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A22641 St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.; De civitate Dei. English Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Healey, John, d. 1610.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. 1610 (1610) STC 916; ESTC S106897 1,266,989 952

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of_o that_o augury_n that_o presage_v courage_n and_o stability_n to_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n chap._n 29._o for_o what_o a_o goodly_a presage_n be_v that_o which_o i_o speak_v of_o but_o now_o of_o the_o obstinacy_n of_o mars_n terminus_n and_o iwentas_fw-la that_o it_o shall_v signify_v that_o mars_n a_o his_o nation_n the_o roman_n shall_v yield_v the_o place_n to_o no_o man_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v remove_v the_o limit_n of_o their_o empire_n because_o of_o terminus_n and_o that_o their_o youth_n shall_v yield_v to_o none_o because_o of_o iwentas_fw-la now_o mark_v but_o how_o these_o god_n misuse_v their_o king_n dare_v to_o give_v these_o augury_n as_o in_o his_o defiance_n and_o as_o glory_v in_o the_o keep_n of_o their_o place_n though_o if_o these_o antiquity_n be_v true_a they_o need_v fear_v nothing_o for_o they_o confess_v not_o that_o they_o must_v give_v place_n to_o christ_n that_o will_v not_o give_v place_n to_o jove_n and_o they_o may_v give_v christ_n place_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o empire_n limit_n both_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o heart_n that_o they_o hold_v but_o this_o we_o write_v be_v long_o before_o christ_n come_v or_o that_o augury_n be_v record_v notwithstanding_o after_o that_o presage_n in_o tarquin_n time_n the_o roman_n lose_v many_o a_o battle_n and_o prove_v iwentas_fw-la a_o liar_n in_o her_o prophecy_n and_o mars_n his_o nation_n be_v cut_v in_o piece_n within_o the_o very_a wall_n by_o the_o conquer_a gall_n and_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o narrow_a compass_n in_o hannibal_n time_n when_o most_o of_o the_o city_n of_o italy_n fall_v from_o rome_n to_o he_o thus_o be_v this_o fine_a augury_n fulfil_v and_o the_o obstinacy_n of_o the_o presage_n remain_v to_o prove_v they_o rebellious_a devil_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n not_o to_o give_v place_n and_o another_o to_o give_v place_n and_o regain_v it_o afterward_o though_o afterward_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v alter_v in_o the_o east_n by_o b_o hadrianus_n mean_v who_o lose_v armenia_n mesopotamia_n and_o syria_n unto_o the_o persian_n to_o show_v god_n terminus_n that_o will_v not_o give_v place_n to_o jove_n himself_o but_o 〈◊〉_d guard_v the_o roman_a limit_n against_o all_o man_n to_o let_v he_o see_v that_o hadrian_n a_o king_n of_o man_n can_v do_v more_o than_o jove_n the_o king_n of_o god_n c_o the_o say_a province_n be_v recover_v afterward_o now_o almost_o in_o our_o time_n god_n terminus_n have_v give_v ground_n again_o d_o julian_n that_o be_v give_v so_o to_o the_o oracle_n desperate_o command_v all_o the_o ship_n to_o be_v burn_v that_o bring_v the_o army_n victual_n so_o that_o the_o soldier_n faint_v and_o he_o
first_o time_n be_v call_v he_o because_o as_o then_o man_n do_v live_v upon_o the_o earth_n voluntary_a increase_n and_o fruit_n whether_o b_o take_v he_o the_o sickle_n upon_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o sceptre_n as_o one_o that_o have_v be_v a_o idle_a king_n in_o his_o own_o reign_n will_v become_v a_o painful_a laborer_n in_o his_o son_n then_o he_o proceed_v and_o say_v that_o c_o some_o people_n as_o the_o carthaginian_n offer_v infant_n in_o sacrifice_n to_o he_o and_o other_o as_o the_o d_o gall_n offer_a man_n because_o mankind_n be_v man_n chief_a of_o all_o thing_n produce_v of_o seed_n but_o need_v more_o of_o this_o bloody_a vanity_n this_o be_v the_o observation_n of_o it_o all_o that_o none_o of_o these_o interpretation_n have_v reference_n to_o the_o true_a live_a incorporeal_a changeless_a nature_n whereof_o the_o eternal_a life_n be_v to_o be_v crave_v but_o all_o their_o end_n be_v in_o thing_n corporal_a temporal_a mutable_a and_o mortal_a and_o whereas_o saturn_n they_o say_v do_v e_o geld_v his_o father_n caelus_n that_o be_v quoth_v he_o to_o be_v understand_v thus_o that_o the_o divine_a seed_n be_v in_o saturn_n power_n and_o not_o in_o heaven_n that_o be_v nothing_o in_o heaven_n have_v original_a from_o seed_n behold_v here_o be_v saturn_n make_v heaven_n son_n that_o be_v joves_n for_o they_o affirm_v steadfast_o that_o jove_n be_v heaven_n thus_o do_v falsehood_n without_o any_o opposer_n overthrow_v itself_o he_o say_v further_o that_o he_o be_v call_v f_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v space_n of_o time_n without_o the_o which_o no_o seed_n itself_o can_v come_v to_o perfection_n this_o and_o much_o like_a be_v speak_v of_o saturn_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o seed_n sure_o saturn_n with_o all_o this_o power_n shall_v have_v be_v sufficient_a alone_o to_o have_v govern_v the_o seed_n why_o shall_v they_o call_v any_o more_o god_n to_o this_o charge_n as_o liber_n and_o libera_n or_o ceres_n of_o who_o power_n over_o seed_n he_o speak_v as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o speak_v at_o all_o of_o saturn_n l._n vives_n in_o a_o his_o reign_n who_o first_o invent_v husbandry_n it_o be_v uncertain_a some_o as_o the_o common_a sort_n hold_v take_v it_o to_o be_v ceres_n other_o triptolemus_n at_o least_o for_o he_o that_o first_o put_v it_o in_o practice_n be_v justine_n and_o ovid_n some_o dionysius_n as_o tibullus_n diodorus_n call_v he_o osiris_n and_o therefore_o virgil_n faith_n ante_fw-la jupiter_fw-la nulli_fw-la subigebant_fw-la arua_fw-la coloni_fw-la until_o joves_n time_n there_o be_v no_o husbandman_n some_o think_v that_o saturn_n teach_v it_o unto_o janus_n and_o the_o italian_n be_v drive_v to_o invent_v somewhat_o of_o necessity_n after_o he_o be_v chase_v from_o crete_n so_o that_o still_o husbandry_n be_v not_o invent_v saturn_n in_o his_o reign_n but_o after_o the_o poet_n will_v have_v no_o husbandry_n in_o the_o golden_a age_n the_o day_n of_o saturn_n virgil_n say_v the_o earth_n bring_v fruit_n nullo_fw-la poscente_fw-la no_o man_n take_v pain_n for_o age_n they_o and_o ovid_n fruges_fw-la tellus_fw-la inarata_fw-la faerebat_fw-la the_o earth_n bear_v corn_n unplow_a hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o earth_n bring_v fruit_n unforce_v both_o good_a and_o in_o abundance_n b_o take_v 〈◊〉_d his_o sickle_n be_v find_v at_o zancle_n a_o city_n in_o sicily_n &_o thence_o the_o town_n have_v that_o name_n sil._n ital●…_n 14._o for_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o sicilian_a tongue_n be_v a_o sickle_n th●…y_o do_v c_o some_o people_n oros._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o trogus_n lact._n lib._n 1._o and_o posce●…inus_n festus_n some_o say_v the_o carthaginian_n offer_v child_n to_o hercules_n plin._n li._n 36._o but_o other_o say_v it_o be_v to_o saturn_n plato_n in_o mino●…_n dionys._n halicarn_n the_o odoritus_fw-la c●…s_fw-la in_o sacrific_a euseb._n and_o tertullian_n who_o add_v that_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n he_o forbid_v it_o they_o and_o crucify_v their_o priest_n yet_o they_o do_v continue_v it_o secret_o even_o at_o the_o time_n he_o write_v this_o some_o refer_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o cruelty_n unto_o junos_n hate_n but_o eusebi●…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o sanchoniato_n recite_v the_o phaenician_o theology_n say_v that_o saturn_n king_n of_o palestine_n die_v ●…rned_v into_o the_o star_n we_o call_v saturn_n and_o that_o soon_o after_o nymph_n anober_v have_v but_o ●…e_a 〈◊〉_d son_n by_o saturn_n who_o be_v therefore_o call_v lewd_a for_o that_o be_v one_o only_a son_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d tongue_n be_v compel_v to_o sacrifice_v he_o for_o to_o deliver_v her_o country_n from_o a_o dangerous_a 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o old_a custom_n in_o such_o peril_n to_o pacify_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o revenge_a 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o prince_n dear_a son_n but_o the_o carthagian_o be_v come_v of_o 〈◊〉_d ●…cians_n sacrifice_v a_o man_n unto_o saturn_n who_o son_n have_v be_v so_o sacrifice_v either_o of_o their_o own_o first_o institution_n in_o africa_n or_o else_o traduce_v it_o from_o their_o ancestry_n de_fw-fr prae_fw-la euan._n how_o these_o child_n be_v sacrifice_v diodorus_n tell_v biblioth_n lib._n 20._o they_o have_v say_v he_o a_o brazen_a 〈◊〉_d of_o saturn_n of_o monstrous_a bigness_n who_o hand_n hang_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n so_o knit_v one_o within_o an●…r_n that_o the_o child_n that_o be_v put_v in_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o hole_n full_a of_o fire_n thus_o far_o he_o when_o we_o ●…ed_v this_o book_n first_o our_o seaman_n discover_v a_o island_n call_v it_o after_o our_o prince_n name_n 〈◊〉_d wherein_o be_v many_o statue_n of_o devil_n hollow_a within_o brazen_a all_o and_o their_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d wherein_o the_o idolater_n use_v to_o lay_v their_o child_n they_o sacrifice_v and_o there_o be_v they_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ned_v by_o the_o extreme_a heat_n of_o the_o brass_n cause_v by_o the_o fire_n that_o they_o make_v within_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gaul_n not_o unto_o saturn_n but_o to_o esus_fw-la and_o theutantes_fw-la plin._n lib._n 30._o solin_n mela_n c●…ane_n and_o lactantius_n to_o mercury_n say_v tertullian_n but_o that_o be_v theutantes_fw-la plin_n men●…_n ●…erius_fw-la his_o prohibition_n of_o so_o damnable_a a_o superstition_n claudius_n farbad_v they_o as_o sueto●…_n 〈◊〉_d indeed_o augustus_n first_o forbid_v it_o but_o that_o be_v but_o for_o the_o city_n only_o a_o decree_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o year_n of_o rome_n dclvii_o consul_n p._n licinius_n crassus_n and_o cn._n cornelius_n lantu●…_n forbid_v humane_a sacrifice_n all_o the_o empire_n through_o and_o in_o hadrian_o time_n it_o cease_v al●…_n 〈◊〉_d over_o the_o world_n jupiter_n latialis_n be_v worship_v with_o ablation_n of_o man_n blood_n in_o ter●…●…y_n ●…y_z and_o eusebius_n and_o lactantius_n his_o time_n and_o before_o herc●…es_n be_v saturn_n so_o wor●…_n latium_n which_o sacrifice_n faunus_n bring_v up_o for_o his_o grandsire_n saturn_n because_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v as_o lactantius_n and_o macrobius_n recite_v out_o of_o varro_n this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n bring_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o light_n for_o this_o his_o father_n this_o his_o father_n be_v saturn_n lactantius_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o word_n doubtful_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d circumflexe_n be_v light_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acute_a be_v a_o man_n homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n straight_a against_o the_o suitor_n go_v this_o heavenly_a man_n 〈◊〉_d often_o elsewhere_o plutarch_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d live_v in_o private_a give_v the_o 〈◊〉_d why_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v both_o light_n and_o a_o man_n but_o hercules_n come_v into_o italy_n and_o see●…_n 〈◊〉_d aborigines_n that_o dwell_v there_o continual_o take_v of_o the_o greek_n for_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d ●…her_o to_o inhabit_v and_o ask_v the_o cause_n they_o tell_v he_o this_o oracle_n which_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d light_n not_o man_n and_o 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nation_n to_o the_o other_o what_o great_a proof_n need_v we_o than_o this_o to_o confirm_v that_o the_o israelite_n and_o all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v contain_v in_o abraham_n seed_n the_o first_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o late_a in_o the_o spirit_n of_o moses_n his_o time_n josuah_n the_o judge_n the_o king_n saul_n the_o first_o david_n the_o chief_a both_o in_o merit_n and_o in_o mystical_a reference_n chap._n 43._o iacob_n and_o joseph_n be_v dead_a the_o israelite_n in_o the_o other_o hundred_o forty_o four_o year_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o they_o leave_v egypt_n increase_v wonderful_o though_o the_o egyptian_n oppress_v they_o sore_o and_o once_o kill_v all_o their_o male_a child_n for_o fear_n of_o their_o wonderful_a multiplication_n but_o moses_n be_v save_v from_o those_o butcher_n and_o bring_v up_o in_o the_o court_n by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n the_o a_o name_n of_o the_o 2._o egyptian_a king_n god_n intend_v great_a thing_n by_o he_o and_o he_o grow_v up_o 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fish_n he_o know_v the_o depth_n of_o nature_n and_o discourse_v of_o it_o all_o god_n teach_v he_o band_n extermination_n and_o annulet_n against_o the_o devil_n 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a of_o man_n and_o cure_n for_o those_o that_o be_v bewitch_v thus_o say_v josephus_n c_o wisdom_n 〈◊〉_d some_o say_v that_o philo_n judaeus_fw-la who_o live_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n make_v this_o book_n he_o be_v the_o apostle_n friend_n and_o so_o eloquent_a in_o the_o greek_a that_o it_o be_v a_o proverb_n philo_z either_o platonized_a 〈◊〉_d plato_n philonized_n d_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la write_v by_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o syrach_n in_o the_o time_n of_o 〈◊〉_d euergetes_n king_n of_o egypt_n and_o of_o simon_n the_o high_a priest_n e_z for_o man_n to_o eat_v the_o seventy_o and_o vulgar_a differ_v a_o little_a here_o but_o it_o be_v of_o no_o moment_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n after_o solomon_n chap._n 21._o we_o find_v few_o prophecy_n of_o any_o of_o the_o hebrew_n king_n 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