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generata_fw-la est_fw-la but_o this_o same_o author_n afterward_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o genesis_n we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v the_o visible_a heaven_n and_o earth_n for_o say_v he_o the_o heaven_n which_o be_v call_v the_o firmament_n be_v create_v after_o and_o on_o the_o three_o day_n when_o the_o water_n be_v separate_v the_o dry_a land_n appear_v which_o be_v call_v earth_n qui_fw-la tumultuario_fw-la contenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la intellectu_fw-la coelum_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la videmus_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la qua_fw-la subvehimur_fw-la dici_fw-la putant_fw-la porro_fw-la qui_fw-la altius_fw-la indagant_fw-la negant_fw-la hoc_fw-la coelum_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la factum_fw-la sed_fw-la secundo_fw-la die_fw-la and_o therefore_o by_o the_o heaven_n he_o understand_v incorpoream_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o by_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o primigenial_a matter_n and_o this_o say_v he_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n the_o earth_n be_v invisible_a and_o without_o form_n i._n e._n this_o corporeal_a matter_n before_o it_o be_v bring_v into_o order_n by_o the_o power_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n remain_v a_o rude_a and_o indigested_a lump_n and_o that_o which_o be_v so_o may_v well_o be_v call_v invisible_a and_o without_o form_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v call_v inanis_fw-la and_o nihil_fw-la because_o of_o its_o capacity_n of_o receive_v all_o form_n and_o have_v none_o of_o its_o own_o symmachus_n call_v it_o otiosa_fw-la &_o indigesta_fw-la the_o former_a because_o of_o its_o inability_n to_o produce_v any_o thing_n of_o its_o self_n the_o latter_a because_o it_o want_v a_o divine_a power_n to_o bring_v it_o into_o due_a order_n that_o stupidity_n and_o admiration_n which_o origen_n attribute_n to_o it_o he_o conceive_v to_o relate_v to_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n who_o be_v the_o orderer_n and_o contriver_n of_o it_o siquidem_fw-la opificis_fw-la &_o auctoris_fw-la svi_fw-la majestate_fw-la capta_fw-la stuperet_fw-la thus_o we_o see_v that_o according_a to_o moses_n the_o first_o matter_n of_o the_o world_n be_v produce_v by_o god_n which_o be_v large_o manifest_v by_o origen_n against_o the_o marcionist_n a_o fragment_n of_o which_o be_v extant_a in_o his_o philocalia_n and_o by_o tertullian_n against_o hermogenes_n and_o 9_o other_o who_o from_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o praeexistence_n of_o matter_n be_v call_v materiarii_fw-la have_v thus_o clear_v the_o sense_n of_o moses_n it_o be_v far_o more_o difficult_a to_o find_v out_o the_o true_a opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n concern_v the_o production_n or_o eternity_n of_o corporeal_a matter_n there_o have_v be_v so_o great_a dissension_n not_o only_o about_o the_o thing_n its_o self_n but_o about_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o about_o it_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o timaeo_n the_o discourse_n of_o the_o late_a platonist_n how_o eager_a some_o have_v be_v to_o interpret_v plato_n timaeus_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o eternity_n at_o least_o of_o matter_n if_o not_o of_o the_o world_n but_o although_o plato_n do_v assert_v therein_o a_o praeexistence_n of_o rude_a matter_n before_o the_o formation_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o he_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o understand_v then_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o we_o believe_v a_o chaos_n to_o have_v go_v before_o the_o bring_v the_o world_n into_o the_o order_n it_o be_v now_o in_o and_o in_o that_o sense_n may_v those_o place_n in_o plutarch_n be_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o likewise_o those_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o meaning_n may_v be_v no_o more_o than_o that_o plato_n conceive_v that_o all_o the_o production_n of_o the_o kind_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o the_o the_o world_n be_v out_o of_o a_o preaexistent_a hyle_n the_o one_o spiritual_a and_o intelligible_a out_o of_o which_o he_o suppose_a soul_n to_o be_v form_v the_o other_o sensible_a and_o corporeal_a out_o of_o which_o other_o being_n which_o be_v more_o gross_a and_o material_a be_v produce_v so_o chalcidius_n tell_v we_o that_o both_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n look_v upon_o constitutionem_fw-la sylvae_fw-la to_o be_v opus_fw-la providentiae_fw-la which_o i_o suppose_v relate_v not_o only_o to_o the_o bring_n of_o matter_n into_o form_n but_o to_o the_o production_n of_o 377_o matter_n its_o self_n but_o after_o this_o he_o take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o search_v out_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o plato_n concern_v the_o origine_fw-la 401._o of_o hyle_n and_o mention_n the_o great_a dissension_n among_o the_o platonist_n about_o it_o and_o the_o obscurity_n of_o the_o timaeus_n in_o it_o to_o he_o therefore_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n who_o likewise_o bring_v in_o numenius_n large_o discourse_v concern_v the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n about_o it_o who_o condemn_v all_o those_o as_o not_o understand_v pythagoras_n who_o attribute_n to_o he_o the_o production_n of_o the_o indeterminate_a hyle_n these_o be_v his_o word_n numenius_n ex_fw-la pythagorae_n magisterio_fw-la stoicorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la initiis_fw-la dogma_fw-la refellens_fw-la 393._o pythagorae_n dogmate_n cui_fw-la concinere_fw-la dicit_fw-la dogma_fw-la platonicum_n ait_fw-la pythagoram_fw-la deum_fw-la quidem_fw-la singularitatis_fw-la nominasse_n col._n nomine_fw-la appellasse_n sylvam_fw-la vero_fw-la duitatis_fw-la quam_fw-la duitatem_fw-la indeterminatam_fw-la quidem_fw-la minime_fw-la genitam_fw-la limitatam_fw-la vero_fw-la generatam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicere_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la antequam_fw-la exornaretur_fw-la quidem_fw-la formamque_fw-la &_o ordinem_fw-la nancisceretur_fw-la sine_fw-la ortu_fw-la &_o generatione_n exornatam_fw-la vero_fw-la at_o que_fw-la illustratam_fw-la à _fw-la digestore_fw-mi deo_fw-la esse_fw-la generatam_fw-la atque_fw-la it_o a_o quia_fw-la generationis_fw-la sit_fw-la fortuna_fw-la posterior_n inornatum_fw-la illud_fw-la minime_fw-la generatum_fw-la aequaevum_fw-la deo_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la est_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la intelligi_fw-la debeat_fw-la sed_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la pythagoreos_n vim_o sententiaenon_fw-mi recte_fw-la assccutos_fw-la putasse_fw-la dici_fw-la etiam_fw-la illam_fw-la indeterminatam_fw-la &_o immensam_fw-la duitatem_fw-la ab_fw-la una_fw-la singularitate_fw-la institutam_fw-la recedente_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la singularitate_fw-la &_o in_o duitatis_fw-la habitum_fw-la migrante_fw-la but_o however_o these_o pythagorean_n may_v be_v deceive_v who_o think_v the_o unity_n its_o self_n become_v the_o duity_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o numenius_n that_o he_o look_v on_o the_o undetermined_a and_o confuse_a matter_n to_o have_v be_v coaeval_fw-fr with_o god_n himself_o and_o not_o produce_v by_o he_o and_o if_o numenius_n be_v as_o much_o to_o be_v credit_v in_o this_o as_o when_o he_o call_v plato_n moses_n atticus_n than_o the_o creation_n of_o universal_a matter_n can_v be_v no_o part_n of_o pythagoras_n his_o philosophic_a cabala_n but_o whatever_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n and_o pythagoras_n concern_v the_o first_o origine_fw-la of_o matter_n we_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o stoic_n general_o assert_v the_o improduction_n of_o matter_n and_o make_v that_o to_o be_v as_o necessary_a a_o passive_a principle_n for_o the_o be_v of_o the_o world_n as_o god_n be_v the_o active_a and_o efficient_a cause_n so_o diogenes_n laertius_n report_v of_o the_o stoical_a principle_n concern_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zenon_n they_o make_v two_o principle_n of_o the_o 4._o universe_n one_o active_a and_o the_o other_o passive_a the_o passive_a a_o essence_n without_o quality_n call_v hyle_n or_o confuse_a matter_n the_o active_a the_o reason_n which_o act_n in_o the_o other_o which_o be_v god_n these_o two_o principle_n seneca_n call_v causa_fw-la &_o materia_fw-la â—sse_fw-la vero_fw-la debet_fw-la say_v he_o aliquid_fw-la unde_fw-la fiat_fw-la deinde_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la fiat_fw-la hoc_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la 65._o materia_fw-la although_o seneca_n seem_v to_o make_v a_o query_n of_o it_o elsewhere_o quantum_fw-la deus_fw-la possit_fw-la materiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la formet_fw-la a_o physic_n datâ_fw-la utatur_fw-la but_o zeno_n be_v express_v in_o stobaeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o essence_n of_o
thè_z soul_n be_v force_v to_o do_v what_o it_o do_v one_o may_v just_o lay_v the_o blame_n on_o god_n who_o permit_v such_o a_o force_n to_o be_v offer_v it_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v proper_o evil_a which_o the_o soul_n be_v constrain_v to_o but_o since_o it_o act_v free_o and_o out_o of_o choice_n the_o soul_n must_v alone_o be_v account_v the_o author_n and_o cause_n of_o evil_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o god_n can_v with_o any_o shadow_n of_o reason_n be_v account_v the_o author_n of_o evil_n because_o he_o give_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n a_o principle_n of_o internal_a freedom_n when_o the_o very_a freedom_n of_o act_v which_o the_o soul_n have_v put_v it_o into_o a_o capacity_n of_o stand_v as_o well_o as_o fall_v and_o certain_o he_o can_v never_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o break_n of_o a_o person_n who_o give_v he_o a_o stock_n to_o set_v up_o with_o and_o suppose_v he_o able_a to_o manage_v it_o when_o he_o give_v it_o he_o indeed_o have_v not_o man_n have_v 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his_o leave_v man_n to_o this_o liberty_n of_o he_o in_o the_o temptation_n make_v he_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n i_o answer_v no_o and_o that_o on_o these_o account_n 1._o because_o man_n stand_v then_o upon_o such_o term_n that_o he_o can_v not_o fall_v but_o by_o his_o own_o free_a and_o voluntary_a act_n he_o have_v a_o power_n to_o stand_v in_o that_o there_o be_v no_o principle_n of_o corruption_n at_o all_o in_o his_o faculty_n but_o he_o have_v a_o pure_a and_o undefiled_a soul_n which_o can_v not_o be_v pollute_v without_o its_o own_o consent_n now_o it_o have_v be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o term_n on_o which_o man_n stand_v which_o be_v the_o trial_n of_o his_o obedience_n to_o his_o creator_n have_v he_o be_v irresistible_o determine_v any_o way_n simplicius_n put_v this_o question_n after_o the_o former_a discourse_n whether_o god_n may_v not_o be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o permit_v the_o soul_n to_o use_v her_o liberty_n but_o say_v he_o he_o that_o 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that_o philosopher_n speak_v on_o this_o subject_n 2._o god_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n though_o he_o do_v not_o prevent_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n because_o he_o do_v not_o withdraw_v before_o his_o fall_n any_o grace_n or_o assistance_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o his_o stand_n have_v there_o be_v indeed_o a_o necessity_n of_o supernatural_a grace_n to_o be_v communicate_v to_o man_n for_o every_o moment_n to_o continue_v he_o in_o his_o innocency_n and_o have_v god_n before_o man_n fall_n withdraw_v such_o assistance_n from_o he_o without_o which_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o â—ave_n stand_v it_o will_v be_v very_o difficult_a free_a god_n from_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n but_o we_o be_v not_o put_v to_o such_o difficulty_n for_o acquit_v god_n from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o there_o appear_v no_o necessity_n at_o all_o for_o assert_v any_o distinction_n of_o sufficient_a and_o efficacious_a grace_n in_o man_n 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be_v by_o way_n of_o punishment_n to_o man_n which_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o conceive_v for_o what_o it_o shall_v be_v before_o man_n have_v sin_v or_o eâ—se_n god_n must_v subtract_v this_o grace_n on_o purpose_n that_o man_n may_v â—all_n which_o will_v necessary_o follow_v on_o this_o supposition_n in_o which_o case_n man_n will_v be_v necessitate_v to_o fall_v veluti_fw-la cum_fw-la subductis_fw-la columnis_fw-la dom_n we_o necessario_fw-la corruit_fw-la as_o one_o express_v it_o as_o a_o house_n must_v needs_o fall_v when_o the_o pillar_n on_o which_o it_o stand_v be_v take_v away_o from_o it_o but_o now_o if_o god_n withdraw_v not_o any_o effectual_a grace_n from_o man_n whereby_o he_o must_v necessary_o fall_v then_o
plato_n and_o pythagoras_n attribute_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a to_o the_o malignity_n of_o matter_n and_o so_o they_o make_v evil_n to_o be_v necessary_o consequent_a upon_o the_o be_v of_o thing_n for_o thus_o he_o deliver_v express_o the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n qui_fw-fr ait_fw-fr existente_fw-la providentia_fw-la mala_fw-la quoque_fw-la necessario_fw-la substitisse_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la sylva_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o eadem_fw-la sit_fw-la malitia_fw-la praedita_fw-la platonemque_fw-la idem_fw-la numenius_n laudat_fw-la quod_fw-la dvas_fw-la mundi_fw-la â—â—mas_fw-la autumet_fw-la unam_fw-la beneficentissimam_fw-la malignam_fw-la alteram_fw-la sc_n sylvam_fw-la igitur_fw-la juxta_fw-la platonem_fw-la mundo_fw-la bona_fw-la sua_fw-la dei_fw-la tanquam_fw-la patris_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la collata_fw-la sunt_fw-la mala_fw-la vero_fw-la matris_fw-la sylvae_fw-la vitio_fw-la cohaeserunt_fw-la but_o plutarch_n timaeâ—_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v that_o plato_n attribute_n the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a mere_o to_o matter_n but_o he_o make_v the_o principle_n of_o evil_a to_o be_v something_o distinct_a from_o matter_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o confuse_a infinite_a selfmoving_a stir_v principle_n which_o say_v he_o he_o else_o where_o call_v necessity_n and_o in_o his_o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la plain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o disorderly_a and_o malignant_a soul_n which_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o mere_a matter_n when_o he_o make_v his_o hyle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o form_n or_o figure_n and_o destitute_a of_o all_o quality_n and_o power_n of_o operation_n and_o it_o be_v impossible_a say_v he_o that_o that_o which_o be_v of_o its_o self_n such_o a_o inert_a principle_n as_o matter_n be_v shall_v by_o plato_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o principle_n of_o evil_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d necessity_n which_o often_o resist_v god_n and_o cast_v off_o his_o reins_o so_o that_o according_a to_o plutarch_n plato_n acquit_v both_o god_n and_o hyle_n from_o be_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o attribute_n it_o to_o that_o malignant_a spirit_n which_o move_v the_o matter_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o disorderly_a motion_n in_o the_o world_n but_o what_o this_o spirit_n shall_v be_v neither_o he_o nor_o any_o one_o else_o can_v ever_o understand_v what_o darkness_n and_o ignorance_n than_o be_v there_o among_o the_o wise_a of_o philosopher_n concern_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a when_o they_o be_v so_o consuse_v and_o obscure_a in_o the_o account_n which_o they_o give_v of_o it_o that_o their_o great_a admirer_n can_v not_o understand_v they_o but_o though_o plato_n seem_v so_o ambiguous_a in_o his_o judgement_n of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a whether_o he_o shall_v attribute_v it_o to_o the_o 12._o hyle_n or_o some_o malignant_a spirit_n in_o it_o the_o stoic_n be_v more_o dogmatical_a and_o plain_o impute_v the_o cause_n of_o evil_a to_o the_o perversity_n of_o matter_n so_o chalcidius_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o stoic_n make_v matter_n not_o to_o be_v evil_a in_o its_o self_n as_o pythagoras_n but_o that_o it_o be_v indifferent_a to_o either_o perrogati_fw-la igitur_fw-la unde_fw-la mala_fw-la 39â—_n perversitatem_fw-la seminarium_fw-la malorum_fw-la causati_fw-la sunt_fw-la they_o make_v the_o perversity_n of_o matter_n the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a but_o as_o he_o well_o observe_v nec_fw-la expediunt_fw-la adhuâ—_n undeâ—â—psa_fw-la perversitas_fw-la cum_fw-la juxta_fw-la ipsos_fw-la duo_fw-la sint_fw-la initia_fw-la rerum_fw-la dâ—â—â—â—_n &_o sylva_fw-la deus_fw-la summum_fw-la &_o praecellens_fw-la bonum_fw-la sylva_fw-la ut_fw-la censent_fw-la nec_fw-la bonum_fw-la nec_fw-la malum_fw-la they_o give_v no_o rational_a account_n whence_o this_o perversity_n of_o matter_n shall_v arise_v when_o according_a to_o the_o stoic_n there_o be_v but_o two_o principle_n of_o thing_n god_n and_o matter_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v perfect_o good_a the_o other_o neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a but_o this_o perversity_n they_o tell_v we_o be_v something_o necessary_o consequent_a upon_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v affection_n viz._n the_o disorder_n in_o the_o world_n which_o follow_v the_o generation_n of_o thing_n as_o rust_n come_v upon_o brass_n and_o filth_n upon_o the_o body_n as_o the_o counterfeit_a trismegistus_n speak_v so_o maximus_n tyrius_n say_v that_o evil_n in_o the_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o any_o work_n of_o art_n but_o the_o affection_n of_o 5._o matter_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la artifex_fw-la mutare_fw-la materiam_fw-la say_v seneca_n when_o he_o be_v give_v a_o account_n why_o god_n suffer_v evil_n in_o the_o world_n and_o elsewhere_o give_v thâ—s_a account_n why_o evil_n come_v into_o he_o world_n non_fw-la quia_fw-la cessat_fw-la ars_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la exercetur_fw-la quaest_n inobsequens_fw-la arti_fw-la est_fw-la so_o that_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a by_o this_o account_n of_o it_o lie_v whole_o upon_o the_o perversity_n of_o matter_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v uncapable_a of_o be_v put_v into_o better_a order_n by_o that_o god_n who_o produce_v the_o world_n out_o of_o that_o matter_n which_o the_o stoic_n suppose_v to_o be_v eternal_a and_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o avoid_v the_o attribute_v the_o cause_n of_o evil_a to_o god_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o great_a reason_n why_o they_o rather_o choose_v to_o make_v it_o matter_n necessary_a and_o coexistent_a with_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o only_a plausible_a pretence_n which_o hermogenes_n have_v for_o follow_v the_o platonist_n and_o stoic_n in_o this_o opinion_n that_o he_o may_v set_v god_n far_o enough_o off_o from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o i_o can_v sâ—e_v what_o advantage_n come_v at_o all_o by_o this_o hypothesis_n but_o it_o be_v chargeable_a with_o as_o many_o difficulty_n as_o any_o other_o for_o 1._o it_o either_o destroy_v god_n omnipotency_n or_o else_o make_v he_o the_o 1._o approver_n of_o evil_n so_o that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o auctor_fw-la he_o must_v be_v assentator_n mali_fw-la as_o tertullian_n speak_v against_o hermogenes_n because_o he_o suffer_v evil_a to_o be_v in_o matter_n for_o as_o he_o argue_v aut_fw-la 10._o enim_fw-la potuit_fw-la emendare_fw-la sed_fw-la noluit_fw-la aut_fw-la voluit_fw-la quidem_fw-la verum_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la infirmus_fw-la deus_fw-la si_fw-la potuit_fw-la &_o noluit_fw-la malus_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la quia_fw-la malâ—_n savit_fw-la &_o fic_z jam_fw-la habetur_fw-la ejus_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la instituerit_fw-la quia_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la noluisset_fw-la illud_fw-la essâ—_n non_fw-la esset_fw-la ipse_fw-la jam_fw-la fecit_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la noluit_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la quo_fw-la quid_fw-la â—st_fw-la â—urpius_fw-la si_fw-mi voluit_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la noluit_fw-la fecisse_fw-la adversum_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la egit_fw-la cum_fw-la &_o voluit_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la noluit_fw-la fecisse_fw-la &_o noluit_fw-la fecisse_fw-la quod_fw-la voluit_fw-la esse_fw-la so_o that_o little_a advantage_n be_v gain_v for_o the_o clear_n the_o true_a origine_fw-la of_o evil_a by_o this_o opinion_n for_o either_o god_n can_v have_v take_v away_o evil_a out_o of_o matter_n but_o will_v not_o or_o else_o will_v but_o can_v not_o this_o latter_a destroy_v god_n omnipotency_n the_o former_a his_o good-ness_a for_o by_o that_o mean_v evil_a be_v in_o the_o world_n by_o his_o consent_n and_o approbation_n for_o if_o god_n will_v not_o remove_v it_o when_o he_o may_v the_o be_v of_o it_o will_v come_v from_o he_o when_o if_o he_o will_v have_v hinder_v it_o it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v and_o so_o god_n by_o not_o root_a out_o of_o evil_a will_v be_v find_v a_o assertor_n of_o it_o male_a si_fw-la per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la turpiter_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la famulus_fw-la erit_fw-la mali_fw-la deus_fw-la aut_fw-la amicus_fw-la if_o god_n will_v be_v the_o cause_n why_o sin_n be_v it_o reflect_v on_o his_o goodness_n if_o god_n power_n can_v not_o hinder_v it_o it_o destroy_v his_o omnipotency_n so_o that_o by_o this_o opinion_n god_n must_v either_o be_v a_o slave_n or_o a_o friend_n to_o evil_n 2._o this_o principle_n 2._o overturn_v the_o foundation_n of_o religion_n and_o all_o transaction_n between_o god_n and_o man_n soul_n in_o order_n to_o their_o welfare_n because_o it_o make_v evil_a to_o be_v necessary_o existent_a in_o the_o world_n which_o appear_v from_o hence_o in_o that_o evil_n do_v result_v from_o the_o be_v of_o matter_n and_o so_o it_o must_v necessary_o be_v as_o matter_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v for_o whatever_o result_v from_o the_o be_v of_o a_o thing_n must_v be_v coexistent_a with_o it_o and_o so_o what_o 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to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o this_o difficulty_n from_o natural_a reason_n which_o will_v be_v most_o satisfactory_o do_v by_o the_o produce_v those_o ground_n from_o which_o they_o have_v resolve_v this_o question_n cur_n malisbenâ—_n &_o bonis_fw-la male_a who_o either_o have_v not_o have_v or_o at_o least_o own_a any_o thing_n of_o divine_a revelation_n i_o begin_v with_o that_o which_o do_v concern_v the_o prosperity_n and_o impunity_n of_o wicked_a man_n which_o man_n have_v with_o moâ—â—_n confidence_n insist_v on_o oâ—_n this_o account_n because_o all_o man_n can_v not_o but_o understand_v a_o general_a reason_n of_o suffering_n by_o reason_n there_o be_v none_o who_o conscience_n can_v whole_o acquit_v they_o of_o evil_a action_n but_o why_o person_n notorious_o wicked_a shall_v live_v in_o impunity_n when_o other_o suffer_v that_o they_o be_v unable_a to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o and_o this_o be_v the_o common_a pretence_n of_o atheism_n as_o simplicius_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 223._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o such_o who_o have_v no_o ground_a belief_n of_o a_o deity_n when_o they_o observe_v the_o misery_n of_o good_a man_n and_o the_o tranquillity_n and_o felicity_n of_o bad_a man_n they_o regard_v not_o the_o common_a notion_n they_o have_v of_o a_o deity_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o cry_v out_o with_o the_o tragedian_n or_o rather_o of_o aristophanes_n in_o his_o plutus_n shall_v i_o not_o dare_v to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o god_n when_o those_o do_v prosper_v who_o have_v injure_v i_o and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o most_o of_o those_o who_o have_v take_v occasion_n among_o the_o heathen_n to_o question_v providence_n have_v do_v it_o upon_o some_o remarkable_a injury_n which_o they_o have_v conceive_v to_o be_v do_v to_o themselves_o and_o so_o we_o have_v ground_n to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v more_o passion_n and_o interest_n than_o any_o clear_a reason_n which_o be_v the_o inducement_n to_o it_o so_o diagoras_n resolve_v to_o set_v up_o for_o a_o atheist_n because_o the_o perjure_a person_n be_v not_o strike_v dead_a in_o the_o place_n and_o jason_n in_o seneca_n when_o he_o see_v medea_n fly_v away_o after_o kill_v his_o child_n cry_v out_o testare_fw-la nullos_fw-la esse_fw-la qua_fw-la veheris_fw-la deos._n thou_o tell_v the_o world_n there_o be_v no_o god_n that_o way_n where_o thou_o do_v fly_v and_o so_o claudian_n who_o large_o reason_v the_o case_n on_o both_o side_n for_o providence_n and_o against_o it_o at_o last_o tell_v we_o what_o it_o be_v which_o be_v the_o main_a cause_n of_o his_o doubt_n viz._n the_o long_a impunity_n of_o rufinus_n abstulit_fw-la hunc_fw-la tandem_fw-la rufini_n poena_fw-la tumultum_fw-la absolvitque_fw-la deos._n rufinus_n death_n do_v clear_v the_o god_n and_o set_v my_o mind_n at_o ease_n but_o because_o some_o carry_v it_o high_o as_o cotta_n in_o tully_n who_o deor._n reason_n the_o most_o as_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o middle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leave_v out_o as_o in_o golgotha_n for_o golgoltha_n kikaltha_n for_o kilkaltha_n and_o other_o of_o a_o like_a nature_n beside_o there_o seem_v to_o be_v somewhat_o in_o what_o be_v say_v that_o the_o family_n be_v divide_v according_a to_o their_o tongue_n gen._n 10._o 5_o 20_o 31._o which_o do_v at_o least_o imply_v a_o diversity_n of_o tongue_n among_o they_o the_o cause_n of_o which_o must_v be_v assign_v by_o they_o who_o will_v not_o allow_v of_o the_o confusion_n and_o division_n of_o language_n at_o babel_n further_o this_o seem_v most_o agreeable_a to_o god_n â—nd_n in_o make_v of_o they_o thus_o leave_v off_o their_o work_n that_o there_o may_v be_v not_o only_o a_o present_a judgement_n upon_o they_o but_o that_o which_o may_v remain_v to_o posterity_n as_o a_o note_n of_o the_o folly_n
be_v the_o common_a complaint_n of_o those_o philosopher_n who_o mind_v the_o 1._o government_n of_o themselves_o and_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n especial_o of_o the_o platonâ—sts_n and_o stoic_n seneca_n in_o all_o his_o moral_a discourse_n especial_o in_o his_o epistle_n may_v speak_v sufficient_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o stoic_n how_o much_o they_o lament_v the_o degeneracy_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o platonist_n all_o complain_n of_o the_o slavery_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n and_o that_o it_o be_v here_o by_o way_n oâ—_n punishment_n for_o something_o which_o be_v do_v before_o which_o make_v i_o somewhat_o incurable_a to_o think_v that_o plato_n know_v more_o of_o the_o lapse_n of_o 〈◊〉_d than_o he_o will_v open_o discover_v and_o for_o that_o end_n disguise_v it_o after_o his_o usual_a manner_n in_o that_o hypothesis_n of_o preexistence_n which_o take_v it_o cabbalistical_o for_o i_o rather_o think_v the_o opinion_n of_o prae_fw-la existence_n be_v so_o to_o 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the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n that_o if_o you_o look_v straight_o forward_o you_o may_v see_v a_o literal_a cabbala_n on_o the_o one_o side_n a_o philosophical_a and_o on_o the_o other_o a_o moral_a but_o now_o if_o we_o remove_v the_o cabbala_n from_o moses_n to_o plato_n we_o may_v find_v no_o incongruity_n or_o repugnancy_n at_o all_o either_o as_o to_o plato_n his_o way_n of_o writing_n or_o the_o consonancy_n of_o the_o opinion_n so_o interpret_v to_o the_o plain_a genuine_a sense_n of_o moses_n if_o by_o plato_n his_o opinion_n of_o the_o preexistence_n and_o descent_n of_o soul_n be_v understand_v by_o the_o former_a the_o happy_a state_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n in_o conjunctâ—â—â—_n with_o god_n and_o by_o the_o latter_a the_o low_a and_o degenerate_a condiâ—â—on_n which_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o after_o apostasy_n from_o he_o which_o â—he_v late_a platonist_n be_v so_o large_a and_o eloquent_a in_o express_v porphyry_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o something_n he_o 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under_o continual_a perplexity_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n have_v leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v hierocles_n his_o own_o expression_n the_o pleasant_a meadow_n of_o truth_n a_o fit_a description_n 254._o of_o paradise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o the_o violence_n of_o her_o moult_a or_o deplumation_n she_o come_v into_o this_o earthly_a body_n deprive_v of_o that_o bless_a life_n which_o she_o before_o enjoy_v which_o he_o tell_v we_o be_v very_a consonant_n to_o plato_n senâ—e_a oâ—_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o descent_n of_o soul_n that_o when_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o impotency_n of_o fix_v whole_o â—on_v god_n they_o suffer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o great_a loss_n and_o a_o deprivation_n of_o former_a perfâ—ctions_n which_o i_o suppose_v be_v meâ—nt_v by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o â—â—uls_n impotency_n of_o fly_v up_o above_o this_o earthly_a world_n than_o they_o lapse_v into_o these_o terrestrial_a and_o mortal_a body_n so_o hierocles_n conclude_v with_o this_o excellent_a and_o divine_a speech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o therefore_o by_o apostasy_n from_o god_n and_o the_o moult_a of_o those_o feather_n of_o our_o soul_n whereby_o we_o may_v be_v raise_v up_o above_o this_o world_n we_o have_v fall_v into_o this_o place_n of_o mortal_n which_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o evil_n so_o by_o the_o cast_n off_o carnal_a affection_n and_o by_o the_o growth_n of_o virtue_n like_o new_a feather_n to_o the_o soul_n we_o shall_v ascend_v to_o the_o place_n of_o pure_a and_o perfect_a good_a and_o to_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o a_o divine_a life_n so_o much_o more_o become_a christian_n do_v these_o excellent_a philosopher_n speak_v of_o the_o degeneracy_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o the_o consequent_n of_o it_o than_o some_o who_o will_v be_v account_v the_o follower_n of_o reason_n as_o well_o as_o of_o christ_n who_o make_v it_o so_o much_o of_o their_o business_n to_o extenuate_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n which_o we_o find_v those_o who_o be_v mere_a philosopher_n far_o more_o rational_a and_o ingenuous_a in_o than_o those_o who_o pretend_v so_o high_o to_o reason_n but_o i_o think_v with_o as_o little_a of_o it_o as_o any_o suppose_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a authority_n but_o it_o be_v not_o here_o our_o business_n to_o consider_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o who_o pretend_v to_o christianity_n but_o only_o of_o such_o who_o pretend_v only_o to_o reason_n have_v yet_o consent_v with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o it_o lie_v in_o a_o apostasy_n from_o 〈◊〉_d and_o have_v lose_v those_o perfection_n which_o they_o have_v before_o that_o man_n will_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o apostasy_n this_o we_o have_v already_o manifest_v at_o large_a from_o
the_o testimony_n and_o reason_n 2._o of_o simplicius_n and_o hierocles_n be_v as_o large_a and_o clear_a in_o it_o as_o the_o other_o with_o expression_n much_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 258._o man_n nature_n lie_v between_o those_o being_n which_o perpetual_o contemplate_v gâ—a_n and_o those_o which_o be_v uncapable_a of_o it_o it_o sometime_o ascend_v to_o those_o and_o sometime_o descend_v to_o these_o according_a as_o it_o observe_v or_o reject_v the_o dictate_v of_o reason_n and_o so_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o indifferency_n of_o the_o will_n be_v liable_a to_o take_v upon_o it_o the_o siâ—_n ilituâ—e_v of_o god_n or_o a_o beâ—â—st_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o whoever_o thorough_o consider_v this_o will_v easy_o understand_v how_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o own_o evil_n and_o become_v unhappy_a and_o miserable_a through_o their_o own_o choice_n and_o self_n will_v which_o he_o bring_v in_o by_o way_n of_o explication_n of_o that_o true_o golden_a pythagorean_n verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n be_v grow_v miserable_a through_o their_o ownfault_n and_o afterward_o hierocles_n excellent_o describe_v the_o nature_n of_o evil_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o our_o natural_a and_o contract_a pravity_n be_v nothing_o elsâ—_n but_o the_o unnatural_a motion_n of_o our_o free_a will_n according_a to_o which_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o dare_v to_o contradict_v the_o law_n of_o god_n â—et_o be_v sensible_a how_o much_o we_o injure_v ourselves_o when_o we_o â—o_o it_o and_o only_o look_v at_o this_o that_o we_o be_v able_a to_o cast_v off_o the_o reins_o of_o 〈◊〉_d law_n from_o our_o neck_n and_o he_o true_o say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o great_a abuse_n of_o liberty_n to_o offend_v god_n â—â—en_o we_o either_o do_v what_o he_o forbid_v or_o neglect_v what_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o on_o both_o side_n man_n bring_v misery_n upon_o themselves_o by_o transgress_v the_o divine_a law_n both_o by_o not_o do_v what_o they_o be_v command_v and_o by_o do_v what_o they_o be_v forbid_v so_o that_o he_o tul_o ascribe_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o call_v it_o the_o irregular_a motion_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n which_o we_o have_v already_o show_v to_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o to_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o soul_n recovery_n from_o this_o condition_n in_o order_n to_o her_o felicity_n we_o have_v these_o philosopher_n 3._o express_v their_o consent_n with_o the_o scripture_n porphyrius_n as_o st._n austin_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o end_n of_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr regressu_fw-la 33._o animae_fw-la do_v acknowledge_v the_o necessity_n of_o a_o way_n of_o recover_a soul_n which_o shall_v be_v universal_a cum_fw-la autem_fw-la dicit_fw-la porphyrius_n nondum_fw-la receptam_fw-la unam_fw-la quandam_fw-la sectam_fw-la quae_fw-la universalem_fw-la viam_fw-la animae_fw-la contineat_fw-la liberandae_fw-la nondumque_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la notitiam_fw-la eandem_fw-la viam_fw-la historiali_fw-la cognition_n perlatam_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la confitetur_fw-la esse_fw-la aliquam_fw-la sed_fw-la nondum_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la venisse_fw-la notitiam_fw-la but_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o purgation_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o order_n to_o its_o felicity_n be_v so_o large_o and_o full_o discourse_v of_o by_o all_o the_o platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n that_o it_o will_v be_v needless_a to_o insist_v upon_o it_o thus_o far_o then_o we_o find_v the_o account_n give_v of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a in_o scripture_n to_o be_v embrace_v by_o the_o sublimest_n of_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n as_o most_o rational_a and_o satisfactory_a which_o be_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v prove_v neither_o do_v we_o sin_v only_o the_o main_a of_o this_o account_n acknowledge_v as_o rational_a but_o we_o may_v trace_v some_o not_o obscure_a 17._o footstep_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n which_o concern_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n among_o the_o heathen_n such_o as_o the_o devil_n envy_v of_o man_n happiness_n his_o disguise_a himself_o under_o the_o form_n of_o a_o serpent_n and_o man_n be_v throw_v out_o of_o paradise_n upon_o his_o fall_n 1._o the_o devil_n envy_v the_o happiness_n of_o man_n it_o have_v be_v true_o observe_v by_o a_o learned_a man_n that_o the_o original_n of_o that_o evil_n very_a ancient_a opinion_n among_o the_o heathen_a de_fw-fr inuidia_fw-la daemonis_fw-la have_v its_o rise_n from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n which_o he_o have_v make_v out_o so_o full_o that_o i_o shall_v the_o less_o need_n to_o prove_v it_o and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o undoubted_a tradition_n of_o some_o malignant_a spirit_n which_o envy_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o mankind_n appear_v by_o that_o ample_a testimony_n of_o 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o dio_fw-mi mention_v by_o the_o same_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n be_v much_o trouble_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o apparition_n which_o brutus_n and_o dio_n who_o be_v learned_a and_o philosophical_a man_n be_v haunt_v withal_o and_o doubt_v he_o can_v give_v no_o just_a account_n of_o it_o unless_o he_o embrace_v that_o very_o ancient_a tradition_n which_o yet_o seem_v absurd_a and_o incredible_a viz._n that_o there_o be_v certain_a wicked_a and_o malignant_a daemon_n which_o envy_v good_a man_n and_o withstand_v their_o enterprise_n by_o raise_v fear_n and_o trouble_n to_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v hinder_v they_o in_o their_o pursuit_n of_o virtue_n lest_o if_o they_o continue_v steadfast_a and_o unmovable_a in_o good_a they_o shall_v be_v at_o last_o partaker_n of_o great_a felicity_n than_o they_o enjoy_v there_o be_v then_o so_o ancient_a a_o tradition_n of_o such_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o learned_a man_n mention_v 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mystery_n undertake_v to_o give_v a_o account_n 105._o of_o these_o evil_a spirit_n or_o daemon_n and_o that_o from_o they_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o evil_a in_o the_o world_n be_v for_o thus_o he_o speak_v as_o he_o be_v translate_v by_o ficinus_fw-la si_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr idolis_fw-la dicebamus_fw-la improbisque_fw-la daemonibus_fw-la hinc_fw-la sane_fw-la exoritur_fw-la multiplex_fw-la origo_fw-la malorum_fw-la simulant_fw-la enim_fw-la deorum_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la daemonumque_fw-la bonorum_fw-la ideoque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d suum_fw-la jubent_fw-la esse_fw-la justum_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la videantur_fw-la boni_fw-la sicil_n 〈◊〉_d dii_n quoniam_fw-la vero_fw-la natura_fw-la sunt_fw-la mali_fw-la rogati_fw-la mala_fw-la infer_v libenter_fw-la inferunt_fw-la atque_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la injusta_fw-la conducunt_fw-la he_o sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o in_fw-la oraculis_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la &_o fallunt_fw-la &_o turpia_fw-la consulunt_fw-la atque_fw-la peragunt_fw-la by_o which_o we_o see_v he_o acknowledge_v some_o spirit_n whoâ—e_v nature_n be_v wicked_a and_o help_v man_n to_o do_v evil_a and_o that_o these_o very_a spirit_n may_v sometime_o command_v that_o which_o be_v good_a lest_o they_o shall_v be_v suspect_v to_o be_v what_o they_o be_v of_o a_o wicked_a and_o malignant_a nature_n which_o only_o design_v the_o ruin_n of_o man_n by_o which_o we_o have_v a_o good_a account_n of_o whatever_o be_v commendable_a deliver_v by_o the_o heathen_a oracle_n which_o yet_o may_v come_v from_o the_o devil_n still_o by_o this_o confession_n of_o jamblichus_n himself_o for_o the_o devil_n appear_v under_o the_o form_n of_o a_o serpent_n it_o be_v very_o probable_o conjecture_v that_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o 2._o prince_n of_o those_o who_o contend_v with_o saturn_n be_v by_o that_o enigmatical_a writer_n pherâ—cydes_n syrius_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d celsus_n who_o have_v so_o little_a skill_n in_o antiquity_n as_o to_o think_v that_o the_o history_n of_o moses_n be_v as_o to_o many_o passage_n of_o it_o take_v out_o
chaos_n formation_n of_o man_n among_o the_o phaenician_o of_o adam_n among_o the_o german_n egyptian_n cilician_o adam_n under_o saturn_n cain_n among_o the_o phaenician_o tubalcain_n and_o jubal_n under_o vulcan_n and_o apollo_n naamah_n under_o minerva_n noah_n under_o saturn_n janus_n prometheus_n and_o bacchus_n noah_n three_o son_n under_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n canaan_n under_o mercury_n nimrod_n under_o bacchus_n magog_n under_o prometheus_n of_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n among_o the_o phaenician_o jacob_n service_n under_o apollo_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o from_o bethel_n joseph_n under_o apis_n moses_n under_o bacchus_n joshua_n under_o hercules_n balaam_n under_o the_o olâ—_n siolenus_fw-la the_o main_a particular_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n concern_v the_o history_n of_o ancient_a time_n be_v thus_o far_o 1_o clear_v there_o remain_v only_o that_o evidence_n which_o there_o be_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o historical_a part_n of_o those_o 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