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have_v he_o maintain_v one_o lesson_n which_o themselves_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o note_n of_o antichrist_n and_o that_o be_v that_o jewish_a ceremony_n be_v not_o yet_o cease_v at_o the_o least_o in_o matter_n of_o sacrifice_n and_o altar_n but_o perhaps_o they_o have_v rather_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o gentile_n for_o they_o for_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v cardinal_n baronius_n 44._o baron_fw-fr annal_n ad_fw-la ann_n dom._n 44._o we_o may_v see_v their_o lustral_a water_n and_o sprinkle_v of_o sepulcher_n in_o iwenal_n six_o satire_n light_n in_o sepulcher_n in_o suetonius_n octavius_n lamp_n light_v on_o saturday_n in_o seneca_n 96._o epist_n distribution_n of_o taper_n among_o the_o people_n in_o macrobius_n his_o saturnal_n but_o more_o lively_a may_v we_o see_v it_o in_o their_o altar_n first_o in_o multiply_v the_o number_n of_o they_o in_o every_o church_n god_n allow_v but_o two_o altar_n to_o the_o temple_n &_o bruschius_n reckon_v 51._o virgil._n bruschius_n de_fw-fr 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