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creation_n and_o think_v the_o more_o excellent_a the_o sacrifice_n be_v the_o more_o likely_a it_o be_v to_o reach_v this_o end_n this_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o cause_n and_o their_o end_n in_o offer_v any_o sacrifice_n but_o especial_o humane_a one_o they_o hope_v the_o death_n of_o the_o victim_n shall_v be_v in_o lieu_n of_o that_o of_o the_o offender_n and_o the_o god_n they_o think_v will_v not_o be_v quòd_fw-la pro_fw-la vitâ_fw-la hominis_fw-la nisi_fw-la vita_fw-la hominis_fw-la reddatur_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la deorum_fw-la immortalium_fw-la numen_fw-la placari_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la caesar_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gall._n l._n 6._o cùm_fw-la inter_fw-la coetera_fw-la mala_fw-la etiam_fw-la peste_fw-la laborarent_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la victimas_fw-la immolabant_fw-la &_o impuberes_fw-la aris_fw-la admovebant_fw-la pacem_fw-la eorum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la eorum_fw-la exposcentes_fw-la justin_n hist_o l._n 18._o c._n 6._o appease_v unless_o the_o life_n of_o one_o man_n go_v for_o another_o this_o be_v plain_a also_o from_o the_o very_a name_n they_o give_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expiatio_fw-la piamentum_fw-la piamen_fw-la februa_n lustratio_fw-la purgatio_fw-la rite_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d piaculum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sacrifice_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o offer_v they_o which_o be_v not_o only_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o the_o heathen_n outram_n de_fw-fr sacrif_n p._n 278_o etc._n etc._n too_o with_o solemn_z prayer_n to_o god_n that_o all_o the_o plague_n which_o they_o or_o their_o country_n have_v deserve_v may_v light_v on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o victim_n and_o so_o they_o themselves_o escape_v and_o hereupon_o they_o think_v that_o all_o their_o sin_n do_v meet_v upon_o it_o and_o defile_v it_o to_o that_o degree_n that_o none_o who_o have_v touch_v it_o dare_v to_o return_v home_o till_o they_o have_v wash_v and_o purify_v themselves_o and_o now_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n whether_o sacrifice_n be_v only_o symbolical_a of_o their_o sorrow_n and_o that_o man_n never_o dream_v of_o any_o atone_a virtue_n in_o they_o but_o that_o all_o man_n of_o all_o nation_n look_v on_o repentance_n as_o a_o expiation_n and_o the_o only_a one_o too_o i_o will_v put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o reader_n trouble_v §_o ix_o and_o my_o own_o when_o i_o have_v observe_v the_o several_a contradiction_n and_o gross_a blunder_n of_o our_o modern_a deist_n they_o profess_v to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 197._o one_o infinite_a eternal_a god_n and_o yet_o the_o reader_n may_v remember_v that_o in_o my_o epistle_n to_o he_o i_o have_v show_v he_o that_o mr._n g._n be_v for_o two_o page_n 194._o god_n the_o one_o good_a the_o other_o evil._n mr._n b._n tell_v we_o the_o first_o good_a who_o be_v also_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o being_n have_v but_o one_o affection_n or_o property_n and_o that_o be_v page_n 90._o love_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o same_o page_n add_v there_o be_v nothing_o dreadful_a in_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o god_n but_o his_o justice_n no_o attribute_n else_o be_v terrible_a a._n w._n say_v this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o their_o religion_n that_o we_o be_v to_o expect_v page_n 197._o reward_n and_o punishment_n hereafter_o according_a to_o our_o action_n in_o this_o life_n which_o include_v the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o be_v prove_v by_o our_o admit_v providence_n but_o yet_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n see_v how_o faint_o he_o speak_v viz._n grant_v that_o they_o seem_v reasonable_a etc._n etc._n but_o mr._n b._n speak_v out_o page_n 125._o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v but_o a_o cunning_a trick_n and_o invention_n of_o the_o politician_n who_o have_v not_o so_o much_o a_o regard_n to_o truth_n as_o honesty_n a_o very_a great_a instance_n of_o their_o honesty_n to_o invent_v useful_a lie_n and_o that_o herein_o they_o do_v as_o physician_n do_v by_o their_o patient_n or_o nurse_n by_o their_o child_n who_o tell_v they_o a_o fair_a story_n though_o never_o so_o false_a that_o they_o may_v deceive_v they_o for_o their_o good_n if_o the_o son_n do_v speak_v home_n enough_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o father_n who_o say_v ideoque_fw-la nos_fw-la creaturae_fw-la sumus_fw-la aeterni_fw-la dei_fw-la apparitiones_fw-la momentaneae_fw-la quas_fw-la tantum_fw-la terris_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la fata_fw-la nec_fw-la ultra_fw-la esse_fw-la sinunt_fw-la veluti_fw-la effigy_n in_fw-la aulaeis_fw-la discourse_v of_o sir_n h._n b_n de_fw-mi anima_fw-la in_o the_o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 156._o we_o creature_n be_v the_o momentary_a apparition_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n which_o the_o fate_n only_o show_v to_o the_o earth_n and_o do_v it_o suffer_v to_o be_v any_o long_o as_o image_n in_o tapestry_n hang_n the_o whole_a discourse_n mr._n b._n call_v a_o undigested_a id._n p._n 154._o heap_n of_o his_o father_n thought_n and_o that_o these_o be_v only_o such_o id._n p._n 157._o twilight_n conjecture_n as_o our_o humane_a reason_n whereof_o we_o yet_o so_o vain_o boast_v can_v furnish_v we_o with_o so_o that_o indeed_o all_o philosophy_n except_v scepticism_n be_v little_o more_o than_o dotage_n a_o censure_n true_a enough_o though_o not_o so_o decent_a from_o the_o mouth_n of_o mr._n b._n a_o son_n shall_v not_o use_v his_o pen_n to_o let_v fall_v such_o blot_n on_o his_o father_n write_n and_o memory_n but_o how_o vain_o indeed_o to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n do_v he_o boast_v of_o reason_n when_o he_o call_v it_o the_o sovereign_a preface_n to_o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 3._o rule_n and_o touchstone_n the_o supreme_a and_o primitive_a director_n of_o every_o man_n if_o it_o give_v no_o better_o a_o light_n than_o this_o and_o what_o sorry_a oracle_n be_v it_o like_v to_o utter_v mr._n b._n tell_v we_o to_o be_v page_n 91._o sure_a the_o deist_n be_v no_o idolater_n none_o can_v accuse_v he_o of_o idolatry_n but_o the_o reason_n be_v a_o very_a poor_a one_o viz._n because_o he_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a everlasting_a god_n and_o think_v magnificent_o of_o he_o so_o do_v the_o papist_n as_o well_v as_o he_o and_o yet_o protestant_n unanswerable_o prove_v they_o guilty_a of_o idolatry_n and_o the_o deist_n according_a to_o his_o principle_n will_v be_v a_o idolater_n if_o he_o live_v in_o a_o popish_a or_o a_o pagan_a country_n for_o say_v a.w._n page_n 203._o the_o learned_a in_o all_o religion_n in_o the_o outward_a ceremony_n of_o every_o religion_n be_v every_o man_n of_o they_o content_n to_o conform_v to_o those_o of_o their_o own_o country_n and_o see_v some_o of_o the_o heathen_a worship_n be_v very_o filthy_a and_o obscene_a we_o may_v guess_v at_o his_o sobriety_n and_o chastity_n if_o ever_o he_o shall_v fall_v among_o '_o they_o but_o suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v free_a from_o obscenity_n yet_o for_o a_o man_n to_o join_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o a_o image_n or_o a_o false_a god_n which_o he_o believe_v to_o be_v so_o mere_o because_o it_o be_v the_o religion_n establish_v by_o law_n be_v gross_a sneak_a hypocrisy_n which_o a_o man_n of_o honour_n will_v scorn_v and_o thereby_o we_o may_v guess_v at_o their_o moral_a virtue_n which_o they_o talk_v so_o much_o of_o as_o another_z of_o their_o fundamental_o and_o see_v the_o deist_n as_o they_o themselves_o say_v think_v so_o ib._n magnificent_o of_o god_n and_o mr._n b._n be_v such_o a_o zealous_a account_v of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o mr._n blount_n p._n 6._o assertor_n of_o the_o glory_n honour_n and_o adoration_n of_o one_o god_n let_v we_o a_o little_a examine_v this_o mr._n g._n say_v there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o pure_a page_n 187._o spirit_n independent_a of_o all_o body_n and_o matter_n and_o that_o they_o that_o advance_v the_o opinion_n of_o pure_a and_o immaterial_a substance_n trust_v to_o fancy_n and_o mere_a conjecture_n and_o so_o god_n be_v a_o mateiral_n be_v and_o have_v degrade_v the_o deity_n from_o a_o pure_a spirit_n into_o a_o body_n he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v there_o be_v answerable_a quality_n to_o be_v find_v in_o he_o for_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o this_o page_n 190._o uncontrovertible_a maxim_n nemo_n that_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la that_o the_o quality_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o therefore_o of_o body_n be_v in_o god_n himself_o that_o be_v in_o a_o infinite_a degree_n of_o perfection_n the_o most_o pure_a of_o spirit_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o body_n shall_v be_v derogatory_n to_o the_o purity_n of_o infinite_o inferior_a spirit_n and_o so_o god_n be_v a_o infinite_o hot_a dull_a and_o heavy_a body_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o be_v infinite_o cold_a and_o brisk_a and_o light_a too_o for_o there_o be_v body_n to_o which_o all_o these_o quality_n do_v belong_v and_o do_v not_o this_o man_n now_o think_v very_o magnificent_o of_o his_o