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A confutation of atheisme by Iohn Doue Doctor of Diuinitie. The contents are to be seene in the page following
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Dove, John, 1560 or 61-1618.
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all_o goodness_n in_o general_a and_o therefore_o never_o rest_v but_o still_o will_v &_o desire_v until_o it_o come_v to_o the_o perfect_a fruition_n of_o god_n in_o who_o all_o goodness_n be_v include_v who_o be_v essential_o good_a in_o himself_o 4._o the_o will_n of_o man_n move_v itself_o to_o one_o thing_n and_o a_o other_o and_o be_v not_o move_v by_o any_o natural_a agent_n and_o as_o the_o will_n be_v so_o be_v the_o essence_n itself_o and_o therefore_o not_o subject_a to_o corruption_n a_o three_o reason_n the_o very_a appetit_fw-la of_o man_n be_v also_o infinite_a it_o find_v no_o contentment_n among_o all_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v under_o the_o sun_n it_o be_v never_o satisfy_v with_o the_o desire_n of_o happiness_n knowledge_n honour_n glory_n riches_n and_o eternity_n that_o it_o may_v live_v after_o death_n but_o to_o whatsoever_o nature_n have_v give_v this_o appetite_n it_o have_v also_o appoint_v how_o this_o appetite_n shall_v be_v satisfy_v and_o that_o must_v 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have_v it_o any_o subject_n because_o it_o be_v no_o accident_n the_o eleven_o that_o which_o die_v with_o the_o body_n must_v also_o languish_v and_o decay_v with_o the_o body_n and_o wax_v old_a when_o the_o body_n be_v old_a as_o it_o appear_v by_o sense_n motion_n and_o vegetation_n which_o in_o old_a man_n do_v fail_v but_o understanding_n do_v increase_v in_o age_n the_o twelve_o be_v the_o very_a convenience_n and_o agreement_n which_o the_o soul_n have_v with_o god_n and_o the_o angel_n it_o argue_v the_o immortality_n thereof_o for_o why_o be_v they_o say_v to_o be_v immortal_a but_o because_o they_o be_v as_o the_o soul_n be_v spiritual_a immaterial_a simple_a no_o way_n mix_v or_o depend_v of_o the_o body_n the_o thirteen_o what_o be_v more_o common_a in_o this_o life_n than_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o the_o adversitye_n of_o the_o godly_a but_o it_o can_v stand_v with_o god_n justice_n nor_o his_o providence_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o reward_n 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judgement_n from_o judgement_n to_o mercy_n from_o mercy_n to_o glory_n there_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n stand_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o the_o ladder_n last_o of_o all_o that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n &_o be_v consume_v with_o fire_n witness_n not_o only_a st._n peter_n the_o apostle_n but_o also_o ovid_n the_o poet_n his_o 3_o word_n be_v these_o esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la infatis_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la affore_o tempus_fw-la 1._o quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la correptaque_fw-la regius_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeat_fw-la &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laboret_fw-la decay_n that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n witness_n lucretius_n his_o word_n be_v these_o una_fw-la dies_fw-la dabit_fw-la exitio_fw-la multosque_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la 5._o sustentata_fw-la rvet_fw-la mole_n &_o machina_fw-la mundi_fw-la accidet_fw-la exitium_fw-la coeli_fw-la terraeque_fw-la