companion_n to_o we_o in_o our_o travel_n the_o former_a lest_o we_o hurt_v ourselves_o the_o late_a lest_o we_o offend_v our_o brethren_n ib._n tertul._n ib._n what_o tertullian_n speak_v of_o heathen_n licet_fw-la convivere_fw-la cum_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la commori_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la i_o may_v say_v of_o any_o idolater_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o live_v with_o they_o not_o to_o die_v with_o they_o let_v we_o live_v with_o all_o man_n and_o rejoice_v with_o they_o in_o the_o community_n of_o nature_n not_o of_o superstition_n pares_fw-la anima_fw-la sumus_fw-la non_fw-la disciplina_fw-la compossessores_fw-la mundi_fw-la non_fw-la erroris_fw-la we_o be_v alike_o in_o soul_n not_o in_o discipline_n or_o doctrine_n joint_a possessor_n of_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o error_n and_o so_o i_o come_v from_o the_o thing_n he_o behold_v their_o devotion_n to_o what_o in_o behold_v he_o find_v a_o altar_n with_o a_o inscription_n to_o the_o unknown_a god_n but_o first_o of_o the_o thing_n itself_o the_o altar_n and_o afterward_o of_o the_o title_n i_o find_v a_o altar_n etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o gentile_n to_o erect_v altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n need_v no_o prove_v for_o before_o the_o levitical_a law_n be_v these_o in_o practice_n among_o the_o patriarch_n abel_n and_o cain_n before_o the_o flood_n be_v mention_v to_o have_v sacrifice_v though_o altar_n be_v not_o there_o express_v but_o since_o the_o flood_n noah_n be_v say_v to_o have_v offer_v sacrifice_n and_o also_o to_o have_v build_v a_o altar_n gen._n 8._o now_o though_o altar_n and_o sacrifice_n be_v of_o such_o antiquity_n and_o generality_n among_o the_o nation_n yet_o as_o tostatus_n note_n levit._n tostat_fw-la in_o 16._o levit._n the_o case_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o gentile_n in_o offer_v they_o be_v differ_v for_o the_o gentile_n may_v sacrifice_v first_o where_o they_o will_v second_o with_o what_o live_v creature_n they_o list_v so_o as_o clean_o three_o with_o what_o ceremony_n they_o please_v so_o as_o decent_a whereas_o the_o jew_n be_v limit_v and_o restrain_v for_o the_o place_n to_o the_o sanctuary_n for_o the_o oblation_n to_o certain_a creature_n and_o for_o rite_n to_o such_o as_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o mount_n the_o 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