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reckon_v by_o david_n in_o psalm_n 106._o verse_n 38._o among_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o they_o shed_v blood_n in_o their_o offer_v up_o their_o son_n and_o daughter_n to_o devil_n ay_o but_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o he_o have_v vow_v it_o to_o god_n a_o vow_n make_v to_o do_v evil_a be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la void_a god_n never_o confirm_v it_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o keep_v it_o but_o to_o repent_v for_o make_v it_o this_o be_v to_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n which_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n fit_a for_o none_o but_o the_o devil_n from_o who_o the_o instigation_n to_o it_o proceed_v so_o that_o if_o jephta_n do_v kill_v she_o for_o a_o sacrifice_n he_o do_v wicked_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a humour_n in_o many_o man_n who_o will_v be_v peremptory_a in_o some_o point_n of_o religion_n that_o they_o may_v seem_v godly_a who_o value_v not_o much_o the_o reality_n of_o it_o they_o will_v keep_v a_o rash_a or_o which_o amount_v to_o the_o same_o a_o not_o 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a_o body_n which_o be_v abominable_a but_o i_o will_v not_o speak_v of_o it_o here_o but_o page_n 361._o towards_o the_o bottom_n he_o enter_v upon_o a_o three_o objection_n which_o i_o have_v censure_v in_o my_o former_a treatise_n cap._n 13._o sect._n 4._o which_o be_v thus_o frame_v by_o a_o the_o objector_n timor_fw-la inquit_fw-la invisibilium_fw-la potentiarum_fw-la the_o fear_n of_o invisible_a power_n whether_o those_o power_n be_v feign_v by_o the_o man_n who_o fear_n or_o conceive_v from_o fable_n public_o permit_v be_v religion_n but_o from_o they_o which_o be_v not_o public_o permit_v superstition_n quando_fw-la vero_fw-la when_o the_o power_n which_o be_v fear_v be_v true_a it_o be_v true_a religion_n thus_o far_o the_o objection_n and_o first_o i_o commend_v his_o latin_a edition_n better_o than_o the_o english_a for_o in_o his_o latin_a edition_n he_o change_v this_o word_n fable_n which_o be_v use_v among_o we_o for_o a_o vain_a or_o foolish_a relation_n and_o put_v 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