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thing_n believe_v as_o we_o teach_v for_o we_o can_v deceive_v you_o mark_v that_o man_n or_o company_n of_o man_n as_o the_o great_a deceiver_n who_o intend_v to_o impose_v something_o upon_o you_o which_o will_v not_o abide_v the_o test._n pag._n 17._o religion_n be_v a_o free_a and_o ingenuous_a thing_n that_o force_v none_o but_o captivate_v the_o understanding_n with_o its_o own_o solitary_a beauty_n and_o pulchritude_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o workmanship_n of_o the_o eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o wisdom_n of_o god_n and_o come_v into_o the_o world_n furnish_v with_o the_o seed_n and_o principle_n of_o all_o true_a wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n however_o its_o lapse_n and_o degeneracy_n have_v cloud_v and_o darken_v its_o intellectual_a faculty_n yet_o there_o still_o remain_v such_o a_o cognation_n and_o harmony_n between_o it_o and_o truth_n she_o can_v but_o embrace_v it_o whenever_o due_o and_o advantageous_o propose_v now_o christian_a religion_n be_v 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deum_fw-la deprecante_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la nobis_fw-la contingit_fw-la boni_fw-la primam_fw-la svam_fw-la originem_fw-la purè_fw-la deitatis_fw-la amori_fw-la debere_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la deinde_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnis_fw-la potestas_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la tum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la illi_fw-la commissa_fw-la &_o credita_fw-la sit_fw-la quódque_fw-la sit_fw-la dei_fw-la quasi_fw-la vicarius_fw-la sanctorúmque_fw-la &_o angelorum_fw-la caput_fw-la maximè_fw-la hoc_fw-la cedit_fw-la in_o nostrum_fw-la solatium_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la tantopere_fw-la amet_fw-la potestate_fw-la tantâ_fw-la potiatur_fw-la praeterea_fw-la cum_fw-la citra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la â—…it_fw-la esse_fw-la quandam_fw-la politiam_fw-la &_o regimen_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsos_fw-la beatos_fw-la sanctos_fw-la &_o angelos_n cui_fw-la potius_fw-la debetur_fw-la principatus_fw-la quam_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la qui_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la humanâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la vestitus_fw-la quod_fw-la verò_fw-la aliquando_fw-la daemon_n atque_fw-la homines_fw-la vocandi_fw-la â—…int_fw-la ad_fw-la tremendum_fw-la dei_fw-la tribunal_n apprimè_fw-la convenit_fw-la huius_fw-la enim_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la timorem_fw-la incutiet_fw-la audacissimo_fw-la peccatori_fw-la &_o judicii_fw-la solennitas_fw-la deum_fw-la vindicabit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malignitatis_fw-la crimine_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la suâ_fw-la se_fw-la culpâ_fw-la &_o stultitiâ_fw-la in_o miseriam_fw-la lapsum_fw-la ab_fw-la unuiscujusque_fw-la confcientiâ_fw-la confessionem_fw-la extorserit_fw-la quod_fw-la verò_fw-la christus_fw-la judex_n sedeat_fw-la nihil_fw-la â—…ingi_fw-la potuisset_fw-la accommodatius_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la verendum_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la exercere_fw-la nequeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la specie_fw-la visibili_fw-la quodnam_fw-la huic_fw-la instituto_fw-la aptius_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la esse_fw-la potuit_fw-la quam_fw-la ea_fw-la humana_fw-la 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breviter_fw-la perlustravimus_fw-la neque_fw-la iis_fw-la diutius_fw-la immorari_fw-la per_fw-la vestram_fw-la patientiam_fw-la licebit_fw-la quod_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la verbo_fw-la expediam_fw-la exit_fw-la dictis_fw-la liquidò_fw-la constare_fw-la arbitror_fw-la quam_fw-la indecorum_n sit_fw-la &_o homine_fw-la christiano_n indignum_fw-la religionem_fw-la svam_fw-la haurire_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la materno_fw-la lacte_fw-la eámque_fw-la non_fw-la ingenuae_fw-la rationis_fw-la disquisitioni_fw-la sed_fw-la patriae_fw-la institutis_fw-la educationi_fw-la magistrorum_fw-la dictatis_fw-la &_o huius_fw-la â—…arinae_fw-la praejudiciis_fw-la acceptam_fw-la far_o adeóque_fw-la non_fw-la in_o very_fw-la falsique_fw-la delectu_fw-la sed_fw-la praeconceptâ_fw-la opinion_n pertinaciter_fw-la tuendâ_fw-la omnes_fw-la animi_fw-la vires_fw-la neruósque_fw-la intendere_fw-la ea_fw-la quip_n haud_fw-la fides_fw-la dicenda_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la putanda_fw-la dâ—…o_fw-la grata_fw-la 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cloud_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v the_o too_o easy_a purchase_n of_o every_o dissolute_a person_n and_o that_o religion_n itself_o may_v not_o be_v contemn_v and_o disesteem_v by_o suppose_v it_o to_o have_v nothing_o venerable_a and_o excellent_a in_o it_o but_o as_o the_o spectator_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o hill_n behold_v no_o great_a beauty_n and_o comeliness_n in_o the_o face_n of_o our_o saviour_n then_o in_o other_o man_n but_o when_o he_o ascend_v the_o mount_n his_o countenance_n appear_v to_o those_o that_o be_v capable_a with_o a_o brightness_n and_o lustre_n far_o surpass_v that_o of_o the_o sun_n thus_o it_o be_v with_o his_o doctrine_n while_o we_o converse_v only_o below_o and_o our_o eye_n be_v fill_v with_o dust_n and_o our_o mind_n swell_v with_o the_o lust_n and_o vanity_n of_o the_o world_n we_o see_v no_o more_o excellency_n and_o beauty_n to_o command_v our_o veneration_n and_o love_n in_o christianity_n then_o in_o other_o thing_n but_o if_o we_o will_v ascend_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mount_n by_o a_o due_a purification_n of_o our_o spirit_n by_o mortification_n of_o our_o irregular_a appetite_n and_o by_o assimilation_n of_o our_o mind_n to_o god_n we_o shall_v behold_v admirable_a glory_n and_o be_v enravish_v with_o the_o pulchritude_n of_o the_o transfigure_v face_n of_o jesus_n for_o the_o secret_a of_o the_o lord_n be_v 14._o only_o with_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o pag._n 5._o there_o be_v a_o certain_a person_n who_o assert_n the_o reason_n of_o thing_n to_o be_v contingent_a and_o arbitrarious_fw-la the_o person_n intend_v here_o be_v szydlovius_n who_o in_o a_o treatise_n entitle_v vindicioe_v quoestionum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la difficilium_fw-la &_o controversarum_fw-la in_o theologia_n print_v at_o franeker_n among_o other_o thing_n lay_v down_o such_o position_n as_o these_o quoeritur_fw-la inquit_fw-la a_o detur_fw-la aliquid_fw-la antecedenter_fw-la bonum_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la a_o res_fw-la sint_fw-la ideò_fw-la justoe_fw-mi &_o bonoe_v quia_fw-la deus_fw-la eas_fw-la vult_fw-la vel_fw-la an_fw-mi ideò_fw-la eas_fw-la velit_fw-la quia_fw-la justoe_fw-mi sint_fw-la negatur_fw-la dari_fw-la aliquid_fw-la antecedenter_fw-la bonum_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o affirmatur_fw-la res_fw-la ideò_fw-la esse_fw-la justas_fw-la &_o bonas_fw-la quia_fw-la eas_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la non_fw-la contra_fw-la ideò_fw-la eas_fw-la velle_fw-la deum_fw-la quia_fw-la justoe_fw-mi &_o bonoe_v sint_fw-la and_o afterward_o he_o thus_o go_v on_o objiciet_fw-la quispiam_fw-la ergo_fw-la sic_fw-la deus_fw-la poterit_fw-la imperare_fw-la blasphemiam_fw-la perjurium_fw-la mendacium_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la absurdum_fw-la videtur_fw-la resp._n etiam_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la quoe_fw-la ad_fw-la cultum_fw-la dei_fw-la pertinent_a nullo_n aâ—…o_fw-la modo_fw-la homines_fw-la obligantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la proecepto_fw-la &_o per_fw-la legem_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la deus_fw-la voluisset_fw-la tum_fw-la potuisset_fw-la alium_fw-la cultum_fw-la vel_fw-la modum_fw-la cultûs_fw-la jubere_fw-la sibi_fw-la proestari_fw-la itaque_fw-la etiam_fw-la ista_fw-la quoe_fw-la ad_fw-la cultum_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinent_a deus_fw-la liberrimè_fw-la proecepit_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la potuerit_fw-la aliter_fw-la proecepisse_v ideóque_fw-la ex_fw-la hypothesi_fw-la tantùm_fw-la mandati_fw-la divini_fw-la ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la vitia_fw-la et_fw-la videtur_fw-la hîc_fw-la proesupponi_fw-la quasi_fw-la mendacium_fw-la &_o blasphemia_fw-la afficiant_fw-la deum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la quod_fw-la prorsus_fw-la falsum_fw-la est_fw-la certum_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la potuisse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la modum_fw-la cultûs_fw-la sibi_fw-la jubere_fw-la proestari_fw-la which_o execrable_a position_n our_o author_n out_o of_o that_o tender_a and_o delicate_a sense_n he_o have_v of_o truth_n and_o mighty_a zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n do_v just_o detest_v and_o abominate_a and_o therefore_o set_v himself_o to_o confute_v such_o blasphemous_a assertion_n as_o these_o in_o a_o short_a but_o exceed_v compact_a and_o rational_a discourse_n which_o since_o his_o much_o lament_a death_n have_v be_v publish_v by_o the_o title_n of_o a_o discourse_n of_o truth_n and_o be_v
of_o itself_o with_o corporeity_n ibid._n we_o be_v lead_v by_o sense_n either_o external_n or_o internal_a not_o by_o dry_a and_o insipid_a reason_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d part_n of_o the_o author_n design_n to_o prove_v that_o bare_a and_o dry_a reason_n be_v a_o sufficient_a criterion_n to_o discern_v the_o true_a and_o â—…ffecting_a relish_n of_o heavenly_a thing_n for_o as_o there_o be_v some_o principle_n in_o we_o which_o have_v a_o vital_a sense_n and_o sapid_a gust_n of_o corporeal_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n so_o there_o be_v a_o principle_n likewise_o in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d something_o better_a then_o reason_n and_o which_o a_o platonist_n will_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o flower_n and_o summity_n of_o the_o mind_n when_o by_o due_a purification_n of_o its_o self_n from_o all_o corporeal_a dregs_o and_o pollution_n it_o arise_v to_o such_o a_o measure_n of_o participation_n of_o the_o divine_a life_n as_o that_o it_o perceive_v a_o generous_a relish_n and_o gâ—…ateful_a and_o affect_v pleasure_n in_o holiness_n and_o virtue_n for_o till_o this_o inward_a intellectual_a sense_n be_v in_o some_o good_a measure_n awaken_v religion_n itself_o do_v but_o very_o little_a and_o weak_o affect_v the_o mind_n therefore_o our_o author_n add_v that_o heavenly_a thing_n be_v not_o otherwise_o to_o be_v know_v but_o by_o such_o a_o inward_a relish_n and_o affect_a light_n as_o divine_a grace_n usual_o impart_v to_o defecate_v and_o humble_a mind_n and_o a_o little_a above_o he_o say_v that_o to_o render_v ourselves_o obedient_a to_o the_o will_n of_o our_o heavenly_a father_n be_v the_o only_a plain_a and_o easy_a way_n to_o the_o attain_v a_o true_a knowledge_n and_o vital_a sense_n of_o divine_a revelation_n consonant_a to_o what_o our_o saviour_n himself_o express_o affirm_v joh._n 7._o 17._o if_o any_o man_n will_v do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n he_o shall_v know_v of_o the_o doctrine_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o god_n or_o whether_o i_o speak_v of_o myself_o i._n e._n the_o true_a relish_n and_o vital_a sense_n of_o religion_n arise_v from_o a_o conformity_n of_o mind_n with_o the_o will_n of_o god_n so_o that_o though_o reason_n may_v furnish_v a_o man_n with_o sufficient_a argument_n to_o assure_v he_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o religion_n yet_o the_o sapid_a gust_n and_o affect_a sense_n of_o it_o flow_v from_o the_o expergefaction_n of_o the_o intellectual_a power_n into_o a_o divine_a life_n ibid._n to_o admonish_v they_o that_o be_v go_v astray_o to_o illuminate_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o strengthen_v the_o faith_n and_o to_o fix_v and_o impress_v the_o argument_n of_o godliness_n upon_o the_o soul_n these_o and_o such_o like_a thing_n we_o owe_v to_o the_o benign_a influence_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a indication_n of_o a_o malâ—…ous_a mind_n or_o weak_a and_o crazy_a intellectual_n when_o man_n shall_v load_v and_o burden_v their_o adversary_n with_o the_o opprobrious_a and_o invidious_a term_n of_o heresy_n as_o deny_v the_o aid_n &_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o be_v necessary_a when_o they_o only_o endeavour_v to_o make_v the_o mystery_n of_o our_o faith_n the_o oeconomy_n of_o christian_a religion_n to_o appear_v in_o all_o its_o part_n rational_a i._n e._n worthy_a and_o become_v of_o its_o author_n the_o eternal_a wisdom_n of_o god_n it_o have_v be_v the_o ill_a fortune_n of_o some_o eminent_a and_o ingeâ—…ous_a person_n of_o late_a to_o be_v traduce_v for_o pelagian_n sociniâ—…s_n and_o what_o not_o for_o no_o other_o cause_n that_o i_o know_v of_o but_o because_o they_o speak_v sense_n and_o care_v not_o to_o explicate_v religion_n by_o unintelligible_a word_n and_o phrase_n quaint_a allusion_n and_o odd_a similitude_n but_o instead_o of_o all_o this_o jingle_a noise_n they_o appeal_v to_o the_o common_a and_o rational_a faculty_n of_o all_o mankind_n and_o in_o this_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o lay_v aside_o or_o render_v useless_a the_o aid_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n under_o the_o gospel_n that_o they_o â—…eely_o acknowledge_v all_o their_o strength_n to_o derive_v from_o his_o everblessed_n influence_n that_o of_o themselves_o they_o be_v nothing_o but_o that_o it_o be_v he_o who_o work_v in_o they_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o the_o beginner_n but_o finisher_n of_o every_o good_a work_n although_o perhaps_o they_o may_v not_o think_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o be_v by_o a_o omnipotent_a power_n at_o large_a but_o hypothetical_n and_o upon_o certain_a term_n and_o condition_n like_o the_o great_a formative_a power_n in_o nature_n which_o produce_v not_o the_o lineament_n and_o primigenial_a rudiment_n of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o plant_n or_o animal_n out_o of_o a_o flint_n but_o require_v a_o pliable_a ductility_n and_o sequaciousness_n in_o the_o matter_n it_o work_v upon_o pag._n 14._o pythagoras_n apollonius_n tyanaeus_n who_o endeavour_v by_o magic_a art_n to_o keep_v up_o the_o credit_n of_o sink_a idolatry_n be_v famous_a for_o miracle_n that_o miracle_n may_v be_v wrought_v by_o wicked_a person_n for_o ill_a end_n and_o design_n be_v evident_a not_o only_o from_o the_o prediction_n before_o cite_v deut._n 13._o as_o also_o from_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o the_o egyptian_a magician_n to_o invalidate_v those_o of_o moses_n but_o likewise_o from_o the_o express_a prophecy_n of_o our_o saviour_n himself_o concern_v false_a prophet_n that_o shall_v arise_v and_o show_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d great_a sign_n and_o wonder_n to_o deceive_v 24._o if_o possible_a even_o the_o elect._n and_o the_o apostle_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n foretell_v the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n describe_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o efficaâ—…y_n of_o satan_n with_o all_o 9_o power_n and_o sign_n and_o wonder_n or_o miracle_n of_o a_o lye_n and_o st._n john_n speak_v of_o the_o same_o person_n say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d great_a wonder_n and_o deceive_v they_o that_o dwell_v on_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o those_o miracle_n 14._o which_o he_o have_v power_n to_o do_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o beast_n now_o â—…rom_o hence_o we_o may_v collect_v these_o thing_n 1._o that_o true_a miracle_n may_v be_v wrought_v by_o wicked_a person_n not_o that_o god_n do_v immediate_o concur_v by_o his_o almighty_a power_n in_o assist_v they_o to_o do_v miracle_n to_o countenance_n falsehood_n and_o the_o open_a violation_n of_o his_o law_n but_o that_o he_o may_v permit_v invisible_a create_v spirit_n to_o exert_v their_o energy_n and_o power_n in_o produce_v supernatural_a effect_n whence_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o the_o miracle_n foretell_v to_o be_v do_v by_o antichrist_n and_o his_o follower_n or_o by_o false_a prophet_n to_o be_v mere_a juggle_v and_o delusion_n of_o our_o sense_n but_o that_o some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v real_a miracle_n but_o because_o they_o be_v wrought_v to_o confirm_v idolatry_n and_o to_o establish_v such_o doctrine_n as_o be_v plain_o repugnant_a to_o the_o rational_a faculty_n of_o mankind_n therefore_o we_o be_v not_o to_o heed_v they_o but_o to_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d miracle_n of_o falsehood_n and_o a_o lye_n and_o of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o miracle_n of_o apollonius_n who_o though_o he_o may_v dazzle_v the_o eye_n of_o some_o by_o the_o glitter_v brightness_n of_o his_o counterfeit_n virtue_n it_o be_v for_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n that_o he_o shall_v act_v that_o part_n well_o yet_o he_o never_o transcend_v the_o bound_n of_o the_o animal_n life_n but_o 6._o be_v a_o archimago_a or_o grand_a magician_n as_o moeragenes_n who_o write_v his_o life_n testify_v 2._o that_o god_n never_o permit_v false_a prophet_n to_o do_v miracle_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o evil_a doemon_n but_o only_o in_o the_o case_n of_o such_o falsehood_n as_o be_v clear_o discoverable_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n or_o common_a dictate_v of_o universal_a and_o right_a reason_n because_o if_o he_o shall_v it_o will_v be_v a_o invincible_a temptation_n but_o as_o our_o author_n speak_v a_o little_a below_o it_z no_o way_n comport_v with_o divine_a goodness_n and_o veracity_n to_o bear_v witness_n to_o a_o falsehood_n or_o to_o expose_v man_n in_o thing_n of_o the_o great_a moment_n to_o a_o everlasting_a and_o inevitable_a delusion_n 3._o that_o miracle_n alone_o be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a confirmation_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o a_o doctrine_n forasmuch_o as_o they_o have_v be_v wrought_v by_o pagan_n and_o the_o same_o be_v assert_v by_o busbequius_fw-la of_o some_o among_o the_o turk_n therefore_o beside_o miracle_n to_o perfect_a and_o complete_a a_o divine_a testimony_n there_o be_v