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wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

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B436 TFhat Cicero'^ Gods^ . o o k I.from h<strong>is</strong> fo <strong>of</strong>ten ufing <strong>the</strong> word God in <strong>the</strong> fingular, emphatic<strong>all</strong>y <strong>and</strong> by way2 ifg /iJ35-<strong>of</strong> emineiicy -, as Ipfi Deo nihil minus gratum, quam non omnibus palere ad ft[Cap. X. p. plac<strong>and</strong>um i^ cokndum viam : Nothing can be lefs grateful to God himfelf thanlFop°r"]' ^^'^^ <strong>the</strong>re Jhould not be a liberty open to <strong>all</strong> [by reafon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> c<strong>of</strong>tlinefs <strong>of</strong> Hi-D.N. D.l. 2- crifices) to v:orfhip <strong>and</strong> apfeafe him ; <strong>and</strong> N'ifi jiivante Deo, tales non fuerunt[Cap. LXVi.Curius, Fabricius, i^c. Curii<strong>is</strong> <strong>and</strong> Fabricius had never been fuch men as <strong>the</strong>y ,p. 3048] i;jere, had it not been for <strong>the</strong> divine ajjiflance. Again, Commcda, quibus utimur^fc^vfv ^^'^^^"1^^ 'i'^^fruimur, fpir it unique quern ducimus, a Deo nob<strong>is</strong> dari atque imperp4.4Q Tom.^"'^ videmus; M'^e rnufi needs acknowledge^ that <strong>the</strong> benefits <strong>of</strong> th<strong>is</strong> life, <strong>the</strong> lightIII. Oper.J "vohich we enjoy, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> fpirit which we brea<strong>the</strong>, are imparted to us from God.And to mention no more, in h<strong>is</strong> verfion <strong>of</strong> Plato's, Tim!;ting <strong>and</strong> govc;rning <strong>the</strong>whole world, as our mind doth our body. Again, in h<strong>is</strong>Tulculan Q^iellions,•I. I. p. 126. Nee vera Deus ipfe alio modo intelligi potefl, nifi mensfoluta quccdam, i^ libera^[Cz'p.XW'llfegyegaia ab omni concreticne mcrtali, omnia fentiens (^ movens : Nei<strong>the</strong>r canTom^°^ Vlll himfelf be underflcod by us o<strong>the</strong>rwife, than as a certain lo<strong>of</strong>e <strong>and</strong> freeOper.] Mind,fegregated from <strong>all</strong> mortal concretion, which both perceives <strong>and</strong> moves <strong>all</strong>lujc. ojL. \. things. So again in <strong>the</strong> fame book, Ha:c igitur & alia innunurabilia cump. 1 26. cernimus, pojjumufne dubitare, quin h<strong>is</strong> prafit aliqu<strong>is</strong> vel effeEior, fi ha-c notat*-*P-^^'^'/K«/ ut Platoni videtur ; vclfi jempcr fitcrint, ut Aridoteli placet, moderator''tanti oper<strong>is</strong> &' muner<strong>is</strong> ? fVhen we behold <strong>the</strong>fe <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r wonderful works <strong>of</strong>nature, can we at <strong>all</strong> doubt, but that <strong>the</strong>re prefideth over <strong>the</strong>m, ei<strong>the</strong>r one makercf <strong>all</strong>, if <strong>the</strong>y bad a beginning, as Plato conceiveth ; or elfe, if <strong>the</strong>y always were^P. 34J. as Ariftotle fupp<strong>of</strong>eth, one moderator <strong>and</strong> govcrnour ? And in <strong>the</strong> third De Lef^^P- L,P'fl.Oper°]gibus. Sine impcrio nee domus ulla, nee civitas, nee gens, nee hominum univerfumgenus fare, nee rerum natura omn<strong>is</strong>, nee ipfe jnundus poteft. Nam 6? hie Deoparet, ^ huic obediunt maria terrcrque, (si hominum vita Jufits fuprenne leg<strong>is</strong>obtemperat : IVilhout government, nei<strong>the</strong>r any houfe, nor city, nor nation, normankind m general, nor <strong>the</strong> whole nature cf things, nor <strong>the</strong> world itfelf couldfubfifi. For th<strong>is</strong> alfo cbeyeth God, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> feas <strong>and</strong> earth are fubje£i to him,<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> mau <strong>is</strong> difp<strong>of</strong>ed cf by <strong>the</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fupreme taw. Elfewheret Cap. XIIIJp. 4034. Tcm.X Opcr.

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