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for_o what_o pride_n those_o wicked_a fiend_n have_v their_o fall_n hence_o arise_v those_o rout_n of_o god_n whereof_o partly_o we_o have_v speak_v and_o other_o of_o other_o nation_n as_o well_o as_o those_o we_o now_o be_v in_o hand_n with_o the_o senate_n of_o select_a god_n select_v indeed_o but_o for_o villainy_n not_o for_o virtue_n who_o rite_n varro_n seek_v by_o reason_n to_o reduce_v to_o nature_n and_o to_o cover_v turpitude_n with_o a_o honest_a cloak_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n make_v they_o square_v together_o because_o indeed_o the_o cause_n that_o he_o hold_v or_o will_v have_v other_o hold_v for_o their_o worship_n be_v no_o such_o as_o he_o take_v they_o nor_o cause_n of_o their_o worship_n for_o if_o they_o or_o their_o like_a be_v so_o though_o they_o shall_v not_o concern_v the_o true_a god_n nor_o life_n eternal_a which_o true_a religion_n must_v afford_v yet_o their_o colour_n of_o reason_n will_v be_v some_o mitigation_n for_o the_o absurd_a act_n of_o ignorance_n which_o varro_n do_v endeavour_n to_o bring_v about_o in_o diverse_a their_o theater-fable_n or_o temple-mystery_n wherein_o he_o free_v not_o the_o theater_n for_o their_o correspondence_n with_o the_o temple_n but_o condemn_v the_o temple_n for_o their_o correspondence_n with_o the_o theater_n yet_o endeavour_v with_o natural_a reason_n to_o wipe_v away_o the_o filthy_a shape_n that_o those_o presentment_n imprint_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o numa_n his_o book_n which_o the_o senate_n for_o keep_v their_o mystery_n in_o secret_a do_v command_v shall_v be_v burn_v chap._n 34._o but_o contrariwise_o we_o do_v find_v as_o varro_n himself_o say_v of_o numa_n his_o book_n that_o these_o natural_a reason_n give_v for_o these_o ceremony_n can_v no_o way_n be_v allow_v of_o nor_o worthy_a of_o their_o priest_n read_v no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o their_o secret_a reserve_n for_o now_o i_o will_v tell_v you_o what_o i_o promise_v in_o my_o three_o book_n to_o relate_v in_o convenient_a place_n 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read_v they_o the_o history_n in_o livy_n lib._n 40._o 〈◊〉_d and_o pliny_n lib._n 1._o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o place_n he_o say_v he_o bring_v they_o inâ—…_n for_o though_o numa_n tomb_n be_v in_o the_o city_n namely_o in_o the_o fourteen_o region_n 〈◊〉_d yet_o be_v beyond_o tiber_n such_o as_o come_v to_o the_o senate_n house_n seem_v to_o come_v out_o 〈◊〉_d â—…bes_n or_o country_n c_o religious_a father_n as_o touch_v with_o fear_n that_o religion_n shall_v 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o publication_n of_o those_o book_n some_o read_v religious_a in_o reference_n unto_o book_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ng_v scruple_n of_o religion_n in_o man_n mind_n for_o that_o be_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o latin_a 〈◊〉_d any_o man_n will_v read_v it_o irreligious_a d_o not_o fear_v it_o be_v a_o great_a and_o religious_a 〈◊〉_d â—…as_v have_v over_o sepulcher_n of_o old_a none_o may_v violate_v or_o pull_v they_o down_o it_o be_v a_o sepulcher_n 〈◊〉_d twelve_o table_n and_o also_o one_o of_o solon_n and_o 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also_o and_o call_v forth_o spirit_n infernal_a 〈◊〉_d â—…ncie_n the_o greek_n call_v it_o but_o necromancy_n or_o hydromancie_n whether_o you_o like_v 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v that_o the_o dead_a seem_v to_o speak_v how_o they_o do_v these_o thing_n look_v they_o necromancy_n 〈◊〉_d for_o i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o their_o law_n prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o such_o thing_n in_o 〈◊〉_d city_n before_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n i_o do_v not_o say_v so_o perhaps_o they_o 〈◊〉_d allow_v it_o but_o hence_o do_v numa_n learn_v his_o ordinance_n which_o he_o publish_v 〈◊〉_d publish_v their_o cause_n so_o afraid_a be_v he_o of_o that_o which_o he_o have_v learned_a 〈◊〉_d which_o afterward_o the_o senate_n burn_v but_o why_o then_o do_v varro_n give_v they_o such_o a_o sort_n of_o other_o natural_a reason_n which_o have_v they_o be_v in_o numa_n book_n they_o have_v 〈◊〉_d be_v burn_v or_o else_o varro_n that_n be_v dedicate_v to_o c_o caesar_n the_o priest_n shall_v have_v be_v burn_v for_o 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be_v other_o beginning_n find_v either_o know_v to_o god_n or_o his_o fâ—…es_n say_v apulcius_n out_o of_o plato_n e_z which_o contain_v this_n be_v plato_n opinion_n relate_v by_o augustine_n not_o his_o own_o this_o i_o add_v because_o our_o truth-hunter_n set_v it_o as_o augustine_n and_o then_o this_o come_v in_o with_o his_o realitye_n and_o formality_n such_o as_o augustine_n never_o dream_v of_o for_o plato_n say_v god_n be_v the_o mind_n light_n like_a as_o the_o sun_n we_o see_v be_v the_o light_n of_o the_o body_n whereby_o we_o see_v so_o be_v god_n the_o cause_n of_o our_o understanding_n who_o sacred_a light_n infuse_v thing_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n into_o us._n de_fw-fr rep._n 6._o the_o sun_n be_v the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n visible_a and_o god_n of_o the_o invisible_a nazanz_n f_z he_o do_v with_o most_o plato_n xenophon_n aeschines_n xenocrates_n and_o other_o reduce_v socrates_n his_o word_n into_o dialogue_n wherein_o he_o most_o elegant_o reprehend_v their_o ignorance_n that_o persuade_v both_o themselves_o and_o the_o multitude_n that_o they_o know_v all_o thing_n such_o be_v protogoras_n gorgias_n euthydemus_n dionysodorus_n and_o other_o g_o whereupon_a his_o disputation_n say_v plato_n overthrow_v he_o three_z say_v laertius_n accuse_v he_o anytus_n melitus_n &_o lycon_n a_o orator_n in_o anytus_n his_o defence_n of_o the_o tradesmen_n tumultuous_a crew_n and_o the_o other_o citizen_n who_o socrates_n have_v often_o deride_v melitus_n defend_v the_o poet_n who_o socrates_n will_v have_v expel_v the_o city_n of_o these_o thing_n read_v plato_n and_o xenophon_n in_o their_o apology_n for_o socrates_n but_o the_o plain_a of_o all_o be_v laertius_n in_o his_o life_n of_o socartes_n he_o be_v condemn_v by_o two_o hundred_o eighty_o one_o sentence_n h_z calumnious_a my_o accuser_n say_v socrates_n nor_o my_o crime_n can_v kill_v i_o but_o envy_v only_o which_o both_o have_v destroy_v and_o will_v destroy_v the_o worthy_a ever_o ay_o yet_o do_v athens_n they_o do_v so_o grieve_v for_o his_o death_n that_o they_o shut_v up_o all_o the_o school_n and_o make_v a_o sad_a vacation_n all_o over_o the_o city_n put_v melitus_n to_o death_n banish_v anitus_n and_o erect_v socrates_n a_o brazen_a statue_n of_o lysippus_n his_o workmanship_n k_o many_o all_o the_o sect_n almost_o derive_v from_o socrates_n statue_n the_o platonist_n academike_n cyrenaikes_n cynike_n peripatetic_n megarian_o and_o stoikes_n t_o study_n and_o emulation_n this_o only_a question_n make_v all_o the_o sect_n m_o which_o be_v not_o for_n his_o disputation_n rather_o be_v confutation_n of_o other_o than_o doctrine_n of_o his_o own_o for_o profess_v himself_o to_o know_v nothing_o he_o think_v it_o unfit_a to_o affirm_v any_o thing_n plato_n thaeatetus_fw-la n_o the_o final_a good_a to_o which_o all_o thing_n have_v reference_n cic._n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la for_o this_o say_v he_o lib._n 3_o be_v the_o utmost_a you_o know_v i_o interpret_v the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o we_o may_v call_v it_o the_o last_o or_o the_o end_n for_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v desire_v and_o itself_o only_o for_o itself_o as_o plato_n aristotle_n and_o the_o rest_n affirm_v o_o aristippus_n a_o cyrenian_a the_o first_o socratist_n that_o teach_v for_o money_n as_o he_o will_v have_v also_o pay_v for_o his_o learning_n but_o socrates_n never_o take_v pay_v say_v his_o genius_n forbid_v he_o aristippus_n he_o suffer_v also_o dionysius_n of_o syracuse_n the_o young_a to_o deride_v he_o and_o flatter_v he_o for_o gain_n he_o make_v bodily_a pleasure_n the_o great_a good_a diog._n laert._n of_o they_o the_o cyrenaikes_n philosopher_n have_v their_o original_n a_o end_n of_o this_o with_o a_o brief_a note_n out_o of_o hierome_n upon_o ecclesiastes_n speak_v of_o pleasure_n let_v this_o quoth_v he_o be_v affirm_v by_o some_o epicurus_n or_o aristippus_n or_o the_o cynike_v or_o such_o philosophical_a cattle_n it_o must_v be_v the_o cyrenaikes_n for_o what_o have_v the_o cynike_n to_o do_v with_o bodily_a pleasure_n p_o antisthenes_n the_o author_n of_o the_o cynike_n or_o dogsect_v antisthenes_n master_n to_o diogenes_n of_o synope_n the_o cynic_n he_o hold_v virtue_n the_o great_a good_a q_o each_o of_o the_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n herein_o you_o may_v read_v in_o cicero_n his_o 2._o de_fw-la finibus_fw-la and_o we_o have_v touch_v they_o brief_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o work_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la of_o plato_n the_o chief_a of_o socrates_n his_o scholar_n who_o divide_v philosophy_n into_o three_o kind_n chap._n 4._o but_o of_o all_o socrates_n his_o scholar_n there_o be_v one_o who_o glory_n worthy_o obscure_v all_o the_o rest_n plato_n ah_o he_o be_v a_o athenian_a bear_v of_o honest_a parentage_n and_o endow_v with_o perfection_n of_o understand_v far_o more_o than_o all_o his_o fellow_n so_o he_o think_v that_o his_o invention_n and_o b_o socrates_n his_o instruction_n be_v all_o too_o short_a of_o the_o true_a aim_n of_o philosophy_n and_o therefore_o will_v needs_o go_v travel_n to_o any_o place_n where_o fame_n tell_v he_o he_o may_v drink_v of_o the_o fount_n of_o noble_a sapience_n so_o go_v he_o into_o c_o egypt_n and_o there_o learn_v all_o that_o he_o hold_v worth_a learning_n and_o from_o thence_o into_o d_o italy_n where_o the_o pythagorean_n be_v famous_a and_o there_o do_v he_o drayne_v from_o the_o most_o eminent_a teacher_n all_o the_o philosophy_n of_o italy_n and_o because_o he_o dear_o affect_v his_o master_n socratâ—…s_v he_o make_v he_o in_o all_o his_o dialogue_n to_o temperate_a that_o which_o ah_o either_o he_o have_v learn_v of_o other_o or_o invent_v of_o himself_o with_o his_o delicate_a urbanity_n and_o motality_n so_o whereas_o the_o study_n of_o f_o wisdom_n be_v either_o concern_v action_n concern_v or_o contemplation_n and_o thence_o assume_v two_o several_a name_n active_a and_o contemplative_a the_o active_a consist_v in_o the_o practice_n of_o morality_n in_o one_o life_n and_o the_o contemplative_a in_o penetrate_v into_o the_o abstruse_a cause_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o divinity_n g_o socrates_n be_v say_v to_o excel_v in_o the_o active_a pythagoras_n in_o the_o contemplative_a but_o plato_n conjoin_v they_o into_o one_o perfect_a kind_n which_o h_o he_o subdivide_v into_o three_o sort_n the_o moral_a consist_v chief_o in_o action_n the_o natural_a in_o contemplation_n the_o rational_a in_o i_z distinction_n of_o true_a and_o false_a k_o which_o though_o it_o be_v useful_a in_o both_o the_o other_o yet_o it_o pertain_v more_o particular_o to_o contemplation_n and_o therefore_o this_o trichotomy_n or_o triple_a division_n do_v not_o contradict_v the_o other_o dichotomy_n that_o include_v all_o in_o action_n and_o contemplation_n but_o as_o for_o plato_n opinion_n herein_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o action_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o nature_n and_o the_o light_n of_o all_o reason_n be_v both_o tedious_a to_o follow_v and_o may_v not_o be_v rash_o affirm_v for_o l_o delight_v in_o his_o master_n socrates_n his_o dissemble_n of_o his_o knowledge_n who_o he_o make_v disputant_n in_o all_o his_o dialogue_n and_o affect_v that_o he_o leave_v his_o own_o opinion_n in_o these_o great_a question_n as_o ambiguous_a very_o near_o as_o his_o master_n yet_o do_v we_o intend_v out_o of_o his_o own_o discourse_n and_o his_o relation_n m_o from_o other_o to_o repeat_v some_o of_o his_o position_n either_o such_o as_o do_v square_a with_o truth_n of_o that_o religion_n which_o our_o faith_n profess_v and_o defend_v or_o such_o as_o oppose_v it_o as_o far_o as_o shall_v concern_v the_o singularity_n or_o multititude_n of_o god_n who_o the_o catholic_a religion_n say_v we_o must_v worship_v for_o the_o obtain_n of_o eternal_a felicity_n in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v for_o it_o may_v be_v that_o such_o as_o know_v plato_n to_o excel_v all_o the_o other_o phlosopher_n of_o all_o nation_n and_o understand_v he_o far_o good_o than_o other_o do_v think_v that_o in_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o nature_n the_o light_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o life_n which_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o three_o phylosophy_n natural_a rational_a and_o moral_a n_o for_o if_o a_o man_n be_v create_v by_o his_o excel_a part_n to_o aspire_v to_o that_o which_o excel_v all_o that_o be_v the_o one_o true_a almighty_a god_n without_o who_o nothing_o have_v be_v no_o reason_n instruct_v and_o no_o use_n assist_v o_o then_o let_v he_o be_v search_v out_o in_o who_o we_o have_v all_o security_n let_v he_o be_v behold_v in_o who_o be_v all_o our_o certainty_n let_v he_o be_v belove_v in_o who_o be_v all_o our_o morality_n l._n vives_n plato_n a_o his_o parent_n be_v aristo_n and_o perictione_n he_o come_v from_o codrus_n by_o the_o father_n plato_n the_o last_o king_n of_o athens_n by_o the_o mother_n
that_o end_n which_o the_o order_n of_o the_o universe_n require_v so_o that_o that_o corruption_n which_o bring_v all_o nature_n mortal_a unto_o dissolution_n can_v so_o dissolve_v that_o which_o be_v but_o it_o may_v become_v that_o afterward_o which_o it_o be_v before_o or_o that_o which_o it_o shall_v be_v which_o be_v so_o then_o god_n the_o high_a being_n who_o make_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o himself_o no_o creature_n be_v fit_n for_o that_o equality_n be_v make_v of_o â—…othing_n and_o consequent_o be_v not_o able_a to_o have_v be_v but_o by_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v discommend_v through_o the_o take_a offence_n at_o some_o fault_n but_o to_o be_v honour_v upon_o the_o due_a consideration_n of_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o nature_n l._n vives_n a_o a_o certain_a every_o thing_n keep_v harmonious_a agreement_n both_o with_o itself_o and_o other_o without_o corrupt_a discord_n which_o make_v some_o ancient_a writer_n affirm_v that_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d upon_o love_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o good_a angel_n bliss_n and_o the_o evil_n misery_n chap._n 6._o the_o true_a cause_n therefore_o of_o the_o good_a angel_n bliss_n be_v their_o adherence_n to_o that_o most_o high_a essence_n and_o the_o just_a cause_n of_o the_o bad_a angel_n misery_n be_v their_o departure_n from_o that_o high_a essence_n to_o reside_v upon_o themselves_o that_o be_v not_o such_o which_o vice_n what_o be_v it_o else_o but_o ah_o pride_n for_o pride_n be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o sin_n 10._o these_o will_v not_o therefore_o stick_v unto_o he_o their_o strength_n and_o have_v power_n to_o be_v more_o b_o perfect_a by_o adherence_n to_o this_o high_a good_a they_o prefer_v themselves_o that_o be_v his_o inferior_n before_o he_o this_o be_v the_o first_o fall_n misery_n and_o vice_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o all_o be_v it_o not_o create_v to_o have_v the_o high_a being_n yet_o may_v it_o have_v beatitude_n by_o fruition_n of_o the_o high_a be_v but_o fall_v from_o he_o not_o 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father_n the_o contrary_a b_o perfect_a in_o essence_n and_o exellence_n that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o seek_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o vicious_a will_n chap._n 7._o let_v none_o therefore_o seek_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o a_o evil_a will_n for_o it_o be_v not_o efficient_a but_o deficient_a nor_o be_v there_o effect_n but_o defect_n namely_o fall_v from_o that_o high_a essence_n unto_o a_o low_a this_o be_v to_o have_v a_o evil_a will_n the_o cause_n whereof_o be_v not_o efficient_a but_o deficient_a if_o one_o endeavour_n to_o seek_v it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v seek_v to_o see_v the_o darkness_n or_o to_o hear_v
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bondage_n cause_v by_o sin_n in_o which_o man_n be_v a_o slave_n to_o his_o own_o affect_n though_o he_o be_v not_o bondman_n to_o any_o one_o beside_o chap._n 15._o thus_o have_v nature_n order_n prescribe_v and_o man_n by_o god_n be_v thus_o create_v let_v they_o rule_v say_v he_o over_o the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n end_n over_o every_o thing_n that_o creep_v upon_o the_o earth_n he_o make_v he_o reasonable_a 26_o and_o lord_n only_o over_o the_o unreasonable_a not_o over_o man_n but_o over_o beast_n whereupon_o the_o first_o holy_a man_n be_v rather_o shepherd_n than_o king_n god_n show_v herein_o what_o both_o the_o order_n of_o the_o creation_n desire_v and_o what_o the_o merit_n of_o sin_n exact_v for_o just_o be_v the_o burden_n of_o servitude_n lay_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o transgression_n and_o therefore_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n we_o never_o read_v the_o word_n servant_n until_o such_o time_n as_o that_o just_a man_n noah_n a_o lay_v 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and_o god_n only_o be_v all_o in_o all_o l._n vives_n noah_n a_o lay_v it_o gen._n 9_o b_o the_o latin_a so_n say_v florentinus_n the_o civilian_n institut_n lib._n 4._o and_o they_o be_v call_v mancipia_fw-la quoth_v he_o of_o manu_fw-la capti_fw-la to_o take_v with_o the_o hand_n or_o by_o force_n this_o you_o may_v read_v in_o justinians_n pandects_n lib._n 1._o the_o lacaedemonian_o observe_v it_o first_o plin._n lib._n 7._o c_o it_o be_v god_n decree_n who_o providence_n often_o produce_v war_n against_o the_o will_n of_o either_o party_n d_o yet_o not_o unto_o free_a their_o master_n be_v slave_n to_o their_o own_o passion_n which_o be_v worse_a master_n than_o man_n can_v be_v of_o the_o just_a law_n of_o sovereignty_n chap._n 16._o