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religion_n for_o you_o may_v thus_o read_v justine_n martyr_n de_fw-fr respon_n ad_fw-la quest._n 5._o fol._n 162._o as_o the_o sun_n rise_v upon_o the_o good_a and_o evil_a the_o just_a and_o unjust_a be_v no_o argument_n to_o confirm_v the_o evil_a and_o injust_a man_n in_o his_o wickedness_n and_o injustice_n so_o ought_v it_o not_o to_o confirm_v heretic_n in_o their_o error_n if_o at_o any_o time_n miraculous_a thing_n be_v do_v by_o they_o for_o if_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o miracle_n be_v a_o absolute_a sign_n and_o demonstration_n of_o piety_n god_n will_v not_o then_o reply_v upon_o the_o reprobate_n and_o curse_a at_o the_o last_o day_n when_o they_o shall_v say_v unto_o he_o lord_n have_v we_o not_o in_o thy_o name_n prophesy_v and_o cast_v out_o devil_n and_o do_v many_o miracle_n i_o never_o know_v you_o depart_v from_o i_o o_o you_o curse_v etc._n etc._n christ_n be_v miraculous_a in_o his_o incarnation_n his_o nativity_n his_o life_n doctrine_n death_n and_o 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man_n take_v sleep_v god_n entire_a work_n before_o my_o eye_n i_o bring_v that_o man_n can_v not_o find_v out_o the_o work_n he_o seek_v beneath_o the_o sun_n for_o which_o man_v busy_a mind_n labour_n to_o search_v but_o it_o can_v never_o find_v and_o though_o the_o wise_a man_n think_v it_o to_o conceive_v he_o can_v do_v it_o without_o the_o almighty_n leave_n when_o as_o the_o academic_n academic_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o all_o the_o ethnycke_a sophist_n be_v hold_v best_a yet_o in_o their_o then_o supreme_a authority_n none_o dare_v contest_v and_o say_v so_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o pyrhonicks_n pyrhonicks_n of_o no_o less_o approbation_n will_v not_o of_o any_o thing_n make_v attestation_n but_o make_v a_o doubt_n in_o all_o and_o hold_v for_o true_a whoever_o humane_a science_n shall_v pursue_v no_o other_o base_a he_o have_v whereon_o to_o sit_v save_v the_o frail_a
augur_n 47._o the_o vanity_n of_o augury_n 48._o of_o idolatry_n in_o general_a 49._o a_o emblem_n 50._o a_o meditation_n upon_o the_o precedent_n tractat_fw-la 53._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o tractat_fw-la whence_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o god_n come_v 59_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n 60._o argument_n to_o confirm_v it_o 61_o 62._o the_o power_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o planet_n 63._o the_o sibyl_n of_o god_n 64._o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n 65._o the_o godhood_n unity_n not_o to_o be_v divide_v 66._o the_o same_o illustrate_v 67._o the_o manichee_n 68_o man_n attribute_n give_v to_o god_n how_o far_o they_o extend_v ibid._n god_n appellation_n in_o scripture_n 70._o of_o the_o trinity_n 71._o reason_n why_o christ_n be_v call_v our_o god_n 72._o christ_n typical_o figure_v in_o aaron_n 73._o observation_n of_o the_o trin._n in_o unity_n etc._n etc._n 74._o orator_n and_o philosopher_n of_o god_n 75._o of_o god_n ubiquity_n 76._o hiero_n and_o simonides_n 78._o proper_a name_n belong_v to_o god_n 79._o idolatry_n bring_v from_o asia_n into_o italy_n 80._o reason_n why_o atheist_n doubt_v of_o god_n 82._o pregnant_a reason_n to_o prove_v a_o deity_n 83._o from_o the_o poet_n and_o philosopher_n 84_o 85._o apothegm_n concern_v god_n 86._o further_o of_o the_o poet_n 90_o 91_o etc._n etc._n hierogliphycke_n of_o god_n 93_o the_o vadiani_n of_o god_n 94_o attribute_n belong_v to_o god_n 95._o god_n in_o all_o tongue_n style_v by_o four_o letter_n 96._o the_o father_n of_o the_o trinity_n 98._o philosopher_n sentence_n of_o god_n 101._o comparison_n for_o the_o further_a illustration_n of_o the_o godhood_n 104._o a_o emblem_n 106._o a_o meditation_n 108._o the_o content_n of_o the_o three_o tractat_fw-la the_o three_o division_n of_o the_o world_n element_n terrest_n coelest_n super-coel_a 111._o cabalist_n and_o rabbin_n of_o moses_n ark._n 112._o a_o consimilitude_n betwixt_o the_o ark_n and_o the_o world_n ibid._n a_o second_o consimilitude_n 114._o a_o three_o consimilitude_n 115._o the_o best_a philosopher_n of_o the_o premise_n ibid._n creature_n participate_v diverse_a element_n 116._o manâ—_n wisdom_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o world_n the_o birth_n of_o wisdom_n 117._o her_o beauty_n honour_n sweetness_n and_o effect_n 118._o her_o fruitfulness_n and_o power_n 119._o at_o what_o time_n time_n begin_v 120._o the_o creation_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n 121._o their_o several_a office_n 122._o of_o the_o star_n and_o planet_n according_a to_o the_o poet_n arctos_n major_a minor_a the_o serpent_n boötes_n corona_n hercules_n 123._o lyra_n olor_n cepheus_n cassiopeia_n andromeda_n perseus_n auriga_fw-la serpentarius_n sagitta_n 124._o aquila_n delphinus_n equus_n deltoton_n pistrix_fw-la lepus_fw-la orion_n 125._o lelaps_n protion_n argo_n centaurus_n ara_n hydra_n 126._o notius_fw-la galaxia_fw-la 127._o of_o the_o twelve_o celestial_a sign_n and_o first_o of_o aries_n ibid._n of_o taurus_n and_o the_o hyades_n 128._o of_o gemini_fw-la and_o cancer_n 129._o star_n call_v asini_fw-la and_o of_o the_o lion_n 130._o of_o virgo_fw-la or_o the_o celestial_a maid_n 131._o the_o seven_o deadly_a sin_n 132._o the_o story_n of_o icarius_n and_o erigone_n 133._o fruit_n of_o drunkenness_n 134._o a_o remarkable_a story_n of_o a_o dog_n 135._o arctuâ—â—us_n canicula_fw-la libra_n scorpio_n 137._o sagittarius_fw-la 138._o capricornus_fw-la aquarius_n 139._o pisces_fw-la 140._o the_o birth_n of_o venus_n 141._o of_o the_o world_n original_a ibid._n the_o invention_n of_o letter_n write_v etc._n etc._n 142._o of_o city_n the_o age_n 143._o grammar_n rhetoric_n logic_n memory_n geometry_n music_n etc._n etc._n 144._o against_o those_o who_o maintain_v more_o world_n or_o the_o eternity_n of_o this_o 145._o the_o death_n of_o aristole_n 146._o the_o nobility_n of_o man_n conceit_n 147._o annus_fw-la magnus_fw-la vertens_fw-la mundanus_fw-la ibid._n the_o ridiculousnesse_n thereof_o 148._o the_o definition_n of_o the_o world_n 149._o the_o father_n concern_v the_o world_n 150._o the_o poet_n of_o the_o world_n and_o ruin_v thereof_o 151._o the_o philosopher_n of_o the_o world_n 153._o the_o world_n define_v 154._o philssopher_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n 156._o creation_n from_o atom_n number_n infinite_n etc._n etc._n 157._o against_o curiosity_n and_o vain_a question_n 158._o of_o the_o four_o element_n 160._o the_o poet_n of_o the_o age_n 161._o the_o golden_a age_n 162._o the_o silver_n and_o brazen_a age_n 163._o the_o iron_n age_n 164._o a_o division_n of_o man_n age_n 165._o of_o the_o year_n call_v climatericall_a 167._o illustration_n of_o the_o sign_n celestial_a 168._o the_o order_n of_o the_o star_n and_o the_o austral_a circle_n 169._o draco_n artophilax_n 170._o corona_n lyra_n the_o death_n of_o orpheus_n etc._n etc._n 171._o the_o pleyade_n virgiliae_fw-la etc._n etc._n 181._o cometa_fw-la the_o motion_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o bisext_n or_o leap-yeare_n 182._o the_o eclipse_n rule_v to_o know_v fair_a or_o foul_a weather_n by_o the_o sun_n 183._o philosopher_n and_o poet_n of_o the_o moon_n 184._o conjecture_n of_o weather_n by_o the_o moon_n 185._o a_o emblem_n 186._o a_o meditation_n 189._o the_o content_n of_o the_o four_o tractat_fw-la the_o three_o ternion_n of_o angel_n with_o their_o several_a office_n 194._o how_o they_o be_v concatinate_v among_o themselves_o 195._o of_o such_o as_o hold_v there_o be_v no_o angel_n nor_o spirit_n 196._o their_o opinion_n confute_v 197_o angel_n and_o spirit_n prove_v from_o dream_n ibid._n the_o dream_n of_o simonides_n sylla_n m._n artorius_n calphurnia_n julius_n caesar_n amilcar_n etc._n etc._n 198._o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n of_o dream_n 199._o angel_n visible_a and_o of_o evil_a spirit_n 200._o rabbi_n achiba_n concern_v spirit_n 201._o abram_n avenzara_n and_o rabbi_n azariel_n of_o love_n and_o hate_n 202._o a_o story_n of_o a_o emperor_n and_o two_o beggar_n 203._o of_o poet_n and_o poetry_n ibid._n a_o meditation_n of_o death_n 204._o honour_n due_a to_o poet_n and_o do_v unto_o they_o of_o old_a 205._o a_o nomination_n of_o some_o of_o our_o modern_a poet_n 206._o buchanans_n complaint_n that_o the_o muse_n be_v so_o neglect_v 207._o buchanans_n epigram_n 208._o spirit_n saturnine_n jovial_a and_o mercurial_a 209._o the_o essence_n of_o angel_n 210._o sundry_a opinion_n of_o the_o father_n concern_v angel_n 211_o to_o prove_v they_o incorporat_a 212._o the_o lateran_n council_n of_o angel_n 213._o the_o difference_n of_o their_o knowledge_n 214._o four_o angel_n over_o the_o four_o wind_n ibid._n over_o every_o heaven_n or_o sphere_n 215._o angel_n of_o the_o zodiac_n their_o office_n and_o name_n ibid._n four_o angel_n over_o the_o four_o element_n 216._o the_o object_n of_o god_n will_v in_o the_o creation_n 219_o angel_n the_o first_o creature_n make_v with_o the_o light_n pure_a the_o charge_n they_o have_v over_o man_n ibid._n several_a employment_n of_o angel_n in_o the_o scripture_n 220._o dream_n define_v 221._o eudemus_n galen_n q._n catulus_n sophocles_n alexand_n philosoph_n sfortia_n m._n antonius_n torellus_n alcibiades_n croesus_n atterius_n ruffus_n cambyses_n aspasia_n tit._n attinius_n their_o dream_n 223â—_n etc._n etc._n history_n concern_v prediction_n of_o nero_n philip_n of_o macedon_n etc._n etc._n 226._o dioclesian_n henry_n king_n of_o france_n 227._o plato_n opinion_n of_o spirit_n 228._o spirit_n of_o diverse_a quality_n and_o of_o the_o socraticum_fw-la daemonium_fw-la 229._o history_n of_o the_o same_o ibid._n s._n augustine_n of_o the_o power_n of_o spirit_n 230._o strange_a opinion_n of_o spirit_n and_o that_o none_o can_v be_v mortal_a 231._o a_o discourse_n of_o death_n from_o the_o poet_n 232._o from_o the_o philosopher_n 233._o from_o the_o father_n 234._o a_o dialogue_n concern_v death_n interpret_v from_o lucian_n 235._o of_o constancy_n in_o death_n 240._o a_o content_a life_n 241._o further_o of_o poetry_n and_o poet_n 242._o a_o nomination_n of_o many_o famous_a greek_a poet_n 243._o the_o misery_n that_o attend_v the_o muse_n illustrate_v by_o the_o sad_a fate_n of_o many_o ancient_a poee_n 245._o joh._n campanius_fw-la to_o that_o purpose_n 248._o m._n edm._n spencer_n complaint_n 249._o faustus_n andrelinus_n the_o like_a 250._o a_o spanish_a proverb_n interpret_v 251._o that_o spirit_n can_v transport_v man_n or_o beast_n 252._o history_n of_o strange_a transportation_n 253._o a_o story_n of_o a_o centurion_n 254._o of_o a_o captive_n 255._o a_o nobleman_n of_o insubria_n 256._o transportation_n of_o witch_n 257._o antonius_n leo_n 258._o paulus_n grillandus_n of_o witch_n 259._o medea_n 260._o the_o velocity_n of_o spirit_n 261._o history_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o 262._o a_o emblem_n 263._o a_o meditation_n 266._o the_o content_n of_o the_o five_o tractat_fw-la god_n power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n in_o the_o creation_n 271._o the_o concordance_n between_o the_o seraph_n and_o the_o primum_fw-la mobile_n 272._o betwixt_o the_o cherubin_n and_o the_o starry_a heaven_n 274._o betwixt_o the_o throne_n and_o saturn_n