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A22641 St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.; De civitate Dei. English Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Healey, John, d. 1610.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. 1610 (1610) STC 916; ESTC S106897 1,266,989 952

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caelest_n plini●…_n t●…kes_v the_o snake_n be_v sacred_a to_o he_o because_o it_o be_v so_o medicinable_a but_o macrobius_n say_v be●…_n be_v so_o quick-sighted_a horace_n cur_n in_o amicorum_fw-la vitium_fw-la tam_fw-la cernis_fw-la acutum_fw-la quam_fw-la aut_fw-la aquila_fw-la aut_fw-la serpens_fw-la epidaurius_n why_o do_v into_o thy_o friend_n ill_a carriage_n pry_v with_o a_o quick_a eagle_n or_o a_o serpent_n eye_n 〈◊〉_d ●…ing_n the_o ship_n that_o come_v from_o pessinun_n with_o the_o mother_n of_o the_o god_n stick_v im●…_n in_o tiber_n on_o ground_n q._n claudia_n a_o vestal_a slander_v for_o incontinency_n because_o vestal_a 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v handsome_a take_v her_o girdle_n and_o knit_v it_o to_o the_o ship_n pray_v berecyn●…●…ee_v ●…ee_z know_v her_o chaste_a to_o follow_v she_o and_o so_o she_o do_v where-upon_o claudia_n have_v a_o statue_n 〈◊〉_d the_o goddess_n temple_n that_o stand_v safe_a when_o the_o temple_n be_v twice_o burn_v liu._n l._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d ualer_n maximus_n ay_o carry_v of_o water_n a_o diverse_a read_n but_o of_o no_o mo●…_n 〈◊〉_d a_o vestal_n turria_n ualer_n lib._n 8._o l_o many_o man_n thought_n often_o make_v they_o 〈◊〉_d see_v that_o which_o they_o see_v not_o indeed_o and_o this_o be_v often_o do_v by_o a_o phant●…sme_n or_o ap●…_n and_o hence_o be_v most_o of_o our_o report_n of_o spirit_n walk_v arisen_a yea_o the_o spirit_n them●…_n deceive_v our_o sense_n which_o be_v no_o wonder_n see_v that_o our_o juggler_n can_v do_v the_o like_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d main_a which_o if_o another_o shall_v do_v you_o shall_v have_v some_o make_v a_o miracle_n of_o jugler●…_n 〈◊〉_d do_n true_o be_v admirable_a and_o their_o manner_n very_o hard_a to_o conceive_v some_o 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o do_v but_o by_o the_o devil_n mean_n not_o so_o they_o be_v but_o the_o quick_a convey●…_n and_o exercise_n their_o swift_a motion_n
now_o add_v but_o one_o difference_n to_o wit_n society_n of_o life_n and_o the_o whole_a number_n be_v double_v because_o whosoever_o follow_v any_o one_o of_o these_o twelve_o sect_n either_o do_v follow_v it_o as_o respect_v himself_o or_o his_o fellow_n to_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o wish_v aswell_o as_o himself_o so_o there_o may_v be_v twelve_o man_n that_o hold_v those_o twelve_o position_n each_o one_o for_o their_o own_o respect_n and_o other_o twelve_o that_o hold_v they_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o who_o good_a they_o desire_v as_o much_o as_o their_o own_o now_o bring_v in_o but_o your_o e_o new_a academike_n and_o these_o twenty_o four_o sect_n become_v forty_o eight_o for_o every_o one_o of_o these_o position_n may_v be_v either_o maintain_v stoical_o to_o be_v certain_a as_o that_o of_o virtue_n that_o it_o be_v the_o sole_a good_a or_o accademical_o as_o uncertain_a and_o not_o so_o assure_o true_a as_o likely_a to_o be_v true_a thus_o be_v there_o twenty_o four_o affirm_v the_o certain_a truth_n of_o those_o position_n and_o twenty_o four_o stand_v whole_o for_o their_o uncertainty_n again_o each_o of_o these_o position_n may_v be_v defend_v either_o in_o the_o habit_n of_o any_o other_o philosop_n or_o f_o of_o a_o cynic_n and_o this_o of_o forty_o eight_o make_v the_o whole_a ninety_o six_o again_o these_o may_v either_o be_v dispute_v of_o by_o such_o as_o profess_v mere_a philosophy_n no_o way_n entermedle_v with_o affair_n of_o state_n or_o by_o such_o as_o love_v argumentation_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o keep_v a_o place_n in_o politic_a direction_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o weal_n public_a or_o by_o such_o as_o profess_v both_o and_o by_o a_o certain_a vicissitude_n do_v now_o play_v the_o mere_a philosopher_n and_o now_o the_o mere_a politician_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o number_n treble_v amount_v to_o two_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o eight_o thus_o much_o as_o brief_o as_o i_o can_v out_o of_o varro_n lay_v down_o his_o doctrine_n in_o my_o own_o form_n but_o to_o show_v how_o he_o confess_v all_o the_o rest_n but_o one_o g_o and_o choose_v that_o as_o peculiar_a to_o the_o old_a academike_n of_o plato_n institution_n continue_v to_o defend_v certain_a aphorism_n from_o he_o to_o h_z polemon_n the_o forth_o that_o succeed_v he_o who_o be_v quite_o different_a from_o the_o new_a nought-affirming_a academike_n institute_v by_o ay_o archesilas_n polemons_n success_n to_o show_v varros_n opinion_n in_o this_o that_o the_o old_a academike_n be_v free_a both_o of_o uncertenty_n and_o error_n it_o be_v too_o tedious_a to_o make_v a_o full_a relation_n of_o it_o yet_o may_v we_o lawful_o nay_o and_o must_v necessary_o take_v a_o view_n of_o it_o in_o some_o part_n first_o therefore_o he_o remou●…th_v all_o the_o difference_n procure_v this_o multitude_n of_o sect_n his_o reason_n be_v they_o aim_v not_o at_o the_o perfection_n of_o goodness_n for_o he_o hold_v not_o that_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o sect_n in_o philosophy_n k_o which_o differ_v not_o from_o all_o other_o in_o the_o main_a end_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n the_o end_n of_o all_o philosophy_n be_v only_a beatitude_n which_o be_v the_o main_a end_n and_o perfection_n of_o all_o goodness_n this_o then_o be_v the_o aim_n of_o all_o philosopher_n and_o such_o as_o do_v not_o level_v at_o this_o be_v unworthy_a that_o name_n wherefore_o in_o that_o question_n of_o society_n in_o life_n whether_o a_o wise_a man_n shall_v respect_v the_o perfection_n of_o goodness_n in_o his_o friend_n as_o much_o as_o in_o himself_o or_o do_v all_o that_o he_o do_v for_o his_o own_o beatitudes_n sake_n this_o now_o do_v no_o way_n concern_v the_o good_a itself_o but_o the_o assume_v or_o not_o assume_v of_o a_o companion_n into_o the_o participation_n of_o it_o not_o for_o one_o own_o sake_n but_o for_o his_o sake_n that_o be_v admit_v who_o good_a the_o other_o affect_v as_o he_o do_v his_o own_o and_o likewise_o in_o these_o new_a academicisme_n whether_o all_o these_o assertion_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v as_o uncertain_a or_o with_o that_o assurance_n that_o other_o philosopher_n defend_v they_o the_o question_n meddle_v not_o with_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o which_o we_o be_v to_o attain_v as_o the_o end_n of_o all_o good_a but_o it_o ask_v whether_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o no_o aver_n a_o doubt_n hereof_o rather_o than_o a_o affirmation_n that_o be_v to_o be_v more_o plain_a the_o controversy_n be_v whether_o the_o follower_n of_o this_o perfection_n may_v affirm_v his_o final_a good_a to_o be_v certain_a or_o only_o that_o it_o seem_v so_o but_o may_v be_v uncertain_a and_o yet_o both_o these_o intend_v one_o good_a and_o likewise_o again_o for_o the_o cynical_a habit_n the_o reality_n of_o the_o good_a be_v not_o call_v in_o question_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v to_o be_v follow_v in_o such_o a_o fashion_n of_o life_n and_o conversation_n or_o no._n final_o there_o have_v be_v philosopher_n that_o have_v affirm_v diverse_o of_o the_o final_a good_a some_o place_v it_o in_o virtue_n and_o some_o in_o pleasure_n and_o yet_o have_v all_o observe_v one_o cynical_a habit_n and_o form_n of_o carriage_n so_o that_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o be_v enstile_v so_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o reference_n to_o the_o perfection_n that_o they_o study_v to_o attain_v for_o if_o it_o have_v then_o shall_v that_o end_n be_v peculiar_a to_o that_o habit_n and_o not_o be_v communicate_v with_o any_o other_o l_o vives_n and_o ah_o be_v learned_a the_o old_a philosopher_n have_v a_o great_a ado_n about_o virtue_n in_o man_n whether_o it_o be_v by_o laborious_a acquisition_n or_o natural_a infusion_n some_o hold_v the_o late_a and_o some_o the_o first_o virtue_n plato_n be_v variable_a assure_o virtue_n be_v not_o perfect_v in_o any_o one_o without_o both_o nature_n &_o exercise_n three_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n reason_n and_o practice_v be_v as_o necessary_a in_o the_o attain_n of_o art_n and_o all_o good_a habit_n as_o a_o fat_a soil_n a_o good_a seed_n and_o a_o painful_a husbandman_n be_v unto_o the_o obtain_n of_o a_o fruitful_a harvest_n plutarch_n have_v a_o little_a work_n prove_v virtue_n to_o be_v ex_fw-la industria_fw-la b_o which_o epicurus_n he_o call_v both_o sensible_a delight_n and_o restful_a quiet_n by_o one_o pleasure_n only_a name_n pleasure_n for_o so_o do_v tully_n make_v torquatus_n a_o epicure_n avouch_v in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la c_o the_o universal_a these_o be_v most_o frequent_a and_o peculiar_o use_v by_o the_o stoike_fw-gr cicero_n use_v they_o in_o many_o place_n d_o unto_o twelve_o omit_v but_o virtue_n in_o some_o of_o those_o reference_n and_o the_o number_n will_v arise_v to_o a_o far_o great_a sum_n compare_v pleasure_n with_o rest_n &_o then_o with_o nature_n first_o positives_n and_o then_o compare_v rest_n with_o they_o but_o indeed_o there_o be_v never_o philosopher_n so_o impudent_a as_o to_o exclude_v virtue_n from_o the_o seat_n of_o felicity_n though_o he_o give_v the_o pre-eminence_n unto_o pleasure_n e_z new_a academic_n herein_o he_o observe_v the_o vulgar_a opinion_n for_o varro_n in_o tully_n say_v that_o he_o think_v that_o socrates_n institute_v that_o academy_n of_o archesilas_n that_o it_o be_v the_o elder_a and_o that_o plato_n confirm_v it_o &_o record_v the_o position_n eusebius_n add_v a_o three_o academy_n of_o carneades_n his_o institution_n call_v the_o middle_a academy_n praep._n evang_v lib._n 14._o but_o laertius_n make_v plato_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o old_a one_o archesilas_n of_o the_o middle_a one_o and_o lacyd●…_n his_o scholar_n of_o the_o new_a one_o f_z of_o a_o cynic_n antisthexes_n scholar_n to_o socrates_n a_o earnest_a hater_n of_o pleasure_n found_v this_o sect_n such_o be_v most_o of_o the_o cynike_v after_o he_o yet_o some_o be_v great_a voluptuary_n where-upon_o origen_n compare_v the_o dogge-flye_a unto_o their_o sect_n who_o to_o draw_v other_o unto_o the_o same_o damnation_n with_o they_o avouch_v lust_n and_o carnal_a 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v the_o true_a beatitude_n in_o exod._n now_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o this_o shall_v be_v mean_v of_o all_o the_o old_a cynike_n have_v this_o proverb_n continual_o in_o their_o mouth_n i_o have_v rather_o run_v m●…e_v then_o enjoy_v delight_n it_o may_v be_v that_o hierome_n follow_v origen_n in_o call_v aristippus_n and_o the_o cynike_n the_o proclamer_n of_o voluptuousness_n in_o ecclesiast_n but_o we_o have_v put_v cyrenaikes_n for_o cynike_n for_o that_o make_v the_o better_a sense_n note_v that_o laertius_n say_v the_o cynic_n be_v a_o true_a and_o ●…ust_a sect_n of_o philosopher_n not_o molify_v nor_o deniable_a upon_o any_o respect_n g_o and_o choose_v that_o which_o tully_n also_o approve_v above_o all_o as_o almost_o pure_a aristotelian_a de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr
chap._n 15._o o_o but_o they_o think_v they_o give_v the_o christian_n a_o foul_a blow_n when_o they_o aggravate_v the_o disgrace_n of_o their_o captivity_n by_o urge_v the_o rape_n which_o be_v wrought_v not_o only_o upon_o marry_a and_o marriageable_a person_n but_o even_o upon_o some_o votaress_n also_o here_o be_v we_o not_o to_o speak_v of_o faith_n or_o godliness_n or_o of_o the_o virtue_n of_o chastity_n but_o our_o discourse_n must_v run_v a_o narrow_a course_n a_o betwixt_o shame_n and_o reason_n b_o nor_o care_v we_o so_o much_o to_o give_v a_o answer_n unto_o stranger_n in_o this_o as_o to_o minister_v comfort_n unto_o our_o fellow_n christian_n be_v this_o therefore_o grant_v as_o our_o first_o position_n that_o that_o power_n by_o which_o man_n live_v well_o rest_v enthrone_v and_o establish_v in_o the_o mind_n command_v every_o member_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o body_n be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o will_v which_o sactimonie_n of_o the_o will_n if_o it_o remain_v firm_a and_o inviolate_a what_o way_n body_n soever_o the_o body_n be_v dispose_v of_o or_o abuse_v if_o the_o party_n endure_v this_o abuse_n can_v avoid_v it_o d_o without_o a_o express_a offence_n this_o sufferance_n lay_v no_o crime_n upon_o the_o soul_n but_o because_o every_o body_n be_v subject_a to_o suffer_v the_o effect_n both_o of_o the_o fury_n and_o the_o lust_n of_o he_o that_o subdue_v it_o that_o which_o it_o suffer_v in_o this_o latter_a kind_n though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o destroyer_n of_o one_o chastity_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o procurer_n of_o one_o shame_n because_o otherwise_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o that_o be_v suffer_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o it_o may_v be_v can_v not_o be_v suffer_v without_o some_o delight_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o therefore_o as_o for_o those_o who_o to_o avoid_v this_o do_v voluntary_o destroy_v themselves_o what_o human_a heart_n can_v choose_v but_o pity_v they_o yet_o as_o touch_v such_o as_o will_v not_o do_v so_o fear_v by_o avoid_v other_o villainy_n to_o incur_v their_o own_o damnation_n he_o that_o impute_v this_o as_o a_o fault_n unto_o they_o be_v not_o unguilty_a of_o the_o fault_n of_o folly_n l._n vives_n between_o a_o shame_n and_o reason_n for_o shame_n say_v that_o the_o very_a violation_n of_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v call_v evil_a but_o reason_n deny_v it_o b_o nor_o care_v we_o this_o we_o will_v speak_v as_o a_o comfort_v unto_o our_o christian_a woman_n that_o endure_v these_o violence_n c_o in_o the_o mind_n the_o platonist_n place_n the_o soul_n and_o her_o power_n in_o the_o head_n as_o in_o a_o tower_n sit_v there_o as_o the_o commander_n of_o our_o action_n and_o the_o overseer_n of_o our_o labour_n as_o claudian_n say_v d_o without_o sin_n for_o if_o we_o can_v avoid_v it_o without_o sin_n we_o ought_v to_o endeavour_n this_o avoidance_n with_o all_o our_o power_n of_o such_o as_o choose_v a_o voluntary_a death_n to_o avoid_v the_o fear_n of_o pain_n and_o dishonour_n chap._n 16._o for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o private_a man_n to_o kill_v any_o man_n how_o ever_o guilty_a unless_o the_o law_n have_v grant_v a_o special_a allowance_n for_o it_o then_o sure_o whosoever_o kill_v himself_o be_v guilty_a of_o homicide_n and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o guilty_a do_v that_o kill_n of_o himself_o make_v himself_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o guiltless_a he_o be_v in_o that_o cause_n for_o which_o he_o kill_v himself_o for_o if_o judas_n a_o his_o fact_n be_v worthy_o detest_v and_o yet_o the_o truth_n b_o sai_z that_o by_o hang_v of_o 27._o himself_o he_o do_v rather_o augment_v then_o expiate_v the_o guilt_n of_o his_o wicked_a treachery_n because_o his_o despair_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o he_o c_o damnable_a repentance_n leave_v no_o place_n in_o his_o soul_n for_o save_v repentance_n how_o much_o more_o ought_v he_o to_o forbear_v from_o be_v cause_n of_o his_o own_o death_n that_o have_v no_o guilt_n in_o he_o worthy_a of_o such_o a_o punishment_n as_o death_n for_o judas_n in_o hang_v himself_o hang_v but_o a_o wicked_a man_n and_o die_v guilty_a not_o only_o of_o christ_n death_n but_o of_o his_o own_o also_o add_v the_o wickedness_n of_o be_v his_o own_o death_n to_o that_o other_o wickedness_n of_o he_o for_o which_o he_o die_v l._n vives_n iudas_n a_o his_o fact_n which_o no_o man_n but_o have_v hear_v out_o of_o the_o gospel_n b_o truth_n say_v peter_n in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o act_n affirm_v that_o he_o do_v wicked_o and_o ungod_o both_o in_o betray_v of_o his_o lord_n and_o in_o hang_v of_o himself_o c_o damnable_a repentance_n for_o he_o repent_v indeed_o but_o so_o as_o he_o despair_v of_o be_v ever_o able_a to_o repent_v sufficient_o for_o so_o great_a a_o villainy_n of_o the_o violent_a lust_n of_o the_o soldier_n execute_v upon_o the_o body_n of_o the_o captive_n against_o their_o consent_n chap._n 17._o but_o why_o shall_v he_o that_o have_v do_v no_o man_n evil_a do_v 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virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n nor_o one_o of_o c_o those_o good_n whereby_o a_o man_n live_v in_o goodness_n but_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o good_n of_o the_o body_n with_o strength_n beauty_n health_n and_o such_o like_a d_o which_o if_o a_o man_n do_v decrease_v in_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o he_o decrease_v in_o his_o uprightness_n of_o life_n but_o if_o chastity_n be_v of_o e_o another_o kind_n why_o shall_v we_o endanger_v our_o body_n to_o no_o end_n which_o fear_v to_o loose_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v f_z a_o good_a belong_v to_o the_o mind_n it_o be_v not_o lose_v though_o the_o body_n be_v violate_v moreover_o it_o be_v the_o virtue_n of_o holy_a continency_n that_o when_o it_o withstand_v the_o pollution_n of_o carnal_a concupiscence_n thereby_o it_o sanctify_v even_o the_o body_n also_o and_o therefore_o when_o the_o intention_n stand_v firm_a and_o give_v no_o way_n to_o vicious_a affect_n the_o chastity_n of_o the_o body_n g_o be_v not_o lose_v 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deprive_v so_o much_o as_o the_o ay_o body_n of_o this_o sanctity_n because_o the_o perseverance_n of_o the_o mind_n in_o continency_n ever_o preserve_v it_o but_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o any_o woman_n who_o corrupt_a mind_n have_v break_v her_o promise_n unto_o god_n and_o yield_v herself_o willing_o to_o the_o lust_n of_o her_o deceiver_n though_o but_o in_o purpose_n be_v as_o yet_o holy_a in_o her_o body_n when_o she_o have_v lose_v that_o holiness_n of_o mind_n which_o sanctify_a her_o body_n god_n forbid_v and_o here_o let_v we_o learn_v that_o the_o sanctity_n of_o body_n be_v no_o more_o lose_v if_o the_o sanctity_n of_o mind_n remain_v though_o the_o body_n be_v ravish_v than_o it_o
that_o they_o be_v man_n and_o die_v as_o other_o man_n do_v to_o what_o end_n be_v this_o but_o that_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v fill_v with_o statue_n of_o such_o as_o be_v no_o true_a god_n the_o true_a god_n have_v neither_o sex_n age_n nor_o body_n but_o this_o se●…uola_n will_v not_o have_v the_o people_n to_o know_v because_o he_o do_v not_o think_v it_o be_v false_fw-mi himself_o so_o that_o he_o hold_v it_o fit_a city_n shall_v be_v delude_v in_o religion_n which_o indeed_o varro_n stick_v not_o plain_o to_o affirm_v de._n re_fw-mi vin_fw-fr a_o godly_a religion_n whereto_o when_o weak_a mind_n go_v for_o refuge_n and_o seek_v to_o be_v free_v by_o the_o truth_n must_v be_v tell_v that_o it_o be_v fit_v that_o they_o be_v illude_v nor_o do_v the_o same_o book_n conceal_v the_o cause_n why_o scaevola_n reject_v the_o poet_n god_n it_o be_v because_o they_o do_v so_o deform_v they_o with_o their_o story_n that_o they_o be_v not_o fit_v to_o keep_v good_a man_n company_n c_o one_o being_n describe_v to_o steal_v and_o another_o to_o commit_v adultery_n as_o also_o to_o do_v and_o say_v so_o filthy_o and_o fond_o as_o that_o the_o d_o three_o goddess_n strive_v for_o eminence_n of_o beauty_n the_o other_o two_o be_v cast_v by_o venus_n destroy_v troy_n that_o jove_n be_v turn_v to_o e_z a_o bull_n or_o a_o f_o swan_n to_o have_v the_o company_n of_o some_o wench_n or_o other_o that_o g_o a_o goddess_n marry_v a_o man_n and_o that_o saturn_n eat_v up_o his_o son_n no_o wonder_n no_o vice_n but_o there_o you_o have_v it_o set_v down_o quite_o against_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o deity_n o_o scaevola_n abolish_v those_o play_n if_o it_o be_v in_o thy_o power_n tell_v the_o people_n what_o absurd_a honour_n they_o offer_v the_o god_n gaze_v on_o their_o guilt_n and_o remember_v their_o prank_n as_o a_o licence_n for_o their_o own_o practice_n if_o they_o say_v you_o priest_n bring_v they_o we_o entreat_v the_o god_n that_o command_v they_o to_o suffer_v their_o abolishment_n if_o they_o be_v bad_a and_o therefore_o at_o no_o hand_n credible_a with_o reverence_n to_o the_o god_n majesty_n than_o the_o great_a be_v the_o injury_n that_o be_v offer_v unto_o they_o of_o who_o they_o be_v so_o free_o invent_v but_o they_o be_v devil_n scaevola_n teach_v guiltiness_n and_o joy_v in_o filthiness_n they_o will_v not_o hear_v thou_o they_o think_v it_o no_o injury_n to_o have_v such_o black_a crime_n impute_v unto_o they_o but_o rather_o hold_v themselves_o wrong_v if_o they_o be_v not_o impute_v and_o exhibit_v now_o if_o thou_o call_v on_o jove_n against_o they_o be_v there_o no_o other_o cause_n for_o it_o but_o the_o most_o frequent_a present_v of_o his_o h_o enormity_n though_o you_o call_v he_o the_o god_n and_o king_n of_o the_o world_n will_v he_o not_o think_v himself_o high_o wrong_v by_o you_o in_o rank_v he_o in_o worship_n with_o such_o filthy_a companion_n and_o make_v he_o governor_n of_o they_o l._n vives_n scaevola_n a_o their_o there_o be_v many_o of_o this_o name_n but_o this_o man_n be_v priest_n in_o marius_n his_o civil_a war_n and_o kill_v by_o marius_n the_o young_a tully_n say_v he_o go_v often_o to_o hear_v he_o dispute_v after_o scaevola_n the_o augur_n be_v dead_a b_o the_o first_o dionysius_n write_v that_o the_o roman_n reject_v all_o the_o faction_n of_o the_o god_n fight_n wrangling_n adultery_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v neither_o to_o be_v speak_v of_o god_n nor_o good_a man_n and_o that_o romulus_n make_v his_o quirite_n use_v to_o speak_v well_o of_o the_o god_n antiqu._n rom._n lib._n 2._o euseb._n de_fw-fr praep_n euang._n c_o one_a mercury_n that_o steal_v tiresias_n ox_n mars_n his_o sword_n vulcan_n tongue_n neptune_n mace_n apollo_n bow_n and_o shaft_n venus_n her_o mercury_n girdle_n and_o joves_n sceptre_n d_o three_o every_o child_n know_v this_o e_z a_o bull_n for_o europa_n f_z a_o swan_n for_o leda_n of_o these_o read_v ovid._n lib._n 6._o metamorph._n g_o a_o goddess_n marry_v ceres_n to_o jasius_fw-la harmonia_n to_o cadmus_n callirrhoe_n to_o chrysaoras_n aurora_n to_o tithon_n thetis_n to_o peleus_n venus_n to_o anchises_n circe_n and_o callipso_n to_o ulysses_n read_v hesiod_n theognia_n h_z enormity_n of_o lechery_n cruelty_n and_o such_o like_a whether_o the_o roman_n diligence_n in_o this_o worship_n of_o those_o god_n do_v their_o empire_n any_o good_a at_o all_o chap._n 28._o by_o no_o mean_n than_o can_v these_o god_n preserve_v the_o roman_a empire_n be_v so_o criminous_a in_o their_o own_o filthy_a desire_v of_o such_o honour_n as_o these_o be_v which_o rather_o serve_v to_o condemn_v they_o then_o appease_v they_o for_o if_o they_o can_v have_v do_v that_o the_o greek_n shall_v have_v have_v their_o help_n before_o who_o afford_v they_o far_o better_a store_n of_o such_o sacrifice_n as_o these_o with_o far_o more_o stageplays_a and_o show_v for_o they_o see_v the_o poet_n tax_v their_o god_n so_o free_o never_o think_v shame_n to_o let_v they_o tax_v themselves_o but_o allow_v they_o free_a leave_n to_o traduce_v who_o they_o please_v and_o hold_v the_o stage-player_n worthy_a of_o the_o best_a honour_n of_o their_o state_n but_o even_o as_o rome_n may_v have_v have_v golden_a coin_n yet_o never_o worship_v aurinus_n for_o it_o so_o may_v they_o have_v have_v silver_n and_o brass_n one_o without_o argentinus_n or_o his_o father_n aesculanus_n and_o so_o of_o all_o other_o necessary_n but_o so_o can_v they_o not_o possess_v their_o kingdom_n against_o the_o will_n of_o the_o true_a god_n but_o in_o despite_n of_o all_o the_o other_o let_v they_o do_v what_o they_o list_v that_o one_o unkowne_a god_n be_v well_o and_o due_o worship_v will_v have_v keep_v their_o kingdom_n on_o earth_n in_o better_a estate_n than_o ever_o and_o afterward_o have_v bestow_v a_o kingdom_n on_o each_o of_o they_o in_o heaven_n have_v they_o a_o kingdom_n before_o or_o have_v they_o none_o that_o shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o of_o the_o falseness_n of_o that_o augury_n that_o presage_v courage_n and_o stability_n to_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n chap._n 29._o for_o what_o a_o goodly_a presage_n be_v that_o which_o i_o speak_v of_o but_o now_o of_o the_o obstinacy_n of_o mars_n terminus_n and_o iwentas_fw-la that_o it_o shall_v signify_v that_o mars_n a_o his_o nation_n the_o roman_n shall_v yield_v the_o place_n to_o no_o man_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v remove_v the_o limit_n of_o their_o empire_n because_o of_o terminus_n and_o that_o their_o youth_n shall_v yield_v to_o none_o because_o of_o iwentas_fw-la now_o mark_v but_o how_o these_o god_n misuse_v their_o king_n dare_v to_o give_v these_o augury_n as_o in_o his_o defiance_n and_o as_o glory_v in_o the_o keep_n of_o their_o place_n though_o if_o these_o antiquity_n be_v true_a they_o need_v fear_v nothing_o for_o they_o confess_v not_o that_o they_o must_v give_v place_n to_o christ_n that_o will_v not_o give_v place_n to_o jove_n and_o they_o may_v give_v christ_n place_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o empire_n limit_n both_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o heart_n that_o they_o hold_v but_o this_o we_o write_v be_v long_o before_o christ_n come_v or_o that_o augury_n be_v record_v notwithstanding_o after_o that_o presage_n in_o tarquin_n time_n the_o roman_n lose_v many_o a_o battle_n and_o prove_v iwentas_fw-la a_o liar_n in_o her_o prophecy_n and_o mars_n his_o nation_n be_v cut_v in_o piece_n within_o the_o very_a wall_n by_o the_o conquer_a gall_n and_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o narrow_a compass_n in_o hannibal_n time_n when_o most_o of_o the_o city_n of_o italy_n fall_v from_o rome_n to_o he_o thus_o be_v this_o fine_a augury_n fulfil_v and_o the_o obstinacy_n of_o the_o presage_n remain_v to_o prove_v they_o rebellious_a devil_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n not_o to_o give_v place_n and_o another_o to_o give_v place_n and_o regain_v it_o afterward_o though_o afterward_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v alter_v in_o the_o east_n by_o b_o hadrianus_n mean_v who_o lose_v armenia_n mesopotamia_n and_o syria_n unto_o the_o persian_n to_o show_v god_n terminus_n that_o will_v not_o give_v place_n to_o jove_n himself_o but_o 〈◊〉_d guard_v the_o roman_a limit_n against_o all_o man_n to_o let_v he_o see_v that_o hadrian_n a_o king_n of_o man_n can_v do_v more_o than_o jove_n the_o king_n of_o god_n c_o the_o say_a province_n be_v recover_v afterward_o now_o almost_o in_o our_o time_n god_n terminus_n have_v give_v ground_n again_o d_o julian_n that_o be_v give_v so_o to_o the_o oracle_n desperate_o command_v all_o the_o ship_n to_o be_v burn_v that_o bring_v the_o army_n victual_n so_o that_o the_o soldier_n faint_v and_o he_o
dare_v n●…_n speak_v his_o mind_n free_o of_o those_o god_n because_o of_o the_o inveterat_fw-la custom_n of_o his_o country_n k_o heaven_n and_o who_o tully_n with_o the_o stoic_n make_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o god_n of_o varros_n reject_v the_o popular_a opinion_n and_o of_o his_o belief_n of_o one_o god_n though_o he_o know_v not_o the_o true_a god_n chap._n 31._o and_o what_o say_v you_o to_o varro_n who_o we_o be_v sorry_a shall_v make_v play_n as_o a_o honour_n to_o true_a god_n in_o religion_n though_o not_o in_o judgement_n see_v he_o exhort_v man_n to_o the_o adoration_n of_o the_o god_n so_o religious_o do_v not_o he_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v not_o of_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o leave_v the_o roman_n their_o religion_n and_o that_o if_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v the_o city_n any_o institution_n he_o will_v rather_o give_v they_o their_o god_n after_o the_o prescript_n of_o nature_n but_o see_v that_o the_o former_a have_v be_v of_o so_o long_a a_o continuance_n he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v but_o his_o duty_n to_o prosecute_v his_o discourse_n hereof_o from_o the_o elder_a antiquity_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v ●…t_o be_v induce_v rather_o to_o honour_v then_o to_o contemn_v they_o wherein_o this_o judicious_a writer_n show_v that_o the_o thing_n whereof_o he_o write_v will_v be_v contemptible_a to_o the_o people_n as_o well_o as_o to_o himself_o if_o they_o be_v not_o keep_v in_o silence_n i_o shall_v have_v think_v one_o may_v but_o have_v conjecture_v this_o but_o that_o himself_o say_v in_o many_o place_n that_o there_o be_v much_o truth_n which_o the_o people_n ought_v not_o to_o know_v nay_o and_o if_o it_o be_v all_o falsehood_n yet_o it_o be_v fit_v the_o people_n shall_v nevertheless_a think_v that_o it_o be_v truth_n and_o therefore_o the_o grecian_n shut_v up_o their_o ah_o teletae_n and_o their_o b_o most_o secret_a mystery_n in_o wall_n here_o he_o have_v make_v a_o discovery_n of_o all_o the_o politic_a 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roman_n be_v a_o hundred_o threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n without_o idol_n and_o have_v they_o be_v so_o still_o quoth_v he_o religion_n have_v be_v keep_v the_o pure_a to_o prove_v which_o he_o produce_v among_o other_o the_o jew_n and_o conclude_v that_o who-so-eve_a they_o be_v that_o first_o invent_v image_n they_o free_v the_o city_n from_o all_o awe_n and_o add_v unto_o error_n be_v well_o advise_v that_o the_o sencelesnesse_n of_o the_o idol_n will_v make_v the_o god_n themselves_o seem_v contemptible_a but_o whereas_o he_o ●…aith_v they_o add_v unto_o error_n that_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v some_o error_n there_o before_o that_o image_n come_v in_o and_o therefore_o his_o say_n that_o these_o only_o discern_v god_n which_o call_v he_o a_o soul_n govern_v the_o world_n and_o his_o opinion_n that_o the_o god_n honour_n will_v have_v be_v pure_a without_o image_n these_o position_n declare_v how_o near_o the_o truth_n he_o draw_v for_o can_v he_o have_v do_v any_o good_a against_o such_o a_o overgrow_v error_n he_o will_v have_v show_v they_o how_o that_o one_o only_a god_n shall_v have_v be_v adore_v even_o he_o that_o govern_v the_o world_n and_o th●…_n he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v picture_v and_o the_o youth_n of_o the_o city_n be_v set_v in_o so_o ne●…e_v a_o path_n to_o the_o truth_n may_v easy_o have_v be_v persuade_v afterward_o that_o god_n be_v a_o unchangeable_a nature_n create_v the_o soul_n also_o these_o thing_n be_v thus_o what_o ever_o foolery_n those_o man_n have_v discover_v of_o their_o god_n in_o their_o book_n they_o have_v be_v lay_v open_a by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o god_n compel_v they_o to_o confess_v they_o rather_o then_o by_o their_o own_o desire_n to_o dissuade_v they_o wherefore_o that_o we_o allege_v from_o they_o be_v to_o control_v those_o that_o will_v not_o see_v from_o what_o a_o damn_a slavery_n to_o the_o devil_n that_o same_o singular_a sacrifice_n of_o so_o holy_a blood_n and_o the_o voutchsafe_n of_o the_o spirit_n have_v deliver_v us._n l._n vives_n the_o a_o teletae_n a_o sacrifice_n most_o secret_a and_o most_o sumptuous_a so_o call_v because_o it_o consume_v telet●…_n so_o much_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o end_v or_o to_o consume_v that_o some_o think_v they_o have_v their_o name_n from_o the●…_n perfection_n they_o belong_v to_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n as_o porphyry_n write_v and_o be_v beside_o expiation_n to_o bacchus_n record_v in_o orpheus_n and_o mus●…us_n plat._n de_fw-fr rep._n lib._n 2._o that_o t●…ght_n how_o to_o purge_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o city_n the_o live_n the_o dead_a and_o every_o private_a man_n by_o sacrifice_n play_n and_o all_o delight_n and_o the_o whole_a form_n of_o it_o all_o be_v call_v ●…eletae_fw-la though_o pla●…_n say_v the_o teletae_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o dead_a and_o free_v man_n from_o all_o the_o evil_n in_o hell_n b_o s●…cret_a of_o ceres_n and_o other_o c_o the_o old_a numa_n forbid_v the_o roman_n to_o think_v that_o god_n have_v 〈◊〉_d shape_n of_o man_n or_o woman_n plut._n in_o vit_fw-mi num._n nor_o have_v they_o any_o picture_n at_o all_o o●…_n any_o god_n for_o the_o first_o hundred_o three_o score_n and_o te●…e_v year_n they_o build_v only_a temple_n and_o little_a oratory_n but_o never_o a_o image_n in_o they_o for_o they_o hold_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o liken_v the_o better_a to_o the_o worse_o or_o to_o conceive_v god_n in_o any_o form_n but_o their_o intelligence_n euseb_n dyony_n also_o say_v that_o numa_n build_v the_o god_n temple_n but_o no_o image_n come_v in_o they_o because_o he_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v no_o shape_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n follow_v the_o greek_n foolery_n and_o the_o tuscan_n rome_n first_o teach_v the_o erection_n of_o statue_n which_o tertullian_n intimate_v say_v go_v to_o now_o religion_n have_v profit_v for_o though_o numa_n invent_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o curious_a superstition_n yet_o neither_o be_v there_o temple_n nor_o statue_n as_o yet_o enter_v into_o 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consulship_n and_o there_o have_v a_o final_a repulse_n he_o be_v a_o man_n say_v plutarch_n fit_a to_o be_v ●…ought_v for_o a_o magistrate_n and_o more_o fit_a to_o be_v force_v unto_o dignity_n then_o to_o sue_v for_o they_o k_o opinion_n in_o his_o oration_n which_o be_v tribune_n he_o make_v in_o the_o senate_n against_o the_o c●…spiratours_n sallust_n catiline_n l_o he_o that_o hear_v the_o late_a roman_n be_v always_o a_o talk_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o their_o ancestry_n extol_v they_o to_o heaven_n either_o because_o all_o thing_n decline_v from_o better_a to_o worse_o or_o because_o they_o think_v still_o that_o the_o time_n past_a be_v best_a m_o and_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ption_n a_o diversity_n of_o read_v vitium_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la &_o è_fw-la contrario_fw-la all_o to_o one_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d ●…ter_n be_v in_o all_o the_o old_a manuscript_n o●…●…bition_n which_o be_v a_o vice_n be_v notwithstanding_o herein_o hold_v a_o virtue_n that_o it_o do_v restrain_v vice_n of_o worse_a nature_n chap._n 13._o b●…t_v he_o be_v better_a sight_v that_o can_v see_v this_o desire_n of_o glory_n to_o be_v a_o vice_n horace_n 〈◊〉_d it_o and_o therefore_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d t●…es_n sunt_fw-la certa_fw-la piacula_fw-la quae_fw-la te_fw-la b_o 〈◊〉_d lecto_fw-la poterunt_fw-la recreare_fw-la libello_fw-la you_o swell_v with_o thirst_n of_o praise_n but_o i_o can_v tell_v a_o medicine_n read_v this_o book_n thrice_o over_o b_o well_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o ode_n he_o sing_v this_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n of_o suppress_v ambitious_a thou●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avidum_fw-la domando_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d si_fw-la lybiam_fw-la remotis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o uterque_fw-la paenus_fw-la seruiat_fw-la uni_fw-la he_o that_o can_v conquer_v his_o affect_n rebel_a have_v large_a monarchy_n than_o he_o that_o swa●…s_v 2_o the_o lybian_o c_o gades_n and_o both_o africas_n and_o more_o excel_v 〈◊〉_d notwithstanding_o those_o that_o do_v not_o bridle_v their_o exorbitant_a affect_n by_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o the_o love_n of_o that_o intellectual_a beauty_n 〈◊〉_d they_o can_v be_v happy_a yet_o they_o may_v be_v less_o unhappy_a in_o avoid_v this_o 〈◊〉_d of_o human_a glory_n howsoever_o tully_n can_v not_o f_z dissemble_v this_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o commonwealth_n where_o speak_v of_o the_o instruction_n of_o a_o prince_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o say_v he_o must_v be_v g_o nourish_v with_o glory_n and_o so_o there-upon_o infer●…_n nourishment_n what_o worthy_a deed_n this_o glory_n have_v draw_v from_o his_o ancestor_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d ●…e_v so_o far_o from_o resist_v this_o vice_n that_o they_o do_v whole_o give_v themselves_o 〈◊〉_d ●…nt_a and_o excite_v each_o one_o think_v it_o useful_a to_o the_o state_n though_o in_o 〈◊〉_d b●…s_v of_o philosophy_n tully_n never_o dissemble_v h_o this_o contagion_n but_o confes●…th_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clear_a as_o day_n for_o speak_v of_o study_n aim_v at_o the_o true_a good_a and_o contemn_v the_o vain_a blast_n of_o human_a praise_n he_o infer_v this_o axione_n ay_o honour_n nourish_v art_n and_o glory_n keep_v all_o man_n on_o work_n in_o study_n and_o what_o man_n approve_v not_o lie_v unregarded_a l._n vives_n say_v ah_o epist._n lib._n 1._o to_o maecenas_n ter_z purè_fw-la thrice_o over_o b_o weil_z the_o philosopher_n book_n of_o manner_n be_v to_o be_v read_v pure_o diligent_o not_o against_o the_o will_n but_o desirous_o that_o we_o may_v reap_v profit_n thereby_o for_o so_o do_v we_o shall_v prophyry_n say_v we_o must_v come_v with_o clean_a read_v hand_n as_o unto_o a_o sacrifice_n c_o latius_fw-la carm._n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la sallust_n d_o gades_n a_o island_n of_o spain_n famous_a for_o hercules_n his_o travel_n and_o pillar_n e_z both_o africa_n acron_n and_o porphy●…y_n think_v that_o by_o the_o one_o he_o mean_v libyan_n and_o by_o the_o other_o the_o gadetanes_n who_o the_o african_n first_o place_v there_o as_o if_o the_o poet_n intend_v a_o conjunction_n of_o empire_n in_o land_n divide_v by_o sea_n as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o say_a place_n before_o f_z dissemble_v some_o read_v silere_fw-la conceal_v but_o the_o old_a copy_n ●…ead_v it_o as_o we_o have_v set_v it_o down_o g_o nourish_v stoicism_n a_o wise_a man_n be_v a_o creature_n of_o glory_n simonides_n quote_v by_o xenophon_n in_o his_o hieron_n distinguish_v a_o man_n from_o all_o other_o creature_n in_o this_o especial_a thing_n that_o he_o be_v touch_v by_o glory_n and_o honour_n h_z this_o contagion_n the_o proposition_n ab_fw-la in_o the_o latin_a text_n be_v superfluous_a our_o read_n be_v in_o the_o better_o ay_o honour_n prooem_n tusc._n quaest_n that_o we_o be_v to_o avoid_v this_o desire_n of_o human_a honour_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o righteous_a be_v whole_o in_o god._n chap._n 14._o wherefore_o without_o doubt_n we_o have_v better_o resist_v this_o desire_n then_o a_o yield_v to_o it_o for_o much_o the_o near_a be_v we_o to_o god_n as_o we_o be_v pure_a from_o this_o impurity_n which_o although_o in_o this_o life_n it_o be_v not_o full_o root_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n because_o it_o be_v a_o temptation_n that_o trouble_v even_o the_o best_a proficient_o in_o religion_n yet_o let_v glory_n the_o love_n of_o righteousness_n suppress_v the_o thirst_n of_o ambitiousness_n and_o thus_o if_o some_o thing_n lie_v unrespected_a because_o man_n approve_v they_o not_o and_o yet_o be_v good_a and_o honest_a then_o let_v the_o love_n of_o human_a praise_n blush_v and_o give_v place_n to_o the_o love_n of_o truth_n for_o this_o be_v a_o great_a enemy_n to_o our_o faith_n if_o that_o the_o affect_v of_o glory_n have_v more_o room_n in_o our_o heart_n then_o the_o fear_n or_o love_n of_o our_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o say_v how_o can_v you_o believe_v that_o expect_v honour_v one_o from_o another_o and_o seek_v not_o the_o honour_n th●…_n 43._o come_v of_o god_n and_o likewise_o it_o be_v say_v of_o some_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o yet_o dare_v not_o profess_v it_o they_o love_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n more_o than_o the_o praise_n of_o god._n 43._o which_o the_o holy_a apostle_n do_v not_o for_o they_o preach_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n where_o it_o be_v b_o not_o only_o not_o approve_v of_o as_o tully_n say_v and_o what_o man_n approve_v not_o lie_v unregarded_a but_o where_o it_o be_v even_o detest_v hold_v the_o rule_n that_o their_o master_n the_o mind_n physician_n have_v teach_v they_o whosoever_o shall_v deny_v i_o before_o man_n he_o will_v i_o also_o deny_v c_o before_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o d_o before_o the_o 9_o angel_n of_o god_n so_o that_o all_o their_o reproach_n by_o their_o cruel_a persecution_n their_o extreme_a pain_n can_v not_o drive_v they_o from_o preach_v this_o salvation_n let_v the_o madness_n of_o man_n oppose_v what_o it_o can_v and_o whereas_o this_o divine_a life_n conversation_n and_o doctrine_n of_o they_o have_v suppress_v all_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o erect_v the_o peace_n of_o righteousness_n be_v crown_v with_o a_o unbounded_a glory_n in_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d church_n this_o do_v not_o they_o rest_v as_o in_o the_o expect_a guerdon_n of_o their_o virtue_n but_o refer_v it_o all_o unto_o christ_n his_o glory_n by_o who_o grace_n they_o be_v what_o they_o we●…_n and_o the_o same_o do_v they_o transfuse_v into_o such_o as_o they_o convert_v unto_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o he_o whereby_o they_o may_v become_v such_o as_o they_o be_v before_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o keep_v they_o from_o touch_n of_o human_a ambition_n their_o master_n teach_v th●…_n this_o take_v heed_n that_o you_o do_v not_o your_o good_a deed_n before_o man_n to_o be_v see_v of_o they_o or_o else_o you_o shall_v have_v no_o reward_n of_o your_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n but_o lest_o they_o shall_v misconceive_v 1._o
extract_v as_o eusebius_n say_v both_o out_o of_o sanchoniato_n &_o prove_v also_o by_o argument_n de_fw-fr praeparat_fw-la euang._n lib._n 1._o as_o augustine_n do_v also_o here_o b_o the_o moo●…_n also_o mac._n sat._n 1._o allege_v philochorus_n in_o atis_n that_o venus_n be_v the_o moon_n and_o that_o man_n in_o woman_n apparel_n sacrifice_v to_o she_o and_o woman_n in_o man_n because_o she_o be_v hold_v both_o thou_o heavenly_a venus_n say_v apuleius_n to_o the_o moon_n that_o cause_v all_o copulation_n in_o the_o beginning_n propagate_a humane_a original_n thou_o be_v now_o adore_v in_o the_o sacred_a oratory_n of_o paphos_n transform_v lib._n 11._o c_o golden_a apple_n the_o goddess_n contention_n about_o the_o golden_a apple_n be_v plain_a than_o that_o it_o need_v my_o rehearsal_n of_o lucifer_n pliny_n say_v thus_o under_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o bright_a star_n venus_n move_v diurnal_o and_o planetary_o call_v both_o venus_n and_o luna_n in_o the_o morning_n be_v sol_n harbinger_n she_o be_v call_v lucifer_n as_o the_o pety-sun_n and_o light-giver_n of_o the_o day_n at_o night_n follow_v the_o sun_n she_o be_v style_v uesper_fw-la as_o the_o light_a continuer_n and_o the_o moon_n vicegerent_n lib._n 2._o pythagoras_n first_o of_o all_o find_v her_o nature_n magnitude_n and_o motion_n olympiad_n 4●…_n about_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 142._o she_o be_v big_a than_o all_o the_o other_o star_n and_o so_o clear_a that_o sometime_o her_o beam_n make_v a_o shadow_n that_o make_v she_o have_v such_o variety_n of_o name_n as_o juno_n isis_n berecynthia_n etc._n etc._n d_o in_o his_o kingdom_n whence_o he_o be_v drive_v by_o his_o son_n jove_n as_o also_o from_o the_o capitol_n that_o before_o be_v call_v saturnia_n until_o it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o jupiter_n capitolinus_n e_z jove_n use_v jovis_n the_o latin_a nominative_a as_o tully_n do_v in_o 6._o de_fw-fr republ_n that_o happy_a star_n call_v jove_n f_z high_a the_o zodiac_n in_o the_o 8._o sphere_n so_o call_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o creature_n every_o sign_n whereof_o contain_v diverse_a bright_a star_n g_o certain_a motion_n perpetual_o and_o diurnal_o once_o about_o from_o east_n to_o west_n in_o 24._o hour_n make_v night_n and_o day_n and_o ever_o keep_v place_n whereas_o the_o planet_n be_v now_o join_v now_o opposite_a now_o swift_a now_o retrograde_a which_o change_n give_v they_o the_o greek_a name_n planet_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d error_n though_o they_o keep_v a_o certain_a motion_n nevertheless_o yet_o seem_o they_o err_v and_o wander_v through_o their_o alteration_n in_o motion_n which_o the_o zodiac_n never_o alter_v as_o situate_a in_o the_o 8._o sphere_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o apollo_n diana_n and_o other_o select_a god_n call_v part_n of_o the_o world_n chap._n 16._o and_o though_o they_o make_v a_o apollo_n a_o b_o wizard_n &_o a_o c_o physician_n yet_o to_o make_v he_o a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n they_o say_v he_o be_v the_o sun_n &_o diana_n his_o sister_n be_v the_o moon_n and_o d_o goddess_n of_o journey_n so_o be_v she_o e_o a_o virgin_n also_o untouched_a and_o they_o both_o bear_v shaft_n f_z because_o these_o 2._o star_n only_o do_v send_v to_o the_o earth_n vulcan_n they_o say_v be_v the_o world_n fire_n neptune_n the_o water_n father_n dis_n the_o earth_n foundation_n and_o depth_n bacchus_n and_o ceres_n seed-god_n he_o to_o the_o masculine_a she_o of_o the_o feminine_a or_o he_o of_o the_o moisture_n and_o she_o of_o the_o dry_a part_n of_o the_o seed_n all_o this_o now_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o world_n to_o jove_n who_o be_v call_v the_o full_a parent_n general_a because_o he_o both_o beget_v and_o bring_v forth_o all_o thing_n seminal_a and_o ceres_n the_o great_a mother_n she_o they_o make_v the_o earth_n and_o juno_n beside_o thus_o the_o second_o cause_n of_o thing_n be_v in_o her_o power_n though_o jove_n be_v call_v the_o full_a parent_n as_o they_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v all_o the_o world_n and_o minerva_n because_o they_o have_v make_v she_o the_o art_n goddess_n and_o have_v never_o a_o star_n for_o she_o they_o make_v she_o also_o the_o sky_n or_o g_o the_o moon_n vesta_n they_o account_v the_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o goddess_n be_v take_v for_o the_o earth_n and_o yet_o give_v she_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o h_z world_n fire_v more_o light_a and_o not_o so_o violent_a as_o that_o of_o vulcan_n be_v and_o thus_o by_o all_o these_o select_a god_n they_o intend_v but_o the_o world_n in_o some_o total_a and_o in_o other_o partial_a to_o all_o as_o jove_n be_v partial_a as_o genius_n the_o great_a mother_n soll_z and_o luna_n or_o rather_o apollo_n and_o diana_n sometime_o one_o god_n stand_v for_o many_o thing_n and_o sometime_o one_o thing_n present_v many_o god_n the_o first_o be_v true_a in_o jupiter_n he_o be_v all_o the_o world_n he_o but_o only_o ay_o heaven_n and_o he_o be_v only_o a_o star_n in_o heaven_n so_o be_v juno_n goddess_n of_o all_o second_o cause_n yet_o only_o the_o air_n and_o yet_o the_o earth_n though_o she_o may_v k_o get_v the_o star_n from_o venus_n so_o be_v minerva_n the_o high_a sky_n and_o the_o moon_n in_o the_o low_a sky_n as_o they_o hold_v the_o second_o be_v true_a in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v both_o jove_n and_o janus_n and_o in_o the_o earth_n which_o be_v both_o juno_n the_o great_a mother_n and_o ceres_n l._n vives_n apollo_n a_o tully_n de_fw-fr that_o dear_a lib._n 3._o make_v 4._o apollo_n and_o 3._o diana_n the_o 3._o apollo_n and_o the_o 2._o diana_n be_v the_o child_n of_o jove_n and_o latona_n b_o wizard_n common_o affirm_v in_o all_o author_n of_o this_o subject_n greek_a and_o latin_a plato_n say_v the_o thessalonian_n call_v he_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simple_a because_o of_o his_o divination_n wherein_o be_v require_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n and_o simplicity_n which_o be_v all_o one_o in_o cratilo_n glaucus_n teach_v he_o his_o divination_n he_o that_o be_v afterward_o make_v a_o sea-god_n and_o call_v melicerta_n nicand_v in_o a●…tolicis_n c_o physician_n macrob._n satur._n they_o count_v the_o vestal_n thus_o apollo_n phisiti●…n_n apollo_n paean_n etc._n etc._n he_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v aesculapius_n that_o be_v a_o strength_n of_o health_n a_o rise_a sole_o from_o the_o substance_n of_o animate_v creature_n much_o of_o apollo_n yea_o may_v read_v in_o the_o say_a place_n d_o goddess_n of_o her_o statue_n be_v cut_v all_o youthful_a because_o that_o age_n bear_v travel_n lest_o festus_n lib._n 9_o for_o diana_n be_v hold_v a_o goddess_n of_o way_n and_o journey_n she_o rule_v also_o mountain_n and_o grove_n and_o use_v the_o ●…hes_n often_o in_o her_o hunt_n as_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o e_z virgin_n so_o it_o be_v report_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o man_n to_o come_v in_o her_o temple_n at_o rome_n because_o one_o ravish_v a_o woman_n there_o once_o that_o come_v to_o salute_v the_o goddess_n and_o the_o dog_n tear_v he_o in_o piece_n immediate_o plato_n call_v her_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n because_o of_o the_o integrity_n and_o modesty_n that_o she_o profess_v in_o her_o love_n of_o virginity_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n because_o she_o have_v the_o copulation_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n though_o the_o fable_n go_v that_o she_o lie_v with_o endymyon_n and_o that_o pan_n mercury_n son_n give_v she_o a_o white_a sheep_n for_o 〈◊〉_d uirg_n 3._o georg._n munere_fw-la sic_fw-la niveo_fw-la lanae_fw-la si_fw-la credere_fw-la digum_fw-la est_fw-la pandeus_fw-la archadiae_fw-la captam_fw-la te_fw-la luna_fw-la fefellit_fw-la in_o nemora_fw-la alta_fw-la vocans_fw-la nec_fw-la tu_fw-la aspernata_fw-la voca●…tem_fw-la es_fw-la etc._n etc._n arcadian_a pan_n white_a fleece_n it_o be_v say_v so_o blind_v thy_o eye_n fair_a phoebe_n he_o be_v brief_o mind_v call_v the_o thou_o yielde_v and_o to_o the_o thick_a you_o go_v etc._n etc._n f_z shaft_n apollo_n bear_v those_o that_o he_o kill_v the_o serpent_n python_n withal_o and_o therefore_o homer_n call_v he_o oftentimes_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v far-darting_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v shoot_v high_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a archer_n now_o diana_n vow_v a_o perpetual_a virgin_n haunt_v the_o wood_n and_o hill_n hunt_v as_o virgil_n describe_v venus_n when_o aeneas_n see_v her_o buskined_a and_o tuck_v round_o and_o a_o quiver_n at_o her_o back_n as_o ready_a for_o the_o pursuit_n these_o shaft_n be_v nothing_o all_o say_v but_o the_o beam_n of_o those_o star_n as_o lactantius_n say_v of_o the_o son_n armatus_fw-la radiis_fw-la elementa_fw-la liquentia_fw-la lustrans_fw-la arm_v with_o ray_n he_o view_v
which_o be_v not_o god_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o itself_o be_v wicked_a that_o varro_n his_o doctrine_n of_o theologie_n hang_v no_o way_n together_o chap._n 28._o therefore_o what_o be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o so_o learned_a a_o man_n as_o varro_n have_v endeavour_v to_o reduce_v all_o these_o god_n to_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o can_v they_o slip_v from_o his_o finger_n and_o fall_v away_o do_v what_o he_o can_v for_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o goddess_n see_v that_o as_o i_o say_v quoth_v he_o in_o my_o first_o book_n of_o the_o place_n there_o be_v observe_v two_o beginnin●…s_n of_o the_o god_n produce_v deity_n celestial_a and_o terrestrial_a as_o befo●…e_v be_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o masculine_a god_n we_o begin_v with_o heaven_n concern_v janus_n call_v heaven_n or_o the_o world_n so_o now_o of_o the_o feminine_a beginning_n with_o the_o earth_n tellus_n i_o see_v how_o sore_o so_o good_a a_o wit_n be_v already_o plunge_v he_o be_v draw_v by_o a_o likelihood_n to_o make_v heaven_n the_o agent_n and_o earth_n the_o patient_a &_o therefore_o give_v the_o first_o the_o masculine_a form_n and_o the_o latter_a the_o feminine_a and_o yet_o understand_v not_o that_o he_o that_o give_v those_o unto_o both_o these_o two_o make_v they_o both_o and_o here-upon_a he_o interprete_v ah_o the_o samothratians_n noble_a mystery_n so_o say_v that_o he_o will_v lay_v open_a such_o thing_n thereof_o to_o his_o nation_n as_o it_o never_o know_v this_o he_o promise_v most_o religious_o for_o he_o say_v be_v have_v observe_v in_o image_n that_o one_o thing_n signify_v earth_n another_o heaven_n another_o the_o abstract_n of_o form_n b_o plato_n ideae_fw-la he_o will_v have_v jove_n to_o be_v heaven_n juno_n earth_n minerva_n the_o idea_n heaven_n the_o efficient_a earth_n the_o substance_n idea_n the_o form_n of_o each_o effect_n now_o here_o i_o omit_v to_o say_v that_o plato_n ascribe_v so_o much_o to_o these_o form_n that_o he_o say_v heaven_n do_v nothing_o without_o they_o but_o itself_o be_v make_v by_o they_o this_o i_o say_v that_o varro_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o select_a god_n have_v utter_o overthrow_v this_o distinction_n of_o those_o three_o heaven_n he_o place_v for_o the_o masculine_a for_o t●…e_v feminine_a earth_n among_o which_o he_o put_v minerva_n that_o but_o now_o be_v above_o heaven_n and_o neptune_n a_o masculine_a god_n be_v in_o the_o sea_n therefore_o rather_o in_o earth_n then_o heaven_n father_n dis_n or_o c_o pluto_n a_o male-god_n and_o their_o brother_n he_o be_v also_o in_o earth_n upmost_a and_o proserpina_n his_o wife_n under_o he_o how_o can_v those_o heaven-god_n now_o be_v earth-god_n or_o these_o earth-god_n have_v room_n above_o or_o reference_n to_o heaven_n what_o sobriety_n solidity_n or_o certainty_n be_v in_o this_o discourse_n and_o earth_n be_v all_o their_o mother_n that_o be_v serve_v with_o nothing_o but_o sodomy_n cut_v and_o gelding_n why_o then_o do_v he_o say_v janus_n the_o god_n chief_a and_o tellus_n the_o goddess_n where_o error_n neither_o allow_v one_o head_n nor_o fury_n a_o like_a time_n why_o go_v they_o vain_o about_o to_o refer_v these_o to_o the_o world_n e_o as_o if_o it_o can_v be_v adore_v for_o the_o true_a god_n the_o work_n for_o the_o maker_n that_o these_o can_v have_v no_o reference_n thither_o the_o truth_n have_v convince_v refer_v they_o but_o unto_o dead_a man_n &_o devil_n and_o the_o controversy_n be_v at_o a_o end_n l._n vives_n the_o ah_o samothracian_o of_o these_o god_n i_o have_v already_o speak_v they_o be_v heaven_n and_o earth_n god_n i●…e_n and_o juno_n that_o be_v the_o great_a samothracian_a god_n uarro_n de_fw-fr ling._n lat_fw-la l._n 4_o and_o minerva_n also_o to_o these_o three_o the_o stately_a temple_n of_o the_o capitol_n be_v dedicate_v in_o greek_a it_o be_v not_o well_o know_v who_o these_o samothracian_a god_n be_v apollonius_n his_o interpreter_n have_v these_o word_n they_o call_v the_o samothracian_a god_n cahiri_n nnaseas_n say_v that_o their_o name_n be_v axierus_fw-la that_o be_v ceres_n 〈◊〉_d proserpina_n aziocersus_fw-la father_n dis_n and_o mercury_n their_o attendant_n as_o dionysodorus_n say_v a●…n_o say_v that_o jove_n beget_v jasion_n and_o dardanus_n upon_o electra_n the_o name_n cabeiri_n serve_v to_o derive_v from_o the_o mountain_n caberi_fw-la in_o phrygia_n whence_o these_o god_n be_v bring_v s●…e_a s●…y_n these_o god_n be_v but_o two_o jove_n the_o elder_a and_o dionysius_n the_o young_a thus_o far_o he_o he_o that_o will_v read_v the_o greek_a it_o begin_v at_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n now_o jasion_n they_o say_v be_v ceres_n son_n and_o call_v caberus_fw-la the_o brother_n of_o dardanus_n other_o say_v la●…_n love_v and_o lie_v with_o ceres_n and_o be_v therefore_o slay_v by_o thunder_n he_o that_o will_v read_v more_o of_o the_o cabeiri_n let_v he_o go_v to_o strabo_n lib._n 10._o b_o plato_n idea_n so_o call_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o form_n or_o cabeiri_n shape_n for_o he_o that_o will_v make_v a_o thing_n first_o contemplate_v of_o the_o form_n and_o fit_v his_o work_n therein_o a_o painter_n draw_v one_o picture_n by_o another_o this_o be_v his_o idea_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v define_v idea_n a_o form_n of_o a_o future_a act_n the_o ideae_fw-la of_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o god_n which_o in_o frame_v of_o the_o world_n and_o cach_n part_v thereof_o he_o do_v work_v after_o and_o therefore_o plato_n make_v three_o beginning_n of_o all_o the_o mind_n that_o be_v god_n the_o worker_n the_o matter_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o form_n that_o it_o be_v frame_v after_o and_o god_n say_v he_o in_o his_o tymeus_n have_v a_o idea_n or_o form_n which_o he_o follow_v in_o his_o whole_a fabric_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o not_o only_o the_o particular_a space_n of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d heaven_n and_o the_o whole_a universe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…h_v the_o body_n as_o may_v be_v for_o so_o we_o shall_v get_v to_o some_o knowledge_n and_o keep_v a_o good_a watch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n set_v we_o free_a from_o it_o we_o shall_v pass_v away_o pure_a from_o contagion_n to_o converse_v with_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ies_n and_o by_o ourselves_o have_v full_a understanding_n of_o that_o sincere_a and_o pure_a truth_n which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o go_v my_o way_n have_v a_o great_a hope_n to_o be_v there_o crown_v with_o the_o fruition_n of_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ch_o in_o his_o life_n he_o suffer_v so_o many_o affliction_n and_o after_o if_o he_o be_v a_o true_a philosopher_n that_o 〈◊〉_d god_n must_v needs_o bear_v a_o great_a stroke_n with_o he_o namely_o that_o he_o can_v attain_v the_o pure_a 〈◊〉_d ●…ill_v after_o this_o life_n thus_o much_o out_o of_o plato_n in_o diverse_a place_n partly_o the_o word_n and_o 〈◊〉_d ●…te_n which_o be_v assume_v to_o show_v his_o opinion_n out_o of_o his_o own_o work_n make_v 〈◊〉_d ●…s_n to_o ad_fw-la 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long_o to_o bear_v away_o so_o his_o enduour_n be_v not_o to_o admit_v a_o idle_a word_n which_o make_v he_o attain_v unto_o a_o great_a perfection_n in_o the_o proper_a use_n of_o the_o greek_a language_n and_o figure_n c_o sect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a a_o word_n of_o indifference_n but_o ordinary_o take_v in_o the_o worst_a sense_n for_o all_o opinion_n private_a or_o other_o without_o the_o church_n we_o call_v heresy_n d_o his_o master_n life_n aristotle_n say_v plato_n in_o laertius_n have_v kiekt_v against_o we_o as_o fole_n do_v at_o their_o dam_n yet_o some_o say_v he_o do_v not_o teach_v while_o plato_n live_v e_z speusippus_n eurymedo●…s_o son_n plato_n successor_n he_o teach_v 8._o year_n and_o speusippus_n take_v pay_v for_o which_o dionysius_n mock_v he_o he_o go_v also_o as_o far_o as_o macedon_n to_o sing_v the_o epithalamion_n at_o cassander_n marriage_n for_o money_n which_o philostratus_n say_v he_o have_v write_v in_o bald_a and_o xenocrates_n rugged_a verse_n grow_v disease_v xenocrates_n of_o chaledon_n succeed_v he_o at_o his_o own_o request_n one_o that_o plato_n love_v dear_o well_o and_o travel_v with_o he_o into_o sicily_n he_o be_v but_o dull_a of_o wit_n but_o of_o a_o severe_a and_o sacred_a carriage_n ●…lato_fw-it say_v aristotle●…ackt_v ●…ackt_z the_o bit_n and_o he_o the_o spur_n but_o love_v he_o so_o well_o that_o when_o man_n swear_v he_o speak_v ill_o of_o he_o he_o will_v not_o credit_n they_o think_v it_o unpossible_a that_o one_o who_o he_o love_v so_o well_o shall_v not_o love_v he_o again_o in_o controversy_n of_o law_n the_o judge_n never_o put_v he_o to_o his_o oath_n think_v it_o sin_v not_o to_o trust_v so_o just_a a_o man_n though_o be_v swear_v not_o f_z academy_n a_o fan_n be_v indeed_o never_o athens_n all_o wood_n &_o fen_n &_o therefore_o unhealthful_a &_o have_v be_v say_v la●…rtius_n the_o habitation_n of_o academus_n one_o of_o the_o heroë_n eupolis_n the_o ●…ence_n commedian_n call_v he_o a_o god_n but_o plutarch_n in_o his_o life_n of_o theseus_n show_v what_o he_o be_v it_o be_v he_o y●_z tell_v castor_n &_o pollux_n y●_z theseus_n after_o his_o rape_n of_o helen_n keep_v she_o secret_o at_o aphidna_n &_o therefore_o be_v ever_o after_o respect_v both_o by_o they_o &_o all_o the_o other_o lacedaemonian_n for_o in_o all_o their_o road_n make_v into_o the_o athenian_z territory_n they_o never_o meddle_v with_o academia_n but_o dicaearchus_n say_v y●_z first_o be_v call_v ecedemia_n of_o one_o ecedemus_fw-la a_o soldier_n under_o castor_n and_o pollux_n and_o so_o after_o come_v to_o be_v call_v academia_n this_o laertius_n touch_v at_o apuleius_n say_v that_o plato_n leave_v all_o his_o patrimony_n in_o a_o little_a garden_n near_o this_o academy_n two_o servant_n a_o cup_n for_o sacrifice_v in_o and_o as_o much_o gold_n as_o will_v make_v a_o earring_n in_o vita_fw-la platon_n laertius_n say_v he_o be_v honourable_o bury_v in_o the_o academy_n and_o that_o mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n have_v take_v athens_n erect_v plato_n a_o statue_n dedicate_a it_o to_o the_o muse_n in_o athens_n this_o we_o may_v not_o pass_v be_v these_o school_n first_o the_o academy_n second_o liceum_n three_o prytaneum_n four_a canopum_n fifthly_o stoa_n sixthly_a athens_n tempe_n seventhly_a cynosarges_n g_o thereupon_o this_o be_v the_o old_a academy_n teach_v to_o archesilas_n by_o ●…lemon_n senocrates_n his_o scholar_n and_o he_o endeavour_v to_o reduce_v all_o to_o socrates_n his_o form_n of_o disputation_n to_o affirm_v nothing_o but_o confute_v all_o and_o this_o be_v call_v the_o new_a acame●…_n which_o tully_n in_o uarro_n person_n affirm_v be_v like_o the_o old_a one_o but_o henceforth_o those_o that_o have_v positive_a ground_n for_o any_o thing_n and_o hold_v a_o truth_n to_o be_v in_o thing_n as_o plato_n do_v be_v not_o call_v academic_n but_o platonist_n i_o think_v because_o the_o name_n of_o academic_n be_v so_o proper_a to_o a●…chesilas_n school_n h_z plotine_n borne_n say_v suidas_n at_o lycopolis_n in_o egypt_n he_o write_v four_o and_o fifty_o book_n obscure_a one_o to_o keep_v the_o custom_n of_o his_o sect_n he_o live_v in_o the_o emperor_n galie●…us_a time_n plotine_n until_o probus_n enter_v he_o of_o who_o destiny_n firmicus_n do_v so_o lie_v and_o prate_v porphyry_n plotines_n scholar_n write_v his_o life_n at_o large_a ay_o jamblichus_n of_o calchis_n porphyry_n scholar_n a_o pythagorist_n rather_o jamblichus_n than_o a_o platonist_n as_o hierom_n testify_v yet_o in_o all_o divine_a matter_n the_o platonist_n be_v pythagorian_n his_o wit_n and_o manner_n be_v better_a than_o his_o master_n k_o porphyry_n a_o tyrian_a one_o neither_o porphyry_n sound_n in_o body_n nor_o mind_n of_o waver_a judgement_n unmanly_a inveterate_a malice_n and_o cruelty_n a_o profess_a plotinist_n suidas_n say_v he_o be_v amelius_n scholar_n also_o porphiry_n say_v
then_o a●…reall_a on_o earth_n they_o feed_v rest_n breed_v and_o fly_v as_o near_o it_o as_o may_v be_v and_o when_o they_o be_v weary_a earth_n be_v their_o port_n of_o retirement_n this_o from_o a_o imperfect_a copy_n of_o apuleius_n yet_o augustine_n reason_n of_o the_o place_n must_v stand_v for_o though_o the_o spirit_n be_v above_o the_o bird_n yet_o the_o bird_n be_v ●…ill_o above_o we_o but_o i_o mean_v not_o hear_v to_o play_v the_o disputant_n what_o apuleius_n the_o platonist_n hold_v concern_v the_o quality_n of_o those_o airy_a spirit_n chap._n 16._o this_o same_o platonist_n speak_v of_o their_o quality_n say_v that_o they_o be_v as_o man_n subject_a to_o passion_n of_o anger_n delight_n glory_n unconstancy_n in_o their_o ceremony_n and_o fury_n upon_o neglect_n beside_o to_o they_o belong_v divination_n dream_n augury_n prophecy_n and_o all_o ●…gicians_n miraculous_a work_n brief_o he_o define_v they_o thing_n create_v passive_a reaso●…le_a ●…reall_a eternal_a in_o the_o three_o first_o they_o perticipate_v with_o we_o in_o the_o four_o with_o ●…ne_n in_o the_o five_o with_o the_o god_n and_o two_o of_o the_o first_o the_o god_n share_v with_o they_o devil_n also_o 〈◊〉_d the_o a_o god_n say_v he_o be_v creature_n and_o give_v each_o element_n to_o his_o pro●…habitants_n he_o give_v earth_n to_o man_n and_o the_o other_o creature_n water_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n air_n to_o these_o spirit_n and_o aether_n to_o the_o god_n now_o in_o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v cre●…res_n they_o communicate_v both_o with_o man_n and_o beast_n in_o reason_n with_o god_n and_o ●…in_a eternity_n with_o god_n only_o in_o passion_n with_o man_n only_o in_o airy_a essence_n with_o 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o they_o be_v creature_n be_v nothing_o for_o so_o be_v beast_n in_o that_o they_o be_v reaso●…able_a so_o be_v we_o equal_o in_o that_o they_o be_v eternal_a what_o be_v that_o without_o felicity_n b_o temporal_a happiness_n excel_v eternal_a misery_n in_o that_o they_o be_v passive_a what_o ge●…_n by_o that_o so_o be_v we_o and_o be_v we_o not_o wretched_a we_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o in_o t●…●…ir_a body_n be_v airy_a what_o of_o that_o see_v a_o soul_n of_o any_o nature_n be_v preferr●…_n 〈◊〉_d a_o body_n of_o what_o perfection_n so_o ever_o and_o therefore_o the_o honour_n give_v by_o t●…●…le_n be_v not_o due_a to_o the_o soul_n inferior_a but_o if_o that_o among_o these_o spirit_n qualiti●…_n 〈◊〉_d have_v reckon_v wisdom_n virtue_n and_o felicity_n and_o have_v make_v they_o commun●…_n these_o with_o the_o god_n than_o have_v he_o speak_v somewhat_o worth_n note_v yet_o o●…_n we_o not_o to_o worship_v they_o as_o god_n for_o these_o end_n but_o rather_o we_o shall_v know_v he_o of_o who_o they_o have_v these_o good_a gift_n but_o as_o they_o be_v how_o far_o be_v they_o from_o wo●…h_n of_o worship_n be_v reasonable_a to_o be_v wretched_a passive_a to_o be_v wretched_a eternal_a 〈◊〉_d ever_o wretched_a wherefore_o to_o leave_v all_o and_o insist_v on_o this_o only_a which_o i_o say_v 〈◊〉_d spirit_n share_v with_o we_o that_o be_v passion_n if_o every_o element_n have_v his_o crea●…_n and_o air_n immortals_n earth_n and_o water_n mortal_n why_o be_v these_o spirit_n 〈◊〉_d ●…o_o perturbation_n to_o that_o which_o the_o greek_n call_v c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o our_o 〈◊〉_d passion_n derive_v word_n d_o of_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o passion_n be_v e_z a_o motion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d ●…e_n against_o reason_n why_o be_v these_o in_o these_o spirit_n that_o be_v not_o in_o beast_n 〈◊〉_d appearance_n of_o such_o in_o beast_n be_v f_o no_o perturbation_n because_o it_o be_v not_o against_o 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o beast_n want_v and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o perturbation_n in_o man_n g_o their_o ●…esse_n or_o their_o h_o wretchedness_n be_v cause_n for_o we_o can_v have_v that_o perfec●…_n wisdom_n in_o this_o life_n that_o be_v promise_v we_o after_o our_o acquittance_n from_o mortal●…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n they_o say_v can_v suffer_v those_o perturbation_n because_o that_o their_o 〈◊〉_d be_v conjoin_v wi●…h_a felicity_n and_o this_o they_o affirm_v the_o reasonable_a soul_n 〈◊〉_d absolute_o pure_a enjoy_v also_o so_o than_o if_o the_o god_n be_v free_a from_o passion_n be●…_n they_o be_v ay_o creature_n bless_v and_o not_o wretched_a and_o the_o beast_n because_o ●…e_v creature_n neither_o capable_a of_o blessedness_n nor_o wretchedness_n it_o romai●…●…t_v these_o spirit_n be_v perturb_v like_o man_n only_o because_o they_o be_v creature_n not_o ●…d_v but_o wretched_a l._n vives_n th●…_n a_o god_n plato_n also_o in_o his_o timaeus_n say_v that_o they_o be_v invisible_a creature_n apuleius_n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la s●…cr_n make_v some_o uncorporall_a daemon_n viz._n love_n &_o sleep_n b_o temporal_a it_o be_v say_v that_o chiron_n 〈◊〉_d son_n refuse_v immortality_n &_o that_o ulysses_n choose_v rather_o to_o live_v and_o die_v at_o home_n with_o his_o ●…er_n and_o friend_n then_o to_o live_v immortal_a among_o the_o goddess_n plato_n say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o live_v a_o 〈◊〉_d little_a while_n then_o to_o be_v eternal_o possess_v of_o all_o bodily_a pleasure_n without_o justice_n &_o the_o other_o mortality_n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr legib_n the_o philosopher_n have_v a_o say_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v then_o not_o to_o be_v of_o that_o hereafter_o 〈◊〉_d so_o tull._n tus._n qu._n translate_v it_o &_o quintil._n l._n 6._o term_v it_o affect_v &_o hold_v y●_z most_o proper_a 〈◊〉_d ●…ly_a of_o their_o ancient_n use_v passion_n for_o it_o but_o i_o make_v doubt_n that_o the_o copy_n be_v faulty_a li._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d ●…ds_n be_v it_o help_v the_o passion_n of_o the_o belly_n be_v 〈◊〉_d thereupon_o d_o word_n of_o word_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o passio_fw-la of_o p●…tior_fw-la to_o suffer_v e_z a_o motion_n tully_n have_v it_o from_o z●…no_n f_z no_o perturbation_n tully_n tusc._n quaest_n the_o affection_n of_o the_o body_n may_v be_v inculpable_a but_o not_o the_o mind_n all_o which_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o neglect_n of_o reason_n and_o therefore_o be_v existent_a only_o in_o man_n for_o that_o which_o we_o see_v by_o accident_n in_o beast_n be_v no_o perturbation_n g_o their_o foolishness_n for_o we_o be_v over-borne_v with_o false_a opinion_n and_o ourselves_o rather_o work_v our_o affect_n then_o receive_v they_o ab_fw-la extra_fw-la and_o as_o s●…a_n say_v we_o be_v ever_o worse_a afraid_a than_o hurt_n the_o stoike_fw-gr hold_v all_o perturbation_n to_o have_v their_o source_n from_o depravation_n of_o opinion_n for_o desire_n be_v a_o opinion_n of_o a_o future_a good_a and_o fear_v a_o opinion_n of_o future_a evil_n sorrow_n of_o present_a evil_n joy_n of_o present_a good_a all_o which_o we_o measure_v by_o the_o fondness_n of_o our_o thought_n and_o not_o by_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n thence_o it_o come_v that_o we_o be_v rapt_v with_o so_o many_o violent_a thought_n h_z their_o wretchedness_n this_n be_v man_n misery_n that_o the_o very_o wise_a be_v subject_a to_o sorrow_n joy_n and_o other_o affect_n do_v he_o what_o he_o can_v ay_o creature_n socrates_n dare_v not_o confess_v that_o these_o spirit_n be_v bad_a or_o wretched_a but_o he_o bold_o affirm_v they_o be_v neither_o good_a nor_o happy_a plato_n conuivio_fw-la whether_o it_o become_v a_o man_n to_o worship_v those_o spirit_n from_o who_o guilt_n he_o shall_v be_v pure_a chap._n 17._o what_o fondness_n then_o nay_o what_o madness_n subject_n we_o unto_o that_o religion_n of_o devil_n when_o as_o by_o the_o truth_n of_o religion_n we_o shall_v be_v save_v from_o participation_n of_o their_o vice_n for_o they_o be_v move_v with_o wrath_n as_o apuleius_n for_o all_o his_o adore_a and_o spare_v they_o affirm_v but_o true_a religion_n bid_v we_o not_o to_o yield_v to_o wrath_n but_o rather_o ah_o resist_v it_o b_o they_o be_v win_v with_o gift_n we_o be_v forbid_v to_o take_v bribe_n of_o any_o they_o love_v honour_n we_o be_v c_o 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hold_v not_o this_o the_o universal_a not_o conceive_v that_o that_o which_o he_o stick_v at_o and_o fear_v to_o endure_v in_o his_o choice_n belong_v to_o his_o great_a commendation_n and_o confirmation_n this_o therefore_o be_v that_o universal_a way_n of_o the_o soul_n freedom_n that_o be_v grant_v unto_o all_o nation_n out_o of_o god_n mercy_n the_o knowledge_n whereof_o come_v and_o be_v to_o come_v unto_o all_o man_n we_o may_v not_o nor_o any_o hereafter_o say_v why_o f_o come_v it_o so_o soon_o or_o why_o so_o late_o for_o his_o wisdom_n that_o do_v send_v it_o be_v unsearchable_a unto_o man_n which_o he_o well_o perceive_v when_o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o yet_o receive_v or_o know_v unto_o he_o he_o deny_v not_o the_o truth_n thereof_o because_o he_o as_o yet_o have_v it_o
a_o air_n heraclitus_n produce_v all_o soul_n out_o of_o respiration_n thereupon_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o refrigerate_v plato_n in_o cratyl_n the_o ancient_n take_v our_o 〈◊〉_d we_o draw_v for_o the_o soul_n where-upon_o the_o poet_n say_v uxoris_fw-la anima_fw-la 〈◊〉_d my_o wife_n breath_n stink_v they_o call_v all_o air_n also_o the_o soul_n virgil_n semina_fw-la terrarum_fw-la animaeque_fw-la marisq●…_n 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o have_v be_v the_o seed_n of_o earth_n air_n sea_n etc._n etc._n g_o can_v not_o c●…c_fw-la tusc._n q●…st_n lib._n 1._o they_o can_v not_o conceive_v the_o soul_n that_o live_v by_o itself_o but_o seek_v a_o shape_n for_o it_o h_z c●…●…kenesse_n arist_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la lib._n 2._o darkness_n be_v the_o absence_n of_o light_n from_o a_o transpare●…_n body_n by_o which_o we_o see_v ay_o their_o quality_n the_o greek_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tully_n in_o his_o academike_n take_v this_o for_o a_o body_n but_o augustine_n here_o call_v all_o adherence_n to_o the_o substance_n which_o philosopher_n call_v accident_n quality_n quintil_n and_o other_o show_v the_o name_n of_o quality_n to_o be_v general_a and_o both_o in_o the_o abstract_n and_o conceit_n appliable_a to_o all_o accident_n k_o treasury_n storehouse_n or_o treasure_n themselves_o l_o it_o be_v all_o be_v he_o a_o bungler_n and_o have_v no_o skill_n the_o word_n be_v any_o m_z but_o that_o god_n who_o care_n uphold_v or_o else_o will_v it_o stand_v but_o a_o while_n but_o he_o can_v care_v for_o that_o he_o know_v not_o nor_o any_o workman_n support_v a_o work_n he_o be_v ignorant_a in_o or_o perfome_v any_o such_o whether_o the_o spirit_n that_o fall_v do_v ever_o partake_v with_o the_o angel_n in_o their_o bliss_n at_o their_o beginning_n chap._n 11._o which_o be_v so_o the_o angel_n be_v never_o darkness_n at_o all_o but_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o they_o be_v make_v they_o be_v make_v light_n yet_o not_o create_v only_o to_o live_v and_o be_v as_o they_o list_v but_o live_v happy_o and_o wise_o in_o their_o illumination_n from_o which_o some_o of_o they_o turn_v away_o be_v so_o far_o from_o attain_v that_o excellence_n of_o bless_a wisdom_n which_o be_v eternal_a with_o full_a security_n of_o the_o eternity_n that_o they_o ah_o fall_v to_o a_o life_n of_o bare_a foolish_a reason_n only_o which_o they_o can_v leave_v although_o they_o will_v how_o they_o be_v partaker_n of_o that_o wisdom_n before_o their_o fall_n who_o can_v define_v how_o can_v we_o say_v they_o be_v equal_o partaker_n with_o those_o that_o be_v real_o bless_v by_o the_o assurance_n of_o their_o eternity_n who_o if_o they_o have_v be_v therein_o equal_a they_o have_v still_o continue_v in_o the_o same_o eternity_n by_o the_o same_o assurance_n for_o life_n indeed_o must_v have_v a_o end_n last_v it_o never_o so_o long_o but_o this_o can_v be_v say_v of_o eternity_n for_o it_o be_v life_n because_o of_o lyve_n but_o it_o be_v eternity_n of_o never_o end_v wherefore_o though_o all_o eternity_n be_v not_o bless_v for_o hell_n fire_n be_v eternal_a yet_o if_o the_o true_a beatitude_n be_v not_o without_o eternity_n their_o beatitude_n be_v no_o such_o as_o have_v end_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o eternal_a whether_o they_o know_v it_o or_o know_v it_o not_o fear_v keep_v their_o knowledge_n and_o error_n their_o ignorance_n from_o be_v bless_v but_o if_o their_o ignorance_n build_v not_o firm_o upon_o uncertainty_n but_o on_o either_o side_n waver_v between_o the_o end_n or_o the_o eternity_n of_o their_o beatitude_n this_o protraction_n prove_v they_o not_o partaker_n of_o the_o bless_a angel_n happiness_n b_o we_o thy_fw-mi not_o this_o word_n beatitude_n unto_o such_o strictness_n as_o to_o hold_v it_o god_n only_o peculiar_a yet_o be_v he_o so_o bless_v as_o none_o can_v be_v more_o in_o compariso●…_n of_o which_o be_v the_o angel_n as_o bless_v of_o themselves_o as_o they_o can_v what_o be_v all_o the_o beatitude_n 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o thing_n or_o what_o can_v it_o be_v l._n vives_n they_o fall_v a_o to_o a_o life_n the_o devil_n have_v quick_a and_o subtle_a wit_n yet_o be_v not_o wise_a know_v 〈◊〉_d themselves_o nor_o their_o father_n as_o they_o ought_v but_o be_v blind_v with_o pride_n and_o envy_n 〈◊〉_d most_o ●…ondly_o into_o all_o mischief_n if_o they_o be_v wise_a they_o shall_v be_v good_a for_o none_o be_v wicked_a in_o 〈◊〉_d ignorance_n rule_v not_o as_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n after_o he_o teach_v b_o we_o tie_v 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d define_v beatitude_n a_o numerical_o perfect_a state_n in_o all_o good_a peculiar_a to_o god_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o angel_n and_o saint_n be_v bless_v 〈…〉_z the_o happiness_n of_o the_o i●…st_a that_o as_o yet_o have_v not_o the_o reward_n of_o the_o divine_a promise_n compare_v with_o the_o first_o man_n of_o paradise_n before_o sin_n original_a chap._n 12._o neither_o do_v we_o only_o call_v a_o they_o bless_v respect_v all_o reasonable_a intellect●…_n 〈◊〉_d for_o who_o dare_v deny_v that_o the_o first_o man_n in_o paradise_n be_v bless_v before_o his_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ough_o he_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o still_o or_o not_o he_o have_v be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d have_v he_o not_o sin_v for_o we_o call_v they_o happy_a b_o who_o we_o see_v live_v well_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hope_n of_o the_o immortality_n to_o come_v without_o c_o terror_n of_o conscience_n 〈◊〉_d ●…rue_a attainment_n of_o pardon_n for_o the_o crime_n of_o our_o natural_a imperfection_n 〈◊〉_d ●…ough_n they_o be_v assure_v of_o reward_n for_o their_o perseverance_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d ●…sever_v for_o what_o man_n know_v that_o he_o shall_v continue_v to_o the_o end_n in_o acti●…●…crease_n of_o justice_n unless_o he_o have_v it_o by_o revelation_n from_o he_o that_o by_o his_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ovidence_n instruct_v few_o yet_o fa●…leth_v none_o herein_o but_o as_o for_o present_a 〈◊〉_d our_o first_o father_n in_o paradise_n be_v more_o bless_v than_o any_o just_a man_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d but_o as_o for_o his_o hope_n every_o man_n in_o the_o misery_n of_o his_o body_n be_v more_o bless_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o truth_n not_o opinion_n have_v say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v rid_v of_o all_o molesta●…_n partake_v with_o the_o angel_n in_o that_o great_a god_n whereas_o the_o man_n that_o live_v 〈◊〉_d ●…se_n in_o all_o that_o felicity_n be_v uncertain_a of_o his_o fall_n or_o continuance_n therein_o l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o they_o bless_v this_o read_n be_v best_o approve_v augustine_n mean_v that_o the_o angel_n 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v uncertain_a of_o their_o fall_n or_o continuance_n yet_o be_v in_o a_o sort_n bless_v only_a 〈◊〉_d ●…gh_o glorious_a nature_n as_o adam_n be_v in_o those_o great_a gift_n of_o god_n before_o his_o fall_n b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christ_n call_v they_o bless_v mat._n 8._o c_o terror_n of_o conscience_n the_o great_a bliss_n conscience_n 〈◊〉_d a_o pure_a conscience_n as_o horace_n say_v to_o blush_v for_o guilt_n of_o nothing_o and_o the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…uilty_a conscience_n this_o be_v that_o the_o poet_n call_v the_o fury_n cic._n contra_fw-la pisonem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●…er_o the_o angel_n be_v create_v in_o such_o a_o state_n of_o happiness_n that_o neither_o 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o fall_v know_v they_o shall_v fall_v nor_o those_o that_o persevere_v fore-knew_a they_o shall_v persevere_v chap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d ●…fore_o now_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o beatitude_n require_v both_o conjoin_v such_o 〈◊〉_d ●…tude_n i_o mean_v as_o the_o intellectual_a nature_n do_v fit_o desire_v that_o be_v to_o 〈◊〉_d the_o unchangeable_a good_a without_o any_o molestation_n to_o remain_v in_o he_o 〈◊〉_d without_o delay_v of_o doubt_n or_o deceit_n of_o error_n this_o we_o faithful_o believe_v 〈◊〉_d angel_n have_v but_o consequent_o that_o the_o angel_n that_o offend_v and_o 〈◊〉_d lose_v that_o light_n have_v not_o before_o their_o fall_n some_o beatitude_n they_o have_v but_o 〈◊〉_d know_v this_o we_o may_v think_v if_o they_o ah_o be_v create_v any_o while_n be●…y_o sin_v but_o if_o it_o seem_v hard_a to_o believe_v some_o angel_n to_o be_v create_v 〈◊〉_d ●…ore-knowledge_n of_o their_o perseverance_n or_o fall_n and_o othersome_a to_o have_v 〈◊〉_d ●…cience_n of_o their_o beatitude_n but_o rather_o that_o all_o have_v knowledge_n alike_o in_o their_o 〈◊〉_d and_o continue_v so_o until_o these_o that_o now_o be_v evil_a leave_v that_o light_n of_o good●…_n very_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o think_v that_o the_o holy_a angel_n now_o be_v in_o them●…_n certain_a of_o that_o beatitude_n whereof_o the_o scripture_n afford_v they_o so_o 〈◊〉_d ●…einty_a and_o we_o also_o that_o read_v they_o what_o catholic_a christian_n but_o 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o angel_n that_o now_o be_v shall_v ever_o become_v a_o devil_n nor_o any_o
and_o 〈◊〉_d thing_n respective_o for_o another_o the_o one_o value_v they_o by_o the_o light_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o by_o the_o pleasure_n or_o use_v of_o the_o sense_n and_o indeed_o a_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d love_n have_v get_v such_o predominance_n in_o reasonable_a nature_n that_o al●…_n angel_n general_o all_o angel_n excel_v man_n in_o nature_n order_n yet_o by_o the_o law_n of_o ●…nesse_n good_a man_n have_v get_v place_n of_o preferment_n before_o the_o evil_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o vice_n of_o malice_n be_v not_o natural_a but_o against_o nature_n follow_v the_o will_n not_o the_o creation_n in_o sin_n chap._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d in_o respect_n of_o the_o devil_n nature_n not_o his_o will_n we_o do_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d place_n a_o right_n he_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o god_n work_n for_o where_o the_o vice_n of_o 40_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o nature_n be_v not_o corrupt_v before_o ah_o vice_n be_v so_o contrary_a to_o 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o can_v but_o hurt_v it_o b_o therefore_o be_v it_o no_o vice_n for_o that_o nature_n that_o 〈◊〉_d god_n to_o do_v so_o but_o that_o it_o be_v more_o natural_a to_o it_o to_o desire_v adherence_n with_o god_n c_o the_o ●…ill_n will_v then_o be_v a_o great_a proof_n that_o the_o nature_n be_v good_a but_o as_o god_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d creator_n of_o good_a nature_n so_o be_v he_o the_o just_a disposer_n of_o evil_a will_n that_o when_o they_o use_v good_a nature_n evil_a he_o may_v use_v the_o evil_a will_n well_o thereupon_o he_o 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o devil_n good_a nature_n and_o evil_a will_n shall_v be_v cast_v down_o and_o de●…d_v by_o his_o angel_n that_o be_v that_o his_o temptation_n may_v confirm_v his_o saint_n who_o the_o other_o seek_v to_o iniur●…_n and_o because_o god_n in_o the_o create_v of_o he_o foresee_v both_o his_o evil_a will_n and_o what_o good_a god_n mean_v to_o effect_v thereby_o therefore_o the_o psalmist_n say_v this_o dragon_n who_o thou_o have_v make_v for_o a_o scorn_n that_o in_o that_o very_a creation_n that_o it_o be_v good_a by_o god_n goodness_n yet_o have_v god_n foreknowledge_n how_o to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o in_o the_o bad_a state_n l._n vives_n the_o ah_o vice_n socrates_n and_o the_o stoic_n hold_v virtue_n natural_a vice_n unnatural_a for_o follow_v the_o conduct_n of_o the_o true_a purity_n of_o our_o nature_n separate_v from_o deprave_a opinion_n &_o we_o shall_v never_o sin_v b_o therefore_o if_o it_o do_v the_o nature_n that_o offend_v more_o real_a good_a to_o offend_v then_o forbear_v it_o be_v no_o offence_n nor_o error_n but_o rather_o a_o wise_a election_n and_o a_o just_a performance_n c_o the_o evil_a will_n ●…ill_n thence_o arise_v all_o sin_n and_o because_o they_o oppose_v nature_n nature_n resist_v they_o whereby_o offend_v please_v their_o will_n but_o hurt_v the_o nature_n the_o will_n be_v voluntary_o evil_a their_o nature_n force_v to_o it_o which_o be_v it_o leave_v free_a will_v follow_v the_o best_a for_o that_o it_o love_v and_o go_v the_o direct_a way_n to_o the_o maker_n who_o sight_n at_o length_n it_o will_v attain_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o this_o universe_n augment_v by_o god_n ordinance_n out_o of_o contrary_n chap._n 18._o for_o god_n will_v never_o have_v foreknown_a vice_n in_o any_o work_n of_o he_o angel_n or_o man_n but_o that_o he_o know_v in_o like_a manner_n what_o good_a use_n to_o put_v it_o unto_o so_o make_v the_o world_n course_n like_o a_o fair_a poem_n more_o gracious_a by_o antithetique_a figure_n antitheta_fw-la a_o call_v in_o latin_a opposite_n be_v the_o most_o decent_a figure_n of_o all_o elocution_n some_o more_o express_o call_v they_o contraposites_a but_o we_o have_v no_o use_n of_o this_o word_n though_o for_o the_o figure_n the_o latin_a and_o all_o the_o tongue_n of_o the_o world_n use_v it_o b_o s._n paul_n use_v it_o rare_o upon_o that_o place_n to_o the_o corynthe_n where_o he_o say_v by_o the_o arm●…_n of_o righteousness_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o left_a by_o honour_n and_o dishonour_n by_o evil_a report_n 10._o and_o good_a as_o deceiver_n and_o yet_o true_a as_o unknown_a and_o yet_o know_v as_o die_v and_o behold_v 〈◊〉_d li●…e_n as_o chasten_v and_o yet_o not_o kill_v as_o sorrow_v and_o yet_o ever_o glad_a as_o poor_a and_o yet_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rich_a as_o have_v nothing_o yet_o possess_v allthing_n thus_o as_o these_o contrary_n oppose_v do_v give_v the_o say_n a_o excellent_a grace_n so_o be_v the_o world_n beauty_n compose_v 〈◊〉_d of_o contrariety_n not_o in_o figure_n but_o in_o nature_n this_o be_v pla●…e_v in_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la in_o this_o verse_n against_o evil_n be_v good_a and_o against_o death_n be_v life_n so_o be_v the_o godly_a against_o the_o sinner_n 〈◊〉_d look_v for_o in_o all_o thy_o work_n of_o the_o high_a two_o and_o two_o one_o against_o one_o 〈◊〉_d l._n vives_n an●…a_o a_o be_v contraposites_n in_o word_n and_o sentence_n cic._n ad_fw-la heren_n lib._n 4._o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d co●…position_n say_v quintilian_n con●…tion_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 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do_v a_o garment_n as_o a_o 26._o vesture_n shall_v thou_o change_v they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v change_v but_o thou_o be_v the_o same_o and_o thy_o year_n shall_v not_o fail_v what_o reason_n now_o have_v porphyry_n to_o praise_v the_o hebrew_n for_o their_o adoration_n of_o the_o great_a god_n and_o yet_o blame_v the_o christian_n for_o avoutch_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n see_v that_o these_o book_n of_o the_o hebrew_n who_o god_n he_o confess_v to_o be_v terrible_a to_o all_o the_o rest_n do_v direct_o aver_v it_o they_o shall_v perish_v what_o the_o heaven_n the_o great_a the_o safe_a the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v perish_v and_o shall_v
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unto_o plato_n that_o the_o soul_n shall_v never_o return_v unto_o the_o misery_n of_o a_o corruptible_a body_n if_o both_o of_o they_o joint_o have_v hold_v both_o these_o position_n i_o think_v it_o will_v have_v follow_v both_o that_o the_o soul_n shall_v return_v into_o body_n and_o also_o into_o such_o body_n as_o be_v befit_v they_o for_o eternal_a felicity_n for_o plato_n say_v the_o holy_a soul_n shall_v return_v to_o human_a body_n and_o porphyry_n say_v the_o holy_a soul_n shall_v not_o return_v to_o the_o evil_n of_o this_o world_n let_v porphyry_n therefore_o say_v with_o plato_n they_o shall_v return_v unto_o body_n and_o plato_n with_o porphyry_n they_o shall_v not_o return_v unto_o evil_n and_o then_o they_o shall-both_a say_v they_o shall_v return_v unto_o such_o body_n as_o shall_v not_o molest_v they_o with_o any_o evil_n namely_o those_o wherein_o god_n have_v promise_v that_o the_o bless_a soul_n shall_v have_v their_o eternal_a dwelling_n for_o this_o i_o think_v 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with_o which_o the_o saint_n shall_v see_v god_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v chap._n 29._o now_o let_v we_o see_v what_o the_o saint_n shall_v do_v in_o their_o immortal_a and_o spiritual_a body_n their_o flesh_n live_v now_o no_o more_o carnal_o but_o spiritual_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o the_o lord_n shall_v vouchsafe_v to_o enable_v us._n and_o true_o what_o manner_n of_o action_n or_o a_o rather_o rest_n and_o quietness_n it_o shall_v be_v if_o i_o say_v the_o truth_n i_o know_v not_o for_o i_o have_v never_o see_v it_o by_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o body_n but_o if_o i_o shall_v say_v i_o have_v see_v it_o by_o the_o mind_n that_o be_v by_o the_o understanding_n alas_o how_o great_a or_o what_o be_v our_o understanding_n in_o comparison_n of_o that_o exceed_a excellency_n for_o there_o be_v the_o peace_n of_o god_n which_o 4._o pass_v all_o understanding_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v what_o understanding_n but_o we_o or_o peradventure_o of_o all_o the_o holy_a angel_n for_o it_o do_v not_o pass_v the_o understanding_n of_o god_n if_o therefore_o the_o saint_n shall_v live_v in_o the_o peace_n of_o god_n without_o doubt_n they_o shall_v live_v in_o that_o peace_n which_o pass_v all_o understanding_n now_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o it_o pass_v our_o understanding_n but_o if_o it_o also_o pass_v the_o understanding_n of_o angel_n for_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o except_v they_o when_o he_o say_v all_o understanding_n then_o according_a to_o this_o say_n we_o ought_v to_o understand_v that_o we_o be_v not_o able_a nor_o any_o angel_n to_o know_v that_o peace_n wherewith_o god_n himself_o be_v pacify_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o god_n know_v it_o but_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o his_o peace_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o our_o capacity_n shall_v obtain_v a_o most_o excellent_a peace_n in_o we_o and_o among_o we_o and_o with_o he_o according_a to_o the_o quantity_n of_o our_o excellency_n in_o this_o manner_n the_o holy_a angel_n according_a 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the_o god_n the_o god_n war●…es_n a_o accade●…_n the_o titan●…_n religious_a superstitio●…_n god_n no_o soul_n but_o the_o soul_n maker_n the_o telet●…_n who_o first_o bring_v image_n to_o rome_n gen_n 46._o the_o dipe●…sion_n of_o the_o jew_n fortune_n &_o fate_n what_o what_o the_o vulgar_a hold_n fate_n the_o astrologian●…_n necessity_n of_o the_o star_n fate_n what_o it_o be_v the_o destiny_n 3._o epicurus_n fortune_n casualty_n what_o they_o be_v as_o aphrodyse●…_n think_v the_o star_n dominion_n plotine_n seneca_n mars_n a_o sta●…_n possidonius_fw-la horoscope_n what_o nigidius_n figulus_n the_o star_n out_o run_v ou●…_n slack_a thought_n gen._n 25._o hipocrates_n his_o guess_n the_o angle_n of_o heaven_n man_n be_v not_o conceive_v after_o the_o first_o conception_n until_o the_o birth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d creature_n superfaetan●…_n that_o be_v breedi●…g_v upon_o blood_n twin_n both_o be_v get_v and_o bear_v the_o tide_n of_o the_o sea_n what_o male_a &_o female_n be_v astrologer_n 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