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that_o the_o two_o tribe_n the_o issue_n of_o the_o true_a worshipper_n in_o judah_n where_o god_n shechinah_n dwell_v though_o they_o return_v from_o chaldea_n a_o soil_n as_o fertile_a in_o produce_v idol_n as_o egypt_n itself_o yet_o they_o have_v they_o in_o great_a abhorrence_n than_o before_o they_o look_v back_o many_o of_o they_o on_o their_o punishment_n of_o exile_n and_o bondage_n for_o former_a idolatry_n they_o look_v on_o their_o present_a miraculous_a restitution_n by_o the_o power_n and_o mercy_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n and_o they_o look_v forward_o towards_o the_o messiah_n the_o image_n of_o god_n who_o kingdom_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o these_o thought_n preserve_v they_o in_o great_a measure_n from_o pollution_n with_o idol_n though_o the_o ark_n be_v perish_v and_o prophecy_n cease_v 27._o and_o the_o holy_a pectoral_a say_v to_o be_v wear_v even_o out_o of_o the_o city_n by_o the_o highpriest_n in_o his_o meeting_n of_o alexander_n be_v rather_o a_o ornament_n than_o a_o oracle_n at_o length_n after_o the_o ceslation_n of_o prophet_n for_o more_o than_o 400_o year_n after_o the_o apparition_n of_o a_o angel_n to_o zachariah_n in_o the_o temple_n a_o sign_n that_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o ark_n and_o urim_n have_v cease_v it_o please_v he_o to_o 35._o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n who_o daniel_n see_v as_o in_o glory_n and_o to_o be_v for_o a_o season_n on_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v the_o eclipse_v shechinah_n of_o god_n such_o a_o appearance_n for_o a_o time_n our_o infirmity_n and_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o the_o gospel_n require_v 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o messiah_n as_o god-man_n the_o thing_n in_o the_o ritual_a law_n of_o moses_n have_v especial_a respect_n though_o a_o vail_n be_v upon_o they_o and_o indeed_o it_o will_v seem_v to_o derogate_v from_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o worship_n which_o be_v chief_o spiritual_a to_o conceit_n that_o all_o the_o apparatus_fw-la of_o the_o temple_n reach_v no_o further_a 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the_o foot_n when_o the_o head_n be_v first_o in_o fault_n the_o exemplar_n say_v plato_n 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o the_o intelligible_a animal_n in_o itself_o as_o this_o world_n be_v the_o circle_n of_o such_o as_o be_v sensible_a in_o another_o book_n etc._n he_o say_v that_o the_o intellectual_a world_n contain_v in_o it_o all_o intelligent_a animal_n as_o this_o sensible_a world_n contain_v we_o and_o all_o live_a creature_n the_o same_o philosopher_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o timaeus_n etc._n assert_v that_o this_o sensible_a world_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_v image_n of_o the_o intellectual_a god_n also_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n 105._o he_o thus_o discourse_v the_o ruler_n of_o all_o he_o speak_v of_o psyche_n have_v commit_v the_o inspection_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n to_o daemon_n he_o make_v this_o world_n full_a of_o daemon_n and_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n after_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o best_a image_n of_o the_o ungenerate_v eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o form_n meaning_n that_o of_o the_o nous._n and_o he_o have_v say_v before_o that_o 33._o this_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o generate_v image_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n of_o which_o therefore_o the_o collection_n make_v up_o the_o nous_fw-fr or_o intellectual_a world_n plato_n thus_o express_v himself_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o chaldee_n oracle_n 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o supreme_a god_n deliver_v to_o the_o second_o god_n or_o psyche_n all_o the_o intelligible_a idea_n nor_o need_v we_o think_v it_o strange_a to_o hear_v philo_z speak_v of_o a_o intellectual_a sun_n and_o star_n a._n if_o it_o be_v thus_o that_o the_o nous_fw-fr be_v a_o intellectual_a world_n and_o that_o this_o world_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o second_o temple_n make_v after_o the_o fashion_n of_o that_o first_o though_o inferior_a to_o it_o in_o glory_n why_o do_v you_o in_o chap._n 5._o pag._n 79._o call_v the_o nous_fw-fr one_o thing_n be_v or_o person_n b._n a_o thing_n it_o may_v be_v call_v as_o this_o world_n be_v be_v one_o collection_n of_o thing_n and_o a_o person_n a_o public_a person_n be_v a_o collection_n of_o intelligent_a being_n of_o which_o the_o principal_a nous_fw-fr or_o spirit_n seem_v to_o answer_v to_o the_o visible_a sun_n plotin_n mention_v it_o by_o itself_o and_o then_o speak_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o idea_n which_o he_o there_o 7._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_n the_o intelligible_a go_n thus_o we_o call_v the_o collection_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o they_o by_o the_o name_n of_o devil_n and_o in_o the_o evangelical_n history_n the_o principal_a spirit_n in_o a_o man_n possess_v answer_v in_o the_o singular_a though_o he_o say_v his_o name_n be_v legion_n plato_n himself_o call_v this_o visible_a world_n 94._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sensible_a god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o generate_v god_n though_o it_o be_v a_o collection_n of_o innumerable_a thing_n and_o person_n and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n he_o may_v call_v the_o intellectual_a world_n as_o indeed_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intelligent_a god_n or_o nous_fw-fr though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o single_a principle_n the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o logos_fw-la which_o philo_n so_o understand_v or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o sometime_o have_v call_v this_o world_n logon_fw-la as_o i_o have_v show_v he_o to_o have_v do_v shech_n the_o chaldee_n oracle_n call_v the_o demiourgus_n the_o second_o god_n and_o he_o be_v more_o proper_o so_o than_o the_o nous_fw-fr yet_o neither_o have_v that_o principle_n in_o it_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o god_n a._n how_o do_v that_o appear_v b._n two_o way_n for_o
and_o predispose_v it_o for_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n b._n that_o kind_n of_o immortality_n which_o they_o hold_v be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o christian_a doctrine_n they_o assert_v indeed_o the_o incorporeal_a and_o indissoluble_a nature_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o man_n soul_n but_o by_o the_o dogma_fw-la of_o its_o circulation_n through_o several_a body_n they_o teach_v a_o false_a and_o uncomfortable_a faith_n which_o our_o lord_n never_o justify_v he_o teach_v not_o only_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o a_o concretion_n of_o separable_a atom_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o substance_n not_o to_o be_v kill_v a_o substance_n subsist_v after_o death_n but_o that_o it_o be_v if_o righteous_a immortal_a in_o unchangeable_a blessedness_n he_o do_v not_o dishearten_v the_o virtuous_a by_o say_v as_o do_v pythagoras_n that_o the_o soul_n after_o have_v attain_v the_o height_n of_o the_o heavenly_a state_n may_v come_v down_o again_o from_o the_o top_n of_o the_o 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