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4._o solitos_fw-la veteres_fw-la stragulam_fw-la vestem_fw-la pellibus_fw-la involvere_fw-la &_o loris_fw-la constringere_fw-la etiam_fw-la jurisconsulti_fw-la testes_fw-la sunt_fw-la constat_fw-la autem_fw-la ex-veterum_a lectione_n &_o stragula_fw-la superiora_fw-la &_o involucrum_fw-la istud_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquiores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d recentiores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocarunt_fw-la varâ—â—s_fw-la coloribus_fw-la distincta_fw-la ferè_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ind_n translatae_fw-la eae_fw-la dictiones_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la significandas_fw-la varietate_fw-la ensign_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la fuit_fw-la piscis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dictus_fw-la ob_fw-la coloris_fw-la aurei_fw-la virgas_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la illius_fw-la corpus_fw-la productas_fw-la inquit_fw-la athenaeus_n lib._n 7._o similiter_fw-la &_o viri_fw-la docti_fw-la excerpta_fw-la sua_fw-la ex_fw-la variis_fw-la auctoribus_fw-la aut_fw-la propria_fw-la etiam_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la veterum_fw-la referta_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la soliti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appellare_fw-la ut_fw-la clemens_n alexandrinus_n etc._n etc._n those_o book_n and_o commentary_n say_v martianus_n victorinus_n man_n call_v stromata_n 65._o
bone_fw-la est_fw-la animae_fw-la benedicat_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la deus_fw-la videt_fw-la omne_fw-la deo_fw-la commendo_fw-la deus_fw-la reddet_fw-la deus_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la judicabit_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_o last_o word_n in_o this_o treatise_n be_v remarkable_a which_o be_v these_o mâ—ritò_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la rea_fw-la &_o testis_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o rea_fw-la erroris_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la testis_fw-la veritatiâ—_n &_o stabit_fw-la ante_fw-la aulas_fw-la dei_fw-la die_fw-la judicii_fw-la nihil_fw-la habens_fw-la dicere_fw-la deum_fw-la praedicabas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la requirebas_fw-la daemonia_fw-la abominabaris_fw-la &_o ilâ—a_fw-la adorabas_fw-la judicium_fw-la dei_fw-la appellabas_fw-la nec_fw-la esse_fw-la credebas_fw-la inferna_fw-la supplicia_fw-la praesumebas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la praecavebas_fw-la christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la sapiebas_fw-la &_o christianum_fw-la persâ—quebaris_fw-la 22._o of_o the_o soul_n wherein_o he_o handle_v divers_a question_n medulla_n and_o discuss_v many_o controversy_n with_o the_o philosopher_n about_o the_o essence_n operation_n adjunct_n and_o various_a state_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v corporeal_a endue_v with_o form_n and_o figure_n and_o to_o be_v propagate_v and_o derive_v from_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o son_n and_o engender_v with_o the_o body_n increase_a and_o extend_v itself_o together_o with_o it_o and_o many_o other_o the_o like_a dream_n he_o have_v in_o the_o maintain_n whereof_o he_o use_v so_o much_o subtlety_n strength_n of_o reason_n and_o eloquence_n as_o that_o they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o learned_a daille_n you_o will_v hardly_o meet_v with_o 4._o throughout_o the_o whole_a stock_n of_o antiquity_n a_o more_o excellent_a and_o more_o elegant_a piece_n than_o this_o book_n of_o he_o yet_o be_v it_o compose_v by_o he_o when_o he_o be_v turn_v cataphrygian_a letter_n hence_o bellarmine_n have_v make_v use_v of_o a_o passage_n take_v from_o hence_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o purgatory_n the_o most_o reverend_a usher_n thus_o reply_n challenge_n he_o must_v give_v we_o leave_v say_v he_o to_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n with_o what_o spirit_n tertullian_n be_v lead_v when_o he_o write_v that_o book_n de_fw-fr animâ_fw-la and_o with_o what_o authority_n he_o strengthen_v that_o conceit_n of_o man_n pay_v in_o hell_n for_o their_o small_a fault_n before_o the_o resurrection_n namely_o of_o the_o paraclete_n animâ_fw-la by_o who_o if_o he_o mean_v montanus_n the_o arch-heretick_n as_o there_o be_v small_a cause_n to_o doubt_v that_o he_o do_v we_o need_v not_o much_o envy_n the_o cardinal_n for_o raise_v up_o so_o worshipful_a a_o patron_n of_o his_o purgatory_n 23._o of_o spectacle_n or_o play_n tertul._n write_v as_o pamelius_n conceive_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o severus_n the_o emperor_n in_o which_o be_v exhibit_v unto_o the_o people_n those_o play_n that_o be_v call_v ludi_fw-la seculares_fw-la because_o they_o be_v present_v only_o once_o in_o a_o age_n or_o a_o hundred_o year_n unto_o which_o therefore_o the_o people_n be_v solemn_o invite_v by_o a_o public_a cry_n make_v in_o these_o word_n 8._o convenite_fw-la ad_fw-la ludos_fw-la spectandos_fw-la quos_fw-la neque_fw-la spectavit_fw-la quisquam_fw-la neque_fw-la spectaturus_fw-la est_fw-la come_v you_o unto_o those_o spectacle_n which_o no_o man_n now_o behold_v or_o shall_v behold_v again_o hereupon_o tertullian_n in_o this_o book_n which_o he_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a and_o latin_a make_v it_o evident_a that_o these_o play_n have_v their_o original_n from_o idolatry_n and_o be_v full_a of_o all_o kind_n of_o cruelty_n and_o obscenity_n and_o that_o therefore_o it_o be_v utter_o unlawful_a for_o christian_n to_o behold_v they_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v provoke_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n against_o they_o 4._o shall_v they_o not_o fear_v to_o be_v present_a at_o they_o 1._o therefore_o constantine_n the_o great_a do_v by_o a_o law_n prohibit_v the_o set_n forth_o and_o frequent_v of_o such_o kind_n of_o play_n and_o herein_o our_o author_n do_v so_o large_o treat_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o play_n which_o then_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v use_n of_o that_o a_o curious_a reader_n need_v no_o other_o commentary_n full_o to_o acquaint_v himself_o with_o those_o antiquity_n 24._o of_o baptism_n against_o quintilla_fw-la one_o of_o the_o disciple_n of_o montanus_n who_o deny_v or_o take_v away_o baptism_n by_o water_n of_o who_o he_o scoff_o thus_o speak_v baptism_n optimè_fw-la novit_fw-la pisciculoâ—_n necare_fw-la de_fw-la aquâ_fw-la auferens_fw-la he_o therefore_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o empty_a or_o idle_a ceremony_n argum_fw-la but_o of_o great_a force_n and_o virtue_n medul_n set_v down_o the_o form_n and_o manner_n together_o with_o the_o rite_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_n in_o the_o administration_n thereof_o and_o resolve_v divers_a question_n about_o it_o this_o also_o be_v write_v both_o in_o greek_a and_o latin_a 25._o scorpiacum_n lib._n a_o book_n against_o the_o gnostic_n so_o call_v from_o one_o scorpianus_n a_o heretic_n against_o who_o particular_o it_o be_v intend_v say_v pamelius_n but_o more_o probable_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o be_v a_o antidote_n against_o the_o bite_n and_o sting_v of_o the_o scorpion_n to_o which_o purpose_n jerom_o thus_o speak_v vigilant_a scribit_fw-la adversum_fw-la haerâ—sim_fw-la tuam_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la erupit_fw-la contra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ne_fw-la &_o in_fw-la hoc_fw-la quasi_fw-la repertor_n novi_fw-la sceleris_fw-la glorieris_fw-la tertullianus_n vir_fw-la eruditissimus_fw-la insigne_fw-la volumen_fw-la quod_fw-la scorpiacum_n vocat_fw-la rectissimo_fw-la nomine_fw-la quia_fw-la arcuato_fw-la vulnere_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la corpuâ—_n uâ—nena_fw-la diffudit_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la appellabatur_fw-la cainâ—_n haeresis_fw-la &_o multo_fw-la tempore_fw-la dormiens_fw-la vel_fw-la sepultâ—_n nunc_fw-la à _fw-la dormitantio_fw-la suscitata_fw-la est_fw-la these_o heretic_n vilify_v martyrdom_n 28._o teach_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v undergo_v because_o god_n will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o christ_n have_v die_v that_o we_o may_v not_o die_v by_o this_o doctrine_n they_o do_v much_o harm_n to_o many_o weak_a one_o in_o the_o church_n who_o to_o save_v themselves_o will_v deny_v christ_n and_o offer_n incense_v against_o these_o tertullian_n herein_o oppose_v himself_o prove_v martyrdom_n to_o be_v good_a and_o set_v forth_o the_o excellency_n thereof_o by_o many_o example_n and_o in_o thus_o do_v he_o deserve_v well_o have_v he_o not_o unhappy_a man_n run_v afterward_o into_o the_o other_o extreme_a of_o the_o montanist_n who_o magnify_v martyrdom_n too_o much_o deny_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o flight_n to_o avoid_v danger_n in_o that_o case_n as_o these_o do_v too_o much_o undervalue_v it_o 26._o of_o idolatry_n tertul._n write_v about_o the_o same_o time_n with_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la wherein_o be_v desirous_a to_o take_v away_o all_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n argum_fw-la lest_o christian_n shall_v long_o labour_v under_o gross_a ignorance_n herein_o medul_n he_o show_v the_o original_n of_o it_o and_o how_o many_o way_n and_o not_o only_o in_o the_o worship_v of_o idol_n they_o may_v be_v guilty_a of_o it_o all_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o beware_v of_o and_o avoid_v and_o not_o to_o comply_v with_o idolater_n in_o their_o festival_n solemnity_n and_o such_o like_a observation_n 27._o of_o chastity_n vehementior_fw-la which_o be_v write_v upon_o this_o occasion_n zephyrinus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v publish_v a_o edict_n in_o which_o he_o give_v notice_n unto_o all_o the_o faithful_a that_o the_o catholic_n church_n receive_v such_o as_o repent_v though_o they_o have_v fall_v into_o the_o sin_n of_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n initium_fw-la tertullian_n herein_o oppose_v he_o as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o his_o own_o word_n i_o do_v hear_v say_v he_o that_o there_o be_v a_o edict_n publish_v and_o that_o a_o peremptory_a one_o pontifex_fw-la scilicet_fw-la maximus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la 22._o dicit_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o moechiae_fw-la &_o fornicationis_fw-la delicta_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la functis_fw-la dimitto_fw-la o_o edictum_fw-la cui_fw-la adscribi_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la bonum_fw-la factum_fw-la erit_fw-la ergò_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la adversus_fw-la psychicos_fw-la so_o he_o use_v to_o call_v the_o orthodox_n after_o he_o become_v a_o montanist_n medulla_n and_o herein_o he_o undertake_v to_o answer_v all_o the_o argument_n bring_v for_o this_o practice_n deny_v that_o such_o aught_o to_o be_v receive_v jerom_n say_v that_o he_o write_v this_o book_n against_o repentance_n 146._o and_o wonder_n at_o the_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v think_v those_o publican_n and_o sinner_n with_o who_o christ_n do_v eat_v 6._o to_o be_v gentile_n and_o not_o jew_n the_o better_a to_o defend_v his_o error_n weak_o ground_v his_o opinion_n upon_o that_o in_o deut._n 23._o non_fw-fr erit_fw-la pendeâ—s_fw-la vectigal_a ex_fw-la filiis_fw-la israel_n this_o book_n he_o write_v against_o the_o church_n 28._o of_o fast_v against_o the_o psychiici_fw-la so_o as_o we_o have_v say_v adnotat_fw-la he_o
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with_o two_o book_n upon_o the_o thirty_o chapter_n 11._o a_o huge_a number_n of_o homily_n upon_o jeremy_n 31._o the_o most_o whereof_o be_v lose_v 12._o upon_o the_o lamentation_n nine_o tome_n 23._o of_o which_o say_v eusebius_n we_o have_v see_v five_o 13._o upon_o ezekiel_n twenty_o and_o five_o tome_n 31._o the_o which_o he_o write_v be_v at_o athens_n 4._o beside_o many_o homily_n 14._o upon_o the_o twelve_o minor_a prophet_n many_o tract_n 35._o whereof_o say_v eusebius_n we_o have_v find_v twenty_o and_o five_o in_o the_o whole_a pamphilus_n which_o jerom_n say_v he_o find_v copy_v out_o by_o pamphilius_n among_o these_o be_v one_o upon_o hosea_n of_o which_o jerom_o thus_o osee._n origenes_n parvum_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la prophetâ_fw-la scripsit_fw-la libellum_fw-la cui_fw-la hunc_fw-la titulum_fw-la imposuit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n quare_fw-la in_o osee_n appellatur_fw-la ephraim_n volens_fw-la ostendere_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la contra_fw-la eum_fw-la 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