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for_o the_o same_o purpose_n which_o beside_o the_o temporal_a end_n of_o direct_v thing_n for_o the_o body_n have_v not_o special_a care_n also_o of_o matter_n appertain_v to_o the_o mind_n to_o wit_n of_o nourish_v and_o reward_v virtue_n and_o for_o restrain_v and_o punish_v of_o vice_n and_o wickedness_n institution_n of_o sacrifice_n by_o nature_n example_n of_o noah_n and_o job_n and_o nature_n do_v not_o only_o teach_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v serve_v god_n but_o also_o how_o he_o shall_v serve_v he_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o chief_a and_o supreme_a honour_n that_o can_v be_v do_v unto_o he_o in_o this_o life_n be_v the_o honour_n of_o sacrifice_n and_o oblation_n which_o we_o see_v be_v practise_v even_o in_o those_o first_o beginning_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n before_o the_o levitical_a law_n for_o so_o we_o read_v in_o genesis_n of_o noah_n 8._o that_o he_o make_v a_o altar_n and_o offer_a sacrifice_n to_o god_n upon_o the_o same_o of_o all_o the_o beast_n and_o bird_n that_o he_o have_v in_o the_o ark_n odoratúsque_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la odorem_fw-la suavitatis_fw-la and_o the_o like_a of_o job_n that_o be_v a_o gentile_a 1._o and_o live_v before_o moses_n sanctificabat_fw-la filios_fw-la consurgénsque_fw-la diluculum_fw-la offerebat_fw-la holocausta_fw-la per_fw-la dies_fw-la singulos_fw-la example_n of_o the_o indian_n religion_n the_o chief_a end_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n and_o magistrate_n among_o the_o indian_n also_o where_o never_o any_o notice_n of_o moses_n law_n come_v there_o be_v never_o any_o nation_n sound_v that_o acknowledge_v not_o some_o kind_n of_o god_n and_o offer_v not_o some_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n unto_o he_o and_o though_o both_o in_o distinguish_v between_o false_a god_n and_o the_o true_a god_n and_o in_o the_o mean_n of_o honour_v he_o they_o have_v fall_v into_o most_o gross_a and_o infinite_a error_n as_o also_o the_o gentile_n of_o europe_n asia_n and_o africa_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a hereby_o that_o by_o god_n and_o nature_n the_o high_a and_o chief_a end_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v cultus_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o consequent_o that_o the_o principal_a care_n and_o charge_n of_o a_o prince_n and_o magistrate_n even_o by_o nature_n itself_o aetate_fw-la be_v to_o look_v thereunto_o as_o among_o the_o ancient_n both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n their_o king_n and_o chief_a magistrate_n for_o many_o age_n be_v also_o prince_n and_o divers_a learned_a man_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o privilege_n and_o pre-eminence_n of_o primogeniture_n 21._o consist_v principal_o in_o this_o that_o the_o elder_a son_n be_v priest_n the_o same_o prove_v by_o authority_n nulla_fw-la est_fw-la gens_fw-la colotem_fw-la say_v cicero_n tam_fw-la fera_fw-fr nulla_fw-la tam_fw-la immanis_fw-la cujus_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la imbuerit_fw-la deorum_fw-la colendorum_fw-la religio_fw-la and_o plutarch_n write_v against_o a_o certain_a atheist_n of_o his_o time_n say_v thus_o if_o you_o travel_v far_o country_n you_o may_v chance_v to_o find_v some_o city_n without_o learning_n without_o king_n without_o riches_n without_o money_n but_o a_o city_n without_o temple_n and_o without_o god_n and_o sacrifice_n no_o man_n yet_o have_v ever_o see_v and_o final_o aristotle_n have_v number_v divers_a thing_n necessary_a to_o a_o commonwealth_n add_v these_o word_n 8._o quintum_fw-la et_fw-la primum_fw-la circa_fw-la rem_fw-la divinam_fw-la cultus_fw-la quod_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la sacrificiúmque_fw-la vocant_fw-la the_o absurd_a atheism_n of_o our_o time_n in_o politics_n and_o therefore_o we_o see_v how_o false_a and_o impious_a be_v the_o opinion_n of_o divers_a atheist_n of_o our_o time_n who_o affirm_v that_o religion_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v so_o great_o respect_v in_o a_o prince_n as_o though_o it_o be_v his_o chief_a care_n or_o the_o matter_n of_o most_o importance_n in_o his_o government_n false_a and_o impious_a opinion_n special_o among_o christian_n who_o have_v so_o much_o the_o great_a obligation_n to_o take_v to_o heart_n this_o matter_n of_o religion_n by_o how_o much_o great_a light_n and_o knowledge_n they_o have_v of_o god_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n also_o in_o all_o the_o prince_n oath_n take_v at_o their_o admission_n as_o before_o have_v be_v *_o chapt._n recite_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a point_n of_o all_o other_o be_v about_o religion_n and_o maintenance_n thereof_o not_o only_o by_o themselves_o but_o also_o by_o their_o lieutenant_n etc._n etc._n the_o oath_n give_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n to_o all_o his_o governor_n to_o take_v at_o their_o reception_n and_o the_o civil_a law_n yield_v a_o very_a solemn_a form_n of_o a_o oath_n which_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n be_v wont_a to_o give_v to_o all_o his_o governor_n etc._n etc._n of_o country_n etc._n etc._n before_o they_o can_v be_v admit_v to_o their_o charge_n 3._o which_o be_v as_o follow_v juro_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la et_fw-la filium_fw-la ejus_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la et_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la and_o per_fw-la sanctam_fw-la gloriosam_fw-la dei_fw-la genitricem_fw-la et_fw-la semper-virginem_fw-la mariam_n and_o per_fw-la quatuor_fw-la evangelia_n quae_fw-la in_fw-la manibus_fw-la meos_fw-la teneo_fw-la and_o per_fw-la sanctos_fw-la archangelos_fw-la michaëlem_fw-la et_fw-la gabriëlem_fw-la puram_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la germanúmque_fw-la servitium_fw-la me_fw-la servaturum_fw-la sacratissimis_fw-la nostris_fw-la dominis_fw-la justiniano_n and_o theodosiae_fw-la conjugi_fw-la ejus_fw-la occasione_fw-la traditae_fw-la mihi_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la pielate_fw-la administrationis_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la communicator_fw-la sum_fw-la sanctissimae_fw-la dei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la vel_fw-la tempore_fw-la adversabor_fw-la ei_fw-la nec_fw-la alium_fw-la quocunque_fw-la permittam_fw-la quantum_fw-la possibilitatem_fw-la habeam_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la haec_fw-la omnia_fw-la seruà vero_fw-la recipiam_fw-la omnia_fw-la incommoda_fw-la hìc_fw-la et_fw-la in_fw-la futuro_fw-la seculo_fw-la in_fw-la terribili_fw-la judicio_fw-la magni_fw-la domini_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la nostris_fw-la jesus_fw-la christi_fw-la and_o habebo_fw-la partem_fw-la cum_fw-la juda_n and_o cum_fw-la lepra_fw-la geizi_n and_o cum_fw-la tremore_fw-la cain_n in_o and_o super_fw-la poenis_fw-la quae_fw-la lege_fw-la eorum_fw-la pietatis_fw-la continentur_fw-la ero_fw-la subjectus_fw-la why_o prince_n shall_v be_v endue_v with_o religion_n this_o oath_n do_v all_o the_o governor_n of_o christian_a country_n take_v in_o old_a time_n by_o which_o oath_n and_o the_o other_o oath_n which_o emperor_n and_o king_n do_v make_v themselves_o at_o their_o admission_n about_o this_o point_n we_o may_v see_v that_o it_o be_v their_o chief_a and_o high_a end_n and_o office_n to_o assist_v their_o subject_n to_o 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