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and_o do_v as_o they_o require_v as_o have_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n to_o conclude_v their_o message_n false_a but_o the_o most_o powerful_a motive_n to_o believe_v it_o true_a annotation_n on_o the_o 8_o chapter_n sect_n i._o 1_o shem_n hamphorash_n the_o jew_n confess_v that_o christ_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o name_n do_v raise_v the_o dead_a and_o walk_v upon_o the_o sea_n and_o cure_v the_o lame_a and_o cleanse_v the_o leper_n vide_fw-la raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we 290._o 2_o the_o jew_n expect_v miracle_n from_o their_o messiah_n the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v exalt_v more_o than_o abraham_n more_o than_o moses_n more_o than_o the_o minister_a angel_n beresch_n rabath_n sup_v gen._n 28.10_o see_v annot._n in_o chap._n 7._o sect._n 1._o numb_a 8._o 2_o to_o the_o art_n of_o magic_n solent_n judaei_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n which_o also_o celsus_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 7._o vide_fw-la p._n 30._o vide_fw-la lactant._n l._n 4._o c._n 13._o euseb_n demonstr_n evang._n l._n 3._o c._n 3.8_o august_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la petri_n serm_fw-la 9_o 5_o hierocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hieroclem_fw-la p._n 512._o 6_o julian_n who_o tell_v we_o christ_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la cyrill_n alexandr_n l._n 6._o 7_o pilate_n give_v such_o a_o large_a account_n that_o there_o be_v such_o act_n of_o pilate_n appear_v 1._o from_o those_o false_a act_n the_o heathen_n make_v contain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccles_n l._n 9_o c._n 5.7_o 2_o from_o the_o appeal_n of_o heretic_n to_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n de_fw-fr quartadecimanis_fw-la that_o these_o act_n be_v such_o as_o do_v confirm_v the_o christian_a faith_n be_v evident_a from_o those_o passage_n of_o the_o father_n which_o appeal_v unto_o they_o for_o this_o end_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n apol._n 2._o p._n 84._o ea_fw-la omne_fw-la sc_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la christi_fw-la miraculis_fw-la morte_fw-la resurrectione_n ascensu_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la enuntiant_fw-la evangelia_n pilatus_n &_o ipse_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la christianus_n caesari_n tunc_fw-la tiberio_fw-la nuntiavit_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 21._o 8_o tiberius_n propose_v he_o to_o the_o senate_n tiberius_n cujus_fw-la tempore_fw-la nomen_fw-la christianum_fw-la in_o saeculum_fw-la introivit_fw-la annuntiata_fw-la sibi_fw-la ex_fw-la syriâ_fw-la palaestinâ_fw-la quae_fw-la veritatem_fw-la illius_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la revelaverant_a retulit_fw-la ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la cum_fw-la praerogativa_fw-la suffragii_fw-la svi_fw-la senatus_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la probaverat_fw-la respuit_fw-la caesar_n in_o sententia_fw-la mansit_fw-la comminatus_fw-la periculum_fw-la accusatoribus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 5._o 9_o other_o say_v he_o do_v his_o wonder_n by_o those_o art_n which_o he_o have_v learn_v from_o the_o egyptian_n magus_n fuit_fw-la clandestinis_fw-la artibus_fw-la omne_fw-la illa_fw-la perfecit_fw-la aegyptiorum_n ex_fw-la adytis_fw-la angelorum_fw-la potentium_fw-la nomina_fw-la &_o remotas_fw-la furatus_fw-la est_fw-la disciplinas_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la apud_fw-la arnob._n p._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 30._o 9_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n though_o frequent_a and_o expert_a magician_n of_o the_o jew_n their_o talmud_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o great_a sanhedrim_n be_v skill_v in_o magic_n tract_n sanhed_n c._n dine_v mammonoth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la sermone_fw-la 5._o p._n 360._o 361._o et_fw-la rursus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la cochum_fw-la in_o dvos_fw-la tit_n talm._n p._n 18._o joseph_n antiq._n jud._n l._n 20._o c._n 6._o annot._n in_o c._n 1._o n._n 1._o the_o heathen_n circa_n deos_fw-la ac_fw-la religiones_fw-la negligentior_fw-la quip_n addictus_fw-la mathematicae_fw-la persuasionisque_fw-la plenus_fw-la cuncta_fw-la fato_fw-la agi_fw-la sueton._n de_fw-fr tiberio_n c._n 69._o quin_n &_o facto_fw-la per_fw-la magos_n sacro_fw-la evocare_fw-la manes_fw-la &_o exorare_fw-la tentavit_fw-la nero._n idem_fw-la c._n 34._o vide_fw-la plin._n l._n 30._o c._n 11._o 10_o so_o notorious_a that_o heathen_n have_v record_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phlegon_n l._n 13._o olymp._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d african_n vide_fw-la euseb_n chronicon_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 2040._o tertull._n apol._n c._n 21._o orig._n tract_n 35._o in_o mat._n &_o p._n 80._o adv_n cell_n 11_o the_o heathen_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n disciple_n out_o do_v all_o other_o in_o the_o art_n of_o juggle_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habemus_fw-la apud_fw-la julianum_fw-la vide_fw-la cyril_n alex._n l._n 3._o p._n 100_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n adv_o celsum_fw-la p._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieroc_n de_fw-fr apostolis_n apud_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hier._n p._n 514._o 12_o and_o that_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o our_o saviour_n book_n and_o instruction_n in_o that_o art_n celsus_n affirm_v he_o see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la orig_n p._n 302._o who_o thus_o reply_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d julian._n de_fw-fr apostolis_n apud_fw-la cyrill_n alex._n l._n 10._o 13_o they_o acknowledge_v that_o at_o their_o sepulcher_n be_v wonder_n wrought_v respond_v quomodo_fw-la in_o vilissimo_fw-la pulvere_fw-la &_o favillâ_fw-la nescio_fw-la quâ_fw-la tanta_fw-la sit_fw-la signorum_fw-la virtutumque_fw-la praesentia_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr in_fw-la morem_fw-la gentilium_fw-la impiorumque_fw-la porphyrii_fw-la &_o eunomii_fw-la have_v praestigias_fw-la daemonum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicas_fw-la hieron_n adv_fw-la vigilant_a 14_o and_o christian_n confident_o appeal_v unto_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o julianum_fw-la p._n 36._o 15_o cyrill_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyrill_n alex._n contra_fw-la jul._n l._n 6._o p._n 202._o 16_o august_n etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la fiunt_fw-la miracula_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomine_fw-la et_fw-la rursus_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la multa_fw-la miracula_fw-la eodem_fw-la deo_fw-la faciente_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la vult_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la quae_fw-la legimus_fw-la fecit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 22._o c._n 8._o vide_fw-la theodor_n de_fw-fr cur_n gr._n affecta_fw-la euseb_n contra_fw-la hieroc_n c._n 1._o p._n 514._o chap._n viii_o sect_n ii_o the_o content_n prove_v the_o truth_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n from_o the_o speedy_a propagation_n of_o it_o through_o the_o world_n arg._n 3_o by_o inconsiderable_a and_o unlearned_a man_n against_o those_o many_o prejudices_fw-la which_o do_v attend_v it_o and_o many_o enemy_n which_o do_v oppose_v it_o the_o avow_a principle_n on_o which_o this_o argument_n depend_v a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o it_o by_o compare_v its_o effect_n with_o those_o of_o heathen_a wisdom_n or_o philosophy_n §_o 1._o three_o the_o powerful_a assistance_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v manifest_v in_o the_o effectual_a and_o speedy_a propagation_n
to_o conceive_v it_o blow_v off_o all_o our_o prejudices_fw-la buoy_v up_o the_o sink_a spirit_n with_o fresh_a supply_n of_o grace_n and_o spiritual_a assistance_n and_o all_o the_o comfort_n of_o a_o never_o fail_a promise_n that_o god_n will_v never_o leave_v we_o nor_o forsake_v we_o 13.5_o heb._n 13.5_o but_o will_v make_v the_o heavy_a of_o affliction_n be_v instrumental_a to_o work_v together_o for_o our_o good_a 8.32_o rom._n 8.32_o it_o quell_v all_o fear_n &_o jealousy_n of_o the_o despond_v spirit_n by_o give_v full_a assurance_n of_o our_o pardon_n on_o the_o most_o reasonable_a and_o easy_a term_n and_o represent_v our_o heavenly_a father_n not_o only_o willing_a to_o receive_v but_o so_o gracious_a as_o to_o invite_v the_o prodigal_n it_o render_v our_o discouragement_n the_o best_a of_o motive_n assure_v we_o that_o our_o affliction_n will_v augment_v our_o joy_n and_o that_o our_o thorn_n will_v blossom_v into_o crown_n of_o glory_n and_o what_o can_v weigh_v against_o such_o powerful_a motive_n when_o life_n the_o first_o of_o mercy_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o all_o other_o and_o death_n the_o last_o and_o most_o dreadful_a evil_n be_v such_o low_a trifle_n as_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v to_o they_o §_o 5._o again_o it_o lay_v the_o high_a obligation_n on_o we_o to_o endeavour_v the_o welfare_n of_o our_o brother_n soul_n 10.24_o heb._n 5.2_o 2_o tim._n 2.25_o luk._n 17.3_o heb._n 10.24_o it_o call_v upon_o we_o to_o a_o instruct_v the_o ignorant_a and_o they_o that_o oppose_v themselves_o to_o the_o truth_n to_o warn_v the_o unruly_a person_n to_o rebuke_v he_o and_o not_o suffer_v sin_n upon_o he_o it_o require_v we_o to_o support_v the_o weak_a and_o to_o administer_v comfort_n to_o the_o feeble_a mind_n to_o stir_v up_o and_o provoke_v each_o other_o to_o the_o great_a height_n of_o love_n and_o piety_n and_o goodness_n in_o prosecution_n of_o these_o end_v it_o show_v how_o much_o our_o lord_n have_v do_v and_o suffer_v by_o empty_v himself_o of_o all_o his_o glory_n and_o take_v on_o he_o the_o infirmity_n of_o humane_a nature_n by_o enter_v on_o that_o life_n of_o misery_n which_o do_v at_o last_o conclude_v in_o a_o accurse_a ignominious_a death_n by_o intercede_v daily_o for_o mercy_n to_o we_o and_o by_o convey_v of_o his_o gift_n and_o favour_n to_o all_o the_o member_n of_o his_o body_n last_o by_o guide_v all_o the_o act_n and_o way_n of_o providence_n to_o the_o best_a compliance_n with_o the_o good_a &_o welfare_n of_o his_o servant_n it_o show_v how_o much_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n have_v be_v concern_v for_o they_o in_o employ_v his_o wisdom_n from_o eternal_a age_n in_o thought_n of_o mercy_n to_o they_o in_o send_v his_o belove_a from_o his_o own_o bosom_n to_o redeem_v they_o by_o his_o bloody_a suffering_n his_o spirit_n first_o to_o convince_v they_o of_o sin_n and_o misery_n the_o more_o assure_o to_o fright_v they_o into_o the_o arm_n of_o mercy_n and_o then_o to_o sanctify_v and_o by_o so_o do_v to_o fit_v they_o for_o those_o mansion_n of_o eternal_a bliss_n he_o have_v prepare_v for_o they_o and_o last_o send_v his_o ambassador_n by_o their_o most_o passionate_a entreaty_n to_o bessech_v they_o to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o he_o §_o 6._o such_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n so_o good_a and_o pious_a be_v its_o precept_n &_o so_o well_o suit_v to_o the_o interest_n and_o apprehension_n of_o mankind_n whereas_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o hearthen_a world_n the_o faith_n they_o own_a &_o the_o religious_a custom_n they_o espouse_v be_v such_o as_o overthrow_v religion_n in_o the_o foundation_n of_o it_o &_o such_o as_o make_v it_o to_o be_v consistent_a with_o the_o most_o vile_a impurity_n &_o only_o serviceable_a in_o the_o promotion_n of_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n or_o such_o as_o do_v exceed_o deface_v the_o beauty_n of_o it_o and_o obstruct_v its_o influence_n morality_n be_v either_o whole_o slight_v and_o vice_n or_o virtue_n deem_v to_o be_v only_o what_o humane_a law_n command_v and_o forbid_v or_o their_o conception_n of_o it_o be_v so_o gross_a and_o so_o exceed_o various_a that_o not_o one_o duty_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v leave_v unquestioned_a by_o they_o the_o 1_o common_a issue_n of_o their_o search_n after_o the_o knowledge_n of_o those_o thing_n be_v only_a scepticism_n and_o the_o most_o know_a man_n be_v they_o who_o do_v renounce_v all_o knowledge_n of_o they_o §_o 7._o to_o touch_v upon_o those_o thing_n which_o do_v exceed_o obscure_v the_o influence_n or_o ruin_v the_o foundation_n of_o true_a piety_n some_o of_o those_o heathen_n plain_o deny_v the_o 2_o be_v of_o a_o god_n and_o many_o of_o they_o 3_o doubt_v and_o demure_v upon_o it_o especial_o when_o a_o 4_o cross_a act_n of_o providence_n do_v tempt_v they_o to_o it_o as_o for_o his_o overrule_a providence_n we_o find_v it_o explode_v by_o the_o school_n of_o 5_o epicurus_n by_o 6_o aristotle_n and_o his_o party_n it_o be_v confine_v to_o heaven_n whence_o it_o be_v well_o infer_v by_o 5._o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la euseb_n praep_v l._n 15._o c._n 5._o atticus_n that_o his_o opinion_n be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o as_o to_o the_o interest_n of_o vice_n and_o virtue_n with_o that_o of_o epicurus_n this_o great_a concern_n be_v by_o the_o 7_o platonist_n and_o 8_o pythagorean_n that_o i_o add_v not_o the_o 9_o whole_a heathen_a world_n commit_v to_o inferior_a demon_n this_o be_v their_o profess_a tenet_n 16._o august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 9_o c._n 16._o quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la deus_fw-la miscetur_fw-la homini_fw-la by_o which_o denial_n of_o god_n immediate_a power_n engage_v to_o create_v preserve_v and_o govern_v we_o they_o 10_o robe_v we_o of_o our_o chief_a motive_n to_o adore_v and_o imitate_v he_o who_o think_v we_o thus_o unworthy_a of_o his_o care_n some_o 11_o doubt_v of_o the_o thing_n other_o allow_v a_o general_a but_o 12_o deny_v a_o special_a providence_n and_o hence_o take_v liberty_n to_o sin_n at_o pleasure_n the_o 13_o stoic_n most_o do_v restrain_v the_o act_n of_o this_o providence_n unto_o the_o great_a concern_v of_o earth_n and_o hold_v it_o unconcern_v for_o lesser_a matter_n scarce_o any_o of_o the_o heathen_n can_v afford_v a_o satisfy_a answer_n to_o that_o grand_a objection_n which_o be_v make_v against_o it_o from_o those_o adversity_n which_o happen_v to_o the_o best_a and_o those_o prosperity_n which_o do_v attend_v the_o vile_a person_n §_o 8._o 2ly_n they_o be_v as_o much_o mistake_v in_o their_o conception_n of_o his_o attribute_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o deity_n renounce_v the_o only_a true_a god_n they_o know_v not_o where_o to_o stint_v the_o number_n of_o their_o deity_n some_o hold_v they_o 14_o thirty_o thousand_o other_o conceive_v they_o to_o be_v numberless_a and_o yet_o they_o stand_v oblige_v to_o worship_v all_o the_o rabble_n of_o they_o that_o none_o may_v be_v offend_v because_o slight_v by_o they_o for_o as_o tertullian_n tell_v they_o cum_fw-la alii_fw-la alios_fw-la colitis_fw-la 13._o apol._n c._n 13._o utique_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la colitis_fw-la offenditis_fw-la praelatio_fw-la alterius_fw-la sine_fw-la contumelia_fw-la alterius_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la electio_fw-la sine_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la and_o therefore_o when_o calamity_n befall_v they_o they_o pay_v their_o homage_n to_o a_o 15_o unknown_a deity_n and_o make_v address_n in_o these_o doubtful_a form_n quisquis_fw-la es_fw-la sive_fw-la deus_fw-la sive_fw-la dea_fw-la 61._o plaut_n rud._n act._n 1._o sc._n 4._o plutar_n qu._n rom._n 61._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o that_o unknown_a god_n or_o goddess_n who_o as_o they_o presume_v may_v be_v incense_v by_o the_o neglect_n of_o service_n and_o albeit_o the_o wise_a sort_n of_o heathen_n acknowledge_a one_o supreme_a and_o all-ruling_a deity_n yet_o do_v they_o worship_v demon_n not_o only_o such_o as_o they_o account_v good_a but_o 16_o evil_a and_o pernicious_a lest_o they_o shall_v destroy_v they_o they_o pay_v their_o homage_n to_o the_o 17_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o to_o the_o whole_a host_n of_o heaven_n to_o 18_o man_n with_o who_o their_o forefather_n have_v converse_v and_o to_o who_o 19_o depart_a soul_n their_o superstition_n do_v give_v a_o apotheosis_n upon_o design_n of_o policy_n to_o 20_o emperor_n and_o all_o that_o have_v be_v know_v man_n especial_o if_o they_o have_v suffer_v for_o their_o country_n they_o advance_v the_o 21_o mean_a creature_n into_o deity_n earth_n fire_n water_n aer_fw-la the_o herb_n and_o cattle_n of_o the_o field_n the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n their_o leek_n and_o onion_n and_o pay_v their_o homage_n to_o those_o idol_n which_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n and_o which_o be_v yet_o more_o vile_a they_o worship_v those_o part_n which_o nature_n
hortulis_fw-la in_fw-la locis_fw-la publicis_fw-la ac_fw-la privatis_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la cuique_fw-la opinion_n certabat_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 18._o c._n 41._o et_fw-la rursus_fw-la have_v &_o alius_fw-la diffensiones_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la populus_fw-la quis_fw-la senatus_n quae_fw-la potestas_fw-la well_fw-mi dignitas_fw-la publica_fw-la impiae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la dijudicandas_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la probandas_fw-la &_o recipiendas_fw-la alius_fw-la improbandas_fw-la repudiandasque_fw-la curavit_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la passim_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la judicio_fw-la confusé_fw-fr que_fw-fr habuit_fw-la in_o gremio_fw-la svo_fw-la tot_fw-la controversias_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la agris_fw-la &_o domibus_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la rebus_fw-la quibus_fw-la aut_fw-la misere_fw-la vivitur_fw-la aut_fw-la beatè_fw-la dissidentium_fw-la august_n ibidem_fw-la 103_o a_o stipend_n from_o the_o roman_a emperor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n hunuch_n p._n 160._o &_o p._n 161._o 104_o flourish_v most_o quaeritur_fw-la saepe_fw-la cur_n tam_fw-la multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la epicurei_n cic._n de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr bon._n l._n 1._o multi_fw-la postea_fw-la defensores_fw-la &_o nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la minimam_fw-la habent_fw-la maximam_fw-la vim_o populus_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la facit_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 87.88_o &_o p._n 89._o dicitur_fw-la philosophus_fw-la nobilis_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la graecia_n &_o italia_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnis_fw-la barbaria_n commota_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laert._n l._n 10._o p._n 712._o vide_fw-la p._n 721._o 105_o the_o abettor_n of_o they_o do_v accord_v the_o best_a epicurus_n una_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la quidem_fw-la angusta_fw-la quam_fw-la magnos_fw-la quantaque_fw-la amoris_fw-la conspiration_n conjunctos_fw-la tenuit_fw-la amicorum_fw-la greges_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a etiamnum_fw-la ab_fw-la epicureis_n cic._n de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr l._n 1._o numen_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n praep._n eu._n l._n 14._o c._n 5._o 106_o hence_o they_o take_v up_o with_o carnal_a pleasure_n nec_fw-la equidem_fw-la habeo_fw-la quod_fw-la intelligam_fw-la bonum_fw-la illud_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la voluptales_fw-la quae_fw-la sapore_fw-la percipiuntur_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la auditu_fw-la &_o cantibus_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la formis_fw-la percipiuntur_fw-la oculis_fw-la suaves_fw-fr mentiones_fw-la five_o quae_fw-la aliae_fw-la voluptales_fw-la gignuntur_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la homine_fw-la quolibet_fw-la è_fw-la sensu_fw-la quae_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la sententia_fw-la sunt_fw-la totusque_fw-la libre_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi refertus_fw-la &_o sententiis_fw-la &_o verbis_fw-la talibus_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n tusc_n 3_o de_fw-mi epicuro_fw-la et_fw-la rursus_fw-la nam_fw-la singo_fw-la num_fw-la mentior_fw-la cupio_fw-la refelli_fw-la istam_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la epicurus_n ignorat_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la testificatur_fw-la ne_fw-la intelligere_fw-la quidem_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la ullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la praeter_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la cibo_fw-la aut_fw-la potione_fw-la &_o aurium_fw-la delectatione_n &_o obscena_fw-la voluptate_fw-la capiatur_fw-la an_fw-mi haec_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la non_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr bon_fw-fr l._n 2._o de_fw-fr n._n d._n l._n 1._o non_fw-la id_fw-la semel_fw-la dicit_fw-la sed_fw-la saepius_fw-la annuere_fw-la te_fw-la video_fw-la nota_fw-la enim_fw-la tibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la proferrem_fw-la libros_fw-la si_fw-la negare_n his_o gemina_fw-la habes_fw-la apud_fw-la athen._n deipnos_fw-la l._n 12._o c._n 12._o laert._n l._n 10._o p._n 710._o plutarch_n moral_a p._n 1098._o 107_o hold_v they_o the_o chief_a good_a plerique_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la cic._n the_o div_o l._n 2._o &_o the_o fin_n bon_fw-fr l._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n adv_fw-la colotem_fw-la p._n 1125._o vide_fw-la laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 54._o ed._n st._n cic._n de_fw-fr n._n d._n 108_o socrates_n first_o introduce_v it_o into_o family_n ab_fw-la antiqua_fw-la philosophia_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la socratem_n numeri_fw-la motusque_fw-la tractabantur_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la omne_fw-la orirentur_fw-la quove_n recederent_fw-la studioseque_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la syderum_fw-la magnitudines_fw-la intervalla_fw-la cursus_fw-la inquirebantur_fw-la &_o cunct_a a_o caelestia_fw-la socrates_n autem_fw-la primus_fw-la philosophiam_fw-la devocavit_fw-la è_fw-la coelo_fw-la &_o in_o urbibus_fw-la collocavit_fw-la &_o coegit_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o moribus_fw-la rebusque_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la quaerere_fw-la cic._n tusc_n qu._n l._n 5._o &_o l._n 3._o 109_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o just_a or_o unjust_a in_o itself_o but_o as_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n make_v it_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot_n eth._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyrrho_fw-la apud_fw-la laert._n p._n 262._o huius_fw-la sententiae_fw-la erant_fw-la archelaus_n laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 37._o cyrenaici_n ib._n theodorii_n p._n 57_o aristippus_n p._n 55._o pyrrho_fw-mi p._n 252._o epicur_fw-fr us_o p._n 302._o vide_fw-la sext._n empir_n adv_fw-la math._n p._n 450._o 110_o the_o example_n and_o worship_n of_o their_o deity_n do_v give_v encouragement_n unto_o the_o lewd_a action_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr rep._n l._n 2._o vide_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o nazianz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 77._o 111_o porphyry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n ad_fw-la anebonem_fw-la apud_fw-la theod._n ser_n 3._o p._n 48._o 112_o amelius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la theodoret._n de_fw-fr cur_n gr._n off_o serm_n 2._o p._n 33._o 113_o a_o heathen_a emperor_n as_o to_o be_v write_v clamabat_fw-la saepius_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la sive_fw-la judaeis_n sive_fw-la christianis_fw-la audierat_fw-la &_o tenebat_fw-la idque_fw-la per_fw-la praeconem_fw-la quum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la emendaret_fw-la dici_fw-la jubebat_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alteri_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la quam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la dilexit_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o in_fw-la palatio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la publicis_fw-la operibus_fw-la praescribi_fw-la juberet_fw-la aelius_n lamp_n de_fw-la alex._n severo_fw-la hist_n august_n leyd_n ed._n p._n 577._o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o content_n prolegomena_n in_o order_n to_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o lord_n 1._o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o attest_v the_o thing_n 2._o this_o attestation_n can_v not_o be_v a_o bare-faced_n and_o notorious_a lie_n arg._n 1._o from_o the_o testimony_n arg._n 2._o from_o these_o 3_o consideration_n 1._o that_o our_o saviour_n body_n do_v not_o continue_v in_o the_o sepulchre_n when_o they_o proclaim_v he_o rise_v 2._o that_o his_o disciple_n do_v not_o convey_v his_o body_n thence_o nor_o 3_o be_v that_o do_v by_o any_o other_o person_n who_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o christ_n and_o no_o affection_n for_o he_o arg._n 3._o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o person_n testify_v and_o thus_o we_o have_v dispatch_v our_o demonstration_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n we_o now_o proceed_v unto_o that_o article_n of_o it_o from_o which_o we_o may_v infer_v the_o rest_n viz._n the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n which_o that_o we_o may_v conclude_v with_o great_a evidence_n we_o premise_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o attest_v the_o thing_n the_o prediction_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n own_a by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o all_o their_o vain_a endeavour_n to_o prevent_v what_o he_o foretell_v touch_v his_o resurrection_n the_o expectation_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o that_o abundant_a satisfaction_n which_o they_o find_v in_o this_o particular_a the_o early_a record_n of_o the_o christian_n story_n and_o symbol_n of_o his_o faith_n which_o every_o where_o inculcate_v it_o all_o these_o give_v in_o a_o full_a assurance_n of_o this_o truth_n nay_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v defer_v beyond_o that_o period_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v fix_v how_o impossible_a have_v it_o be_v to_o have_v cajold_v the_o world_n into_o so_o firm_a and_o steadfast_a a_o belief_n of_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n to_o have_v hold_v up_o the_o droop_a spirit_n &_o baffle_a hope_n of_o his_o disciple_n or_o to_o have_v keep_v the_o insult_a jew_n from_o give_v visible_a demonstration_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o their_o pretension_n or_o from_o cry_v out_o of_o the_o imposture_n can_v his_o disciple_n be_v assure_v of_o his_o resurrection_n by_o frequent_a apparition_n of_o he_o and_o not_o endeavour_v to_o acquaint_v the_o world_n with_o what_o so_o much_o concern_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o prediction_n and_o their_o hope_n &_o which_o be_v of_o so_o great_a importance_n to_o mankind_n and_o can_v not_o be_v neglect_v by_o the_o disciple_n of_o our_o lord_n &_o they_o be_v faithful_a unto_o the_o commission_n which_o they_o pretend_v or_o can_v they_o be_v so_o quick_a &_o nimble_a to_o convey_v his_o body_n from_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o yet_o their_o tongue_n be_v backward_o to_o proclaim_v he_o rise_v will_v interest_n or_o reason_n suffer_v they_o to_o
otherwise_o their_o hope_n lay_v bury_v in_o his_o grave_n and_o expire_v together_o with_o he_o after_o such_o manifold_a experience_n of_o their_o master_n power_n to_o assist_v they_o by_o a_o almighty_a hand_n after_o their_o solemn_a protestation_n make_v to_o own_o he_o in_o the_o sharp_a trial_n they_o shameful_o desert_v he_o and_o at_o first_o assault_n betake_v themselves_o to_o their_o heel_n their_o prolocutor_n renounce_v he_o and_o second_v his_o denial_n with_o a_o oath_n they_o bar_v their_o door_n and_o hide_v their_o head_n dread_v every_o thing_n they_o hear_v or_o see_v and_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o person_n so_o extreme_o timorous_a shall_v hazard_v their_o life_n to_o rescue_v his_o dead_a body_n from_o the_o grave_a who_o after_o all_o obligement_n both_o of_o faith_n and_o duty_n do_v so_o little_a to_o preserve_v he_o from_o it_o against_o a_o watch_n so_o vigilant_a and_o zealous_o concern_v to_o prevent_v the_o mischief_n of_o a_o second_o and_o 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