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7._o 7._o plut._n the_o superst_a p._n 167._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n socr._n hist._n eccl._n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o p._n 168._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n mech_n inter_fw-la conc._n max._n c._n 3._o de_fw-fr imag._n p._n 801._o 801._o origen_n cont_n cels._n l._n 5._o p._n 261_o 262._o 262._o reform_v lâ—…g_v eccles._n tit._n the_o idol_n etc._n etc._n c._n 6._o de_fw-la superstit_fw-la p._n 32._o 32._o see_v their_o many_o ceremony_n towards_o the_o very_a element_n before_o consecr_n in_o stat._n hodiern_n eccles._n graec._n p._n 86._o 87_o and_o in_o receive_v in_o christoph._n angel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 20._o 20._o j._n d's_o great_a sacr._n of_o the_o new_a law_n exp_n by_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o old_a print_v aâ—…_n 1676._o 1676._o miss_z rom._n par._n 1660._o p._n 210._o sacerdos_n paratus_fw-la cum_fw-la ingreditur_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n facta_fw-la illi_fw-la debita_fw-la reverentia_fw-la signat_fw-la se_fw-la signo_fw-la crucis_fw-la a_o front_n ad_fw-la pectus_fw-la &_o clara_fw-la voce_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n miss_z rom._n in_o ord._n miss_z p._n 213._o 213._o j._n d._n order_n of_o the_o mass_n p._n 18_o 19_o etc._n etc._n etc._n j._n d._n canon_n of_o the_o mass._n p._n 36._o 37._o 37._o lassel_n in_o voy._n to_o italy_n p._n 190._o 190._o ritual_a roman_n p._n 61._o 62._o ed._n antu._n 1617._o 1617._o missale_n roman_n in_o sabbato_fw-la sancto_fw-la p_o 187_o 188._o ed._n paris_n 1660._o see_v pontif._n rom._n de_fw-la officio_fw-la sab._n sanct._n fol._n 192_o etc._n etc._n etc._n miss_z roâ—…_n p._n 189._o 189._o pontif._n rom._n part_n 2_o fol._n 68_o etc._n etc._n etc._n pont._n rom._n part_n 2._o fol._n 113_o etc._n etc._n etc._n pontif._n rom._n part_n 3._o fol._n 186._o 186._o journey_n of_o 14_o english_a to_o jerus_n p._n 29._o 29._o matt._n 15._o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 9_o 9_o hieros_n beracoth_fw-mi fol._n 3._o ap_fw-mi d._n lightf_n in_o matt._n 15._o 2._o p._n 185_o 186._o 186._o see_v drusius_n on_o matt._n 15._o 2._o 2._o matt._n 15._o 20._o 20._o culver_n light_n of_o nat._n c._n 17._o p._n 176._o some_o superstitious_a one_o how_o devout_o do_v they_o compliment_v with_o a_o candle_n &_o c_o c_o abridgement_n of_o christ._n doctr._n in_o expos_n of_o the_o comm._n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n p._n 166._o 166._o lutherus_n referente_fw-la hofnerâ—…_n in_o saxon._n evang._n p._n 110._o nibil_n pestilentius_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la potest_fw-la doceri_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la necessaria_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessaria_fw-la fiant_fw-la hâc_fw-la enim_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la idolum_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la colitur_fw-la colitur_fw-la philo_n jud._n the_o monarch_n l._n 1._o p._n 813._o 813._o reform_v leg._n eccles._n tit._n the_o idol_n c._n 2._o p._n 32._o 32._o plin._n nat_n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o p._n 3._o 3._o theodor._n mopsue_v epist._n apud_fw-la photium_fw-la in_o biblioth_n cod._n 81._o p._n 199._o c_o gauge_n new_a survey_n of_o the_o west-indies_n c._n 12._o p._n 116_o 117._o 117._o gage_n ibid._n p._n 117._o 117._o ol._n worm_n monum_fw-la danic_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o 4._o act_n 3._o 12._o 12._o or_o rather_o in_o his_o jupiter_n tragaedus_n p._n 700._o for_o i_o find_v nothing_o like_o it_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sacr._n though_o pignorius_n in_o exp._n mens_fw-la isiac_n p._n 31._o have_v thence_o cite_v it_o it_o arnob._n l._n 6._o p._n 209._o in_o liberi_fw-la dextrâ_fw-la pendens_fw-la potorius_fw-la cantharus_n cantharus_n see_n f._n h._n testimony_n testimony_n porphyr_n dâ—…_n abstin_n l._n 4._o p._n 155_o 156._o 156._o kircher_n in_o oedip._n aeg_n synt._n 5._o c._n 3._o p._n 401._o 401._o epicharm_v ap_fw-mi stobeâ—…min_fw-fr serm_n 89._o p._n 503._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o st._n cyril_n alex_n cont_n julian_n l._n 9_o p._n 308._o 308._o hakluit_n navigation_n p._n 778._o 778._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eustath_n ad_fw-la 5_o odyss_n odyss_n job_n 31._o 26_o 27._o 27._o psal._n 95._o 6._o prosternamur_fw-la incurvemus_fw-la nos_fw-la genuflectamus_fw-la see_v petr._n picherell_n de_fw-fr imagine_v p._n 225_o 226_o 227_o etc._n etc._n etc._n council_n rhem._n inter_fw-la conc._n max._n p._n 73._o externae_fw-la ceremoniae_fw-la sunt_fw-la institutae_fw-la ad_fw-la declarandam_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la affectionem_fw-la affectionem_fw-la rom._n 1._o 21._o 21._o porphyr_n ap_fw-mi euseb._n de_fw-fr praep_n evangel_n l._n 3._o c._n 7._o p._n 98._o 98._o erpen_n proverb_n arab._n p._n 2._o 2._o bernier_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o mr._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mothe_n le_fw-fr vayer_n p._n 171_o 172._o 172._o lactant._n p._n 146._o sed_fw-la â—…erentur_fw-la nè_fw-la omnis_fw-la religio_fw-la eorum_fw-la inanis_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o vana_fw-la si_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la videant_fw-la quod_fw-la adorent_fw-la adorent_fw-la plin._n nat_n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o p._n 4._o per_fw-la quae_fw-la nempe_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la deus_fw-la potest_fw-la declaratur_fw-la haud_fw-la dubiâ—…_n naturae_fw-la potentia_fw-la idque_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la deum_fw-la vocamus_fw-la vocamus_fw-la tract_n theol._n polit_fw-la c._n 6._o de_fw-fr mirac_n p._n 100_o ed._n 2._o virtus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la materiae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la leges_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o regulae_fw-la naturae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la decreta_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n plin._n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la p._n 3._o 3._o gott_n a_o teut._n gut_n bone_fw-la bone_fw-la grotii_fw-la proleg_n histor._n gott_n &_o vaâ—…dal_n p._n 21_o 21_o we_fw-mi de_fw-fr primord_n eccles._n britan._n p._n 2._o 2._o consultwisd_v 13._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 7._o 7._o hist._n of_o the_o carib_n isl._n p._n 272._o 272._o lucian_n in_o necyomantia_fw-la p._n 159._o ad_fw-la tigridem_fw-la i_o flâ—…vium_fw-la ducens_fw-la purgavit_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la abster_n fit_n saceque_fw-la lustravit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oedip._n egypt_n theatr._n c._n 〈◊〉_d p._n 74_o 75._o 75._o clem._n alex._n admon_n ad_fw-la gent._n p._n 25._o 25._o berniâ—…rs_fw-fr memoirs_fw-fr tom_n 3._o p._n 154_o 155_o 156._o 156._o taverniâ—…'s_n travel_n into_o india_n part_n 2._o l._n 3._o c._n 9_o p._n 173._o 173._o act_n 17._o 17._o arnob._n adv_o gentes_fw-la l._n 6._o p._n 192._o 192._o wisd._n 14._o 15_o 16._o 16._o see_v mandeslo_n travel_n concern_v the_o pillar_n of_o the_o japonese_n p._n 154._o 154._o wisd_v 14._o 17._o 17._o wisd._n 14._o 18._o the_o singular_a diligence_n of_o the_o artificer_n do_v help_v to_o set_v forward_o the_o ignorant_a to_o more_o superstition_n superstition_n luciani_n ver_fw-la hist._n l._n 2._o p._n 403._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n de_fw-fr deâ_fw-la syriâ_fw-la p._n 1059._o 1059._o cart._n seconda_n parte_fw-la dell_fw-it imagini_fw-la de_fw-it i_fw-it dei_fw-la p._n 374_o 375_o 377_o 378_o 387_o 390_o 393_o 394_o 396_o 397_o 398_o 399._o 399._o see_v kircher_n oëd._n aeg_n synt._n 3._o c._n 5._o p._n 199._o 199._o see_v bzou._n ad_fw-la ann._n 1313._o &_o hot_v eccles_n histor._n vol._n 3._o p._n 789._o see_v also_o themirac_n discov_fw-mi of_o our_o lady_n image_n on_o mount_n serat_fw-la in_o aug._n wichman_n sabbatismus_fw-la marianus_n c._n 5._o p._n 47_o 48_o 48_o schualenberg_n in_o aphorism_n hieroglyphic_n l._n 17._o p._n 117_o 118._o 118._o by_o filesacus_n who_o refer_v to_o l._n 1._o cod._n de_fw-fr sum_n trin._n tit._n 1._o exit_fw-la coelesti_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la sumpserimus_fw-la though_o that_o may_v be_v mean_v of_o arbitr_n divinum_fw-la see_v gothof_n in_o 16._o cod._n theod._n de_fw-la fide_fw-la cathol_n p._n 5._o 5._o berniers_fw-fr memoirs_fw-fr tom._n 3._o p._n 180._o 180._o juven_n sit_v 13._o tua_fw-la sacra_fw-la &_o major_a imago_fw-la humanâ_fw-la turbat_fw-la pavidum_fw-la dido_n ap_fw-mi virg._n aen_n 4._o et_fw-fr nunâ—…_n magna_fw-la mei_fw-la sub_fw-la terras_fw-la ibit_fw-la imago_fw-la imago_fw-la prov._n 21._o 16._o lxx._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v martyrol_n roman_n in_o jan._n 10._o 10._o c._n