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can_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o greek_n or_o roman_n pierce_v into_o the_o extreme_a india_n where_o their_o name_n be_v never_o hear_v especial_o into_o the_o western_a india_n where_o yet_o they_o have_v their_o god_n therefore_o the_o orator_n direct_o conclude_v that_o cum_fw-la non_fw-la instituto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la more_fw-it 190._o aut_fw-la lege_fw-la sit_fw-la opinio_fw-la constituta_fw-la maneatque_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la omnium_fw-la firma_fw-la consensio_fw-la intelligi_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la deos_fw-la quoniam_fw-la insitas_fw-la corum_fw-la vel_fw-la potiùs_fw-la innatas_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la habemus_fw-la seeing_n this_o general_a opinion_n of_o god_n be_v not_o ground_v upon_o any_o instruction_n any_o custom_n any_o law_n but_o that_o all_o man_n do_v consent_n in_o it_o as_o if_o they_o be_v but_o one_o man_n we_o may_v hereby_o understand_v that_o sure_o there_o be_v a_o god_n because_o there_o be_v so_o general_a a_o notion_n of_o 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all_o though_o they_o be_v in_o diverse_a place_n call_v by_o diverse_a name_n so_o likewise_o it_o be_v with_o that_o divine_a spirit_n which_o govern_v the_o world_n though_o he_o be_v one_o in_o himself_o yet_o have_v he_o in_o diverse_a nation_n both_o differ_a honour_n and_o differ_v name_n and_o those_o appoint_v by_o the_o law_n and_o so_o likewise_o maximus_n tyrius_n aliter_fw-la atque_fw-la aliter_fw-la nuncupatus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la perindè_fw-la ut_fw-la alia_fw-la atque_fw-la alia_fw-la maris_fw-la pars_fw-la 285_o dicitur_fw-la aegeum_n jonicum_n myrthoum_n ac_fw-la cretense_n cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnes_fw-la pelagus_fw-la sint_fw-la â—iusdem_fw-la generis_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n be_v diverse_o call_v in_o diverse_a country_n as_o the_o sea_n itself_o be_v which_o in_o one_o place_n be_v call_v the_o aegean_a sea_n in_o another_o place_n the_o ionian_a in_o another_o the_o myrthean_a in_o another_o the_o cretian_a and_o yet_o all_o those_o sea_n be_v but_o one_o 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〈…〉_z sed_fw-la nata_fw-la lex_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la â—idicimus_fw-la accepimus_fw-la legimus_fw-la verùm_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la natura_fw-la arripuimus_fw-la â—â—usimuo_fw-la expressimus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o a_o law_n that_o be_v write_v in_o table_n but_o a_o law_n that_o be_v original_o beget_v within_o us._n a_o law_n which_o we_o have_v neither_o learned_a nor_o receive_v nor_o read_v but_o which_o by_o very_a nature_n we_o have_v inward_o breed_v a_o law_n as_o large_o diffuse_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n as_o the_o very_a humane_a nature_n be_v communicate_v unto_o they_o 4._o for_o as_o i_o have_v former_o declare_v there_o be_v not_o any_o nation_n neither_o greek_n nor_o barbarian_a neither_o christian_n nor_o heathen_a but_o that_o they_o have_v their_o god_n their_o priest_n their_o temple_n their_o altar_n their_o sacrifice_n and_o other_o such_o like_a natural_n of_o religion_n and_o yet_o all_o these_o so_o differ_v one_o of_o they_o from_o another_o 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no_o art_n can_v resist_v his_o work_n much_o less_o refute_v his_o be_v and_o thus_o you_o see_v the_o second_o branch_n of_o tully_n assertion_n verify_v that_o as_o there_o be_v nulla_fw-la gens_n 190._o so_o there_o be_v nullum_fw-la genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la there_o be_v no_o sort_n no_o order_n no_o condition_n of_o man_n neither_o jew_n nor_o gentile_n greek_n nor_o barbarian_n learned_a nor_o unlearned_a civil_a nor_o rude_a none_o at_o all_o i_o say_v from_o the_o high_a ruler_n to_o the_o poor_a artificer_n but_o they_o be_v inward_o persuade_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n so_o that_o as_o saint_n augustine_n affirm_v in_o another_o like_a truth_n hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la huic_fw-la doctorum_fw-la paucitas_fw-la nulla_fw-la indoctorum_fw-la turba_fw-la dissentiat_fw-la 686._o this_o be_v truth_n so_o manifest_a that_o neither_o the_o paucity_n of_o the_o learned_a nor_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o unlearned_a doc_fw-fr dissent_n from_o it_o and_o therefore_o let_v we_o now_o proceed_v unto_o his_o three_o that_o as_o there_o be_v no_o sort_n of_o man_n so_o there_o be_v no_o man._n chap._n 6._o that_o there_o be_v no_o particular_a person_n in_o the_o world_n but_o that_o in_o some_o degree_n he_o believe_v there_o be_v a_o god_n 2._o no_o swearer_n 3._o no_o blasphemer_n 4._o no_o idolater_n as_o i_o find_v it_o observe_v by_o diverse_a of_o the_o learned_a that_o it_o be_v a_o common_a principle_n god_n in_o every_o people_n to_o believe_v there_o be_v a_o god_n so_o be_v it_o likewise_o observe_v by_o they_o that_o this_o principle_n have_v his_o force_n not_o only_o in_o all_o nation_n and_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o mâ—n_z but_o also_o in_o all_o person_n that_o live_v among_o they_o and_o this_o may_v evident_o be_v see_v 2._o in_o the_o most_o of_o those_o sentence_n which_o before_o i_o have_v allege_v from_o the_o generality_n of_o this_o natural_a impression_n that_o they_o extend_v and_o stretch_v themselves_o not_o only_o to_o all_o nation_n but_o also_o to_o all_o person_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n aristotle_n say_v that_o it_o be_v haereditaria_fw-la fama_fw-la â—ortalium_fw-la omnium_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o a_o deo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la deum_fw-la nobis_fw-la esse_fw-la constituta_fw-la 1566._o it_o be_v a_o haereditarie_a tradition_n which_o be_v common_a among_o all_o man_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v praedecreed_a unto_o man_n by_o god_n mark_v mortalium_fw-la omnium_fw-la common_a unto_o all_o man_n tully_n say_v that_o nemo_fw-la omnium_fw-la tam_fw-la immanis_fw-la cvius_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la imbuer_o it_o deorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la 212._o among_o man_n there_o be_v not_o any_o so_o savage_a and_o barbarous_a who_o soul_n be_v not_o possess_v with_o a_o opinion_n of_o the_o go_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o place_n omnes_fw-la esse_fw-la vim_o &_o naturam_fw-la divinam_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la all_o man_n have_v a_o persuasion_n that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a power_n and_o nature_n divine_a who_o can_v be_v except_v out_o of_o these_o two_o so_o absolute_a generality_n of_o nemo_n and_o omnes_fw-la of_o no_o man_n and_o all_o man_n so_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n â—74_n dei_fw-la manifestatio_fw-la erat_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la naturalis_fw-la there_o be_v a_o natural_a manifestation_n of_o god_n unto_o all_o man_n 476_o so_o likewise_o arnobius_n quisquamnè_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la notione_fw-la diem_fw-la primae_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la intraverit_fw-la be_v there_o any_o among_o man_n that_o bring_v not_o in_o with_o he_o a_o notion_n of_o god_n even_o with_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o the_o world_n so_o beda_n 741._o naturaliter_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la habet_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la dei_fw-la every_o man_n have_v natural_o some_o knowledge_n of_o the_o deity_n so_o likewise_o prosper_n 180._o esse_fw-la omnes_fw-la sensere_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la fuit_fw-la ulli_fw-la authorem_fw-la natura_fw-la docens_fw-la all_o man_n have_v find_v a_o god_n to_o be_v nor_o ever_o want_v nature_n to_o teach_v this_o truth_n that_o only_o he_o of_o every_o thing_n be_v author_n now_o unto_o these_o testimony_n allege_v before_o though_o to_o another_o purpose_n i_o may_v add_v diverse_a other_o as_o yet_o not_o allege_v as_o namely_o that_o of_o sibilla_n omnibus_fw-la en_fw-fr patet_fw-la be_v clarúsque_fw-la &_o apertus_fw-la inerrans_fw-la loe_o god_n so_o clear_a so_o know_v so_o open_a do_v lie_v that_o he_o do_v enter_v into_o every_o eye_n and_o that_o likewise_o of_o aratus_n cite_v also_o in_o the_o same_o book_n by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n 277._o a_o jove_n principium_fw-la assiduis_fw-la quem_fw-la laudibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la concelebrant_fw-la homines_fw-la for_o a_o sunt_fw-la jovis_fw-la omne_fw-la plena_fw-la compita_fw-la cum_fw-la pagis_fw-la 3_o omnes_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la aequore_fw-la portus_fw-la begin_v with_o god_n who_o praise_n all_o man_n sing_v all_o city_n street_n all_o village_n of_o he_o be_v full_a all_o sea_n shore_n haven_n every_o thing_n mark_n omnes_fw-la concelebrant_fw-la homines_fw-la all_z celebrate_v his_o praise_n so_o likewise_o that_o of_o ennius_n 201._o aspice_fw-la hoc_fw-la sublime_a candens_fw-la quem_fw-la invocant_fw-la omnes_fw-la jupiter_fw-la behold_v this_o bright_a and_o lofty_a sky_n here_o all_o man_n pray_v to_o jove_n most_o high_a mark_v quem_fw-la invocant_fw-la omnes_fw-la to_o who_o all_o man_n direct_v their_o prayer_n yea_o and_o this_o he_o speak_v assensu_fw-la omnium_fw-la as_o be_v note_v in_o the_o same_o place_n that_o be_v with_o the_o general_a assent_n of_o all_o man_n and_o yet_o he_o call_v he_o there_o both_o jupiter_fw-la and_o dominatorem_fw-la rerum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la motu_fw-la regentem_fw-la &_o patrem_fw-la diuûmque_fw-la hominúmque_fw-la &_o praesentem_fw-la ac_fw-la praepotentem_fw-la deum_fw-la both_o the_o great_a god_n jupiter_n the_o great_a ruler_n of_o all_o matter_n the_o only_a mover_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o father_n both_o of_o god_n and_o man_n yea_o and_o himself_o both_o a_o present_a and_o a_o potent_a god_n all_o which_o high_a title_n he_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n with_o all_o man_n general_a applause_n and_o consent_n affirm_v in_o the_o same_o place_n that_o god_n be_v as_o clear_v and_o as_o evident_a as_o the_o sun_n and_o add_v that_o hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la dubitet_fw-la haud_fw-la sanè_fw-la intelligo_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la idem_fw-la sol_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o nullus_fw-la sit_fw-la dubitare_fw-la possit_fw-la that_o he_o which_o doubt_v whether_o there_o be_v a_o god_n may_v with_o as_o great_a reason_n doubt_v whether_o there_o be_v a_o sun_n so_o clear_a do_v that_o orator_n make_v the_o matter_n unto_o all_o man_n yea_o and_o even_o profane_a lucian_n 210._o though_o he_o reprove_v this_o general_a opinion_n yet_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v it_o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o gentes_fw-la turpiter_fw-la decipiuntur_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la existimantes_fw-la all_o person_n and_o nation_n be_v foul_o deceive_v in_o believe_v there_o be_v go_n reprove_v it_o as_o the_o error_n not_o only_o of_o all_o nation_n but_o also_o of_o all_o person_n but_o yet_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v a_o opinion_n which_o be_v commou_v unto_o all_o of_o they_o though_o in_o 〈◊〉_d show_n for_o the_o present_a he_o will_v seem_v to_o condemn_v it_o 2_o and_o â—et_o there_o be_v three_o several_a sort_n of_o man_n who_o may_v seem_v it_o any_o other_o the_o most_o likely_a to_o deny_v he_o god_n because_o they_o so_o little_a honour_n he_o the_o first_o be_v common_a swearer_n who_o use_v to_o rend_v and_o to_o tear_v he_o the_o second_o be_v blaspâ—emers_n who_o use_v to_o curse_v and_o revile_v he_o and_o the_o three_o idolater_n who_o abase_n and_o dishonour_v he_o by_o ascribe_v divine_a honour_n unto_o a_o idol_n their_o own_o creature_n these_o three_o except_o the_o atheist_n for_o who_o i_o do_v reserve_v a_o special_a treatise_n by_o himself_o be_v the_o most_o direct_a enemy_n that_o god_n indeed_o have_v but_o yet_o none_o of_o all_o these_o if_o they_o due_o be_v consider_v can_v just_o be_v number_v as_o denier_n of_o god_n for_o indeed_o all_o their_o sin_n be_v absolute_o ground_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n without_o which_o they_o be_v no_o sin_n for_o how_o shall_v either_o swear_n or_o blaspheme_v or_o idolatrize_v be_v sin_n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o god_n against_o who_o they_o be_v commit_v nay_o all_o these_o several_a vice_n consider_v of_o themselves_o though_o not_o as_o sin_n but_o as_o action_n yet_o be_v do_v upon_o supposal_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n god_n be_v the_o very_a object_n of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o as_o we_o may_v evident_o see_v if_o we_o will_v several_o examine_v they_o for_o first_o as_o concern_v swear_v it_o be_v plutarch_n opinion_n that_o oath_n do_v as_o necessary_o presuppose_v there_o be_v a_o god_n as_o either_o temple_n or_o sacrifice_n or_o invocation_n urbem_fw-la templis_fw-la dijsque_fw-la carentem_fw-la 532._o quae_fw-la precibus_fw-la jureiurando_fw-la or_o
little_a rome_n to_o what_o a_o greatness_n now_o she_o be_v come_v yea_o and_o venice_n at_o this_o time_n the_o venus_n of_o all_o city_n and_o the_o strong_a fortress_n and_o balwarke_n of_o all_o christian_n yet_o be_v 86._o at_o first_o but_o a_o marish_a inhabit_v by_o poor_a fisher_n and_o the_o like_a may_v be_v observe_v almost_o of_o all_o those_o other_o renown_a and_o famous_a city_n who_o glorious_a gest_n and_o victory_n have_v so_o great_o ennoble_v they_o in_o the_o register_n of_o history_n they_o have_v most_o of_o they_o be_v raise_v from_o such_o ignoble_a and_o contemptible_a original_n that_o when_o they_o view_v themselves_o in_o the_o ruff_n of_o their_o greatness_n they_o be_v utter_o ashamed_a to_o think_v of_o their_o first_o littleness_n 2_o and_o as_o we_o may_v observe_v diverse_a poor_a and_o little_a city_n little_a to_o have_v grow_v great_a and_o potent_a be_v raise_v from_o the_o dust_n to_o sit_v among_o the_o star_n so_o may_v we_o likewise_o 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the_o imperial_a seat_n of_o great_a and_o potent_a monarch_n that_o now_o they_o be_v so_o utter_o demolish_v as_o that_o even_o their_o very_a place_n can_v no_o more_o be_v find_v nor_o no_o man_n say_v that_o here_o they_o stand_v as_o ninive_n susis_n ecbatane_n and_o diverse_a other_o recknon_v up_o by_o pausanias_n mycenae_n 325._o quae_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la troiano_n imperârunt_fw-la graecis_fw-la ninus_n deinde_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la assyriorum_n regius_fw-la fuit_fw-la tertiò_fw-la thâ—bae_fw-la boeoticae_fw-la quae_fw-la principem_fw-la olìm_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o graecia_n obtinuerunt_fw-la hae_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la internecionem_fw-la usque_fw-la sunt_fw-la desolatae_fw-la mycenae_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojan_a war_n be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o greece_n and_o ninus_n where_o be_v sometime_o the_o royal_a palace_n of_o the_o assyrian_a monarch_n and_o thebes_n of_o the_o boeotian_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o all_o the_o grecian_n be_v now_o quite_o destroy_v and_o make_v utter_o desolate_a upon_o which_o occasion_n he_o enter_v a_o meditation_n of_o the_o notable_a fragility_n of_o all_o humane_a prosperity_n give_v in_o that_o place_n diverse_a other_o very_o pregnant_a and_o remarkable_a instance_n of_o thebes_n in_o egypt_n and_o orchomenus_n sometime_o two_o rich_a and_o populous_a city_n but_o now_o reduce_v beneath_o the_o fortune_n of_o diverse_a private_a person_n so_o likewise_o of_o delos_n sometime_o the_o most_o frequent_a and_o common_a mart_n of_o all_o the_o grecian_n now_o utter_o desert_v and_o forsake_v of_o all_o nation_n so_o likewise_o of_o babylon_n sometime_o the_o great_a city_n that_o ever_o the_o sun_n look_v upon_o but_o at_o that_o time_n so_o little_a that_o there_o be_v nothing_o there_o leave_v but_o a_o wall_n and_o at_o temple_n contrariwise_o of_o alexandria_n and_o seleucia_n which_o though_o they_o be_v build_v but_o even_o the_o other_o day_n yet_o start_v up_o so_o sudden_o to_o 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all_o of_o they_o will_v speak_v one_o and_o the_o same_o language_n have_v inward_o a_o purpose_n to_o frame_v his_o religion_n conformable_a to_o that_o nation_n who_o language_n shall_v be_v speak_v as_o be_v that_o religion_n which_o be_v pure_o natural_a unto_o man_n but_o the_o child_n prove_v all_o dumb_a though_o there_o be_v so_o many_o of_o they_o and_o therefore_o they_o can_v not_o speak_v because_o they_o be_v not_o teach_v whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o speak_v which_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o grammar_n be_v not_o in_o man_n by_o nature_n but_o the_o first_o man_n have_v it_o by_o only_a divine_a infusion_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n only_o by_o imitation_n now_o the_o first_o element_n and_o original_n of_o all_o speech_n be_v the_o imposition_n of_o name_n without_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o distinction_n of_o thing_n i_o mean_v not_o quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la though_o quoad_fw-la naturam_fw-la they_o be_v sufficient_o distinguish_v by_o those_o substantial_a 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knowledge_n of_o thing_n for_o nomen_fw-la est_fw-la a_o noscendo_fw-la dictum_fw-la as_o s._n augustin_n give_v the_o notation_n of_o that_o name_n and_o nomina_fw-la be_v but_o notaererum_fw-la as_o the_o orator_n note_v of_o they_o name_n be_v the_o note_n &_o mark_n whereby_o we_o do_v know_v thing_n which_o can_v be_v know_v if_o they_o have_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 19_o whereupon_o even_o god_n himself_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o have_v make_v a_o man_n he_o bring_v all_o thing_n before_o he_o that_o he_o may_v put_v name_n upon_o they_o full_o well_o foresee_v in_o his_o divine_a wisdom_n that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n most_o necessary_a for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n else_o will_v he_o never_o have_v appoint_v it_o so_o timely_a to_o be_v do_v and_o therefore_o even_o the_o heathen_a have_v reckon_v this_o nomenclature_n and_o imposition_n of_o name_n 556._o
euripides_n affirm_v to_o be_v the_o first_o beâ—â—tters_n of_o religion_n in_o us._n yea_o 2._o and_o jamblicus_n a_o heathen_a affirm_v of_o religion_n that_o it_o be_v implant_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o man_n etâ—am_fw-la ante_fw-la omnem_fw-la rationis_fw-la usum_fw-la even_o before_o he_o have_v any_o use_n of_o reason_n as_o before_o i_o note_v of_o he_o which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a then_o can_v not_o religion_n be_v a_o politic_a invention_n to_o beguile_v the_o simple_a sort_n of_o man_n for_o how_o can_v it_o then_o be_v imprint_v into_o child_n yea_o and_o that_o before_o they_o have_v the_o use_n of_o reason_n when_o as_o aristotle_n affirm_v of_o politic_a doctrine_n that_o it_o be_v too_o high_a for_o the_o reach_n of_o any_o young_a man_n 605._o then_o much_o more_o of_o young_a child_n for_o if_o iwenis_fw-la be_v not_o idoneus_fw-la auditor_n civilis_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la then_o much_o less_o be_v infant_n and_o therefore_o it_o have_v not_o any_o colour_n of_o reason_n that_o religion_n be_v so_o timely_o beget_v in_o they_o shall_v be_v first_o implant_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o such_o a_o fabulous_a instruction_n there_o be_v i_o say_v no_o colour_n of_o reason_n in_o this_o reasonless_a fiction_n now_o for_o the_o general_a antiquity_n of_o religion_n and_o that_o ancient_a possession_n which_o it_o have_v have_v in_o the_o world_n 564._o plutarch_n say_v that_o it_o be_v so_o ancient_a that_o no_o man_n can_v tell_v the_o first_o original_n of_o it_o and_o he_o apply_v to_o this_o purpose_n those_o verse_n of_o sophocles_n non_fw-la nunc_fw-la enim_fw-la neque_fw-la heri_fw-la sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la prodita_fw-la semper_fw-la valuêre_fw-la nec_fw-la quando_fw-la inierint_fw-la liquet_fw-la these_o thing_n be_v not_o of_o yesterday_o or_o late_o bring_v to_o pass_v they_o ever_o be_v and_o no_o man_n know_v when_o their_o beginning_n be_v but_o for_o the_o true_a antiquity_n of_o it_o let_v we_o but_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o it_o as_o they_o be_v express_v to_o we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o religion_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o any_o fiction_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n than_o any_o devise_a lie_n for_o when_o there_o be_v but_o three_o man_n in_o the_o universal_a world_n 4._o we_o read_v that_o two_o of_o they_o offer_v up_o their_o sacrifice_n unto_o god_n when_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v neither_o cause_n of_o the_o make_n of_o law_n against_o public_a oppression_n nor_o of_o divise_v such_o fable_n against_o secret_a offence_n and_o therefore_o religion_n can_v not_o grow_v from_o either_o of_o those_o cause_n nay_o it_o appear_v even_o in_o their_o example_n that_o oppression_n though_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la grow_v rather_o from_o religion_n than_o religion_n from_o oppression_n for_o before_o those_o two_o brother_n have_v offer_v up_o their_o sacrifice_n there_o be_v no_o oppression_n but_o when_o they_o be_v once_o dispatch_v it_o present_o follow_v the_o one_o brother_n violent_o oppress_v the_o other_o yea_o and_o that_o mere_o upon_o this_o one_o emulation_n because_o he_o be_v better_o accept_v in_o his_o religion_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o religion_n be_v almost_o as_o ancient_a as_o man_n nay_o altogether_o as_o ancient_a for_o the_o very_a first_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v creâ—ted_v in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n 36._o which_o the_o apostle_n paul_n expound_v to_o be_v in_o righteousness_n and_o holiness_n which_o be_v the_o two_o essential_a part_n of_o religion_n his_o matter_n and_o his_o form_n nay_o religion_n be_v yet_o more_o ancient_a it_o be_v more_o ancient_a tâ—en_n man_n it_o be_v as_o ancient_a as_o the_o angel_n as_o be_v plain_o insinuate_v in_o the_o book_n of_o joâ—_a where_o be_v thou_o 7._o when_o the_o star_n of_o the_o morning_n praise_v i_o together_o and_o when_o all_o the_o son_n of_o god_n shout_v for_o joy_n here_o be_v the_o usâ—_n and_o practice_n of_o religion_n even_o before_o the_o make_n and_o creation_n of_o man_n and_o therefore_o religion_n can_v not_o be_v a_o human_a invention_n unless_o either_o there_o be_v a_o man_n before_o there_o be_v a_o man_n 86._o or_o that_o man_n be_v able_a to_o invent_v before_o he_o be_v make_v for_o as_o tertullian_n have_v very_o well_o observe_v prio_fw-la anima_fw-la quam_fw-la litera_fw-la &_o prio_fw-la sermo_fw-la quam_fw-la libre_fw-la &_o prio_fw-la sensus_fw-la quam_fw-la stilus_fw-la &_o prio_fw-la homo_fw-la quam_fw-la philosophus_fw-la &_o poeta_fw-la there_o be_v a_o soul_n before_o there_o be_v a_o letter_n a_o speech_n before_o there_o be_v a_o book_n a_o sense_n before_o there_o be_v a_o stile_n a_o man_n before_o there_o be_v eâ—her_o a_o poet_n or_o philosopher_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v religion_n before_o there_o be_v a_o man._n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o humaâ—ne_a invention_n so_o that_o time_n which_o prescribe_v against_o all_o humane_a invention_n and_o which_o challenge_v the_o honour_n of_o antiquity_n from_o they_o yet_o itself_o be_v prescribe_v against_o by_o religion_n and_o lose_v the_o honour_n of_o priority_n with_o it_o because_o religion_n be_v as_o 〈…〉_z 188._o latuit_fw-la 368._o semper_fw-la illuxit_fw-la etiam_fw-la ante_fw-la romulum_fw-la say_v tertullian_n yea_o and_o ante_fw-la homulum_fw-la too_o as_o before_o i_o have_v show_v you_o god_n have_v be_v know_v from_o all_o beginning_n he_o never_o lie_v hide_v he_o ever_o be_v manifest_a even_o before_o the_o first_o king_n even_o before_o tâ—e_v first_o thing_n and_o therefore_o if_o his_o own_o rule_n be_v true_a idem_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la 494._o quodâ—unque_fw-la primum_fw-la id_fw-la adulterinum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la postcrius_fw-la that_o that_o which_o be_v the_o ancient_a must_v needs_o be_v the_o true_a then_o can_v religion_n be_v a_o humane_a invention_n because_o it_o be_v more_o ancient_a then_o man_n and_o consequent_o that_o euripides_n his_o tale_n whereby_o he_o seek_v to_o discredit_v religion_n must_v needs_o be_v a_o false_a and_o a_o idle_a fâ—ctioâ—_n without_o ground_n of_o truth_n or_o reason_n it_o be_v but_o a_o late_a and_o a_o posteriour_a invention_n yea_o and_o such_o as_o have_v â—or_a it_o not_o any_o either_o know_v or_o certain_a author_n to_o credit_n it_o so_o that_o it_o may_v more_o just_o be_v number_v among_o thosâ—_n beâ—â—eselenas_n 15._o those_o headless_a old-wife_n tale_n which_o plutarch_n in_o the_o same_o place_n so_o just_o deride_v then_o religion_n itself_o can_v which_o it_o seek_v to_o deride_v under_o that_o very_a name_n but_o the_o true_a antiquity_n of_o religion_n do_v free_a it_o from_o any_o such_o base_a imputation_n and_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v a_o lesson_n of_o god_n own_o first_o teach_v 105._o bâ—cause_n it_o be_v practise_v by_o adam_n the_o first_o man_n who_o can_v have_v no_o other_o man_n to_o â—each_v he_o from_o which_o obseâ—ation_n justine_n martyr_n collect_v quòd_fw-la ante_fw-la errorem_fw-la veritas_fw-la obtinuerit_fw-la that_o religion_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o superstition_n yea_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o bring_v this_o substantial_a reason_n that_o malum_fw-la posterius_fw-la est_fw-la bono_fw-mi quiâ—_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la nist_n boni_fw-la depravatio_fw-la that_o evil_n be_v posteriour_a unto_o good_a because_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o corruption_n of_o good_a so_o then_o the_o antiquity_n of_o religion_n do_v prove_v that_o it_o can_v be_v a_o human_a invention_n 3_o yea_o and_o so_o do_v likewise_o the_o universality_n of_o it_o for_o there_o be_v never_o yet_o any_o human_a invention_n so_o general_o spread_v as_o the_o use_n of_o religion_n no_o not_o those_o that_o seem_v most_o necessary_a for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n not_o clothing_n of_o our_o body_n which_o be_v for_o mere_a necessity_n nor_o cover_v of_o our_o shame_n which_o be_v for_o public_a honesty_n for_o we_o meet_v with_o diverse_a nation_n among_o the_o west_n indian_n b._n which_o neither_o cloth_n their_o body_n nor_o cover_v their_o shame_n and_o yet_o can_v meet_v with_o none_o but_o that_o they_o have_v their_o god_n which_o sense_n of_o religion_n can_v not_o possible_o be_v implant_v into_o every_o nation_n either_o by_o imitation_n from_o their_o neighbour_n because_o some_o be_v so_o wild_a and_o savage_a that_o they_o do_v not_o admit_v of_o any_o entercouse_n or_o commerce_n nor_o yet_o by_o institution_n among_o themselves_o unless_o we_o shall_v imagine_v that_o in_o every_o nation_n there_o shall_v sudden_o step_v up_o such_o a_o politic_a wise_a man_n and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o fate_n tell_v the_o same_o tale_n of_o religion_n or_o that_o euripides_n his_o man_n have_v compass_v the_o whole_a world_n about_o like_o the_o sun_n and_o read_v his_o profane_a lecture_n in_o every_o nation_n both_o which_o supposition_n be_v idle_a and_o ridiculous_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o religion_n can_v be_v of_o humane_a institution_n but_o that_o the_o same_o
common_a nature_n which_o have_v give_v unto_o all_o man_n their_o heart_n have_v also_o give_v religion_n into_o all_o their_o heart_n 75._o to_o be_v among_o they_o as_o common_a as_o their_o natural_a form_n for_o so_o indeed_o do_v lactantius_n esteem_v it_o he_o account_v religion_n to_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a and_o essential_a difference_n between_o a_o man_n and_o a_o beast_n more_o than_o either_o risus_fw-la or_o ratio_fw-la or_o oratio_fw-la then_o either_o laugh_v or_o speak_v yea_o or_o reason_v itself_o all_o which_o he_o there_o prove_v to_o be_v in_o some_o degree_n communicate_v unto_o beast_n but_o religion_n to_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a unto_o man_n and_o yet_o common_a unto_o all_o man_n but_o that_o neither_o by_o domestical_a instruction_n at_o home_n nor_o yet_o by_o mutuation_n or_o imitation_n abroad_o but_o only_o by_o that_o natural_a instinct_n and_o disposition_n which_o god_n have_v ingraft_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n as_o alexander_n 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