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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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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 ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_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 ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_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 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1._o vit_fw-fr edit_fw-la hen._n steph._n 8o._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n beside_o those_o law_n wâich_a he_o make_v concern_v statue_n or_o image_n be_v altogether_o a-kind_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o pythagoras_n for_o he_o do_v not_o conceive_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v sensible_a or_o passable_a but_o invisible_a immortal_a and_o to_o be_v apprehend_v by_o the_o mind_n numa_n therefore_o forbid_v the_o roman_n to_o make_v any_o statue_n of_o god_n in_o the_o shape_n a_o of_o man_n or_o any_o other_o live_a creature_n neither_o be_v there_o among_o they_o in_o former_a time_n any_o picture_n or_o carve_v image_n of_o god_n but_o during_o the_o first_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o year_n of_o the_o city_n although_o they_o build_v and_o consecrate_a temple_n and_o erect_v
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