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power_n after_o the_o supreme_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o genuine_a or_o only_a son_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o intellectual_a word_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v of_o the_o same_o power_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o eternal_a and_o imperceptible_a mind_n that_o it_o be_v hist._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unbegotten_a and_o parent_n to_o itself_o he_o likewise_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mind_n subsist_v by_o itself_o and_o st._n cyril_n who_o cit_v plato_n out_o of_o porphyry_n and_o be_v willing_a to_o make_v the_o platonic_a triad_n the_o same_o in_o effect_n with_o the_o christian_a trinity_n c._n confess_v the_o three_o principle_n which_o shall_v answer_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n which_o all_o platonist_n understand_v to_o be_v a_o distinct_a substance_n from_o the_o first_o cause_n nay_o porphyry_n 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and_o preserver_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o creation_n the_o platonist_n mean_v only_o the_o disposal_n of_o the_o chaos_n into_o order_n for_o their_o philosophy_n suppose_a matter_n 15._o to_o have_v be_v as_o coeternal_a with_o god_n as_o light_n be_v coeval_fw-fr with_o the_o sun_n by_o plato_n god_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o maker_n and_o father_n of_o all_o that_o be_v 5._o but_o he_o mean_v not_o this_o of_o he_o as_o of_o the_o immediate_a cause_n but_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o high_a principle_n cause_n or_o power_n which_o with_o subordination_n to_o he_o produce_v in_o order_n such_o as_o be_v inferior_a to_o themselves_o sallust_n the_o platonist_n open_o confess_v it_o and_o out_o of_o he_o i_o will_v transcribe_v the_o sense_n of_o part_n of_o a_o chapter_n concern_v the_o model_n and_o govern_v of_o the_o visible_a world_n by_o the_o power_n of_o demon_n he_o have_v in_o his_o first_o chapter_n concern_v the_o god_n and_o the_o world_n 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be_v call_v a_o unwarrant_v impertinent_a idle_a labour_n it_o be_v as_o saint_n paul_n 18._o speak_v a_o intrude_a into_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v not_o see_v and_o certain_o when_o we_o pray_v not_o only_o to_o those_o that_o do_v not_o hear_v we_o but_o to_o such_o as_o have_v no_o existence_n but_o in_o fiction_n it_o be_v emphatical_a impertinence_n what_o else_o be_v the_o seven_o sleeper_n consider_v as_o such_o and_o yet_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o a_o spiritual_a life_n etc._n publish_v with_o elegy_n by_o sfondratus_n afterward_o a_o pope_n by_o the_o name_n of_o gregory_n the_o fourteen_o and_o compose_v by_o a_o nameless_a virgin_n those_o seven_o be_v select_v together_o with_o a_o few_o othere_o as_o saint_n to_o be_v venerate_v with_o especial_a devotion_n what_o else_o be_v s._n sulpitius_n and_o s._n severus_n consider_v as_o distinct_a person_n and_o yet_o in_o a_o ancient_a and_o fair_a romish_a manual_n j._n i_o find_v this_o to_o be_v part_n of_o a_o 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she_o as_o queen_n of_o heaven_n the_o author_n of_o the_o monument_n of_o galeacius_n caracciolus_n etc._n dedicate_v it_o in_o the_o quality_n of_o a_o marble-chappel_n in_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o many_o favour_n she_o confer_v on_o that_o marquis_n and_o of_o the_o many_o evil_n from_o which_o she_o secure_v he_o at_o rome_n in_o the_o church_n mariae_fw-la s._n angeli_fw-la the_o inscription_n seem_v to_o install_v the_o virgin_n into_o that_o presidency_n over_o it_o which_o before_o be_v hold_v by_o some_o god_n of_o the_o gentile_n aufugite_fw-la a_o like_a change_n be_v insinuate_v in_o the_o inscription_n find_v in_o the_o aedes_fw-la martis_n turn_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o st._n martina_n tenet_fw-la now_o what_o seem_v all_o this_o but_o refine_a heathenism_n when_o man_n trust_v in_o st._n hubert_n as_o the_o patron_n of_o hunter_n do_v not_o they_o the_o like_a to_o those_o who_o trust_v in_o diana_n the_o goddess_n of_o that_o game_n and_o the_o 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