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this_o be_v manifest_o false_a and_o that_o doctor_n stillingfleet_n not_o only_a contradicis_fw-la the_o truth_n but_o himself_o too_o to_o wit_n because_o he_o have_v before_o affirm_v that_o the_o egyptian_a daemon_n say_v celsus_n heal_v the_o disease_n of_o the_o part_n proper_a to_o themselves_o and_o therefore_o may_v just_o be_v invocate_v and_o 2._o because_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o from_o s._n augustin_n that_o it_o be_v their_o office_n to_o inform_v the_o superior_a god_n of_o what_o they_o can_v not_o know_v otherwise_o this_o be_v the_o only_a ground_n of_o this_o rude_a imputation_n of_o falsehood_n and_o contradiction_n to_o the_o doctor_n and_o yet_o this_o ground_n be_v as_o ridiculous_o vain_a as_o if_o i_o shall_v affirm_v this_o proposition_n to_o be_v false_a that_o all_o the_o heathen_n attribute_v to_o their_o good_a spirit_n be_v only_a intercession_n because_o they_o attribute_v to_o they_o wing_n and_o a_o aetherial_a body_n who_o be_v so_o blind_a as_o not_o to_o see_v that_o when_o the_o doctor_n say_v they_o make_v they_o mediator_n of_o intercession_n only_o not_o mediator_n of_o redemption_n by_o that_o exclusive_a only_o he_o can_v not_o intend_v to_o say_v that_o they_o assert_v nothing_o else_o concern_v they_o as_o he_o most_o gross_o do_v mistake_v or_o most_o unconscionable_o do_v interpret_v he_o but_o only_o that_o they_o ascribe_v nothing_o to_o they_o which_o make_v they_o mediator_n of_o redemption_n moreover_o be_v it_o fair_a deal_n when_o he_o thus_o rail_v against_o dr._n stillingfleet_n to_o do_v himself_o what_o he_o impute_v unto_o the_o doctor_n and_o quote_v he_o false_o in_o that_o very_a place_n which_o yet_o he_o manifest_o do_v in_o set_v down_o this_o passage_n as_o the_o doctor_n word_n viz._n that_o the_o give_v they_o divine_a worship_n proceed_v upon_o that_o superstition_n etc._n etc._n for_o both_o to_o this_o citation_n and_o to_o many_o passage_n pretend_o translate_v from_o the_o father_n or_o cite_v as_o the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o their_o word_n he_o add_v this_o word_n divine_a where_o it_o be_v not_o express_v or_o in_o the_o least_o intend_a only_o that_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o answer_v when_o he_o do_v nothing_o less_o which_o be_v a_o fraud_n so_o horrible_a and_o disingenuous_a that_o no_o man_n can_v sufficient_o detest_v it_o or_o judge_v that_o man_n can_v make_v a_o conscience_n of_o his_o action_n who_o make_v a_o common_a practice_n of_o it_o 2._o let_v any_o man_n peruse_v s._n augustin_n whole_a discourse_n upon_o this_o matter_n and_o he_o will_v find_v that_o to_o overthrow_v this_o tenet_n of_o d._n of_o sed_fw-la quia_fw-la eosdem_fw-la daemon_n inter_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o deos_fw-la ita_fw-la medios_fw-la constitutos_fw-la putant_fw-la tanquam_fw-la nullus_fw-la deus_fw-la homini_fw-la misceatur_fw-la ut_fw-la hine_n perferant_fw-la desiderata_fw-la inde_fw-la referant_fw-la impetrata_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la platonici_fw-la precipui_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la ac_fw-la nobilissimi_fw-la sentiant_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la velut_fw-la cum_fw-la excellentioribus_fw-la placuit_fw-la istam_fw-la examinare_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la utrum_fw-la cultus_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la prosit_fw-la ad_fw-la consequendam_fw-la vitam_fw-la beatam_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la futura_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 1._o p._n 268._o d._n apuleius_n and_o all_o philosopher_n that_o be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o he_o and_o hold_v that_o their_o good_a doemon_n do_v so_o mediate_v betwixt_o the_o god_n and_o man_n as_o that_o they_o carry_v our_o petition_n up_o to_o they_o and_o do_v return_v the_o aid_n and_o blessing_n of_o the_o god_n to_o we_o he_o undertake_v the_o refutation_n of_o this_o platonic_a doctrine_n and_o the_o examination_n of_o this_o question_n whether_o the_o worship_n of_o those_o many_o god_n or_o daemon_n be_v profitable_a to_o the_o obtain_n of_o our_o future_a bliss_n and_o to_o confute_v this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o platonist_n and_o to_o prove_v this_o mediation_n not_o to_o be_v profitable_a to_o this_o end_n he_o argue_v thus_o a._n thus_o proinde_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la &_o mortalitatem_fw-la habere_fw-la oportuit_fw-la transeuntem_fw-la &_o beatudinem_fw-la permanentem_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la transit_fw-la congrueret_fw-la morituris_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la permanet_fw-la transferret_fw-la ex_fw-la mortuis_fw-la boniigitur_fw-la angeli_fw-la inter_fw-la miseros_fw-la mortales_fw-la &_o beatos_fw-la immortales_fw-la medii_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quoque_fw-la &_o beati_fw-la &_o immortales_fw-la sunt_fw-la id._n ib._n c._n 15._o vid._n etiam_fw-la c._n 13._o multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la medii_fw-la separatores_fw-la ne_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la unum_fw-la beatificum_fw-la perveniri_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la perduceremur_fw-la non_fw-la multis_fw-la sed_fw-la uno_fw-la mediatore_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la cujus_fw-la participatione_fw-la sumus_fw-la beati_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la facto_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la ib._n c._n 15._o a._n this_o mediation_n can_v be_v perform_v but_o by_o a_o middle_a person_n who_o partake_v of_o some_o what_o that_o make_v he_o like_a unto_o hoth_a party_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v perform_v by_o good_a angel_n such_o as_o the_o platonist_n assert_v these_o daemon_n be_v because_o good_a angel_n have_v happiness_n and_o immortality_n with_o god_n but_o neither_o misery_n nor_o mortality_n by_o which_o they_o may_v agree_v with_o man._n this_o be_v his_o argument_n even_o in_o that_o place_n whence_o dr._n stillingfleet_n do_v cite_v these_o word_n that_o those_o who_o be_v christian_n do_v believe_v that_o we_o need_v not_o many_o but_o one_o mediator_n and_o that_o such_o a_o one_o by_o who_o participation_n we_o be_v make_v happy_a i._n e._n the_o word_n of_o god_n not_o make_v but_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v now_o here_o the_o doctor_n be_v with_o great_a confidence_n 373._o p._n 373._o and_o with_o as_o little_a reason_n accuse_v of_o false_a translation_n and_o addition_n to_o st._n augustine_n word_n of_o addition_n because_o he_o say_v those_o that_o be_v christian_n do_v believe_v of_o false_a translation_n in_o those_o word_n we_o need_v not_o many_o but_o one_o mediator_n but_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o vindicate_v the_o doctor_n from_o these_o false_a aspersion_n for_o that_o christian_n only_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n be_v certain_o st._n augustine_n faith_n so_o then_o ut_fw-la perduceremur_fw-la sc_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la multis_fw-la sed_fw-la uno_fw-la mediatore_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la sc_fw-la nobis_fw-la must_v import_v thus_o much_o that_o 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design_v to_o confute_v the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o church_n he_o can_v not_o have_v devise_v expression_n more_o repugnant_a to_o it_o for_o have_v confess_v that_o 233._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 233._o holy_a angel_n do_v carry_v up_o our_o