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for_o profess_v it_o common_o the_o father_n labour_n to_o prove_v the_o unity_n of_o a_o god_n against_o the_o pagan_n so_o do_v justinus_n m._n athenagoras_n minutius_n felix_n s_o cyril_n and_o other_o to_o what_o purpose_n that_o if_o all_o believe_v it_o origen_n l._n 1._o contra_fw-la cell_n p._n 5._o reduce_v the_o dispute_n against_o pagan_n to_o two_o head_n idol_n and_o politheism_n i_o end_v with_o lactantius_n firmianus_n l._n 1._o divin_fw-fr instit_fw-la c._n 1._o pag._n 8._o say_v to_o constantin_n the_o great_a tu_fw-la primus_fw-la romanorum_fw-la principum_fw-la repudiatis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la majestatem_fw-la dei_fw-la singularis_fw-la ac_fw-la very_fw-la &_o cognovisti_fw-la &_o honorasti_fw-la thou_o be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o roman_a emperor_n who_o adore_v the_o only_a true_a god._n how_o can_v constantin_n have_v be_v the_o first_o if_o all_o other_o emperor_n have_v adore_v the_o only_a true_a god_n before_o he_o yet_o i_o desire_v e._n s._n to_o 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and_o honour_v by_o the_o rest_n yet_o after_o all_o this_o what_o those_o same_o philosopher_n teach_v concern_v the_o god_n be_v pitiful_a and_o worse_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o tertul._n justinus_n m._n and_o athenagoras_n the_o epicurean_o fancy_v he_o fond_o as_o if_o they_o design_v to_o make_v he_o ridiculous_a deos_fw-la jocandi_fw-la causâ_fw-la induxit_fw-la epicurus_n pellucidos_fw-la atque_fw-la perflatiles_fw-la cicero_n tuscul_fw-la qq_fw-la 5._o see_v seneca_n l._n 4._o de_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la c._n 19_o the_o stoic_n promise_n to_o make_v their_o wise_a man_n as_o happy_a as_o the_o god_n philosophia_fw-la mihi_fw-la promittit_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o parem_fw-la deo_fw-la faciat_fw-la seneca_n epist_n 49._o do_v not_o so_o much_o raise_v he_o as_o abase_v they_o yet_o in_o reality_n that_o similitude_n which_o they_o promise_v be_v no_o great_a perfection_n or_o advantage_n see_v they_o think_v the_o whole_a world_n to_o be_v god._n quid_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la say_v 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theodoret._n l._n 5._o the_o cur_n graec._n affection_n p._n 551._o and_o elsewhere_o assure_v nay_o aristotle_n seem_v to_o own_v no_o knowledge_n in_o god_n for_o l._n 2._o magnor_n moral_a 15._o p._n 193._o he_o say_v god_n know_v nothing_o distinct_a from_o himself_o otherwise_o that_o thing_n will_v be_v better_o than_o god_n neither_o do_v he_o know_v himself_o for_o we_o think_v those_o rave_v or_o be_v mad_a who_o entertain_v their_o thought_n about_o themselves_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o his_o intelligence_n which_o while_o he_o make_v necessary_a being_n self-existent_a endow_v with_o infinite_a power_n etc._n etc._n he_o seem_v to_o deify_v which_o i_o do_v not_o relate_v with_o any_o intention_n to_o insult_v over_o those_o great_a man_n for_o their_o error_n ingenia_fw-la error_n hieron_n l._n de_fw-la erroribus_fw-la orig._n absit_fw-la eorum_fw-la insultare_fw-la erroribus_fw-la quorum_fw-la miror_fw-la ingenia_fw-la who_o wit_n i_o admire_v and_o who_o labour_n 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