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be_v a_o special_a service_n and_o acceptable_a duty_n unto_o god_n express_o command_v by_o himself_o deut._n 17.3_o 4_o 5._o in_o the_o performance_n therefore_o of_o this_o worship_n as_o it_o be_v sole_o and_o true_o religious_a to_o seek_v their_o extermination_n by_o those_o mean_n and_o in_o that_o manner_n which_o almighty_a god_n do_v approve_v and_o allow_v so_o with_o misgovern_a zeal_n or_o fear_n in_o the_o ignorance_n or_o neglect_v of_o the_o right_a manner_n or_o way_n inconsiderate_o to_o follow_v unwarrant_v path_n thereto_o be_v plain_a superstition_n julius_n scaliger_n in_o his_o three_o book_n of_o poetry_n thus_o describe_v very_o lively_a the_o nature_n of_o superstition_n superstitio_fw-la satisfacit_fw-la ad_fw-la notandum_fw-la eum_fw-la habitum_fw-la quo_fw-la metuimus_fw-la aut_fw-la deum_fw-la sine_fw-la ratione_fw-la aut_fw-la ei_fw-la opera_fw-la attribuimus_fw-la quae_fw-la opera_fw-la ne_fw-la cogitavit_fw-la quidem_fw-la unquam_fw-la ille_fw-la that_o 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