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A60477
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Christian religion's appeal from the groundless prejudices of the sceptick to the bar of common reason by John Smith.
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Smith, John, fl. 1675-1711.
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1675
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Wing S4109; ESTC R26922
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can_v not_o extricate_v himself_o by_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n he_o can_v offer_v or_o shift_v of_o place_n suppose_v belike_o the_o daemon_n that_o bind_v he_o may_v possible_o be_v some_o god_n of_o the_o valley_n or_o if_o of_o the_o hill_n his_o territory_n may_v not_o reach_v to_o all_o those_o upon_o which_o he_o seek_v for_o enchantment_n and_o that_o our_o saviour_n substitute_n his_o minister_n send_v forth_o for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o people_n gabriel_n and_o michael_n dan._n 10._o 13_o 20_o 21._o vide_fw-la bullingerum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la &_o in_fw-la decadibus_fw-la though_o for_o some_o while_o impede_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n and_o other_o nation_n that_o be_v those_o cacodemons_a to_o who_o lot_n by_o their_o own_o choice_n and_o divine_a justice_n say_v amen_o to_o their_o choice_n they_o be_v fall_v yet_o at_o last_o cast_v off_o those_o bond_n and_o break_v through_o the_o thick_a file_n of_o their_o unite_a force_n to_o bring_v relief_n to_o immanuel_n people_n 2._o nor_o the_o good_a spirit_n to_o exert_v their_o salvific_a power_n as_o moses_n detain_v the_o angel_n of_o god_n presence_n and_o jacob_n the_o angel_n that_o wrestle_v with_o he_o 3._o but_o the_o very_o best_a fair_a and_o most_o beneficial_a of_o their_o god_n from_o grant_v the_o just_a desire_n of_o their_o most_o religious_a worshipper_n and_o to_o gratify_v the_o most_o impious_a request_n of_o malicious_a conjurer_n a_o clear_a confession_n that_o the_o best_a and_o great_a of_o those_o repute_a god-saviour_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v able_a to_o purge_v soul_n as_o themselves_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o be_v purge_v from_o the_o pest_n of_o fear_n sy_n austin_n ingenious_o mirum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quòd_fw-la benignus_fw-la ille_fw-la chaldaeus_n qui_fw-la theurgicis_fw-la sacris_fw-la animam_fw-la purgare_fw-la cupiebat_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la aliquem_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la plus_fw-la terreret_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la benefaciendum_fw-la cogeret_fw-la territos_fw-la deos_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n terrentem_fw-la compesceret_fw-la ut_fw-la liberè_fw-la benefacerent_fw-la sic_fw-la tamen_fw-la theurgo_fw-la bono_fw-mi sacra_fw-la defuerunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsos_fw-la deos_fw-la quos_fw-la invocabat_fw-la animae_fw-la purgatores_fw-la prius_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la timoris_fw-la peste_fw-la purgaret_fw-la de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la 10._o 10._o it_o be_v strange_a that_o that_o chaldean_a do_v not_o find_v out_o some_o superior_a god_n who_o can_v either_o by_o great_a terror_n force_v the_o terrify_a god_n to_o do_v good_a or_o to_o drive_v from_o they_o he_o that_o terrify_v they_o and_o yet_o so_o far_o be_v that_o good_a conjurer_n destitute_a of_o sacred_a rite_n by_o which_o he_o may_v purge_v those_o soul-purging_a god_n themselves_o of_o the_o plague_n of_o their_o own_o fear_n a_o passion_n which_o he_o who_o undertake_v the_o rescue_n of_o man_n soul_n 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