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glory_n do_v you_o refuse_v i_o a_o truth_n do_v not_o gall_v your_o ear_n when_o you_o have_v understand_v and_o diligent_o consider_v it_o if_o it_o please_v you_o not_o you_o may_v reject_v it_o but_o i_o beseech_v god_n the_o father_n of_o light_n and_o mercy_n may_v open_v your_o heart_n and_o eye_n to_o resolve_v you_o herein_o according_o considerable_a importance_n of_o the_o choice_n of_o religion_n matter_n very_o considerable_a to_o his_o holy_a will_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o no_o small_a importance_n to_o handle_v the_o affair_n of_o salvation_n we_o well_o know_v we_o have_v a_o immortal_a soul_n which_o shall_v survive_v to_o all_o eternity_n either_o in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o heaven_n or_o in_o the_o flame_n of_o the_o damn_a we_o well_o know_v by_o what_o gate_n it_o enter_v into_o this_o life_n and_o where_o it_o at_o this_o present_a sojourn_v but_o we_o understand_v not_o by_o what_o passage_n when_o or_o how_o it_o shall_v issue_v out_o we_o 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limit_n but_o eternity_n enter_z again_o into_o yourself_o a_o little_a and_o afford_v so_o much_o patience_n as_o to_o know_v yourself_o for_o if_o you_o desire_v to_o proceed_v with_o all_o security_n i_o advise_v you_o three_o thing_n first_o to_o have_v a_o spirit_n thorough_o discharge_v of_o pausanias_n three_o thing_n necessary_a to_o dispose_v one_o self_n in_o religion_n first_o to_o avoid_v prejudice_n mirror_n of_o smyrna_n pausanias_n anticipation_n bold_a animofity_n and_o apprehension_n which_o raise_v mist_n even_o among_o the_o most_o resplendent_a light_n of_o truth_n it_o be_v say_v that_o heretofore_o at_o smyrna_n a_o city_n of_o greece_n there_o be_v a_o false_a mirror_n keep_v in_o the_o temple_n which_o do_v represent_v the_o most_o beautiful_a and_o amiable_a face_n with_o notable_a deformity_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_n give_v to_o creature_n ugly_a and_o misshape_a a_o lustre_n of_o borrow_a and_o whole_o imaginary_a beauty_n your_o minister_n in_o the_o 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love_v it_o and_o as_o nero_n who_o through_o a_o emerald_n behold_v the_o flame_n and_o blood_n of_o his_o country_n and_o find_v it_o a_o pleasant_a mirror_n so_o while_o you_o view_v the_o pretend_a religion_n under_o a_o veil_n all_o seem_v beautiful_a and_o goodly_a to_o you_o take_v away_o for_o one_o hour_n at_o least_o this_o partial_a prejudicate_a spirit_n drink_v with_o passion_n and_o take_v another_o calm_a repose_v settle_a which_o have_v a_o indifferent_a care_n for_o each_o part_n the_o second_o thing_n be_v you_o must_v not_o too_o much_o prescrip_n second_o disposition_n to_o avoid_v the_o sprâ—it_n of_o quarrel_n and_o eager_a contention_n indeflexo_fw-la motis_fw-la adversandi_fw-la studium_fw-la persistit_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la rationi_fw-la voluntas_fw-la subijcitur_fw-la sed_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la studemus_fw-la dectrinam_fw-la coaptamus_fw-la hilarius_n 10._o de_fw-fr tri._n truth_n in_o the_o calm_a non_fw-fr in_o commotione_fw-la dominuâ—_fw-la in_o sibilo_fw-la aurae_fw-la tenuis_fw-la reg._n 3._o 19_o omnes_fw-la disputare_fw-la malunt_fw-la quam_fw-la vivere_fw-la sense_n a_o singular_a axiom_n of_o chrysol_n and_o tertullian_n qui_fw-la sidem_fw-la quaerit_fw-la rationem_fw-la non_fw-la quaerit_fw-la quid_fw-la a_o thenis_fw-la &_o hierosolymis_fw-la quid_fw-la academiae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la nostra_fw-la institutio_fw-la de_fw-la porticu_fw-la salomonis_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la monet_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o simplicitate_fw-la cordis_fw-la querendum_fw-la chrys_n serm_n 58._o &_o tertul._n the_o prescrip_n stick_v upon_o petty_a curiosity_n of_o a_o thousand_o controversy_n and_o unprofitable_a disputation_n truth_n ordinary_o be_v therein_o ill_o handle_v under_o the_o shadow_n of_o cherish_v it_o it_o be_v hale_v this_o way_n and_o that_o way_n with_o such_o boldness_n that_o it_o seem_v every_o one_o will_v dis-member_n it_o and_o each_o man_n take_v his_o share_n away_o with_o he_o after_o so_o many_o stab_n and_o 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