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apollinarius_n and_o in_o that_o sense_n only_o that_o the_o virgin_n can_v not_o conceive_v the_o divinity_n though_o otherways_o he_o who_o she_o bring_v forth_o be_v very_o god_n let_v we_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o other_o article_n of_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o nestorian_n see_v the_o sect_n of_o the_o nestorian_n have_v be_v rend_v from_o the_o greek_a church_n it_o have_v the_o same_o opinion_n as_o she_o have_v except_o that_o which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o it_o and_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o separation_n it_o may_v be_v however_o the_o nestorian_n be_v great_a libertine_n as_o to_o some_o point_n of_o morality_n and_o discipline_n than_o the_o greek_n be_v and_o without_o doubt_v it_o be_v in_o that_o sense_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o understand_v 19_o understand_v brerew_n of_o lang_n and_o religion_n chap._n 19_o what_o brerewood_n relate_v concern_v confession_n which_o he_o deny_v to_o be_v
fact_n which_o he_o relate_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v strange_a that_o gulielmus_fw-la tyrius_n have_v fall_v into_o the_o same_o mistake_n eutychius_n say_v m._n nairon_n affirm_v that_o maron_n the_o monothelite_n live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n mauritius_n and_o nevertheless_o monothelism_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o know_v at_o that_o time_n but_o if_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o arabian_a historian_n be_v reject_v because_o of_o their_o not_o be_v exact_a in_o chronology_n there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o they_o but_o must_v be_v whole_o lay_v aside_o the_o authority_n of_o gulielmus_fw-la tyrius_n be_v not_o so_o much_o make_v use_n of_o in_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n for_o what_o he_o relate_v out_o of_o the_o annal_n of_o eutychius_n as_o for_o his_o own_o testimony_n speak_v of_o a_o thing_n that_o happen_v in_o his_o own_o time_n under_o aymeric_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n who_o make_v the_o maronites_n of_o that_o country_n abjure_v their_o pretend_a 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have_v be_v only_o in_o use_n among_o they_o for_o some_o latter_a age_n according_a to_o this_o principle_n we_o must_v not_o easy_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o johannes_n maron_n who_o jacobi_n who_o joan._n maro_n comm._n in_o liturg_n st._n jacobi_n commentary_n upon_o the_o liturgy_n of_o st._n james_n be_v not_o so_o very_a ancient_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o see_v it_o contain_v matter_n of_o fact_n that_o be_v posteriour_a to_o it_o by_o many_o age_n after_o all_o the_o maronites_n who_o pretend_v to_o have_v always_o preserve_v the_o purity_n of_o their_o faith_n cast_v the_o error_n that_o be_v to_o he_o find_v in_o the_o work_n of_o their_o own_o undoubted_a author_n upon_o their_o neighbour_n who_o be_v heretic_n that_o have_v sow_o these_o error_n among_o they_o and_o who_o have_v even_o win_v over_o to_o their_o sect_n some_o of_o the_o maronites_n themselves_o and_o so_o though_o the_o maronites_n pretend_v that_o they_o have_v always_o preserve_v the_o true_a faith_n yet_o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o some_o of_o their_o nation_n have_v entertain_v the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o jacobite_n 1578._o jacobite_n petr._n in_o epist_n arab._n ad_fw-la card._n caraff_n anno_fw-la 1578._o peter_n patriarch_n of_o the_o maronites_n in_o a_o letter_n which_o he_o write_v to_o cardinal_n carraffa_n say_v that_o the_o error_n which_o occur_v in_o their_o book_n aught_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o their_o neighbour_n but_o the_o 1674._o the_o steph._n petr._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la faust_n naw_o ann._n 1674._o present_a patriarch_n write_v to_o m._n nairon_n affirm_v that_o they_o have_v preserve_v many_o book_n that_o be_v free_a from_o all_o these_o error_n and_o give_v we_o hope_n of_o a_o volume_n of_o oriental_a liturgy_n which_o he_o pretend_v to_o reconcile_v with_o the_o latin_a mass_n that_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o very_a useful_a work_n and_o will_v clear_v to_o we_o a_o great_a many_o matter_n of_o fact_n concern_v that_o affair_n which_o lie_v as_o yet_o wrap_v up_o in_o obscurity_n chap._n xv._o of_o the_o religion_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o mahometan_n the_o religion_n of_o the_o mahometan_n be_v for_o most_o part_n but_o a_o medley_n of_o the_o christian_a and_o jewish_a religion_n we_o have_v think_v it_o pertinent_a to_o give_v a_o abridgement_n thereof_o in_o this_o place_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o who_o travel_n into_o the_o levant_n may_v lay_v aside_o a_o great_a many_o prejudices_fw-la that_o they_o have_v conceive_v against_o that_o religion_n and_o that_o they_o may_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v indebt_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n for_o all_o the_o good_a that_o be_v in_o it_o especial_o in_o relation_n to_o morality_n mahomet_n who_o be_v persuade_v that_o all_o religion_n ought_v to_o be_v found_v on_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o dictate_v of_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o take_v to_o himself_o the_o title_n of_o god_n messenger_n and_o the_o more_o to_o impose_v 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