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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o hear_v homer_n and_o hesiod_n sing_v the_o war_n sedition_n adultery_n rape_n incest_n of_o the_o god_n i_o be_v very_o persuade_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v good_a and_o comely_a for_o i_o can_v not_o imagine_v that_o the_o god_n will_v have_v do_v they_o have_v they_o not_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o virtuous_a who_o will_v not_o say_v st._n austin_n think_v that_o course_n of_o life_n to_o be_v follow_v that_o be_v present_v in_o stage-plays_a institute_v by_o divine_a authority_n rather_o than_o that_o that_o be_v commend_v to_o we_o by_o law_n that_o be_v but_o of_o humane_a institution_n quae_fw-la actitantur_fw-la ludis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divinâ_fw-la institutis_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la scriptitantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la humano_fw-la consilio_fw-la promulgatis_fw-la the_o civet_n 2._o 8._o and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v grand_a design_n in_o set_v abroach_o the_o poetical_a divinity_n be_v to_o engulf_n the_o 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antiq_n where_o he_o say_v the_o aethiopian_n think_v the_o god_n that_o be_v of_o a_o second_o edition_n to_o be_v either_o sempiternal_a as_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n etc._n etc._n or_o such_o as_o have_v be_v man_n but_o for_o their_o virtue_n and_o benefit_n bestow_v on_o mankind_n be_v make_v god_n diod._n sic._n ant_n l_o 3._o pag._n 72._o hence_o that_o form_n in_o the_o 12_o table_n divos_fw-la colunto_fw-la &_o ollos_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la merita_fw-la vocaverint_fw-la herculem_fw-la liberum_fw-la aesculapium_fw-la castorem_fw-la pollucem_fw-la quirinum_fw-la etc._n etc._n cicero_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la lib._n 2._o pag._n 319._o hence_o virgil_n aen._n 6._o the_o saturno_n qui_fw-la genus_fw-la indocile_a &_o dispersum_fw-la montibus_fw-la altis_fw-la composuit_fw-la legésque_fw-la dedit_fw-la macrobius_n in_o somno_fw-la scipionis_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8_o 9_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o cicero_n omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la patriam_fw-la conseruârint_fw-la adjuverint_fw-la auxerint_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la definitum_fw-la locum_fw-la ubi_fw-la beati_fw-la aevo_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la fruuntur_fw-la have_v this_o observation_n hinc_fw-la profecti_fw-la hinc_fw-la revertuntur_fw-la to_o all_o those_o who_o have_v preserve_v succour_v benefit_v their_o country_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a place_n assign_v in_o heaven_n where_o they_o enjoy_v a_o bless_a eternity_n that_o be_v say_v macrobius_n thence_o they_o come_v and_o thither_o they_o return_v and_o cap._n 9_o he_o quote_v hesiod_n number_v the_o ancient_a king_n among_o the_o god_n indigetes_n divi_z fato_fw-la summo_fw-la jovis_n hi_o sunt_fw-la quondam_a homines_fw-la modò_fw-la cum_fw-la superis_fw-la humana_fw-la tuente_n largi_fw-la ac_fw-la magnifici_fw-la commend_v nay_o it_o be_v cotta_n observation_n in_o cicer._n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la dear_a that_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v no_o beast_n but_o in_o consideration_n of_o some_o benefit_n it_o confer_v upon_o they_o ibis_n maximam_fw-la vim_o serpentum_fw-la conficiunt_fw-la possum_fw-la de_fw-la ichneumonum_n utilitate_fw-la de_fw-la crocodilorum_fw-la de_fw-la felium_fw-la dicere_fw-la belluas_fw-la à _fw-la barbaris_fw-la propter_fw-la beneficium_fw-la consecratas_fw-la for_o the_o same_o opinion_n he_o a_o little_a after_o quote_v
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the_o list_n against_o the_o church_n or_o write_v in_o defence_n of_o natural_a theology_n not_o dare_v for_o very_a shame_n to_o deny_v the_o fact_n turn_v it_o into_o all_o imaginable_a shape_n but_o of_o its_o natural_a form_n that_o it_o may_v not_o serve_v the_o christian_n turn_n hence_o plutarch_n decry_v humane_a sacrifice_n as_o barbarous_a and_o well_o he_o may_v for_o so_o they_o be_v porphyry_n explode_v the_o vulgar_a opinion_n that_o the_o blood_n and_o steam_n of_o sacrifice_a animal_n be_v the_o food_n of_o the_o god_n affirm_v that_o none_o but_o cacodaemon_n can_v delight_v in_o such_o food_n wherein_o the_o christian_a do_v more_o cordial_o concur_v with_o he_o than_o jamblicus_n his_o fellowphilosopher_n for_o he_o though_o he_o give_v he_o his_o say_n in_o gross_a yet_o take_v it_o away_o by_o retail_n or_o rather_o consent_n to_o he_o in_o general_a word_n but_o oppose_v he_o in_o deed_n and_o in_o particular_a conclusion_n jamblicus_n de_fw-fr mysteriis_fw-la 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expiationem_fw-la nullus_fw-la possit_fw-la offere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o philo_n judaeus_n his_o upon_o levit._n 4._o 3._o that_o moses_n do_v as_o good_a as_o affirm_v the_o true_a highpriest_n to_o be_v without_o sin_n tantum_fw-la non_fw-la dicens_fw-la verum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la expertem_fw-la peccati_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la victimis_fw-la pag._n 528._o the_o jewel_n i_o have_v be_v all_o this_o while_n rake_v for_o in_o the_o dunghill_n of_o heathen_a philosophy_n §_o 7._o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o last_o general_a hypothesis_n common_a to_o we_o and_o philosopher_n viz._n that_o god-saviour_n incarnate_a must_v work_v man_n restauration_n into_o communion_n with_o god_n by_o communicate_v divine_a oracle_n to_o the_o world_n lie_v more_o barefaced_a in_o their_o write_n and_o that_o it_o do_v so_o be_v not_o dispute_v by_o any_o that_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v quick_o dispatch_v that_o point_n jamblicus_n affirm_v that_o 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etc._n what_o a_o vast_a distance_n there_o be_v betwixt_o these_o and_o scripture-prophecy_n be_v discover_v in_o my_o four_o book_n pag._n 8._o 3._o as_o it_o import_v his_o work_n of_o those_o miracle_n which_o god_n have_v set_v as_o a_o seal_n to_o the_o gospel_n it_o have_v already_o be_v show_v what_o attempt_v the_o heathen_a make_v to_o outvie_v that_o point_n of_o the_o church_n faith_n and_o the_o operation_n of_o that_o spirit_n record_v in_o our_o scripture_n by_o tbe_n imposture_n and_o shadow_n of_o miracle_n wrought_v among_o they_o to_o which_o i_o shall_v here_o add_v the_o confession_n of_o celsus_n in_o origen_n 2._o lib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o believe_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n because_o he_o cure_v the_o lame_a and_o blind_a and_o that_o of_o julian_n in_o cyril_n lib._n 6._o except_o a_o man_n shall_v reckon_v among_o great_a work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cure_n of_o the_o lame_a and_o blind_a and_o the_o relieve_v they_o 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