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sense_n in_o the_o same_o height_n of_o word_n nimirùm_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n quum_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o sanctus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la nos_fw-la homines_fw-la sanctificat_fw-la ac_fw-la deos_fw-la reddit_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v by_o nature_n both_o holy_a &_o god_n by_o sanctify_v we_o man_n make_v we_o become_v go_n 90._o so_o likewise_o dionysius_n salus_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la existere_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la ij_o qui_fw-la salutem_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la dij_fw-la fiant_fw-la a_o man_n can_v otherwise_o attain_v unto_o salvation_n then_o if_o he_o first_o be_v make_v a_o god_n which_o exaggeration_n of_o those_o father_n and_o scripture_n must_v not_o be_v expound_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n as_o though_o man_n can_v be_v make_v to_o be_v god_n indeed_o for_o that_o be_v a_o thing_n unpossible_a but_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o they_o be_v that_o by_o our_o imitation_n of_o god_n virtue_n and_o goodness_n we_o be_v make_v so_o 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omnis_fw-la deus_fw-la thâ—t_v every_o one_o which_o be_v bless_v be_v thereby_o make_v a_o god_n he_o add_v for_o the_o qualification_n of_o that_o speech_n sed_fw-la nâ—tura_fw-la quidem_fw-la unus_fw-la participatione_fw-la verò_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la esse_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la yet_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n by_o nature_n but_o there_o may_v be_v many_o god_n by_o participation_n not_o by_o the_o true_a participation_n of_o his_o natural_a deity_n but_o of_o his_o virtue_n and_o of_o his_o felicity_n yea_o and_o even_o the_o apostle_n peter_n himself_o do_v use_v a_o further_a modification_n even_o of_o this_o participation_n for_o where_o he_o tell_v we_o &c_n that_o there_o be_v great_a and_o precious_a promise_n give_v unto_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o godly_a nature_n lest_o we_o shall_v misconstrue_v this_o participation_n to_o be_v intend_v of_o god_n true_a nature_n or_o deity_n he_o expound_v himself_o plain_o that_o this_o 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si_fw-mi relicto_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la purum_fw-la aethera_fw-la perveneris_fw-la 129._o eris_n immortalis_fw-la deus_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la mortalis_fw-la when_o as_o our_o soul_n our_o body_n shall_v forsake_v and_o to_o the_o heaven_n they_o shall_v themselves_o betake_v then_o shall_v we_o be_v as_o god_n immortal_a be_v all_o incorrupt_a no_o long_o mortal_a man_n for_o we_o shall_v then_o enjoy_v god_n who_o be_v our_o very_a life_n 396._o as_o the_o prophet_n moses_n testify_v yea_o the_o life_n of_o our_o life_n our_o vita_fw-la vitalis_fw-la as_o the_o orator_n speak_v whereas_o this_o our_o present_a life_n 1._o be_v but_o vita_fw-la mortalis_fw-la a_o transitory_a and_o a_o mortal_a life_n but_o this_o say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n we_o know_v that_o if_o our_o earthly_a tabernacle_n be_v dissolve_v we_o have_v a_o building_n give_v we_o of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n but_o eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o say_v musonius_n that_o vir_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la civis_fw-la vrbis_fw-la jovis_fw-la quae_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o dijs_fw-la that_o he_o which_o be_v a_o good_a 234._o man_n shall_v be_v a_o citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o city_n common_a unto_o god_n with_o man_n which_o be_v a_o probable_a aim_v at_o the_o heavenly_a iâ—rusâ—lem_n which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n be_v describe_v unto_o us._n i_o see_v the_o holy_a city_n 3._o new_a jerusalem_n come_v down_o from_o god_n out_o of_o heaven_n praepare_v as_o a_o bride_n trim_v for_o her_o husband_n and_o i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n out_o of_o heaven_n say_v behold_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o god_n be_v with_o man_n and_o he_o will_v dwell_v with_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o people_n and_o god_n himself_o will_v be_v their_o god_n with_o they_o upon_o which_o our_o cohabitation_n with_o god_n 432._o tully_n say_v that_o we_o be_v deorum_fw-la quasi_fw-la gentile_n the_o countryman_n of_o the_o god_n nay_o generis_fw-la divini_fw-la the_o kinsman_n of_o the_o god_n as_o he_o add_v in_o that_o place_n of_o their_o own_o generation_n as_o aratus_n speak_v 28._o and_o therefore_o tully_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o state_n of_o god_n and_o virtuous_a man_n after_o this_o present_a life_n he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v among_o the_o god_n qui_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la 119._o vitam_fw-la sunt_fw-la imitati_fw-la deorum_fw-la he_o ad_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la profecti_fw-la facilis_fw-la reditus_fw-la patet_fw-la such_o as_o have_v live_v the_o life_n of_o a_o god_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v a_o easy_a passage_n unto_o god_n because_o from_o he_o they_o have_v descend_v so_o that_o god_n call_v those_o man_n to_o live_v with_o he_o in_o heaven_n with_o who_o he_o himself_o have_v live_v upon_o earth_n now_o the_o way_n whereby_o they_o ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n there_o to_o live_v with_o god_n be_v by_o instruct_v themselves_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o some_o even_o of_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o 426._o have_v teach_v us._n trismegistus_n say_v express_o that_o vnica_fw-la salus_fw-la homini_fw-la est_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la ad_fw-la olympum_fw-la ascensio_fw-la the_o happiness_n of_o man_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v our_o way_n of_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n agree_v well_o with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n this_o be_v life_n aeternal_a to_o know_v thou_o 3._o to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o who_o thou_o have_v send_v jesus_n christ._n for_o as_o bernard_n true_o note_v summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la hominis_fw-la est_fw-la plena_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la agnitio_fw-la creatoris_fw-la 1355._o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o creator_n not_o a_o naked_a or_o a_o idle_a knowledge_n but_o a_o knowledge_n which_o 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chapter_n 4_o for_o god_n if_o these_o secondary_a and_o low_a motion_n do_v lead_v we_o up_o unto_o a_o high_o and_o those_o unto_o a_o high_o until_o at_o last_o we_o ascend_v unto_o some_o high_a mover_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o motion_n unto_o all_o the_o low_o then_o what_o can_v this_o high_a mover_n be_v else_o which_o move_v all_o other_o thing_n but_o only_o god_n himself_o this_o tully_n in_o plain_a and_o express_v term_n affirm_v where_o he_o put_v both_o those_o property_n which_o before_o i_o have_v name_v into_o the_o very_a definition_n of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v 116._o both_o omnia_fw-la movens_fw-la and_o ipse_fw-la praeditus_fw-la motu_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la he_o be_v both_o the_o author_n of_o motion_n unto_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o motion_n in_o himself_o both_o these_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v the_o property_n of_o god_n and_o so_o aristotle_n affirm_v that_o local_a motion_n 5._o in_o what_o body_n soever_o do_v only_o proceed_v from_o some_o divine_a power_n si_fw-mi namque_fw-la latio_fw-la lationis_fw-la causa_fw-la erit_fw-la illam_fw-la quoque_fw-la oportebit_fw-la aliorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la esse_fw-la quare_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la â—it_n processus_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la finis_fw-la omnis_fw-la lationis_fw-la erit_fw-la divinorum_fw-la corporum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la feruntur_fw-la if_o one_o local_a motion_n shall_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o another_o than_o it_o also_o shall_v be_v cause_v and_o be_v from_o other_o and_o for_o other_o sake_n wherefore_o see_v there_o be_v no_o infinite_a progress_n in_o thing_n movable_a the_o end_n of_o all_o lation_n or_o local_a motion_n must_v be_v some_o one_o of_o those_o heavenly_a body_n which_o be_v carry_v about_o yea_o and_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o think_v that_o by_o those_o divine_a body_n he_o mean_v any_o of_o the_o star_n in_o another_o place_n he_o affirm_v 1508._o that_o this_o first_o and_o supreme_a mover_n be_v a_o thing_n above_o all_o sense_n whereas_o all_o the_o sarre_n be_v sensible_a for_o si_fw-la non_fw-la erunt_fw-la alia_fw-la praeter_fw-la sensibilia_fw-la say_v he_o non_fw-la erit_fw-la principium_fw-la nec_fw-la ordo_fw-la nec_fw-la generatio_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la principij_fw-la principium_fw-la if_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o other_o than_o sensible_a thing_n then_o shall_v there_o be_v no_o beginning_n nor_o order_n nor_o generation_n of_o thing_n but_o always_o a_o principle_n to_o every_o principle_n whereby_o he_o infinuate_v that_o the_o first_o and_o supreme_a mover_n be_v not_o of_o a_o sensible_a but_o of_o a_o divine_a and_o a_o spiritual_a nature_n yea_o and_o tully_n express_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v god_n which_o give_v motion_n even_o unto_o the_o very_a heaven_n dedit_fw-la autem_fw-la divinis_fw-la duo_fw-la genera_fw-la motus_fw-la 431._o etc._n etc._n he_o have_v give_v to_o the_o heavenly_a body_n 1567._o two_o kind_n of_o motion_n etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o aristotle_n again_o in_o another_o place_n compare_v god_n unto_o those_o player_n with_o puppet_n that_o by_o the_o pull_n of_o one_o string_n can_v set_v the_o whole_a engine_n and_o every_o part_n of_o it_o on_o move_v which_o anaxagoras_n plain_o acknowledge_v when_o he_o make_v his_o man_n 529._o to_o be_v principium_fw-la motus_fw-la 369._o by_o which_o word_n 253._o he_o mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n mens_fw-la enÃm_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la say_v trismegistus_n god_n which_o be_v man_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o 〈◊〉_d motion_n and_o as_o zeno_n likewise_o express_o affirm_v this_o title_n of_o man_n be_v but_o the_o philosopher_n name_n and_o appellation_n of_o god_n deum_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipsúmque_fw-la mentem_fw-la appellari_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n and_o he_o be_v call_v man_n so_o that_o when_o anaxagoras_n call_v this_o first_o mover_n man_n his_o meaning_n by_o man_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o deus_fw-la and_o that_o we_o impose_v not_o a_o force_a sense_n upon_o that_o word_n by_o other_o man_n exposition_n the_o same_o may_v be_v gather_v even_o out_o of_o his_o own_o write_n and_o that_o by_o two_o substantial_a reason_n first_o by_o those_o title_n and_o appellation_n which_o he_o bestow_v upon_o it_o and_o then_o by_o those_o work_n which_o he_o ascribe_v unto_o it_o both_o which_o be_v peculiar_a and_o proper_a unto_o god_n the_o title_n which_o he_o bestow_v upon_o his_o man_n be_v these_o mentem_fw-la 787._o esse_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la solámque_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ipsam_fw-la esse_fw-la simplicem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la mistam_fw-la &_o puram_fw-la esse_fw-la sinceramque_fw-la atque_fw-la eidem_fw-la principio_fw-la haec_fw-la utraque_fw-la convenire_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la &_o motum_fw-la vniversumque_fw-la mentem_fw-la hanc_fw-la movisse_fw-la this_o man_n say_v he_o be_v the_o first_o beginning_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v itself_o most_o simple_a and_o without_o any_o mixture_n most_o pure_a and_o most_o sincere_a and_o have_v in_o itself_o the_o true_a and_o real_a possession_n not_o only_o of_o knowledge_n but_o also_o of_o motion_n yea_o and_o that_o all_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v move_v by_o this_o mind_n and_o by_o this_o spirit_n now_o these_o be_v the_o peculiar_a property_n of_o god_n in_o who_o as_o the_o apostle_n testify_v be_v all_o the_o treasure_n both_o of_o knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n yea_o 3._o and_o of_o motion_n too_o for_o 28._o in_o he_o we_o both_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v so_o that_o by_o this_o description_n his_o man_n must_v needs_o be_v god_n yea_o and_o so_o be_v it_o likewise_o by_o his_o ascription_n too_o for_o he_o ascribe_v unto_o this_o man_n the_o very_a make_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o none_o other_o but_o only_o of_o god_n cum_fw-la omne_fw-la simul_fw-la essent_fw-la 519._o atque_fw-la infinito_fw-la tempore_fw-la quiscerent_fw-la mens_fw-la movit_fw-la ac_fw-la segregavit_fw-la when_o as_o all_o thing_n have_v lyen_fw-we quiet_a for_o a_o infinite_a space_n together_o it_o be_v man_n that_o first_o move_v and_o order_v they_o asunder_o allude_v unto_o that_o confuse_a chaos_n wherein_o as_o the_o poet_n speak_v there_o be_v non_fw-la benè_fw-la iunctarum_fw-la discordia_fw-la semina_fw-la rerum_fw-la 1._o there_o disagree_v seed_n be_v clear_o see_v of_o thing_n which_o have_v not_o well_o conjoin_v be_v now_o this_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o god_n yea_o and_o this_o be_v the_o proper_a spirit_n of_o god_n that_o do_v it_o as_o even_o plutarch_n in_o plain_a and_o express_v word_n record_v it_o anaxagoras_n dixit_fw-la initio_fw-la constitisse_fw-la corpora_fw-la dei_fw-la autem_fw-la mentem_fw-la ea_fw-la digessisse_fw-la 15._o atque_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la ortus_fw-la effecisse_fw-la anaxagoras_n say_v that_o there_o be_v body_n in_o the_o first_o beginning_n but_o that_o the_o mind_n and_o hand_n of_o god_n digest_v and_o order_v they_o and_o 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the_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n he_o add_v in_o the_o next_o word_n indè_fw-la homìnum_fw-la pecudúmque_fw-la genus_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la volantum_fw-la that_o massy_a chaos_n body_n huge_a be_v move_v by_o this_o man_n and_o man_n beast_n bird_n and_o creature_n all_o forthwith_o proceed_v thence_o all_o which_o work_v in_o another_o place_n he_o express_o attribute_v unto_o god_n under_o his_o own_o express_a name_n he_o be_v the_o mover_n of_o the_o world_n he_o be_v the_o maker_n both_o of_o man_n and_o beast_n and_o bird_n deum_fw-la namque_fw-la ire_n per_fw-la omnes_fw-la 94._o terrâ—sque_fw-la tractúsque_fw-la maris_fw-la calúmque_fw-la profundum_fw-la hìnâ—_n pâ—cudes_v armenta_fw-la viros_fw-la genus_fw-la omne_fw-la ferarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n walk_v through_o the_o world_n in_o every_o coast_n and_o go_v the_o wind_a sea_n tract_n uttermost_a yea_o and_o the_o most_o high_a heaven_n from_o he_o all_o live_a both_o man_n and_o beast_n receive_v their_o life_n and_o be_v thus_o that_o which_o before_o he_o shadow_v under_o the_o name_n of_o man_n he_o plain_o now_o express_v under_o the_o name_n of_o god_n make_v he_o the_o first_o mover_n and_o
be_v indeed_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o practice_n of_o reason_n disputare_fw-la be_v nothing_o else_o but_o ratione_fw-la uti_fw-la raâ—i_fw-la it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o oratio_fw-la ratione_fw-la conclusa_fw-la as_o tully_n speak_v a_o speech_n conclude_v with_o reason_n therefore_o not_o only_a grammar_n and_o rhetoric_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o dilate_a kind_n of_o logic_n nizol_n dialectica_fw-la dilatata_fw-la as_o tully_n call_v it_o and_o as_o zeno_n exemplify_v it_o by_o his_o fist_n and_o his_o hand_n quòd_fw-la latiùs_fw-la loquerentur_fw-la rhetores_fw-la 489._o dialectiei_fw-la autem_fw-la compressiùs_fw-la but_o also_o all_o other_o art_n be_v both_o at_o the_o first_o invent_v and_o after_o perfect_v and_o ever_o practise_v yea_o and_o now_o both_o teach_v and_o learned_a by_o the_o help_n of_o logic_n as_o s._n augustine_n express_o affirm_v of_o it_o haec_fw-la docet_fw-la docere_fw-la haec_fw-la docet_fw-la discere_fw-la haec_fw-la sola_fw-la scientes_fw-la potest_fw-la facere_fw-la a._n this_o be_v the_o art_n which_o only_o teach_v man_n how_o to_o teach_v and_o which_o only_o learn_v man_n how_o to_o learn_v and_o which_o only_o be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o man_n understand_v and_o therefore_o he_o call_v logic_n disciplinam_fw-la disciplinarum_fw-la the_o art_n of_o all_o art_n the_o art_n whereby_o all_o art_n be_v both_o teach_v and_o learn_v for_o as_o tully_n also_o note_v haec_fw-la una_fw-la continet_fw-la omnem_fw-la &_o perspiciend_n quid_fw-la in_o quavis_fw-la re_fw-la sit_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o iudicandi_fw-la quale_fw-la quidque_fw-la sit_fw-la ac_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o via_fw-la disputandi_fw-la insomuch_o that_o finem_fw-la as_o jamblicus_n have_v true_o observe_v nulla_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la pars_fw-la absque_fw-la dialectica_fw-la ratione_fw-la comparatur_fw-la there_o can_v no_o part_n of_o philosophy_n be_v perfect_o attain_v without_o the_o help_n and_o assistance_n of_o logic_n as_o aristotle_n 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captious_a falsity_n which_o otherwise_o will_v oftentimes_o creep_v into_o they_o for_o as_o the_o orator_n also_o observe_v a._n habet_fw-la dialectica_fw-la rationem_fw-la nè_fw-la cui_fw-la falso_fw-la assentiamur_fw-la neuè_fw-fr unquà m_fw-la captio_n â—_o probabilitate_fw-la fallaâ—nur_v for_o it_o be_v ars_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la iudicandi_fw-la as_o he_o again_o note_v in_o another_o place_n it_o be_v a_o art_n of_o discern_a truth_n from_o falsehoold_n again_o another_o use_n it_o assist_v the_o preacher_n both_o in_o confute_v of_o heresy_n and_o in_o resolve_v of_o all_o doubt_n and_o question_n as_o s._n augustine_n again_o in_o another_o place_n observe_v 3._o disput_n atiâ—nis_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la genera_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o literal_a 〈…〉_z &_o dissoluenda_fw-la plurimum_fw-la valet_fw-la the_o art_n of_o dispute_v 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o speâ—â—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d for_o discern_v and_o decide_v of_o all_o manner_n of_o â—_z which_o any_o where_o wise_a through_o the_o whole_a scripture_n for_o it_o do_v 〈…〉_z intelligention_n as_o the_o orator_n note_v it_o yield_v a_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o thing_n doubtful_a yea_o and_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v so_o general_a in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o divinity_n that_o jamblicus_n affirm_v of_o it_o very_o resolute_o that_o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la considerantur_fw-la de_fw-la dâ—â—s_fw-la 47â—_n dialectica_fw-la ratione_fw-la astruuntur_fw-la that_o every_o thing_n which_o any_o way_n belong_v to_o god_n or_o religion_n be_v ground_v upon_o and_o confirm_v by_o some_o logical_a reason_n euthydâ—mo_n whence_o plato_n himself_o as_o ficinus_fw-la observe_v use_v the_o word_n dialectica_fw-la promiscuous_o for_o theologia_n in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o write_n as_o be_v equivalent_a and_o all_o one_o in_o sense_n and_o therefore_o jamblicus_n affirm_v of_o logic_n that_o it_o be_v deorum_fw-la munus_fw-la a_o gift_n and_o token_n of_o god_n unto_o men._n yea_o and_o so_o 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