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christianity_n lay_v the_o axe_n to_o the_o root_n §_o 3._o the_o rule_n imperfect_a before_o christ._n §_o 4._o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o school_n be_v without_o life_n and_o power_n §_o 5_o real_a exornation_n before_o verbal_a encomium_n christian_n religion_n be_v appeal_v to_o the_o bar_n of_o common_a reason_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o book_n it_o be_v moral_o impossible_a that_o the_o apostolical_a church_n shall_v delude_v the_o world_n with_o feign_a miracle_n or_o story_n chap._n i._n the_o content_n the_o age_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n flourish_v be_v sufficient_o secure_v against_o the_o imposture_n of_o empiric_n by_o its_o knowledge_n in_o physics_n ignorance_n in_o natural_n the_o mother_n of_o superstitious_a credulity_n the_o darkness_n at_o our_o saviour_n crucifixion_n compare_v with_o that_o at_o romulus_n his_o death_n heathen_a record_n of_o the_o darkness_n of_o christ_n passion_n sect._n 1_o how_o easy_o how_o certain_o will_v the_o fraud_n have_v be_v 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vulgar_a a_o opinion_n of_o religion_n and_o for_o the_o benefit_n that_o thence_o accrue_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o p._n claudius_n and_o l._n junius_n for_o sail_v contrary_a to_o the_o omen_n exhibit_v be_v worthy_a of_o the_o punishment_n they_o undergo_v for_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v observe_v the_o rule_n of_o our_o religion_n and_o not_o with_o that_o contumacy_n have_v slight_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o country_n tamen_fw-la postea_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la causa_fw-la retentam_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n 237._o to_o conclude_v these_o quotation_n with_o what_o he_o conclude_v his_o treatise_n of_o divination_n nec_fw-la verò_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la diligenter_fw-la intelligi_fw-la volo_fw-la superstitione_n tollendâ_fw-la religio_fw-la tollitur_fw-la nam_fw-la et_fw-la majorum_fw-la instituta_fw-la tueri_fw-la sacris_fw-la ceremoniisque_fw-la retinendis_fw-la sapientis_fw-la est_fw-la neither_o be_v religion_n destroy_v in_o root_a out_o superstition_n i_o 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food_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o to_o be_v abstain_v from_o by_o wise_a men._n porph._n the_o sacrif_n l._n 1._o 315._o vir_fw-la igitur_fw-la prudens_fw-la atque_fw-la temperans_fw-la cavebit_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la uti_fw-la and_o yet_o with_o the_o same_o breath_n make_v it_o necessary_a for_o city_n to_o make_v evil_a spirit_n propitious_a to_o they_o by_o such_o sacrifice_n hereby_o tie_v they_o as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o tooth_n not_o only_o from_o do_v they_o mischief_n but_o to_o do_v they_o good_a civitatibus_fw-la fortè_fw-la necessarium_fw-la hos_fw-la daemon_n conciliare_fw-la id_fw-la pag._n 316._o of_o which_o kind_n of_o daemon_n he_o have_v in_o the_o precedent_a page_n past_o this_o doom_n that_o they_o never_o do_v good_a absurdissima_fw-la opinio_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la bonis_fw-la mala_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la malis_fw-la bona_fw-la contingere_fw-la posse_fw-la p._n 312._o firmiter_fw-la credendum_fw-la neque_fw-la bonum_fw-la unquam_fw-la laedere_fw-la neque_fw-la prodesse_fw-la malum_fw-la daemonem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la caloris_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la inquit_fw-la plato_n frigefacere_a pag._n 314._o it_o be_v a_o most_o absurd_a opinion_n that_o either_o bad_a can_v come_v from_o good_a spirit_n or_o good_a from_o bad_a we_o must_v therefore_o firm_o believe_v that_o a_o good_a spirit_n never_o hurt_v that_o a_o evil_a spirit_n never_o profit_v any_o man_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o heat_n shall_v make_v cold_a say_v plato_n and_o that_o their_o malicious_a and_o libidinous_a nature_n be_v not_o tame_v or_o allay_v but_o feed_v and_o make_v more_o fierce_a by_o such_o oblation_n his_fw-la pinguescere_fw-la solet_fw-la vivit_fw-la namque_fw-la vaporibus_fw-la &_o fumigationibus_fw-la &_o nidore_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la &_o carnium_fw-la vires_fw-la assumit_n pag._n 315_o and_o yet_o at_o last_o grant_v a_o liberty_n nay_o impose_v a_o necessity_n upon_o his_o wise_a man_n to_o do_v as_o the_o vulgar_a do_v that_o be_v with_o bloody_a sacrifice_n to_o coke_n impure_a spirit_n and_o this_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o theophrastus_n and_o consent_n of_o pagan_a divine_n and_o example_n of_o philosopher_n and_o to_o mitigate_v their_o malignity_n by_o sacrifice_n prayer_n
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