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A05370 Ravvleigh his ghost. Or a feigned apparition of Syr VValter Rawleigh to a friend of his, for the translating into English, the booke of Leonard Lessius (that most learned man) entituled, De prouidentia numinis, & animi immortalitate: written against atheists, and polititians of these dayes. Translated by A. B.; De providentia numinis, et animi immortalitate. English Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. 1631 (1631) STC 15523; ESTC S102372 201,300 468

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withdraw_v or_o divert_v this_o substance-making_a beam_n for_o so_o do_v dionysi●s_n call_v it_o term_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o will_v all_o thing_n instant_o vanish_v away_o &_o return_v to_o nothing_o i_o omit_v diverse_a other_o reason_n which_o here_o may_v be_v allege_v only_o it_o suffice_v here_o to_o show_v that_o god_n can_v in_o no_o sort_n be_v absent_a from_o his_o work_n from_o which_o point_n it_o necessary_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v conceal_v and_o hide_v from_o his_o providence_n see_v that_o himself_o be_v most_o intrinsical_o &_o inward_o present_a to_o all_o thing_n the_o eight_o reason_n from_o the_o diversity_n of_o man_n countenance_n and_o voice_n and_o from_o the_o poverty_n of_o man._n chap._n x._o these_o two_o thing_n i_o mean_v the_o great_a diversity_n of_o face_n and_o
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