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his_o prophecy_n witness_n of_o which_o part_n be_v find_v in_o saba_n say_v origen_n and_o tertullian_n read_v some_o page_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v there_o be_v such_o say_v augustine_n §_o 7._o the_o patriarch_n life_n be_v light_o pass_v over_o till_o enoch_n who_o piety_n be_v commend_v and_o his_o leave_v the_o world_n not_o by_o death_n whether_o his_o change_n be_v such_o as_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o last_o day_n let_v divine_n judge_v lamech_n prophecy_n of_o his_o son_n noah_n be_v touch_v upon_o but_o noah_n life_n be_v handle_v more_o ample_o the_o wisdom_n policy_n and_o war_n of_o that_o world_n be_v no_o doubt_n great_a as_o may_v be_v gather_v gen._n 5.4_o but_o the_o universal_a impiety_n which_o bring_v the_o universal_a destruction_n deserve_v that_o the_o memory_n of_o their_o action_n shall_v be_v drown_v with_o their_o body_n it_o be_v madness_n to_o imagine_v the_o son_n of_o god_n speak_v of_o gen._n 5.24_o be_v good_a angel_n which_o beget_v giant_n 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grow_v the_o tale_n of_o giant_n cast_v up_o mountain_n to_o the_o top_n of_o heaven_n chap._n vi_o the_o original_a of_o idolatry_n and_o relic_n of_o antiquity_n in_o fable_n §._o 1_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o corrupt_v the_o story_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o mingle_v their_o fable_n with_o they_o suppose_v that_o after-age_n will_v take_v those_o discourse_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n for_o invention_n of_o philosopher_n and_o poet_n but_o as_o skilful_a chemist_n can_v extract_v healthful_a medicine_n out_o of_o poison_n and_o poison_n out_o of_o wholesome_a herb_n etc._n etc._n so_o may_v much_o truth_n be_v find_v out_o of_o those_o fable_n §._o 2_o the_o antiquity_n of_o corruption_n be_v even_o from_o noah_n family_n for_o the_o liberal_a grace_n of_o god_n be_v withdraw_v after_o man_n fall_n such_o a_o perpetual_a eclipse_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n follow_v and_o produce_v such_o effect_n as_o the_o general_a deluge_n can_v not_o cleanse_v they_o even_o in_o the_o select_a family_n of_o noah_n wherein_o be_v find_v those_o that_o renew_v the_o defection_n from_o god_n for_o which_o they_o have_v see_v the_o world_n destruction_n hence_o the_o chaldaean_n egyptian_n and_o phaenician_o soon_o after_o become_v idolater_n and_o the_o greek_n receive_v their_o 12_o god_n from_o egypt_n and_o erect_v to_o they_o altar_n image_n and_o temple_n say_v herodotus_n §._o 3_o as_o man_n depart_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n stray_v on_o in_o unknown_a vice_n to_o eternal_a perdition_n so_o these_o blind_a idolater_n be_v fall_v from_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n to_o seek_v god_n on_o earth_n to_o worship_n begin_v with_o man_n they_o proceed_v to_o beast_n foul_n fish_n tree_n herb_n the_o four_o element_n wind_n morning_n evening_n star_n yea_o affection_n passion_n sorrow_n sickness_n beside_o spirit_n infernal_a and_o among_o terrestrial_o even_o the_o base_a want_v not_o divine_a honour_n as_o dog_n cat_n swine_n leek_n onion_n etc._n etc._n which_o barbarous_a blasphemy_n juvenal_n thus_o deride_v o_o happy_a nation_n which_o of_o their_o own_o sow_v have_v store_n of_o god_n in_o every_o garden_n grow_v §_o 4._o of_o jupiter_n and_o other_o god_n that_o egypt_n have_v knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o age_n by_o misraim_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n who_o have_v live_v 100_o year_n in_o it_o we_o doubt_v not_o have_v therefore_o learned_a that_o cain_n do_v first_o build_v city_n they_o make_v he_o ancient_a jupiter_n who_o the_o athenian_n also_o call_v pollyeus_fw-la and_o herceios_fw-la founder_n and_o fortifier_n of_o city_n this_o jupiter_n marry_v his_o sister_n as_o do_v cain_n his_o father_n adam_n they_o make_v saturn_n and_o his_o son_n jubal_n tubal_n and_o tubal-cain_n be_v make_v mercury_n vulcan_n and_o apollo_n inventor_n of_o pastorage_n smiths-craft_n and_o music_n naome_o augustine_n expound_v venusta_fw-la which_o be_v venus_n vulcan_n wife_n and_o eva_n be_v rhea_n the_o dragon_n which_o keep_v the_o golden_a 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counsellor_n leave_v by_o his_o uncle_n antigonus_n to_o encroach_v upon_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o achaean_n who_o find_v it_o oppose_v by_o aratus_n he_o contrive_v to_o bring_v he_o into_o disgrace_n with_o philip._n the_o king_n by_o the_o grave_a admonition_n of_o aratus_n and_o the_o example_n of_o amphitamus_fw-la a_o elean_a captain_n discover_v appelles_n malice_n who_o fail_v of_o his_o desire_n design_n to_o be_v king_n himself_o as_o the_o spider_n make_v a_o web_n to_o take_v the_o swallow_n which_o drive_v the_o fly_n out_o of_o the_o chimney_n he_o enter_v upon_o a_o plot_n against_o the_o king_n how_o to_o check_v the_o good_a success_n of_o his_o proceed_n and_o draw_v leontius_n one_o of_o the_o targenteer_n and_o megale_n the_o king_n be_v chief_a secretary_n into_o the_o conspiracy_n but_o the_o reward_n of_o their_o treason_n be_v their_o own_o ruin_n after_o this_o a_o peace_n be_v solicit_v by_o several_a ambassador_n to_o which_o philip_n condescend_v by_o 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invade_v the_o messenian_n with_o open_a force_n but_o in_o vain_a in_o which_o attempt_n he_o lose_v demetrius_n and_o afterward_o out_o of_o a_o tyrannical_a humour_n the_o worse_o he_o speed_v the_o more_o angry_a he_o grow_v against_o those_o who_o seem_v not_o to_o favour_v his_o injurious_a do_n as_o particular_o against_o old_a aratus_n and_o his_o son_n who_o poison_v he_o procure_v this_o be_v the_o recompense_n aratus_n get_v for_o bring_v the_o macedonian_n into_o peloponesus_fw-la in_o spite_n of_o cleomenes_n his_o countryman_n and_o a_o temperate_a prince_n §_o 5._o the_o achaean_n upon_o aratus_n death_n choose_v philopoemen_n praetor_n by_o who_o they_o be_v persuade_v to_o cut_v off_o their_o expense_n in_o bravery_n of_o apparel_n householdstuff_n and_o dainty_a fare_n and_o bestow_v it_o upon_o army_n as_o also_o he_o alter_v their_o weapon_n and_o manner_n of_o fight_v and_o fit_v they_o for_o hand-service_n at_o this_o time_n machanidas_n lycurgus_n tyrant_n of_o 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