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〈◊〉_d nazian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o p._n 99_o vide_fw-la euseb_n praep._n evang._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 4._o c._n 29._o cry_v out_o ubi_fw-la sunt_fw-la dii_o vestri_fw-la ubi_fw-la prophetae_fw-la ubi_fw-la oracula_fw-la ubi_fw-la auguria_fw-la ubi_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la again_o if_o what_o they_o do_v be_v by_o the_o power_n of_o magic_n and_o infernal_a art_n whence_o shall_v they_o learn_v and_o by_o what_o mean_v obtain_v to_o such_o dexterity_n that_o all_o the_o wit_n and_o learning_n in_o the_o world_n can_v neither_o equal_v nor_o detect_v their_o subtlety_n nor_o do_v what_o be_v the_o daily_a work_n of_o idiot_n and_o mechanic_n soul_n if_o we_o inquire_v of_o the_o jew_n or_o gentile_n they_o will_v derive_v this_o skill_n from_o the_o egyptian_a magi_n with_o who_o our_o saviour_n do_v converse_v which_o they_o imagine_v without_o the_o least_o pretence_n of_o evidence_n as_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o say_v but_o be_v it_o 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factum_fw-la esse_fw-la vide_fw-la apud_fw-la
ratio_fw-la clara_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la affertur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la insitis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la version_n quae_fw-la magnam_fw-la ejus_fw-la antiquitatem_fw-la testantur_fw-la suaderi_fw-la possit_fw-la in_fw-la antiqua_fw-la enim_fw-la editione_n non_fw-la extant_a epistola_fw-la secunda_fw-la petri_n &_o tertia_fw-la joannis_n judae_n apocalypsis_n scriptoresque_fw-la syritestantur_fw-la have_v part_n in_o antiqua_fw-la editione_n non_fw-la versas_fw-la fuisse_fw-la unde_fw-la colligi_fw-la videtur_fw-la factam_fw-la esse_fw-la antequam_fw-la canon_n n._n test_n communi_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la consensu_fw-la firmatus_fw-la esset_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la epistolis_fw-la &_o apocalypsi_fw-la certum_fw-la sit_fw-la apud_fw-la antiquos_fw-la dubitatum_fw-la esse_fw-la proleg_n 13._o ad_fw-la bibl._n polygl_n p._n 91._o 8_o so_o careful_o seek_v after_o as_o for_o the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a test_n we_o see_v what_o great_a and_o early_o care_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la orig._n hom._n 11._o in_o ex._n hom._n 7._o in_o leu._n euseb_n l._n 6._o c._n 19_o 11_o in_o the_o objection_n of_o their_o adversary_n to_o who_o perusal_n the_o scripture_n be_v permit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n apol._n 2._o p._n 82._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tryph._n dial_n inspice_fw-la dei_fw-la voces_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la quas_fw-la neque_fw-la ipsi_fw-la supprimimus_fw-la &_o plerique_fw-la casus_fw-la ad_fw-la extraneos_fw-la transferunt_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 31._o 12_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n receive_v they_o for_o such_o non_fw-fr per_fw-la alios_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la salutis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la evangelium_fw-la pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la praeconiaverunt_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la in_o scripture_n nobis_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la fundementum_fw-la &_o columnam_fw-la fidei_fw-la futuram_fw-la iren._n vide_fw-la orig._n adv_fw-la celsum_fw-la p._n 120.138_o august_n contra_fw-la faustum_n l._n 2._o 13_o to_o whole_a world_n of_o christian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o cor._n 1.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o pet._n 1.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13_o who_o question_v their_o divinity_n so_n the_o ebionite_n qui_fw-la apostolum_n paulum_fw-la recusabant_fw-la apostatam_fw-la eum_fw-la legis_fw-la dicentes_fw-la iren._n l._n 1._o c._n 26._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la cerinthianis_fw-la tradit_fw-la epiphanius_n hear_v 28._o 14_o not_o deny_v to_o be_v what_o they_o pretend_v by_o the_o jew_n or_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysostom_n homil._n 6._o in_o 1._o cor._n p._n 277._o chap._n v._n the_o content_n the_o truth_n of_o christian_a faith_n assert_v from_o the_o gift_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o general_a and_o more_o particular_o from_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n and_o from_o the_o gift_n of_o tongue_n §_o 1._o have_v by_o what_o be_v thus_o premise_v prepare_v the_o way_n we_o now_o advance_v to_o that_o most_o clear_a and_o cogent_a evidence_n of_o christian_a faith_n which_o the_o apostle_n style_v the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o of_o power_n 2.4_o i_o cor._n 2.4_o and_o we_o have_v ample_a confirmation_n of_o it_o both_o from_o the_o gift_n and_o grace_n the_o prediction_n and_o powerful_a operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o excellency_n of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n and_o its_o subservience_n unto_o our_o present_a and_o eternal_a welfare_n §_o 2._o now_o that_o the_o gift_n and_o power_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v thus_o engage_v to_o confirm_v and_o propagate_v this_o faith_n will_v be_v apparent_a 1._o from_o that_o assurance_n which_o the_o baptist_n give_v both_o to_o the_o 3.16_o the_o luke_n 3.16_o jew_n in_o general_a and_o to_o the_o 11._o the_o matt._n 3.7_o 11._o pharisee_n 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