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vers_n 14._o he_o say_v far_a i_o know_v that_o whatsoever_o god_n do_v it_o shall_v be_v for_o ever_o nothing_o can_v be_v put_v to_o it_o nor_o any_o thing_n take_v from_o it_o etc._n etc._n all_o which_o text_n most_o clear_o teach_v that_o nature_n always_o keep_v she_o fix_v and_o immutable_a order_n that_o god_n have_v be_v the_o same_o in_o all_o age_n as_o well_o unknown_a as_o know_v to_o we_o and_o that_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v so_o perfect_a and_o fertile_a that_o nothing_o can_v be_v add_v unto_o nothing_o detract_v from_o they_o and_o in_o fine_a that_o miracle_n be_v not_o look_v upon_o as_o new_a thing_n unless_o by_o reason_n of_o man_n ignorance_n these_o remarkable_a truth_n therefore_o be_v you_o see_v express_o teach_v in_o the_o sacred_a book_n but_o in_o they_o it_o be_v no_o where_o teach_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v happen_v
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may_v use_v solomon_n word_n nor_o repugnant_a to_o nature_n and_o that_o you_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o so_o explicate_v they_o i_o have_v set_v down_o some_o certain_a rule_n take_v from_o the_o scripture_n itself_o but_o though_o i_o say_v that_o the_o scripture_n teach_v these_o thing_n yet_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o it_o teach_v they_o as_o precept_n or_o document_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o only_o that_o the_o prophet_n embrace_v they_o as_o we_o do_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v free_a for_o every_o man_n to_o think_v of_o they_o according_a as_o he_o shall_v judge_v it_o most_o conducive_a to_o his_o devote_v himself_o to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o religion_n with_o his_o whole_a mind_n which_o agree_v exact_o with_o the_o sentiment_n of_o that_o wise_a and_o grave_a author_n josephus_n express_v in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o 2_o d._n book_n of_o antiquity_n in_o these_o word_n nullus_fw-la verò_fw-la discredat_fw-la verbo_fw-la 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sacrae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la cap._n 57_o in_o psal._n 77._o have_v assert_v that_o the_o manna_n wherewith_o god_n feed_v the_o israelite_n in_o the_o desert_n though_o different_a in_o some_o quality_n from_o other_o sort_n of_o manna_n describe_v by_o physician_n be_v yet_o produce_v secundum_fw-la leges_fw-la naturae_fw-la wise_o subjoin_v this_o defence_n of_o himself_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la elevo_fw-la dei_fw-la concuâ—sum_fw-la cum_fw-la naturales_fw-la rerum_fw-la causas_fw-la investigo_n sed_fw-la laudo_fw-la insinitam_fw-la ej_fw-la we_o sapientiam_fw-la qui_fw-la it_o a_o omne_fw-la disponit_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la portentosissima_fw-la sunt_fw-la vide_fw-la antur_fw-la bona_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la secundum_fw-la naturalem_fw-la rerum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la evenisse_fw-la sanctus_n augustinus_n in_o epistola_fw-la 7._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la marcellinum_n si_fw-mi ratio_fw-la contra_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la redditur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la acuta_fw-la sit_fw-la fallit_fw-la verisimilitudine_fw-la nam_fw-la vera_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la rursum_fw-la si_fw-la manifestissimae_fw-la certaeque_fw-la rationi_fw-la velut_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la objicitur_fw-la autoritas_fw-la non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la illarum_fw-la sensum_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la penetrare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sed_fw-la suum_fw-la potius_fw-la objicit_fw-la veritati_fw-la nec_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o eye_n sed_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la velut_fw-la pro_fw-la iis_fw-la invenit_fw-la opponit_fw-la burnetius_n in_o telluris_fw-la theoria_fw-la sacra_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n ult_n ut_fw-mi in_o deducendis_fw-la rerum_fw-la originibus_fw-la non_fw-la temerè_fw-la recurrendum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la causam_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o explicandis_fw-la effect_n be_v singularibus_fw-la ad_fw-la miracula_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnes_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la frustrà _fw-la ac_fw-la temerè_fw-la eo_fw-la recurri_fw-la cum_fw-la res_fw-la aliundè_fw-la per_fw-la causas_fw-la naturales_fw-la satis_fw-la explicari_fw-la potest_fw-la satis_fw-la autem_fw-la explicatur_fw-la aliquod_fw-la phaenomenon_n eujus_fw-la rationes_fw-la redduntur_fw-la adaequatae_fw-la idque_fw-la juxta_fw-la analogiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la natura_fw-la eidem_fw-la explicationi_fw-la consentiat_fw-la &_o suffragetur_fw-la dr._n sprat_n in_o his_o hist._n of_o the_o royal_a society_n pag._n 360._o it_o be_v a_o dangerous_a mistake_n into_o which_o many_o good_a man_n fall_v that_o we_o neglect_v the_o dominion_n of_o god_n over_o the_o world_n if_o we_o do_v not_o discover_v in_o every_o turn_v of_o humane_a action_n many_o supernatural_a providence_n and_o miraculous_a event_n whereas_o it_o be_v enough_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o government_n that_o he_o 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