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strength_n in_o that_o way_n of_o argue_v the_o glory_n of_o it_o can_v be_v without_o injury_n appropriate_v to_o the_o present_a age_n much_o less_o to_o any_o particular_a person_n therein_o it_o have_v since_o anselm_n be_v ventilate_v by_o divers_a other_o heretofore_o d._n scot._n dist._n 2._o q._n 2._o th._n aquin._n p._n 1._o q._n 2_o art_n 1._o contra_fw-la gentil_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o bradwarden_n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o and_o by_o divers_a of_o late_a as_o be_v sufficient_o know_v some_o reject_v other_o much_o confide_n in_o it_o both_o of_o these_o former_a and_o of_o modern_a writer_n ad_fw-la ob_fw-la in_o med._n resp_n quartae_fw-la of_o the_o essence_n and_o attribute_n of_o god_n iv._o causin_n v._o vi_o vi_o to_o which_o purpose_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o word_n of_o one_o not_o the_o less_o worthy_a to_o be_v name_v for_o not_o be_v reckon_v of_o that_o forementioned_a order_n si_fw-mi enim_fw-la denominative_a de_fw-la eo_fw-la quippiam_fw-la praedicaretur_fw-la abstractum_fw-la esset_fw-la tum_fw-la aliud_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la tum_fw-la ipso_fw-la prius_fw-la quod_fw-la same_o impium_fw-la est_fw-la quare_fw-la neque_fw-la ens_fw-la est_fw-la lead_v essentia_fw-la neque_fw-la bone_fw-la sed_fw-la bonitas_fw-la est_fw-la jul._n scal._n exerc._n 365._o 365._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr divinis_fw-la homi_fw-la co._n 5._o 5._o proclus_n in_o plat._n theol._n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o vii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plotinus_n enn._n 6._o l._n 9_o c._n 9_o ix_o x._o now_o bishop_n of_o clogh_a in_o his_o contemplate_v metaphys_n for_o howsoever_o disputable_a it_o may_v be_v whether_o whatsoever_o be_v infinite_a can_v have_v nothing_o add_v to_o it_o yet_o it_o be_v without_o dispute_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v so_o full_a as_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v add_v to_o it_o be_v infinite_a xii_o xii_o distinct._n 2._o q._n 2._o q._n 1._o 1._o and_o we_o must_v suppose_v somewhat_o agreeable_a to_o this_o to_o be_v plottinus_n his_o meaning_n when_o he_o deny_v knowledge_n to_o be_v in_o god_n and_o yet_o also_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v in_o he_o any_o ignorance_n that_o be_v that_o he_o mean_v his_o intelligence_n be_v of_o a_o infinite_o distinct_a and_o more_o excellent_a sort_n from_o that_o which_o he_o cause_v in_o we_o as_o appear_v by_o his_o annex_v reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enn._n 6._o l._n 9_o c._n 6._o xiii_o 1._o ii_o iii_o iii_o now_o be_v not_o that_o a_o most_o improper_a course_n and_o unsuitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n that_o shall_v rather_o tend_v to_o destroy_v his_o reason_n or_o judgement_n than_o convince_v it_o dr._n spencer_n of_o prodigy_n prodigy_n d._n areop_n l._n the_o myster_n theol._n c._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d procl_n in_o plat._n theol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o vi_o vii_o viii_o viii_o which_o story_n i_o confident_o refer_v to_o be_v of_o late_a date_n and_o have_v have_v a_o certain_a and_o circumstantial_a account_n of_o it_o by_o one_o a_o very_a sober_a and_o intelligent_a person_n who_o have_v the_o relation_n from_o he_o to_o who_o that_o dreadful_a warning_n be_v give_v by_o his_o then_o late_o decease_a associate_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o by_o a_o particular_a relation_n gratify_v the_o scorn_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o take_v advantage_n from_o the_o sometime_o deceive_v credulity_n of_o well-meaning_a people_n have_v but_o that_o way_n of_o answer_v all_o such_o thing_n by_o the_o one_o word_n which_o serve_v once_o so_o learned_o to_o confute_v bellarmine_n arist._n eth._n l._n 3._o i._o ac_fw-la designare_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la dii_fw-la degant_fw-la cum_fw-la ne_fw-la noster_fw-la quidem_fw-la hic_fw-la mundus_fw-la digna_fw-la sit_fw-la illorum_fw-la sedes_fw-la phil._n epicur_fw-fr syntag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laertius_n l._n 10._o epist._n epicur_fw-fr ad_fw-la pythâ—ci_fw-la quae_fw-la molitio_fw-la quae_fw-la ferramenta_fw-la qui_fw-la vectes_fw-la quae_fw-la machinae_fw-la qui_fw-la ministri_fw-la tanti_fw-la muneris_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la vell._n apud_fw-la cicer._n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la beatius_fw-la nihil_fw-la omnino_fw-la bonis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la affluentius_fw-la excogitari_fw-la potest_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la agit_fw-fr nullis_fw-la occupationibus_fw-la est_fw-la implicatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laert._n ibid._n itaque_fw-la imposuistis_fw-la cervicibis_fw-la nostris_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la aominum_fw-la quem_fw-la dies_fw-la &_o noctes_fw-la timeremus_fw-la quis_fw-la cnim_fw-la non_fw-la timeat_fw-la omne_fw-la providentem_fw-la &_o cogitantem_fw-la &_o animadvertentem_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la pertinere_fw-la putantem_fw-la curiosum_fw-la &_o plenum_fw-la negotii_fw-la deum_fw-la vell._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la humana_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la foede_fw-la cum_fw-la vita_fw-la jacere_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la oppressa_fw-la gravi_fw-la sub_fw-la religione_fw-la primum_fw-la graius_fw-la homo_fw-la mortalis_fw-la mean_v epicurus_n the_o first_o champion_n of_o irreligion_n lucret._n to_o which_o purpose_n beside_o what_o we_o have_v in_o laert._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 10._o much_o more_o be_v collect_v in_o the_o syntagm_n no_o &_o praestans_fw-la deorum_fw-la natura_fw-la hominum_fw-la pielate_fw-la coleretur_fw-la cum_fw-la aeterna_fw-la esset_fw-la &_o beatissima_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la venerationem_fw-la justam_fw-la quicquid_fw-la excellit_fw-la et_fw-la metus_fw-la omnis_fw-la a_o vi_o atque_fw-la ira_fw-la deorum_fw-la pulsus_fw-la esset_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la enim_fw-la a_o beata_fw-la immortalique_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o iram_fw-la &_o gratiam_fw-la segregari_fw-la quibus_fw-la remotis_fw-la nullos_fw-la a_o superis_fw-la impendere_fw-la metus_fw-la etc._n etc._n sect._n 1._o cap._n 3._o an_z &_o mundum_fw-la fecit_fw-la &_o in_o mundo_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la coleretur_fw-la at_o quid_fw-la deo_fw-la cultus_fw-la hominum_fw-la confert_fw-la beato_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la re_fw-la indigenti_fw-la sect._n 2._o cap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n plut._n adversus_fw-la colotem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o which_o purpose_n be_v that_o also_o in_o tully_n at_o etiam_fw-la de_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la de_fw-la pielate_fw-la adversus_fw-la deos_fw-la libros_fw-la scripsit_fw-la epicurus_n at_o quomodo_fw-la in_o his_o loquor_fw-la ut_fw-la coruncanium_n aut_fw-la scaevulam_fw-la pontifices_fw-la maximos_fw-la te_fw-la audire_fw-la dicas_fw-la non_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la subtulerit_fw-la omnem_fw-la funditus_fw-la religionem_fw-la nec_fw-la manibus_fw-la ut_fw-la xerxes_n sed_fw-la rationibus_fw-la templa_fw-la deorum_fw-la &_o arras_n averterit_fw-la de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la deos_fw-la strabones_n paetulos_fw-la naevum_fw-la habentes_fw-la silos_n flaccos_fw-la frontones_n capitones_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la l._n 1._o plutarch_n iv._o v._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n d._n halicarnass_n ant._n rom._n l_o 2._o see_v their_o ambassador_n oration_n in_o q._n curtius_n lib._n non_fw-la posse_fw-la suaviter_fw-la vivi_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n &_o lib._n maxim_n cum_fw-la princip_n viris_fw-la pbil._n etc._n etc._n vi_o vii_o plin._n nat._n hist._n lib._n 7._o c._n 25._o id._n l._n 7._o c._n 24._o vid._n &_o xenoph._n de_fw-fr cyr._n paed._n l._n 5._o who_o though_o he_o express_o say_v not_o he_o know_v all_o the_o soldier_n name_n but_o seem_v rather_o to_o mean_v it_o of_o their_o officer_n for_o say_v he_o he_o reckon_v it_o a_o absurd_a thing_n a_o mechanic_n shall_v know_v the_o name_n of_o all_o his_o tool_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o general_n not_o know_v the_o name_n of_o his_o captain_n under_o he_o etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o say_v the_o soldier_n wonder_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viii_o qualis_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la rei_fw-la cognitio_fw-la si_fw-mi itaque_fw-la resisit_fw-la incerta_fw-la puta_fw-la incertum_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la sit_fw-la futurum_fw-la a_o non_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la ulla_fw-la certa_fw-la ejus_fw-la notitia_fw-la quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la certo_fw-la sciatur_fw-la ad_fw-la fore_fw-la quod_fw-la certo_fw-la futurum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n strangius_fw-la de_fw-la voluntate_fw-la &_o actionibus_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o as_o he_o there_o object_n to_o himself_o dr._n more_o of_o bathymus_n in_o the_o same_o dialogue_n ix_o in_o his_o micrographia_fw-la micrographia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phil._n jud._n de_fw-fr abr._n both_o in_o his_o dialogue_n and_o enchiridion_n metaphys_n xi_o de_fw-fr vocibus_fw-la trinit_fw-la psov_n etc._n etc._n unto_o which_o purpose_n speak_v at_o large_a volkelius_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig._n quia_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la omnes_fw-la extenditur_fw-la uti_fw-la &_o potest_fw-la as_o five_o imperium_fw-la ideo_fw-la ubique_fw-la praesens_fw-la omniaque_fw-la numine_fw-la svo_fw-la complere_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 1._o c._n 27._o schliclingius_fw-la artic._n de_fw-fr filio_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la ps._n 139._o 6_o 7._o nec_fw-la loquor_fw-la david_n de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la qui_fw-la peculiaris_fw-la quidem_fw-la dei_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la nec_fw-la dicit_fw-la spiritum_fw-la istum_fw-la ubique_fw-la re_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la docet_fw-la nullum_fw-la esse_fw-la locum_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la be_v nequeat_fw-la pertingere_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o also_o f._n socin_n smalcius_n and_o though_o not_o altogether_o so_o express_o as_o the_o â—est_n vorstius_n creblius_n etc._n etc._n in_o his_o dialogue_n