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bosom_n of_o god_n he_o have_v reveal_v he_o hermes_n proceed_v because_o therefore_o he_o produce_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o and_o one_o and_o alone_o and_o because_o he_o be_v please_v in_o his_o sight_n and_o full_a of_o grace_n of_o all_o true_o good_a thing_n he_o sanctify_v he_o and_o love_v he_o exceed_o as_o his_o own_o proper_a son_n upon_o which_o st._n austin_n have_v this_o observation_n quem_fw-la primò_fw-la factum_fw-la dixit_fw-la post_n à _fw-la unigenitum_fw-la appellavit_fw-la augustin_n de_fw-fr 5._o haeresibus_fw-la he_o who_o before_o he_o say_v god_n make_v he_o afterward_o call_v his_o son_n and_o beget_v this_o son_n of_o god_n trismegistus_n as_o he_o be_v there_o quote_v by_o lactantius_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la religione_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 6._o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n workman_n and_o sibyl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n counsellor_n because_o by_o his_o council_n and_o hand_n he_o frame_v the_o world_n these_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v a_o certain_a ineffable_a word_n of_o wisdom_n of_o that_o lord_n of_o all_o of_o who_o we_o have_v preoccupation_n or_o preconception_n which_o to_o expressis_fw-la above_o the_o power_n of_o man_n this_o ineffable_a word_n zeno_n assert_n to_o be_v the_o maker_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n id._n ib._n cap._n 9_o item_n tertual_a apolog_fw-la contragentes_fw-la cap._n 21._o apud_fw-la vestros_fw-la quoque_fw-la sapientes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la sermonem_fw-la atque_fw-la rationem_fw-la constat_fw-la artificem_fw-la videri_fw-la universitatis_fw-la hunc_fw-la enim_fw-la zeno_n determinat_fw-la factorem_fw-la qui_fw-la cuncta_fw-la in_o dispositione_n formaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o now_o that_o he_o who_o be_v this_o light_n of_o light_n this_o god-born_a of_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o father_n before_o all_o world_n be_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_n to_o become_v man_n for_o 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call_v baalim_fw-la lord_n meed'_v apostasy_n of_o the_o late_a time_n by_o who_o as_o middle_a and_o indifferent_a agent_n betwixt_o those_o superior_a god_n and_o we_o man_n they_o think_v we_o receive_v all_o manner_n of_o good_n now_o as_o the_o sober_a party_n of_o gentile_n hold_v there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a supreme_a god_n so_o also_o that_o there_o be_v some_o one_o individual_a lord_n the_o common_a saviour_n in_o who_o shall_v centre_n all_o those_o save_a property_n that_o be_v scramble_v by_o blind_a devotionist_n among_o the_o crowd_n of_o their_o local_a precedent_n and_o by_o who_o the_o supreme_a god_n will_v give_v not_o some_o thing_n to_o all_o as_o he_o do_v by_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n nor_o some_o thing_n to_o some_o either_o country_n as_o their_o local_a precedent_n or_o man_n as_o their_o lar_n or_o member_n as_o those_o divine_a reliever_n to_o who_o jamblicus_n assign_v the_o cure_n of_o several_a malady_n afflict_v the_o several_a member_n of_o man_n 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23._o thus_o apply_v themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oh_o almighty_a sun_n life_n of_o the_o world_n power_n of_o the_o world_n light_n of_o the_o world_n hence_o those_o title_n give_v to_o apollo_n that_o be_v the_o sun_n as_o macrobius_n evince_v from_o the_o title_n themselves_o saturnal_a 1._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sospitalis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d remover_n of_o evil_n author_n of_o health_n hence_o they_o picture_v he_o with_o the_o grace_n in_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o a_o bow_n in_o his_o left_a as_o one_o by_o who_o god_n communicate_v to_o we_o all_o good_a and_o protect_v we_o from_o all_o evil_a hence_o the_o same_o author_n assert_n and_o prove_v by_o particular_n that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o gentile_a god-saviour_n janus_n saturn_n apollo_n bacchus_n mars_n mercury_n esculapius_n salus_n hercules_n isis_n osiris_n adonis_n attine_n horus_n jupiter_n adad_fw-la be_v not_o deity_n but_o either_o instrument_n by_o which_o the_o sun_n work_v or_o emblem_n of_o those_o particular_a salvisick_n property_n which_o be_v altogether_o eminent_o and_o radical_o centre_v in_o the_o sun_n saturnal_a l._n 1._o à _fw-la cap._n 17._o ad_fw-la cap._n 23._o to_o macrobius_n our_o own_o learned_a antiquary_n mr._n selden_n assent_v in_o his_o diis_fw-la syriis_fw-la and_o prove_v all_o the_o syrian_a and_o egyptian_a god_n to_o have_v be_v representation_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o that_o hermaphrodite-light_n the_o sun_n and_o moon_n the_o ancient_n think_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o god-saviour_n either_o have_v be_v or_o be_v to_o be_v assume_v into_o those_o planet_n after_o he_o have_v perform_v his_o save_a gest_n upon_o earth_n his_o animus_n the_o divine_a part_n of_o it_o into_o the_o sun_n his_o anima_fw-la or_o humane_a soul_n into_o the_o moon_n as_o be_v a_o saviour_n of_o both_o sex_n upon_o which_o reason_n they_o call_v apollo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o twin_n because_o he_o exhibit_v say_v macrob._n saturn_n 1._o 17._o a_o twofold_a appearance_n of_o his_o deity_n by_o illuminate_v and_o form_v the_o moon_n for_o from_o one_o fountain_n of_o light_n do_v that_o twin-constellation_n illuminate_v the_o space_n of_o day_n and_o night_n whence_o the_o roman_n worship_v the_o sun_n by_o the_o appellation_n didymaei_fw-la apollinis_fw-la under_o the_o name_n and_o form_n of_o the_o twofaced_a janus_n and_o yet_o to_o exclude_v all_o other_o deity_n from_o partake_v with_o he_o in_o the_o honour_n of_o mediatorship_n the_o same_o author_n ibid._n tell_v we_o that_o numenius_n derive_v his_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o open_n of_o obscure_a thing_n but_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o ancient_a use_n of_o that_o word_n signify_v one_o and_o alone_o that_o the_o assyrian_a adad_fw-la the_o same_o with_o the_o sun_n have_v that_o name_n from_o its_o oneness_n and_o signify_v
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