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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o every_o kind_n of_o metre_n and_o verse_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o scaliger_n de_fw-fr emend_n temp._n l._n 6._o fall_v foul_a on_o eusebius_n for_o make_v these_o therapeutoe_n or_o worshipper_n to_o be_v christian_n and_o valesius_fw-la annot._fw-la in_o euseb_n p_o 34._o 35._o fall_n in_o with_o he_o in_o that_o though_o he_o dissent_v from_o he_o that_o these_o therapeutoe_n be_v essenes_n and_o pretend_v to_o prove_v the_o contrary_n but_o the_o argument_n of_o scaliger_n and_o valesius_fw-la on_o both_o these_o head_n be_v well_o answer_v in_o bruno_n dissertatio_n de_fw-la therapeutis_fw-la print_v at_o the_o end_n of_o colomes_n edition_n of_o the_o epistle_n of_o clement_n ad_fw-la corinthios_n but_o however_o that_o be_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o eusebius_n not_o only_o assert_n such_o divine_a hymn_n compose_v in_o metre_n and_o verse_n to_o be_v in_o use_n among_o christian_n in_o his_o age_n but_o to_o have_v be_v a_o custom_n derive_v to_o they_o from_o the_o apostolical_a age_n and_o continual_o preserve_v in_o the_o church_n as_o philo_n suppose_v such_o hymn_n to_o have_v be_v usual_a among_o the_o jew_n so_o that_o we_o have_v better_a ground_n to_o conclude_v that_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o the_o follow_a age_n sing_v hymn_n in_o metre_n and_o verse_n than_o the_o bp._n have_v produce_v for_o their_o sing_a hymn_n in_o prose_n and_o for_o the_o alternate_a sing_n of_o the_o psalm_n of_o david_n dr._n comber_n acknowledge_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o theodoret_n assert_n l._n 2._o c._n 24._o that_o this_o custom_n be_v first_o bring_v into_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n by_o flavianus_n and_o diodorus_n and_o from_o thence_o universal_o spread_v of_o lit._n p._n 87_o 88_o and_o dr._n hammond_n say_v that_o st._n basil_n in_o the_o description_n of_o a_o clergy_n man_n officiate_a ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la caesar_n ep._n 63_o say_v they_o go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o prayer_n and_o after_o the_o confession_n 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