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Show ojWAr"Antl Pe•ce demonfirated, even by arguments fetcht from the nature of things:amongfi wh1ch, that<is of moH force, that fenfe affures us fo'me things were made ; and the things tn~de plainly lead. U'S tO fomething that wa~ nut made. BJ.lt bec~ufe this reafon, and other the like , are not apprehended by all men , it is {ufficient , that , . from the beginning to this prefent, in all pares of the world, all men (a very few • Terrul1~2dv. excepted) both of the fimpler fort that Ma(c AtJ!"'.tt would not deceiTe , and of the wifer fort 4 ~~f!l0'~'~v, . that would- not be deceived, have con• eonJ GJtntsa tl, r . · . tlosefl. PictM 1ented co theie notlons :which confent *, natttralu, Dio· in fo great variety both of Laws and odoro S icu~o in ther opmions, evidently {hews the tradi- FraJ:.mcnus. · 0 d f: h fi 11 P.h.l d l l . tton propa0 ate rom t e rn men co us, l 0 e 0 1US d · . Imperio: Nibil an never iohdly refuted ; and this alone tmem prttfo- is f"nough to procure belief. What we reul c~fu ~~t11r. have fet down afore , concerning God, .:Maxtmam au- aorees with Dton Trufunjis where he ttm arum munr; r. t? h r. r.. • ~. dzu prtt{eri, te- 1a1t ,our pen wan on of God ts etcher con- .flatr~<~t; a. [um- nate to us a ned drawn from arguments, or me perito {11m- els acquired by tradition. T /utarch calls meq? perftllo {t it, An antient per{wajion,than which no ar· r•br~eatum . ?(o- '- r. 1. • h Jtiti tt, qtta Deum gument can ve more Jure , vetHg t e com• t{fe trediznu., mon foundation,upon which i.t bHilt all pie· bin~ ottum h•- bet. Tertull, adv. Marcioo.r.'MJs defindimru 'Deum Jrimum natiiYI coztzq{cendum , deinde tiollrintt recngnofctndrtm : Natura ex Opt!ibiU: doClrtna ex p~·ttditatiouib~M. Cyprian. de Idol. van. Httct/1 fummA deliai, notle tl{,1JIJ/ em quem ignor are non poffis. J ulianus ad ~well• tum : Omnes ame dlllrinam numen aiiqttDd e/{e per{z1a(i (umU&: eo rt{piciendum, ad tllm pr11perandrm• : credoq; fi& aniplos noflros fe h.abm ad veum, ttt vifu pr~dita tJd Luyem. · ,. T!Jt {ee1nti . 'JGj t;. v/riftotle * , All men have a perfwa•,. nt c:Eio 1. J~ fion concerning the Gods : and P/11to ~,. Delegib.le. fpeaketh alfo to the fame purpofe. ·,' '. C. 'fhe ftrft violators of the£•1 ' J •. • ma7 !Jt pmJtjhed. ~ ll ... WHerefore they are not wirhout fault' who' though "they be o( duller wit than either to find ou't or to comprehend certain arguments for thefe notions, doreje6l them, feeing they guide' co vertue , and th~ contrary opiniort hacb no arguments to f~pport i-t. Buc , bec·~:ufe we treat of punilhments , and thofe hu-man, a qifterence is here to be made ·twixt the notions themfelves , and •twixt the manner of departing from thell?. Thefe notions , That there is a God ('one or more, I fay noc: ) and, That he· hath eare· of human affair.t, are moll univer-fal , and abfolutely neceflill'y to the con- . fiitution of Religion , whether true or · " faHe. Hethat cometh unto God, (tliat is,Hcb. 11~ ~.' · He that hath any Religion :for Relloion is call~d by the Htbrews an accefs ~nto ·•· .:-1 • God:) muft beliMJe that God is; and . .: , ,· t~at he is. a Rewarder of them tlittt [eel{. . . . · · · · h11n t. Epuftetus : This u the pr · lt ~m.uhrer , · mctpa Ctcero,de-n.u. S tPF/1'' h' ..t...fi . •• " d~orum.i.J. un 1 o, op '., cr uerunt , fJMIIIU/JAm h4btre cm{ertnt bNmltnttYum r~u• prDcurtJt"~"" deos. ~".'~''"' J TJtrll ftnttntita tfl, qutt pott(l tffi ~et;U, qutt {an~lt;U' q~~ rtllgw ~ Hllc min~ II11JIIia purt & caftt tri~ tnfl:4 DetW_II_"', Ita IMIJJ~II font .. , Ji DUtlud1it'ftU11tU'f Rb· hiJ, & ft t{t .!IIJ.Uid a Dll! lf/IIIIITtlllibmkMIIJMII gtiiiTi ttibutum. part |