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no_o matter_n by_o what_o mean_v he_o do_v it_o be_v they_o lawful_a or_o unlawefull_a so_o as_o they_o have_v a_o outward_a show_n and_o colour_n of_o honesty_n chapter_n 2._o of_o the_o cause_n of_o atheism_n that_o i_o may_v speak_v somewhat_o of_o the_o cause_n of_o atheism_n they_o be_v many_o some_o man_n be_v become_v atheist_n by_o building_n upon_o a_o false_a ground_n by_o misconstrue_v and_o wrest_v that_o place_n of_o tully_n 1._o to_o their_o own_o perdition_n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la negant_fw-la deos_fw-la habere_fw-la procurationem_fw-la rerum_fw-la humanarum_fw-la quorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la falsa_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la omnis_fw-la religio_fw-la inanis_fw-la esset_fw-la religione_fw-la autem_fw-la sublata_fw-la tolleretur_fw-la hominum_fw-la side_n &_o magna_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la perturbatio_fw-la &_o confusio_fw-la there_o be_v say_v tully_n some_o man_n which_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n which_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o care_n 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