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to_o be_v not_o of_o god_n will_n as_o st._n austin_n de_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la affirm_v hermes_n to_o have_v think_v the_o ineffable_a word_n to_o be_v filius_fw-la benedicti_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o bonae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la the_o son_n of_o the_o bless_a god_n and_o his_o good_a will_n upon_o which_o st._n austin_n thus_o flout_v the_o pagan_a quaerebas_fw-la pagane_n conjugem_fw-la dei_fw-la audi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la abjiciatur_fw-la quaeso_fw-la ex_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la impura_fw-la pravitas_fw-la conjux_fw-la dei_fw-la bona_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la thou_o demand_v of_o what_o wife_n god_n beget_v his_o son_n let_v mercury_n answer_v thou_o cast_v i_o pray_v thou_o impure_a pravity_n out_o of_o thy_o heart_n the_o wife_n of_o god_n be_v his_o own_o good_a will_n of_o that_o he_o beget_v his_o son_n in_o the_o express_n of_o who_o eternal_a generation_n though_o the_o gentile_n speak_v not_o by_o rule_n as_o we_o do_v yet_o they_o blunder_v out_o our_o sense_n and_o 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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 the_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n to_o become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mortal_a in_o regard_n of_o his_o assume_v humane_a nature_n as_o the_o milesian_n oracle_n answer_v those_o that_o inquire_v whether_o he_o be_v god_n or_o man_n may_v be_v evident_a from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o sibyl_n and_o indeed_o be_v from_o thence_o so_o clear_o evince_v by_o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o christian_a cause_n as_o the_o adversary_n have_v no_o place_n of_o refuge_n leave_v but_o this_o sorry_a one_o that_o the_o verse_n allege_v be_v not_o sibylline_a but_o forge_v by_o the_o christian_n as_o long_o since_o complain_v st._n austin_n quod_fw-la à _fw-la sanctis_fw-la angelis_n vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la prophetis_fw-la nostris_fw-la habere_fw-la poterunt_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la proferimus_fw-la à _fw-la nostris_fw-la ficta_fw-la esse_fw-la contendunt_fw-la august_n de_fw-la consens_fw-la evangel_n lib._n 1._o c._n 20._o tom._n 4._o pag._n 164._o b._n that_o which_o the_o sibyl_n sing_v touch_v christ_n they_o may_v learn_v either_o of_o the_o holy_a angel_n or_o the_o write_n of_o the_o prophet_n but_o when_o we_o urge_v pagan_n with_o their_o verse_n they_o contend_v that_o we_o christian_n forge_v they_o and_o before_o he_o constantine_n in_o his_o oration_n cap._n 19_o where_o he_o mention_n and_o answer_n that_o calumny_n in_o which_o way_n of_o calumniate_a that_o most_o immaculate_a spouse_n of_o christ_n the_o primitive_a church_n with_o a_o suspicion_n of_o the_o most_o damnable_a adulteration_n that_o any_o society_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o some_o of_o our_o modern_a critic_n have_v not_o be_v afraid_a nor_o ashamed_a to_o run_v with_o the_o pagan_a wit_n but_o with_o far_o more_o excess_n of_o impious_a scorn_n and_o to_o the_o utter_a subversion_n of_o all_o rational_a belief_n for_o if_o that_o church_n be_v so_o far_o desert_v not_o only_o of_o grace_n but_o common_a honesty_n as_o to_o forge_v sibylline_a what_o assurance_n can_v we_o 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quam_fw-la christus_fw-la secundùm_fw-la carnem_fw-la nasceretur_fw-la the_o verse_n of_o the_o sibyl_n which_o the_o church_n allege_v she_o find_v quote_v in_o the_o write_n of_o tully_n varro_n and_o other_o old_a writer_n who_o be_v in_o their_o grave_n before_o the_o bless_a babe_n lay_v in_o the_o manger_n touch_v varro_n the_o same_o father_n de_fw-la falsa_fw-la relig._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o give_v we_o this_o account_n and_o therein_o resolve_v the_o question_n of_o tacitus_n whether_o there_o be_v more_o sibyl_n than_o one_o annal._n 6._o a_o una_fw-la seu_fw-la plures_fw-la fuerint_fw-la sibyllae_fw-la m._n varro_n than_o who_o never_o man_n be_v more_o learned_a either_o among_o the_o greek_n or_o latin_n in_o those_o book_n which_o he_o write_v to_o caesar_n the_o great_a pontiff_n speak_v of_o the_o quindecimviri_n say_v that_o the_o sibylline_a book_n be_v not_o the_o work_v of_o any_o one_o sibyl_n though_o they_o be_v all_o call_v sibylline_a because_o all_o women-prophetesses_a be_v of_o the_o ancient_n call_v sibyl_n either_o from_o the_o delphic_a prophetess_n of_o that_o name_n or_o from_o their_o
whereas_o to_o they_o that_o observe_v what_o influence_n the_o artificer_n hand_n within_o the_o veil_n have_v upon_o those_o engine_n the_o whole_a series_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o motion_n be_v naked_a and_o barefaced_a plutarch_n give_v plato_n this_o commendation_n that_o find_v fault_n with_o anaxagoras_n for_o immerse_v his_o thought_n too_o deep_a into_o natural_a cause_n and_o too_o eager_o pursue_v the_o necessity_n of_o those_o effect_n which_o happen_v to_o natural_a body_n he_o total_o omit_v the_o efficient_a and_o final_a the_o prime_a and_o chief_a of_o all_o principle_n and_o avoid_v the_o other_o extreme_a which_o some_o fall_v into_o to_o wit_n poet_n and_o divine_n who_o only_o mind_v the_o supreme_a cause_n the_o rational_a and_o voluntary_a efficient_a never_o come_v to_o the_o natural_a and_o necessary_a cause_n of_o thing_n these_o first_o ascribe_v all_o the_o second_o nothing_o to_o the_o perpession_n collision_n mutation_n and_o mixture_n of_o 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see_v they_o can_v not_o at_o all_o discern_v the_o supreme_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o will_n of_o god_n or_o false_a and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o produce_v by_o the_o pervestigation_n of_o corporeal_a matter_n or_o motion_n but_o from_o their_o own_o suspicion_n and_o error_n be_v it_o not_o that_o with_o the_o tradition_n of_o religion_n god_n have_v communicate_v to_o mankind_n general_a maxim_n to_o help_v we_o in_o our_o search_n into_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n we_o can_v never_o attain_v to_o the_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o any_o thing_n and_o therefore_o we_o see_v all_o the_o grecian_a philosophy_n that_o be_v not_o ground_v upon_o tradition_n dwindle_v at_o last_o into_o scepticism_n and_o veil_v the_o bonnet_n to_o that_o of_o pythagoras_n socrates_n and_o plato_n who_o travel_v for_o they_o into_o those_o place_n where_o the_o tradition_n have_v be_v best_o preserve_v so_o true_a be_v that_o oracle_n which_o the_o indian_a gymnosophist_n deliver_v to_o socrates_n in_o his_o reply_n to_o the_o answer_n that_o socrates_n make_v to_o this_o question_n by_o what_o mean_v a_o man_n may_v become_v wise_a if_o he_o consider_v after_o what_o manner_n it_o become_v man_n to_o live_v say_v socrates_n to_o which_o the_o indian_a smile_v give_v this_o retort_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n can_v understand_v the_o nature_n of_o humane_a and_o mundane_a thing_n that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o divine_a euseb._n praeperat_v evang._n referente_fw-la grinaeo_n in_o praefatione_fw-la ad_fw-la irenaeum_fw-la upon_o which_o point_n the_o golden_a tongueed_n lactantius_n elegant_o veritatem_fw-la &_o divinae_fw-la religionis_fw-la arcanum_fw-la philosophi_fw-la attigerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la aliis_fw-la refellentibus_fw-la defendere_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la invenerant_fw-la nequiverunt_fw-la quià _fw-la singulis_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la quadravit_fw-la nec_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la vera_fw-la senserant_fw-la in_fw-la summam_fw-la redigere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la 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