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vulgar_a a_o opinion_n of_o religion_n and_o for_o the_o benefit_n that_o thence_o accrue_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o therefore_o p._n claudius_n and_o l._n junius_n for_o sail_v contrary_a to_o the_o omen_n exhibit_v be_v worthy_a of_o the_o punishment_n they_o undergo_v for_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v observe_v the_o rule_n of_o our_o religion_n and_o not_o with_o that_o contumacy_n have_v slight_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o country_n tamen_fw-la postea_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la causa_fw-la retentam_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n 237._o to_o conclude_v these_o quotation_n with_o what_o he_o conclude_v his_o treatise_n of_o divination_n nec_fw-la verò_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la diligenter_fw-la intelligi_fw-la volo_fw-la superstitione_n tollendâ_fw-la religio_fw-la tollitur_fw-la nam_fw-la et_fw-la majorum_fw-la instituta_fw-la tueri_fw-la sacris_fw-la ceremoniisque_fw-la retinendis_fw-la sapientis_fw-la est_fw-la neither_o be_v religion_n destroy_v in_o root_a out_o superstition_n i_o 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food_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o to_o be_v abstain_v from_o by_o wise_a men._n porph._n the_o sacrif_n l._n 1._o 315._o vir_fw-la igitur_fw-la prudens_fw-la atque_fw-la temperans_fw-la cavebit_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la uti_fw-la and_o yet_o with_o the_o same_o breath_n make_v it_o necessary_a for_o city_n to_o make_v evil_a spirit_n propitious_a to_o they_o by_o such_o sacrifice_n hereby_o tie_v they_o as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o tooth_n not_o only_o from_o do_v they_o mischief_n but_o to_o do_v they_o good_a civitatibus_fw-la fortè_fw-la necessarium_fw-la hos_fw-la daemon_n conciliare_fw-la id_fw-la pag._n 316._o of_o which_o kind_n of_o daemon_n he_o have_v in_o the_o precedent_a page_n past_o this_o doom_n that_o they_o never_o do_v good_a absurdissima_fw-la opinio_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la bonis_fw-la mala_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la malis_fw-la bona_fw-la contingere_fw-la posse_fw-la p._n 312._o firmiter_fw-la credendum_fw-la neque_fw-la bonum_fw-la unquam_fw-la 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the_o point_n that_o those_o who_o deny_v the_o be_v of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o impious_a as_o they_o that_o conceive_v he_o to_o be_v such_o as_o the_o poet_n feign_v he_o i_o have_v rather_o say_v he_o man_n shall_v in_o their_o discourse_n of_o i_o say_v there_o never_o be_v any_o such_o man_n as_o plutarch_n than_o say_v i_o be_v such_o a_o man_n as_o the_o superstitious_a account_n god_n to_o be_v sickle_n mutable_a prone_a to_o anger_n desirous_a of_o revenge_n for_o the_o least_o injury_n and_o that_o from_o these_o misconceit_n of_o the_o god_n man_n grow_v into_o the_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v no_o go_n will_v god_n this_o christian_a age_n have_v not_o too_o sad_a experience_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o aphorism_n for_o since_o the_o pulpit_n have_v be_v make_v a_o stage_n for_o mimic_n who_o be_v train_v up_o to_o no_o other_o art_n wherein_o they_o be_v more_o dexterous_a than_o that_o of_o make_v mowes_z and_o wry_a face_n upon_o the_o establish_v religion_n of_o 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