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and_o whencesoever_o moses_n borrow_v this_o rite_n we_o have_v it_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o that_o it_o be_v traduce_v from_o egypt_n to_o athens_n by_o king_n erechtheus_n nor_o be_v there_o just_a cause_n why_o the_o traduction_n of_o the_o like_a baptism_n from_o the_o jew_n to_o christian_n shall_v be_v urge_v to_o the_o disparagement_n of_o our_o mystical_a ablution_n at_o the_o font_n when_o by_o the_o church_n we_o be_v admit_v to_o christianism_n as_o well_o because_o we_o be_v change_v from_o a_o mere_a rite_n to_o a_o bless_a sacrament_n by_o christ_n himself_o the_o author_n of_o our_o faith_n honour_v by_o his_o example_n and_o sanctify_v by_o his_o benediction_n and_o the_o divinity_n of_o its_o constitution_n confirm_v by_o the_o miraculous_a descent_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a spirit_n in_o form_n of_o a_o dove_n as_o because_o though_o the_o external_n act_n of_o wash_v continue_v still_o the_o same_o yet_o the_o signification_n and_o 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only_o more_o honourable_a than_o other_o in_o this_o life_n but_o more_o happy_a after_o death_n for_o their_o wise_a man_n teach_v and_o the_o vulgar_a therefore_o believe_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o such_o lustration_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v render_v more_o defecate_a and_o pure_a from_o the_o contagion_n of_o the_o body_n refine_v as_o it_o be_v from_o the_o dross_n of_o sensual_a affection_n and_o make_v more_o fit_a and_o expedite_v for_o contemplation_n of_o divine_a thing_n whence_o sophocles_n the_o tragedian_n write_v of_o mystery_n be_v say_v by_o plutarch_n de_fw-la audiendis_fw-la poetis_fw-la to_o have_v compose_v these_o verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d felice_n nimis_fw-la initia_fw-la quotquot_fw-la ista_fw-la cum_fw-la conspexerint_fw-la eunt_fw-la ad_fw-la orcum_fw-la namque_fw-la eos_fw-la solos_fw-la manet_fw-la ibi_fw-la vita_fw-la reliquos_fw-la miserias_fw-la praeter_fw-la nihil_fw-la and_o the_o chorus_n in_o aristophanes_n comedy_n name_v the_o frog_n be_v make_v to_o sing_v these_o solis_fw-la nobis_fw-la sol_fw-la et_fw-la lux_fw-la hilaris_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la initiamur_fw-la &_o piam_n degimus_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o persuasion_n therefore_o be_v so_o universal_o diffuse_v among_o the_o grecian_n and_o render_v so_o plausible_a by_o superstition_n no_o wonder_n if_o plato_n in_o this_o dialogue_n put_v this_o as_o a_o axiom_n into_o the_o mouth_n of_o socrates_n whoever_o not_o expiate_v nor_o with_o due_a rite_n initiate_v shall_v descend_v to_o the_o mansion_n of_o soul_n depart_v shall_v there_o lie_v roll_a in_o mud_n but_o who_o shall_v after_o expurgation_n and_o initiation_n come_v thither_o shall_v for_o ever_o dwell_v with_o go_n nor_o this_o altogether_o without_o reason_n because_o the_o initiati_fw-la be_v both_o oblige_v to_o newness_n of_o life_n and_o reformation_n of_o manner_n and_o instruct_v in_o philosophy_n as_o well_o natural_a as_o moral_a ii_o the_o antiquity_n and_o traduction_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n though_o strabo_n geograph_n lib._n 15._o pag._n 713_o speak_v of_o the_o indian_a brahmin_n be_v so_o rash_a to_o say_v of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o as_o plato_n compose_v fable_n of_o the_o incorruptibility_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o judgement_n in_o the_o infernal_a shade_n yet_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o man_n rational_a soul_n be_v full_o as_o ancient_a as_o mankind_n itself_o for_o methinks_v the_o excellency_n of_o its_o own_o faculty_n and_o operation_n above_o all_o material_a agent_n shall_v be_v alone_o sufficient_a to_o afford_v to_o every_o contemplative_a man_n certain_a glimpse_n of_o both_o the_o divine_a original_a and_o immortality_n thereof_o and_o the_o desire_n of_o posthume_n glory_n a_o affection_n congenial_a and_o natural_a arist_n 2._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o natural_a to_o all_o noble_a mind_n together_o with_o a_o secret_a fear_n of_o future_a unhappiness_n common_a to_o all_o to_o give_v pregnant_a hint_n of_o its_o sempiternal_a existence_n after_o death_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o such_o have_v be_v the_o cruelty_n of_o time_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o book_n and_o other_o monument_n and_o so_o far_o have_v oblivion_n swallow_v up_o the_o tenant_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o young_a world_n that_o of_o this_o so_o reasonable_a and_o comfortable_a a_o opinion_n we_o can_v find_v no_o print_n remain_v but_o what_o the_o grecian_a sage_n observe_v among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o from_o they_o transmit_v down_o to_o posterity_n from_o they_o alone_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o trace_v the_o tradition_n thereof_o consentaneous_a it_o be_v that_o the_o eleusinian_n mystery_n and_o other_o sacred_a rite_n so_o solemn_o observe_v and_o celebrate_v by_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_n more_o particular_o that_o of_o lustration_n just_a now_o explicate_v be_v ground_v upon_o a_o belief_n of_o and_o have_v their_o chief_a respect_n unto_o a_o future_a life_n and_o the_o different_a state_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a soul_n therein_o for_o to_o what_o end_n can_v that_o religious_a ablution_n and_o expurgation_n serve_v but_o as_o they_o be_v persuade_v to_o rinse_v away_o the_o stain_n of_o guilt_n from_o the_o soul_n or_o as_o tertullian_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la cap._n 5._o express_v it_o in_o regenerationem_fw-la &_o impunitatem_fw-la perjuriorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la if_o they_o be_v not_o possess_v with_o a_o belief_n even_o to_o confidence_n of_o the_o eternal_a duration_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n and_o that_o in_o a_o condition_n of_o felicity_n or_o misery_n according_a to_o its_o virtuous_a or_o vicious_a affection_n and_o action_n in_o this_o life_n have_v they_o admit_v the_o extinction_n thereof_o by_o death_n vain_a certain_o and_o absurd_a have_v be_v all_o their_o care_n and_o solicitude_n about_o the_o purification_n of_o it_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o sin_n and_o from_o the_o dregs_n of_o sensual_a inclination_n before_o death_n the_o same_o may_v be_v by_o like_o genuine_a consequence_n infer_v from_o their_o most_o magnificent_a sepulcher_n their_o exquisite_a embalming_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o their_o amenthes_n or_o subterraneous_a place_n into_o which_o they_o hold_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o defunct_a to_o be_v receive_v but_o what_o need_v we_o range_v into_o their_o mythology_n in_o search_n after_o evidence_n of_o their_o be_v strong_o possess_v with_o this_o opinion_n when_o we_o have_v proof_n from_o authority_n unquestionable_a that_o their_o priest_n and_o other_o learned_a man_n express_o teach_v it_o hear_v then_o herodotus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 123._o say_v aegyptij_fw-la primi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la animam_fw-la hominis_fw-la immortalem_fw-la esse_fw-la dicerent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ejus_fw-la transmigrationem_fw-la in_o alia_fw-la animalia_fw-la terrestria_fw-la marina_fw-la volueria_fw-la rursumque_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la hunc_fw-la circuitum_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la fieri_fw-la intra_fw-la
solicit_v redarguisset_fw-la verum_fw-la id_fw-la eum_fw-la minime_fw-la decebat_fw-la ideoque_fw-la sic_fw-la egit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la poenam_fw-la svam_fw-la honoribus_fw-la summis_fw-la esset_fw-la aestimaturus_fw-la maluit_fw-la enim_fw-la vir_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la quod_fw-la superesset_fw-la ex_fw-la vita_fw-la sibi_fw-la perire_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la praeterisset_fw-la et_fw-la quando_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la svi_fw-la temporis_fw-la parum_fw-la intelligebatur_fw-la posterorum_fw-la se_fw-la judicijs_fw-la reservavit_fw-la brevi_fw-la detrimento_fw-la jam_fw-la ultimae_fw-la senectutis_fw-la aevum_fw-la seculorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la consecutus_fw-la itaque_fw-la quamvis_fw-la lysias_n qui_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o dicendo_fw-la praestantissimus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la defensionem_fw-la illi_fw-la scriptam_fw-la attulisset_fw-la uti_fw-la ea_fw-la noluit_fw-la cum_fw-la bonam_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la parum_fw-la sibi_fw-la convenientem_fw-la judicasset_fw-la advertisement_n of_o the_o printer_n to_o the_o reader_n though_o it_o have_v so_o happen_v that_o the_o error_n of_o this_o impression_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n only_a litteral_n such_o as_o every_o judicious_a man_n may_v as_o easy_o correct_v as_o find_v yet_o because_o the_o book_n perhaps_o may_v come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o some_o who_o understandeng_n be_v not_o incapable_a to_o be_v retard_v or_o seduce_v by_o even_o the_o small_a pseudographical_n rub_v cast_v in_o their_o way_n by_o the_o incurious_a compositor_n i_o therefore_o think_v it_o one_o part_n of_o my_o duty_n so_o far_o to_o prevent_v the_o offen_v and_o assist_v the_o apprehension_n of_o reader_n of_o this_o sort_n as_o to_o entreat_v they_o first_o to_o pardon_v the_o fault_n that_o shall_v occur_v to_o they_o in_o read_v and_o then_o to_o amend_v they_o so_o many_o at_o least_o as_o i_o have_v in_o a_o hasty_a review_n observe_v in_o this_o manner_n page_n 12._o line_n 23._o read_v prodicus_n ceus_n p._n 15._o l._n 22._o r._n how_o vehement_a p_o 19_o l._n 1._o r._n dithyrambic_n p._n 22._o l._n 11._o r._n delight_v p._n 24._o l._n 24._o r_o youth_n p._n 44._o l._n 14._o r._n recall_v p._n 46._o l._n 10._o r._n assent_v p._n 56._o l._n 9_o of_o the_o margin_n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 76._o l._n 2._o r_o soon_o lead_v they_o p._n 109_o l._n 58._o r._n near_a to_o sapience_n p._n 135._o l._n 6_o r_o train_n of_o his_o thought_n p_o 135._o l._n 6._o r._n train_n of_o his_o thought_n p._n 139._o l._n 20._o r._n be_v it_o not_o clear_o evince_v p._n 151._o l._n 3._o r._n qâ—â—_n quoniam_fw-la câ—â—ss_n sunt_fw-la p._n 157._o l._n 1._o r._n conjuncture_n of_o p._n 168._o l._n 12._o r._n descension_n p._n 193._o l._n 19_o r._n relate_v p._n 199._o l._n 4._o r._n come_v thereby_o &_o l._n 6._o r_o broad_a kneading-tubb_a p_o 213._o l_o 15._o r._n the_o ration_n of_o even_o &_o l._n 26._o r._n the_o number_n three_o p._n 235._o l._n 21._o r._n good_a omen_n and_o gratulation_n p._n 254._o l._n 9_o r._n sanctiones_fw-la &_o l._n 13._o r._n deos_fw-la p._n 259._o l._n 17._o r._n epocha_n marmorea_fw-la p._n 263._o l._n 6._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p_o 265._o l._n 4._o r._n praefatus_fw-la deum_fw-la p._n 266._o l._n 9_o r._n signification_n and_o efficacy_n p._n 280._o l._n 12._o r._n umbrage_n of_o irreverence_n p_o 290._o l._n 18._o r._n volitantque_fw-la haec_fw-la littora_fw-la circum_fw-la p._n 296._o l._n ult_n r._n elpenor_n as_o for_o the_o more_o venial_a error_n commit_v in_o either_o omission_n or_o misplace_n of_o interpunction_n and_o other_o sign_n of_o pause_n have_v find_v they_o to_o be_v neither_o very_a numerous_a nor_o much_o injurious_a to_o the_o author_n sense_n i_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o candid_a correction_n of_o the_o competent_a reader_n socrates_n his_o apology_n the_o argument_n out_o of_o serranus_n socrates_n be_v accuse_v of_o impiety_n by_o melitus_n anitus_n and_o lycon_n before_o the_o people_n of_o athens_n by_o this_o oration_n defend_v his_o cause_n and_o he_o so_o plead_v that_o he_o not_o only_o evince_v this_o their_o accusation_n to_o be_v false_a and_o malicious_a but_o also_o clear_o show_v that_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o deserve_v well_o of_o the_o republic_n and_o be_v therefore_o worthy_a not_o of_o punishment_n but_o reward_n he_o moreover_o declare_v that_o it_o be_v a_o duty_n divine_o impose_v upon_o he_o to_o reprove_v and_o convince_v man_n more_o particular_o such_o who_o be_v puff_v up_o with_o a_o vain_a opinion_n of_o their_o own_o wisdom_n be_v high_o conceit_v of_o themselves_o the_o infection_n of_o which_o ambitious_a folly_n he_o affirm_v to_o be_v diffuse_v among_o man_n of_o all_o order_n but_o that_o alone_o be_v true_a wisdom_n when_o man_n acknowledge_v their_o ignorance_n that_o be_v as_o he_o in_o most_o proper_a word_n define_v that_o humane_a wisdom_n be_v of_o small_a value_n or_o none_o at_o all_o and_o firm_o hold_v that_o god_n 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