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hour_n of_o death_n we_o also_o find_v in_o that_o little_a office_n this_o exhortation_n ascribe_v to_o bernard_n octob._n let_v we_o embrace_v my_o brethren_n the_o footstep_n of_o mary_n and_o let_v we_o cast_v ourselves_o at_o her_o bless_a foot_n with_o most_o devout_a supplication_n let_v we_o hold_v she_o and_o not_o let_v she_o go_v till_o she_o bless_v we_o for_o she_o be_v able_a these_o form_n be_v agreeable_a to_o many_o other_o in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o roman_a breviary_n out_o of_o which_o i_o will_v transcribe_v only_o the_o follow_a suffrage_n holy_a mary_n 103._o succour_v the_o miserable_a help_v the_o weak-hearted_a refresh_v the_o weep_a pray_v for_o the_o people_n mediate_v for_o the_o clergy_n intercede_v for_o devout_a woman_n let_v all_o who_o celebrate_v thy_o commemoration_n feel_v thy_o aid_n austin_n hail_v o_o queen_n 107._o thou_o mother_n of_o mercy_n life_n sweetness_n and_o our_o hope_n we_o salute_v thou_o to_o thou_o we_o the_o banish_a 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be_v call_v a_o unwarrant_v impertinent_a idle_a labour_n it_o be_v as_o saint_n paul_n 18._o speak_v a_o intrude_a into_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v not_o see_v and_o certain_o when_o we_o pray_v not_o only_o to_o those_o that_o do_v not_o hear_v we_o but_o to_o such_o as_o have_v no_o existence_n but_o in_o fiction_n it_o be_v emphatical_a impertinence_n what_o else_o be_v the_o seven_o sleeper_n consider_v as_o such_o and_o yet_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o a_o spiritual_a life_n etc._n publish_v with_o elegy_n by_o sfondratus_n afterward_o a_o pope_n by_o the_o name_n of_o gregory_n the_o fourteen_o and_o compose_v by_o a_o nameless_a virgin_n those_o seven_o be_v select_v together_o with_o a_o few_o othere_o as_o saint_n to_o be_v venerate_v with_o especial_a devotion_n what_o else_o be_v s._n sulpitius_n and_o s._n severus_n consider_v as_o distinct_a person_n and_o yet_o in_o a_o ancient_a and_o fair_a romish_a manual_n j._n i_o find_v this_o to_o be_v part_n of_o a_o litany_n holy_a sulpitius_n pray_v for_o i_o holy_a severus_n pray_v for_o i_o also_o holy_a faith_n pray_v for_o i_o holy_a hope_n pray_v for_o i_o holy_a charity_n pray_v for_o i_o the_o learned_a bishop_n montague_n 98._o do_v call_v the_o romish_a invocation_n of_o saint_n a_o point_n of_o foolery_n it_o being_n he_o say_v at_o least_o uncertain_a whether_o they_o be_v and_o in_o what_o manner_n they_o can_v be_v acquaint_v with_o our_o want_n see_v their_o condition_n be_v not_o to_o attend_v we_o and_o they_o be_v remove_v far_o above_o our_o reach_n and_o call_v he_o entertain_v the_o like_a opinion_n of_o pray_v to_o such_o angel_n as_o be_v not_o guardian_n but_o of_o they_o that_o be_v such_o he_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v ever_o in_o procinctu_fw-la nigh_o at_o hand_n to_o man_n and_o in_o attendance_n on_o they_o all_o their_o day_n hence_o he_o see_v no_o impiety_n in_o this_o address_n 98._o sancte_fw-la angelo_n custos_fw-la ora_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o holy_a 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the_o heruli_n who_o come_v first_o from_o scandanivia_n and_o be_v call_v afterward_o lombard_n and_o theodorick_n the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o goth_n in_o italy_n have_v thus_o aim_v at_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o fiast_n inquiry_n the_o occasion_n of_o daemon-worship_n in_o the_o church_n i_o proceed_v to_o show_v in_o the_o second_o place_n that_o this_o worship_n derogate_v from_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n by_o his_o immediate_a self_n though_o also_o by_o a_o substitute_n for_o he_o be_v likewise_o the_o same_o essential_a god_n it_o be_v both_o by_o the_o romanist_n and_o the_o reform_a acknowledge_v that_o god_n be_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n that_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v that_o he_o give_v we_o life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o to_o he_o all_o glory_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v neither_o have_v he_o anywhere_o declare_v that_o he_o have_v divide_v the_o regiment_n of_o the_o 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kind_n of_o pantheon_n a_o collection_n of_o many_o idea_n or_o spirit_n as_o aristotle_n who_o lie_v nigh_o to_o the_o bosom_n of_o plato_n do_v true_o construe_v he_o it_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o christophorus_n sandius_n in_o who_o brain_n paradox_n natural_o flutter_v do_v fancy_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o be_v for_o in_o a_o distinct_a treatise_n sanctorum_fw-la he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v the_o body_n of_o the_o good_a angel_n hence_o sometime_o the_o three_o principle_n be_v call_v to_o agathon_n ideai_n and_o psyche_n hence_o he_o find_v it_o call_v the_o exemplar_n or_o rather_o that_o which_o afford_v a_o exemplar_n they_o distinguish_v nice_o betwixt_o the_o form_n and_o the_o thing_n form_v that_o be_v the_o intellectual_a world_n according_a to_o who_o pattern_n this_o sensible_a world_n be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v they_o who_o whole_o blame_v the_o late_a platonist_n for_o such_o idea_n excuse_v plato_n be_v very_o unjust_a for_o they_o drub_v the_o foot_n when_o the_o head_n be_v first_o in_o fault_n the_o exemplar_n say_v plato_n 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o the_o intelligible_a animal_n in_o itself_o as_o this_o world_n be_v the_o circle_n of_o such_o as_o be_v sensible_a in_o another_o book_n etc._n he_o say_v that_o the_o intellectual_a world_n contain_v in_o it_o all_o intelligent_a animal_n as_o this_o sensible_a world_n contain_v we_o and_o all_o live_a creature_n the_o same_o philosopher_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o timaeus_n etc._n assert_v that_o this_o sensible_a world_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_v image_n of_o the_o intellectual_a god_n also_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n 105._o he_o thus_o discourse_v the_o ruler_n of_o all_o he_o speak_v of_o psyche_n have_v commit_v the_o inspection_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n to_o daemon_n he_o make_v this_o world_n full_a of_o daemon_n and_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n after_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o best_a image_n of_o the_o ungenerate_v eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o form_n meaning_n that_o of_o the_o nous._n and_o he_o have_v say_v before_o that_o 33._o this_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o generate_v image_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n of_o which_o therefore_o the_o collection_n make_v up_o the_o nous_fw-fr or_o intellectual_a world_n plato_n thus_o express_v himself_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o chaldee_n oracle_n 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o supreme_a god_n deliver_v to_o the_o second_o god_n or_o psyche_n all_o the_o intelligible_a idea_n nor_o need_v we_o think_v it_o strange_a to_o hear_v philo_z speak_v of_o a_o intellectual_a sun_n and_o star_n a._n if_o it_o be_v thus_o that_o the_o nous_fw-fr be_v a_o intellectual_a world_n and_o that_o this_o world_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o second_o temple_n make_v after_o the_o fashion_n of_o that_o first_o though_o inferior_a to_o it_o in_o glory_n why_o do_v you_o in_o chap._n 5._o pag._n 79._o call_v the_o nous_fw-fr one_o thing_n be_v or_o person_n b._n a_o thing_n it_o may_v be_v call_v as_o this_o world_n be_v be_v one_o collection_n of_o thing_n and_o a_o person_n a_o public_a person_n be_v a_o collection_n of_o intelligent_a being_n of_o which_o the_o principal_a nous_fw-fr or_o spirit_n seem_v to_o answer_v to_o the_o visible_a sun_n plotin_n mention_v it_o by_o itself_o and_o then_o speak_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o idea_n which_o he_o there_o 7._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_n the_o intelligible_a go_n thus_o we_o call_v the_o collection_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o they_o by_o the_o name_n of_o devil_n and_o in_o the_o evangelical_n history_n the_o principal_a spirit_n in_o a_o man_n possess_v answer_v in_o the_o singular_a though_o he_o say_v his_o name_n be_v legion_n plato_n himself_o call_v this_o visible_a world_n 94._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sensible_a god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o generate_v god_n though_o it_o be_v a_o collection_n of_o innumerable_a thing_n and_o person_n and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n he_o may_v call_v the_o intellectual_a world_n as_o indeed_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intelligent_a god_n or_o nous_fw-fr though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o single_a principle_n the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o logos_fw-la which_o philo_n so_o understand_v or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o sometime_o have_v call_v this_o world_n logon_fw-la as_o i_o have_v show_v he_o to_o have_v do_v shech_n the_o chaldee_n oracle_n call_v the_o demiourgus_n the_o second_o god_n and_o he_o be_v more_o proper_o so_o than_o the_o nous_fw-fr yet_o neither_o have_v that_o principle_n in_o it_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o god_n a._n how_o do_v that_o appear_v b._n two_o way_n for_o
verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 367._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v jupiter_n the_o fire_n juno_n the_o air_n pluto_n the_o earth_n and_o nestis_fw-la or_o the_o womb_n the_o water_n be_v the_o four_o root_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o like_a we_o find_v in_o the_o form_n of_o the_o pythagorick_a oath_n in_o these_o word_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carm._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n this_o to_o i_o be_v a_o pythagorick_a riddle_n how_o do_v you_o expound_v it_o b._n i_o construe_v the_o distich_n thus_o no_o or_o yea_o by_o he_o from_o who_o we_o learn_v the_o tetractys_n for_o they_o swear_v by_o their_o master_n 20._o a_o fountain_n contain_v in_o it_o the_o root_n or_o element_n of_o everflow_v matter_n for_o so_o i_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 377._o not_o as_o some_o of_o eternal_a matter_n of_o which_o the_o element_n be_v not_o the_o root_n and_o which_o be_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o but_o of_o the_o second_o matter_n which_o perpetual_o change_v its_o shape_n the_o first_o be_v neither_o this_o or_o that_o but_o ingenerable_a and_o incorruptible_a hyle_n now_o if_o i_o be_o mistake_v in_o this_o notion_n of_o the_o tetractys_n i_o err_v with_o company_n for_o hierocles_n in_o a_o place_n little_o observe_v do_v seem_v to_o say_v the_o same_o thing_n the_o tetrad_n say_v he_o 230._o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o framer_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cause_n or_o the_o to_o agathon_n frequent_o so_o call_v by_o the_o modern_a platonist_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o idea_n or_o intellectual_a world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cause_n of_o the_o heavenly_a that_o be_v of_o the_o ethereal_a first_o matter_n and_o of_o that_o which_o be_v sensible_a a._n this_o interpretation_n of_o the_o tetractys_n seem_v not_o wide_a of_o the_o scope_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n but_o for_o the_o triad_n methinks_v you_o be_v more_o severe_a than_o you_o need_v to_o be_v in_o explain_v or_o to_o express_v your_o humour_n more_o proper_o in_o expose_v of_o it_o there_o must_v sure_o be_v somewhat_o more_o divine_a in_o that_o notion_n than_o you_o allow_v see_v it_o have_v spread_v itself_o very_o wide_o among_o the_o gentile_n and_o thereby_o seem_v the_o dictate_v of_o that_o reason_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o b._n you_o argue_v upon_o a_o usual_a mistake_n many_o such_o doctrine_n be_v spread_v very_o far_o but_o often_o they_o come_v from_o one_o only_a root_n and_o that_o be_v not_o true_a reason_n but_o the_o authority_n of_o some_o one_o fame_a master_n in_o learning_n the_o bellweather_n go_v first_o and_o a_o numerous_a flock_n follow_v he_o upon_o no_o other_o motive_n oftentime_o but_o because_o they_o see_v he_o go_v before_o they_o orpheus_n be_v follow_v by_o pythagoras_n and_o he_o by_o plato_n and_o thousand_o of_o other_o in_o successive_a age_n a._n there_o be_v no_o effect_n without_o its_o cause_n what_o i_o pray_v you_o do_v move_v orpheus_n or_o pythagoras_n or_o plato_n or_o he_o whoever_o he_o be_v that_o be_v the_o beginner_n to_o take_v up_o at_o first_o this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o triad_n b._n the_o other_o extreme_a opinion_n of_o those_o philosopher_n who_o be_v mere_a atomist_n a._n how_o can_v that_o be_v they_o be_v the_o follower_n of_o moschus_n or_o mochus_n that_o be_v moses_n who_o orpheus_n and_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n rather_o follow_v than_o contradict_v b._n that_o moschus_n be_v moses_n mr._n selden_n arcerius_fw-la in_o his_o note_n on_o jamblicus_n and_o divers_a other_o seem_v to_o believe_v for_o no_o other_o reason_n that_o i_o know_v of_o than_o because_o the_o name_n be_v a_o little_a like_o one_o another_o but_o mochus_n or_o moschus_n be_v plain_o a_o phaenician_a of_o late_a time_n and_o one_o who_o open_v a_o school_n at_o sidon_n 367._o he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o laertius_n and_o suidas_n laertius_n etc._n make_v he_o a_o phaenician_a and_o one_o of_o those_o barbarian_n as_o he_o call_v they_o from_o who_o philosophy_n have_v its_o birth_n ere_o it_o be_v propagate_v in_o greece_n and_o he_o number_v he_o with_o zamolxis_n the_o thracian_a atlas_n the_o libyan_a and_o vulcan_n the_o egyptian_a but_o it_o be_v not_o of_o any_o moment_n here_o to_o inquire_v any_o further_a about_o he_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v such_o a_o atomist_n as_o i_o be_o here_o speak_v of_o to_o wit_n a_o perfect_a materialist_n deny_v the_o existence_n and_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n in_o opposition_n to_o such_o the_o pneumatist_n frame_v the_o platonic_a triad_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o swmatist_n or_o materialist_n suppose_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o body_n and_o all_o body_n to_o exist_v eternal_o of_o itself_o in_o its_o essence_n though_o not_o in_o its_o mode_n without_o all_o cause_n the_o pneumatist_n oppose_v this_o dogma_fw-la by_o assert_v one_o supreme_a incorporeal_a substance_n the_o aitia_n or_o cause_n of_o all_o being_n beside_o its_o own_o the_o to_o agathon_n or_o fountain-good_a whence_o all_o essence_n flow_v the_o materialist_n suppose_v that_o this_o visible_a world_n be_v the_o only_a world_n and_o that_o all_o idea_n and_o all_o pretence_n of_o incorporeal_a being_n be_v but_o so_o many_o impression_n of_o motion_n on_o the_o brain_n this_o dogma_fw-la the_o pneumatist_n oppose_v by_o assert_v separate_a idea_n and_o a_o intellectual_a world_n a_o nous_fw-fr or_o logos_fw-la the_o materialist_n suppose_v the_o frame_n of_o the_o visible_a world_n to_o have_v be_v make_v at_o adventure_n and_o by_o a_o fortuitous_a concourse_n of_o atom_n the_o pneumatist_n oppose_v this_o dogma_fw-la by_o affirm_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o there_o be_v not_o only_a matter_n and_o motion_n but_o a_o demiourgus_n a_o incorporeal_a workman_n govern_v the_o disorderly_a motion_n of_o the_o chaos_n and_o dispose_v of_o the_o rude_a material_n in_o it_o into_o a_o regular_a system_fw-la second_o that_o this_o artificer_n do_v not_o work_v at_o adventure_n but_o accorrd_v to_o a_o excellent_a exemplar_n lay_v before_o he_o a._n i_o perceive_v you_o still_o so_o explain_v this_o triad_n that_o you_o will_v not_o allow_v plato_n to_o christianize_v nay_o i_o find_v elsewhere_o 165._o that_o you_o do_v not_o think_v he_o so_o much_o as_o to_o mosaize_v which_o be_v very_o hard_a measure_n and_o such_o as_o other_o have_v not_o mete_v to_o he_o b._n i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o he_o do_v not_o mosaize_v but_o that_o to_o i_o it_o be_v not_o manifest_a that_o he_o do_v a._n when_o he_o say_v in_o his_o timaeus_n 37._o that_o the_o father_n have_v make_v the_o world_n be_v exceed_o transport_v at_o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n do_v he_o not_o borrow_v from_o moses_n who_o say_v 31._o that_o god_n see_v every_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v make_v and_o behold_v it_o be_v very_o good_a b._n it_o be_v not_o manifest_a that_o he_o do_v it_o be_v natural_a for_o any_o man_n to_o say_v after_o the_o description_n of_o a_o excellent_a and_o a_o agreeable_a performance_n that_o the_o artist_n be_v please_v with_o what_o he_o have_v do_v further_o it_o be_v here_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o plato_n in_o that_o place_n speak_v not_o as_o moses_n of_o god_n the_o supreme_a self-originated_n father_n but_o of_o the_o three_o principle_n or_o demiourgus_n who_o he_o style_v emphatical_o the_o father_n and_o genitor_fw-la of_o the_o visible_a world_n for_o to_o the_o to_o agathon_n plato_n ascribe_v not_o such_o fatherhood_n and_o generation_n but_o say_v of_o all_o thing_n flow_v from_o he_o that_o they_o be_v unbegotten_a that_o be_v not_o form_v as_o he_o say_v this_o world_n be_v out_o of_o preaexistent_a matter_n by_o psyche_n a._n though_o the_o demiourgus_n of_o plato_n may_v not_o be_v the_o mosaic_a maker_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o he_o may_v seem_v at_o least_o to_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o as_o moses_n teach_v 〈◊〉_d move_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n for_o plato_n make_v his_o three_o principle_n to_o agitate_v the_o chaos_n b._n neither_o be_v that_o evident_a for_o the_o text_n may_v be_v interpret_v of_o a_o wind_n of_o god_n that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o jewish_a idiom_n of_o a_o mighty_a wind_n so_o move_v the_o wind_n of_o god_n say_v the_o arabic_a version_n blow_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n a._n though_o you_o evade_v this_o yet_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v grant_v something_o in_o favour_n of_o orpheus_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n you_o will_v grant_v sure_a that_o they_o receive_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o cabala_n of_o moses_n and_o be_v thereby_o great_a benefactor_n to_o the_o gentile