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be_v amaze_v at_o death_n i_o see_v not_o how_o he_o can_v escape_v this_o dilemma_n that_o he_o be_v too_o sensible_a of_o this_o life_n or_o hopeless_a of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v sect._n 39_o some_o divine_n count_v adam_n 30_o year_n old_a at_o his_o creation_n because_o they_o suppose_v he_o create_v in_o the_o perfect_a age_n and_o stature_n of_o man_n and_o sure_o we_o be_v all_o out_o of_o the_o computation_n of_o our_o age_n and_o every_o man_n be_v some_o month_n elder_a than_o he_o bethink_v he_o for_o we_o live_v move_v have_v a_o be_v and_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o action_n of_o the_o element_n and_o the_o malice_n of_o disease_n in_o that_o other_o world_n the_o true_a microcosm_n the_o womb_n of_o our_o mother_n for_o beside_o that_o general_a and_o common_a existence_n we_o be_v conceive_v to_o hold_v in_o our_o chaos_n and_o whilst_o we_o sleep_v within_o the_o bosom_n of_o our_o cause_n we_o enjoy_v a_o be_v and_o life_n in_o three_o distinct_a world_n wherein_o 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close_a let_v no_o dream_n my_o head_n infest_v but_o such_o as_o jacob_n temple_n blessed_v while_o i_o do_v rest_n my_o soul_n advance_v make_v my_o sleep_n a_o holy_a trance_n that_o i_o may_v my_o rest_n be_v wrought_v awake_v into_o some_o holy_a thought_n and_o with_o as_o active_a vigour_n run_v my_o course_n as_o do_v the_o nimble_a sun_n sleep_n be_v a_o death_n o_o make_v i_o try_v by_o sleep_v what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o as_o gentle_o lay_v my_o head_n on_o my_o grave_n as_o now_o my_o bed_n however_o i_o rest_v great_a god_n let_v i_o awake_v again_o at_o least_o with_o thou_o and_o thus_o assure_v behold_v i_o lie_v secure_o or_o to_o awake_v or_o die_v these_o be_v my_o drowsy_a day_n in_o vain_a i_o do_v now_o wake_v to_o sleep_v again_o o_o come_v that_o hour_n when_o i_o shall_v never_o sleep_v again_o but_o wake_v for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o dormative_a i_o take_v to_o bedward_o i_o need_v no_o other_o laudanum_n than_o this_o to_o make_v i_o sleep_v after_o which_o i_o close_o my_o eye_n in_o security_n content_a to_o take_v my_o leave_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o sleep_v unto_o the_o resurrection_n sect._n 13_o the_o method_n i_o shall_v use_v in_o distributive_a justice_n i_o often_o observe_v in_o commutative_a and_o keep_v a_o geometrical_a proportion_n in_o both_o whereby_o become_v equable_v to_o other_o i_o become_v unjust_a to_o myself_o and_o supererogate_v in_o that_o common_a principle_n do_v unto_o other_o as_o then_o will_v he_o do_v unto_o thyself_o i_o be_v not_o bear_v unto_o riches_n neither_o be_v it_o i_o think_v my_o star_n to_o be_v wealthy_a or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o freedom_n of_o my_o mind_n and_o frankness_n of_o my_o disposition_n be_v able_a to_o contradict_v and_o cross_v my_o fate_n for_o to_o i_o avarice_n seem_v not_o so_o much_o a_o vice_n as_o a_o deplorable_a piece_n of_o madness_n *_o to_o conceive_v ourselves_o urinal_n or_o be_v persuade_v that_o we_o be_v dead_a be_v not_o so_o ridiculous_a nor_o so_o 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divinity_n propose_v and_o discuss_v by_o man_n of_o most_o suppose_a ability_n which_o indeed_o be_v not_o worthy_a our_o vacant_a hour_n much_o less_o our_o serious_a study_n piece_n only_o fit_a to_o be_v place_v in_o pantagruel_n library_n or_o bind_v up_o with_o tartaretus_n de_fw-fr modo_fw-la cacandi_fw-la rabbelais_n sect._n 22_o these_o be_v nicety_n that_o become_v not_o those_o that_o peruse_v so_o serious_a a_o mystery_n there_o be_v other_o more_o general_o question_v and_o call_v to_o the_o bar_n yet_o methinks_v of_o a_o easy_a and_o possible_a truth_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o put_v off_o or_o down_o the_o general_a flood_n of_o noah_n in_o that_o particular_a inundation_n of_o deucalion_n that_o there_o be_v a_o deluge_n once_o seem_v not_o to_o i_o so_o great_a a_o miracle_n as_o that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o always_o ‖_o how_o all_o the_o kind_n of_o creature_n not_o only_o in_o their_o own_o bulk_n but_o with_o a_o competency_n of_o food_n and_o sustenance_n 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unto_o we_o that_o hold_v but_o one_o ark_n and_o that_o the_o creature_n begin_v their_o progress_n from_o the_o mountain_n of_o ararat_n they_o who_o to_o salve_v this_o will_v make_v the_o deluge_n particular_a proceed_v upon_o a_o principle_n that_o i_o can_v no_o way_n grant_v not_o only_o upon_o the_o negative_a of_o holy_a scripture_n but_o of_o my_o own_o reason_n whereby_o i_o can_v make_v it_o probable_a that_o the_o world_n be_v as_o well_o people_v in_o the_o time_n of_o noah_n as_o in_o we_o *_o and_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n to_o people_n the_o world_n as_o full_a a_o time_n for_o they_o as_o four_o thousand_o year_n since_o have_v be_v to_o we_o there_o be_v other_o assertion_n and_o common_a tenant_n draw_v from_o scripture_n and_o general_o believe_v as_o scripture_n whereunto_o notwithstanding_o i_o will_v never_o betray_v the_o liberty_n of_o my_o reason_n it_o be_v a_o paradox_n to_o i_o ‖_o that_o methusalem_n be_v the_o long_a live_v of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n and_o no_o man_n will_v be_v able_a to_o prove_v it_o when_o from_o the_o process_n of_o the_o text_n i_o can_v manifest_v it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o *_o that_o judas_n perish_v by_o hang_v himself_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n in_o scripture_n though_o in_o one_o place_n it_o seem_v to_o affirm_v it_o and_o by_o a_o doubtful_a word_n have_v give_v occasion_n to_o translate_v it_o yet_o in_o another_o place_n in_o a_o more_o punctual_a description_n it_o make_v it_o improbable_a and_o seem_v to_o overthrow_v it_o that_o our_o father_n after_o the_o flood_n erect_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n to_o preserve_v themselves_o against_o a_o second_o deluge_n be_v general_o opinion_v and_o believe_v yet_o be_v there_o another_o intention_n of_o they_o express_v in_o scripture_n beside_o it_o be_v improbable_a from_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n that_o be_v a_o plain_a in_o the_o land_n of_o shinar_n these_o be_v no_o point_n of_o faith_n and_o therefore_o may_v admit_v a_o free_a dispute_n there_o be_v yet_o other_o and_o those_o familiar_o conclude_v from_o the_o text_n wherein_o under_o favour_n i_o see_v no_o consequence_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n confident_o prove_v the_o opinion_n of_o tutelary_a angel_n from_o that_o answer_n when_o peter_n knock_v at_o the_o door_n it_o be_v not_o he_o but_o his_o angel_n that_o be_v may_v some_o say_v his_o messenger_z or_o some_o body_n from_o he_o for_o so_o the_o original_a signify_v and_o be_v as_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o doubtful_a family_n meaning_n this_o exposition_n i_o once_o suggest_v to_o a_o young_a divine_a that_o answer_v upon_o this_o point_n to_o which_o i_o remember_v the_o franciscan_a opponent_n reply_v no_o more_o but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o new_a and_o no_o authentic_a interpretation_n sect._n 23_o these_o be_v but_o the_o conclusion_n and_o fallible_a discourse_n of_o man_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o such_o i_o do_v believe_v the_o holy_a scripture_n yet_o be_v it_o of_o man_n i_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o say_v it_o be_v the_o singulare_v and_o superlative_a piece_n that_o have_v be_v extant_a since_o the_o creation_n be_v i_o a_o pagan_a i_o shall_v not_o refrain_v the_o lecture_n of_o it_o *_o and_o can_v but_o commend_v the_o judgement_n of_o ptolemy_n that_o think_v not_o his_o library_n complete_a without_o it_o ‖_o the_o alcoran_n of_o the_o turk_n i_o speak_v without_o prejudice_n be_v a_o ill_a compose_a piece_n contain_v in_o it_o vain_a and_o ridiculous_a error_n in_o philosophy_n impossibility_n fiction_n and_o vanity_n beyond_o laughter_n maintain_v by_o evident_a and_o open_a sophism_n the_o policy_n of_o ignorance_n deposition_n of_o university_n and_o banishment_n of_o learning_n that_o have_v get_v foot_n by_o arm_n and_o violence_n this_o without_o a_o blow_n have_v disseminated_a itself_o through_o the_o whole_a earth_n it_o
thing_n be_v complete_v in_o it_o its_o age_n be_v accomplish_v and_o the_o last_o and_o general_a fever_n may_v as_o natural_o destroy_v it_o before_o six_o thousand_o as_o i_o before_o forty_o there_o be_v therefore_o some_o other_o hand_n that_o twine_v the_o thread_n of_o life_n than_o that_o of_o nature_n we_o be_v not_o only_o ignorant_a in_o antipathy_n and_o occult_a quality_n our_o end_n be_v as_o obscure_v as_o our_o beginning_n the_o line_n of_o our_o day_n be_v draw_v by_o night_n and_o the_o various_a effect_n therein_o by_o a_o pencil_n that_o be_v invisible_a wherein_o though_o we_o confess_v our_o ignorance_n i_o be_o sure_a we_o do_v not_o err_v if_o we_o say_v it_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n sect._n 44_o i_o be_o much_o take_v with_o two_o verse_n of_o lucan_n since_o i_o have_v be_v able_a not_o only_o as_o we_o do_v at_o school_n to_o construe_v but_o understand_v victurosque_fw-la dei_fw-la celant_fw-la ut_fw-la vivere_fw-la durent_fw-la fellix_fw-la esse_fw-la mori_fw-la we_o be_v all_o delude_v vain_o search_v way_n to_o make_v we_o happy_a by_o the_o length_n of_o day_n for_o cunning_o to_o make_v protract_v his_o breath_n the_o god_n conceal_v the_o happiness_n of_o death_n there_o be_v many_o excellent_a strain_n in_o that_o poet_n wherewith_o his_o stoical_a genius_n have_v liberal_o supply_v he_o and_o true_o there_o be_v singular_a piece_n in_o the_o philosophy_n of_o zeno_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n which_o i_o perceive_v deliver_v in_o a_o pulpit_n pass_v for_o current_a divinity_n yet_o herein_o be_v they_o in_o extreme_n that_o can_v allow_v a_o man_n to_o be_v his_o own_o assassin_n and_o so_o highly*_n extol_v the_o end_n and_o suicide_n of_o cato_n this_o be_v indeed_o not_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o yet_o to_o be_v afraid_a of_o life_n it_o be_v a_o brave_a act_n of_o valour_n to_o contemn_v death_n but_o where_o life_n be_v more_o terrible_a than_o deathd_v it_o be_v then_o the_o true_a valour_n to_o dare_v to_o live_v and_o herein_o religion_n have_v teach_v we_o a_o noble_a example_n for_o all_o the_o valiant_a act_n of_o curtius_n scevola_n or_o codrus_n do_v not_o parallel_v or_o match_v that_o one_o of_o job_n and_o sure_o there_o be_v no_o torture_n to_o the_o rack_n of_o a_o disease_n nor_o any_o poniard_n in_o death_n itself_o like_o those_o in_o the_o way_n or_o prologue_n to_o it_o *_o emori_fw-la nolo_fw-la sed_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la mortuum_fw-la nihil_fw-la curo_fw-la i_o will_v not_o die_v but_o care_v not_o to_o be_v dead_a be_v i_o of_o caesar_n religion_n i_o shall_v be_v of_o his_o desire_n and_o wish_v rather_o to_o go_v off_o at_o one_o blow_n then_o to_o be_v saw_v in_o piece_n by_o the_o grate_a torture_n of_o a_o disease_n man_n that_o look_v no_o far_o than_o their_o outside_n think_v health_n a_o appurtenance_n unto_o life_n and_o quarrel_n with_o their_o constitution_n for_o be_v sick_a but_o i_o that_o have_v examine_v the_o part_n of_o man_n and_o know_v upon_o what_o tender_a filament_n that_o fabric_n hang_v do_v wonder_n that_o we_o be_v not_o always_o so_o and_o consider_v the_o thousand_o door_n that_o lead_v to_o death_n do_v thank_v my_o god_n that_o we_o can_v die_v but_o once_o it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o mischief_n of_o disease_n and_o villainy_n of_o poison_n that_o make_v a_o end_n of_o we_o we_o vain_o accuse_v the_o fury_n of_o gun_n and_o the_o new_a invention_n of_o death_n it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o every_o hand_n to_o destroy_v we_o and_o we_o be_v behold_v unto_o every_o one_o we_o meet_v he_o do_v not_o kill_v we_o there_o be_v therefore_o but_o one_o comfort_n leave_v that_o though_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o weak_a arm_n to_o take_v away_o life_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o strong_a to_o deprive_v we_o of_o death_n god_n will_v not_o exempt_v himself_o from_o that_o the_o misery_n of_o immortality_n in_o the_o flesh_n he_o undertake_v not_o that_o be_v immortal_a certain_o there_o be_v no_o happiness_n within_o this_o circle_n of_o flesh_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o optic_n of_o these_o eye_n to_o behold_v felicity_n the_o first_o day_n of_o our_o jubilee_n be_v death_n the_o devil_n have_v therefore_o fail_v of_o his_o desire_n we_o be_v happy_a with_o death_n than_o we_o shall_v have_v be_v without_o it_o there_o be_v no_o misery_n but_o in_o himself_o where_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o misery_n and_o so_o indeed_o in_o his_o own_o sense_n the_o stoic_a be_v in_o the_o right_n he_o forget_v that_o he_o can_v die_v who_o complain_v of_o misery_n we_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o no_o calamity_n while_o death_n be_v in_o our_o own_o sect._n 45_o now_o beside_o the_o literal_a and_o positive_a kind_n of_o death_n there_o be_v other_o whereof_o divine_n make_v mention_n and_o those_o i_o think_v not_o mere_o metaphorical_a as_o mortification_n die_v unto_o sin_n and_o the_o world_n therefore_o i_o say_v every_o man_n have_v a_o double_a horoscope_n one_o of_o his_o humanity_n his_o birth_n another_o of_o his_o christianity_n his_o baptism_n and_o from_o this_o do_v i_o compute_v or_o calculate_v my_o nativity_n not_o reckon_v those_o horae_n combustae_fw-la and_o odd_a day_n or_o esteem_v myself_o any_o thing_n before_o i_o be_v my_o saviour_n and_o enrol_v in_o the_o register_n of_o christ_n whosoever_o enjoy_v not_o this_o life_n i_o count_v he_o but_o a_o apparition_n though_o he_o wear_v about_o he_o the_o sensible_a affection_n of_o flesh_n in_o these_o moral_a acception_n the_o way_n to_o be_v immortal_a be_v to_o die_v daily_o nor_o can_v i_o think_v i_o have_v the_o true_a theory_n of_o death_n when_o i_o contemplate_v a_o skull_n or_o behold_v a_o skeleton_n with_o those_o vulgar_a imagination_n it_o cast_v upon_o we_o i_o have_v therefore_o enlarge_v that_o common_a memento_n mori_fw-la into_o a_o more_o christian_a memorandum_n memento_n quatuor_fw-la novissima_fw-la those_o four_o inevitable_a point_n of_o we_o all_o death_n judgement_n heaven_n and_o hell_n neither_o do_v the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o heathen_n rest_v in_o their_o grave_n without_o further_a thought_n of_o rhadamant_n or_o some_o judicial_a proceed_n after_o death_n though_o in_o another_o way_n and_o upon_o suggestion_n of_o their_o natural_a reason_n i_o can_v but_o marvel_n from_o what_o sibyl_n or_o oracle_n they_o steal_v the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n by_o fire_n or_o whence_o lucan_n learn_v to_o say_v communis_fw-la mundo_fw-la superest_fw-la rogus_fw-la ossibus_fw-la astra_fw-la mist_n urus_fw-la there_o yet_o remain_v to_o the_o world_n one_o common_a fire_n wherein_o our_o bone_n with_o star_n shall_v make_v one_o pyre_n i_o believe_v the_o world_n grow_v near_o its_o end_n yet_o be_v neither_o old_a nor_o decay_v nor_o shall_v ever_o perish_v upon_o the_o ruin_n of_o its_o own_o principle_n as_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n be_v above_o nature_n so_o its_o adversary_n annihilation_n without_o which_o the_o world_n have_v not_o 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a_o deep_a injury_n than_o the_o downright_a blow_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v not_o the_o tear_n of_o our_o own_o eye_n only_o but_o of_o our_o friend_n also_o that_o do_v exhaust_v the_o current_n of_o our_o sorrow_n which_o fall_v into_o many_o stream_n run_v more_o peaceable_o and_o be_v content_v with_o a_o narrow_a channel_n it_o be_v a_o act_n within_o the_o power_n of_o charity_n to_o translate_v a_o passion_n out_o of_o one_o breast_n into_o another_o and_o to_o divide_v a_o sorrow_n almost_o out_o of_o itself_o for_o a_o affliction_n like_o a_o dimension_n may_v be_v so_o divide_v as_o if_o not_o indivisible_a at_o least_o to_o become_v insensible_a now_o with_o my_o friend_n i_o desire_v not_o to_o share_v or_o participate_v but_o to_o engross_v his_o sorrow_n that_o by_o make_v they_o my_o own_o i_o may_v more_o easy_o discuss_v they_o for_o in_o my_o own_o reason_n and_o within_o myself_o i_o can_v command_v that_o which_o i_o can_v entreat_v without_o myself_o and_o within_o the_o circle_n of_o another_o i_o have_v often_o think_v those_o noble_a pair_n and_o example_n of_o friendship_n not_o so_o true_o history_n of_o what_o have_v be_v as_o fiction_n of_o what_o shall_v be_v but_o i_o now_o perceive_v nothing_o in_o they_o but_o possibility_n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o heroic_a example_n of_o damon_n and_o pythias_n achilles_n and_o patroclus_n which_o methinks_v upon_o some_o ground_n i_o can_v not_o perform_v within_o the_o narrow_a compass_n of_o myself_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n seem_v strange_a to_o vulgar_a affection_n and_o such_o as_o confine_v themselves_o within_o that_o worldly_a principle_n charity_n begin_v at_o home_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o can_v never_o remember_v the_o relation_n that_o i_o hold_v unto_o myself_o nor_o the_o respect_n that_o i_o owe_v unto_o my_o own_o nature_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n my_o country_n and_o my_o friend_n next_o to_o these_o three_o i_o do_v embrace_v myself_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o observe_v that_o order_n that_o the_o school_n ordain_v our_o affection_n to_o love_v our_o parent_n wife_n child_n and_o then_o our_o friend_n for_o except_v the_o injunction_n of_o religior_fw-la i_o do_v not_o find_v in_o myself_o such_o a_o necessary_a and_o indissoluble_a sympathy_n to_o all_o those_o of_o my_o blood_n i_o hope_v i_o do_v not_o break_v the_o five_o commandment_n if_o i_o conceive_v i_o may_v love_v my_o friend_n before_o the_o near_a of_o my_o blood_n even_o those_o to_o who_o i_o owe_v the_o principle_n of_o life_n i_o never_o yet_o cast_v a_o true_a affection_n on_o a_o woman_n but_o i_o have_v love_v my_o friend_n as_o i_o do_v virtue_n my_o soul_n my_o god_n from_o hence_o i_o think_v i_o do_v conceive_v how_o god_n love_v man_n what_o happiness_n there_o be_v in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n omit_v all_o other_o there_o be_v three_o most_o mystical_a union_n two_o nature_n in_o one_o person_n three_o person_n in_o one_o nature_n one_o soul_n in_o two_o body_n for_o though_o indeed_o they_o be_v real_o divide_v yet_o be_v they_o so_o unite_v as_o they_o seem_v but_o one_o and_o make_v rather_o a_o duality_n than_o two_o distinct_a soul_n sect._n 6_o there_o be_v wonder_n in_o true_a affection_n it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o enigma_n be_v mystery_n and_o riddle_n wherein_o two_o so_o become_v one_o as_o they_o both_o become_v two_o i_o love_v my_o friend_n before_o myself_o and_o yet_o methinks_v i_o do_v not_o love_v he_o enough_o some_o few_o month_n hence_o my_o multiply_a affection_n will_v make_v i_o believe_v i_o have_v not_o love_v he_o at_o all_o when_o i_o be_o from_o he_o i_o be_o dead_a till_o i_o be_v with_o he_o when_o i_o be_o with_o he_o i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v but_o
boetius_fw-la possidonius_fw-la diogenes_n babylonius_n and_o zeno_n sidonius_n who_o be_v stoique_n and_o yet_o do_v not_o think_v the_o world_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o fire_n nor_o yet_o by_o any_o other_o mean_n sect._n 46_o pag._n 99_o how_o shall_v we_o interpret_v elias_n 6000_o year_n etc._n etc._n lanctant_fw-la be_v very_o positive_a that_o the_o world_n shall_v last_v but_o 6000_o year_n but_o his_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v somewhat_o strange_a thus_o it_o be_v quoniam_fw-la sex_n diebus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la dei_fw-la opera_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la secula_fw-la sex_n i._n e._n annorum_fw-la sex_n millia_fw-la manere_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la statu_fw-la mundum_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr divino_fw-la praemio_fw-la cap._n 14._o sect._n 47_o pag._n 101_o ipsa_fw-la svi_fw-la pretium_fw-la virtus_fw-la sibi_fw-la be_v but_o a_o cold_a principle_n it_o be_v a_o stoical_a principle_n quaeris_fw-la enim_fw-la aliquid_fw-la supra_fw-la summum_fw-la interrogas_fw-la quid_fw-la petam_fw-la extra_fw-la virtutem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la habet_fw-la melius_fw-la pretium_fw-la svi_fw-la est_fw-la senec._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr beat_v c._n 9_o that_o honest_a artifice_n of_o seneca_n what_o that_o artifice_n be_v be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o senec._n l._n 1._o ep._n ep._n 11._o aliquis_fw-la vir_fw-la bone_fw-la nobis_fw-la eligendus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la habendus_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la tanquam_fw-la illo_fw-la spectante_fw-la vivamus_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la tanquam_fw-la illo_fw-la vidente_fw-la faciamus_fw-la et_fw-la paulo_n post_fw-la elige_fw-la itaque_fw-la catonem_fw-la si_fw-la hic_fw-la videtur_fw-la tibi_fw-la nimis_fw-la rigidus_fw-la elige_fw-la remissioris_fw-la animi_fw-la virum_fw-la loelium_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o though_o as_o the_o author_n say_v it_o be_v a_o honest_a artifice_n yet_o can_v i_o but_o commend_v the_o party_n and_o prefer_v the_o direction_n of_o he_o who_o ever_o he_o be_v who_o in_o the_o margin_n of_o my_o seneca_n over_o against_o those_o word_n write_v these_o quin_fw-la deo_fw-la potius_fw-la qui_fw-la semper_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omne_fw-la agentibus_fw-la non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sed_fw-la reipsa_fw-la adest_fw-la &_o videt_fw-la ac_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la testis_fw-la vindex_fw-la &_o punitor_fw-la est_fw-la malè_fw-la agentis_fw-la i_o have_v try_v if_o i_o can_v reach_v that_o great_a resolution_n of_o his_o that_o be_v of_o seneca_n to_o be_v honest_a without_o a_o thought_n of_o heaven_n or_o hell_n â—inam_fw-la seneca_n brag_v he_o can_v do_v this_o in_o these_o word_n si_fw-la sâ—irem_fw-la deos_fw-la peccata_fw-la ignoscituros_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la ignoraturos_fw-la adhuc_fw-la propter_fw-la vilitatem_fw-la peccati_fw-la peccare_fw-la erubescerem_fw-la credat_fw-la judaeus_n appella_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la and_o atheist_n have_v be_v the_o only_a philosopher_n that_o be_v if_o nothing_o remain_v after_o this_o life_n st._n aug._n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n disputabam_fw-la epicurum_n accepturum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la palmam_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la meo_fw-la nisi_fw-la ego_fw-la credidissem_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la restare_fw-la animae_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n l._n 6._o conf_n cap._n 16._o sect._n 48_o pag._n 104_o god_n by_o a_o powerful_a voice_n shall_v command_v they_o back_o into_o their_o proper_a shape_n so_o minutius_n caeterum_fw-la quis_fw-la tam_fw-la stultus_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la brutus'_n ut_fw-la audeat_fw-la repugnare_fw-la hominem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la potuit_fw-la fingi_fw-la ita_fw-la posse_fw-la denuo_fw-la reformari_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la ortum_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nasci_fw-la licuit_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la licere_fw-la reparari_fw-la porro_fw-la difficilius_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la incipere_fw-la quod_fw-la quam_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la fuerit_fw-la iterare_fw-la tu_fw-la perire_fw-la deo_fw-la credis_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la nostris_fw-la oculis_fw-la hebetibus_fw-la subtrahitur_fw-la corpus_fw-la omne_fw-la sive_fw-la arescit_fw-la in_o pulverem_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o humorem_fw-la solvitur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o cinerem_fw-la comprimitur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o nidorem_fw-la tenuatur_fw-la subducitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la elementorum_fw-la in_o custodi_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la in_fw-la octau._n vide_fw-la grot._fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la relig_n christian_n ubi_fw-la lib._n 2._o solvit_fw-la objectionem_fw-la quod_fw-la dissoluta_fw-la corpora_fw-la restitui_fw-la nequeunt_fw-la sect._n 50_o pag._n 109_o or_o conceive_v a_o flame_n that_o can_v either_o prey_n upon_o or_o purify_v the_o substance_n of_o a_o soul_n upon_o this_o ground_n psellus_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la energia_fw-la daemonum_n c._n 7._o hold_n that_o angel_n have_v body_n though_o he_o grant_v they_o to_o be_v as_o pure_a or_o more_o pure_a than_o air_n be_v otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o apprehend_v how_o they_o shall_v be_v torment_v in_o hell_n and_o it_o may_v be_v upon_o this_o ground_n it_o be_v that_o the_o author_n fall_v into_o the_o error_n of_o the_o arabian_n mention_v by_o he_o sect._n 7._o sect._n 51_o pag._n 112_o there_o be_v as_o many_o hell_n as_o anax_n agoras_n conceit_a world_n i_o assure_v myself_o that_o this_o be_v false_a print_v and_o that_o instead_o of_o anaxagoras_n it_o shall_v be_v anaxarchus_n for_o anaxagoras_n be_v reckon_v among_o those_o philosopher_n that_o maintain_v a_o unity_n of_o the_o world_n but_o anaxarchus_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o epicurus_n hold_v there_o be_v infinite_a world_n this_o be_v he_o that_o cause_v alexander_n to_o weep_v by_o tell_v he_o there_o be_v infinite_a world_n whereby_o alexander_n it_o seem_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o opinion_n of_o his_o geography_n who_o before_o that_o time_n think_v there_o remain_v nothing_o or_o not_o much_o beyond_o his_o conquest_n sect._n 54_o pag._n 11_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o place_v those_o soul_n in_o hell_n lactantius_n be_v alike_o charitable_o dispose_v towards_o those_o non_fw-la sum_fw-la equidem_fw-la tam_fw-la iniquus_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la putem_fw-la divinare_fw-la debuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la veritatem_fw-la per_fw-la seipsos_fw-la invenirent_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la confiteor_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n exigo_fw-la quod_fw-la ratione_fw-la ipsa_fw-la praestare_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la lactant._n the_o orig_n error_n c._n 3._o which_o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o sir_n digbie_n expression_n in_o his_o observation_n on_o this_o place_n i_o make_v no_o doubt_n at_o all_o say_v he_o but_o if_o any_o follow_v in_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o their_o life_n the_o dictament_n of_o right_a reason_n but_o that_o their_o journey_n be_v secure_a to_o heaven_n sect._n 55_o pag._n 118_o aristotle_n transgress_v the_o rule_n of_o his_o own_o ethic_n and_o so_o they_o do_v all_o as_o lactantius_n have_v observe_v at_o large_a aristotle_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o great_a vanity_n in_o his_o clothes_n of_o incontinency_n of_o unfaithfulness_n to_o his_o master_n alexander_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v to_o wonder_v in_o he_o if_o our_o great_a seneca_n be_v also_o guilty_a who_o true_o notwithstanding_o st._n jerome_n will_v have_v he_o insert_v into_o the_o catalogue_n of_o saint_n yet_o i_o think_v he_o as_o little_o deserve_v it_o as_o many_o of_o the_o heathen_n who_o do_v not_o say_v so_o well_o as_o he_o do_v for_o i_o do_v not_o think_v any_o of_o they_o live_v worse_o to_o trace_v he_o a_o little_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n claudius_n we_o find_v he_o be_v banish_v for_o suspicion_n of_o incontinency_n with_o julia_n the_o daughter_n of_o germanicus_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o spite_n of_o messalina_n and_o that_o lipsius_n do_v not_o compliment_n with_o he_o in_o that_o kind_a apostrophe_n non_fw-la expetit_fw-la in_o te_fw-la haec_fw-la culpa_fw-la o_fw-la romani_fw-la nominis_fw-la &_o sapientiae_fw-la magnae_fw-la sol._n not._n in_o tacit._n why_o then_o do_v she_o not_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o well_o as_o she_o do_v the_o other_o who_o be_v her_o husband_n niece_n this_o for_o certain_a whatever_o his_o life_n be_v he_o have_v paginam_fw-la lascivam_fw-la as_o may_v appear_v by_o what_o he_o have_v write_v de_fw-fr speculorum_fw-la usu_fw-la l._n 1._o nat._n qu._n cap._n 16._o which_o admit_v it_o may_v in_o a_o poet_n yet_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v excuse_v in_o a_o philosopher_n i_o know_v not_o to_o look_v upon_o he_o in_o his_o exile_n we_o find_v that_o then_o he_o write_v his_o epistle_n de_fw-fr consolat_a to_o polybius_n claudius_n his_o creature_n as_o honest_a a_o man_n as_o pallas_n or_o narcissus_n and_o therein_o he_o extol_v he_o and_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o sky_n in_o which_o he_o do_v gross_o prevaricate_v and_o lose_v much_o of_o his_o reputation_n by_o seek_v a_o discharge_n of_o his_o exile_n by_o so_o sordid_a a_o mean_n upon_o claudius_n his_o marriage_n with_o agrippina_n he_o be_v recall_v from_o banishment_n by_o her_o mean_n and_o make_v praetor_n then_o he_o forget_v the_o emperor_n have_v no_o need_n of_o he_o labour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o depress_v he_o and_o the_o hopeful_a britannicus_n and_o procure_v his_o pupil_n nero_n
to_o be_v adopt_v and_o design_v successor_n and_o the_o emperor_n be_v own_o son_n to_o be_v disinherit_v and_o against_o the_o emperor_n who_o he_o so_o much_o praise_v when_o he_o have_v need_n of_o he_o after_o his_o death_n he_o write_v a_o scurrilous_a libel_n in_o nero_n court_n how_o ungrateful_o do_v he_o behave_v himself_o towards_o agrippina_n who_o although_o she_o be_v a_o wicked_a woman_n yet_o she_o deserve_v well_o of_o he_o and_o of_o her_o son_n too_o who_o yet_o never_o be_v at_o rest_n till_o he_o have_v take_v away_o her_o life_n and_o upon_o suspicion_n cast_v in_o against_o she_o by_o this_o man_n afterward_o not_o to_o mention_v that_o he_o make_v great_a haste_n to_o grow_v rich_a which_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o business_n of_o a_o philosopher_n towards_o nero_n himself_o how_o well_o do_v it_o become_v his_o philosophy_n to_o play_v the_o traitor_n against_o he_o and_o to_o become_v a_o complice_n in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o piso_n and_o then_o as_o good_a a_o tragedian_n as_o he_o be_v i_o think_v he_o do_v in_o extremo_fw-la actu_fw-la deficere_fw-la when_o he_o must_v needs_o persuade_v paulina_n that_o excellent_a lady_n his_o wife_n to_o die_v with_o he_o what_o shall_v move_v he_o to_o desire_v it_o it_o can_v in_o his_o opinion_n be_v no_o advantage_n to_o she_o for_o he_o believe_v nothing_o of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o reason_n of_o tacitus_n ne_fw-la sibi_fw-la unicê_fw-la dilectam_fw-la ad_fw-la injurias_fw-la relinqueret_fw-la because_o he_o discredit_v it_o himself_o in_o almost_o the_o next_o word_n where_o he_o say_v nero_n bear_v she_o no_o ill_a will_n at_o all_o and_o will_v not_o suffer_v she_o to_o die_v it_o must_v sure_o be_v then_o because_o he_o think_v he_o have_v not_o live_v long_o enough_o be_v not_o above_o 114_o year_n old_a so_o much_o he_o be_v and_o have_v not_o the_o fortitude_n to_o die_v unless_o he_o may_v receive_v some_o confirmation_n in_o it_o by_o her_o example_n now_o let_v any_o man_n judge_n what_o a_o precious_a legacy_n it_o be_v that_o he_o bequeath_v by_o his_o nuncupative_a will_n to_o his_o friend_n in_o tacitus_n conversus_fw-la ad_fw-la amicos_fw-la say_v he_o quando_fw-la meritis_fw-la eorum_fw-la refer_v gratiam_fw-la prohiberetur_fw-la quod_fw-la unum_fw-la jam_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o pulcherrimum_n habebat_fw-la imaginem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la relinquere_fw-la testatur_fw-la it_o can_v be_v deny_v of_o he_o that_o he_o have_v say_v very_o well_o but_o yet_o it_o must_v as_o well_o be_v affirm_v that_o his_o practice_n have_v run_v counter_a to_o his_o theory_n to_o use_v the_o author_n phrase_n the_o sceptic_n that_o affirm_v they_o know_v nothing_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o sort_n dogmatici_fw-la academici_n sceptici_fw-la the_o first_o be_v those_o that_o deliver_v their_o opinion_n positive_o the_o second_o leave_v a_o liberty_n of_o dispute_v pro_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la the_o three_o declare_v that_o there_o be_v no_o knowledge_n of_o any_o thing_n no_o not_o of_o this_o very_a proposition_n that_o there_o be_v no_o knowledge_n according_a to_o that_o nihil_fw-la sciri_fw-la siquis_fw-la putat_fw-la id_fw-la quoque_fw-la nescit_fw-la a_o sciri_fw-la possit_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la nil_fw-la scire_fw-la fatetur_fw-la the_o duke_n of_o venice_n that_o wed_v himself_o to_o the_o sea_n by_o a_o ring_n of_o gold_n etc._n etc._n the_o duke_n and_o senate_n yearly_a on_o ascension_n day_n use_v to_o go_v in_o their_o best_a attire_n to_o the_o haven_n at_o lio_o and_o there_o by_o throw_v a_o ring_n into_o the_o water_n do_v take_v the_o sea_n as_o their_o spouse_n vid._n hist_o ital._n by_o will._n thomas_n cambro_n brit_fw-mi busbequius_fw-la report_n that_o there_o be_v a_o custom_n among_o the_o turk_n which_o they_o take_v from_o the_o greek_a priest_n not_o much_o unlike_a unto_o this_o cum_fw-la graecorum_n sacer_n dotibus_fw-la mos_fw-la sit_fw-la certo_fw-la veris_fw-la tempore_fw-la aquas_fw-la consecrando_fw-la mare_fw-la clausum_fw-la veluti_fw-la reserare_fw-la ante_fw-la quod_fw-la tempus_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la se_fw-la committunt_fw-la fluctibus_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la ceremonia_fw-la nec_fw-la turcae_n absunt_fw-la busb_n ep._n 3._o legate_n tursic_a but_o the_o philosopher_n that_o throw_v his_o money_n into_o the_o sea_n to_o avoid_v avarice_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v apollonius_n thyaneus_n who_o throw_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o gold_n into_o the_o sea_n with_o these_o word_n pessundo_fw-la divitias_fw-la ne_fw-la pessundare_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la polycrates_n the_o tyrant_n of_o samos_n cast_v the_o best_a jewel_n he_o have_v into_o the_o sea_n that_o thereby_o he_o may_v learn_v to_o compose_v himself_o against_o the_o vicissitude_n of_o fortune_n there_o go_v so_o many_o circumstance_n to_o piece_n up_o one_o good_a action_n to_o make_v a_o action_n to_o be_v good_a all_o the_o cause_n that_o concur_v must_v be_v good_a but_o one_o bad_a among_o many_o good_a one_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v it_o vicious_a according_a to_o the_o rule_n bonum_fw-la ex_fw-la causa_fw-la integra_fw-la malum_fw-la ex_fw-la partiali_fw-la sect._n 56_o pag._n 121_o the_o vulgarity_n of_o those_o judgement_n that_o wrap_v the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o strabo_n cloak_n and_o restrain_v it_o unto_o europe_n it_o be_v strabonis_n tunica_n in_o the_o translation_n but_o chlamydi_n will_v do_v better_o which_o be_v the_o proper_a expression_n of_o the_o word_n that_o strabo_n use_v it_o be_v not_o europe_n but_o the_o know_a part_n of_o the_o world_n that_o strabo_n resemble_v to_o a_o cloak_n and_o that_o be_v it_o the_o author_n here_o allude_v to_o but_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o the_o resemblance_n of_o strabo_n be_v very_o proper_a vid._n sir_n hen._n savil_n in_o not_o ad_fw-la tac._n in_o vita_fw-la agricolae_fw-la sect._n 57_o pag._n 123_o those_o who_o upon_o a_o rigid_a application_n of_o the_o law_n sentence_n solomon_n unto_o damnation_n etc._n etc._n st._n aug._n upon_o psal_n 126._o and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n holds_z that_o solomon_n be_v damn_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n be_v lyra_n in_o 2_o reg._n c._n 7._o &_o bellarm._n 1_o tom._n lib._n 1._o controu._n c._n 5._o the_o second_o part_n sect._n 2_o pag._n 127_o i_o wonder_v not_o at_o the_o french_a for_o their_o frog_n snail_n and_o toad-stool_n toad-stool_n be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o the_o french_a they_o be_v a_o great_a delicacy_n among_o the_o roman_n as_o appear_v every_o where_o in_o martial_a it_o be_v conceive_v the_o emperor_n claudius_n receive_v his_o death_n by_o poison_n which_o he_o take_v in_o a_o mushroom_n suet._n and_o tac._n sect._n 1_o pag._n 130_o how_o among_o so_o many_o million_o of_o face_n there_o shall_v be_v none_o alike_o it_o be_v report_v there_o have_v be_v some_o so_o much_o alike_o that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v distinguish_v as_o king_n 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