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of it, he refuses to republish it at all | of it, he refuses to republish it at all | ||
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for a long series of Years | for a long series of Years; and then republishes | ||
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it only to a small, and inconsiderable | it only to a small, and inconsiderable | ||
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part of his people, exacting, | part of his people, exacting, <sic>mean while</sic>, | ||
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obedience to it from all. This, I repeat it, is | obedience to it from all. This, I repeat it, is | ||
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exactly what our author | exactly what our author (I must say impiously) | ||
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/dares to suppose of the Creator of the | /dares to suppose of the Creator of the | ||
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universe. Caligula himself could not act | universe. Caligula himself could not act | ||
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more cruelly, who | more cruelly, who (as our Author relates | ||
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from Dio | from Dio Cassius) wrote his laws in a very small Character, | ||
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& hung them up upon high pillars the more effectually <add><del>small</del></add> to ensnare<lb/> the people: <add>But</add></p> | |||
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code of laws, yet knowing that it has never
been published to his people, that they have
no possible means of attaining to the knowledge
of it, he refuses to republish it at all
for a long series of Years; and then republishes
it only to a small, and inconsiderable
part of his people, exacting, mean while,
obedience to it from all. This, I repeat it, is
exactly what our author (I must say impiously)
/dares to suppose of the Creator of the
universe. Caligula himself could not act
more cruelly, who (as our Author relates
from Dio Cassius) wrote his laws in a very small Character,
& hung them up upon high pillars the more effectually small to ensnare
the people: But
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