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slaughter_n slavery_n plague_n famine_n and_o the_o like_a of_o which_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o both_o sea_n and_o land_n be_v full_a of_o misery_n have_v general_o be_v true_a and_o visible_a at_o all_o time_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o those_o which_o most_o affect_v a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o man_n indeed_o that_o be_v true_o sociable_a and_o communicable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n express_v it_o this_o i_o say_v and_o much_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n i_o may_v tell_v they_o but_o that_o not_o the_o consideration_n of_o our_o misery_n be_v they_o more_o or_o less_o or_o what_o opinion_n man_n have_v of_o they_o be_v the_o subject_n by_o i_o here_o undertake_v but_o the_o original_a cause_n of_o our_o misery_n &_o what_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o ancient_a heathen_n about_o it_o and_o
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to_o apollonius_n have_v a_o notable_a instance_n &_o it_o be_v in_o a_o argument_n of_o much_o affinity_n to_o this_o but_o to_o return_v it_o will_v be_v long_o even_o to_o name_v those_o several_a ancient_a author_n who_o have_v descant_v upon_o it_o and_o apply_v it_o to_o several_a occasion_n pliny_n the_o latter_a among_o the_o latin_n in_o his_o incomparable_a panegyric_n in_o few_o word_n but_o as_o elegant_a and_o pithy_a as_o they_o be_v short_a thus_o habet_fw-la have_v vice_n conditio_fw-la mortalium_fw-la ut_fw-la adversa_fw-la ex_fw-la secundis_fw-la ex_fw-la adversis_fw-la secunda_fw-la nascantur_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la not_o noscantur_fw-la as_o it_o be_v in_o some_o edition_n occultas_fw-la utrorumque_fw-la semina_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o plerunque_fw-la bonorum_fw-la malorúmque_fw-la causae_fw-la sub_fw-la diversâ_fw-la speciâ—_fw-la latent_fw-la but_o that_o which_o concern_v we_o to_o take_v more_o especial_a notice_n of_o be_v a_o other_o observation_n of_o the_o same_o 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in_o all_o his_o enterprise_n his_o felicity_n all_o that_o while_n not_o cross_v in_o any_o other_o kind_a either_o at_o home_n or_o abroad_o amasis_n king_n of_o egypt_n his_o great_a friend_n and_o confederate_n be_v report_v to_o have_v write_v a_o letter_n to_o he_o about_o it_o the_o copy_n whereof_o according_a to_o herodotus_n be_v this_o amasis_n to_o polycrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haec_fw-la mandat_fw-la as_o camerarius_fw-la render_v it_o say_v thus_o that_o thou_o do_v well_o and_o prosper_v be_v no_o small_a joy_n unto_o i_o as_o thy_o friend_n and_o confederate_n but_o i_o must_v tell_v thou_o plain_o that_o these_o great_a and_o overflow_a success_n do_v not_o please_v i_o who_o know_v full_a well_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o deity_n how_o envious_a it_o be_v it_o be_v my_o wish_n concern_v my_o own_o self_n and_o the_o same_o i_o wish_v to_o all_o that_o be_v dear_a unto_o i_o sometime_o to_o prosper_v and_o sometime_o to_o miscarry_v and_o in_o
to_o say_v it_o among_o heathen_n which_o though_o it_o may_v yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v but_o that_o original_o it_o may_v be_v from_o the_o scripture_n since_o that_o it_o may_v as_o probable_o be_v suppose_v whoever_o that_o first_o be_v by_o so_o many_o age_n either_o near_o or_o far_o from_o the_o spring_n that_o he_o have_v it_o from_o the_o scripture_n which_o all_o antiquity_n believe_v that_o pherecydes_n pythagoras_n plato_n and_o divers_a other_o in_o their_o time_n by_o travel_v into_o egypt_n and_o other_o far_a country_n and_o there_o converse_v with_o some_o of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n have_v some_o knowledge_n of_o nevertheless_o to_o give_v the_o reader_n all_o satisfaction_n i_o can_v in_o this_o point_n i_o will_v as_o we_o promise_v before_o see_v what_o can_v be_v say_v about_o it_o there_o be_v two_o more_o it_o may_v be_v but_o two_o that_o i_o remember_v who_o seem_v to_o make_v herodotus_n the_o first_o plutarch_n sufficient_o know_v unto_o all_o man_n and_o eustathius_n who_o have_v commented_a or_o rather_o abbreviate_v and_o contract_v the_o ancient_a innumerous_a commentator_n upon_o homer_n plutarch_n among_o other_o many_o tractat_v in_o that_o part_n of_o his_o work_n which_o be_v call_v his_o moral_n have_v one_o entitle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o malignity_n of_o herodotus_n and_o in_o that_o tractat_fw-la among_o other_o thing_n as_o well_o become_v he_o he_o take_v notice_n of_o his_o malignity_n towards_o the_o god_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o the_o person_n of_o solon_n he_o reproach_v the_o god_n in_o these_o word_n do_v thou_o o_o croesus_n consult_v i_o about_o humane_a affair_n who_o know_v full_a well_o that_o all_o deity_n be_v of_o a_o envious_a and_o unpeaceable_a gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o take_v pleasure_n to_o disturb_v &_o to_o create_v trouble_n we_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o word_n before_o disposition_n for_o what_o himself_o 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two_o chr._n xxxii_o 25_o 26._o but_o hezekiah_n render_v not_o again_o according_a to_o the_o benefit_n do_v unto_o he_o for_o his_o heart_n be_v lift_v up_o therefore_o there_o be_v wrath_n upon_o he_o and_o upon_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n notwithstanding_o hezekiah_n humble_v himself_o for_o the_o pride_n of_o his_o heart_n both_o he_o and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n so_o that_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v not_o upon_o they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n these_o and_o the_o like_a passage_n of_o scripture_n may_v and_o do_v as_o i_o conceive_v at_o the_o first_o in_o part_n occasion_n that_o observation_n of_o the_o heathen_n of_o the_o danger_n of_o more_o than_o ordinary_a worldly_a prosperity_n but_o their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o want_v rather_o of_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o they_o make_v they_o upon_o this_o observation_n to_o infer_v in_o the_o manner_n i_o have_v say_v before_o this_o wicked_a and_o impious_a conclusion_n that_o 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be_v though_o not_o approve_v by_o all_o yet_o general_o know_v and_o agitate_a among_o ancient_a heathen_n that_o man_n themselves_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o evil_n they_o common_o complain_v of_o and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o though_o not_o of_o they_o only_o who_o either_o brutish_o deny_v the_o providence_n or_o blasphemous_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n which_o opinion_n as_o common_o know_v be_v here_o by_o our_o author_n but_o brief_o set_v down_o and_o not_o understand_v by_o some_o that_o read_v he_o principal_o as_o we_o conceive_v occasion_v this_o imaginary_a at_o the_o first_o but_o now_o real_a as_o the_o word_n be_v print_v imperfection_n homer_n shall_v lead_v not_o for_o his_o antiquity_n only_o but_o for_o his_o credit_n also_o among_o ancient_a heathen_n in_o his_o first_o odyssie_n he_o make_v jupiter_n himself_o to_o expostulate_v the_o matter_n with_o mortal_a man_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sense_n of_o which_o word_n be_v that_o man_n do_v wrongful_o accuse_v the_o god_n as_o the_o author_n of_o their_o evil_n whereas_o they_o may_v thank_v their_o own_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wretchedness_n or_o wickedness_n through_o which_o they_o bring_v grief_n upon_o themselves_o which_o never_o be_v destinate_a unto_o they_o so_o the_o golden_a verse_n as_o they_o common_o call_v they_o contain_v the_o chief_a doctrine_n and_o instruction_n of_o pythagoras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o shall_v know_v he_o that_o take_v a_o right_a course_n to_o knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n that_o be_v how_o man_n by_o act_n of_o their_o own_o free-wil_n bring_v mischief_n upon_o their_o own_o head_n etc._n etc._n crantor_n a_o ancient_a academic_a xenocrates_n his_o scholar_n in_o his_o consolation_n to_o hippocles_n cite_v by_o plutarch_n in_o his_o consolation_n to_o apollonius_n have_v these_o word_n all_o these_o thing_n do_v that_o ancient_a philosophy_n well_o teach_v and_o admonish_v all_o which_o if_o we_o shall_v not_o altogether_o allow_v of_o yet_o this_o that_o concern_v the_o trouble_n and_o travel_n of_o this_o life_n be_v certain_o true_a for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o by_o any_o order_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v his_o word_n yet_o by_o ourselves_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o this_o degree_n of_o wretchedness_n and_o corruption_n now_o these_o and_o so_o divers_a other_o who_o we_o may_v spare_v though_o they_o derive_v the_o chief_a misery_n of_o man_n from_o man_n themselves_o yet_o do_v acknowledge_v certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unavoidable_a chance_n or_o casualty_n which_o proceed_v from_o another_o cause_n as_o by_o crantor_n his_o word_n that_o follow_v in_o plutarch_n and_o by_o other_o passage_n not_o of_o homer_n only_o but_o even_o of_o those_o aurea_fw-la carmina_fw-la though_o not_o many_o may_v appear_v the_o stoich_n may_v be_v think_v to_o say_v the_o same_o but_o do_v not_o that_o concourse_n of_o freewill_n and_o fatal_a necessity_n they_o speak_v of_o be_v quite_o another_o thing_n as_o will_v appear_v to_o they_o that_o shall_v examine_v the_o particular_n of_o the_o opinion_n which_o we_o shall_v not_o now_o stand_v upon_o but_o seneca_n in_o his_o natural_a question_n come_v off_o more_o roundly_o and_o charge_n man_n to_o the_o purpose_n never_o do_v man_n i_o think_v upon_o one_o single_a subject_n as_o that_o be_v the_o benefit_n of_o wind_n with_o more_o wit_n or_o rhetoric_n plead_v for_o providence_n than_o he_o do_v in_o that_o chapter_n his_o word_n some_o of_o they_o that_o chief_o concern_v we_o here_o be_v these_o ingens_fw-la naturae_fw-la beneficium_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o injurtam_fw-la svam_fw-la non_fw-la vertat_fw-la hominum_fw-la furor_fw-la etc._n etc._n adeò_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la utile_fw-la &_o necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la his_fw-la 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in_o divers_a point_n come_v near_o to_o our_o doctrine_n then_o former_a philosopher_n do_v there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n that_o i_o more_o admire_v in_o this_o this_o kind_n then_o what_o virgil_n have_v to_o this_o purpose_n in_o his_o four_o ecloge_n sicelides_n musae_n etc._n etc._n which_o consideratis_fw-la considerandis_fw-la what_o he_o be_v when_o he_o live_v etc._n etc._n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v a_o very_a good_a comment_n upon_o god_n word_n gen._n iii_o v._n 17_o 18_o 19_o but_o to_o return_v to_o aul._n gel._n or_o rather_o for_o we_o have_v not_o digress_v what_o have_v be_v say_v to_o apply_v to_o he_o as_o it_o often_o fall_v out_o that_o man_n may_v speak_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o upon_o different_a ground_n and_o which_o much_o alter_v a_o case_n to_o contrary_a end_n so_o we_o note_v before_o that_o many_o who_o derive_v the_o evil_n and_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n from_o man_n do_v it_o not_o to_o maintain_v but_o to_o overthrow_v providence_n so_o far_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v which_o must_v now_o again_o be_v remember_v because_o to_o such_o especial_o these_o word_n of_o gellius_n seem_v to_o have_v reference_n those_o many_o i_o speak_v of_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n epicurean_o profess_v epicurean_o i_o mean_v who_o positive_o maintain_v that_o god_n have_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o do_v with_o the_o affair_n of_o man_n no_o nor_o with_o the_o world_n in_o general_a which_o they_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v to_o have_v be_v create_v by_o god_n and_o consequent_o what_o either_o good_a or_o evil_n happen_v unto_o man_n in_o this_o world_n they_o must_v needs_o fetch_v from_o some_o other_o cause_n epicurus_n as_o dio._n laertius_n witness_v in_o his_o life_n make_v this_o very_a thing_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a occasion_n of_o evil_n among_o man_n that_o man_n adscribe_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o good_n &_o of_o their_o evil_n unto_o god_n so_o diogenes_n of_o epicurus_n so_o tully_n plutarch_n &_o divers_a other_o but_o the_o 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because_o he_o hold_v none_o