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grant_v i_o both_o to_o begin_v and_o to_o end_v this_o work_n who_o i_o beseech_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n to_o bless_v it_o to_o his_o glory_n and_o to_o the_o salvation_n and_o welfare_n of_o those_o that_o be_v his_o be_v honour_n glory_n and_o praise_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n finis_fw-la imprint_v at_o london_n by_o george_n robinson_n for_o thomas_n cadman_n dwell_v at_o the_o great_a north-door_n of_o s._n paul_n church_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o bible_n 1587._o psalm_n 14_o avicen_n the_o arabian_a euclid_n lib._n 1._o prop._n 45._o how_o far_o matter_n of_o faith_n be_v to_o be_v deal_v with_o by_o reason_n tâ—imegistus_n in_o poeriandro_n jamblichus_n concern_v misterye_n chapt._n 8._o the_o world_n lead_v we_o uâ—to_o god_n man_n leadedâ—_n we_o to_o god_n universal_a consent_n suctonius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o caligula_n seneca_n in_o his_o first_o book_n concern_v wrath._n objection_n concern_v such_o as_o be_v count_v atheist_n plutarch_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o cease_v of_o oracle_n report_v that_o a_o ruler_n of_o cilicia_n which_o be_v a_o atheist_n come_v to_o the_o belief_n of_o a_o god_n by_o a_o answer_n give_v from_o the_o oracle_n of_o mopsus_n to_o a_o demand_n of_o he_o which_o be_v deliver_v seal_v plutarch_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o moral_a virtue_n xenophanes_n as_o he_o be_v allege_v by_o clement_n of_o alexandria_n in_o his_o stromats_n the_o world_n lead_v to_o one_o only_a god_n man_n lead_v we_o to_o one_o god_n the_o link_a in_o of_o thing_n together_o the_o objection_n of_o such_o as_o maintain_v mo_z god_n than_o one_o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la in_o cyrillus_n stergon_n be_v a_o herb_n which_o grow_v of_o a_o onion_n stuff_v with_o linseede_n or_o seed_n of_o flax._n against_o two_o beginning_n plutark_o in_o the_o life_n of_o osiris_n and_o isis._n nothing_o be_v â—_o negative_a canse_v nothing_o which_o be_v the_o privative_a plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n plotin_n in_o enn._n 1._o lib._n 8._o trisinegist_n in_o asclepio_n simplicius_n upon_o epictetus_n mercurin_n trismegistus_n in_o his_o poemander_n chap._n 3._o 8._o 10._o 11._o 12._o and_o in_o his_o asclepius_n chap._n 2._o 6._o 8._o 9_o allege_v by_o cicero_n plutarch_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n and_o cyrillus_n philo_z the_o jew_n and_o jamblichus_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o pythagoras_n hierocles_n against_o the_o atheist_n simplicius_n in_o his_o phis._n numenius_n concern_v the_o good_n arist._n 14._o metaph_n cap._n 4._o aristo_n le_fw-fr allege_v they_o in_o his_o first_o philosophy_n and_o in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o world_n aristo_n 1._o phis_n cap._n 10._o lib._n 3._o simple_o lib._n 1._o phis._n academic_n plato_n in_o his_o 13._o epistle_n to_o king_n denis_n plato_n in_o timoeus_n in_o his_o 10._o book_n of_o his_o commonweal_n and_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o dion_n hermias_n and_o coricus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n in_o his_o book_n of_o law_n and_o in_o his_o book_n intyle_v epinomis_n epinomis_n we_o call_v they_o angel_n angel_n of_o the_o word_n thein_n which_o signify_v to_o run_v plato_n in_o his_o timoeus_n and_o laertius_n in_o plato_n life_n damascius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jamblichus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o pythagoras_n jamblichus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o mystery_n chap_n 1._o 3._o 5._o 12._o 16._o 17._o 39_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proclusin_n plato_n divinity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proclus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o spirit_n cap._n 32._o 42._o 53._o many_o god_n say_v proclus_n be_v godlessness_n simplicin_n ypâ—_n the_o epictetus_n of_o arrian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d porphyrius_n in_o his_o z._n book_n of_o abstinence_n &_o in_o his_o book_n of_o occasion_n chap._n 21._o porphyrius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o plotin_n plotin_n in_o his_o first_o enneade_n lib._n 8._o chap._n 2._o enneade_v 6._o 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