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operati_fw-la sunt_fw-la bonum_fw-la cum_fw-la possint_fw-la non_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la 71._o he_o autem_fw-la qui_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la operantur_fw-la judicium_fw-la justum_fw-la recipient_a dei_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la operati_fw-la bonum_fw-la 72._o cum_fw-la possint_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la item_n quoniam_fw-la omnes_fw-la sunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la retinere_fw-la &_o operari_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la rursum_fw-la amittere_fw-la id_fw-la &_o non_fw-la facere_fw-la justè_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la sensatos_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la alii_fw-la quidem_fw-la laudantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la testimonium_fw-la electionis_fw-la bonae_fw-la &_o perseverantiae_fw-la alii_fw-la verò_fw-la accusantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la damnum_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la justum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la reprobaverint_fw-la adhuc_fw-la quoniam_fw-la liberae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ibid._n eujus_fw-la ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la consilium_fw-la datur_fw-la ei_fw-la continere_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la proficiscitur_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la liberum_fw-la &_o suae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la homini_fw-la servavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la contrà _fw-la dominus_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la est_fw-la mittere_fw-la se_fw-la paracletum_fw-la 19_o qui_fw-la nos_fw-la aptaret_fw-la deo_fw-la sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la arido_fw-la tritico_fw-la massa_fw-la una_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la humour_n neque_fw-la unus_fw-la panis_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la multi_fw-la unum_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la jesu_fw-la poteramus_fw-la sine_fw-la aquâ_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la caelum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la arida_fw-la terra_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la percipiat_fw-la humorem_fw-la non_fw-la fructificat_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o noâ—_n lignum_fw-la aridum_fw-la existentes_fw-la primum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fructificaremus_fw-la vitam_fw-la sine_fw-la supernâ_fw-la voluntariâ_fw-la pluviâ_fw-la i._n e._n spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la 3._o his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o age_n of_o christ_n be_v evident_o contrary_a to_o what_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o evangelist_n for_o thus_o say_v he_o omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la 39_o omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la â—um_fw-la rena_fw-la
scuntur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la infant_n &_o parvulos_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la &_o juvenes_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la ideò_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la venit_fw-la aetatem_fw-la &_o infantibus_fw-la infans_fw-la factus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la infant_n in_o parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la hanc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la habentes_fw-la aetatem_fw-la simâ—â—_n &_o exemplum_fw-la illis_fw-la pietatis_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o justitie_n &_o subjectionis_fw-la juvenibus_fw-la juvenis_fw-la exempluâ—_fw-la juvenibus_fw-la fiens_fw-la &_o sanctificans_fw-la domino_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o senior_fw-la in_o senioribus_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la perfectus_fw-la magister_fw-la iâ—_n omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la secundum_fw-la expositionâ—â—_n veritatis_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la aetatem_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la exemplum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la quoque_fw-la fiens_fw-la etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la autem_fw-la triginta_fw-la annorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d primae_fw-la indolis_fw-la 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the_o truth_n be_v they_o both_o speak_v of_o a_o clement_n indefinite_o without_o any_o addition_n of_o the_o alexandrian_a or_o otherwise_o 12._o many_o epistle_n 12._o 13._o he_o also_o promise_v a_o commentary_n upon_o genesis_n which_o according_o he_o clear_o and_o entire_o perform_v upon_o the_o whole_a book_n as_o some_o do_v affirm_v who_o herein_o say_v sixtus_n senensis_n i_o will_v neither_o give_v credit_n unto_o â—_o nor_o gainsay_v of_o the_o second_o sort_n of_o his_o book_n viz._n those_o remain_v and_o common_o receive_v at_o this_o day_n be_v only_o the_o three_o follow_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o admonition_n or_o exhortation_n unto_o the_o gentile_n cate-log_n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la libre_fw-la unus_fw-la say_v jerom._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o schoolmaster_n comprise_v in_o three_o book_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eight_o book_n of_o strome_n a_o work_n various_o weave_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o tapestry_n mix_v with_o testimony_n take_v out_o of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n as_o also_o poet_n philosopher_n and_o historian_n 33._o whence_o he_o get_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contextor_fw-la or_o the_o weaver_n he_o himself_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n and_o why_o these_o book_n be_v so_o entitle_v by_o he_o 4._o est_fw-la in_o exiguo_fw-la quidem_fw-la spacio_fw-la inquit_fw-la multa_fw-la genitalis_fw-la copia_fw-la semine_fw-la eorum_fw-la dogmotum_fw-la quae_fw-la comprehenduntur_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la opere_fw-la tanquam_fw-la agre_z omnibus_fw-la herbis_fw-la plenus_fw-la vnde_fw-la etiam_fw-la propriam_fw-la habent_fw-la inscriptionem_fw-la stromata_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n again_o permixtim_fw-la nobis_fw-la instar_fw-la prati_fw-la variata_fw-la est_fw-la stromatum_fw-la descriptio_fw-la 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o its_o proper_a and_o primitive_a signification_n the_o most_o learned_a casaubon_n give_v we_o this_o account_n 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
and_o of_o light_a to_o illuminate_v but_o also_o and_o that_o chief_o to_o bring_v that_o unto_o some_o good_a and_o profitable_a end_n and_o issue_n that_o have_v be_v devise_v by_o wicked_a man_n and_o to_o use_v those_o thing_n profitable_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v evil_a again_o nothing_o come_v to_o pass_v without_o the_o will_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o all_o it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o we_o brief_o say_v 4._o that_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n viz._n persecution_n etc._n etc._n do_v come_v to_o pass_v the_o lord_n not_o let_v or_o hinder_v they_o 〈◊〉_d for_o this_o only_a salve_n both_o the_o divine_a providence_n and_o goodness_n for_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o imagine_v that_o he_o do_v effectual_o cause_n affliction_n far_o be_v it_o from_o we_o so_o to_o think_v but_o we_o ought_v to_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o he_o do_v not_o hinder_v those_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o they_o but_o make_v use_n of_o the_o bold_a attempt_n of_o adversary_n unto_o a_o good_a end_n 7._o god_n 6._o who_o be_v good_a and_o gracious_a chastise_v for_o three_o cause_n 1._o that_o he_o who_o be_v chastise_v may_v become_v better_a than_o he_o be_v 2._o that_o such_o as_o may_v or_o shall_v be_v save_v be_v admonish_v by_o example_n may_v be_v prepare_v 3._o that_o he_o who_o be_v injure_v may_v not_o be_v contemn_v and_o apt_a or_o expose_v to_o more_o injury_n 8._o speak_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o officer_n in_o the_o church_n 6._o he_o make_v mention_v only_o of_o those_o three_o common_o receive_v viz._n bishop_n elder_n and_o deacon_n 9_o reprehension_n be_v 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o chirurgery_n of_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o admonition_n be_v 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o diet_n for_o the_o sick_a soul_n 8._o which_o counsel_v and_o advise_v unto_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v take_v and_o forbid_v such_o as_o be_v to_o be_v forbear_v 10._o he_o call_v pleasure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o the_o metropolis_n or_o principal_a seat_n of_o vice_n 11._o as_o touch_v the_o author_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n because_o i_o find_v it_o record_v by_o eusebius_n 13._o nicephorus_n and_o other_o 33._o i_o think_v good_a not_o to_o omit_v it_o he_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v paul_n undoubt_o who_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o divine_a apostle_n and_o therefore_o write_v in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n 2._o for_o the_o hebrew_n sake_n but_o faithful_o translate_v by_o luke_n who_o be_v the_o disciple_n of_o paul_n and_o publish_v unto_o the_o gentile_n or_o greek_n and_o therefore_o we_o find_v in_o it_o the_o like_a phrase_n or_o manner_n of_o speech_n as_o be_v use_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o the_o wont_a superscription_n prefix_v in_o this_o epistle_n viz._n paul_n a_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n he_o give_v this_o reason_n of_o it_o for_o say_v he_o write_v unto_o the_o hebrew_n because_o of_o the_o ill_a opinion_n they_o have_v conceive_v of_o he_o he_o very_o wise_o conceal_v his_o name_n leave_v upon_o the_o sight_n thereof_o they_o shall_v be_v dismay_v and_o refuse_v to_o read_v the_o epistle_n and_o also_o even_o as_o macarius_n the_o elder_a say_v for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o lord_n himself_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o almighty_a and_o send_v unto_o the_o hebrew_n paul_n for_o modesty_n sake_n or_o out_o of_o his_o humility_n be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n write_v not_o himself_o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o hebrew_n partly_o for_o the_o honour_n due_a to_o christ_n and_o partly_o also_o for_o that_o he_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n do_v free_o and_o bold_o write_v unto_o the_o hebrew_n 12._o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o evangelist_n according_a unto_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n ibid._n he_o thus_o write_v the_o gospel_n which_o contain_v the_o genealogy_n be_v place_v and_o account_v the_o first_o viz._n matthew_n and_o luke_n the_o gospel_n according_a to_o mark_n be_v write_v upon_o this_o occasion_n when_o peter_n preach_v open_o at_o rome_n and_o publish_v the_o gospel_n by_o lively_a voice_n many_o of_o his_o auditor_n entreat_v mark_v have_v be_v a_o hearer_n and_o follower_n of_o that_o apostle_n a_o long_a time_n and_o one_o that_o well_o remember_v his_o word_n to_o deliver_v unto_o they_o in_o write_v such_o thing_n as_o he_o have_v hear_v peter_n preach_v before_o which_o thing_n when_o peter_n afterward_o understand_v to_o be_v do_v though_o he_o have_v not_o give_v command_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v yet_o be_v do_v he_o forbid_v it_o not_o john_n last_o of_o all_o see_v in_o the_o other_o evangelist_n the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n set_v forth_o at_o large_a be_v entreat_v by_o the_o disciple_n and_o fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o write_v chief_o of_o his_o divinity_n 13._o by_o the_o gnostick_n in_o our_o author_n in_o who_o this_o term_n be_v freequent_o use_v we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o complete_a and_o perfect_a christian_a medulla_n who_o he_o so_o style_v in_o opposition_n unto_o those_o foul_a heretic_n and_o false_a christian_n who_o for_o the_o excellency_n of_o knowledge_n which_o they_o vain_o boast_v of_o annotat_fw-la proud_o assume_v and_o appropriate_v unto_o themselves_o this_o name_n and_o title_n of_o gnostic_n or_o know_a man_n by_o which_o they_o be_v common_o know_v against_o these_o he_o oppose_v the_o true_a gnostick_n for_o the_o information_n and_o description_n of_o who_o he_o write_v his_o book_n of_o strome_n biblioth_n as_o the_o inscription_n set_v down_o by_o eusebius_n and_o more_o at_o large_a by_o photius_n do_v more_o than_o intimate_v though_o especial_o and_o particular_o he_o discourse_v upon_o this_o subject_n in_o the_o six_o and_o seven_o book_n wherein_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o affection_n science_n speech_n prayer_n love_n both_o to_o god_n and_o to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o benignity_n sacrifice_n and_o contemplation_n of_o the_o true_a gnostick_n in_o which_o description_n he_o be_v so_o exact_a that_o he_o therein_o show_v rather_o what_o a_o one_o a_o christian_n shall_v be_v than_o what_o any_o one_o be_v there_o be_v no_o such_o example_n to_o be_v find_v such_o as_o be_v the_o portrait_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n by_o the_o stoic_n and_o of_o a_o commonwealth_n by_o plato_n who_o herein_o our_o author_n imitate_v 14._o he_o show_v whence_o several_a heresy_n have_v their_o several_a name_n 7._o some_o say_v he_o take_v their_o name_n from_o the_o author_n of_o they_o as_o from_o valentinus_n martion_n and_o basilides_n although_o they_o boast_v that_o they_o bring_v the_o opinion_n of_o mathias_n for_o both_o the_o doctrine_n and_o tradition_n of_o all_o the_o apostle_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o some_o be_v name_v from_o the_o place_n as_o the_o peratici_fw-la other_o from_o the_o nation_n as_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o phrygian_n some_o from_o their_o profession_n as_o the_o encratitae_n because_o they_o abstain_v from_o marriage_n wine_n and_o the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n other_o from_o their_o proper_a opinion_n as_o the_o docitae_fw-la and_o haematitae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d some_o from_o their_o hypothesis_n 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o honour_v as_o those_o which_o be_v call_v cainist_n and_o ophiani_n other_o from_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o nefarious_o perpetrate_v and_o dare_v as_o those_o of_o the_o simoniani_n who_o be_v call_v entychitae_fw-la of_o which_o last_n danaeus_n thus_o speak_v canistae_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la amoribus_fw-la turpissimis_fw-la ita_fw-la sunt_fw-la appellati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la tetriores_fw-la 2._o quanquam_fw-la clement_n storm_n lib._n 7._o putat_fw-la fuisse_fw-la eutychitas_n sed_fw-la errorem_fw-la subesse_fw-la in_o condicibus_fw-la impressis_fw-la nemo_fw-la qui_fw-la aliorum_fw-la de_fw-fr eisdem_fw-la rebus_fw-la scripta_fw-la legerit_fw-la dubitabit_fw-la 15._o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o strome_n undertake_v to_o demonstrate_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n and_o that_o it_o be_v before_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o heathen_a he_o prove_v that_o moses_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o inachus_n the_o king_n of_o the_o argive_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o any_o of_o the_o greek_a poet_n philosopher_n or_o wise_a man_n yea_o most_o of_o their_o god_n to_o which_o end_n he_o set_v down_o and_o reckon_v the_o time_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o jew_n persian_n macedonian_n and_o roman_n and_o so_o present_v we_o with_o a_o exact_a and_o accurate_a chronology_n from_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n unto_o the_o death_n of_o emperor_n commodus_n in_o who_o successor_n reign_v viz._n 5._o severus_n for_o pertinax_n who_o come_v between_o they_o hold_v the_o empire_n but_o a_o few_o month_n he_o write_v these_o book_n as_o eusebius_n conclude_v for_o thus_o he_o clemens_n write_v his_o book_n of_o strome_n
repute_n and_o also_o his_o place_n in_o the_o church_n which_o excommunicate_v and_o own_v he_o no_o long_o hence_o also_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v â—_o that_o have_v err_v so_o foul_o his_o write_n be_v of_o little_a authority_n and_o lose_v much_o of_o their_o esteem_n be_v prohibit_v to_o be_v read_v by_o gelasius_n 15._o and_o because_o absurd_a opinion_n be_v in_o they_o 10._o mingle_v with_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v by_o the_o orthodox_n condemn_v and_o reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o apocryphal_a book_n sac_fw-la he_o be_v say_v bellarmine_n a_o arch_a heretic_n and_o in_o matter_n dogmatical_a of_o very_o small_a account_n jerom_n therefore_o be_v by_o helvidius_n press_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o tertulian_n 1._o in_o his_o heat_n thus_o â—oundly_o reply_v i_o say_v no_o more_o of_o he_o but_o that_o he_o be_v no_o man_n of_o the_o church_n nevertheless_o that_o especial_o for_o which_o he_o be_v adjudge_v and_o proceed_v against_o as_o a_o heretic_n be_v this_o that_o betake_v he_o to_o the_o cataphrygian_o or_o montanist_n 86._o who_o before_o he_o have_v oppose_v he_o begin_v to_o condemn_v second_o marriage_n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 14._o as_o no_o better_a than_o fornication_n tert._n which_o opinion_n he_o be_v the_o rather_o move_v to_o embrace_v say_v rhenanus_fw-la because_o he_o think_v that_o the_o last_o day_n which_o elegant_o he_o call_v diem_fw-la expeditionis_fw-la lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la vxorem_fw-la be_v near_o at_o hand_n castitat_fw-la as_o also_o do_v jerom_n and_o other_o of_o the_o ancient_n ground_v upon_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 7._o 29._o 〈◊〉_d time_n be_v short_a exhortat_fw-la it_o remain_v that_o they_o that_o 〈◊〉_d wife_n be_v as_o though_o they_o have_v none_o 〈◊〉_d hereto_o he_o add_v which_o complete_v his_o fault_n that_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o cataphrygian_o 〈…〉_z he_o â—_o length_n gather_a conventicle_n of_o his_o own_o and_o become_v the_o author_n of_o that_o sâ—ct_n which_o from_o he_o be_v call_v and_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o tertullianists_n 86._o doubtless_o the_o fall_n of_o this_o worthy_a man_n strike_v a_o very_a great_a fear_n with_o admiration_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o faithful_a 17._o when_o they_o see_v one_o so_o eminent_a and_o learned_a such_o a_o lover_n of_o truth_n and_o in_o every_o regard_n so_o accomplish_v to_o miscarry_v in_o this_o sad_a condition_n do_v he_o remain_v unto_o the_o end_n of_o his_o life_n for_o aught_o that_o appear_v in_o history_n to_o the_o contrary_a which_o mention_n his_o fall_n but_o not_o his_o rise_n and_o recovery_n herein_o great_o to_o be_v pity_v that_o have_v with_o so_o much_o zeal_n and_o strength_n maintain_v the_o doctrine_n of_o christianity_n against_o the_o adversary_n thereof_o he_o shall_v at_o length_n unworthy_o desert_n the_o truth_n and_o become_v a_o champion_n of_o the_o gross_a error_n 1â—_n it_o be_v iniquity_n and_o make_v a_o man_n 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of_o strange_a fashion_n and_o that_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v not_o ordain_v of_o god_n for_o such_o a_o use_n 14._o of_o the_o deck_v or_o adorn_v of_o woman_n argum_fw-la a_o book_n of_o a_o much_o like_a subject_n with_o the_o forego_n only_o herein_o he_o particular_o blame_v curiosity_n about_o their_o hair_n and_o skin_n exhort_v they_o not_o to_o addict_v themselves_o unto_o painting_n and_o what_o may_v set_v off_o their_o beauty_n 15._o unto_o his_o wife_n two_o book_n wherein_o 1._o he_o advise_v she_o argum_fw-la in_o case_n he_o shall_v die_v before_o she_o not_o to_o marry_v again_o 2._o he_o exhort_v christian_a woman_n to_o abstain_v from_o marry_v with_o heathen_n set_v down_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o such_o marriage_n viz._n that_o they_o can_v so_o free_o attend_v the_o duty_n of_o christianity_n and_o commend_v those_o of_o one_o christian_a with_o another_o because_o such_o may_v have_v full_a liberty_n in_o their_o whole_a duty_n which_o he_o thus_o 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contumelious_o call_v the_o orthodox_n medul_n account_v those_o to_o be_v carnal_a who_o reject_v the_o pprophecy_n of_o montanus_n and_o those_o only_a spiritual_a allude_v unto_o 1_o cor._n 2._o who_o receive_v and_o embrace_v it_o herein_o he_o defend_v the_o set_a fast_n and_o station_n observe_v by_o the_o montanist_n of_o the_o name_n psychicus_n baronius_n give_v we_o this_o account_n ignominiae_fw-la causâ—_n orthodoxos_fw-la psychicos_fw-la nominare_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la author_n est_fw-la irenaeus_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o valentini_n haeresiarchae_fw-la inventum_fw-la 14._o qui_fw-la psychicos_fw-la nominabat_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipse_fw-la ut_fw-la aiebat_fw-la spirituales_fw-la transiit_fw-la vox_fw-la eadem_fw-la ad_fw-la cataphrygas_fw-la qui_fw-la aequè_fw-la omnes_fw-la non_fw-la suscipientes_fw-la paracletum_fw-la psychicos_fw-la appellabant_fw-la 29._o of_o prayer_n medul_n which_o hilary_n call_v volumen_fw-la aptissimum_fw-la wherein_o he_o commend_v and_o comment_v upon_o the_o lord_n prayer_n add_v somewhat_o of_o the_o adjunct_n of_o prayer_n the_o title_n and_o subject_a hereof_o seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o sixtus_n senensis_fw-la to_o imagine_v that_o he_o write_v two_o book_n upon_o this_o subject_n 4._o one_o whereof_o he_o entitle_v in_o orationem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la the_o other_o de_fw-fr oratione_fw-la 30._o a_o apology_n against_o the_o gentile_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o christian_n greek_a wherein_o he_o notable_o and_o at_o large_a defend_v their_o innocency_n clear_v they_o of_o the_o crime_n false_o charge_v upon_o they_o and_o full_o evince_v the_o groundlesness_n of_o the_o adversary_n hatred_n to_o and_o unjust_a proceed_n against_o they_o imitate_v herein_o justin_n and_o aristides_n who_o have_v undertake_v the_o same_o task_n before_o he_o who_o yet_o he_o far_o transcend_v both_o in_o sharpness_n of_o wit_n and_o soundness_n of_o 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hereof_o prateolus_n thus_o speak_v proculdubiò_fw-la 18._o inquit_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quum_fw-la acris_fw-la &_o arden_n ingenii_fw-la non_fw-la ferens_fw-la gentilium_fw-la insolentiam_fw-la atque_fw-la saevitiam_fw-la quâ_fw-la in_o christianos_n ferebantur_fw-la omnes_fw-la ingenii_fw-la svi_fw-la nervos_fw-la in_o borum_fw-la defensionem_fw-la intendit_fw-la incomparabiles_fw-la interim_n eruditionis_fw-la &_o eloquentiae_fw-la suae_fw-la opes_fw-la isthic_n oftentans_fw-la 31._o ad_fw-la nationes_fw-la nationes_fw-la libri_fw-la duo_fw-la set_v forth_o and_o publish_v single_o by_o jacobus_n cothofrâ—dus_n i.c._n which_o by_o divers_a argument_n he_o will_v prove_v to_o be_v tertullia_n also_o that_o they_o be_v write_v before_o his_o apologetic_n as_o a_o prodrome_n or_o preparatory_a to_o it_o as_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr testimonio_fw-la animâ—_n follow_v after_o and_o be_v add_v as_o a_o three_o way_n whereby_o he_o attempt_v the_o gentile_n viz._n by_o testimony_n 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quam_fw-la loquor_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o epist._n 339._o phraseos_n character_n inquit_fw-la zephyrus_n minùs_fw-la semper_fw-la câ—mptus_fw-la multùmque_fw-la brevis_fw-la &_o obscurus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la commata_fw-la enim_fw-la potiùs_fw-la habet_fw-la qùam_fw-la â—olâ—_n &_o frequentes_fw-la periodos_fw-la qualia_fw-la decent_a gravi_fw-la vehementique_fw-la stilo_fw-it quo_fw-la semper_fw-la ipse_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la feâ—rea_fw-la so_o that_o durè_fw-la &_o tertullianicè_fw-la loqui_fw-la to_o speak_v harsh_o and_o like_o tertullian_n be_v equivalent_a phrase_n and_o the_o cause_n whence_o this_o proceed_v may_v be_v chief_o these_o four_o 1._o his_o country_n be_v a_o african_a of_o the_o city_n of_o carthage_n which_o be_v a_o province_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n now_o those_o that_o be_v provincial_n hilar._n scarce_o any_o of_o they_o can_v attain_v unto_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n except_o such_o only_a as_o be_v bring_v up_o at_o rome_n 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he_o will_v suffer_v no_o part_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n to_o pass_v without_o his_o interpretation_n 64._o therefore_o he_o fall_v into_o error_n yet_o do_v his_o apologisers_n labour_n to_o free_v he_o lay_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o error_n father_v upon_o he_o unto_o the_o charge_n of_o other_o orig._n ruffian_n plead_v in_o his_o behalf_n that_o he_o be_v abuse_v by_o
in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o 43._o chapter_n of_o augustin_n de_fw-fr haeresibus_fw-la and_o nicelas_n choniates_n in_o his_o treasury_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n lib._n 4._o haeres_fw-la 31._o who_o there_o thus_o speak_v of_o he_o that_o for_o natural_a and_o moral_a philosophy_n he_o be_v a_o doctor_n acceptable_a unto_o all_o but_o for_o matter_n dogmatical_a or_o of_o faith_n &_o of_o theological_a speculation_n he_o show_v himself_o the_o most_o absurd_a of_o all_o that_o go_v before_o or_o follow_v after_o he_o which_o also_o those_o frequent_a passage_n of_o jerom_n 65._o do_v show_v where_o he_o say_v i_o commend_v he_o as_o a_o interpreter_n but_o not_o as_o a_o dogmatist_n again_o i_o call_v origen_n we_o for_o his_o learning_n and_o wit_n not_o for_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o opinion_n and_o doctrine_n last_o 62._o as_o i_o ever_o attribute_v unto_o origen_n the_o interpretation_n and_o idiom_n or_o propriety_n of_o scripture_n so_o i_o most_o constant_o take_v from_o he_o truth_n in_o his_o opinion_n for_o this_o cause_n also_o have_v at_o his_o request_n send_v unto_o avitus_n his_o translation_n of_o origen_n book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 59_o in_o the_o close_a of_o his_o epistle_n he_o prescribe_v this_o as_o a_o antidote_n against_o the_o error_n therein_o contain_v whosoever_o say_v he_o will_v read_v these_o book_n and_o go_v towards_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n with_o his_o foot_n shod_a lest_o he_o be_v bite_v of_o serpent_n and_o smite_v with_o the_o fork_a wound_n of_o the_o scorpion_n let_v he_o read_v this_o book_n or_o epistle_n wherein_o be_v declare_v the_o dangerous_a passage_n contain_v in_o those_o book_n that_o so_o he_o may_v know_v before_o he_o begin_v his_o journey_n what_o thing_n he_o must_v shun_v &_o avoid_v hence_o beza_n give_v this_o censure_n of_o he_o certain_o 28._o say_v he_o this_o writer_n be_v every_o way_n so_o impure_a whether_o he_o write_v so_o himself_o or_o whether_o his_o write_n be_v 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of_o nestorius_n to_o avoid_v the_o dint_n and_o force_n thereof_o those_o heretic_n do_v bold_o adulterate_a it_o substract_v some_o thing_n and_o put_v in_o other_o that_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o favour_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o nestorius_n so_o much_o cyril_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v his_o word_n be_v these_o cognovimus_fw-la quod_fw-la celeberrimi_fw-la patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la athanasii_fw-la ad_fw-la beatum_fw-la epictetum_fw-la epistolam_fw-la orthodoxè_fw-la loquentem_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la a_o se_fw-la corruptam_fw-la ediderunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la hinc_fw-la multi_fw-la laedantur_fw-la epist._n 28._o again_o speak_v of_o this_o epistle_n quia_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la inquit_fw-la nestorius_n arguebatur_fw-la cum_fw-la legentes_fw-la eam_fw-la defensores_fw-la rectae_fw-la fidei_fw-la cohiberent_fw-la etiam_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la probantur_fw-la similia_fw-la sentire_fw-la nestorio_n correptionem_fw-la suae_fw-la confutationis_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la impii_fw-la 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