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serve_v he_o according_a to_o the_o law_n galat._n 4.9_o 10_o 11._o or_o to_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n by_o way_n of_o image_n rom._n 1.21_o 22_o 23._o amid_o such_o nice_a difficult_a and_o perilous_a consideration_n who_o can_v wonder_v if_o man_n be_v more_o scrupulous_a about_o divine_a than_o humane_a law_n and_o the_o active_a compliance_n therewith_o who_o can_v blame_v the_o sober_a disputer_n who_o work_n out_o their_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a who_o can_v rest_v in_o a_o bare_a promulgation_n who_o fear_v least_o sometime_o the_o grammatical_a meaning_n of_o ordinary_a word_n may_v not_o always_o be_v the_o mind_n of_o god_n who_o may_v use_v greek_a word_n hellenistical_o or_o as_o hebraism_n and_o use_v the_o language_n of_o one_o country_n with_o relation_n to_o the_o idiom_n custom_n sentiment_n of_o another_o who_o can_v conceive_v that_o the_o course_n of_o our_o historian_n will_v produce_v in_o a_o christian_a that_o faith_n which_o must_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o that_o it_o be_v fit_v for_o we_o to_o neglect_v and_o slight_a all_o those_o mean_n which_o our_o divine_n have_v always_o agreeable_o to_o s._n austin_n inculcate_v for_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o holy_a scripture_n 46._o the_o knowledge_n whereof_o join_v with_o obedience_n constitute_v the_o religion_n of_o a_o christian._n but_o further_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o our_o virtuoso_fw-la pass_v in_o this_o paragraph_n ab_fw-la hypothesi_fw-la ad_fw-la thesin_n and_o have_v speak_v before_o of_o christianity_n he_o here_o speak_v indefinite_o as_o if_o no_o religion_n be_v to_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o disputation_n which_o condemn_v the_o original_a of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o propagation_n of_o it_o where_o a_o different_a religion_n be_v settle_v it_o justify_v the_o turk_n &_o paynim_n as_o well_o as_o foreign_a papist_n in_o their_o sentiment_n though_o they_o be_v without_o christ_n alien_n from_o the_o 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pia_fw-la tum_fw-la fuit_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la confitentium_fw-la quaero_fw-la cur_n hodie_fw-la convellatur_fw-la quod_fw-la tum_fw-la piè_fw-la susceptum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la impiè_fw-la negabatur_fw-la si_fw-mi piè_fw-la susceptum_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n venit_fw-la constitutio_fw-la pietatis_fw-la in_o crimen_fw-la quae_fw-la impietatem_fw-la piè_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quibus_fw-la impiabatur_fw-la extinxit_fw-la under_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v that_o the_o word_n homusios_n and_o such_o other_o term_n as_o fill_v the_o athanasian_n creed_n shall_v be_v lay_v aside_o and_o disuse_v as_o which_o with_o their_o novelty_n and_o difficulty_n do_v very_o much_o distract_v and_o puzzle_v the_o church_n this_o the_o arian_n gain_v and_o it_o prove_v a_o infinite_a advantage_n to_o the_o growth_n of_o that_o heresy_n &_o the_o restore_n of_o those_o transcendental_a notion_n &_o scholastic_a term_n do_v resettle_v that_o peace_n 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denegent_fw-la novitates_fw-la vocum_fw-la sed_fw-la prophanas_fw-la devitari_fw-la jubet_fw-la apostolus_fw-la tu_fw-la cur_n pias_fw-la excludis_fw-la it_o be_v but_o too_o apparent_a that_o those_o in_o our_o day_n who_o join_v with_o the_o arian_n in_o decry_v new_a word_n and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o in_o scripture_n who_o think_v that_o christianity_n ought_v not_o to_o
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scripture-comparison_n and_o similitude_n as_o for_o the_o ancient_a heathen_n what_o they_o do_v be_v not_o very_o material_a to_o this_o purpose_n because_o they_o have_v no_o sacred_a writ_n pen_v by_o divine_a inspiration_n at_o least_o not_o what_o they_o reverence_v equal_o to_o what_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n do_v or_o aught_o to_o do_v the_o bible_n if_o they_o have_v have_v it_o it_o be_v probable_a they_o will_v not_o have_v apply_v it_o to_o jest_n or_o allow_v the_o use_n of_o it_o in_o their_o fescennines_n &_o fabulae_fw-la atellanae_n or_o the_o like_a it_o be_v well_o know_v how_o they_o keep_v the_o sibylline_a oracle_n and_o with_o what_o veneration_n they_o consult_v they_o and_o though_o some_o of_o their_o pontisical_a word_n be_v use_v by_o their_o poet_n and_o other_o writer_n though_o the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o their_o god_n have_v be_v the_o subject_n sometime_o of_o their_o fancy_n yet_o how_o disadvantageous_a this_o prove_v to_o their_o religion_n introduce_v it_o into_o contempt_n among_o themselves_o and_o what_o advantage_n the_o first_o christian_n draw_v therefrom_o to_o inodiate_v or_o vilify_v it_o appear_v from_o the_o write_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n tertullian_n lactantius_n arnobius_n etc._n etc._n and_o how_o cautious_a they_o be_v against_o these_o exorbitant_a railleurs_fw-fr we_o may_v learn_v from_o these_o instance_n sam._n petitus_fw-la in_o leges_fw-la attica_n pag._n 33._o siquis_fw-la arcanae_fw-la mysteria_fw-la cereris_fw-la sacra_fw-la vulgâsset_fw-la lege_fw-la morti_fw-la addicebatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la mysteria_fw-la vulgârit_fw-la capite_fw-la luat_fw-la meminit_fw-la huius_fw-la legis_fw-la sopater_n in_o divisione_n quaestionis_fw-la nosque_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la descripsimus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aliunde_fw-la namque_fw-la constat_fw-la nobis_fw-la capitale_n athenis_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vulgar_a haec_fw-la initia_fw-la eâ_fw-la quip_n de_fw-la causâ_fw-la proscriptus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ab_fw-la atheniensibus_fw-la diagoras_n melius_fw-la ac_fw-la propositum_fw-la talentum_fw-la unum_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la diagoram_fw-la interfecissâ—t_fw-la duo_fw-la qui_fw-la vivum_fw-la adduxissâ—t_fw-la interpres_fw-la comici_fw-la ad_fw-la ave_n &_o ex_fw-la eo_fw-la suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etiam_fw-la aeschylus_n in_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la discrimen_fw-la veniâ—_n cum_fw-la in_o tragaediis_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la quae_fw-la haec_fw-la initia_fw-la spectabant_fw-la eâ—ulgâsse_fw-la credit_n 〈◊〉_d câ—emens_n alexaâ—dâ—inus_n stromat_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—wordthius_n in_o cap._n 1._o lib._n 3._o ethic._n nicomach_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itaque_fw-la siquod_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la mysteria_fw-la referrentur_fw-la esset_fw-la reddendum_fw-la cancellis_fw-la fori_fw-la arcebantur_fw-la ne_fw-la judicio_fw-la interessent_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la epoptae_fw-la it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o as_o to_o the_o papist_n in_o this_o place_n to_o show_v how_o tender_a they_o be_v in_o this_o case_n of_o apply_v the_o holy_a scripture_n unto_o raillery_n and_o accommodate_v the_o expression_n thereof_o to_o flattery_n jest_n etc._n etc._n by_o relate_v this_o decree_n of_o the_o first_o provincial_a council_n in_o milan_n under_o cardinal_n borromeo_n in_o 1565._o de_fw-fr abutentibus_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la nefaria_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la temeritas_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la verbis_fw-la vel_fw-la sententiis_fw-la ad_fw-la jocum_fw-la ostentationem_fw-la contumeliam_fw-la superstitionem_fw-la impietatem_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la vis_fw-la profanos_fw-la sensus_fw-la abutuntur_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_fw-la hos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la genere_fw-la deliquerint_fw-la ex_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la &_o tridentini_n concilii_fw-la decretis_fw-la graviter_fw-la animadvertant_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la detestabilis_fw-la haec_fw-la licentia_fw-la prorsus_fw-la tollatur_fw-la fidelem_fw-la populum_fw-la per_fw-la concionatores_fw-la parochos_fw-la confessores_fw-la de_fw-la huius_fw-la peccati_fw-la gravitate_fw-la frequent_a admonendum_fw-la curabunt_fw-la council_n trident._n sess._n 4._o sacrosancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la temeritatem_fw-la illam_fw-la reprimere_fw-la volens_fw-la qua_fw-la