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one_o of_o their_o own_o 27._o in_o com._n c._n d._n l._n 8._o c._n 27._o multi_fw-la christiani_n etc._n etc._n many_o christian_n err_v in_o a_o good_a matter_n in_o that_o they_o worship_v he_o and_o she-saint_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o they_o worship_n god_n nor_o can_v i_o see_v in_o many_o thing_n what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o their_o opinion_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o that_o which_o the_o heathen_n think_v of_o their_o god_n for_o what_o other_o account_n do_v the_o pagan_n make_v or_o in_o what_o do_v they_o do_v honour_n to_o their_o inferior_a deity_n which_o papist_n do_v not_o express_v to_o their_o saint_n do_v the_o pagan_n consecrate_v temple_n to_o their_o demon_n so_o do_v the_o papist_n to_o their_o saint_n do_v they_o appropriate_v several_a office_n and_o employment_n to_o their_o inferior_a god_n the_o same_o do_v papist_n to_o their_o saint_n have_v they_o altar_n build_v to_o they_o so_o have_v the_o saint_n do_v the_o heathen_n offer_v 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from_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n but_o now_o the_o heathen_n err_v inexcusable_o while_o they_o ascribe_v to_o their_o false_a god_n a_o independent_a knowledge_n and_o power_n which_o be_v only_o compatible_a to_o the_o supreme_a god_n thus_o far_o curcellaeus_n to_o which_o i_o reply_v to_o the_o first_o that_o it_o be_v a_o vulgar_a error_n to_o suppose_v the_o pagan_n ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a god_n or_o that_o they_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o supreme_a god_n the_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o not_o only_o appear_v from_o the_o text_n of_o scripture_n cite_v already_o but_o be_v clear_o and_o evident_o demonstrate_v by_o a_o person_n of_o singular_a learning_n 462._o dr._n cudworth_n true_a intellectual_a system_n of_o the_o universe_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 462._o who_o from_o plutarch_n heraiscus_n asclepiades_fw-la and_o other_o affirm_v these_o two_o to_o be_v fundamental_a point_n