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method_n of_o attain_v to_o divine_a knowledge_n sect._n i._n that_o divine_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v rather_o by_o a_o spiritual_a sensation_n than_o a_o verbal_a description_n or_o mere_a speculation_n sin_n and_o wickedness_n prejudicial_a to_o true_a knowledge_n that_o purity_n of_o heart_n and_o life_n as_o also_o a_o ingenuous_a freedom_n of_o judgement_n be_v the_o best_a ground_n and_o preparation_n for_o the_o entertainment_n of_o truth_n page_n 1._o sect._n ii_o a_o objection_n against_o the_o method_n of_o know_v lay_v down_o in_o the_o former_a section_n answer_v that_o man_n general_o notwithstanding_o their_o apostasy_n be_v furnish_v with_o the_o radical_a principle_n of_o true_a knowledge_n man_n want_v not_o so_o much_o mean_v of_o know_v what_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v as_o will_n to_o do_v what_o they_o know_v practical_a knowledge_n differ_v from_o all_o other_o knowledge_n and_o excel_v it_o pag._n 13._o sect._n iii_o man_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o a_o fourfold_a capacity_n in_o order_n to_o the_o perception_n of_o divine_a thing_n that_o the_o best_a and_o most_o excellent_a knowledge_n of_o divine_a thing_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o true_a and_o sober_a christian_a and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o in_o its_o infancy_n while_o he_o be_v in_o this_o earthly_a body_n pag._n 17._o discourse_n ii_o of_o superstition_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o superstition_n well_o express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n a_o over-timorous_a and_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o deity_n a_o false_a opinion_n of_o the_o deity_n the_o true_a cause_n and_o rise_v of_o superstition_n superstition_n be_v most_o incident_a to_o such_o as_o converse_v not_o with_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n or_o be_v conscious_a to_o themselves_o of_o their_o own_o unlikeness_n to_o he_o right_o apprehension_n of_o god_n beget_v in_o man_n a_o nobleness_n and_o freedom_n of_o soul_n superstition_n though_o it_o look_v upon_o god_n as_o a_o angry_a deity_n yet_o it_o count_v he_o easy_o please_v with_o flatter_a worship_n apprehension_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o gild_n meet_v together_o be_v apt_a to_o excite_v fear_n hypocrite_n to_o spare_v their_o sin_n seek_v out_o way_n to_o compound_v with_o god_n servile_a and_o superstitious_a fear_n be_v increase_v by_o ignorance_n of_o the_o certain_a cause_n of_o terrible_a effect_n in_o nature_n etc._n etc._n as_o also_o by_o frightful_a apparition_n of_o ghost_n and_o spectre_n a_o further_a consideration_n of_o superstition_n as_o a_o composition_n of_o fear_n and_o flattery_n a_o full_a definition_n of_o superstition_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o ancient_n superstition_n do_v not_o always_o appear_v in_o the_o same_o form_n but_o pass_v from_o one_o form_n to_o another_o and_o sometime_o shroud_n itself_o under_o form_n seem_o spiritual_a and_o more_o refine_a pag._n 25._o discourse_n iii_o of_o atheism_n that_o there_o be_v a_o near_a affinity_n between_o atheism_n &_o superstition_n that_o superstition_n do_v not_o only_o prepare_v the_o way_n for_o atheism_n but_o promote_v and_o strengthen_v it_o that_o epicurism_n be_v but_o atheism_n under_o a_o mask_n a_o confutation_n of_o epicurus_n his_o master-notion_n together_o with_o some_o other_o pretence_n and_o dogmata_fw-la of_o his_o sect._n the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o nature_n be_v advantageous_a to_o religion_n that_o superstition_n be_v more_o tolerable_a than_o atheism_n that_o atheism_n be_v both_o ignoble_a and_o uncomfortable_a what_o low_a and_o unworthy_a notion_n the_o epicurean_o have_v concern_v man_n happiness_n and_o what_o trouble_n they_o be_v put_v to_o how_o to_o define_v and_o where_o to_o place_v true_a happiness_n a_o true_a belief_n of_o a_o deity_n support_v the_o soul_n with_o a_o present_a tranquillity_n and_o future_a hope_n be_v it_o not_o for_o a_o deity_n the_o world_n will_v be_v unhabitable_a p._n 41._o discourse_n iv_o of_o
these_o and_o wall_n it_o about_o with_o their_o own_o self-flattery_n and_o then_o sit_v in_o it_o as_o god_n as_o cosroes_n the_o persian_a king_n be_v sometime_o laugh_v at_o for_o enshrine_n himself_o in_o a_o temple_n of_o his_o own_o and_o therefore_o if_o this_o knowledge_n be_v not_o attend_v with_o humility_n and_o a_o deep_a sense_n of_o selfpenury_n and_o self-emptiness_n we_o may_v easy_o fall_v short_a of_o that_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n which_o we_o seem_v to_o aspire_v after_o we_o may_v carry_v such_o a_o image_n and_o species_n of_o ourselves_o constant_o before_o we_o as_o will_v make_v we_o lose_v the_o clear_a sight_n of_o the_o divinity_n and_o be_v too_o apt_a to_o rest_v in_o a_o mere_a logical_a life_n its_o simplicius_n his_o expression_n without_o any_o true_a participation_n of_o the_o divine_a life_n if_o we_o do_v not_o as_o many_o do_v if_o not_o all_o who_o rise_v no_o high_a relapse_n and_o slide_v back_o by_o vainglory_n popularity_n or_o such_o like_a vice_n into_o some_o mundane_a and_o external_a vanity_n or_o other_o the_o four_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a metaphysical_a 4._o and_o contemplative_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o run_v and_o shoot_v up_o above_o his_o own_o logical_a or_o self-rational_a life_n pierce_v into_o the_o high_a life_n such_o a_o one_o who_o by_o universal_a love_n and_o holy_a affection_n abstract_v himself_o from_o himself_o endeavour_v the_o near_a union_n with_o the_o divine_a essence_n that_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o plotinus_n speak_v knit_v his_o own_o centre_n if_o he_o have_v any_o unto_o the_o centre_n of_o divine_a be_v to_o such_o a_o one_o the_o platonist_n be_v wont_a to_o attribute_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o true_a divine_a wisdom_n powerful_o display_v itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o intellectual_a life_n as_o they_o phrase_v it_o such_o a_o knowledge_n they_o say_v be_v always_o pregnant_a with_o divine_a virtue_n which_o arise_v out_o of_o a_o happy_a union_n of_o soul_n with_o god_n and_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o live_a imitation_n of_o a_o godlike_a prefection_n draw_v out_o by_o a_o strong_a servant_n love_n of_o it_o this_o divine_a knowledge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n as_o plotinus_n speak_v make_v we_o amorous_a of_o divine_a beauty_n beautiful_a and_o lovely_a and_o this_o divine_a love_n and_o purity_n reciprocal_o exalt_v divine_a knowledge_n both_o of_o they_o grow_v up_o together_o like_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o pausanias_n sometime_o speak_v of_o though_o by_o the_o platonist_n leave_v such_o a_o life_n and_o knowledge_n as_o this_o be_v peculiar_o belong_v to_o the_o true_a and_o sober_a christian_a who_o live_v in_o he_o who_o be_v life_n itself_o and_o be_v enlighten_v by_o he_o who_o be_v the_o truth_n itself_o and_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a unction_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n as_o s._n john_n speak_v this_o life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n own_o breath_n within_o he_o and_o a_o infant-christ_n if_o i_o may_v use_v the_o expression_n form_v in_o his_o soul_n who_o be_v in_o a_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o shine_a forth_o of_o the_o father_n glory_n but_o yet_o we_o must_v not_o mistake_v this_o knowledge_n be_v but_o here_o in_o its_o infancy_n there_o be_v a_o high_a knowledge_n or_o a_o high_a degree_n of_o this_o knowledge_n that_o do_v not_o that_o can_v descend_v upon_o we_o in_o these_o earthly_a habitation_n we_o can_v here_o see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o speculo_fw-la lucido_fw-la here_o we_o can_v see_v but_o in_o a_o glass_n and_o that_o dark_o too_o our_o own_o imaginative_a power_n which_o be_v perpetual_o attend_v the_o high_a act_n of_o our_o soul_n will_v be_v breathe_v a_o gross_a dew_n upon_o the_o pure_a glass_n of_o our_o understanding_n and_o so_o full_o and_o besmear_v it_o that_o we_o can_v see_v the_o image_n of_o the_o divinity_n sincere_o in_o it_o but_o yet_o this_o knowledge_n be_v a_o true_a heavenly_a fire_n kindle_v from_o god_n own_o altar_n beget_v a_o undaunted_a courage_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n &_o enable_v they_o to_o cast_v a_o holy_a scorn_n upon_o the_o poor_a petty_a trash_n of_o this_o life_n in_o comparison_n with_o divine_a thing_n and_o to_o pity_v those_o poor_a brutish_a epicurean_o that_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o mere_a husk_n of_o fleshly_a pleasure_n to_o feed_v themselves_o with_o this_o sight_n of_o god_n make_v pious_a soul_n breath_n after_o that_o bless_a time_n when_o mortality_n shall_v be_v swallow_v up_o of_o life_n when_o they_o shall_v no_o more_o behold_v the_o divinity_n through_o those_o dark_a medium_n that_o eclipse_v the_o bless_a sight_n of_o it_o a_o short_a discourse_n of_o superstition_n clem._n alexandr_n in_o admon_n ad_fw-la graec._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierocles_n in_o pythag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lactantius_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la hic_fw-la verus_fw-la est_fw-la cultus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la mens_fw-la colentis_fw-la seipsam_fw-la deo_fw-la immaculatam_fw-la victimam_fw-la sistit_fw-la ibid._n nihil_fw-la sancta_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la illa_fw-la majestas_fw-la aliud_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la desiderat_fw-la quam_fw-la solam_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la quam_fw-la siquis_fw-la obtulerit_fw-la deo_fw-la satis_fw-la piè_fw-la satis_fw-la religiosè_fw-la litavit_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o ensue_a discourse_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o superstition_n well_o express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n a_o over-timorous_a and_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o deity_n a_o false_a opinion_n of_o the_o deity_n the_o true_a cause_n and_o rise_v of_o superstition_n superstition_n be_v most_o incident_a to_o such_o as_o converse_v not_o with_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n or_o be_v conscious_a to_o themselves_o of_o their_o own_o unlikeness_n to_o he_o right_o apprehension_n of_o god_n beget_v in_o man_n a_o nobleness_n and_o freedom_n of_o soul_n superstition_n though_o it_o look_v upon_o god_n as_o a_o angry_a deity_n yet_o it_o count_v he_o easy_o please_v with_o flatter_a worship_n apprehension_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o gild_n meet_v together_o be_v apt_a to_o excite_v fear_n hypocrite_n to_o spare_v their_o sin_n seek_v out_o way_n to_o compound_v with_o god_n servile_a and_o superstitious_a fear_n be_v increase_v by_o ignorance_n of_o the_o certain_a cause_n of_o terrible_a effect_n in_o nature_n etc._n etc._n as_o also_o by_o frightful_a apparition_n of_o ghost_n and_o spectre_n a_o further_a consideration_n of_o superstition_n as_o a_o composition_n of_o fear_n and_o flattery_n a_o full_a definition_n of_o superstition_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o ancient_n superstition_n do_v not_o always_o appear_v in_o the_o same_o form_n but_o pass_v from_o one_o form_n to_o another_o and_o sometime_o shroud_n itself_o under_o form_n seem_o spiritual_a and_o more_o refine_a of_o superstition_n have_v now_o do_v with_o what_o we_o propound_v as_o a_o preface_n to_o our_o follow_a discourse_n we_o shall_v now_o come_v to_o treat_v of_o the_o main_a head_n and_o principle_n of_o religion_n but_o before_o we_o do_v that_o perhaps_o it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o inquire_v into_o some_o of_o those_o anti-deity_n that_o be_v set_v up_o against_o it_o the_o chief_a whereof_o be_v atheism_n and_o superstition_n which_o indeed_o may_v seem_v to_o comprehend_v in_o they_o all_o kind_n of_o apostasy_n and_o prevarication_n from_o religion_n we_o shall_v not_o be_v overcurious_a to_o pry_v into_o such_o foul_a and_o rot_a carcase_n as_o these_o be_v too_o narrow_o or_o to_o make_v any_o subtle_a anatomy_n of_o they_o but_o rather_o inquire_v a_o little_a into_o the_o original_a and_o immediate_a cause_n of_o they_o because_o it_o may_v be_v they_o may_v be_v near_o of_o kin_n than_o we_o ordinary_o be_v aware_a of_o while_o we_o see_v their_o complexion_n to_o be_v so_o vast_o different_a the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o and_o first_o of_o all_o for_o superstition_n to_o lay_v aside_o our_o vulgar_a notion_n of_o it_o which_o much_o mistake_v it_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o temper_n of_o mind_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o tully_n frequent_o translate_v that_o word_n though_o not_o so_o fit_o and_o emphatical_o as_o he_o have_v do_v some_o other_o it_o import_v a_o overtimorous_a and_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o therefore_o with_o hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o he_o expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o idolater_n and_o also_o one_o that_o be_v very_o prompt_a to_o case_n worship_v the_o god_n but_o withal_o fearful_a of_o they_o and_o