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lucius_n verus_n the_o son_n of_o his_o former_a adopt_a son_n who_o die_v on_o the_o first_o of_o january_n in_o the_o year_n 137._o and_o he_o himself_z come_v to_o die_v the_o 12_o of_o july_n follow_v immediate_o thereupon_o come_v abroad_o the_o poem_n attribute_v to_o the_o sibyl_n wherein_o the_o author_n who_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 8_o book_n assign_v the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o rome_n to_o happen_v in_o the_o four_o hundred_o ninety_o eight_o year_n after_o its_o foundation_n coincident_a with_o the_o year_n 195._o of_o our_o saviour_n upon_o this_o very_a account_n that_o give_v two_o several_a time_n a_o list_n of_o the_o emperor_n he_o reckon_v after_o adrian_n antoninus_n and_o his_o two_o adopt_a son_n evident_o show_v that_o he_o live_v and_o write_v after_o their_o adoption_n his_o own_o word_n make_v it_o manifest_a 5._o after_o he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v trajan_n another_o one_o with_o a_o silver_n head_n that_o be_v to_o
that_o god_n will_v grant_v they_o a_o early_a resurrection_n as_o a_o recompense_n for_o their_o short_a life_n his_o meaning_n be_v not_o to_o require_v that_o they_o shall_v rise_v before_o the_o last_o day_n but_o in_o the_o same_o moment_n with_o other_o but_o as_o to_o order_n in_o the_o most_o worthy_a and_o first_o in_o excellence_n viz._n that_o of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o apostle_n and_o that_o because_o those_o prince_n be_v descend_v of_o a_o christian_a father_n because_o they_o have_v from_o their_o mother_n breast_n be_v imbue_v with_o piety_n and_o have_v never_o no_o more_o than_o the_o patriarch_n and_o apostle_n be_v defile_v with_o the_o superstition_n of_o the_o heathen_a out_o of_o which_o most_o of_o the_o christian_n of_o their_o time_n have_v be_v deliver_v chap._n xxiii_o the_o time_n when_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a be_v first_o introduce_v into_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o motive_n which_o the_o ancient_n have_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a it_o may_v haply_o be_v question_v by_o some_o when_o this_o kind_n of_o office_n which_o be_v not_o ground_v upon_o any_o precept_n or_o example_n of_o either_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n come_v to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o make_v no_o difficulty_n to_o affirm_v that_o it_o may_v be_v practise_v some_o time_n before_o the_o year_n 200._o in_o as_o much_o as_o tertullian_n the_o most_o ancient_a of_o all_o those_o that_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o it_o number_v it_o even_o then_o among_o the_o custom_n receive_v in_o his_o time_n write_v in_o the_o year_n 199._o 3._o oblationes_fw-la pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la pro_fw-la natalitiis_fw-la annua_fw-la die_fw-la facimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n upon_o a_o certain_a anniversary-day_n we_o make_v oblation_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o for_o birth-day_n meaning_n by_o those_o birth-day_n the_o day_n of_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o martyr_n on_o which_o put_v a_o period_n to_o their_o life_n and_o combat_n they_o enter_v as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o second-birth_n into_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o their_o true_a life_n and_o their_o glory_n and_o in_o another_o place_n treat_v of_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o survive_v husband_n towards_o his_o decease_a wife_n 10._o pro_fw-la anima_fw-la ejus_fw-la orat_fw-la &_o refrigerium_fw-la interim_n adpostulat_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o in_o prima_fw-la resurrectione_n consortium_fw-la &_o offer_v annuis_fw-la diebus_fw-la dormitionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o pray_v for_o her_o soul_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n beg_v she_o may_v find_v refreshment_n and_o that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v her_o society_n at_o the_o first_o resurrection_n and_o offer_v upon_o the_o anniversary-day_n of_o her_o falling-asleep_a that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o her_o departure_n again_o 11._o jam_fw-la repete_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la pro_fw-la cujus_fw-la spiritu_fw-la postules_fw-la pro_fw-la qua_fw-la oblationes_fw-la annuas_fw-la reddas_fw-la stabis_fw-la ergò_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la cum_fw-la tot_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la quot_fw-la illas_fw-la oratione_fw-la commemoras_fw-la &_o offeres_fw-la pro_fw-la duabus_fw-la &_o commemoras_fw-la alius_fw-la dvas_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la de_fw-la monogamia_fw-la ob_fw-la pristinum_fw-la de_fw-la virginitate_fw-la sancitum_fw-la circumdatum_fw-la virginibus_fw-la &_o univiris_fw-la etc._n etc._n consider_v now_o well_o for_o who_o spirit_n thou_o make_v thy_o address_n to_o god_n for_o who_o thou_o do_v return_v annual_a oblation_n will_v thou_o therefore_o stand_v before_o god_n with_o as_o many_o wife_n as_o thou_o do_v in_o thy_o prayer_n commemorate_v and_o will_v thou_o offer_v for_o two_o and_o do_v thou_o make_v commemoration_n of_o those_o two_o by_o the_o priest_n who_o after_z his_o once_z marry_v because_o of_o the_o precedent_a ordinance_n concern_v virginity_n be_v encompass_v with_o virgin_n and_o woman_n that_o have_v have_v but_o one_o husband_n from_o the_o 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to_o observe_v what_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o christian_n of_o his_o time_n be_v rely_v as_o well_o for_o the_o prayer_n as_o the_o offering_n upon_o no_o other_o hypothesis_n than_o those_o propose_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o pretend_a sibylline_a write_n and_o that_o he_o have_v reverence_v it_o as_o a_o piece_n not_o to_o be_v charge_v with_o any_o insincerity_n allege_v it_o with_o this_o elegy_n in_o the_o year_n 208._o 2._o et_fw-la sibylla_n non_fw-la mendax_fw-la that_o be_v and_o the_o sibyl_n no_o liar_n i_o find_v myself_o force_v to_o believe_v that_o from_o that_o sink_v over-easy_o take_v by_o antiquity_n for_o a_o pure_a and_o sacred_a source_n be_v from_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o second_o age_n derive_v the_o custom_n which_o have_v already_o gain_v strength_n when_o tertullian_n write_v the_o book_n we_o have_v cite_v i_o think_v also_o that_o who_o will_v but_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v threescore_o year_n aâ—d_v above_o between_o the_o year_n 138._o 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etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o the_o deacon_n which_o utter_v that_o voice_n but_o
the_o spirit_n and_o in_o the_o forty_o first_o homily_n upon_o the_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o prayer_n offering_n and_o alm_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o what_o other_o judgement_n can_v he_o have_v make_v of_o a_o custom_n which_o he_o approve_v and_o admire_v the_o more_o he_o see_v it_o confirm_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o those_o who_o have_v precede_v he_o and_o for_o who_o he_o have_v a_o high_a esteem_n as_o person_n true_o teach_v of_o god_n with_o the_o same_o confidence_n do_v he_o allege_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o apostle_n write_v in_o the_o three_o homily_n upon_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o philippian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a that_o the_o apostle_n have_v make_v law_n concern_v these_o thing_n for_o though_o he_o find_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o jota_n in_o their_o write_n that_o may_v invite_v he_o to_o that_o persuasion_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o prejudgment_n of_o st._n hierome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o licinius_n 28._o unaquaeque_fw-la provincia_n abundet_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sensu_fw-la &_o praecepta_fw-la majorum_fw-la leges_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la arbitretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v every_o province_n abound_v in_o its_o own_o sense_n and_o account_v the_o precept_n of_o our_o ancestor_n as_o apostolical_a law_n he_o presume_v that_o what_o â—ad_n be_v practise_v by_o man_n that_o have_v live_v near_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o be_v famous_a for_o their_o piety_n come_v from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v any_o thing_n more_o plausible_a then_o to_o attribute_v to_o the_o apostle_n the_o custom_n which_o man_n repute_v apostolical_a have_v introduce_v for_o who_o will_v have_v think_v upon_o the_o first_o start_n that_o papias_n that_o ancient_a bishop_n of_o hierapolis_n who_o st._n irenaeus_n in_o the_o thirty_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o five_o book_n eusebius_n in_o the_o nine_o and_o thirty_o chapter_n of_o the_o three_o book_n st._n hierome_n in_o his_o catalogue_n and_o the_o martyrology_n upon_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o february_n have_v with_o a_o excess_n of_o sincerity_n qualify_v apostle_n auditor_n of_o st._n john_n and_o companion_n of_o saint_n polycarp_n and_o who_o st._n hierome_n assure_v we_o to_o have_v give_v out_o the_o apostle_n for_o author_n of_o his_o relation_n be_v such_o as_o eusebius_n qualify_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n of_o little_a understanding_n apt_a to_o circumvent_v and_o to_o scatter_v abroad_o under_o venerable_a name_n as_o of_o our_o saviour_n or_o his_o disciple_n or_o of_o aristion_n and_o john_n their_o auditor_n all_o the_o feign_a story_n he_o have_v either_o dream_v or_o hear_v of_o and_o who_o can_v have_v imagine_v that_o saint_n irenaeus_n of_o who_o st._n basil_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o nine_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n say_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o neighbour_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o st_n epiphanius_n in_o his_o twenty_o four_o heresy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o tertullian_n in_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n against_o the_o valentinian_o omnium_fw-la doctrinarum_fw-la curiosissimus_fw-la explorator_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o most_o diligent_a inquisitor_n of_o all_o doctrine_n and_o st._n hierome_n in_o his_o twenty_o nine_o epistle_n vir_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o man_n of_o the_o apostolical_a time_n and_o upon_o the_o sixty_o four_o chapter_n of_o isaiah_n virro_n apostolicus_n &c_n &c_n a_o apostolical_a man_n who_o write_v with_o great_a diligence_n and_o st._n augustine_n in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o julian_n antiquus_fw-la homo_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o ancient_a man_n of_o god_n who_o i_o say_v 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prediction_n of_o st._n john_n and_o acknowledge_v
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of_o the_o six_o chapter_n of_o st._n john_n and_o the_o thirty_o seven_o verse_n where_o the_o son_n of_o god_n atte_v that_o he_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a cast_v out_o he_o that_o come_v to_o he_o and_o that_o of_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n and_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o and_o six_o and_o twenty_o verse_n where_o call_v himself_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o life_n he_o promise_v life_n and_o exemption_n from_o eternal_a death_n to_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o for_o if_o he_o do_v not_o cast_v out_o any_o of_o the_o faithful_a if_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o save_v they_o all_o from_o death_n and_o put_v they_o into_o possession_n of_o life_n the_o survive_a believer_n who_o to_o express_v their_o belief_n of_o his_o word_n insert_v they_o into_o their_o public_a form_n of_o service_n do_v thereby_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o give_v he_o thanks_o for_o they_o and_o not_o to_o make_v request_n which_o presuppose_v that_o they_o enjoy_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o promise_n thus_o be_v there_o not_o any_o lesson_n in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o effectual_o induce_v or_o have_v so_o much_o as_o the_o appearance_n of_o induce_v any_o thing_n of_o what_o those_o of_o her_o communion_n at_o this_o day_n pretend_v to_o chap._n lii_o of_o the_o prayer_n contain_v in_o the_o missal_n and_o breviary_n use_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o purgatory_n can_v be_v necessary_o infer_v from_o any_o one_o of_o they_o for_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o book_n entitle_v ordo_fw-la romanus_n there_o be_v not_o any_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o dead_a that_o in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o mass_n which_o be_v insert_v into_o it_o the_o memento_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v and_o that_o in_o the_o other_o ritual_a book_n of_o the_o latin_n there_o be_v not_o any_o lesson_n oblige_v to_o the_o belief_n of_o purgatory_n screw_v up_o since_o the_o year_n 1439._o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o florence_n and_o trent_n into_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n who_o have_v at_o this_o day_n in_o favour_n of_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a but_o one_o only_a lesson_n to_o wit_n that_o of_o the_o second_o of_o maccabee_n a_o book_n hold_v by_o herself_o to_o be_v apocryphal_a till_o after_o the_o year_n 590._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n i_o say_v be_v force_v to_o confess_v that_o it_o must_v have_v be_v insert_v so_o much_o the_o late_a into_o her_o missal_n and_o breviaries_n though_o upon_o no_o other_o account_n then_o this_o that_o the_o greek_n use_v it_o not_o in_o their_o office_n even_o to_o this_o day_n and_o that_o from_o her_o whole_a service_n it_o necessary_o result_v that_o she_o meet_v not_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n with_o any_o foundation_n of_o the_o opinion_n either_o of_o purgatory_n which_o she_o maintain_v or_o of_o the_o custom_n which_o she_o practise_v in_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a upon_o motive_n unknown_a to_o primitive_a antiquity_n it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o we_o see_v what_o can_v be_v gather_v of_o any_o consequence_n from_o the_o prayer_n which_o we_o read_v in_o the_o public_a form_n of_o service_n of_o her_o prescription_n we_o have_v in_o the_o first_o place_n such_o as_o desire_v of_o god_n that_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o decease_a decease_a person_n may_v be_v pardon_v as_o for_o instance_n this_o fidelium_fw-la deus_fw-la omnium_fw-la conditor_fw-la &_o redemptor_n animabus_fw-la famulorum_fw-la famularúmque_fw-la tuarum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la tribue_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ut_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la quam_fw-la semper_fw-la optaverunt_fw-la piis_fw-la supplicationibus_fw-la consequantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o god_n creator_n and_o redeemer_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a grant_v unto_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o sex_n the_o remission_n of_o all_o their_o sin_n that_o by_o pious_a supplication_n they_o may_v obtain_v the_o indulgence_n they_o have_v ever_o desire_v and_o this_o we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n that_o this_o supplication_n of_o we_o may_v be_v beneficial_a to_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n of_o both_o sex_n entreat_v thou_o that_o thou_o will_v cleanse_v they_o of_o all_o their_o sin_n and_o make_v they_o partaker_n of_o thy_o redemption_n and_o this_o we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o almighty_a god_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n purge_v by_o these_o sacrifice_n may_v obtain_v admission_n to_o indulgence_n and_o eternal_a remedy_n and_o this_o vouchsafe_v o_o lord_n we_o beseech_v thou_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n of_o both_o sex_n the_o anniversarie-day_n of_o who_o interment_n we_o now_o commemorate_v be_v purge_v by_o these_o sacrifice_n may_v be_v receive_v as_o well_o into_o indulgence_n as_o eternal_a rest_n and_o this_o o_o god_n who_o have_v command_v that_o we_o shall_v honour_v our_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v please_v out_o of_o thy_o mercy_n to_o have_v compassion_n on_o the_o soul_n of_o my_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o pardon_v their_o sin_n and_o make_v i_o to_o live_v with_o they_o in_o the_o joy_n of_o eternal_a light_n and_o this_o we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n and_o be_v free_v from_o the_o contagion_n of_o mortality_n restore_v she_o to_o the_o portion_n of_o eternal_a salvation_n and_o this_o we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n that_o by_o these_o sacrifice_n without_o which_o no_o man_n be_v guiltless_a the_o soul_n of_o thy_o servant_n may_v be_v cleanse_v from_o all_o sin_n that_o by_o these_o office_n of_o pious_a placation_n she_o may_v obtain_v eternal_a mercy_n and_o this_o o_o god_n in_o who_o mercy_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v at_o rest_n be_v gracious_o please_v to_o pardon_v the_o sin_n of_o thy_o servant_n
as_o domitian_n begin_v the_o persecution_n he_o be_v continuò_fw-la soon_o after_o kill_v kill_v this_o man_n be_v abbot_n of_o rome_n as_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o greek_a menologie_n so_o that_o many_o without_o any_o ground_n not_o only_o confound_v he_o with_o that_o priest_n of_o tyrus_n who_o suffer_v martyrdom_n under_o julian_n the_o apostate_n on_o the_o five_o of_o june_n 362._o but_o also_o give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o archbishop_n not_o consider_v that_o no_o prelate_n of_o that_o name_n take_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o tyrus_n before_o that_o dorotheus_n substitute_v about_o the_o year_n 457._o in_o the_o place_n of_o photius_n who_o have_v be_v present_a at_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o the_o year_n 451._o 451._o advers._fw-la jovin_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 14._o adhuc_fw-la adolescens_fw-la ac_fw-la penc_n pver_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la joannem_fw-la tnnc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la pverum_fw-la pverum_fw-la haeres_fw-la 51._o cap._n 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap_n 33._o 33._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vxorem_fw-la tuam_fw-la jezabel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mulierem_fw-la jezabel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la monogamia_fw-la de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la in_o persecutione_n persecutione_n de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr monog_n cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr â—…lic_a cap._n 16_o 16_o de_fw-fr â—â—â—â—â—og_n cap_n cap_n jo._n 16._o 22._o 22._o hieron_n advers._fw-la jovin_n cap._n 14._o 14._o in_o mat._n 20._o 20._o stat._n felix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cui_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la ubi_fw-la petrus_n passioni_fw-la dominicae_fw-la adaequatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la paulus_n johannis_n exitu_fw-la coronatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la apostolus_fw-la johannes_n posteaquam_fw-la in_o oleum_fw-la igneum_fw-la demersus_fw-la nihil_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la insulam_fw-la relegatur_fw-la relegatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr vitæ_fw-la constan_n in_fw-la cap._n 24_o 44_o 45._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 34_o 35_o 36._o 36._o lib._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 8._o 8._o cui_fw-la germine_fw-la frater_fw-la angel_n cousin_n pastor_n pastor_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib_fw-la 3._o pag._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiq._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr praepar_fw-la lib._n 9_o in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o theophilus_n to_o autolycus_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o ark_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o arabia_n arabia_n lib._n 1._o p._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o king_n 2._o 11._o 11._o luke_n 23._o 43._o 43._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 7_o 8._o 8._o phil._n i_o 23._o 23._o thus_o st._n gregory_n nazianzen_n interpret_v st._n paul_n affirm_v of_o he_o that_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o our_o departure_n ought_v to_o be_v â—ith_o the_o lord_n â—at_a 10._o 10._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 24._o 24._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 39_o 39_o in_o the_o place_n before-cited_n and_o lib_n 4_o cap._n 56_o 66._o and_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 31._o 31._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o 9_o matth._n 10._o 24._o 24._o ephes_n 4._o 9_o 9_o psal_n 23_o 4._o 44_o 19_o 88_o 7._o 7._o receptaculis_fw-la abditis_fw-la secretis_fw-la secretis_fw-la mal._n four_o 1._o 1._o 1_o pet._n i_o 19_o 19_o 1_o cor._n v_o 8._o 8._o exod._n fourteen_o 22._o 22._o ibid._n 31._o 31._o exod._n xiii_o 21._o 21._o luke_n two_o 35._o 35._o 〈◊〉_d john_n i._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 2._o 2._o chap._n 21._o 2_o 2_o verse_n 18_o 19_o 19_o verse_n 23._o 23._o chap._n 22._o verse_n 2._o 2._o pascentem_fw-la epulis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la john_n fourteen_o 2._o 2._o john_n xxi_o 2._o 2._o lib._n 7._o cap._n 23_o 24._o 24._o in_o catalago_n scriptorum_fw-la ecclesiastie_a corum_fw-la corum_fw-la in_o eliz._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 36._o 36._o apoc_fw-fr xxi_o 2._o 18_o 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o 24_o 24_o in_o esai_n lib._n 8._o praefat_fw-la praefat_fw-la euseb_n lib_n 7._o cap._n 13._o 13._o cap._n 18._o 18._o homil._n 17._o 17._o cap._n 15._o gennad_n gennad_n in_o ezek._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 36._o 36._o in_o hierem._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o 20._o psal_n xxii_o 21._o 21._o luke_n xxiiii_o 46._o 46._o may_v the_o four_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 389._o 389._o lib._n 9_o cap._n 13._o 13._o ruente_fw-la mundo_fw-la mundo_fw-la psal_n lxxvii_o 9_o 9_o joh._n three_o 36._o 36._o psal_n lxxvii_o 9_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n v_o 1._o 1._o 2_o cor._n v_o 8._o 8._o 2_o cor._n v_o 8._o phil._n 1._o 23._o 23._o rom._n viij_o 33._o 33._o heb._n viij_o 12._o and_o x._o 17._o jer._n xxxi_o 33._o 33._o see_v also_o lib_n 2d_o sect_n 2._o cap_n 24_o 25_o 26_o 34_o 35._o 35._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apost_n serm._n 27._o 27._o hierarch_n eccles._n cap._n 3._o 3._o sap._n v_o 16._o jo._n v_o 14._o 14._o 2_o tim._n two_o 19_o 19_o psal_n cxvi_o 19_o 19_o isai_n xxxv_o 10._o 10._o luke_n twelve_o 37._o 37._o apoc._n xx_o 6._o c_o de_n monog_n cap._n 10._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 58._o novissimum_fw-la quadrantem_fw-la modicum_fw-la quodque_fw-la delictum_fw-la more_fw-it resurrectionis_fw-la illic_fw-la luendum_fw-la interpretamur_fw-la interpretamur_fw-la eccles_n xliii_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n xv_o 52._o 52._o verse_n 2._o 2._o verse_n 5._o 5._o verse_n 6._o 6._o 1_o cor._n xv_o 52._o 52._o de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la cap._n 10._o 10._o de_fw-fr exhortatione_n castitatis_fw-la cap._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr pallio_fw-la cap._n 2._o 2._o epist_n 28._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d papias_n in_o the_o word_n which_o eusebins_n cite_v of_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o have_v not_o see_v any_o of_o the_o apostle_n apostle_n 1_o thes_n v_o 21._o 21._o psal_n cxviii_o 8._o 8._o jer._n xuj_o 7._o 7._o verse_n 34._o 34._o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr cura_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la mortuis_fw-la de_fw-fr predict_v &_o promise_v par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 40._o 40._o de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 36._o 36._o hist_o del_fw-it concilio_n lib._n 2._o pagg._n 148_o 149_o 150._o 150._o quibus_fw-la potissimum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la ac_fw-la praesidiis_fw-la in_o confirmandis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la &_o instaurandis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la moribus_fw-la usura_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_fw-la prov._n i._n 8._o 8._o macc._n twelve_o â—8_o etc._n etc._n etc._n josh_n 7._o 11_o 12._o 12._o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1._o 1._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 15._o 15._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 17._o 17._o levit._fw-la 4._o 13_o etc._n etc._n etc._n deut._n 21._o 1._o etc._n etc._n etc._n the_o latin_a version_n say_v 12000._o amount_v to_o 250._o mark_n a_o vast_a sum_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o ability_n of_o the_o people_n reduce_v to_o beggary_n by_o the_o war._n war._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proâ—…_n page_n 50._o 50._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 25._o 25._o hierom._n in_o catalogo_fw-la catalogo_fw-la euseh_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 28._o 28._o s._n john_n say_v express_o that_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n show_v he_o the_o mystical_a jerusalem_n apoc._n xxi_o 10._o apoc._n xxi_o 1._o apoc._n xxii_o 1._o 1._o apoc._n xx_o 4._o 4._o apoc._n nineteeen_o 7_o 9_o 9_o haeres_fw-la 10._o 10._o council_n laodic_n ca._n ca._n nazianz._n carm_n 33._o 33._o amphiloâ—_n carm_n ad_fw-la seleucum_n seleucum_n epist_n 129._o nec_fw-la graecorum_n ecclesiae_fw-la apocalypsim_fw-la joannis_n eadem_fw-la libertate_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la rome_n v._n 14._o 14._o hebr._n ix_o 12._o 12._o gal._n iii._o 13._o 13._o 2_o cor._n three_o 7._o 7._o crateres_fw-la crateres_fw-la gregor_n dial._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 30_o et_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la frecâ—…phus_fw-la &_o armonius_a armonius_a cap._n 35._o 35._o tormentorum_fw-la ollae_fw-la patuerunt_fw-la patuerunt_fw-la council_n gall._n tom._n 3._o p._n 122._o 122._o hist_o sancti_fw-la dionys._n a._n i._o doublet_n scripta_fw-la pag_n 696._o 696._o tom._n 2._o council_n gall._n p._n 630._o 630._o chron._n august_n august_n rodolph_n of_o suâ—wbe_v herman_n of_o psalm_n in_o arduenna_n arduenna_n greg._n dial._n lib._n 4._o c._n 40._o 40._o in_o vita_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la cap._n 32._o 32._o st._n james_n behead_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o afterward_o as_o the_o spaniard_n pretend_v carry_v into_o galicia_n galicia_n chron._n hincmar_n epist_n 50._o and_o flodoard_v lib._n 3._o c._n 18._o say_v that_o a_o certain_a native_a of_o rheims_n name_v bernold_n see_v charles_n the_o bald_a gnaw_v by_o worm_n and_o wallow_v in_o putrefaction_n and_o william_n of_o malmsbury_n lib._n 2._o suppose_n that_o charles_n the_o fat_a see_v lewis_n the_o debonnaire_a in_o a_o tun_n of_o seethe_a water_n which_o