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which_o we_o give_v up_o to_o he_o as_o gross_a and_o erroneous_a immortalists_n p._n 82._o he_o pretend_v to_o quote_v socrates_n when_o his_o quotation_n be_v only_o what_o plato_n put_v into_o socrates_n mouth_n who_o in_o this_o feign_a dialogue_n make_v socrates_n say_v what_o he_o please_v mr._n m._n here_o give_v we_o plato_n opinion_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o near_o in_o the_o same_o term_n that_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o man_n now_o hold_v it_o and_o hence_o it_o seem_v the_o christian_a platonist_n derive_v it_o and_o deliver_v it_o to_o the_o scholar_n of_o their_o school_n who_o spread_v the_o same_o according_o support_v by_o st._n matthew_n word_n of_o can_v kill_v the_o soul_n wording_n our_o saviour_n doctrine_n according_a to_o that_o tenet_n which_o he_o believe_v and_o be_v then_o common_a in_o the_o world_n p._n 83._o here_o he_o go_v still_o on_o to_o deliver_v such_o word_n as_o plato_n be_v please_v to_o put_v into_o the_o mouth_n of_o socrates_n 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error_n in_o plato_n and_o those_o that_o follow_v he_o to_o think_v otherwise_o p._n 117._o mr._n m._n say_v atheism_n and_o sadducism_n spring_v both_o from_o the_o same_o root_n and_o must_v be_v attack_v together_o the_o observer_n answer_v that_o his_o tack_a atheism_n and_o sadducism_n together_o prove_v that_o they_o who_o believe_v the_o resurrection_n be_v neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o whatsoever_o mr._n m._n may_v fancy_v mr._n m_n demand_n concern_v the_o make_v and_o govern_v the_o world_n be_v very_o frivolous_a and_o needless_a in_o this_o question_n or_o to_o be_v demand_v of_o the_o observer_n who_o have_v often_o ascribe_v the_o creation_n of_o man_n and_o all_o other_o creature_n to_o god_n and_o have_v acknowledge_v his_o providence_n upon_o all_o occasion_n so_o as_o those_o question_n and_o those_o which_o follow_v they_o be_v leave_v by_o the_o observer_n as_o a_o fruit_n of_o mr._n m_n florid_n speak_v but_o in_o our_o present_a dispute_n somewhat_o 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