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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
à _fw-la jove_n pluviam_fw-la comprecantis_fw-la scribit_fw-la pausanias_n cornar_n de_fw-fr re_n vinitoria_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap_n 8_o pag._n 56._o some_o whether_o half_a christian_n or_o mere_a pagan_n rank_v by_o the_o ancient_a in_o the_o beadroll_n of_o heretic_n have_v hold_v the_o marigold_n and_o like_a flower_n not_o uncapable_a of_o divine_a honour_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o live-sympathie_n with_o the_o sun_n the_o ancient_a gall_n do_v offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o the_o 409._o mistleto_fw-it because_o the_o manner_n of_o its_o original_n be_v without_o example_n in_o vegetable_n be_v cause_v as_o they_o conceive_v rather_o by_o secret_a celestial_a influence_n than_o by_o any_o earthly_a or_o material_a propagation_n so_o easy_o be_v mind_n apt_a to_o admire_v thing_n strange_a and_o uncouth_a draw_v through_o curiosity_n of_o observation_n unto_o superstitious_a and_o idololatricall_a performance_n that_o in_o strange_a prediction_n we_o shall_v apprehend_v the_o work_n 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