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that_o be_v the_o comely_a of_o all_o visible_a creature_n a_o hideous_a deform_a monster_n the_o fashion_v of_o this_o invisible_a creator_n in_o visible_a shape_n the_o multiplication_n of_o suppose_a divine_a power_n so_o fashion_v be_v rather_o accessary_n than_o principal_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o sin_n which_o we_o now_o reprove_v at_o the_o least_o to_o distract_v or_o divide_v the_o divine_a power_n into_o several_a form_n or_o portion_n not_o much_o disagreeable_a to_o some_o particular_a distinct_a attribute_n of_o the_o true_a god_n be_v less_o abominable_a than_o to_o frame_v a_o multiplicity_n of_o contrary_a will_n or_o commixture_n of_o dissonant_n affection_n or_o resolution_n in_o one_o indivisible_a eternal_a immutable_a essence_n the_o divine_a nature_n say_v dominicam_fw-la nyssen_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v beside_o for_o who_o can_v comprehend_v it_o be_v goodness_n holiness_n power_n glory_n purity_n eternity_n who_o be_v he_o then_o may_v safe_o say_v to_o he_o my_o father_n he_o who_o nature_n be_v goodness_n can_v be_v no_o favourer_n of_o bad_a desire_n no_o patron_n of_o wicked_a purpose_n he_o who_o truth_n shine_v in_o whatsoever_o be_v good_a can_v be_v no_o countenancer_n of_o the_o oppressor_n or_o malefactor_n if_o one_o who_o conscience_n be_v brand_v with_o foul_a sin_n shall_v before_o repentance_n claim_v kindred_n of_o god_n and_o be_v unjust_a and_o filthy_a say_v to_o that_o just_a and_o holy_a one_o my_o father_n his_o mouth_n while_o he_o repeat_v his_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la vent_v no_o prayer_n but_o contumelious_a slander_n against_o god_n for_o by_o call_v he_o father_n while_o he_o nourish_v any_o know_a sin_n in_o his_o heart_n he_o make_v he_o author_n and_o countenancer_n of_o his_o mischievous_a imagination_n these_o and_o the_o like_a declaration_n of_o this_o ancient_a and_o learned_a writer_n upon_o the_o lord_n prayer_n may_v serve_v as_o a_o orthodoxal_a paraphrase_n or_o just_a comment_n upon_o these_o sacred_a text_n of_o scripture_n unto_o the_o wicked_a say_v
folio_n 217_o chapter_n 23._o of_o the_o general_a infirmity_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n which_o do_v dispose_v divers_a ancient_a professor_n of_o christianity_n to_o take_v the_o infection_n of_o superstition_n of_o the_o particular_a humour_n which_o do_v sharpen_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o modern_a romish_a church_n to_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n after_o the_o poisonous_a dregs_n of_o rome-heathen_n idolatry_n folio_n 220_o chapter_n 24._o in_o what_o sense_n the_o romanist_n deny_v or_o grant_v that_o saint_n be_v to_o be_v invocate_v whether_o the_o saint_n by_o their_o doctrine_n be_v mediate_v or_o immediate_a intercessor_n between_o god_n and_o man_n that_o they_o neither_o can_v conceal_v or_o will_v they_o express_v the_o full_a meaning_n of_o their_o practice_n folio_n 229_o chapter_n 25._o what_o worship_n be_v how_o it_o be_v divide_v into_o civil_a and_o religious_a in_o what_o sense_n it_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v or_o deny_v that_o religious_a worship_n be_v due_a to_o saint_n that_o the_o romish_a church_n do_v in_o her_o practice_n exhibit_v another_o sort_n of_o religious_a worship_n unto_o saint_n than_o her_o advocate_n pretend_v in_o their_o disputation_n folio_n 241_o chapter_n 26._o that_o the_o worship_n which_o satan_n demand_v of_o our_o saviour_n be_v the_o very_a same_o wherewith_o the_o romish_a church_n worship_v saint_n that_o be_v dulia_n not_o latria_n according_a to_o their_o distinction_n that_o our_o saviour_n answer_n do_v absolute_o prohibit_v the_o offering_n of_o this_o worship_n not_o only_o to_o satan_n but_o to_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o beside_o god_n the_o truth_n of_o this_o assertion_n prove_v by_o johns_n authority_n and_o s._n peter_n folio_n 249_o chapter_n 27._o that_o the_o respect_n which_o we_o owe_v to_o saint_n decease_v suppose_v they_o be_v real_o present_a with_o we_o do_v differ_v only_o in_o degree_n not_o in_o nature_n or_o quality_n from_o the_o respect_n which_o we_o owe_v unto_o true_a live_a saint_n that_o the_o same_o expression_n of_o our_o respect_n or_o observance_n towards_o saint_n or_o angel_n local_o present_a can_v without_o superstition_n or_o idolatry_n be_v make_v unto_o they_o in_o their_o absence_n folio_n 263_o chapter_n 28._o the_o romish_a church_n in_o her_o public_a liturgy_n express_o give_v those_o glorious_a title_n unto_o saint_n unto_o which_o no_o other_o real_a worship_n beside_o the_o worship_n of_o latria_n be_v answerable_a folio_n 271_o chapter_n 29._o prove_v by_o manifest_a instance_n and_o confess_v matter_n of_o fact_n that_o the_o romish_a church_n do_v real_o exhibit_v divers_a part_n of_o that_o honour_n or_o worship_n unto_o saint_n which_o by_o her_o confession_n be_v only_o due_a unto_o god_n that_o her_o nice_a distinction_n of_o dulia_n and_o latria_n or_o the_o like_a argue_v no_o difference_n at_o all_o in_o the_o reality_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o worship_n but_o at_o the_o most_o divers_a respect_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o worship_n folio_n 282_o chapter_n 30._o solemn_a vow_n be_v by_o confession_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n part_n of_o that_o worship_n which_o her_o advocate_n call_v latria_n the_o romish_a church_n do_v worship_n saint_n with_o solemn_a vow_n not_o by_o accident_n only_o but_o by_o direct_a intendment_n folio_n 290_o chapter_n 31._o that_o the_o apprehension_n of_o different_a excellency_n in_o god_n and_o the_o saint_n decease_v can_v prevent_v the_o contagion_n which_o man_n soul_n be_v natural_o apt_a to_o take_v by_o make_v solemn_a prayer_n and_o vow_n joint_o to_o god_n and_o to_o the_o saint_n folio_n 296_o chapter_n 32._o a_o parallel_n between_o the_o affectionate_a zeal_n which_o the_o jew_n do_v bear_v unto_o moses_n and_o his_o write_n and_o the_o like_a zeal_n which_o the_o romanist_n bear_v unto_o saint_n decease_v and_o their_o legend_n that_o the_o romanist_n zeal_n be_v obnoxious_a to_o great_a hazard_n of_o miscarriage_n &_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o his_o affection_n more_o dangerous_a by_o his_o daily_a practice_n of_o worship_v image_n folio_n 300_o chapter_n 33._o by_o what_o mean_v the_o public_a worship_n of_o image_n be_v final_o ratify_v in_o the_o romish_a church_n of_o the_o unadvised_a instruction_n which_o gregory_n the_o great_a give_v unto_o austin_n the_o monk_n for_o win_v the_o pagan-english_a to_o the_o profession_n of_o christianity_n folio_n 310_o chapter_n 34._o of_o the_o disagreement_n betwixt_o the_o jesuit_n themselves_o in_o what_o manner_n image_n may_v be_v worship_v folio_n 315_o chapter_n 35._o the_o principal_a argument_n which_o the_o romanist_n use_v to_o prove_v the_o worship_v of_o image_n to_o be_v lawful_a what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o kiss_v of_o the_o book_n in_o solemn_a oath_n and_o the_o romanist_n salutation_n of_o image_n that_o image-worship_n can_v be_v warrant_v by_o jacob_n anoint_v the_o stone_n or_o other_o ceremony_n by_o he_o use_v folio_n 323_o chapter_n 36._o the_o argument_n draw_v from_o jacob_n fact_n and_o the_o like_a example_n answer_v by_o vasques_n himself_o in_o another_o case_n and_o by_o the_o analogy_n of_o civil_a discretion_n folio_n 338_o chapter_n 37._o whether_o grant_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o worship_v such_o saint_n as_o we_o undoubted_o believe_v to_o be_v true_a saint_n we_o may_v lawful_o worship_v such_o as_o we_o suspect_v to_o be_v no_o saint_n folio_n 346_o chapter_n 38._o rome-christian_a as_o vain_a and_o foolish_a in_o make_v imaginary_a saint_n as_o rome-heathen_a in_o make_v false_a go_n folio_n 352_o chapter_n 39_o that_o the_o medicine_n pretend_v by_o rome-christian_a for_o cure_v the_o former_a disease_n do_v rather_o increase_v than_o assuage_v it_o folio_n 362_o chapter_n 40._o that_o the_o medicine_n on_o which_o the_o present_a romish_a church_n do_v now_o rely_v be_v worse_a than_o the_o disease_n itself_o that_o they_o make_v the_o pope_n a_o great_a god_n than_o the_o heathen_a do_v any_o other_o god_n beside_o jupiter_n folio_n 367_o section_n v._o of_o the_o transformation_n of_o the_o deity_n or_o divine_a power_n in_o his_o nature_n attribute_n word_n or_o will_v reveal_v chapter_n 41._o transformation_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n do_v issue_n from_o the_o same_o original_n or_o general_a fallacy_n from_o which_o idolatry_n and_o multiplicity_n of_o god_n be_v observe_v to_o issue_n chapter_n 17._o folio_n 373_o chapter_n 42._o aparallel_a between_o the_o heathen_a poet_n and_o modern_a roman_a legendary_n between_o heathen_a philosopher_n and_o roman_a schoolman_n in_o their_o transformation_n or_o misperswasion_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n special_o of_o his_o goodness_n folio_n 379_o chapter_n 43._o of_o particular_a transformation_n or_o misperswasion_n of_o divine_a goodness_n alike_o common_a to_o the_o corrupt_a professor_n of_o true_a religion_n as_o to_o the_o zealous_a professor_n of_o corrupt_a religion_n folio_n 388_o chapter_n 44._o of_o misperswasion_n concern_v justice_n and_o mercy_n divine_a folio_n 398_o chapter_n 45._o of_o transform_v the_o word_n of_o god_n into_o the_o similitude_n of_o our_o private_a or_o corrupt_a sense_n folio_n 404_o chapter_n 46._o show_v by_o instance_n of_o sacred_a writ_n that_o the_o same_o sense_n of_o god_n word_n which_o sometime_o most_o displease_v may_v short_o after_o most_o affect_v or_o please_v the_o self_n same_o party_n with_o the_o manner_n how_o this_o alteration_n be_v wrought_v folio_n 414_o chapter_n 47._o of_o dream_v fancy_n concern_v the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n in_o the_o romanist_n in_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o separatist_n or_o enthusiast_n folio_n 418_o chapter_n 48._o of_o the_o more_o particular_a and_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o forementioned_a error_n or_o misperswasion_n folio_n 429_o section_n vi_o of_o qualification_n requisite_a for_o conceive_v aright_o of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o his_o attribute_n chapter_n 49._o the_o general_a qualification_n or_o 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to_o his_o imagination_n for_o beside_o the_o aforementioned_a purity_n of_o heart_n the_o intention_n of_o mind_n or_o understand_v to_o ventilate_v sift_n or_o illuminate_v phantasm_n borrow_v from_o sense_n there_o be_v require_v a_o vigilant_a attention_n in_o the_o judicative_a faculty_n otherwise_o the_o same_o error_n which_o happen_v in_o recall_v thing_n long_o forget_v to_o mind_n or_o dream_n will_v surprise_v our_o wake_a imagination_n of_o god_n or_o matter_n divine_a he_o that_o will_v remember_v timotheus_n theodorus_n or_o orosius_n unless_o his_o apprehension_n of_o their_o name_n have_v be_v former_o very_o distinct_a and_o his_o present_a examination_n attentive_a will_v easy_o entertain_v in_o stead_n of_o they_o theotimus_n dorotheus_n or_o osorius_n in_o man_n ignorant_a of_o latin_a etymology_n conference_n will_v sometime_o be_v take_v for_o confidence_n offence_n for_o defence_n etc._n etc._n now_o our_o knowledge_n of_o matter_n unsensible_a be_v as_o i_o 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or_o transform_v section_n iii_o of_o the_o original_n of_o heathenish_a idolatry_n and_o multiplicity_n of_o go_n chap._n
the_o margin_n 114._o but_o leave_v these_o barbarous_a worshipper_n of_o venomous_a or_o noisome_a beast_n to_o adore_v man_n well_o deserve_v of_o they_o with_o divine_a honour_n most_o nation_n have_v be_v by_o nature_n more_o prone_a and_o many_o have_v have_v peculiar_a impulsion_n to_o push_v forward_o their_o proneness_n unto_o this_o sin_n 4._o that_o god_n in_o the_o similitude_n and_o substance_n of_o man_n shall_v communicate_v inestimable_a blessing_n to_o mortality_n be_v a_o tradition_n undoubted_a from_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n this_o notion_n suppose_v that_o the_o several_a author_n of_o benefit_n as_o hard_o by_o mean_n ordinary_a or_o observable_a to_o be_v accomplish_v as_o they_o be_v high_o esteem_v shall_v be_v take_v by_o silly_a heathen_n for_o god_n in_o man_n likeness_n 73._o be_v a_o essential_a branch_n of_o the_o former_a promptness_n to_o invest_v every_o unexperienced_a good_a thing_n with_o that_o conceit_n they_o have_v of_o the_o very_o 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upon_o they_o at_o this_o time_n we_o only_o take_v opportunity_n to_o draw_v the_o poison_n of_o their_o opinion_n rather_o than_o their_o opinion_n themselves_o unto_o the_o same_o head_n whereto_o the_o former_a corrupt_a humour_n have_v be_v gather_v chapter_n xliiii_o of_o misperswasion_n concern_v justice_n and_o mercy_n divine_a 1._o there_o be_v in_o all_o of_o we_o by_o nature_n and_o it_o be_v the_o remediless_a remainder_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n pride_n a_o great_a desire_n to_o be_v great_a than_o to_o be_v good_a by_o the_o strength_n of_o this_o exorbitancy_n or_o sinister_a sway_n of_o inbred_a appetite_n man_n of_o high_a place_n or_o estimation_n for_o the_o most_o part_n become_v more_o willing_a to_o do_v that_o whence_o their_o inferior_n may_v receive_v wrong_a than_o to_o have_v the_o case_n dispute_v or_o their_o credit_n call_v in_o question_n whether_o the_o harm_n redound_v to_o other_o from_o their_o peremptory_a resolution_n be_v in_o its_o nature_n a_o wrong_n or_o rather_o a_o necessary_a effect_n of_o just_a authority_n the_o aspersion_n which_o this_o corruption_n of_o nature_n secret_o cast_v upon_o the_o almighty_a be_v that_o he_o may_v yea_o do_v predestinate_a most_o soul_n create_v by_o he_o to_o a_o endless_a life_n more_o miserable_a than_o this_o mortal_a life_n whereof_o some_o through_o sickness_n other_o through_o age_n most_o through_o one_o or_o other_o misery_n be_v often_o weary_a that_o he_o do_v preordain_v adam_n fall_n as_o a_o unavoidable_a mean_n for_o accomplish_v this_o his_o irresistible_a will_n and_o that_o all_o this_o may_v be_v do_v without_o any_o impeachment_n to_o his_o infinite_a justice_n goodness_n or_o mercy_n so_o solemn_o avouch_v and_o much_o magnify_v in_o scripture_n peremptory_a position_n or_o determination_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v in_o these_o man_n judgement_n far_o more_o safe_a than_o to_o question_v though_o but_o for_o private_a satisfaction_n or_o resolution_n whether_o god_n 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