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A01093 Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface. Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620. 1622 (1622) STC 11205; ESTC S121334 470,356 378

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upon_o thy_o physician_n thou_o have_v bestow_v upon_o poor_a and_o needy_a person_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a physician_n will_v have_v cure_v thou_o long_o ago_o and_o therefore_o s._n basil_n have_v give_v we_o a_o good_a caveat_n not_o to_o repose_v so_o strong_a a_o confidence_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o physic_n be_v it_o never_o so_o good_a because_o all_o be_v but_o weak_a 291._o without_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n satagendum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la h●c_fw-la arte_fw-la si_fw-la quandò_fw-la illa_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la utamur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la omnem_fw-la illi_fw-la causam_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la ascribamus_fw-la we_o must_v take_v heed_n that_o when_o we_o use_v the_o help_n of_o physic_n yet_o that_o we_o ascribe_v not_o all_o our_o health_n unto_o it_o for_o as_o he_o add_v a_o little_a after_o irrationale_n est_fw-la 292._o propriae_fw-la salutis_fw-la spem_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ponere_fw-la medicorum_fw-la it_o be_v against_o all_o reason_n to_o put_v all_o the_o hope_n of_o our_o health_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o physician_n who_o have_v it_o not_o in_o his_o hand_n as_o before_o i_o have_v show_v and_o as_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o art_n of_o the_o physician_n to_o give_v health_n unto_o the_o sick-man_n so_o be_v it_o not_o also_o in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o medicine_n for_o as_o it_o be_v affirm_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n speak_v of_o those_o israelite_n that_o be_v sting_v and_o bite_v by_o the_o fiery_a serpent_n it_o be_v neither_o herb_n 12._o nor_o plaster_n that_o heal_v they_o but_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o heal_v all_o thing_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n that_o heal_v they_o though_o for_o that_o very_a purpose_n it_o be_v special_o appoint_v but_o it_o be_v only_a god_n himself_o that_o heal_v they_o by_o it_o as_o be_v express_o there_o affirm_v 7._o he_o that_o turn_v towards_o it_o be_v not_o heal_v by_o that_o thing_n which_o he_o see_v but_o by_o thou_o o_o saviour_n of_o all_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o outward_a medicine_n but_o the_o inward_a blessing_n that_o heal_v and_o that_o as_o s._n augustine_n observe_v our_o health_n come_v unto_o we_o only_o from_o god_n the_o creator_n 250._o even_o then_o when_o we_o receive_v it_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o creature_n de_fw-fr creatura_fw-la mihi_fw-la salus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la est_fw-la and_o this_o we_o may_v see_v verify_v both_o in_o the_o old_a 5._o and_o new_a testament_n god_n appoint_a king_n hezechiah_n to_o apply_v a_o plaster_n unto_o his_o sore_n but_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o tell_v he_o that_o it_o be_v he_o that_o do_v heal_v he_o and_o 15._o s._n james_n bid_v the_o elder_n to_o anoint_v the_o sick_a m●n_z with_o oil_n but_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o do_v raise_v he_o up_o so_o that_o as_o s._n augustine_n very_o well_o observe_v 79._o corporis_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la quae_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la adhibentur_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ijs_fw-la prosunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la operatur_fw-la salutem_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la illis_fw-la mederi_fw-la potest_fw-la cum_fw-la sine_fw-la ipso_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la those_o bodily_a medicine_n which_o be_v apply_v by_o man_n do_v profit_n none_o but_o those_o unto_o who_o god_n himself_o do_v work_v for_o their_o health_n yet_o he_o can_v heal_v without_o any_o medicine_n but_o so_o can_v any_o medicine_n without_o 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o also_o be_v confess_v 8._o even_o by_o the_o very_a heathen_a etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la medico_n medicinam_fw-la dedit_fw-la minerva_n god_n can_v heal_v any_o sickness_n even_o without_o a_o physician_n he_o can_v heal_v even_o by_o his_o only_a word_n he_o send_v his_o word_n and_o heal_v they_o nay_o he_o can_v heal_v by_o his_o only_a will_n as_o be_v note_v by_o s._n basil._n sola_fw-la voluntate_fw-la contentus_fw-la and_o he_o give_v 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little_a city_n do_v rise_v to_o be_v great_a 2._o great_a city_n do_v fall_v to_o be_v little_a 3._o yet_o be_v not_o this_o the_o work_n of_o either_o fate_n or_o fortune_n 4._o but_o of_o god_n own_o providence_n and_o praeor_a dination_n 5._o who_o limit_v their_o power_n 6._o bound_v their_o dominion_n 7._o and_o praescribe_v their_o continuance_n the_o next_o consideration_n be_v take_v from_o the_o politic_n and_o therein_o from_o the_o rise_n and_o fall_v of_o city_n of_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n which_o great_a and_o notable_a work_n though_o diverse_a of_o the_o heathen_a have_v partly_o ascribe_v to_o fate_n and_o partly_o unto_o fortune_n yet_o false_o unto_o both_o of_o they_o as_o be_v in_o very_a deed_n the_o only_a work_n of_o god_n who_o as_o sometime_o he_o raise_v poor_a man_n out_o of_o the_o very_a dust_n 8._o and_o lift_v up_o their_o head_n to_o make_v they_o sit_v with_o prince_n call_v they_o as_o he_o do_v david_n a_fw-la caula_fw-la ad_fw-la aulam_fw-la 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