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man_n go_v for_o another_o this_o be_v plain_a also_o from_o the_o very_a name_n they_o give_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expiatio_fw-la piamentum_fw-la piamen_fw-la februa_n lustratio_fw-la purgatio_fw-la rite_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d piaculum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sacrifice_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o offer_v they_o which_o be_v not_o only_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o the_o heathen_n outram_n de_fw-fr sacrif_n p._n 278_o etc._n etc._n too_o with_o solemn_z prayer_n to_o god_n that_o all_o the_o plague_n which_o they_o or_o their_o country_n have_v deserve_v may_v light_v on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o victim_n and_o so_o they_o themselves_o escape_v and_o hereupon_o they_o think_v that_o all_o their_o sin_n do_v meet_v upon_o it_o and_o defile_v it_o to_o that_o degree_n that_o none_o who_o have_v touch_v it_o dare_v to_o return_v home_o till_o they_o have_v wash_v and_o purify_v themselves_o and_o now_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n whether_o sacrifice_n be_v only_o symbolical_a of_o their_o sorrow_n and_o that_o man_n never_o dream_v of_o any_o atone_a virtue_n in_o they_o but_o that_o all_o man_n of_o all_o nation_n look_v on_o repentance_n as_o a_o expiation_n and_o the_o only_a one_o too_o i_o will_v put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o reader_n trouble_v §_o ix_o and_o my_o own_o when_o i_o have_v observe_v the_o several_a contradiction_n and_o gross_a blunder_n of_o our_o modern_a deist_n they_o profess_v to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 197._o one_o infinite_a eternal_a god_n and_o yet_o the_o reader_n may_v remember_v that_o in_o my_o epistle_n to_o he_o i_o have_v show_v he_o that_o mr._n g._n be_v for_o two_o page_n 194._o god_n the_o one_o good_a the_o other_o evil._n mr._n b._n tell_v we_o the_o first_o good_a who_o be_v also_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o being_n have_v but_o one_o affection_n or_o property_n and_o that_o be_v page_n 90._o love_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o same_o page_n add_v there_o be_v nothing_o dreadful_a in_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o god_n but_o his_o justice_n no_o attribute_n else_o be_v terrible_a a._n w._n say_v this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o their_o religion_n that_o we_o be_v to_o expect_v page_n 197._o reward_n and_o punishment_n hereafter_o according_a to_o our_o action_n in_o this_o life_n which_o include_v the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o be_v prove_v by_o our_o admit_v providence_n but_o yet_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n see_v how_o faint_o he_o speak_v viz._n grant_v that_o they_o seem_v reasonable_a etc._n etc._n but_o mr._n b._n speak_v out_o page_n 125._o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v but_o a_o cunning_a trick_n and_o invention_n of_o the_o politician_n who_o have_v not_o so_o much_o a_o regard_n to_o truth_n as_o honesty_n a_o very_a great_a instance_n of_o their_o honesty_n to_o invent_v useful_a lie_n and_o that_o herein_o they_o do_v as_o 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that_o these_o be_v only_o such_o id._n p._n 157._o twilight_n conjecture_n as_o our_o humane_a reason_n whereof_o we_o yet_o so_o vain_o boast_v can_v furnish_v we_o with_o so_o that_o indeed_o all_o philosophy_n except_v scepticism_n be_v little_o more_o than_o dotage_n a_o censure_n true_a enough_o though_o not_o so_o decent_a from_o the_o mouth_n of_o mr._n b._n a_o son_n shall_v not_o use_v his_o pen_n to_o let_v fall_v such_o blot_n on_o his_o father_n write_n and_o memory_n but_o how_o vain_o indeed_o to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n do_v he_o boast_v of_o reason_n when_o he_o call_v it_o the_o sovereign_a preface_n to_o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 3._o rule_n and_o touchstone_n the_o supreme_a and_o primitive_a director_n of_o every_o man_n if_o it_o give_v no_o better_o a_o light_n than_o this_o and_o what_o sorry_a oracle_n be_v it_o like_v to_o utter_v mr._n b._n tell_v we_o to_o be_v page_n 91._o sure_a the_o deist_n be_v no_o idolater_n none_o can_v accuse_v he_o of_o 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