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the_o ignorant_a friar_n think_v the_o french_a king_n his_o master_n the_o great_a on_o earth_n when_o he_o irreverent_o compare_v he_o to_o god_n the_o father_n and_o call_v our_o holy_a lord_n the_o dauphine_n of_o heaven_n and_o some_o poor_a peasant_n believe_v there_o be_v scarce_o one_o high_a on_o earth_n than_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o manor_n a._n i_o have_v meet_v with_o such_o in_o my_o time_n but_o i_o go_v on_o in_o chap._n 6._o p._n 122_o and_o in_o other_o place_n you_o much_o disparage_v the_o ancient_a history_n of_o greece_n b._n plato_n himself_o 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o the_o first_o phoroneus_n deucalion_n and_o other_o suggest_v that_o their_o story_n be_v fabulous_a and_o that_o which_o he_o there_o remember_v of_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o priest_n of_o sais_n to_o solon_n about_o the_o antiquity_n of_o egypt_n and_o greece_n and_o of_o athens_n as_o a_o egyptian_a colony_n be_v at_o first_o hear_v so_o idle_a a_o tale_n that_o i_o wonder_v the_o philosopher_n or_o any_o discreet_a reader_n of_o he_o have_v have_v any_o reverence_n for_o it_o a._n i_o confess_v i_o have_v not_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o trouble_v you_o with_o one_o objection_n more_o in_o chap._n 7._o p._n 146._o you_o say_v two_o thing_n concern_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o mahometan_n which_o will_v not_o pass_v first_o you_o affirm_v that_o they_o pray_v to_o mahomet_n whereas_o they_o be_v forbid_v to_o do_v any_o such_o thing_n by_o their_o great_a article_n of_o faith_n in_o one_o god_n second_o you_o say_v it_o be_v most_o notorious_a that_o they_o do_v so_o whereas_o some_o judicious_a person_n who_o have_v live_v among_o they_o and_o such_o who_o be_v of_o better_a credit_n than_o the_o author_n you_o cite_v do_v profess_v they_o can_v never_o observe_v they_o do_v it_o b._n to_o your_o first_o exception_n i_o thus_o answer_v their_o article_n of_o faith_n in_o one_o god_n be_v not_o so_o much_o design_v against_o the_o worship_n of_o subordinate_a power_n as_o against_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o three_o coequal_a subsistence_n in_o the_o god_n of_o the_o christian_n it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o dogmata_fw-la of_o the_o moslemans_n say_v gabriel_n sionita_n etc._n that_o god_n be_v one_o and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o equal_a to_o he_o and_o this_o last_o clause_n mahomet_n add_v with_o direct_a design_n against_o the_o christian_a trinity_n and_o he_o will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o vehement_a in_o his_o charge_n of_o idolatry_n against_o the_o christian_n if_o they_o have_v worship_v christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n with_o subordinate_a honour_n and_o not_o as_o very_o god_n for_o your_o second_o exception_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o word_n most_o notonious_a may_v seem_v a_o little_a too_o bold_a they_o relate_v to_o a_o matter_n which_o be_v under_o dispute_n as_o likewise_o that_o on_o your_o side_n there_o be_v author_n 53._o of_o better_a credit_n than_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr guilliotiere_n who_o i_o have_v produce_v i_o have_v not_o much_o rely_v upon_o his_o word_n since_o i_o be_v teach_v by_o a_o person_n of_o great_a integrity_n 579._o that_o his_o book_n of_o athens_n to_o his_o knowledge_n be_v wide_a of_o the_o truth_n but_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr guilliotiere_n be_v not_o my_o only_a author_n i_o be_o tell_v by_o other_o that_o the_o worship_n of_o hero_n and_o trust_v in_o their_o aid_n as_o patron_n under_o god_n be_v to_o be_v charge_v on_o mahometan_n if_o not_o on_o the_o constitution_n of_o mahomet_n who_o teach_v express_o supra_fw-la the_o intercession_n of_o saint_n busbequius_fw-la relate_v 53._o that_o the_o turk_n believe_v their_o hero_n chederle_n a_o kind_n of_o mahometan_n st._n george_n to_o be_v propitious_a in_o war_n to_o all_o who_o implore_v his_o aid_n he_o further_o tell_v that_o the_o
c._n 22._o p._n 392._o sic_fw-la &_o cher._n &_o ser._n aurea_fw-la in_o arcâ_fw-la figuratum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la certè_fw-la simplex_fw-la ornamentum_fw-la accommodata_fw-la suggestui_fw-la longè_fw-la diversas_fw-la habendo_fw-la causas_fw-la ab_fw-la idoiolatriae_fw-la conditione_n ob_fw-la quam_fw-la similitudo_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n t._n g._n cath._n 〈◊〉_d idol_n p._n 20â—…_n 20â—…_n in_o tom._n 1._o op._n s._n hieron_n p._n 123_o 124._o 124._o socr._n eccl._n hift._n p._n 191._o l._n 3._o c._n 18._o 18._o see_v epist._n s._n hieron_n ad_fw-la ripar_fw-la presbyt_fw-la open_fw-mi tom._n 2._o p._n 118._o 118._o see_v bishop_n whites_n orthod_n faith_n p._n 111._o capit._fw-la caroli_n magni_fw-la c._n 26._o p._n 271._o dr._n still_o against_o t._n g._n p._n 710_o 711_o etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o votâ—…_n pro_fw-la pace_n p._n 41._o 41._o act._n 14._o 8_o tâ—…_n 13._o 13._o exod._n 28._o 30._o 30._o philo_n jud._n de_fw-la prosugis_fw-la p._n 466_o b._n b._n dr._n jackson_n in_o vol._n 3._o p._n 803._o 803._o h._n grotius_n in_o exod._n 28._o 4._o and_o munster_n in_o v._n 5._o p._n 653._o crit._n maj._n maj._n exod._n 28._o 5_o 8._o a_o breastplate_n a_o ephod_n a_o robe_n a_o broidered_a coat_n a_o mitre_n a_o girdle_n v_o 36._o a_o plate_n of_o gold_n gold_n hosea_n 3._o 4._o 4._o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n sine_fw-la urim_fw-la urim_fw-la doctiss._n d._n spenc._n in_o dissert_n de_fw-fr urim_n &_o thummim_n c._n 5._o sect_n 2._o p._n 251_o 252_o 253._o 253._o s._n hier._n tom._n 3._o ad_fw-la dam._n p._n 117._o seraphim_n sicâ—…t_v in_o interpret_v nom_fw-fr hebr._fw-la invenimus_fw-la ardour_n aut_fw-la incendium_fw-la interpretantur_fw-la tom._n 5._o p._n 29._o seraphim_n interpretantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o lxx_o who_o in_o isa._n 6._o 2._o use_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la nos_fw-la â—…e_fw-la possâ—…_n incendentes_fw-la seu_fw-la comburentâ—…s_fw-la comburentâ—…s_fw-la in_o judic_n c._n 17._o v._n 4._o p._n 2123._o ap_fw-mi c._n m._n m._n s._n hiâ—…ron_n ad_fw-la marcell_n tom._n 3._o open_fw-mi p._n 72_o 73._o 73._o exod._n 26._o 31._o with_o cherubim_n shall_v it_o be_v make_v vers._n arab._n with_o picture_n picture_n s._n hieron_n in_o isa._n 6._o p._n 29._o tom._n 5._o open_a in_o cherubin_n ostenditâ—…r_fw-fr dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la seraphim_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la celatur_fw-la idem_fw-la tom._n 3._o open_fw-mi ad_fw-la damasum_fw-la papam_fw-la p._n 121._o super_fw-la cherubin_n sedere_fw-la deum_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la super_fw-la seraphim_n verò_fw-la sedere_fw-la deum_fw-la nulla_fw-la script_n commemorate_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la seraphim_n circa_fw-la deum_fw-la stantia_fw-la excepto_fw-la present_n loco_fw-la viz._n isa._n 6._o in_o ss_z invenimus_fw-la invenimus_fw-la exod._n 25._o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o 22._o levit._fw-la 8._o 8._o 8._o numb_a 2â—…_n 6_o 8._o 8._o deut._n 8._o 15._o 15._o herod_n l._n 2._o p._n 132._o â—…ic_n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n l._n 1._o 1._o isa._n 14._o 29._o 29._o abarb._n com._n in_o leg._n fol._n 305._o ap_fw-mi g._n moebium_fw-la de_fw-la aeneo_fw-la serpent_n exerc._n 2._o c._n 2._o sect_n 11._o 11._o gauge_n survey_v of_o the_o west-indics_a p._n 117._o 117._o herodot_n in_o eâ—…ter_n p._n 132._o 132._o see_v pignor._n de_fw-fr mâ—…â_fw-la isiacâ_fw-la p._n 23._o 23._o max._n tyr._n dissert_v 38._o p._n 373._o 373._o eras._n stel._n ad_fw-la init._fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-fr antiq._n boruss_n &_o samog_n samog_n see_v tertullde_v paescrip_n she_o c._n 47._o p._n 220._o 220._o kircher_n in_o oedip_n synt_n 18._o p._n 508_o 509._o c._n 1._o 1._o wisd._n 16._o 5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v porphyr_n de_fw-fr abstin_n l._n 4._o p._n 155._o give_v the_o like_a reason_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o egâ—…ptian_a hawk_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n diod._n sic._n l._n 3._o c._n 10._o p._n 143._o see_v max._n tyr._n diss_fw-la 38._o p._n 373._o 373._o voss._n de_fw-fr idol_n l._n 9_o c._n 11._o p._n 234._o 234._o pignor._n de_fw-fr mensâ_fw-la isiaca_n p._n 24._o 24._o herod_n l._n 2._o p._n 132._o a._n a._n euseb._n de_fw-fr praep_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o p._n 41._o 41._o kirch_n oed._n tom._n 3_o p._n 160_o 199._o 199._o macrob._n l._n 1._o sat._n c._n 20._o p._n 295._o 295._o see_v cartari_n imag._n p._n 156._o 156._o kirch_n sphinx_n mystagoga_fw-la p._n 57_o 57_o eus._n the_o praep_n evang._n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o de_fw-fr phaen._n theol._n p._n 41_o 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n elucid_n pseudo_fw-la anselmi_n l._n 1._o c._n 15._o p_o 461._o disc._n quamdiu_fw-la suerâ—…nt_fw-la in_o paradiso_n mag._n septem_fw-la al._n sex_n horas_fw-la horas_fw-la mr._n mede_n work_n p._n 292._o 292._o oëdip_n egypt_n synt._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o maimon_n more_n nevochim_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 30._o p._n 280._o 280._o id._n ibid._n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 49._o p._n 73._o 73._o isa_n 6._o 2_o 6._o 6._o tertull._n de_fw-fr praescr_n haer._n p._n 220._o c._n iftum_fw-la suisse_fw-la serpentem_fw-la cui_fw-la eva_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la dei_fw-la crediderat_fw-la crediderat_fw-la id._n adv_o val._n c._n 2._o p._n 251._o illa_fw-la i._n e._n columba_n a_o primordio_fw-la divinae_fw-la pacis_fw-la praeco_fw-la i_o will_v i._n e._n serpens_fw-la a_o primordio_fw-la divine_a imaginis_fw-la praedo_fw-la praedo_fw-la maim_v more_o nev._n par_fw-fr 3._o c._n 45._o p._n 476._o 476._o s._n hier._n in_o isa._n c._n 6._o tom._n 4._o p._n 29._o 29._o see_v doctiss._n d._n spenceri_fw-la diss._n de_fw-fr ur_fw-la &_o thum._n p._n 16_o 17_o 18._o 18._o levit._fw-la 8._o 8._o 8._o i_o sam._n 23._o 11_o 12._o the_o lord_n say_v by_o the_o ephod_n he_o will_v descend_v they_o will_v deliver_v you_o up_o up_o see_v notwithstanding_o dr._n spencer_n dissert_n de_fw-fr ur_fw-la &_o thum._n p._n 34_o etc._n etc._n etc._n exod._n 28._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o 6._o numb_a 21._o 8._o ar._n mont._n vers_fw-la fac_n tibi_fw-la saraph_n saraph_n numb_a 21._o 8._o lxx._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ar._n mont._n super_fw-la vexillum_fw-la vexillum_fw-la joh._n 3._o 14._o 14._o d._n jackson_n vol._n 2_o p._n 916_o 917_o etc._n etc._n etc._n marius_n ap_fw-mi moëb_n de_fw-fr aen_n serp._n ex._n 2_o e._n 2._o sect._n 15._o atque_fw-la ità _fw-la lignum_fw-la â—…oc_fw-la crucis_fw-la gessisset_fw-la figuram_fw-la sicuti_fw-la christi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d typum_fw-la gessit_fw-la hic_fw-la sâ—…rpens_fw-la sâ—…rpens_fw-la wisd._n 16._o 7._o see_v chald._n par._n in_o num._n 21._o 8._o he_o shall_v recover_v if_o he_o direct_v his_o heart_n to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n targ._n hieros_n if_o he_o lift_v his_o face_n to_o his_o father_n in_o the_o heaven_n heaven_n diod._n sic._n l._n 1._o bibl._n c._n 75._o p._n 66._o 66._o ael_n var._n hist._n l._n 14._o c._n 34._o 34._o see_v lxx_o &_o scalig._n de_fw-fr emend_n temp._n l._n 7._o p._n 654._o 654._o consider_v exod._n 24._o 7._o 7._o grot._n in_o heb._n 9_o 4._o p._n 4268._o in_o m._n c._n c._n joseph_n 8._o 2._o 2._o king_n 8._o 9_o 9_o 2_o chron._n 5._o 10._o 10._o exod._n 16._o 33._o 33._o numb_a 17._o 10._o 10._o heb._n 9_o 3_o 4._o 4._o judg._n 18._o 12._o 12._o 1_o sam._n 28._o 6._o 6._o diod._n sic._n l._n 1._o c._n 87._o p._n 76._o 76._o psal._n 119._o 142_o 151._o 151._o psal._n 19_o 7._o 7._o psal._n 119._o 96._o 96._o ecclus._n 33._o 3._o sec._n vers._n lxx_o c._n 36._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scal._n de_fw-fr emend_n temp._n p._n 654._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d h._n e._n tanquam_fw-la urim_fw-la &_o thummim_fw-la thummim_fw-la joh._n 1._o 17._o 17._o deut._n 33._o 8._o 8._o munster_n in_o exod._n 28._o de_fw-fr urim_fw-la &_o thummim_fw-la quales_fw-la fuerint_fw-la res_fw-la nemini_fw-la mortalium_fw-la constat_fw-la constat_fw-la josh._n 5._o 13_o 14_o 15._o 15._o see_v hen._n valesii_n not_o in_o euseb_n eccl._n hist._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 7._o 7._o usher_n in_o annal_n vet_n testam_fw-la p._n 21._o ed._n paris_n paris_n see_v bisterfeld_n contr_n crell_n l._n 1._o sect._n 2._o c._n 30._o p._n 298._o 298._o psal._n 17._o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o king_n 8._o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o 11._o 1_o king_n 8._o 12_o 13._o 13._o 2_o chron._n 6._o 1._o 1._o 2_o chron._n 5._o 13._o 13._o matt._n 17._o 5._o 5._o 1_o king_n 9_o 2._o 2._o 1_o king_n 3._o 5._o 5._o 1_o king_n 19_o 8_o 10_o 14_o 15._o 15._o s._n hieron_n tom._n 5._o op_n fol._n 211._o d._n d._n isai._n 6._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o john_n 12._o 41._o 41._o see_v ezek._n 10._o 18._o c._n 11._o 23._o 23._o cippi_n hibraici_fw-la p._n 24._o 24._o pseudo_fw-la anselmi_n elucidar_n c._n 24._o p._n 476._o 476._o see_v othon_n lex_fw-la rabbin_z p._n 476_o 477._o 477._o dan._n 7._o 9_o to_o 15._o 15._o s._n hier._n in_o dan._n p._n 587._o also_o euseb._n in_o l._n 1._o c._n 2._o eccl._n hist._n p._n 10._o 10._o see_v
original_a quaker_n but_o as_o of_o one_o who_o by_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v not_o distinct_a from_o the_o saint_n etc._n and_o by_o worship_v that_o which_o he_o call_v his_o light_n or_o christ_n within_o he_o reject_v the_o person_n of_o our_o redeemer_n and_o commit_v idolatry_n with_o his_o own_o imagination_n must_v not_o they_o make_v a_o like_a judgement_n of_o such_o as_o anna_n trapnell_n 36._o who_o believe_v for_o a_o while_n that_o god_n dwell_v essential_o in_o his_o saint_n must_v not_o they_o also_o judge_v of_o lodowick_n muggleton_n as_o of_o a_o madman_n or_o of_o a_o impostor_n sell_v his_o blessing_n at_o a_o very_a profitable_a rate_n or_o of_o a_o idolater_n worship_v nothing_o for_o the_o one_o true_a god_n but_o a_o confine_a person_n of_o flesh_n and_o bone_n for_o he_o ow_v no_o other_o godhead_n than_o that_o which_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o virgin_n etc._n and_o circumscribe_v by_o it_o for_o a_o season_n and_o as_o he_o 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