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A29880 Religio medici Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.; Keck, Thomas. Annotations upon Religio medici.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. Observations upon Religio medici. 1682 (1682) Wing B5178; ESTC R12664 133,517 400

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essential_a point_n of_o happiness_n wherein_o we_o resemble_v our_o maker_n to_o wise_a desire_n it_o be_v satisfaction_n enough_o to_o deserve_v though_o not_o to_o enjoy_v the_o favour_n of_o fortune_n let_v providence_n provide_v for_o fool_n it_o be_v not_o partiality_n but_o equity_n in_o god_n who_o deal_v with_o we_o but_o as_o our_o natural_a parent_n those_o that_o be_v able_a of_o body_n and_o mind_n he_o leave_v to_o their_o desert_n to_o those_o of_o weak_a merit_n he_o impart_v a_o large_a portion_n and_o piece_n out_o the_o defect_n of_o one_o by_o the_o access_n of_o the_o other_o thus_o have_v we_o no_o just_a quarrel_n with_o nature_n for_o leave_v we_o naked_a or_o to_o envy_v the_o horn_n hoof_n skin_n and_o fur_n of_o other_o creature_n be_v provide_v with_o reason_n that_o can_v supply_v they_o all_o we_o need_v not_o labour_n with_o so_o many_o argument_n to_o confute_v judicial_a astrology_n for_o if_o there_o be_v a_o truth_n therein_o it_o do_v not_o injure_v 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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 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