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ripe_a year_n and_o confirm_a judgement_n see_v and_o examine_v all_o i_o find_v myself_o oblige_v by_o the_o principle_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o law_n of_o my_o own_o reason_n to_o embrace_v no_o other_o name_n but_o this_o neither_o do_v herein_o my_o zeal_n so_o far_o make_v i_o forget_v the_o general_a charity_n i_o owe_v unto_o humanity_n as_o rather_o to_o hate_v than_o pity_v turk_n infidel_n and_o what_o be_v worse_o jew_n rather_o content_v myself_o to_o enjoy_v that_o happy_a style_n than_o malign_v those_o who_o refuse_v so_o glorious_a a_o title_n sect._n 2_o but_o because_o the_o name_n of_o a_o christian_a be_v become_v too_o general_a to_o express_v our_o faith_n there_o be_v a_o geography_n of_o religion_n as_o well_o as_o land_n and_o every_o clime_n distinguish_v not_o only_o by_o their_o law_n and_o limit_n but_o circumscribe_v by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o rule_n of_o faith_n to_o be_v particular_a i_o be_o of_o that_o reform_a new-cast_a religion_n wherein_o i_o 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divinity_n if_o to_o be_v bear_v under_o mercury_n dispose_v we_o to_o be_v witty_a under_o jupiter_n to_o be_v wealthy_a i_o do_v not_o owe_v a_o knee_n unto_o these_o but_o unto_o that_o merciful_a hand_n that_o have_v order_v my_o indifferent_a and_o uncertain_a nativity_n unto_o such_o benevolous_a aspect_n those_o that_o hold_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v govern_v by_o fortune_n have_v not_o err_v have_v they_o not_o persist_v there_o the_o roman_n that_o erect_v a_o temple_n to_o fortune_n acknowledge_v therein_o though_o in_o a_o blind_a way_n somewhat_o of_o divinity_n for_o in_o a_o wise_a supputation_n all_o thing_n begin_v and_o end_v in_o the_o almighty_a there_o be_v a_o near_a way_n to_o heaven_n than_o homer_n chain_n a_o easy_a logic_n may_v conjoin_v heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o one_o argument_n and_o with_o less_o than_o a_o sorite_n resolve_v all_o thing_n into_o god_n farneze_n though_o we_o christen_v effect_n by_o their_o most_o sensible_a and_o near_a cause_n yet_o be_v god_n the_o true_a and_o infallible_a cause_n of_o all_o who_o concourse_n though_o it_o be_v general_a yet_o do_v it_o subdivide_v itself_o into_o the_o particular_a action_n of_o every_o thing_n and_o be_v that_o spirit_n by_o which_o each_o singular_a essence_n not_o only_o subsist_v but_o perform_v its_o operation_n sect._n 19_o the_o bad_a construction_n and_o perverse_a comment_n on_o these_o pair_n of_o second_o cause_n or_o visible_a hand_n of_o god_n have_v pervert_v the_o devotion_n of_o many_o unto_o atheism_n who_o forget_v the_o honest_a advisoe_n of_o faith_n have_v listen_v unto_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o passion_n and_o reason_n i_o have_v therefore_o always_o endeavour_v to_o compose_v those_o feud_n and_o angry_a dissension_n between_o affection_n faith_n and_o reason_n for_o there_o be_v in_o our_o soul_n a_o kind_n of_o triumvirate_n or_o triple_a government_n of_o three_o competitor_n which_o distract_v the_o peace_n of_o this_o our_o commonwealth_n not_o less_o than_o do_v that_o other_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n as_o reason_n be_v a_o rebel_n unto_o faith_n so_o passion_n unto_o reason_n as_o the_o proposition_n of_o faith_n seem_v absurd_a unto_o reason_n so_o the_o theorem_n of_o reason_n unto_o passion_n and_o both_o unto_o reason_n yet_o a_o moderate_a and_o peaceable_a discretion_n may_v so_o state_n and_o order_n the_o matter_n that_o they_o may_v be_v all_o king_n and_o yet_o make_v but_o one_o monarchy_n every_o one_o exercise_v his_o sovereignty_n and_o prerogative_n in_o a_o due_a time_n and_o place_n according_a to_o the_o restraint_n and_o limit_n of_o circumstance_n there_o be_v as_o in_o philosophy_n so_o in_o divinity_n sturdy_a doubt_n and_o boisterous_a objection_n wherewith_o the_o unhappiness_n of_o our_o knowledge_n too_o near_o acquaint_v we_o more_o of_o these_o no_o man_n have_v know_v than_o myself_o which_o i_o confess_v i_o conquer_v not_o in_o a_o martial_a posture_n but_o on_o my_o knee_n for_o our_o endeavour_n be_v not_o only_o to_o combat_v with_o doubt_n but_o always_o to_o dispute_v with_o the_o devil_n the_o villainy_n of_o that_o spirit_n take_v a_o hint_n of_o infidelity_n from_o our_o study_n and_o by_o demonstrate_v a_o naturality_n in_o one_o way_n make_v we_o mistrust_v a_o miracle_n in_o another_o thus_o have_v peruse_v the_o archidox_n and_o read_v the_o secret_a sympathy_n of_o thing_n he_o will_v dissuade_v my_o belief_n from_o the_o miracle_n of_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n make_v i_o conceit_n that_o image_n work_v by_o sympathy_n and_o be_v but_o a_o egyptian_a trick_n to_o cure_v their_o disease_n without_o a_o miracle_n again_o have_v see_v some_o experiment_n of_o bitumen_n and_o have_v read_v far_o more_o of_o naphtha_n he_o whisper_v to_o my_o curiosity_n the_o fire_n of_o the_o altar_n may_v be_v natural_a and_o bid_v i_o mistrust_v a_o miracle_n in_o elias_n when_o he_o entrench_v the_o altar_n round_o with_o water_n for_o that_o inflammable_a substance_n yield_v not_o easy_o unto_o water_n but_o flame_n in_o the_o arm_n of_o its_o antagonist_n and_o thus_o will_v he_o inveigle_v my_o belief_n to_o think_v the_o combustion_n of_o sodom_n may_v be_v natural_a and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o asphaltick_a and_o bituminous_a nature_n in_o that_o lake_n before_o the_o fire_n of_o gomorrah_n i_o know_v that_o manna_n be_v now_o plentiful_o gather_v in_o calabria_n and_o josephus_n tell_v i_o in_o his_o day_n it_o be_v as_o plentiful_a in_o arabia_n the_o devil_n therefore_o make_v the_o quaere_fw-la where_o be_v then_o the_o miracle_n in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n the_o israelite_n see_v but_o that_o in_o his_o time_n the_o native_n of_o those_o country_n behold_v in_o we_o thus_o the_o devil_n play_v at_o chess_n with_o i_o and_o yield_v a_o pawn_n think_v to_o gain_v a_o queen_n of_o i_o take_v advantage_n of_o my_o honest_a endeavour_n and_o whilst_o i_o labour_v to_o raise_v the_o structure_n of_o my_o reason_n he_o strive_v to_o undermine_v the_o edifice_n of_o my_o faith_n sect._n 20_o neither_o have_v these_o or_o any_o other_o ever_o such_o advantage_n of_o i_o as_o to_o incline_v i_o to_o any_o point_n of_o infidelity_n or_o desperate_a position_n of_o atheism_n for_o i_o have_v be_v these_o many_o year_n of_o opinion_n there_o be_v never_o any_o those_o that_o hold_v religion_n be_v the_o difference_n of_o man_n from_o beast_n have_v speak_v probable_o and_o proceed_v upon_o a_o principle_n as_o inductive_a as_o the_o other_o that_o doctrine_n of_o epicurus_n that_o deny_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n be_v no_o atheism_n but_o a_o magnificent_a and_o high_a strain_a conceit_n of_o his_o majesty_n which_o he_o deem_v too_o sublime_a to_o mind_v the_o trivial_a action_n of_o those_o inferior_a creature_n that_o fatal_a necessity_n of_o the_o stoic_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o immutable_a law_n of_o his_o will_n those_o that_o heretofore_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v be_v condemn_v but_o as_o heretic_n and_o those_o that_o now_o deny_v our_o saviour_n though_o more_o than_o heretic_n be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o atheist_n for_o though_o they_o deny_v two_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n they_o hold_v as_o we_o do_v there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n that_o villain_n and_o secretary_n of_o hell_n that_o compose_v that_o miscreant_n piece_n of_o the_o three_o impostor_n though_o divide_v from_o all_o religion_n and_o be_v neither_o jew_n turk_n nor_o christian_a be_v not_o a_o positive_a atheist_n i_o confess_v every_o country_n have_v its_o machiavelli_n every_o age_n its_o lcivan_n whereof_o common_a head_n must_v not_o hear_v nor_o more_o advance_a judgement_n too_o rash_o venture_v on_o it_o be_v the_o rhetoric_n of_o satan_n and_o may_v pervert_v a_o loose_a or_o prejudicate_a belief_n sect._n 22_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v peruse_v they_o all_o and_o can_v discover_v nothing_o that_o may_v startle_v a_o discreet_a belief_n yet_o be_v their_o head_n carry_v off_o with_o the_o wind_n and_o breath_n of_o such_o motive_n i_o remember_v a_o doctor_n in_o physic_n of_o italy_n who_o can_v perfect_o believe_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n because_o galen_n seem_v to_o make_v a_o doubt_n thereof_o with_o another_o i_o be_v familiar_o acquaint_v in_o france_n a_o divine_a and_o a_o man_n of_o singular_a part_n that_o on_o the_o same_o point_n be_v so_o plunge_v and_o gravel_v with_o nostri_fw-la three_o line_n of_o seneca_n that_o all_o our_o antidote_n draw_v from_o both_o scripture_n and_o philosophy_n can_v not_o expel_v the_o poison_n of_o his_o error_n there_o be_v a_o set_v of_o head_n that_o can_v credit_v the_o relation_n of_o mariner_n yet_o question_v the_o testimony_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o peremptory_o maintain_v the_o tradition_n of_o aelian_a or_o pliny_n yet_o in_o history_n of_o scripture_n raise_v query_n and_o objection_n believe_v no_o more_o than_o they_o can_v
be_v not_o unremarkable_a what_o philo_z first_o observe_v that_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n continue_v two_o thousand_o year_n without_o the_o least_o alteration_n whereas_o we_o see_v the_o law_n of_o other_o common-weal_n do_v alter_v with_o occasion_n and_o even_o those_o that_o pretend_v their_o original_a from_o some_o divinity_n to_o have_v vanish_v without_o trace_n or_o memory_n *_o ay_o believe_v beside_o zoroaster_n there_o be_v divers_a that_o write_v before_o moses_n who_o notwithstanding_o have_v suffer_v the_o common_a fate_n of_o time_n man_n work_n have_v a_o age_n like_o themselves_o and_o though_o they_o out_o live_v their_o author_n yet_o have_v they_o a_o stint_n and_o period_n to_o their_o duration_n this_o only_o be_v a_o work_n too_o hard_o for_o the_o tooth_n of_o time_n and_o can_v perish_v but_o in_o the_o general_a flame_n when_o all_o thing_n shall_v confess_v their_o ash_n sect._n 24_o i_o have_v hear_v some_o with_o deep_a sigh_n lament_v the_o lose_a line_n of_o cicero_n ‖_o other_o with_o as_o many_o groan_n deplore_v the_o combustion_n of_o the_o library_n of_o alexandria_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o think_v there_o be_v too_o many_o in_o the_o world_n and_o can_v with_o patience_n behold_v the_o urn_n and_o ash_n of_o the_o vatican_n can_v i_o with_o a_o few_o other_o recover_v the_o perish_a leaf_n of_o solomon_n *_o ay_o will_v not_o omit_v a_o copy_n of_o enoch_n pillar_n have_v they_o many_o near_a author_n than_o josephus_n or_o do_v not_o relish_v somewhat_o of_o the_o fable_n some_o man_n have_v write_v more_o than_o other_o have_v speak_v author_n pineda_n quote_v more_o author_n in_o one_o work_n than_o be_v necessary_a in_o a_o whole_a world_n ‖_o of_o those_o three_o great_a invention_n in_o germany_n there_o be_v two_o which_o be_v not_o without_o their_o incommodity_n and_o it_o be_v disputable_a whether_o they_o exceed_v not_o their_o use_n and_o commodity_n it_o be_v not_o a_o melancholy_a utinam_fw-la of_o my_o own_o but_o the_o desire_n of_o better_a bead_n that_o there_o be_v a_o general_a synod_n not_o to_o unite_v the_o incompatible_a difference_n of_o religion_n but_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o learning_n to_o reduce_v it_o as_o it_o lay_v at_o first_o in_o a_o few_o and_o solid_a author_n and_o to_o condemn_v to_o the_o fire_n those_o swarm_n &_o million_o of_o rhapsody_n beget_v only_o to_o distract_v and_o abuse_v the_o weak_a judgement_n of_o scholar_n and_o to_o maintain_v the_o trade_n and_o mystery_n of_o typographer_n sect._n 25_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v with_o what_o exception_n the_o samaritan_n can_v confine_v their_o belief_n to_o the_o pentateuch_n or_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n i_o be_o ashamed_a at_o the_o rabbinical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o jew_n upon_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o much_o as_o their_o defection_n from_o the_o new_a and_o true_o it_o be_v beyond_o wonder_n how_o that_o contemptible_a and_o degenerate_a issue_n of_o jacob_n once_o so_o devote_v to_o ethnic_a superstition_n and_o so_o easy_o seduce_v to_o the_o idolatry_n of_o their_o neighbour_n shall_v now_o in_o such_o a_o obstinate_a and_o peremptory_a belief_n adhere_v unto_o their_o own_o doctrine_n expect_v impossibility_n and_o in_o the_o face_n and_o eye_n of_o the_o church_n persist_v without_o the_o least_o hope_n of_o conversion_n this_o be_v a_o vice_n in_o they_o that_o be_v a_o virtue_n in_o we_o for_o obstinacy_n in_o a_o bad_a cause_n be_v but_o constancy_n in_o a_o good_a and_o herein_o i_o must_v accuse_v those_o of_o my_o own_o religion_n for_o there_o be_v not_o any_o of_o such_o a_o fugitive_a faith_n such_o a_o unstable_a belief_n as_o a_o christian_a none_o that_o do_v so_o oft_o transform_v themselves_o not_o unto_o several_a shape_n of_o christianity_n and_o of_o the_o same_o species_n but_o unto_o more_o unnatural_a and_o contrary_a form_n of_o jew_n and_o mahometan_n that_o from_o the_o name_n of_o saviour_n can_v condescend_v to_o the_o bare_a term_n of_o prophet_n and_o from_o a_o old_a belief_n that_o he_o be_v come_v fall_v to_o a_o new_a expectation_n of_o his_o come_n it_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o christ_n to_o make_v we_o all_o one_o flock_n but_o how_o and_o when_o this_o union_n shall_v be_v be_v as_o obscure_v to_o i_o as_o the_o last_o day_n of_o those_o four_o member_n of_o religion_n we_o hold_v a_o slender_a proportion_n there_o be_v i_o confess_v some_o new_a addition_n yet_o small_a to_o those_o which_o accrue_v to_o our_o adversary_n and_o those_o only_o draw_v from_o the_o revolt_n of_o pagan_n man_n but_o of_o negative_a impiety_n and_o such_o as_o deny_v christ_n but_o because_o they_o never_o hear_v of_o he_o but_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v express_o against_o the_o christian_a and_o the_o mahometan_a against_o both_o for_o *_o the_o turk_n in_o the_o bulk_n he_o now_o stand_v he_o be_v beyond_o all_o hope_n of_o conversion_n if_o he_o fall_v asunder_o there_o may_v be_v conceive_v hope_n but_o not_o without_o strong_a improbability_n the_o jew_n be_v obstinate_a in_o all_o fortune_n the_o persecution_n of_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n have_v but_o confirm_v they_o in_o their_o error_n they_o have_v already_o endure_v whatsoever_o may_v be_v inflict_v and_o have_v suffer_v in_o a_o bad_a cause_n even_o to_o the_o condemnation_n of_o their_o enemy_n persecution_n be_v a_o bad_a and_o indirect_a way_n to_o plant_v religion_n it_o have_v be_v the_o unhappy_a method_n of_o angry_a devotion_n not_o only_o to_o confirm_v honest_a religion_n but_o wicked_a heresy_n and_o extravagant_a opinion_n it_o be_v the_o first_o stone_n and_o basis_n of_o our_o faith_n *_o none_o can_v more_o just_o boast_v of_o persecution_n and_o glory_n in_o the_o number_n and_o valour_n of_o martyr_n for_n to_o speak_v proper_o those_o be_v true_a and_o almost_o only_a example_n of_o fortitude_n those_o that_o be_v fetch_v from_o the_o field_n or_o draw_v from_o the_o action_n of_o the_o camp_n be_v not_o ofttimes_o so_o true_o precedent_n of_o valour_n as_o audacity_n and_o at_o the_o best_a attain_v but_o to_o some_o bastard_n piece_n of_o fortitude_n ‖_o if_o we_o shall_v strict_o examine_v the_o circumstance_n and_o requisite_n which_o aristotle_n require_v to_o true_a and_o perfect_a valour_n we_o shall_v find_v the_o name_n only_o in_o his_o master_n alexander_n and_o as_o little_a in_o that_o roman_a worthy_a julius_n caesar_n and_o if_o any_o in_o that_o easy_a and_o active_a way_n have_v do_v so_o noble_o as_o to_o deserve_v that_o name_n yet_o in_o the_o passive_a and_o more_o terrible_a piece_n these_o have_v surpass_v and_o in_o a_o more_o heroical_a way_n may_v claim_v the_o honour_n of_o that_o title_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o every_o honest_a faith_n to_o proceed_v thus_o far_o or_o pass_v to_o heaven_n through_o the_o flame_n every_o one_o have_v it_o not_o in_o that_o full_a measure_n nor_o in_o so_o audacious_a and_o resolute_a a_o temper_n as_o to_o endure_v those_o terrible_a test_n and_o trial_n who_o notwithstanding_o in_o a_o peaceable_a way_n do_v true_o adore_v their_o saviour_n and_o have_v no_o doubt_n a_o faith_n acceptable_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n sect._n 26_o now_o as_o all_o that_o die_v in_o the_o war_n be_v not_o term_v soldier_n so_o neither_o can_v i_o proper_o term_v all_o those_o that_o suffer_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n martyr_n *_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n condemn_v john_n huss_n for_o a_o heretic_n the_o story_n of_o his_o own_o party_n style_v he_o a_o martyr_n he_o must_v need_v offend_v the_o divinity_n of_o both_o that_o say_v he_o be_v neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o there_o be_v many_o questionless_a canonize_v on_o earth_n that_o shall_v never_o be_v saint_n in_o heaven_n and_o have_v their_o name_n in_o history_n and_o martyrology_n who_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o perfect_a martyr_n as_o be_v *_o that_o wise_a heathen_a socrates_n that_o suffer_v on_o a_o 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