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the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n for_o how_o happen_v it_o that_o in_o relate_v the_o design_n of_o christian_a religion_n there_o be_v not_o one_o clear_a word_n of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o main_a design_n of_o it_o you_o speak_v of_o purity_n ingenuity_n patience_n generosity_n &_o some_o thing_n of_o the_o love_n of_o our_o neighbour_n but_o why_o be_v you_o silent_a of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o give_v virtue_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n which_o without_o it_o avayle_n we_o nothing_o 13._o nothing_o 1._o cor._n 13._o how_o perfect_a soever_o they_o be_v in_o their_o kind_n do_v you_o intend_v to_o make_v that_o fall_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o antichristianisme_n as_o be_v with_o you_o no_o part_n of_o the_o design_n of_o christianity_n i_o shall_v expect_v a_o satisfactory_a answer_n to_o these_o doubt_n &_o proceed_v to_o chapter_n iv_o g._n b._n his_o explication_n of_o the_o design_n of_o christianity_n g._n b._n pag._n 4._o the_o first_o design_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v to_o give_v we_o right_a apprehension_n of_o the_o nature_n &_o attribute_n of_o god_n pag._n 5._o the_o second_o branch_n be_v to_o hold_v forth_o the_o method_n of_o man_n reconciliation_n with_o his_o maker_n you_o mean_v that_o the_o intent_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v to_o teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n &_o one_o mediator_n which_o be_v object_n of_o our_o faith_n pag._n 7._o the_o three_o be_v to_o teach_v the_o perfect_a clear_a &_o most_o divine_a rule_n for_o advance_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n to_o the_o hygh_a perfection_n of_o their_o nature_n it_o give_v clear_a rule_n &_o full_a direction_n than_o either_o moral_a philosopher_n or_o the_o old_a teflament_n the_o lesson_n of_o purity_n chastity_n ingenuity_n humility_n meekness_n patience_n &_o generosity_n noâ—_n one_o word_n of_o charity_n but_o generosity_n i_o know_v not_o whence_o come_v in_o to_o take_v its_o place_n pag._n 8._o the_o four_o be_v to_o unite_v
out_o of_o s._n cyril_n of_o alex._n lib._n 5._o contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la pag._n 180._o where_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o iulian_n god_n apollo_n be_v consult_v what_o nation_n be_v the_o wise_a the_o oracle_n answer_v the_o chaldaean_n for_o philosophy_n or_o natural_a learning_n but_o the_o jew_n who_o adore_v only_o one_o god_n &_o king_n for_o divinity_n as_o the_o poliglot_n paraphrase_n the_o oracle_n sense_n prolog_n 12._o pag._n 82._o this_o oracle_n be_v also_o cite_v by_o justinus_n m._n paraen_n p._n 23._o &_o theodoret_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr curan_n graec._n affect_v pag._n 472._o where_o he_o bring_v porphyrius_n own_v the_o oracle_n three_o out_o of_o father_n we_o can_v desire_n abetter_v witness_n of_o the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o pagan_n &_o the_o point_n dispute_v betwint_v they_o &_o christian_n they_o tertullian_n who_o very_o probable_o have_v be_v one_o himself_o at_o least_o have_v converse_v with_o their_o person_n &_o writing_n what_o i_o cite_v here_o out_o of_o he_o be_v the_o more_o to_o be_v value_v because_o s._n cyprian_n use_v the_o same_o argument_n lib._n the_o idol_n vanit_fw-la pag._n 207._o now_o tertullian_n lib._n de_fw-la testimonio_fw-la animae_fw-la c._n 2._o non_fw-la placemus_fw-la dominum_fw-la praedicantes_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomine_fw-la unico_fw-la unicum_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la quo_fw-la universa_fw-la dic_fw-la testimonium_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la scis_fw-la nam_fw-la te_fw-la quoque_fw-la palam_fw-la &_o totâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la nobis_fw-la domi_fw-la ac_fw-la foris_fw-la audimus_fw-la it_o a_o pronunciare_n quod_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la deus_fw-la voluerit_fw-la eâ_fw-la voce_fw-la &_o aliqueme_v esse_fw-la significas_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la illi_fw-la confiteris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la spectas_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o coeteros_fw-la negas_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la dum_fw-la suis_fw-la vocabulis_fw-la nuncupas_fw-la saturnum_n jovem_n nam_fw-la solùm_fw-la deum_fw-la confirmas_fw-la quem_fw-la tantùm_fw-la deum_fw-la nominas_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o cùm_fw-la illos_fw-la interdum_fw-la deos_fw-la appellas_fw-la &_o alieno_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la pro_fw-la mutuo_fw-la usu_fw-la videaris_fw-la the_o pagan_n be_v displease_v with_o we_o when_o we_o preach_v one_o lord_n from_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n to_o who_o all_o be_v subject_a speak_v osoul_n what_o thou_o know_v of_o this_o speak_v bold_o with_o that_o freedom_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o thou_o though_o deny_v to_o we_o thou_o say_v god_n grant_v it_o if_o it_o please_v god_n by_o which_o word_n thou_o expresse_v some_o one_o &_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o have_v all_o prower_n &_o deny_v those_o to_o be_v god_n who_o thou_o design_a by_o their_o name_n saturn_n jupiter_n mars_n etc._n etc._n for_o thou_o profess_v to_o believe_v one_o who_o thou_o call_v god_n of_o thyself_o &_o when_o thou_o give_v that_o name_n to_o other_o thou_o use_v borrow_v notion_n again_o apolog._n 17._o pag._n 47._o quod_fw-la colimus_fw-la deus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la this_o be_v the_o christian_n position_n against_o pagan_n weadore_n only_o one_o god_n and._n p._n 48._o vultis_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vultis_fw-la ex_fw-la animae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la testimonio_fw-la comprobemus_fw-la quae_fw-la licet_fw-la carcere_fw-la corporis_fw-la pressa_fw-la licet_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la pravis_fw-la circumscripta_fw-la licet_fw-la libidinibus_fw-la &_o concupiscentiis_fw-la evigorata_fw-la licet_fw-la diis_fw-la falsis_fw-la exancillata_n cùm_fw-la tamen_fw-la resipiscit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la crapulâ_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la somno_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la valetudine_fw-la &_o sanitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la patitur_fw-la deum_fw-la nominat_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la quiapropriè_fw-la verus_fw-la hic_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la honus_fw-la &_o magnus_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la judicem_fw-la quoque_fw-la illum_fw-la contestatur_fw-la deus_fw-la videt_fw-la deo_fw-la commendo_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la mihi_fw-la reddet_fw-la shall_v i_o prove_v this_o one_o god_n out_o of_o his_o work_n or_o our_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o man_n soul_n which_o although_o it_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n spoil_v by_o bad_a instruction_n weaken_v by_o concupiscence_n &_o enslave_v to_o false_a god_n yet_o if_o she_o come_v toher_o self_n she_o profess_v one_o god_n great_a &_o good_a she_o call_v he_o to_o witness_v say_v god_n know_v i_o leave_v it_o to_o god_n then_o tertullian_n conclude_v with_o this_o exclamation_n o_o testimonium_fw-la animae_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la christianae_n o_o testimony_n of_o a_o soul_n which_o be_v christian_a by_o nature_n now_o i_o desire_v to_o know_v of_o e._n s._n how_o he_o can_v infer_v the_o soul_n natural_o to_o be_v christian_a because_o natural_o it_o own_v one_o only_a god_n if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o main_a point_n controvert_v will_v he_o say_v i_o be_o a_o protestant_n because_o i_o profess_v to_o believe_v in_o one_o god_n as_o protestant_n do_v or_o shall_v i_o ever_o think_v e._n s._n a_o papist_n forsay_v he_o believe_v in_o christ_n no_o certain_o those_o be_v point_n in_o which_o both_o party_n agree_v tertullian_n great_a wit_n can_v never_o be_v so_o easy_o suprize_v with_o hope_n of_o a_o proselit_fw-la if_o what_o e._n s._n say_v be_v true_a that_o both_o contend_a party_n agree_v in_o profess_v one_o god_n the_o same_o reason_n may_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o minutius_n felix_n who_o say_v pag_n 14._o audio_fw-la vulgus_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la manus_fw-la tendunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la quà m_fw-la deum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la magnus_fw-la est_fw-la vulgi_fw-la iste_fw-la naturalis_fw-la sermo_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr christiani_n confitentis_fw-la oratio_fw-la i_o hear_v the_o people_n call_v upon_o god_n name_v only_o one_o be_v these_o word_n the_o speech_n of_o pagan_a or_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n of_o a_o christian_a here_o i_o think_v i_o see_v e._n s._n triumph_v as_o find_v what_o destroy_v my_o conclusion_n in_o the_o forego_v word_n which_o show_v that_o all_o the_o people_n believe_v one_o god_n but_o i_o answer_v that_o all_o express_v that_o belief_n in_o it_o heir_n indeliberate_a action_n &_o deliberate_o act_v contrary_a &_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d condemn_v by_o their_o own_o judgement_n let_v we_o hear_v tertullian_n l._n de_fw-la testim_fw-la animae_fw-la c._n 6._o p._n 126._o meritò_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la rea_fw-la &_o testis_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la tantùm_fw-la rea_fw-la erroris_fw-la in_fw-la quantùm_fw-la testis_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o stabit_fw-la ante_fw-la aulas_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la nihil_fw-la habens_fw-la dicere_fw-la deum_fw-la praedicabas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la requirebas_fw-la daemonia_fw-la abominabaris_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la adorabas_fw-la judicium_fw-la dei_fw-la appellabas_fw-la necesse_fw-la credbas_fw-la inferna_fw-la supplicia_fw-la praesumebas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la praecavebas_fw-la christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la sapiebas_fw-la &_o christianum_fw-la persequebaris_fw-la wherefore_o every_o soul_n be_v deserve_o guilfy_a &_o witness_v against_o herself_o the_o more_o guilty_a of_o her_o error_n because_o she_o be_v witness_n of_o the_o truth_n she_o will_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n stand_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n &_o have_v not_o one_o word_n to_o say_v for_o herself_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v reproach_v to_o she_o trou_fw-fr didstspeake_v of_o god_n &_o do_v not_o seek_v he_o thou_o hate_v the_o devil_n &_o do_v adore_v he_o thou_o do_v appeal_v to_o god_n judgement_n without_o believe_v it_o thou_o do_v speak_v of_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d ithout_n endeavour_v to_o avoid_v they_o thou_o have_v in_o thy_o hart_n that_o great_a christian_a truth_n that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n yet_o thou_o do_v persecute_v christias_n for_o profess_v it_o common_o the_o father_n labour_n to_o prove_v the_o unity_n of_o a_o god_n against_o the_o pagan_n so_o do_v justinus_n m._n athenagoras_n minut._n felix_n s._n cyril_n &_o other_o to_o what_o purpose_n that_o if_o all_o believe_v it_o origen_n l._n 1._o cont_n cell_n p._n 5._o reduce_v the_o dispute_n against_o pagan_n to_o two_o head_n idol_n &_o politheisme_n i_o end_v with_o lactantius_n firmianus_n l._n 1._o divin_fw-fr instit_fw-la c._n 1._o pag_n 8._o say_v to_o constantin_n the_o great_a tu_fw-la primus_fw-la romanorum_fw-la principum_fw-la repudiatis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la majestatem_fw-la dei_fw-la singularis_fw-la ac_fw-la very_fw-la &_o cegnovisti_fw-la &_o honorasti_fw-la thou_o be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o 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discourse_n concern_v idolatry_n pag._n 154._o prayer_n offer_v to_o a_o invisible_a be_v &_o not_o corporcal_o present_a be_v due_a only_a to_o god_n soc_n that_o ablind_a man_n may_v not_o desire_v hisneygh_fw-mi bour_o to_o pray_v for_o he_o because_o all_o be_v invisible_a to_o he_o and_o prayer_n offer_v to_o the_o dragon_n dan_o 14.23_o or_o any_o idol_n will_v be_v no_o idolatry_n see_v they_o can_v see_v or_o be_v see_v &_o be_v corporeal_o present_a and_o certain_o s._n paul_n be_v a_o idolater_n when_o as_o a_o distance_n be_v desire_v the_o roman_n to_o pray_v for_o his_o good_a jourey_n who_o be_v nether_a visible_a to_o he_o nor_o corporeal_o present_a he_o follow_v the_o custume_n of_o our_o reformer_n hethrow_v stone_n with_o out_o ever_o regard_v where_o they_o fall_v but_o what_o proof_n do_v he_o bring_v for_o his_o novelty_n the_o authority_n of_o dio_n &_o martial_n both_o pagan_n &_o one_o of_o they_o the_o most_o filthy_a or_o beastly_a rather_o of_o all_o poet_n and_o can_v mr._n whitby_n judge_v their_o authority_n competent_a to_o decide_v a_o controversy_n betwixt_o christian_n &_o condemn_v the_o public_a practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n have_v we_o not_o reason_n to_o except_v against_o their_o being_n vmpieres_fw-fr in_o this_o dispute_n yet_o to_o do_v mr._n whitby_n a_o pleasure_n we_o will_v admit_v they_o as_o judges_z arbitrator_n what_o say_v they_o dio_fw-mi say_v caligula_n be_v a_o god_n when_o pray_v to_o and_o martial_n say_v those_z who_o pray_v to_o idol_n make_v they_o go_n suppose_v all_o this_o true_a what_o be_v it_o to_o visibility_n or_o corpore_fw-la all_o present_n of_o which_o they_o make_v no_o mention_n &_o yet_o be_v bring_v to_o prove_v they_o how_o wretched_o do_v he_o plead_v against_o we_o who_o first_o appeal_v to_o incompetent_a judge_n &_o second_o to_o such_o as_o pronounce_v nothing_o in_o his_o favour_n in_o malâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la aliter_fw-la aug._n chapter_n xi_o 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