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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o hear_v homer_n and_o hesiod_n sing_v the_o war_n sedition_n adultery_n rape_n incest_n of_o the_o god_n i_o be_v very_o persuade_v that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v good_a and_o comely_a for_o i_o can_v not_o imagine_v that_o the_o god_n will_v have_v do_v they_o have_v they_o not_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o virtuous_a who_o will_v not_o say_v st._n austin_n think_v that_o course_n of_o life_n to_o be_v follow_v that_o be_v present_v in_o stage-plays_a institute_v by_o divine_a authority_n rather_o than_o that_o that_o be_v commend_v to_o we_o by_o law_n that_o be_v but_o of_o humane_a institution_n quae_fw-la actitantur_fw-la ludis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divinâ_fw-la institutis_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la scriptitantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la humano_fw-la consilio_fw-la promulgatis_fw-la the_o civet_n 2._o 8._o and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v grand_a design_n in_o set_v abroach_o the_o poetical_a divinity_n be_v to_o engulf_n the_o 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ashamed_a of_o vicious_a live_n this_o be_v the_o ravisher_n cloak_n ego_fw-la homuncio_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la facerem_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la templa_fw-la coeli_fw-la summo_fw-la sonitu_fw-la concutit_fw-la ego_fw-la verò_fw-la illud_fw-la feci_fw-la &_o lubens_fw-la ter._n eunuch_n this_o be_v the_o fuel_n of_o lasciviousness_n cum_fw-la dira_fw-la libido_fw-la moverit_fw-la ingenium_fw-la pers._n sat._n 3._o allege_v to_o this_o purpose_n by_o st._n austin_n the_o civet_n 2._o 7._o hence_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n cap._n 14._o 24_o 25_o 26._o impute_v it_o to_o heathenish_a idolatry_n that_o man_n keep_v neither_o line_n nor_o marriage_n any_o long_o undefiled_a but_o either_o one_o slay_v another_o traitorous_o or_o grieve_v he_o by_o adultery_n so_o that_o there_o reign_v in_o all_o man_n promiscuous_o blood_n manslaughter_n theft_n dissimulation_n corruption_n unfaithfulness_n tumult_n perjury_n disquiet_v of_o good_a man_n forgetfulness_n of_o good_a turn_v change_v of_o sex_n etc._n etc._n hence_o philo_n judaeus_n tell_v caligula_n that_o shall_v he_o by_o his_o slaughter_n and_o impiety_n gain_v the_o repute_n of_o be_v a_o god_n it_o will_v eternize_v the_o repute_n of_o those_o villainy_n and_o perpetuate_v the_o practice_n of_o they_o as_o laudable_a the_o legate_n ad_fw-la caium_fw-la fol._n 629._o so_o that_o it_o be_v beyond_o the_o reach_n of_o human_a apprehension_n to_o conceive_v that_o the_o poet_n creed_n shall_v be_v universal_o embrace_v and_o that_o belief_n not_o turn_v the_o world_n into_o a_o mere_a chaos_n in_o point_n of_o morality_n and_o therefore_o the_o generality_n of_o mankind_n retain_v some_o sentement_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n be_v a_o plain_a demonstration_n that_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o poet_n be_v not_o catholic_n that_o the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o heathen_n dissemble_v with_o the_o poetical_a god_n as_o most_o christain_v do_v with_o the_o true_a draw_v near_o he_o with_o 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