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confutation_n of_o atheism_n from_o the_o structure_n and_o origin_n of_o humane_a body_n act_n xvii_o 27._o that_o they_o shall_v seek_v the_o lord_n if_o haply_o they_o may_v feel_v after_o he_o and_o find_v he_o though_o he_o be_v not_o far_o from_o every_o one_o of_o we_o for_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v p._n 68_o 99_o 132_o sermon_n vi_o vii_o viii_o a_o confutation_n of_o atheism_n from_o the_o origin_n and_o frame_n of_o the_o world_n act_n fourteen_o 15_o etc._n etc._n that_o you_o shall_v turn_v from_o these_o vanity_n unto_o the_o live_a god_n who_o make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o the_o sea_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v therein_o who_o in_o time_n past_o suffer_v all_o nation_n to_o walk_v in_o their_o own_o way_n nevertheless_o he_o leave_v not_o himself_o without_o witness_n in_o that_o he_o do_v good_a and_o give_v we_o rain_v from_o heaven_n and_o fruitful_a season_n fill_v our_o heart_n with_o food_n and_o gladness_n p._n 165_o 199_o 238_o advertisement_n there_o be_v now_o in_o the_o press_n five_o dissertation_n about_o phalaris_n epistle_n aesop_n fable_n etc._n etc._n with_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n of_o the_o honourable_a charles_n boil_v esquire_n dan._n 5._o 5._o posidon_n apud_fw-la ciceron_n plutarch_n etc._n etc._n mr._n de_fw-fr cartes_n psal._n 34._o 9_o joh._n 3._o 16._o 2_o tim_n 1._o 10._o matt._n 11._o 30._o 1_o joh._n 5._o 3._o heb._n 5._o 9_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 4._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d max._n tyr._n diss._n 1._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 8._o jam._n 1._o 12._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 17._o v_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psalm_n 〈◊〉_d 13._o 46._o phil._n 3._o 19_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 2._o num._n 13._o 32._o mar._n 9_o 24._o eph._n 1._o 19_o prov._n 26._o 4._o tit._n 2._o 12._o mark_n 8._o 34._o prov._n 3._o 17._o rom._n 2._o 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 10._o 1_o joh._n 5._o 14._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 15._o rom._n 5._o 6_o 10._o phil._n 2._o 12._o matt._n 10._o 28._o heb._n 10._o 31._o heb._n 10_o 27._o cic._n plutarch_n etc._n etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la pocockii_fw-la notas_fw-la ad_fw-la portam_fw-la mosis_fw-la p._n 158_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n p._n 1104_o 1105._o ed._n ruald_a mar._n 14._o 2_o phil._n 4._o 13._o lib._n 3._o 3._o maecenas_n apud_fw-la senec_n ep._n 101._o debilem_fw-la facito_fw-la manu_fw-la debilem_fw-la pede_fw-la coxa_fw-la &c_n &c_n rom._n 12._o 1._o julianus_n apud_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la p._n 134._o matt._n 5._o 44._o ver_fw-la 28._o plato_n de_fw-fr legib._n lib._n 10._o p._n 886._o ed._n steph._n luke_n 19_o 22._o 22._o hobbes_n de_fw-mi cive_z leviathan_n leviathan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laert._n de_fw-fr sanctitate_fw-la &_o de_fw-la pielate_fw-la adversus_fw-la deos._n cic._n de_fw-fr laert._n p._n 34_o 47_o 50._o voyage_n du_fw-fr sieur_n de_fw-fr champlain_n p._n 28._o &_o 93._o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucret_fw-la etc._n etc._n plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cicero_n athenaeus_n aeâ—ian_n etc._n etc._n josephus_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la l._n 2._o â—_o 12._o 12._o si_fw-mi sibi_fw-la ipse_fw-la consentiat_fw-la &_o non_fw-la interdum_fw-la naturae_fw-la bonitate_fw-la vincatur_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr offic._n 1._o 2._o act_n 17._o 18._o 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arriani_n epictet_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seneca_n ep._n 53._o est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quâ—_n sapiens_fw-la antecedat_fw-la deum_fw-la ille_fw-la naturae_fw-la beneficio_fw-la non_fw-la svo_fw-la sapiens_fw-la est_fw-la v_o 19_o v_o 20._o lucianus_z in_o philopat_o philostrat_v de_fw-fr vita_fw-la apol._n l._n 6._o c._n 2._o pausan_n in_o eliacis_n v._o 25._o 25._o lucret._n 2._o ipsa_fw-la suis_fw-la pollens_fw-la opibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la iâ—â—â—ga_fw-la noâ—â—â—â—_n tertul._n apolog._n cap._n 46._o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophum_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la compellit_fw-la quinimmo_fw-la &_o deos_fw-la vestros_fw-la palam_fw-la destruunt_fw-la &_o superstitiones_fw-la vestras_fw-la commentariis_fw-la quoque_fw-la accusant_fw-la v._o 26._o 26._o isocrates_n in_o paneg._n demosth._n in_o epitaph_n cic_a or._n pro_fw-la flacco_fw-la euripides_n etc._n etc._n diog._n laert_n in_o praef._n thucyd._n lib._n 6._o herodot_n etc._n etc._n v_o 27_o 28._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr aud._n poet_n &_o contra_fw-la colot_n laert._n in_o vita_fw-la epicuri_fw-la v_o 29._o v_o 30_o 31._o act._n 14._o 16._o v_o 33._o v_o 28._o arati_fw-la phoen._n v._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n il._n w._n 551._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n aesch._n eumen._n 655._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soph._n electra_n 136._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n 25._o 19_o luke_n 24._o 11._o john_n 6._o 53._o v_o 60._o v_o 66._o seneca_n ep._n 113._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr contrad_n stoic_n stoic_n vide_fw-la zenobium_fw-la &_o suidam_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o scholiastem_v eurip_n hecubae_fw-la v._n 838._o epicurus_n apud_fw-la laert._n lucret._n l._n 5._o cicero_n de_fw-fr fin._n l._n 1._o acad_n l._n 2._o lucret_fw-la l._n 2._o cic_fw-la de_fw-la fato_fw-la &_o l._n 1._o de_fw-fr nat._n deorum_fw-la plutarch_n etc._n etc._n psal._n 139._o 16._o plautus_n virgil._n livius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4._o 14._o rom._n 9_o 20._o lucret._n l_o 3_o vide_fw-la observation_n upon_o the_o bill_n of_o mortality_n so_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o c_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vitruvius_n lib._n 9_o c._n 4._o lucret_fw-la lib._n 5._o ut_fw-la babylonica_fw-la chaldaeam_fw-la doctrina_fw-la etc._n etc._n apuleius_n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la socratis_n seu_fw-la illa_fw-la lwa_fw-la proprio_fw-la &_o perpeti_fw-la fulgore_fw-la ut_fw-la chaldaei_n arbitrantur_fw-la parte_fw-la luminis_fw-la compos_fw-la parte_fw-la altera_fw-la casâ—a_fw-la fulgeris_fw-la maimonides_n more_n nevochim_n de_fw-fr zabiis_fw-la &_o chaldais_n plato_n in_o cratylo_n diodorus_n lib._n 1_o c._n 2._o eusebius_n demonst._n evangel_n lib._n 1._o c._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n laod._n can._n 36_o conc._n 6._o in_o trullo_n can_v 61._o cod_n just._n lib._n 9_o tit_n 18._o cod._n theodos._n l._n 9_o tit_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 60._o tit_n 39_o job_n 26._o 7._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n phi._n lib._n 5._o c._n 19_o &_o sympos_n l._n 8._o c_o 8._o censorinus_n de_fw-fr die_v natali_n cap._n 4._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n phil._n 5._o 19_o censorin_n ibidem_fw-la censorinus_n ibid._n lucret._n lib._n 5._o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o 2_o k._n 5._o 6._o archimedes_n de_fw-fr insidenâ—ibus_fw-la humido_fw-la lib._n 1._o stevin_n des_fw-fr element_n hydrostatiques_n cartesius_n de_fw-fr formatione_fw-la faetûs_fw-la swammerdam_n histor._n insect_n p._n 3._o see_v the_o former_a sermon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nicander_n redi_fw-la de_fw-fr generatione_n insectorum_fw-la malpighius_n de_fw-fr gallis_fw-la swammerdam_n de_fw-fr gen_n insect_n lewenhoeck_n epistol_n act_n 12_o 23._o continuat_fw-la epistol_n