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the_o holy_a age_n its_o use._n chap._n xii_o as_o no_o age_n be_v less_o like_a to_o be_v cheat_v than_o that_o wherein_o the_o apostle_n flourish_v so_o no_o generation_n of_o man_n be_v less_o like_a to_o put_v a_o cheat_n upon_o the_o world_n than_o the_o apostolic_a and_o primitive_a church_n §_o 1._o the_o apostle_n and_o primitive_a church_n veracity_n evince_v by_o their_o choose_n death_n rather_o than_o a_o officious_a lie_n to_o save_v their_o life_n pliny_n '_o s_o testimony_n of_o they_o §_o 2_o 3._o they_o hide_v not_o their_o imperfection_n nor_o the_o truth_n to_o please_v party_n or_o to_o avoid_v the_o world_n take_v offence_n the_o offence_n which_o heathen_n take_v at_o some_o gospel-passage_n §_o 4._o all_o false_a religion_n make_v lie_v their_o refuge_n pagan_a forgery_n §_o 5._o papal_a innovation_n found_v on_o lie_a legend_n sir_n thomas_n moor_n upon_o st._n austin_n gregory_n turonensis_n and_o simeon_n metaphrastes_n devout_a liar_n the_o story_n of_o the_o baptist_n '_o s_z head_n book_n ii_o the_o argument_n as_o they_o can_v not_o nor_o will_v not_o delude_v other_o so_o they_o be_v not_o themselves_o delude_v person_n or_o man_n of_o crazy_a intellect_n but_o propound_v to_o the_o world_n a_o religion_n so_o every_o way_n fit_v to_o the_o dictate_v of_o common_a reason_n of_o the_o most_o refine_v philosophy_n and_o of_o pre-existent_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o have_v frame_v have_v they_o not_o be_v of_o perfect_a memory_n and_o sound_a mind_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o gospel_n correspondency_n with_o vulgar_a sentiment_n §_o 1._o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o humane_a soul_n untaught_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a creed_n in_o the_o article_n touch_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n his_o goodness_n justice_n mercy_n the_o existence_n of_o wicked_a spirit_n §_o 2._o the_o resurrection_n and_o future_a judgement_n death_n formidable_a for_o its_o consequence_n to_o evil_a man_n 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reason_n of_o both_o assign_v by_o scripture_n chap._n iii_o natural_a conscience_n echo_v to_o christian_a moral_n §_o 1._o a_o dispraise_n to_o dispraise_v virtue_n or_o praise_n vice_n the_o comick_n liberty_n restrain_v §_o 2._o how_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n become_v to_o be_v repute_v go_n §_o 3._o man_n be_v deify_v for_o their_o virtue_n vice_n ungod_v go_n §_o 4._o stage-god_n hiss_v at_o the_o infamy_n of_o player_n the_o original_a of_o mythology_n chap._n iu._n christian_n religion_n concord_n with_o the_o high_a philosophical_a notion_n §_o 1._o divine_a knowledge_n communicate_v from_o the_o church_n to_o travel_a philosopher_n our_o religion_n elder_a than_o heathenism_n by_o heathen_n confession_n §_o 2._o christian_n article_n imply_v in_o pagan_a philosophy_n position_n man_n happiness_n through_o communion_n with_o god_n and_o conformity_n unto_o god_n §_o 3._o this_o conformity_n and_o communion_n effect_v by_o god-man_n god_n manifest_a in_o
fifteen_o of_o tiberius_n wherein_o our_o great_a high_a priest_n be_v officiate_a in_o the_o temple_n and_o within_o the_o veil_n of_o his_o flesh_n it_o be_v doctor_n lightfoot'_v observation_n that_o st._n john_n in_o that_o half_a hour_n silence_n allude_v to_o the_o people_n wait_v silent_o at_o the_o door_n while_o the_o priest_n be_v officiate_a in_o the_o holy_a place_n peace_n be_v then_o continue_v for_o other_o thirty_o year_n even_o unto_o the_o four_o of_o nero_n it_o remain_v now_o that_o we_o prove_v that_o during_o that_o last_o thirty_o year_n of_o silence_n the_o line_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v draw_v out_o not_o only_o through_o all_o the_o earth_n the_o land_n of_o jury_n but_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o the_o roman_a pale_a will_v the_o atheist_n for_o proof_n of_o this_o acquiess_n in_o sacred_a testimony_n i_o will_v allege_v that_o of_o st._n paul_n ro._n 15._o 19_o where_o he_o write_v that_o in_o his_o own_o line_n he_o 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to_o relent_v to_o see_v such_o huge_a multitude_n of_o they_o lead_v to_o the_o slaughter_n grieve_v that_o so_o much_o humane_a though_o as_o they_o think_v malignant_a blood_n shall_v be_v pour_v out_o tacit._n annal_a 15._o 233._o ergo_fw-la abolende_fw-la rumori_fw-la nâ—ro_fw-la subdidit_fw-la reos_fw-la &_o quaesitissimis_fw-la paenis_fw-la affecit_fw-la quos_fw-la per_fw-la stagitium_fw-la risos_fw-la vulgus_fw-la christiarios_fw-la appellabat_fw-la auctor_fw-la ejus_fw-la nominis_fw-la christus_fw-la qui_fw-la tiberio_fw-la imperitante_fw-la per_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la pontium_fw-la pilatum_fw-la supplicio_fw-la affectus_fw-la erat_fw-la repressaque_fw-la in_o praesens_fw-la exitiabilis_fw-la superstitio_fw-la rursus_fw-la erumpebat_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la per_fw-la judaeam_fw-la originem_fw-la ejus_fw-la whence_o their_o liâ—e_z go_v out_o sed_fw-la per_fw-la urbem_fw-la etiam_fw-la igitur_fw-la primo_fw-la correpti_fw-la qui_fw-la fatebantur_fw-la deinde_fw-la ingens_fw-la eorum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la haud_fw-la perinde_v in_fw-la crimine_fw-la incendâ—â—_n quam_fw-la odio_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la connicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la unde_fw-la quanquam_fw-la adversus_fw-la sontes_fw-la &_o novissima_fw-la exempla_fw-la meritos_fw-la miseratio_fw-la oriebatur_fw-la nay_o to_o that_o height_n be_v christian_a religion_n grow_v at_o rome_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o nero_n reign_n as_o suetonius_n sueton._n nero_n 16._o reckon_v his_o make_a edict_n for_o the_o suppress_n of_o it_o among_o those_o reformation_n he_o make_v at_o his_o come_n to_o the_o crown_n it_o will_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o urge_v to_o our_o sceptic_n st._n paul_n testimony_n that_o the_o gospel_n have_v get_v foot_v in_o nero_n family_n yet_o it_o may_v perhaps_o seem_v to_o he_o less_o improbable_a that_o that_o grain_n of_o mustardseed_n shall_v sprought_v up_o in_o that_o barren_a soil_n and_o malignant_a influence_n if_o he_o be_v mind_v of_o the_o state_n of_o affair_n 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