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without_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 235._o 〈◊〉_d justin_n mart._n tryph._n p._n 235._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v it_o be_v not_o the_o work_n of_o man_n but_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n the_o father_n of_o the_o universe_n who_o produce_v he_o that_o at_o length_n he_o may_v swell_v into_o a_o vast_a 35._o vast_a ver._n 35._o mountain_n fill_v the_o whole_a earth_n this_o be_v that_o famous_a stone_n with_o the_o vision_n whereof_o zechary_n comfort_v zerubbabel_n and_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n when_o return_v out_o of_o captivity_n that_o the_o stone_n lay_v before_o joshua_n the_o high_a priest_n shall_v have_v 277._o have_v zeph._n 3.9_o cypr._n ibid._n p._n 277._o seven_o eye_n engrave_v upon_o it_o by_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n who_o replenish_v his_o son_n with_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n with_o abundance_n of_o all_o spiritual_a gift_n and_o grace_n especial_o with_o a_o singular_a watchful_a care_n over_o the_o church_n in_o all_o its_o 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so_o presumptuous_a and_o bold_a that_o be_v in_o his_o right_a wit_n to_o essigiate_n or_o shape_n a_o image_n of_o he_o like_v to_o any_o thing_n among_o we_o wherefore_o reject_v all_o carve_a work_n it_o behoove_v we_o to_o erect_v a_o temple_n and_o holy_a house_n befit_v such_o a_o majesty_n without_o any_o figure_n at_o all_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o the_o heathen_n see_v no_o image_n or_o statue_n at_o all_o in_o the_o temple_n can_v not_o tell_v what_o deity_n it_o be_v the_o jew_n worship_v the_o athenian_n have_v a_o altar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o unknown_a god_n critias_n be_v reprove_v by_o triphon_n in_o lucian_n for_o swear_v by_o the_o heathen_a god_n at_o last_o swear_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n by_o the_o unknown_a god_n at_o athens_n mention_v by_o 35._o by_o paus_n att._n p._n 1._o lin_v 34_o 35._o pausanias_n to_o have_v have_v a_o altar_n at_o phalarum_fw-la a_o port_n of_o athens_n there_o say_v he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o altar_n of_o the_o god_n call_v unknown_a in_o another_o place_n in_o his_o eliack_n discourse_v at_o large_a of_o the_o many_o altar_n that_o be_v near_o the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n at_o olympia_n he_o mention_n one_o close_a by_o the_o altar_n of_o jupiter_n olympius_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o altar_n of_o the_o unknown_a go_n wherefore_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o crassus_n profess_v his_o want_n of_o knowledge_n to_o discern_v what_o god_n it_o be_v which_o the_o jew_n do_v worship_n the_o place_n be_v worth_a recite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n crassus_n spend_v many_o day_n in_o weigh_v the_o money_n of_o the_o goddess_n which_o be_v worship_v in_o the_o holy_a city_n step._n city_n plut._n in_o cras_fw-la p._n 1010._o edit_n h._n step._n and_o assign_v a_o set_a number_n of_o soldier_n to_o the_o people_n and_o the_o ruler_n afterward_o free_v they_o for_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n whereby_o he_o lose_v his_o credit_n and_o be_v despise_v by_o they_o the_o first_o omen_n or_o token_n to_o he_o of_o bad_a success_n be_v from_o this_o goddess_n which_o some_o take_v to_o be_v venus_n other_o juno_z other_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o nature_n supply_v the_o beginning_n and_o seed_n of_o all_o thing_n out_o of_o moisture_n and_o manifest_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n unto_o mankind_n for_o as_o they_o be_v go_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n first_o crassus_n the_o young_a stumble_v at_o the_o door_n and_o then_o the_o elder_n fall_v upon_o he_o to_o this_o inquiry_n of_o plutarch_n what_o the_o deity_n be_v which_o be_v worship_v at_o jerusalem_n the_o answer_n of_o triphon_n to_o critias_n in_o lucian_n forecited_a dialogue_n may_v be_v return_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o we_o have_v find_v out_o the_o god_n unknown_a in_o athens_n and_o worship_v he_o lift_v up_o our_o hand_n to_o heaven_n and_o give_v he_o thanks_o that_o we_o be_v make_v fit_a to_o be_v subject_a and_o obedient_a to_o so_o great_a a_o power_n some_o glimmer_a knowledge_n of_o this_o great_a god_n have_v socrates_n attain_v to_o and_o be_v thereupon_o scofft_o at_o in_o that_o scurrilous_a comedy_n of_o 〈◊〉_d of_o plut._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristophanes_n style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o cloud_n as_o if_o he_o worship_v those_o exhalation_n for_o which_o also_o at_o last_o he_o suffer_v death_n of_o who_o aelian_a in_o his_o 2d_o book_n of_o various_a history_n cap._n 13._o plato_n in_o a_o set_a apology_n for_o his_o vindication_n and_o diogenes_n laertius_n in_o his_o life_n plutarch_n and_o apuleius_n have_v enlarge_v while_o we_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n be_v full_o assure_v by_o a_o apostolical_a pen_n that_o this_o our_o god_n of_o who_o the_o world_n be_v general_o ignorant_a etc._n ignorant_a act._n 17.23_o 24._o etc._n etc._n make_v the_o world_n and_o all_o thing_n therein_o be_v lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n wherefore_o no_o wonder_n that_o the_o heathen_n search_v after_o what_o deity_n be_v worship_v in_o judea_n yet_o sit_v down_o with_o 590._o with_o phar._n lib._n 2._o v._n 590._o lucian_n declare_v the_o conquest_n of_o pompey_n cappadoces_n mea_fw-la signa_fw-la timent_fw-la et_fw-la dedita_fw-la sacris_fw-la incerti_fw-la judaea_n dei_fw-la the_o cappadocian_o at_o my_o banner_n tremble_v and_o jew_n who_o at_o the_o sacred_a feast_n assemble_v of_o god_n unknown_a to_o we_o 1640._o we_o hist_o l._n 5._o p._n 622._o lug._n bat._n 1640._o tacitus_n moreover_o treat_v of_o the_o war_n of_o titus_n in_o judea_n take_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o religion_n of_o that_o country_n in_o most_o thing_n very_o corrupt_o but_o as_o to_o our_o purpose_n at_o present_a express_o thus_o judaei_n ment_fw-la solâ_fw-la unumque_fw-la numen_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la prophanos_fw-la qui_fw-la deûm_fw-la imagine_v mortalibus_fw-la materiis_fw-la in_o species_n hominum_fw-la effingant_fw-la summum_fw-la illud_fw-la &_o aeternum_fw-la neque_fw-la mutabile_fw-la neque_fw-la interiturum_fw-la igitur_fw-la nulla_fw-la simulacra_fw-la urbibus_fw-la suis_fw-la nedum_fw-la templis_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o jew_n worship_v only_o with_o their_o soul_n and_o apprehend_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v but_o one_o they_o count_v such_o to_o be_v profane_a who_o do_v fashion_n image_n of_o the_o god_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n with_o perish_a matter_n the_o most_o high_a god_n they_o deem_v eternal_a unchangeable_a and_o immortal_a wherefore_o they_o have_v no_o image_n in_o their_o city_n much_o less_o in_o their_o temple_n diâ—n_v cassius_n shall_v bring_v up_o the_o rear_n who_o in_o the_o 36th_o book_n of_o his_o history_n speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n they_o be_v of_o a_o diverie_a opinion_n speak_v
of_o the_o jew_n from_o all_o other_o man_n as_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n so_o in_o their_o ordinary_a course_n of_o life_n but_o especial_o in_o this_o that_o they_o worship_v none_o of_o the_o other_o god_n but_o one_o they_o chief_o honour_n and_o adore_v at_o that_o time_n viz._n of_o pompey_n war_n in_o judaea_n they_o have_v no_o image_n at_o all_o in_o jerusalem_n hold_v their_o god_n to_o be_v of_o a_o inestable_a and_o invisible_a essence_n exceed_v all_o other_o man_n in_o his_o worship_n unto_o who_o they_o have_v build_v a_o temple_n of_o great_a bulk_n and_o exceed_v beautiful_a hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o heathen_n do_v so_o profane_o jeer_v at_o the_o jew_n for_o lift_v up_o their_o hand_n to_o heaven_n as_o if_o they_o pray_v to_o the_o cloud_n so_o petronius_n flout_v at_o they_o 8o._o they_o satyr_n p._n 211_o ed._n franc._n 1621._o 8o._o et_fw-la coeli_fw-la summas_fw-la advocate_n auriculas_fw-la which_o we_o will_v translate_v to_o a_o more_o sober_a sense_n 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with_o 2.11_o with_o ps_n 2.11_o tremble_v memorable_a be_v that_o passage_n of_o lucian_n in_o his_o philopatris_n which_o dialogue_n because_o forbid_v by_o the_o romish_a index_n expurgatorius_fw-la to_o be_v print_v for_o reason_n best_o know_v to_o themselves_o while_o they_o suffer_v every_o obscene_a poet_n and_o scoffer_n at_o religion_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o their_o latter_a edition_n i_o shall_v recite_v somewhat_o large_o 4._o large_o pag._n 466._o edit_n basil_n 1503._o tun_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v teach_v thou_o what_o the_o universe_n be_v and_o who_o be_v before_o all_o thing_n and_o what_o be_v the_o systeme_n or_o frame_n of_o the_o universe_n former_o indeed_o i_o suffer_v the_o same_o thing_n thou_o do_v but_o since_o the_o galilaean_a meet_v with_o i_o one_o 10.1_o one_o 2_o cor._n 10.1_o bald_a on_o the_o forehead_n and_o his_o nose_n hook_a who_o have_v be_v carry_v up_o in_o the_o air_n into_o the_o 12.2_o the_o 2_o cor._n 12.2_o three_o heaven_n paul_n paul_n and_o learned_a thence_o most_o excellent_a thing_n do_v regenerate_v we_o by_o water_n and_o bring_v we_o into_o the_o foot-path_n of_o the_o bless_a and_o redeem_v we_o from_o the_o region_n of_o the_o ungodly_a and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o man_n in_o truth_n if_o thou_o will_v hear_v i_o which_o person_n that_o be_v mean_v of_o paul_n seem_v evident_a by_o niceph._n callist_n lib._n 2._o c._n 37._o where_n describe_v of_o paul_n as_o before_o he_o have_v our_o lord_n lib._n 1._o c._n 40._o among_o other_o thing_n say_v he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bald_a on_o his_o head_n and_o that_o he_o have_v a_o nose_n handsome_o bend_v where_o break_v awhile_o from_o that_o he_o speak_v afterward_o of_o the_o creation_n and_o other_o matter_n in_o these_o word_n 467._o pag._n 467._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v a_o incorruptible_a invisible_a incomprehensible_a light_n which_o dissolve_v the_o darkness_n and_o dispel_v that_o deformity_n by_o a_o word_n alone_o speak_v by_o it_o as_o the_o 4.10_o the_o moses_n exod._n 4.10_o slow-tongued_n person_n have_v relate_v he_o establish_v the_o earth_n upon_o the_o water_n stretch_v out_o the_o heaven_n form_v the_o fix_a star_n and_o appoint_v their_o course_n which_o thou_o worship_v as_o go_n he_o have_v beautify_v the_o earth_n with_o flower_n he_o produce_v man_n out_o of_o nothing_o into_o be_v and_o he_o be_v in_o the_o 15.3_o the_o prov._n 15.3_o heaven_n behold_v the_o just_a and_o unjust_a and_o write_v their_o action_n in_o book_n will_n according_o render_v to_o every_o one_o in_o that_o day_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v furthermore_o that_o we_o may_v see_v the_o ancient_a heathen_n have_v more_o knowledge_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n partly_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o improve_v and_o partly_o by_o the_o light_n of_o scripture_n and_o of_o the_o primitive_a person_n carry_v the_o gospel_n about_o the_o nation_n may_v appear_v by_o a_o passage_n 〈◊〉_d little_a before_o the_o first_o citation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n crit._n by_o who_o shall_v i_o swear_v then_o trieph_n by_o the_o sovereign_a great_a immortal_a god_n in_o the_o heaven_n by_o the_o son_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o spirit_n proceed_v from_o the_o father_n one_o in_o three_o and_o three_o in_o one_o a_o god_n certain_o of_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o shape_n or_o image_n and_o therefore_o sure_o the_o gentile_n know_v more_o than_o we_o ordinary_o think_v they_o do_v at_o least_o the_o wise_a sort_n and_o more_o they_o may_v have_v know_v have_v they_o be_v sedulous_o inquisitive_a into_o the_o matter_n because_o that_o which_o may_v be_v know_v of_o god_n be_v manifest_a to_o they_o for_o god_n have_v show_v it_o to_o they_o etc._n they_o rom._n 1.19_o etc._n etc._n for_o the_o invisible_a 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