power_n invisible_a feign_v by_o the_o mind_n or_o imagine_v from_o tale_n public_o allow_v but_o it_o be_v the_o worship_n due_a to_o god_n and_o this_o worship_n be_v when_o it_o be_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v accompanied_z and_o attend_v with_o reverential_a fear_n and_o awe_n of_o that_o infinite_a excellency_n and_o this_o make_v we_o devote_v ourselves_o in_o all_o holy_a way_n to_o his_o service_n but_o if_o these_o thing_n we_o fear_v be_v less_o than_o god_n although_o we_o may_v devote_v ourselves_o or_o any_o thing_n be_v we_o to_o they_o it_o be_v not_o religion_n nor_o in_o any_o way_n do_v it_o introduce_v religion_n so_o that_o if_o the_o thing_n we_o fear_v have_v in_o it_o the_o estimation_n of_o divine_a excellency_n devotion_n to_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o religion_n not_o a_o seed_n if_o it_o have_v not_o that_o estimation_n it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o some_o reverence_n or_o other_o habit_n but_o no_o way_n a_o seed_n of_o religion_n for_o a_o seed_n precede_v the_o fruit_n and_o introduce_v it_o which_o this_o do_v not_o sect._n 5._o his_o four_o and_o last_o seed_n be_v take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostiques_n in_o all_o these_o religion_n according_a to_o his_o scornful_a derision_n rather_o than_o definition_n of_o religion_n he_o make_v â—he_n seed_n of_o it_o nothing_o but_o error_n and_o folly_n no_o wonder_n that_o the_o tree_n shall_v be_v so_o weak_a and_o rot_a when_o the_o very_a seed_n be_v corrupt_v this_o seed_n he_o apply_v page_n 56._o only_o to_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o gentile_n although_o in_o general_a with_o the_o rest_n it_o be_v utter_v of_o all_o religion_n and_o so_o express_v as_o i_o have_v show_v indeed_o if_o he_o shall_v speak_v it_o of_o the_o true_a religion_n it_o be_v most_o impious_o wicked_a and_o will_v imply_v that_o the_o very_a prophecy_n in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n which_o be_v a_o true_a and_o real_a seed_n of_o religion_n be_v but_o casual_a thing_n and_o not_o fore-seen_a by_o 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superstition_n not_o the_o seed_n of_o religion_n or_o else_o mistake_v of_o second_o cause_n which_o in_o no_o sense_n conduce_v to_o religion_n as_o horoscopy_n presage_n and_o the_o like_a chap._n fourteen_o what_o the_o seed_n of_o religion_n concern_v the_o chain_n of_o cause_n what_o of_o god_n to_o be_v know_v of_o finite_a and_o infinite_a the_o first_o mover_n the_o sound_a doctrine_n of_o eternity_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 1_o certain_o the_o sole_a immediate_a seed_n of_o religion_n be_v the_o assurance_n that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n of_o a_o infinite_a excellency_n govern_v all_o the_o world_n for_o therefore_o man_n perform_v religion_n to_o he_o principle_n but_o that_o which_o propagate_v this_o natural_o be_v first_o without_o doubt_n a_o innate_a principle_n bear_v in_o and_o with_o a_o man_n which_o natural_o every_o man_n have_v as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v reason_n and_o there_o never_o be_v nation_n or_o society_n of_o man_n find_v in_o the_o world_n which_o deny_v it_o it_o be_v true_a there_o may_v be_v now_o and_o then_o by_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o devil_n a_o man_n find_v that_o with_o malicious_a reason_n have_v labour_v to_o dissuade_v this_o principle_n but_o that_o be_v not_o material_a there_o be_v error_n and_o monster_n in_o the_o moral_a part_n of_o man_n as_o well_o as_o in_o his_o natural_a this_o gentleman_n who_o have_v by_o nature_n the_o sight_n of_o colour_n and_o ability_n to_o discern_v they_o yet_o have_v study_v reason_n to_o make_v man_n believe_v he_o see_v none_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o abhor_v to_o reason_n that_o malicious_a reason_n do_v not_o oppose_v but_o such_o a_o truth_n as_o this_o quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la semper_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la have_v be_v hold_v can_v be_v other_o then_o natural_a and_o whereas_o he_o can_v show_v one_o man_n break_v this_o rule_n i_o can_v show_v he_o a_o hundred_o that_o have_v no_o use_n of_o reason_n at_o all_o and_o a_o thousand_o that_o have_v lose_v it_o 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and_o thus_o i_o think_v that_o proposition_n be_v clear_v that_o not_o the_o faith_n in_o the_o man_n but_o in_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o form_a religion_n at_o the_o first_o i_o project_v a_o long_a discourse_n concern_v the_o form_v the_o jewish_a religion_n and_o the_o christian_a from_o that_o omit_v before_o i_o be_v aware_a i_o step_v into_o the_o form_n of_o religion_n before_o the_o flood_n which_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v but_o be_v write_v i_o let_v pass_v as_o it_o be_v and_o omit_v what_o shall_v follow_v about_o my_o design_n at_o the_o first_o concern_v those_o two_o most_o eminent_a form_v religion_n for_o by_o this_o which_o have_v be_v deliver_v and_o by_o the_o continue_a story_n both_o of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n it_o appear_v that_o by_o miracle_n and_o other_o revelation_n god_n manifest_v his_o will_n to_o these_o people_n in_o those_o age_n wheresoever_o religion_n be_v plant_v and_o indeed_o this_o be_v the_o sole_a occasion_n of_o publish_v the_o scripture_n i_o will_v not_o insist_v therefore_o at_o this_o time_n upon_o this_o conclusion_n chap._n xvii_o of_o suspect_a governor_n and_o thâ—â—r_o form_v or_o add_v to_o religion_n it_o be_v independence_n â—â—â—iefe_n of_o seem_a contradiction_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 1_o he_o proceed_v it_o follow_v necessary_o when_o they_o that_o have_v the_o government_n of_o religion_n shall_v come_v to_o have_v either_o the_o wisdom_n of_o those_o man_n their_o sincerity_n religion_n or_o their_o love_n suspect_v let_v we_o pause_v a_o little_a upon_o this_o phrase_n those_o man_n it_o be_v a_o most_o ambiguous_a relative_n if_o it_o relate_v to_o the_o man_n on_o who_o they_o believe_v as_o before_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o do_v thus_o it_o must_v be_v that_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n suspect_v those_o man_n who_o credit_n be_v a_o argument_n to_o form_v the_o religion_n but_o that_o can_v be_v for_o the_o suspicion_n of_o the_o 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