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which_o that_o we_o may_v the_o better_o understand_v i_o shall_v reduce_v religion_n to_o these_o two_o general_n natural_a and_o reveal_v by_o natural_a religion_n i_o understand_v such_o nation_n as_o contemplative_a and_o virtuous_a person_n have_v arrive_v to_o by_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n by_o reveal_v i_o understand_v only_o such_o religion_n as_o be_v at_o this_o time_n in_o vogue_n and_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v authorize_v by_o a_o immediate_a voice_n from_o heaven_n it_o be_v true_a all_o the_o ancient_a founder_n of_o religion_n pretend_v also_o to_o revelation_n but_o their_o religion_n be_v conversant_a about_o false_a deity_n and_o be_v extinct_a long_o ago_o i_o shall_v now_o consider_v such_o different_a religion_n as_o at_o this_o day_n divide_v the_o world_n and_o have_v the_o true_a god_n for_o the_o object_n of_o their_o worship_n by_o who_o also_o they_o believe_v it_o be_v reveal_v and_o they_o be_v these_o three_o the_o jewish_a the_o christian_a and_o the_o mahometan_a chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n and_o religion_n in_o the_o jewish_a religion_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v its_o authority_n and_o its_o duration_n first_o for_o its_o authority_n to_o we_o who_o be_v educate_v in_o the_o belief_n that_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n there_o be_v no_o place_n leave_v for_o any_o doubt_n or_o question_n so_o that_o in_o this_o point_n both_o jew_n and_o christian_n agree_v together_o but_o than_o be_v we_o to_o dispute_v with_o the_o gentile_n such_o as_o porphyrius_n jamblicus_n celsus_n and_o the_o rest_n who_o deny_v the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n we_o must_v have_v recourse_n to_o other_o medium_n and_o such_o to_o which_o these_o dissenter_n will_v stand_v leave_v therefore_o the_o testimony_n which_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o give_v of_o their_o own_o authority_n we_o shall_v find_v the_o validity_n of_o their_o
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