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he_o not_o graft_v into_o our_o mind_n but_o natural_o breed_v in_o our_o mind_n so_o that_o this_o great_a variety_n of_o idolatrous_a nation_n in_o their_o particular_a opinion_n as_o concern_v their_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a god_n be_v rather_o a_o argument_n of_o the_o verity_n of_o that_o general_a conclusion_n 190._o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n then_o of_o the_o falsity_n of_o it_o as_o plutarch_n likewise_o insinuate_v from_o the_o very_a same_o ground_n where_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v vetustissima_fw-la opinio_fw-la a_o sacrarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la professoribus_fw-la &_o legumlatoribus_fw-la derivata_fw-la authore_fw-la incognito_o sed_fw-la fide_fw-la firma_fw-la non_fw-la in_o sermonibus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o rumoribus_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o in_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la &_o sacrificijs_fw-la tam_fw-la barbaris_fw-la quam_fw-la graecanicis_fw-la extans_fw-la non_fw-la casu_fw-la ferri_fw-la &_o a_o fortuna_fw-la pendere_fw-la vniversum_fw-la hoc_fw-la mente_fw-la &_o 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than_o they_o do_v in_o any_o other_o for_o as_o seneca_n affirm_v in_o another_o like_a matter_n omnes_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la urbes_fw-la 260._o omnes_fw-la ctiam_fw-la ex_fw-la barbaris_fw-la regionibus_fw-la gentes_fw-la conclamâ—bunt_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la bonis_fw-la malisque_fw-la conveniet_fw-la omnes_fw-la hoc_fw-la uno_fw-la tibi_fw-la ore_fw-la affirmabunt_fw-la &_o in_o hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la discors_fw-la turba_fw-la consentiet_fw-la all_o city_n all_o country_n all_o nation_n even_o those_o that_o be_v most_o barbarous_a yet_o do_v consent_n in_o this_o in_o this_o both_o good_a and_o bad_a agree_v this_o all_o man_n affirm_v with_o one_o and_o the_o same_o mouth_n yea_o even_o the_o rude_a rabble_n of_o the_o common_a people_n do_v subscribe_v unto_o this_o truth_n chap._n 8._o certain_a objection_n touch_v impugn_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o forenamed_a consent_n as_o concern_v god_n 2._o the_o first_o of_o those_o objection_n open_v direct_o deny_v it_o 3._o the_o same_o 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gentes_fw-la sic_fw-la immanitate_fw-la efferatas_fw-la ut_fw-la apud_fw-la eâ—s_fw-la nulla_fw-la suspicio_fw-la deorum_fw-la sit_fw-la three_o by_o the_o name_n of_o diverse_a special_a atheist_n that_o open_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n where_o he_o point_v upon_o diageras_n theodorus_n and_o protagoras_n and_o four_a by_o the_o instance_n of_o sacrilegious_a and_o perjure_a person_n and_o such_o like_a wicked_a liver_n who_o if_o they_o have_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n they_o will_v never_o have_v dare_v to_o be_v so_o impious_a and_o wicked_a tubulus_n si_fw-fr lucius_n unquam_fw-la 192._o si_fw-la lupus_fw-la aut_fw-la carbo_n aut_fw-la neptuni_fw-la filius_fw-la putasset_fw-la esse_fw-la deos_fw-la tam_fw-la periurus_fw-la aut_fw-la tam_fw-la impius_fw-la fuisset_fw-la this_o be_v the_o short_a sum_n of_o his_o whole_a objection_n 3_o let_v we_o now_o come_v to_o answer_v it_o 112._o and_o every_o part_n of_o it_o and_o first_o for_o his_o leave_n that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o light_a argument_n i_o be_o sure_a that_o this_o be_v but_o a_o light_a answer_n unto_o it_o a_o answer_n than_o which_o there_o can_v be_v a_o light_a which_o he_o will_v never_o have_v give_v if_o he_o have_v have_v a_o better_a he_o himself_o in_o another_o place_n make_v this_o argument_n as_o weighty_a as_o here_o he_o make_v it_o light_a firmissimum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n deos_fw-la esse_fw-la credamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la nulla_fw-la gens_fw-la tam_fw-la est_fw-fr fera_fw-fr nemo_fw-la omnium_fw-la tam_fw-la immanis_fw-la cvius_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la imbuerit_fw-la deorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la this_o be_v the_o strong_a argument_n that_o can_v possible_o be_v bring_v why_o we_o shall_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n because_o there_o be_v no_o nation_n so_o uncivil_a no_o person_n so_o vile_a whosi_fw-la mind_n be_v not_o possess_v with_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o god_n here_o you_o see_v no_o light_n account_v make_v of_o this_o argument_n 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never_o see_v if_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o know_v it_o by_o the_o
he_o heal_v thou_o when_o he_o list_v no._n but_o he_o add_v the_o hour_n may_v come_v that_o their_o enterprise_n may_v have_v good_a success_n but_o how_o he_o add_v further_a for_o they_o shall_v pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o will_v prosper_v that_o which_o be_v give_v for_o ease_n and_o their_o physic_n for_o the_o prolong_n of_o life_n so_o then_o the_o physician_n touch_v but_o it_o be_v god_n that_o heal_v there_o be_v great_a efficacy_n unto_o health_n in_o the_o physician_n prayer_n than_o there_o be_v in_o his_o power_n the_o whole_a prosperity_n of_o the_o medicine_n depend_v upon_o god_n blessing_n and_o therefore_o say_v s._n hierom_n 110._o de_fw-fr omni_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la absque_fw-la misericordia_fw-la dei_fw-la medendi_fw-la ars_fw-la nihil_fw-la valeat_fw-la in_o all_o a_o man_n infirmity_n without_o god_n special_a goodness_n the_o art_n of_o the_o physician_n be_v of_o very_o little_a worth_n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o confirm_v his_o own_o assertion_n by_o the_o forenamed_a instance_n of_o the_o disease_a woman_n 124._o quis_fw-la medicorum_fw-la sanare_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d potuit_fw-la nisi_fw-la tu_fw-la solus_fw-la ad_fw-la cvius_fw-la contactum_fw-la fimbriae_fw-la flatìm_fw-la redijt_fw-la sanitas_fw-la which_o of_o all_o the_o physician_n can_v heal_v that_o disease_a woman_n but_o only_o thou_o alone_o who_o be_v able_a to_o restore_v her_o health_n unto_o she_o by_o touch_v but_o only_o the_o hem_n of_o thy_o vesture_n yea_o and_o the_o same_o father_n again_o report_v of_o hilarion_n that_o when_o a_o like_a disease_a woman_n be_v bring_v unto_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v cure_v and_o complain_v that_o no_o physic_n can_v do_v she_o any_o good_a that_o holy_a father_n reply_v si_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o medicis_n perdidisti_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la dedisses_fw-la 144._o curasset_fw-la te_fw-la verus_fw-la medice_fw-la jesus_n if_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v lose_v upon_o thy_o physician_n thou_o have_v bestow_v upon_o poor_a and_o needy_a person_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a physician_n will_v have_v cure_v thou_o long_o ago_o and_o therefore_o s._n basil_n have_v give_v we_o a_o good_a caveat_n not_o to_o repose_v so_o strong_a a_o confidence_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o physic_n be_v it_o never_o so_o good_a because_o all_o be_v but_o weak_a 291._o without_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n satagendum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la arte_fw-la si_fw-la quandò_fw-la illa_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la utamur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la omnem_fw-la illi_fw-la causam_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la ascribamus_fw-la we_o must_v take_v heed_n that_o when_o we_o use_v the_o help_n of_o physic_n yet_o that_o we_o ascribe_v not_o all_o our_o health_n unto_o it_o for_o as_o he_o add_v a_o little_a after_o irrationale_n est_fw-la 292._o propriae_fw-la salutis_fw-la spem_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ponere_fw-la medicorum_fw-la it_o be_v against_o all_o reason_n to_o put_v all_o the_o hope_n of_o our_o health_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o physician_n who_o have_v it_o not_o in_o his_o hand_n as_o before_o i_o have_v show_v and_o as_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o art_n of_o the_o physician_n to_o give_v health_n unto_o the_o sick-man_n so_o be_v it_o not_o also_o in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o medicine_n for_o as_o it_o be_v affirm_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n speak_v of_o those_o israelite_n that_o be_v sting_v and_o bite_v by_o the_o fiery_a serpent_n it_o be_v neither_o herb_n 12._o nor_o plaster_n that_o heal_v they_o but_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o heal_v all_o thing_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n that_o heal_v they_o though_o for_o that_o very_a purpose_n it_o be_v special_o appoint_v but_o it_o be_v only_a god_n himself_o that_o heal_v they_o by_o it_o as_o be_v express_o there_o affirm_v 7._o he_o that_o turn_v towards_o it_o be_v not_o heal_v by_o that_o thing_n which_o he_o see_v but_o by_o thou_o o_o saviour_n of_o all_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o outward_a medicine_n but_o the_o inward_a blessing_n that_o heal_v and_o that_o as_o s._n augustine_n observe_v our_o health_n come_v unto_o we_o only_o from_o god_n the_o creator_n 250._o even_o then_o when_o we_o receive_v it_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o creature_n de_fw-fr creatura_fw-la mihi_fw-la salus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la est_fw-la and_o this_o we_o may_v see_v verify_v both_o in_o the_o old_a 5._o and_o new_a testament_n god_n appoint_a king_n hezechiah_n to_o apply_v a_o plaster_n unto_o his_o sore_n but_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o tell_v he_o that_o it_o be_v he_o that_o do_v heal_v he_o and_o 15._o s._n james_n bid_v the_o elder_n to_o anoint_v the_o sick_a mâ—n_z with_o oil_n but_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o do_v raise_v he_o up_o so_o that_o as_o s._n augustine_n very_o well_o observe_v 79._o corporis_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la quae_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la adhibentur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ijs_fw-la prosunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la operatur_fw-la salutem_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la illis_fw-la mederi_fw-la potest_fw-la cum_fw-la sine_fw-la ipso_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la those_o bodily_a medicine_n which_o be_v apply_v by_o man_n do_v profit_n none_o but_o those_o unto_o who_o god_n himself_o do_v work_v for_o their_o health_n yet_o he_o can_v heal_v without_o any_o medicine_n but_o so_o can_v any_o medicine_n without_o 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o also_o be_v confess_v 8._o even_o by_o the_o very_a heathen_a etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la medico_n medicinam_fw-la dedit_fw-la minerva_n god_n can_v heal_v any_o sickness_n even_o without_o a_o physician_n he_o can_v heal_v even_o by_o his_o only_a word_n he_o send_v his_o word_n and_o heal_v they_o nay_o he_o can_v heal_v by_o his_o only_a will_n as_o be_v note_v by_o s._n basil._n sola_fw-la voluntate_fw-la contentus_fw-la and_o he_o give_v 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so_o do_v he_o oftentimes_o &c_n with_o city_n and_o nation_n advance_v they_o from_o poor_a original_n to_o be_v great_a and_o mighty_a monarchy_n carthage_n which_o at_o last_o grow_v so_o mighty_a and_o potent_a as_o to_o fight_v with_o rome_n itself_o 346._o for_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n 123._o yet_o be_v 49._o at_o first_o no_o large_a than_o can_v be_v encompass_v with_o the_o thong_n of_o a_o bull_n hide_v yea_o and_o even_o rome_n itself_o which_o obtain_v that_o empire_n and_o lord_v it_o over_o all_o with_o a_o iron_n sceptre_n yet_o be_v extend_v no_o further_o by_o romulus_n but_o only_o to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o thousand_o house_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o italian_a poet_n wonder_v at_o the_o wonderful_a increasing_n of_o it_o aspice_fw-la nec_fw-la longè_fw-la repotam_fw-la 186._o modó_n roma_fw-la minanti_fw-la impar_fw-la iüdenae_fw-la contentáque_fw-la crescere_fw-la asylo_fw-la quò_fw-la se_fw-la extulerit_fw-la dextrìs_fw-la loe_o but_o of_o late_a 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true_o affirm_v it_o be_v the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o cause_v that_o the_o kingdom_n fail_v not_o but_o a_o kingdom_n be_v lose_v by_o cruelty_n and_o pride_n and_o therefore_o king_n ochus_n be_v ask_v by_o his_o son_n by_o what_o mean_v he_o have_v preserve_v his_o kingdom_n so_o long_o answer_v 407._o that_o this_o be_v do_v pielate_fw-la in_fw-la deos_fw-la et_fw-la iustitia_fw-la in_fw-la homines_fw-la by_o his_o piety_n towards_o god_n and_o his_o aequitie_n towards_o man_n 17._o for_o as_o elihu_n true_o tell_v we_o judgement_n and_o aequitie_n maintain_v all_o thing_n 12._o yea_o even_o the_o very_a throne_n itself_o as_o king_n solomon_n acknowledge_v the_o throne_n be_v establish_v by_o justice._n but_o it_o be_v supplant_v 8._o and_o overthrow_v by_o wickedness_n as_o ecclesiastcus_fw-la observe_v because_o of_o unrighteous_a deal_n and_o wrong_n and_o riches_n get_v by_o deceit_n the_o kingdom_n be_v translate_v from_o one_o people_n to_o another_o so_o that_o 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he_o ascend_v from_o their_o low_a and_o mean_a beginning_n to_o such_o a_o height_n of_o greatness_n only_o by_o their_o practice_n of_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n and_o tully_n on_o the_o contrary_a he_o say_v they_o lose_v their_o greatness_n by_o degenerate_v from_o their_o ancient_a virtue_n unto_o vice_n in_o the_o forealledged_n place_n nostris_fw-la vitijs_fw-la non_fw-la casu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la rempub._n amisimus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o by_o chance_n but_o it_o be_v by_o our_o vice_n whereby_o we_o have_v decay_v and_o lose_v our_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o pronounce_v that_o there_o be_v 297._o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la inimicum_fw-la civitati_fw-la quam_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la quae_fw-la sine_fw-la magnae_fw-la iustitia_fw-la nec_fw-la geri_fw-la nec_fw-la stare_n potest_fw-la that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o enemy_n unto_o any_o city_n as_o injustice_n be_v and_o injury_n because_o without_o great_a justice_n there_o can_v any_o city_n be_v either_o well_o govern_v or_o safe_o praeserue_v for_o as_o the_o tragical_a poet_n have_v very_o true_o note_v vbi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la pudor_fw-la 296._o nec_fw-la cura_fw-la iuris_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la pietas_fw-la fides_fw-la instabile_fw-la regnum_fw-la est_fw-la where_o be_v nor_o modesty_n nor_o equity_n nor_o sanctity_n no_o piety_n no_o verity_n no_o nor_o civility_n in_o such_o a_o kingdom_n certain_o there_o can_v be_v no_o stability_n which_o sentence_n of_o the_o tragic_a be_v also_o confirm_v by_o another_o of_o the_o comic_a where_o he_o bring_v in_o a_o servant_n dispute_v with_o a_o virgin_n about_o the_o fortification_n and_o munition_n of_o their_o town_n ut_fw-la munitum_fw-la muro_fw-la tibi_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la oppidum_fw-la say_v he_o how_o like_v you_o here_o the_o warlike_a strength_n of_o this_o our_o wall_a town_n unto_o which_o she_o answer_v present_o si_fw-mi incolae_fw-la benè_fw-la sint_fw-la morati_fw-la pulchrè_fw-la munitum_fw-la arbitror_fw-la 644._o perfidia_fw-la &_o peculatus_fw-la ex_fw-la urbe_fw-la &_o avaritia_fw-la si_fw-la exulant_fw-la quarta_fw-la inuidia_fw-la quinta_fw-la ambitio_fw-la sexta_fw-la obtrectatio_fw-la septimum_fw-la periurium_fw-la octava_fw-la indiligentia_fw-la nona_fw-la iniuria_fw-la decimum_fw-la quod_fw-la pessumum_fw-la aggressu_fw-la scelus_fw-la haec_fw-la nisi_fw-la urbe_fw-la aberunt_fw-la centuplex_fw-la murus_fw-la rebus_fw-la seruandis_fw-la parùm_fw-la est_fw-la if_o citizen_n be_v manner_a well_o well_o man_v and_o wall_v i_o deem_v it_o if_o city_n sin_n be_v banish_v all_o then_o strong_a may_v all_o esteem_v it_o if_o treachery_n and_o robbery_n and_o avarice_n be_v go_v if_o envy_n and_o ambition_n and_o backbiting_a he_o none_o if_o perjury_n if_o idleness_n if_o injury_n be_v out_o and_o true_o if_o that_o vilainie_n the_o worst_a of_o all_o the_o rout_n unless_o these_o vice_n banish_v be_v what_o ever_o fort_n you_o have_v a_o hundres_n wall_n together_o put_v will_v not_o have_v power_n to_o save_v because_o by_o those_o vice_n they_o do_v even_o enforce_v god_n to_o overthrow_v their_o wall_n as_o sometime_o he_o do_v hiericoe_n for_o as_o bacchylides_n true_o affirm_v 31._o alta_fw-la a_o coeli_fw-la sede_fw-la diruit_fw-la oppida_fw-la superba_fw-la qui_fw-la summum_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la imperium_fw-la tenet_fw-la it_o be_v god_n that_o rule_v over_o all_o who_o give_v proud_a city_n such_o a_o fall_n nay_o wicked_a citizen_n by_o their_o vice_n do_v overthrow_n their_o own_o city_n and_o dig_v down_o their_o wall_n as_o solon_n well_o observe_v nostra_fw-la quidem_fw-la fato_fw-la jovis_fw-la vrbs_fw-la non_fw-la â—ccidet_fw-la unquà m_fw-la propitijsque_fw-la dijs_fw-la salua_fw-la manere_fw-la potest_fw-la moenia_fw-la sed_fw-la civis_fw-la stolidi_fw-la cupidÃque_fw-la lucrorum_fw-la 63._o ardua_fw-la subverti_fw-la per_fw-la sua_fw-la facta_fw-la student_fw-la it_o be_v not_o fate_n our_o city_n can_v destroy_v we_o may_v long_a 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