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to_o his_o imagination_n for_o beside_o the_o aforementioned_a purity_n of_o heart_n the_o intention_n of_o mind_n or_o understand_v to_o ventilate_v sift_n or_o illuminate_v phantasm_n borrow_v from_o sense_n there_o be_v require_v a_o vigilant_a attention_n in_o the_o judicative_a faculty_n otherwise_o the_o same_o error_n which_o happen_v in_o recall_v thing_n long_o forget_v to_o mind_n or_o dream_n will_v surprise_v our_o wake_a imagination_n of_o god_n or_o matter_n divine_a he_o that_o will_v remember_v timotheus_n theodorus_n or_o orosius_n unless_o his_o apprehension_n of_o their_o name_n have_v be_v former_o very_o distinct_a and_o his_o present_a examination_n attentive_a will_v easy_o entertain_v in_o stead_n of_o they_o theotimus_n dorotheus_n or_o osorius_n in_o man_n ignorant_a of_o latin_a etymology_n conference_n will_v sometime_o be_v take_v for_o confidence_n offence_n for_o defence_n etc._n etc._n now_o our_o knowledge_n of_o matter_n unsensible_a be_v as_o i_o 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or_o transform_v section_n iii_o of_o the_o original_n of_o heathenish_a idolatry_n and_o multiplicity_n of_o go_n chap._n
at_o sundry_a place_n at_o diverse_a time_n or_o with_o other_o different_a circumstance_n or_o contrariwise_o do_v not_o diverse_a effect_n oftentimes_o appear_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n and_o place_n or_o accompany_v after_o one_o and_o the_o same_o fashion_n we_o shall_v hardly_o so_o far_o distinguish_v they_o as_o that_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o one_o shall_v not_o represent_v the_o other_o or_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o one_o not_o suggest_v a_o several_a notice_n of_o the_o other_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o one_o will_v always_o be_v take_v as_o a_o cause_n of_o whatsoever_o event_n have_v before_o accompany_v both_o in_o event_n which_o have_v no_o permanent_a existence_n nor_o observe_v any_o certain_a course_n to_o sever_v or_o abstract_n each_o circumstance_n from_o other_o be_v a_o matter_n not_o so_o easy_a to_o be_v effect_v by_o such_o as_o intend_v it_o as_o to_o be_v altogether_o forget_v or_o not_o intend_v the_o want_n notwithstanding_o of_o such_o abstraction_n or_o winnow_v of_o circumstance_n be_v the_o essential_a root_n of_o superstition_n who_o nature_n can_v be_v more_o full_o notify_v than_o by_o a_o misdeem_n of_o such_o circumstance_n or_o adjunct_n as_o accompany_v extraordinary_a or_o unusual_a event_n befalling_a we_o either_o for_o the_o true_a cause_n or_o procurer_n of_o they_o or_o for_o practical_a associate_n or_o coe-worker_n fit_a to_o share_v with_o they_o in_o our_o love_n or_o hate_v for_o this_o reason_n be_v gross_a superstition_n most_o incident_a to_o mind_n either_o great_a in_o themselves_o or_o puffeed_n up_o with_o external_o but_o with_o all_o illiterate_a and_o rude_a thus_o 15._o clowis_n king_n of_o the_o then_o heathen_a frank_n attribute_v the_o death_n of_o his_o first_o bear_v unto_o the_o christian_a religion_n which_o his_o queen_n profess_v or_o unto_o christ_n in_o who_o name_n the_o infant_n have_v be_v baptize_v quia_fw-la pver_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la vestri_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la 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