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do_v live_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d righteous_o and_o holy_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whensoever_o he_o die_v go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o island_n of_o the_o bless_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o to_o dwell_v in_o all_o felicity_n without_o the_o mixture_n of_o evil_n this_o be_v the_o law_n for_o the_o good_n so_o christ_n bless_a be_v they_o that_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n thenceforth_o they_o rest_v from_o their_o labour_n and_o their_o work_n follow_v they_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o night_n there_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o curse_n there_o but_o what_o be_v the_o law_n for_o the_o wicked_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o he_o that_o live_v without_o god_n or_o impious_o in_o the_o world_n and_o unrighteous_o be_v to_o go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o place_n of_o punishment_n and_o justice_n which_o they_o call_v tartarus_n and_o dives_n in_o hell_n etc._n etc._n i_o confess_v the_o life_n everlasting_a by_o which_o 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from_o all_o law_n it_o do_v observe_v no_o measure_n how_o can_v that_o be_v do_v thou_o say_v why_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n wherein_o the_o conflagration_n shall_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v when_o it_o please_v god_n either_o to_o give_v beginning_n unto_o new_a thing_n or_o else_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o old_a etc._n etc._n ovid_n say_v as_o much_o esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la 29._o in_o fatis_fw-la 〈…〉_z affore_o tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la correptaque_fw-la regius_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeat_fw-la &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laboret_fw-la that_o time_n shall_v come_v when_o both_o the_o earth_n and_o sea_n with_o heaven_n arch_n so_o glorious_a to_o behold_v shall_v burn_v and_o shall_v turn_v unto_o decay_n so_o also_o lucretius_n una_fw-la dies_fw-la dabit_fw-la exitio_fw-la multosque_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la sustentata_fw-la rvet_fw-la mole_n &_o machina_fw-la mundi_fw-la accidet_fw-la exitium_fw-la coeli_fw-la 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to_o alter_v course_n to_o shine_v by_o day_n thus_o all_o at_o odds_o in_o strife_n and_o out_o of_o frame_n they_o shall_v disturb_v the_o world_n and_o spoil_v the_o same_o so_o great_a a_o light_n be_v that_o afford_v to_o the_o gentile_n in_o all_o essential_a point_n of_o true_a religion_n which_o perhaps_o if_o we_o possess_v all_o the_o volume_n perish_v by_o the_o injury_n of_o time_n and_o the_o destiny_n of_o letter_n will_v have_v appear_v much_o great_a yet_o so_o great_a it_o seem_v now_o by_o what_o discourse_n i_o have_v make_v already_o the_o which_o i_o may_v enlarge_v on_o every_o article_n that_o none_o that_o do_v unprejudiced_o weight_n they_o can_v have_v cause_n to_o wonder_n either_o at_o clement_n or_o at_o lactantius_n sense_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o old_a philosopher_n 47._o or_o that_o st._n austin_n shall_v say_v that_o the_o jew_n dare_v not_o aver_v that_o no_o man_n be_v save_v after_o the_o propagation_n of_o israel_n but_o israelite_n indeed_o 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son_n worship_v he_o and_o desire_v a_o certain_a thing_n of_o he_o and_o he_o say_v unto_o she_o what_o will_v thou_o she_o say_v unto_o he_o grant_v that_o these_o my_o two_o son_n may_v sit_v the_o one_o on_o thy_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o other_o on_o the_o left_a in_o thy_o kingdom_n but_o jesus_n answer_v and_o say_v you_o know_v not_o what_o you_o ask_v thus_o much_o of_o prayer_n second_o thanksgiving_n all_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v and_o ascribe_v to_o god_n archilocus_n 103._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ascribe_v all_o unto_o the_o god_n god_n for_o they_o do_v he_o do_v often_o raise_v man_n out_o of_o their_o calamity_n that_o lie_v before_o upon_o the_o black_a earth_n and_o as_o often_o overturns_a and_o throw_v upon_o their_o back_n those_o that_o stand_v most_o firm_o and_o this_o acknowledgement_n or_o praise_n must_v be_v 1._o in_o word_n pythagoras_n in_o jamblicus_n pythag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o as_o much_o as_o there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o he_o lord_n of_o all_o it_o be_v most_o meet_a to_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v he_o to_o be_v the_o good_n psalm_n 92.1_o it_o be_v a_o good_a thing_n to_o give_v thanks_o unto_o the_o lord_n plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v most_o just_a that_o hymn_n and_o praise_n of_o god_n the_o god_n mix_v with_o prayer_n be_v sing_v to_o he_o 42._o philippian_n 4.6_o in_o every_o thing_n give_v praise_n to_o god_n by_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n with_o thanksgiving_n the_o ancient_n have_v their_o paean_n or_o laudatory_a song_n and_o one_o eminent_o call_v so_o laetumque_fw-la vâ—g_v choro_fw-la paeana_fw-la canentes_fw-la 2._o in_o deed._n and_o that_o 1._o by_o tything_n the_o ancient_a heathen_a general_o pay_v tithe_n to_o their_o god_n as_o a_o acknowledgement_n high-rent_a or_o honourary_n to_o their_o sovereign_n a_o usage_n i_o shall_v be_v apt_a to_o believe_v derive_v from_o the_o egyptian_n 88_o be_v that_o true_a which_o batricide_n say_v that_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o joseph_n they_o pay_v to_o pharaoh_n the_o ten_o but_o since_o moses_n speak_v but_o of_o a_o five_o i_o rather_o derive_v the_o custom_n from_o a_o much_o high_a original_a once_o it_o obtain_v general_o to_o tithe_v their_o spoil_n and_o their_o good_n 1._o their_o spoil_n agis_n give_v the_o ten_o to_o god_n post_fw-la haec_fw-la agis_n delphos_n profectus_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la decimam_fw-la deo_fw-la obtulit_fw-la and_o the_o greek_n also_o under_o the_o command_n of_o zenophon_n 3._o when_o by_o his_o admirable_a conduct_n they_o be_v return_v safe_a into_o greece_n devote_v the_o ten_o of_o their_o spoil_n 4._o hîc_fw-la etiam_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la de_fw-la captivis_fw-la collectam_fw-la partiti_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la decimae_fw-la nomine_fw-la aut_fw-la apollini_n aut_fw-la ephesiae_fw-la dianae_n vota_fw-la fuerat_fw-la consecrandam_fw-la praetores_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la with_o which_o money_n dedicate_v to_o diana_n of_o ephesus_n that_o great_a captain_n build_v a_o temple_n and_o a_o altar_n and_o endow_n it_o ante_fw-la templum_fw-la pila_fw-la erecta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la incisae_fw-la literae_fw-la sacer_n dianae_n agre_z ibid._n qui_fw-la posside_fw-la at_o atque_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la fructum_fw-la capiat_fw-la annonae_fw-la decimam_fw-la illum_fw-la deae_fw-la solvere_fw-la reliquum_fw-la in_o sartâ_fw-la tecta_fw-la conservare_fw-la oportet_fw-la deam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la fraudavit_fw-la vindicturam_fw-la the_o same_o zenophon_n tell_v we_o of_o agesilaus_n that_o he_o also_o tythe_v age_n atque_fw-la amicorum_fw-la quidem_fw-la solum_fw-la say_v he_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la praeda_fw-la tutum_fw-la praestitit_fw-la hostium_fw-la verò_fw-la ita_fw-la fruitus_fw-la agro_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la duobus_fw-la annis_fw-la centum_fw-la talenta_fw-la &_o amplius_fw-la deo_fw-la apud_fw-la delphos_n decimam_fw-la dedicavit_fw-la and_o tarquin_n the_o proud_a be_v in_o this_o respect_n no_o less_o 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〈◊〉_d that_o many_o of_o the_o dynaste_n or_o ruler_n of_o the_o world_n be_v wicked_a thence_o he_o take_v occasion_n to_o resume_v his_o story_n and_o to_o tell_v how_o upright_o how_o equal_o how_o impartial_o judge_v rhadamanthus_n do_v acquit_v himself_o towards_o they_o and_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o foresay_a rhadamanthus_n take_v such_o a_o one_o in_o hand_n to_o examine_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o take_v cognizance_n of_o nothing_o in_o he_o neither_o of_o what_o rank_n or_o quality_n he_o be_v or_o from_o who_o descend_v but_o only_o that_o he_o be_v wicked_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o find_v he_o so_o dismiss_v he_o to_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v on_o he_o â—_o mark_v to_o signify_v that_o he_o be_v curable_a or_o else_o incurable_a it_o seem_v they_o hold_v purgatory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o he_o see_v another_o soul_n that_o of_o a_o man_n that_o have_v live_v holy_o and_o according_a to_o 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