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quasi_fw-la geres_n à _fw-la gerendo_fw-la the_o goddess_n of_o corn_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qu._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o mother_n earth_n be_v only_o the_o ground_n as_o neptunus_n the_o sea_n or_o the_o same_o deity_n exercise_v his_o providence_n in_o all_o or_o to_o use_v st._n augustine_n word_n who_o express_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o ancient_n well_o thus_o 4._o civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o vid._n de._n hac_fw-la re_fw-la var._n de_fw-fr ling._n lat._n lib._n 4._o ipse_fw-la in_o aethere_fw-la est_fw-la jupiter_n ipse_fw-la in_o aere_fw-la juno_n in_o mari_fw-fr neptunus_n in_o inferioribus_fw-la etiam_fw-la maris_fw-la ipse_fw-la salacia_n in_o terrâ_fw-la pluto_n in_o terrâ_fw-la inferiore_fw-la proserpina_n in_o foris_fw-la domesticis_fw-la vesta_n in_o fabrorum_fw-la furnace_n vulcanus_fw-la in_fw-la syderibus_fw-la sol_fw-la luna_fw-la &_o stella_n in_fw-la
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write_n must_v be_v the_o great_a cheat_n and_o impostor_n in_o the_o world_n in_o so_o often_o pretend_v to_o it_o when_o they_o have_v not_o the_o least_o share_n of_o it_o but_o it_o vex_v one_o to_o spend_v time_n to_o answer_v so_o simple_a a_o objection_n which_o be_v worth_n no_o one_o notice_n but_o that_o the_o great_a spinosa_n have_v take_v so_o much_o pain_n in_o it_o and_o other_o retail_v infidel_n after_o he_o will_v seem_v to_o do_v some_o great_a matter_n with_o it_o 3._o nor_o be_v your_o criticism_n upon_o the_o hebrew_n ruach_n or_o spirit_n more_o solid_a revelation_n spirit_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n signify_v revelation_n by_o which_o you_o will_v pretend_v that_o word_n do_v not_o signify_v revelation_n or_o inspiration_n but_o only_a wind_n life_n temper_n of_o mind_n and_o the_o like_a but_o what_o a_o unreasonable_a mistake_n be_v this_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o word_n in_o hebrew_n have_v many_o signification_n as_o several_a other_o word_n 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must_v marry_v virgin_n 6._o vid._n thevenot_n huet_n dem._n prop._n 4._o cap._n 6._o and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o country_n of_o tangath_o redeem_v their_o first-born_a with_o a_o ram._n now_o when_o the_o jewish_a and_o the_o indian_a rite_n be_v so_o very_o like_a why_o may_v not_o i_o assert_v that_o moses_n have_v they_o from_o india_n as_o well_o as_o you_o from_o egypt_n nay_o even_o the_o barbarous_a tartar_n have_v many_o thing_n not_o unlike_o the_o jew_n rerump_n vid._n conring_n thes_n rerump_n they_o celebrate_v the_o new-moon_n with_o song_n and_o compotation_n they_o bewail_v their_o dead_a thirty_o day_n they_o breed_v no_o hog_n and_o punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n and_o so_o as_o to_o the_o new_a world_n the_o child_n of_o the_o people_n of_o mexico_n and_o jucatan_n be_v circumcise_a and_o the_o mexican_n keep_v in_o a_o perpetual_a fire_n the_o charibeans_n celebrate_v the_o new-moon_n with_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n and_o abstain_v from_o swine_n 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jewish_a the_o burn_a the_o holocausta_fw-la their_o moâ—a_n salsa_n lustration_n etc._n etc._n their_o nudipâ—dales_n seem_v very_o like_o the_o eastern_a devotion_n of_o â—ulling_v off_o the_o shoe_n their_o puerâ—â—ae_fw-la abstain_v forty_o day_n from_o the_o temple_n the_o frondeae_n casae_fw-la in_o the_o feast_n of_o anna_n â—erenna_n and_o the_o neptunalia_fw-la so_o like_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n the_o unhallow_v of_o a_o priest_n that_o touch_v a_o dead_a body_n or_o who_o associate_v with_o his_o wife_n before_o sacrifice_n all_o look_v as_o like_o the_o jewish_a law_n as_o any_o custom_n in_o egypt_n from_o all_o which_o i_o conclude_v that_o since_o so_o many_o nation_n in_o so_o different_a part_n of_o the_o world_n have_v the_o same_o rite_n with_o the_o jew_n either_o by_o chance_n or_o tradition_n or_o it_o may_v be_v by_o the_o mimikry_n of_o the_o devil_n i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v very_o great_a boldness_n to_o say_v that_o all_o these_o come_v to_o the_o 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