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and_o it_o be_v foretell_v half_o a_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o augustus_n that_o a_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n will_v be_v bear_v that_o year_n the_o senate_n make_v a_o decree_n 94._o decree_n sueton._n august_n c._n 94._o nequis_fw-la illo_fw-la anno_fw-la genitus_fw-la educareter_fw-la lycurg_n educareter_fw-la plutarch_n in_o lycurg_n plutarch_n himself_o say_v that_o he_o can_v find_v nothing_o unjust_a or_o dishonest_a in_o the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n though_o theft_n community_n of_o wife_n and_o the_o murder_n of_o such_o infant_n as_o they_o see_v weak_a and_o sickly_a and_o therefore_o think_v they_o will_v prove_v unfit_a to_o serve_v the_o commonwealth_n be_v a_o part_n of_o those_o law_n revenge_n be_v esteem_v not_o only_o lawful_a but_o honourable_a and_o a_o desire_n of_o popular_a fame_n and_o vain_a glory_n be_v reckon_v among_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o be_v the_o great_a motive_n and_o encitement_n they_o have_v to_o any_o other_o virtue_n aristide_n virtue_n plut._n in_o aristide_n plutarch_n tell_v we_o of_o aristides_n so_o fame_v for_o justice_n that_o though_o he_o be_v strict_o just_a in_o private_a affair_n yet_o in_o thing_n of_o public_a concernment_n he_o make_v no_o scruple_n to_o act_v according_a as_o the_o present_a condition_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n seem_v to_o require_v for_o it_o be_v his_o maxim_n that_o in_o such_o case_n justice_n must_v give_v way_n to_o expediency_n and_o he_o give_v a_o instance_n how_o aristides_n advise_v the_o athenian_n to_o act_v contrary_a to_o their_o most_o solemn_a contract_n and_o oath_n imprecate_v upon_o himself_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o perjury_n to_o avert_v it_o from_o the_o commonwealth_n tully_n in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o his_o office_n where_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o justice_n and_o propose_v so_o many_o admirable_a example_n of_o it_o yet_o resolve_v the_o notion_n of_o justice_n only_o into_o a_o principle_n of_o honour_n upon_o which_o he_o conclude_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v do_v a_o dishonest_a action_n though_o he_o can_v conceal_v it_o both_o from_o god_n and_o man_n and_o determine_v that_o a_o oath_n be_v but_o a_o appeal_n to_o a_o man_n be_v own_o mind_n or_o conscience_n cum_fw-la vero_fw-la jurato_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sententia_fw-la sit_fw-la meminerit_fw-la deum_fw-la se_fw-la adhibere_fw-la testem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la arbitror_fw-la mentem_fw-la svam_fw-la qua_fw-la nihil_fw-la homini_fw-la dedit_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la divinius_fw-la the_o indian_n themselves_o whatever_o may_v be_v think_v to_o the_o contrary_a have_v natural_o as_o good_a sense_n and_o part_n as_o other_o people_n which_o 1._o which_o jos_n accost_n hist_o lib._n four_o c._n 1._o acosta_n set_v himself_o to_o prove_v in_o divers_a instance_n but_o they_o have_v less_o communication_n with_o those_o who_o retain_v reveal_v religion_n and_o by_o their_o own_o vice_n and_o the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o notion_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o it_o be_v lose_v or_o pervert_v the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v so_o famous_a for_o their_o learning_n be_v a_o great_a instance_n how_o poor_a a_o thing_n humane_a reason_n be_v without_o the_o assistance_n of_o divine_a revelation_n for_o all_o their_o profound_a learning_n do_v but_o lead_v they_o to_o the_o gross_a idolatry_n whilst_o they_o conceive_v god_n to_o be_v only_o a_o anima_fw-la mandi_n and_o therefore_o to_o be_v worship_v in_o the_o several_a part_n and_o species_n of_o the_o universe_n the_o stoic_n in_o effect_n hold_v the_o same_o error_n and_o teach_v i._n teach_v tull._n acad._n qu._n lib._n i._n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o incorporeal_a but_o when_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o christian_a moral_n begin_v to_o be_v so_o general_o observe_v and_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o last_o refuge_n of_o philosophy_n be_v in_o the_o moral_a doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n for_o almost_o all_o the_o latter_a philosopher_n be_v of_o this_o sect_n which_o they_o refine_a and_o improve_v as_o well_o as_o they_o be_v able_a that_o they_o may_v have_v something_o to_o oppose_v to_o the_o morality_n teach_v and_o practise_v too_o by_o the_o christian_n iii._o christian_n theophil_n ad_fw-la autolych_n lib._n iii._o but_o the_o ancient_a stoic_n have_v be_v the_o patron_n and_o advocate_n of_o the_o worst_a vice_n and_o have_v fill_v the_o library_n with_o their_o obscene_a book_n ii_o the_o stoic_n first_o spring_v from_o the_o cynic_n that_o impudent_a and_o beastly_a sect_n of_o philosopher_n and_o they_o refine_v themselves_o but_o by_o degree_n zeno_n who_o have_v as_o great_a honour_n do_v he_o by_o the_o athenian_n as_o ever_o any_o philosopher_n have_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o virtue_n teach_v that_o man_n ought_v to_o have_v their_o wife_n in_o common_a and_o will_v have_v be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o law_n of_o most_o nation_n for_o sin_n against_o nature_n chrysipp_n nature_n diog._n laert._n in_o zenon_n &_o chrysipp_n chrysippus_n teach_v the_o worst_a of_o incest_n as_o that_o of_o father_n with_o their_o daughter_n and_o of_o son_n with_o their_o mother_n and_o beside_o his_o opinion_n for_o eat_v humane_a flesh_n and_o the_o like_a his_o book_n be_v fill_v with_o such_o obscene_a discourse_n as_o no_o modest_a man_n can_v read_v athenodorus_n a_o stoic_a be_v library-keeper_n at_o pergamus_n cut_v all_o such_o ill_a passage_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o stoic_n but_o he_o be_v discover_v and_o those_o passage_n be_v insert_v again_o but_o these_o philosopher_n may_v do_v as_o they_o please_v for_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v exempt_a from_o sin_n and_o the_o stoical_a philosophy_n in_o the_o original_a fundamental_a doctrine_n of_o it_o be_v nothing_o as_o tully_n observe_v but_o a_o vain_a pomp_n and_o boast_n of_o word_n which_o at_o first_o raise_v admiration_n but_o when_o thorough_o consider_v be_v ridiculous_a as_o that_o man_n must_v live_v without_o love_n or_o hatred_n or_o anger_n or_o any_o other_o passion_n that_o all_o sin_n be_v equal_a and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o crime_n whether_o a_o man_n murder_v his_o father_n or_o kill_v a_o cock_n muraena_fw-la cock_n tulâ—_n pro_fw-la muraena_fw-la as_o tully_n say_v if_o there_o be_v no_o occasion_n for_o it_o and_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o plutarch_n and_o other_o write_v purposely_o to_o expose_v the_o stoical_a philosophy_n upon_o its_o old_a and_o genuine_a principle_n but_o the_o latter_a stoic_n be_v very_o sensible_a of_o the_o many_o defective_a and_o indesensible_a part_n of_o their_o philosophy_n endeavour_v to_o mollify_v what_o seem_v too_o harsh_a and_o absurd_a that_o they_o may_v bring_v their_o own_o as_o near_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n as_o they_o can_v quinctilian_n will_v not_o allow_v that_o seneca_n be_v any_o great_a philosopher_n but_o say_v that_o his_o main_a talon_n lie_v in_o declaim_v against_o vice_n 18._o vice_n quint._n lâ—st_v lib._n x._o c._n 18._o in_fw-la philosophia_fw-la parum_fw-la diligens_fw-la egregius_fw-la tamen_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la insectator_n suit_n it_o be_v rather_o the_o art_n and_o design_n of_o seneca_n who_o know_v wherein_o the_o strength_n and_o defect_n of_o his_o philosophy_n lie_v to_o endeavour_v to_o give_v it_o all_o the_o advantage_n he_o can_v and_o to_o recommend_v it_o to_o the_o world_n by_o expose_v the_o folly_n and_o vice_n of_o man_n rather_o than_o by_o instruct_v they_o in_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o own_o sect._n but_o 15._o but_o seu_fw-la de_fw-la tranqu_n animi_fw-la c._n 15._o this_o notwithstanding_o be_v one_o of_o his_o rule_n nonnunquam_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la ebrietatem_fw-la veniendum_fw-la and_o when_o he_o have_v expose_v the_o cruelty_n the_o filthiness_n and_o the_o absurdity_n of_o the_o religion_n in_o use_n among_o the_o heathen_n in_o a_o book_n write_v upon_o that_o subject_n yet_o say_v he_o x._o he_o aug._n civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n vi_fw-la c._n x._o quae_fw-la omne_fw-la sapiens_fw-la servabit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la legibus_fw-la jussa_fw-la non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la diis_fw-la grata_fw-la and_o tully_n likewise_o in_o divers_a place_n when_o he_o have_v reason_v against_o the_o absurdity_n of_o their_o religion_n resolve_v the_o obligation_n to_o observe_v it_o into_o the_o duty_n which_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o pay_v the_o law_n of_o the_o government_n under_o which_o they_o live_v their_o philosophy_n it_o seem_v teach_v they_o that_o we_o must_v obey_v man_n rather_o than_o god_n but_o they_o hold_v no_o more_o than_o 1._o than_o xenophen_n memorab_n lib._n 1._o socrates_n have_v teach_v and_o practise_v before_o they_o epictetus_n himself_o who_o have_v set_v off_o the_o heathen_a morality_n to_o the_o best_a advantage_n can_v be_v excuse_v from_o as_o great_a error_n and_o defect_n he_o teach_v also_o that_o man_n shall_v follow_v the_o religion_n of_o their_o country_n whatever_o it_o be_v enchirid._n cap._n xxxviii_o he_o allow_v too_o great_a indulgence_n to_o lust_n cap._n xlvii_o and_o
in_o so_o few_o generation_n of_o man_n suppose_v it_o have_v ever_o be_v know_v to_o adam_n posterity_n if_o it_o be_v never_o know_v but_o the_o relation_n of_o it_o be_v always_o convey_v down_o in_o metaphor_n and_o allegory_n than_o this_o allegory_n must_v pass_v for_o historical_a truth_n in_o those_o age_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v deliver_v to_o they_o in_o allegory_n must_v be_v because_o that_o manner_n of_o deliver_v it_o be_v most_o suitable_a to_o that_o age_n and_o most_o credible_a and_o every_o way_n most_o proper_a and_o if_o it_o be_v most_o fit_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v to_o have_v happen_v so_o this_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n that_o it_o do_v real_o happen_v so_o since_o there_o be_v nothing_o hinder_v but_o it_o may_v so_o have_v happen_v and_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a at_o least_o to_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n that_o it_o do_v so_o come_v to_o pass_v or_o else_o it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v requisite_a to_o relate_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n 3._o the_o fall_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n bring_v a_o curse_n upon_o their_o posterity_n and_o here_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o god_n may_v bestow_v his_o infinite_a grace_n and_o mercy_n upon_o what_o term_n he_o please_v and_o therefore_o he_o may_v ordain_v that_o the_o happiness_n or_o unhappiness_n of_o their_o posterity_n shall_v depend_v upon_o the_o obedience_n or_o disobedience_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n 1._o god_n may_v ordain_v that_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o posterity_n in_o this_o world_n shall_v depend_v upon_o it_o so_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v immortal_a upon_o their_o obedience_n and_o shall_v become_v mortal_a upon_o their_o disobedience_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v make_v subject_n to_o care_n and_o labour_n to_o disease_n and_o danger_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n from_o which_o otherwise_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v exempt_a this_o be_v esteem_v just_a in_o all_o government_n among_o man_n that_o child_n shall_v be_v reduce_v to_o poverty_n and_o disgrace_n by_o the_o fault_n of_o their_o parent_n from_o who_o riches_n and_o honour_n be_v to_o have_v descend_v upon_o they_o and_o this_o way_n of_o proceed_v be_v just_a both_o in_o humane_a law_n and_o in_o the_o dispensation_n of_o providence_n because_o god_n and_o our_o country_n have_v a_o antecedent_n right_o and_o interest_n in_o we_o superior_a to_o any_o man_n be_v private_a title_n or_o welfare_n and_o this_o they_o may_v just_o make_v use_n of_o to_o restrain_v man_n from_o those_o crime_n out_o of_o love_n and_o concern_v for_o their_o posterity_n from_o which_o no_o consideration_n of_o themselves_o can_v have_v with_o hold_v they_o the_o experience_n of_o the_o world_n have_v find_v this_o to_o be_v the_o most_o effectual_a remedy_n with_o many_o man_n and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a and_o just_a government_n have_v make_v use_n of_o it_o and_o the_o most_o wise_a and_o just_a god_n may_v think_v 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parent_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v much_o rather_o just_a that_o the_o fall_v of_o our_o first_o parent_n shall_v make_v their_o whole_a race_n only_o liable_a to_o such_o calamity_n but_o not_o involve_v all_o necessary_o in_o they_o 2._o the_o communication_n of_o god_n grace_n and_o the_o favour_n and_o blessing_n of_o his_o more_o immediate_a presence_n may_v depend_v upon_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o first_o parent_n of_o mankind_n he_o may_v send_v they_o out_o of_o paradise_n and_o may_v withdraw_v his_o free_a and_o usual_a communication_n of_o himself_o from_o they_o and_o their_o posterity_n upon_o this_o forfeiture_n by_o their_o disobedience_n 3._o the_o proneness_n which_o we_o can_v but_o observe_v in_o ourselves_o to_o sin_n may_v proceed_v from_o hence_o we_o daily_o see_v and_o feel_v the_o corruption_n of_o our_o nature_n by_o whatsoever_o mean_n we_o become_v subject_a to_o it_o so_o that_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o object_v that_o it_o will_v be_v unjust_a that_o all_o mankind_n shall_v be_v involve_v in_o adam_n sin_n for_o the_o condition_n which_o we_o be_v in_o be_v matter_n of_o fact_n of_o which_o no_o man_n do_v or_o can_v doubt_v the_o question_n be_v only_o how_o we_o come_v into_o this_o condition_n and_o since_o we_o be_v bear_v in_o it_o and_o it_o be_v our_o natural_a and_o hereditary_a evil_n the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n be_v clear_v and_o vindicate_v by_o assign_v a_o cause_n for_o it_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o such_o as_o must_v acknowledge_v the_o same_o corruption_n of_o nature_n but_o will_v allow_v no_o cause_n or_o reason_n for_o it_o except_o the_o arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o creator_n the_o child_n of_o vicious_a parent_n be_v general_o most_v incline_v to_o vice_n and_o if_o man_n may_v partake_v of_o the_o evil_a disposition_n and_o inclination_n of_o their_o more_o immediate_a parent_n why_o may_v not_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n in_o our_o 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