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jew_n by_o moses_n his_o not_o describe_v they_o â—s_v he_o do_v other_o thing_n and_o be_v as_o â—ell_v know_v as_o the_o paint_n among_o we_o of_o â—n_a angel_n in_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o beautiful_a tall_a youth_n with_o wing_n among_o all_o the_o egyptian_a representation_n i_o do_v not_o find_v â—ny_a thing_n like_o this_o to_o represent_v the_o angeâ—ck_a nature_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o â—ring_v in_o their_o other_o simulacra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v hieroglyphic_n of_o their_o osiris_n isis_n etc._n etc._n which_o they_o worship_v not_o as_o angelic_a nature_n depend_v upon_o the_o supreme_a deity_n but_o as_o sympiternal_a deity_n themselves_o neither_o need_v we_o grant_v that_o his_o hieroglyphical_a or_o symbolical_a imagery_n be_v at_o all_o owe_v to_o the_o egyptian_n more_o â—han_n to_o other_o nation_n that_o sort_n of_o enigmatical_a representation_n be_v in_o use_n over_o â—ll_o the_o eastern_a country_n and_o even_o 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their_o superstition_n that_o the_o stolistae_n or_o those_o of_o osiris_n his_o wardrobe_n make_v use_v of_o a_o chest_n or_o ark_n which_o any_o body_n may_v guess_v without_o that_o doctor_n be_v learning_n be_v to_o keep_v their_o clothes_n in_o he_o show_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o cista_fw-la in_o the_o orgian_a and_o eleusinian_n sacra_fw-la pars_fw-la obscura_fw-la cavis_fw-la celebrabant_fw-la orgia_n cistis_fw-la catul._n pelei_fw-la nupt._n et_fw-la levis_fw-la occultis_fw-la conscia_fw-la cista_fw-la sacris_fw-la tibul._n lib._n 1._o el._n 8._o now_o what_o a_o mighty_a wonder_n be_v this_o that_o these_o idolatrous_a priest_n who_o pretend_v to_o such_o a_o abundance_n of_o mysterious_a and_o abscond_v rite_n in_o their_o superstition_n shall_v make_v use_n of_o a_o chest_n to_o keep_v their_o trinket_n in_o from_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o vulgar_a if_o they_o have_v be_v lay_v open_a to_o every_o body_n eye_n all_o their_o mysterious_a sacredness_n 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enjoin_v they_o as_o a_o pious_a institution_n that_o some_o portion_n of_o each_o division_n of_o time_n may_v be_v keep_v holy_a to_o give_v a_o blessing_n to_o the_o rest_n for_o as_o the_o sabbath_n be_v set_v aside_o to_o be_v keep_v holy_a in_o the_o week_n the_o passover_n feast_n of_o tabernacle_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o year_n so_o be_v the_o feast_n of_o the_o new-moon_n ordain_v to_o give_v a_o blessing_n to_o the_o month._n indeed_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o heathen_n keep_v holy_a the_o new-moon_n too_o wheâ—_n they_o offer_v up_o considerable_a sacrifice_n to_o the_o god_n as_o meursius_n and_o monsieuâ—_fw-fr petit_fw-fr have_v sufficient_o prove_v and_o dâ—_n spencer_n more_o at_o large_a and_o it_o be_v plaiâ—_n from_o that_o passage_n of_o demosthenes_n aristog_n â—rat_fw-la i._o in_o aristog_n when_o he_o say_v that_o in_o the_o new-moon_n all_o comâ—_n up_o to_o the_o acropolis_n and_o supplicate_v the_o god_n to_o
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