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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o dominion_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o principality_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o power_n of_o st._n paul_n the_o apostle_n and_o that_o apostle_n do_v no_o more_o assert_v in_o this_o place_n the_o creation_n of_o such_o order_n than_o he_o do_v the_o make_n of_o the_o gnostick_n aeons_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n to_o the_o hebrew_n where_o he_o affirm_v of_o christ_n that_o he_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o such_o place_n he_o say_v in_o effect_n that_o the_o logos_fw-la be_v the_o true_a principle_n which_o they_o mistake_v in_o their_o notion_n and_o miscall_v by_o other_o name_n though_o they_o be_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o pursuit_n of_o he_o but_o in_o the_o dark_a and_o in_o false_a way_n that_o it_o be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o world_n visible_a and_o intellectual_a by_o what_o name_n soever_o they_o call_v it_o or_o into_o what_o class_n soever_o they_o have_v dispose_v it_o and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n 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