the_o church_n 1_o thes_n 5.20_o despise_v not_o prophesy_v and_o 1_o cor._n 14.3_o he_o that_o prophesi_v speak_v unto_o man_n to_o edification_n and_o exhortation_n and_o comfort_n so_o verse_n 24._o 4._o sometime_o it_o signify_v to_o know_v and_o to_o be_v able_a to_o declare_v thing_n either_o pass_v or_o present_a which_o a_o man_n either_o by_o nature_n or_o industry_n be_v not_o able_a to_o know_v and_o so_o it_o signify_v to_o divine_a thus_o it_o be_v take_v matth._n 26.68_o mark_n 14.65_o etc._n etc._n where_o they_o who_o have_v blind_v christ_n bid_v he_o by_o way_n of_o derision_n prophesy_v who_o it_o be_v that_o smite_v he_o to_o this_o purpose_n say_v the_o pharisee_fw-mi luke_n 7.39_o this_o man_n if_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n will_v have_v know_v etc._n etc._n 5._o strict_o and_o proper_o to_o prophesy_v be_v to_o foreshow_v or_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v or_o that_o afterward_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v thus_o it_o be_v take_v act_n 21.9_o philip_n have_v four_o 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muliebri_fw-la affirm_v that_o the_o book_n of_o enoch_n be_v preserve_v by_o noah_n in_o the_o ark_n and_o bring_v forth_o after_o the_o flood_n 23._o non_fw-la sunt_fw-la scripta_fw-la in_o canone_o qui_fw-la scrvabatur_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la cur_n autâ—m_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la susâ—_n câ—tae_fw-la fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n illa_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la enochi_n nomine_fw-la proferuntur_fw-la continent_n fabulas_fw-la rectè_fw-la à _fw-la prudentibus_fw-la judicantur_fw-la non_fw-la ipsius_fw-la esse_fw-la credenda_fw-la aug._n l._n 15._o de_fw-la civ_o d._n c._n 23._o and_o he_o attribute_n the_o opinion_n of_o its_o want_n of_o authority_n to_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o say_v he_o because_o some_o eminent_a testimony_n concern_v christ_n may_v be_v produce_v out_o of_o it_o endeavour_v to_o suppress_v it_o augustin_n also_o mention_n book_n bear_v enoch_n name_n that_o then_o there_o be_v such_o book_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o enoch_n it_o be_v 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