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sunt_fw-la inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la deputandi_fw-la aug._n cont_n manich._n 24._o qu._n 3._o sect._n 9_o pag._n 16_o the_o deep_a mystery_n that_o we_o contain_v have_v not_o only_o be_v illustrate_v but_o maintain_v by_o syllogism_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n and_o since_o this_o book_n be_v write_v by_o mr._n white_a in_o his_o institutiones_fw-la sacrae_fw-la and_o when_o they_o have_v see_v the_o red_a sea_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o miracle_n those_o that_o have_v see_v it_o have_v be_v better_o inform_v than_o sir_n henry_n blount_n be_v for_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o desire_v to_o view_v the_o passage_n of_o moses_n into_o the_o red_a sea_n not_o be_v above_o three_o day_n journey_n off_o but_o the_o jew_n tell_v he_o the_o precise_a place_n be_v not_o know_v within_o less_o than_o the_o space_n of_o a_o day_n journey_n along_o the_o shore_n wherefore_o say_v he_o i_o leave_v that_o as_o too_o uncertain_a for_o any_o observation_n in_o his_o voyage_n into_o the_o 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