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have_v win_v their_o belief_n unto_o principle_n whereof_o they_o make_v great_a doubt_n themselves_o have_v make_v they_o believe_v that_o arbitrary_a event_n below_o have_v necessary_a cause_n above_o whereupon_o their_o credulity_n assent_v unto_o any_o prognostic_n and_o daily_o swallow_v the_o prediction_n of_o man_n which_o beside_o the_o independency_n of_o their_o cause_n and_o contingency_n in_o their_o event_n be_v only_o in_o the_o prescience_n of_o god_n fortune_n teller_n juggler_n geomancer_n and_o the_o like_a incantatory_n impostor_n though_o common_o man_n of_o inferior_a rank_n and_o from_o who_o without_o infusion_n they_o can_v expect_v no_o more_o then_o from_o themselves_o do_v daily_o and_o profess_o delude_v they_o unto_o who_o what_o be_v deplorable_a in_o man_n and_o christian_n too_o many_o apply_v themselves_o betwixt_o jâ—st_n and_o earnest_a betray_v the_o cause_n of_o truth_n and_o incensible_o make_v up_o the_o legionarie_a body_n of_o error_n sâ—atistes_n and_o politician_n unto_o who_o ragione_n di_fw-it stato_fw-it be_v the_o first_o considerable_a as_o though_o it_o be_v their_o business_n to_o deceive_v the_o people_n as_o a_o maxim_n do_v hold_v that_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v conceal_v from_o they_o unto_o who_o although_o they_o reveal_v the_o visible_a design_n yet_o do_v they_o common_o conceal_v the_o capital_a intention_n and_o therefore_o have_v they_o always_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o great_a design_n yet_o seldom_o understand_v the_o true_a intention_n of_o any_o accomplish_v the_o drift_n of_o wise_a head_n as_o inanimate_a and_o igâ—â—oâ—ant_a agent_n the_o general_a design_n of_o the_o world_n who_o though_o in_o some_o laâ—itude_n of_o sense_n and_o in_o a_o natural_a cognition_n perform_v their_o proper_a action_n yet_o do_v they_o unknowing_o concur_v unto_o high_a end_n and_o blind_o advance_v the_o great_a intention_n of_o nature_n now_o how_o far_o they_o may_v bâ—e_v keep_v in_o ignorance_n a_o great_a example_n there_o be_v in_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n who_o never_o know_v the_o true_a and_o proper_a name_n of_o their_o own_o city_n for_o beside_o â—hat_n common_a appellation_n receive_v by_o the_o citizen_n it_o have_v a_o proper_a and_o secret_a name_n conceal_v from_o they_o cujus_fw-la alterum_fw-la nomen_fw-la dicere_fw-la sâ—cretis_fw-la cerâ—moâ—â—arum_fw-la nefas_fw-la habetur_fw-la say_v pliny_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v superstitious_a lest_o the_o name_n thereof_o be_v discover_v unto_o their_o enemy_n their_o penates_n and_o patronall_a god_n may_v be_v call_v forth_o by_o charm_n anâ—_n incantation_n for_o according_a unto_o the_o tradition_n of_o magician_n the_o tuâ—â—laâ—y_a spirit_n wilâ—_n not_o remove_v at_o common_a appellation_n but_o at_o the_o proper_a name_n of_o thing_n whereunto_o they_o be_v protector_n thus_o have_v be_v deceive_v by_o themselves_o and_o continual_o delude_v by_o other_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v stuff_v with_o error_n and_o even_o overrun_v with_o these_o inferior_a falsity_n whereunto_o whosoever_o shall_v resign_v their_o reason_n either_o from_o the_o root_n of_o deceit_n in_o themselves_o or_o inability_n to_o resist_v such_o trivial_a ingannation_n from_o other_o although_o their_o condition_n and_o fortune_n may_v place_v they_o many_o sphere_n above_o the_o multitude_n yet_o be_v they_o still_o within_o the_o line_n of_o vulgaritie_n and_o the_o democraticall_a enemy_n of_o truth_n chap._n four_o of_o the_o near_a and_o more_o immediate_a cause_n of_o popular_a error_n both_o in_o the_o wise_a and_o common_a sort_n misapprehension_n fallacy_n or_o false_a diductioâ—â—_n credulity_n supinity_n adherence_n unto_o antiquity_n tradition_n and_o authority_n the_o first_o be_v a_o mistake_n or_o a_o conception_n of_o thing_n either_o in_o their_o first_o apprehension_n or_o secondary_a relation_n so_o eve_n mistake_v the_o commandment_n either_o from_o the_o immediate_a injunction_n of_o god_n or_o from_o the_o secondary_a narration_n of_o her_o husband_n so_o may_v the_o disciple_n mistake_v our_o saviour_n in_o his_o answer_n unto_o peter_n concern_v the_o death_n of_o john_n as_o be_v deliver_v john_n 21._o peter_n see_v john_n say_v unto_o jâ—sus_n lord_n and_o what_o shall_v this_o man_n do_v jesus_n say_v iâ—_n i_o will_v that_o he_o tarry_v till_o i_o come_v what_o be_v that_o unto_o thou_o then_o go_v this_o say_n abroad_o among_o the_o brethren_n that_o that_o disciple_n shall_v not_o die_v thus_o begin_v the_o conceit_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o centaur_n that_o be_v in_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o first_o beholder_n as_o be_v declare_v by_o servius_n when_o some_o young_a thessalian_n on_o horseback_n be_v behold_v a_o far_o off_o while_o their_o horse_n water_v that_o be_v while_o their_o head_n be_v depress_v they_o be_v conceive_v by_o their_o first_o spectator_n to_o be_v but_o one_o animal_n and_o answerable_a hereunto_o have_v their_o picture_n be_v draw_v 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jew_n misapprehend_v the_o prophecy_n of_o their_o messiah_n and_o expound_v thâ—m_n always_o unto_o literal_a and_o temporal_a expectation_n by_o this_o way_n many_o error_n creep_v in_o and_o pervert_v the_o doctrine_n of_o pythagoras_n while_o man_n receive_v his_o precept_n in_o a_o different_a sense_n from_o his_o intention_n convert_v metaphor_n into_o propriety_n and_o receive_v as_o literal_a expression_n obscure_a and_o involve_a truth_n thus_o when_o he_o enjoin_v his_o disciple_n a_o abstinence_n from_o bean_n many_o conceive_v they_o be_v with_o severity_n debar_v the_o use_n of_o that_o pulse_n which_o notwithstanding_o can_v not_o be_v his_o meaning_n for_o as_o aristoxenus_n who_o write_v his_o life_n aver_v he_o delight_v much_o in_o that_o kind_n of_o food_n himself_o but_o herein_o as_o plutarch_n observe_v he_o have_v no_o other_o intention_n then_o to_o dissuade_v man_n from_o magistracy_n or_o undertake_v the_o public_a office_n of_o state_n for_o by_o bean_n be_v the_o magistrate_n elect_v in_o some_o part_n of_o greece_n and_o after_o his_o day_n we_o read_v in_o thucydides_n of_o the_o council_n of_o the_o bean_n in_o athens_n the_o same_o word_n also_o in_o greek_a do_v signify_v a_o testicle_n and_o have_v be_v think_v by_o some_o a_o injunction_n only_o of_o continency_n as_o aul._n gellius_n have_v expound_v and_o as_o empedocles_n may_v also_o be_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v testâ—culis_fw-la miseri_fw-la dextras_fw-la subducite_fw-la again_o his_o injunction_n be_v not_o to_o harbour_v swallow_n in_o our_o house_n who_o advice_n notwithstanding_o we_o do_v not_o contemn_v who_o daily_o admit_v and_o cherish_v they_o for_o herein_o a_o caution_n be_v only_o imply_v not_o to_o entertain_v ungrateful_a and_o thankless_a person_n which_o like_o the_o swallow_n be_v no_o way_n commodious_a unto_o we_o but_o have_v make_v use_v of_o our_o habitation_n and_o serve_v their_o own_o turn_n forsake_v we_o so_o he_o command_v to_o deface_v the_o print_n of_o a_o cauldron_n in_o the_o ash_n after_o it_o have_v boil_a which_o strict_o to_o observe_v be_v most_o condemnable_a superstition_n for_o
conclude_v from_o the_o position_n of_o the_o antecedent_n unto_o the_o position_n of_o the_o consequent_a or_o from_o the_o remotion_n of_o the_o consequent_a to_o the_o remotion_n of_o the_o antecedent_n this_o be_v usual_o commit_v when_o in_o connex_v proposition_n the_o term_n adhere_v contingent_o this_o be_v frequent_a in_o oratory_n illation_n and_o thus_o the_o pharisee_n because_o he_o converse_v with_o publican_n and_o sinner_n accuse_v the_o holiness_n of_o christ._n but_o if_o this_o fallacy_n be_v large_o take_v it_o be_v commit_v in_o any_o virious_a illation_n offend_v the_o rule_n of_o good_a consequence_n and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v very_o large_a and_o comprehend_v all_o false_a illation_n against_o the_o settle_a law_n of_o logic_n but_o the_o most_o usual_a consequence_n be_v fâ—om_a particular_n from_o negatives_n and_o from_o affirmative_a conclusion_n in_o the_o 〈…〉_z wherein_o indeed_o offence_n be_v most_o frequent_a and_o their_o discovery_n noâ—_n difficult_a chap._n v._n of_o credulity_n and_o supinity_n a_o three_o cause_n of_o common_a error_n be_v the_o credulity_n of_o man_n that_o be_v a_o easy_a assent_n to_o what_o be_v obtrude_v or_o a_o believe_v at_o first_o ear_n what_o be_v deliver_v by_o other_o this_o be_v a_o weakness_n in_o the_o understanding_n without_o examination_n assent_v unto_o thing_n which_o from_o their_o nature_n and_o cause_n do_v carry_v no_o persuasion_n whereby_o man_n often_o swallow_v falsity_n for_o truth_n dubiosity_n for_o certainty_n fesibility_n for_o possibility_n and_o thing_n impossible_a as_o possibility_n themselves_o which_o though_o a_o weakness_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o most_o discoverable_a in_o vulgar_a head_n yet_o have_v it_o sometime_o fall_v upon_o wise_a brain_n and_o great_a advancer_n of_o truth_n thus_o many_o wise_a athenian_n so_o far_o forget_v their_o philosophy_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o humane_a production_n that_o they_o descend_v unto_o belief_n the_o original_n of_o 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