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necessity_n be_v lay_v upon_o they_o they_o suffer_v which_o the_o great_a valour_n whereas_o the_o mean_a sort_n of_o christian_n can_v have_v but_o little_a sense_n of_o honour_n their_o profession_n do_v forbid_v they_o to_o desire_v or_o to_o receive_v it_o and_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o great_a infamy_n again_o the_o spartan_a boy_n be_v teach_v by_o custom_n and_o instruction_n experience_n and_o practice_n to_o endure_v his_o stripe_n and_o frequent_a meditation_n make_v the_o wise_a man_n valiant_a the_o christian_a void_a of_o all_o those_o help_n become_v a_o constant_a and_o undaunted_a sufferer_n and_o oftentimes_o the_o christian_a and_o the_o martyr_n do_v begin_v together_o as_o for_o the_o anabaptist_n and_o the_o quaker_n beside_o the_o lightness_n of_o their_o suffering_n they_o bottom_n upon_o expectation_n of_o a_o exceed_a weight_n of_o glory_n whereas_o the_o christian_a must_v suffer_v all_o those_o misery_n
ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la uchementer_fw-la impellit_fw-la lact._n p._n 533._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la constantinus_n apud_fw-la euseb_n in_o vit_fw-fr const_n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o vid._n tertull._n ad_fw-la scap._n 13_o with_o joy_n and_o exultation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_o mart._n dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 265._o cum_fw-la omni_fw-la saevitiâ_fw-la vestra_fw-la concertamus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ultrò_fw-la erumpentes_fw-la magisque_fw-la damnati_fw-la quam_fw-la absoluti_fw-la gaudemus_fw-la tertull._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eusebius_n historiae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la libro_fw-la octavo_fw-la cap._n nono_fw-la great_a courage_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o suffering_n solebant_fw-la etenim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o c._n 9_o nostri_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-fr viris_fw-la taceam_fw-la pveri_fw-la &_o mulierculae_fw-la tortores_fw-la suos_fw-la taciti_fw-la vincunt_fw-la &_o exprimere_fw-la illis_fw-la gemitum_fw-la nec_fw-la ignis_fw-la potest_fw-la lact._n lib._n 5._o c._n 13._o vid._n orig._n in_o celsum_n l._n 7._o p._n 357._o &_o p._n 359._o minut._n p._n 41._o 14_o a_o apathy_n under_o the_o severe_a torment_n apostolus_fw-la johannes_n in_fw-la oleum_fw-la igneum_fw-la demersus_fw-la nihil_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o the_o blandian_a vid._n eundem_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 10._o p._n 338.339_o 15_o experience_n of_o consolation_n under_o they_o for_n they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o c._n 9_o vide_fw-la historiam_fw-la theodori_n sozom._n hist_o eccl._n l._n 5._o c._n 20._o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 19_o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 52._o 16._o deliverance_n from_o their_o suffering_n under_o the_o 10_o persecution_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 9_o c._n 8._o 17_o his_o control_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la euseb_n de_fw-fr feris_fw-la quibus_fw-la christiani_n exponebantur_fw-la hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o c._n 7._o 18_o and_o vindictive_a power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n lib._n 8._o p._n 342._o who_o instance_v in_o the_o death_n of_o the_o two_o persecute_v governor_n of_o damascus_n and_o caesarea_n hist_n eccl._n l._n 9_o c._n 6._o possumus_fw-la exitus_fw-la quorundam_fw-la praesidum_fw-la tibi_fw-la proponere_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la recordati_fw-la sunt_fw-la deliquisse_fw-la quod_fw-la vexassent_fw-la christianos_n vigellium_n saturninum_fw-la claudium_fw-la herminianum_fw-la cecilium_fw-la capellam_fw-la tertull_n ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 3.5.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o julian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 57_o nazinaz_n de_fw-fr maximino_fw-la unde_fw-la vindice_fw-la &_o ultore_fw-la deo_fw-la cogebatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o c._n 16.17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n or_o 2._o in_o babylam_n p._n 462._o de_fw-fr juliano_n verba_fw-la faciens_fw-la 19_o the_o spartan_a boy_n spartae_n vero_fw-la pveri_fw-la ad_fw-la aram_fw-la sic_fw-la verberibus_fw-la accipiuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la multus_fw-la è_fw-la visceribus_fw-la sanguis_fw-la exeat_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la ibi_fw-la essem_fw-la audiebam_fw-la ad_fw-la necem_fw-la quorum_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la nemo_fw-la exclamavit_fw-la unquam_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la ingemuit_fw-la quidem_fw-la cie_n tusc_n 2._o p._n 209._o a._n &_o p._n 212._o 20_o the_o roman_a legion_n quas_fw-la scribit_fw-la in_o originibus_fw-la cato_n major_a in_o eum_fw-la alacres_fw-la profect_n as_o locum_fw-la unde_fw-la se_fw-la nunquam_fw-la redituras_fw-la scirent_fw-la lud._n vives_z in_o august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o 21_o a_o polemo_n de_n quo_fw-la laertius_n tradit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 4._o p._n 264._o 22_o possidonius_fw-la solebat_fw-la narrare_fw-la pompejus_n eum_fw-la graviter_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la bonum_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la honestum_fw-la esset_fw-la cubantem_fw-la disputasse_fw-la cumque_fw-la quasi_fw-la face_n ei_fw-la doloris_fw-la admoverentur_fw-la saepe_fw-la dixisse_fw-la nihil_fw-la agis_fw-la dolour_n quamvis_fw-la sis_fw-la molestus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la te_fw-la esse_fw-la confitebor_fw-la malum_fw-la cic._n tusc_n 2._o p._n 215._o b._n 216._o a._n 23_o zeno_n anaxarchus_n obversentur_fw-la species_n honestae_fw-la animo_fw-la zeno_n proponatur_fw-la eleates_n qui_fw-la perpessus_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la conscios_fw-la delendae_fw-la tyrannidis_fw-la indicaret_fw-la de_fw-fr anaxarcho_fw-mi democritio_n cogitetur_fw-la qui_fw-la cumtin_n manus_fw-la cyprii_fw-la nicocreontis_fw-la regis_fw-la incidisset_fw-la nullum_fw-la genus_fw-la supplicii_fw-la deprecatus_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la recusavit_fw-la cic._n tusc_n 2._o p._n 213._o 24_o this_o consideration_n do_v give_v the_o great_a strength_n unto_o the_o present_a argument_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o prima_fw-la ad_fw-la cor._n ho._n 4._o p._n 263_o 264._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n p._n 65._o chap._n vii_o sect_n i._n the_o content_n that_o from_o the_o fulfil_n of_o thing_n future_a and_o contingent_a we_o may_v reasonable_o infer_v the_o be_v of_o a_o overrule_a providence_n which_o interest_n itself_o in_o their_o completion_n the_o truth_n of_o christian_a faith_n evince_v 1._o from_o those_o prediction_n which_o concern_v the_o person_n birth_n life_n action_n and_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o argument_n 2_o from_o those_o miracle_n which_o his_o disciple_n wrought_v agreable_o to_o our_o saviour_n promise_n prediction_n and_o commission_n for_o they_o heal_v the_o disease_a and_o eject_v devil_n according_a as_o our_o lord_n foretell_v §_o 1._o to_o strengthen_v what_o we_o offer_v from_o the_o prediction_n of_o our_o lord_n in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n it_o will_v be_v needful_a to_o premise_v that_o the_o punctual_a fulfil_n of_o prediction_n of_o thing_n future_a and_o contingent_a especial_o when_o those_o prediction_n descend_v to_o many_o circumstance_n and_o those_o such_o as_o be_v peculiar_a and_o unusual_a and_o such_o as_o respect_v the_o unconstrained_a motion_n of_o the_o will_v i_o say_v this_o fulfil_n of_o prediction_n give_v just_a assurance_n to_o we_o that_o a_o all_o wise_a and_o overrule_a providence_n do_v interest_n itself_o in_o their_o completion_n for_o 1._o he_o only_o who_o at_o first_o make_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o power_n and_o by_o his_o wisdom_n guide_v they_o to_o their_o respective_a end_n he_o who_o will_n &_o pleasure_n do_v give_v law_n to_o all_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o limit_n to_o the_o power_n of_o inferior_a cause_n he_o only_o can_v foresee_v the_o issue_n and_o foretell_v those_o circumstance_n which_o do_v entire_o depend_v upon_o such_o cause_n yea_o 2_o that_o mind_n which_o through_o its_o own_o inherent_a power_n be_v able_a to_o determine_v any_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n must_v on_o the_o same_o ground_n be_v acquaint_v with_o all_o future_a thing_n though_o never_o so_o contingent_a in_o their_o immediate_a cause_n there_o be_v equal_a reason_n for_o they_o all_o for_o since_o thing_n future_a have_v at_o present_v no_o existence_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n if_o contingent_a whence_o it_o may_v be_v certain_o conclude_v they_o rather_o be_v to_o be_v than_o not_o to_o be_v no_o mind_n can_v possible_o foresee_v their_o futurition_n but_o that_o who_o understanding_n be_v so_o perfect_a as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o extend_v itself_o to_o all_o thing_n future_a as_o they_o in_o due_a time_n shall_v exist_v and_o who_o command_a pleasure_n do_v limit_v and_o determine_v or_o guide_n and_o manage_v their_o indifference_n as_o seem_v most_o conduce_v to_o his_o glory_n whence_o god_n provoke_v the_o heathen_a deity_n 41.23_o esa_n 41.23_o to_o show_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o come_v hereafter_o that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v know_v that_o they_o be_v god_n 82._o cic._n the_o div_o li._n p._n 82._o and_o heathen_n do_v conclude_v it_o certain_a si_fw-la divinatio_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la if_o there_o be_v divination_n there_o must_v be_v a_o deity_n §_o 2._o now_o that_o prediction_n of_o this_o nature_n have_v be_v make_v in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n will_v be_v abundant_o evince_v from_o those_o which_o more_o immediate_o concern_v the_o person_n of_o our_o saviour_n he_o be_v signal_o mark_v out_o unto_o we_o by_o such_o peculiar_a circumstance_n of_o his_o birth_n life_n and_o passion_n such_o singularity_n of_o his_o action_n such_o proper_a character_n of_o his_o person_n so_o certain_o foretell_v in_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n and_o therefore_o firm_o credit_v by_o the_o jew_n as_o must_v infallible_o conclude_v they_o ridiculous_a and_o mad_a that_o shall_v false_o pretend_v to_o they_o a_o elias_n be_v to_o usher_v in_o his_o advent_n and_o to_o 3.1.2.3_o to_o mal._n 3.1.2.3_o make_v ready_a a_o people_n prepare_v for_o the_o lord_n by_o turn_v
paul_n alone_o but_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n be_v eminent_a for_o work_v wonder_n now_o to_o imagine_v that_o what_o st_n paul_n in_o these_o epistle_n thus_o assert_v be_v a_o lie_n be_v to_o conclude_v he_o not_o only_o a_o vile_a wicked_a person_n but_o a_o unreflect_a idiot_n who_o in_o those_o letter_n he_o indict_v to_o arm_v his_o convert_v against_o false_a disciple_n who_o seek_v to_o blast_v his_o mission_n and_o apostleship_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o establish_v and_o confirm_v it_o to_o they_o by_o what_o they_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o know_v to_o be_v a_o lie_n this_o be_v as_o if_o a_o mountebank_n in_o commendation_n of_o his_o balsam_n shall_v pretend_v that_o he_o have_v wrought_v great_a cure_n upon_o many_o person_n present_a and_o before_o his_o eye_n who_o all_o be_v ready_a to_o attest_v that_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o any_o benefit_n receive_v by_o he_o but_o now_o his_o education_n at_o gamaliel_n foot_n his_o apology_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o epistle_n to_o his_o christian_a convert_v his_o disputation_n with_o the_o jew_n and_o mighty_a power_n to_o convince_v the_o gentile_n be_v argument_n sufficient_a that_o he_o be_v no_o idiot_n nor_o can_v be_v guilty_a of_o so_o great_a a_o folly_n now_o to_o conclude_v these_o miracle_n thus_o do_v be_v a_o most_o pregnant_a confirmation_n of_o our_o savior_n mission_n and_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n for_o be_v it_o so_o that_o providence_n can_v assist_v such_o vile_a impostor_n as_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n be_v esteem_v by_o infidel_n to_o back_n and_o to_o confirm_v their_o cheat_n with_o miracle_n so_o great_a so_o many_o and_o of_o such_o long_a continuance_n the_o like_a to_o which_o be_v never_o do_v nor_o any_o thing_n that_o can_v deserve_v to_o be_v record_v with_o they_o and_o give_v in_o no_o immediate_a internal_a evidence_n of_o the_o imposture_n we_o must_v stand_v bind_v both_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n to_o believe_v and_o do_v as_o they_o require_v as_o have_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n to_o conclude_v their_o message_n false_a but_o the_o most_o powerful_a motive_n to_o believe_v it_o true_a annotation_n on_o the_o 8_o chapter_n sect_n i._o 1_o shem_n hamphorash_n the_o jew_n confess_v that_o christ_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o name_n do_v raise_v the_o dead_a and_o walk_v upon_o the_o sea_n and_o cure_v the_o lame_a and_o cleanse_v the_o leper_n vide_fw-la raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we 290._o 2_o the_o jew_n expect_v miracle_n from_o their_o messiah_n the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v exalt_v more_o than_o abraham_n more_o than_o moses_n more_o than_o the_o minister_a angel_n beresch_n rabath_n sup_v gen._n 28.10_o see_v annot._n in_o chap._n 7._o sect._n 1._o numb_a 8._o 2_o to_o the_o art_n of_o magic_n solent_n judaei_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n which_o also_o celsus_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 7._o vide_fw-la p._n 30._o vide_fw-la lactant._n l._n 4._o c._n 13._o euseb_n demonstr_n evang._n l._n 3._o c._n 3.8_o august_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la petri_n serm_fw-la 9_o 5_o hierocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hieroclem_fw-la p._n 512._o 6_o julian_n who_o tell_v we_o christ_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la cyrill_n alexandr_n l._n 6._o 7_o pilate_n give_v such_o a_o large_a account_n that_o there_o be_v such_o act_n of_o pilate_n appear_v 1._o from_o those_o false_a act_n the_o heathen_n make_v contain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccles_n l._n 9_o c._n 5.7_o 2_o from_o the_o appeal_n of_o heretic_n to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n de_fw-fr quartadecimanis_fw-la that_o these_o act_n be_v such_o as_o do_v confirm_v the_o christian_a faith_n be_v evident_a from_o those_o passage_n of_o the_o father_n which_o appeal_v unto_o they_o for_o this_o end_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n apol._n 2._o p._n 84._o ea_fw-la omne_fw-la sc_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la christi_fw-la miraculis_fw-la morte_fw-la resurrectione_n ascensu_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la enuntiant_fw-la evangelia_n pilatus_n &_o ipse_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la christianus_n caesari_n tunc_fw-la tiberio_fw-la nuntiavit_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 21._o 8_o tiberius_n propose_v he_o to_o the_o senate_n tiberius_n cujus_fw-la tempore_fw-la nomen_fw-la christianum_fw-la in_o saeculum_fw-la introivit_fw-la annuntiata_fw-la sibi_fw-la ex_fw-la syriâ_fw-la palaestinâ_fw-la quae_fw-la veritatem_fw-la illius_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la revelaverant_a retulit_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la cum_fw-la praerogativa_fw-la suffragii_fw-la svi_fw-la senatus_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la probaverat_fw-la respuit_fw-la caesar_n in_o sententia_fw-la mansit_fw-la comminatus_fw-la periculum_fw-la accusatoribus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 5._o 9_o other_o say_v he_o do_v his_o wonder_n by_o those_o art_n which_o he_o have_v learn_v from_o the_o egyptian_n magus_n fuit_fw-la clandestinis_fw-la artibus_fw-la omne_fw-la illa_fw-la perfecit_fw-la aegyptiorum_n ex_fw-la adytis_fw-la angelorum_fw-la potentium_fw-la nomina_fw-la &_o remotas_fw-la furatus_fw-la est_fw-la disciplinas_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la apud_fw-la arnob._n p._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 30._o 9_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n though_o frequent_a and_o expert_a magician_n of_o the_o jew_n their_o talmud_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o great_a sanhedrim_n be_v skill_v in_o magic_n tract_n sanhed_n c._n dine_v mammonoth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la sermone_fw-la 5._o p._n 360._o 361._o et_fw-la rursus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la cochum_fw-la in_o dvos_fw-la tit_n talm._n p._n 18._o joseph_n antiq._n jud._n l._n 20._o c._n 6._o annot._n in_o c._n 1._o n._n 1._o the_o heathen_n circa_n deos_fw-la ac_fw-la religiones_fw-la negligentior_fw-la quip_n addictus_fw-la mathematicae_fw-la persuasionisque_fw-la plenus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la fato_fw-la agi_fw-la sueton._n de_fw-fr tiberio_n c._n 69._o quin_n &_o facto_fw-la per_fw-la magos_n sacro_fw-la evocare_fw-la manes_fw-la &_o exorare_fw-la tentavit_fw-la nero._n idem_fw-la c._n 34._o vide_fw-la plin._n l._n 30._o c._n 11._o 10_o so_o notorious_a that_o heathen_n have_v record_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phlegon_n l._n 13._o olymp._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d african_n vide_fw-la euseb_n chronicon_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 2040._o tertull._n apol._n c._n 21._o orig._n tract_n 35._o in_o mat._n &_o p._n 80._o adv_n cell_n 11_o the_o heathen_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n disciple_n out_o do_v all_o other_o in_o the_o art_n of_o juggle_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habemus_fw-la apud_fw-la julianum_fw-la vide_fw-la cyril_n alex._n l._n 3._o p._n 100_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieroc_n de_fw-fr apostolis_n apud_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hier._n p._n 514._o 12_o and_o that_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o our_o saviour_n book_n and_o instruction_n in_o that_o art_n celsus_n affirm_v he_o see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la orig_n p._n 302._o who_o thus_o reply_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d julian._n de_fw-fr apostolis_n apud_fw-la cyrill_n alex._n l._n 10._o 13_o they_o acknowledge_v that_o at_o their_o sepulcher_n be_v wonder_n wrought_v respond_v quomodo_fw-la in_o vilissimo_fw-la pulvere_fw-la &_o favillâ_fw-la nescio_fw-la quâ_fw-la tanta_fw-la sit_fw-la signorum_fw-la virtutumque_fw-la praesentia_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr in_fw-la morem_fw-la gentilium_fw-la impiorumque_fw-la porphyrii_fw-la &_o eunomii_fw-la have_v praestigias_fw-la daemonum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicas_fw-la hieron_n adv_fw-la vigilant_a 14_o and_o christian_n confident_o appeal_v unto_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o julianum_fw-la p._n 36._o 15_o cyrill_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyrill_n alex._n contra_fw-la jul._n l._n 6._o p._n 202._o 16_o august_n etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la fiunt_fw-la miracula_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomine_fw-la et_fw-la rursus_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la multa_fw-la miracula_fw-la eodem_fw-la deo_fw-la faciente_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la vult_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la quae_fw-la legimus_fw-la fecit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 22._o c._n 8._o vide_fw-la theodor_n de_fw-fr cur_n gr._n affecta_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hieroc_n c._n 1._o p._n 514._o chap._n viii_o sect_n ii_o the_o content_n prove_v the_o truth_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n from_o the_o speedy_a propagation_n of_o it_o through_o the_o world_n arg._n 3_o by_o inconsiderable_a and_o unlearned_a man_n against_o those_o many_o prejudices_fw-la which_o do_v attend_v it_o and_o many_o enemy_n which_o do_v oppose_v it_o the_o avow_a principle_n on_o which_o this_o argument_n depend_v a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o it_o by_o compare_v its_o effect_n with_o those_o of_o heathen_a wisdom_n or_o philosophy_n §_o 1._o three_o the_o powerful_a assistance_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v manifest_v in_o the_o effectual_a and_o speedy_a propagation_n
oracle_n which_o will_v return_v a_o plain_a and_o undeceive_a answer_n i_o will_v inquire_v about_o those_o great_a concern_v of_o piety_n and_o justice_n in_o which_o the_o god_n have_v be_v so_o silent_a and_o obscure_a §_o 26._o 3_o that_o they_o continûal_o do_v thwart_v 99_o each_o other_o and_o what_o w_v equity_n and_o goodness_n to_o the_o one_o be_v to_o the_o other_o high_o culpable_a what_o seem_v the_o worst_a of_o folly_n unto_o some_o be_v to_o the_o other_o innocent_a what_o any_o 100_o right_o do_v conceive_v they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o defend_v against_o their_o adversary_n as_o have_v no_o foundation_n whereupon_o to_o buid_v beside_o those_o sect_n 110_o and_o tenet_n author_n and_o opiniosn_a which_o overthrow_v the_o pillar_n of_o true_a piety_n justice_n and_o equity_n and_o introduce_v the_o great_a looseness_n and_o corruption_n be_v as_o free_o teach_v and_o have_v as_o full_a permission_n to_o be_v discourse_v of_o and_o embrace_v by_o any_o be_v those_o of_o plato_n and_o the_o stoic_n the_o epicure_n &_o sceptic_a the_o cynic_n &_o peripatetic_a have_v no_o restraint_n upon_o they_o but_o as_o great_a freedom_n to_o corrupt_v the_o people_n as_o other_o to_o instruct_v they_o nay_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o those_o vile_a opinion_n flourish_v 102_o most_o and_o that_o the_o abettor_n of_o they_o do_v 103_o accord_n the_o best_a among_o themselves_o and_o have_v as_o great_a a_o stipend_n 104_o from_o the_o roman_a emperor_n as_o those_o of_o any_o other_o sect._n §_o 27._o 4_o that_o they_o be_v destitute_a of_o motive_n and_o inducement_n from_o a_o superior_a interest_n which_o shall_v enforce_v upon_o they_o those_o act_n of_o equity_n &_o justice_n we_o see_v among_o christian_n self_n interest_n so_o strong_a &_o worldly_a love_n so_o powerful_a in_o those_o who_o most_o pretend_v to_o live_v above_o it_o and_o to_o be_v crucify_v unto_o it_o as_o that_o too_o oft_o it_o tempt_v they_o to_o act_v in_o opposition_n to_o all_o the_o rule_n of_o charity_n and_o justice_n and_o if_o the_o light_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n and_o all_o the_o motive_n of_o eternal_a bliss_n and_o misery_n be_v unsuccesfull_a no_o wonder_n that_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n shall_v be_v so_o hence_o also_o it_o be_v that_o they_o 105_o take_v up_o with_o carnal_a pleasure_n and_o hold_v they_o the_o 106_o chief_a good_a and_o many_o of_o they_o will_v pretend_v they_o know_v no_o other_o and_o many_o make_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o vail_v to_o they_o §_o 28._o 5_o the_o philosopher_n be_v so_o take_v up_o with_o contemplation_n as_o to_o neglect_v morality_n hence_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o socrates_n 107_o first_o introduce_v it_o into_o family_n and_o town_n and_o country_n and_o make_v it_o matter_n of_o the_o school_n enquiry_n the_o issue_n of_o their_o disquisition_n be_v too_o often_o this_o that_o there_o be_v 108_o nothing_o just_a or_o unjust_a in_o itself_o 108_o but_o as_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n by_o their_o peculiar_a constitution_n make_v it_o so_o or_o that_o the_o truth_n in_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n can_v be_v hardly_o find_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o embrace_v what_o they_o already_o find_v establish_v §_o 29._o 6_o the_o example_n and_o worship_n 109_o of_o their_o deity_n do_v give_v encouragement_n to_o the_o lewd_a action_n for_o to_o be_v come_v the_o vile_a miscreant_n be_v to_o be_v like_a to_o those_o heathen_a deitys_n hence_o porphyry_n 110_o complain_n of_o this_o as_o the_o matter_n of_o his_o great_a trouble_n 249._o de_fw-fr rep._n l._n 2._o p._n 249._o and_o plato_n take_v such_o care_n that_o what_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o their_o ancestor_n shall_v not_o be_v teach_v the_o young_a fry_n lest_o they_o shall_v say_v with_o he_o in_o the_o comedian_n terent._n terent._n when_o when_o guilty_a of_o adultery_n and_o incest_n and_o such_o scarlet_a sin_n quod_fw-la fecit_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la templa_fw-la caeli_fw-la summa_fw-la sonitu_fw-la concutit_fw-la ego_fw-la homuncio_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la facerem_fw-la §_o 30._o and_o now_o to_o give_v you_o the_o result_n of_o these_o particular_n if_o it_o be_v so_o great_a a_o matter_n of_o admiration_n to_o amelius_n that_o one_o of_o these_o barbarian_n shall_v have_v the_o same_o opinion_n and_o conception_n of_o the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n with_o heraclitus_n if_o one_o sentence_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v think_v so_o memorable_a by_o a_o heathen_a 112_o emperor_n as_o to_o be_v write_v in_o divers_a place_n of_o his_o imperial_a court_n be_v it_o not_o matter_n of_o the_o great_a wonder_n that_o those_o barbarian_n shall_v in_o all_o other_o tenet_n which_o concern_v our_o faith_n and_o manner_n so_o much_o out_o strip_v the_o wise_a of_o philosopher_n and_o best_a of_o moralist_n and_o with_o the_o great_a perspicuity_n and_o most_o prevail_a evidence_n deliver_v to_o the_o world_n what_o they_o in_o vain_a have_v study_v to_o discover_v or_o persuade_v they_o to_o and_o what_o they_o can_v not_o but_o acknowlegde_v to_o be_v worthy_a both_o of_o their_o approbation_n and_o imitation_n annotation_n on_o the_o 10_o chapter_n 1_o the_o common_a issew_n of_o their_o search_n be_v only_a scepticism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n apud_fw-la plat._n in_o phaed._n cum_fw-la zenone_n archesilas_n sibi_fw-la omne_fw-la certamen_fw-la instituit_fw-la non_fw-la pertinacia_fw-la aut_fw-la study_v vincendi_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la quidem_fw-la videtur_fw-la sed_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la obscuritate_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la ignorationis_fw-la adduxerant_fw-la socratem_n velut_fw-la jam_fw-la ante_fw-la socratem_n democritum_fw-la anaxagoram_fw-la empedoclem_fw-la omnes_fw-la poenè_fw-la veteres_fw-la cicero_n acad._n quaest_n lib._n 1._o p._n 57_o de_fw-fr socrate_n vide_fw-la diog._n laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 41._o ed._n n._n aristot_n sophist_n elench_v l._n 2._o c._n 34._o de_fw-la democrito_fw-la laert._n l._n 9_o p._n 957._o de_fw-fr protagora_n l._n 9_o p._n 662._o de_fw-mi anaxarcho_fw-mi l._n 9_o p._n 667._o de_fw-fr pyrrhone_n ibid._n de_fw-la heraclito_n stobaeum_n ser_n 19_o the_o xenophane_a empedocle_n &_o platone_n l._n 9_o p._n 255._o ed._n n._n de_fw-fr seipso_fw-la cicero_n non_fw-la sumus_fw-la two_o quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la videatur_fw-la sed_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la omnibus_fw-la veris_fw-la falsa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la adjuncta_fw-la esse_fw-la dicamus_fw-la tanta_fw-la similitudine_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la nulla_fw-la insit_fw-la certa_fw-la judicandi_fw-la &_o &_o assentiendi_fw-la nota_fw-la de_fw-fr nat_n deorum_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 4._o vid._n acad._n qu._n l._n 2._o p._n 9_o a._n b._n p._n 7._o a._n l._n 1._o p._n 51._o vide_fw-la sextum_fw-la empir_n adv_fw-la mathematicos_fw-la p._n 146.153_o gatakerum_fw-la in_o anton._n p._n 199.200_o laert._n l._n 9_o p._n 677.678_o 2_o some_o of_o those_o heathen_n plain_o deny_v the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n philosoph_n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o diog._n laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 152._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philostrat_a de_fw-fr magis_fw-la persicis_fw-la 3_o many_o of_o they_o doubt_v and_o demur_v upon_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d protag_n apud_fw-la laertium_fw-la p._n 250._o vide_fw-la arnobium_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 82._o 4_o when_o a_o cross_a act_n of_o providence_n do_v tempt_v they_o to_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n philos_n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simpl._n in_o epictetum_n c._n 38._o p._n 223._o vide_fw-la ciceronem_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la l._n 3._o p._n 76._o caecilium_fw-la apud_fw-la minutium_fw-la p._n 5._o ouzelium_fw-la notis_n in_o eundem_fw-la p._n 29._o 5_o epicurus_n his_o axiom_n be_v this_o quod_fw-la aeternum_fw-la beatumque_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la nec_fw-la habere_fw-la ipsum_fw-la negotii_fw-la quicquam_fw-la nec_fw-la exhibere_fw-la alteri_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr n._n deorum_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 11._o de_fw-fr divin_fw-fr l._n 2._o p._n 130._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n philos_n l._n 1_o c._n 7._o p._n 881._o 6_o by_o aristotle_n and_o his_o party_n it_o be_v confine_v to_o heaven_n aristoteles_n dei_fw-la providentiam_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la lunae_fw-la regionem_fw-la progredi_fw-la censet_fw-la infra_fw-la verò_fw-la neque_fw-la providentiae_fw-la scitis_fw-la regi_fw-la nec_fw-la angelorum_fw-la open_a consultisque_fw-la sustentari_fw-la nec_fw-la vero_fw-la daemonum_n perspicientiam_fw-la putat_fw-la intervenire_fw-la proptereaque_fw-la tollit_fw-la omnem_fw-la providentiam_fw-la negatque_fw-la praenosci_fw-la futura_fw-la chalcid_n in_o tim._n plat._n ed._n leyd_n p._n 345._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n the_o cur_n gr._n affec_n p._n 77._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n philos_n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o vide_fw-la laert._n l._n 5._o p._n 321._o 7_o it_o be_v by_o the_o platonist_n commit_v unto_o demon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n in_o timaeo_n vide_fw-la