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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v not_o the_o will_n of_o the_o god_n 2._o idem_fw-la l._n 2._o but_o the_o luxury_n and_o riot_n of_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o evil_n which_o infest_v the_o body_n etc._n etc._n hence_o that_o charitable_a piece_n of_o heathen_a devotion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o father_n jove_n from_o numerous_a evil_n free_a mankind_n or_o show_v they_o their_o ruin_n not_o from_o thou_o a_o gracious_a and_o benign_a deity_n but_o from_o themselves_o i_o will_v here_o add_v a_o testimony_n of_o apuleius_n as_o contain_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o platonic_a philosophy_n in_o this_o point_n of_o god_n government_n of_o mankind_n platonis_fw-la apul._n the_o dogmate_n platonis_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la rectè_fw-la feruntur_fw-la providentiae_fw-la custodiâ_fw-la gubernantur_fw-la nec_fw-la ullius_fw-la mali_fw-la causa_fw-la deo_fw-la 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