〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n because_o according_a to_o bodily_a knowledge_n they_o be_v work_v for_o the_o good_a of_o man_n but_o he_o silence_v that_o devil_n which_o be_v in_o his_o statue_n who_o by_o his_o oracle_n do_v deceive_v man_n to_o worship_n and_o reverence_n apollonius_n as_o a_o god_n and_o destroy_v his_o oracle_n nay_o apollonius_n live_v himself_o to_o see_v his_o statue_n destroy_v the_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o he_o burn_v insomuch_o that_o his_o book_n which_o he_o write_v of_o his_o consultation_n with_o the_o devil_n at_o the_o den_n of_o trophonius_n be_v perish_v with_o he_o and_o all_o the_o ceremony_n of_o that_o cave_n as_o du_n plessis_n tell_v i_o but_o allow_v this_o apollonius_n do_v great_a thing_n as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o art_n or_o nature_n to_o reach_v unto_o have_v not_o christianity_n now_o quite_o baffle_v he_o and_o make_v his_o magic_n as_o well_o as_o himself_o contemptible_a be_v not_o his_o name_n bury_v in_o oblivion_n 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christo_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la praeferre_fw-la conantur_fw-la quanquam_fw-la tolerabilius_fw-la ferendum_fw-la sit_fw-la quando_fw-la ipsos_fw-la ei_fw-la potius_fw-la conferent_fw-la quam_fw-la deos_fw-la tuos_fw-la multo_fw-la enim_fw-la melior_fw-la quod_fw-la fatendum_fw-la est_fw-la apollonius_n fuit_fw-la quam_fw-la tot_fw-la stuprorum_fw-la author_n &_o perpetrator_n quem_fw-la jupiter_fw-la nominant_fw-la ista_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la fabulosa_fw-la sunt_fw-la adhuc_fw-la ergo_fw-la laudent_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la luxuriosam_fw-la licentiosam_fw-la planeque_fw-la sacrilegam_fw-la foelicitatem_fw-la quae_fw-la ista_fw-la deorum_fw-la proba_fw-la confinxit_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o fabulis_fw-la audienda_fw-la posuit_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o theatris_fw-la specto_fw-la proposuit_fw-la aug._n open_fw-mi to._n 2._o ep._n 5._o because_o they_o endeavour_v to_o confer_v nay_o to_o prefer_v apollonius_n and_o apuleius_n and_o other_o skilful_a magician_n with_o christ_n although_o that_o more_o tolerable_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v when_o they_o confer_v those_o to_o he_o than_o their_o go_n for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v that_o apollonius_n be_v much_o better_a than_o the_o author_n and_o actor_n of_o so_o many_o whoredom_n which_o they_o themselves_o name_n jupiter_n to_o be_v ay_o but_o say_v they_o these_o thing_n be_v fabulous_a they_o do_v therefore_o commend_v a_o luxurious_a licentious_a and_o a_o sacrilegious_a happiness_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n which_o honest_a action_n of_o the_o god_n apollonius_n have_v feign_v and_o do_v not_o only_o put_v they_o to_o be_v hear_v in_o fable_n but_o propose_v they_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o theater_n and_o as_o touch_v apuleius_n his_o work_n see_v what_o this_o father_n say_v in_o his_o eight_o book_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la 8._o ipse_fw-la apuleius_n nunquid_fw-la apud_fw-la judices_fw-la christianos_n de_fw-la magicis_fw-la artibus_fw-la accusatus_fw-la est_fw-la 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most_o considerable_a opposite_n our_o saviour_n have_v and_o see_v how_o lame_o they_o come_v off_o in_o all_o their_o undertake_n i_o know_v nothing_o so_o fit_a to_o end_v this_o branch_n with_o as_o that_o say_n which_o st._n austin_n afford_v i_o in_o his_o 42_o epistle_n to_o the_o medaureness_n you_o see_v say_v he_o the_o idol_n temple_n partly_o tumble_v down_o without_o reparation_n partly_o shut_v aug._n videtis_fw-la certè_fw-la simulachrorum_fw-la templa_fw-la partim_fw-la sinae_fw-la reparatione_fw-la collapsa_fw-la partim_fw-la diruta_fw-la partim_fw-la clausa_fw-la partim_fw-la in_o usus_fw-la alios_fw-la commutata_fw-la ipsaque_fw-la simulachra_fw-la vel_fw-la confringi_fw-la vel_fw-la incendi_fw-la vel_fw-la includi_fw-la vel_fw-la destrui_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsas_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la potestates_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquando_fw-la pro_fw-la simulachris_fw-la populum_fw-la christianum_fw-la persequebantur_fw-la victas_fw-la &_o domitas_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la repugnantibus_fw-la sed_fw-la à _fw-la morientibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la eadem_fw-la simulachra_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la christianos_n occidebant_fw-la impetus_fw-la suos_fw-la legesque_fw-la vertisse_fw-la &_o imperii_fw-la nobilissimi_fw-la emineâ—tissimum_fw-la culmen_fw-la ad_fw-la sepulchrum_n piscatoris_fw-la petri_n submisso_fw-la diademate_n supplicare_fw-la ep._n 42._o to._n 2._o in_o op._n aug._n partly_o change_v into_o other_o use_n and_o the_o idol_n themselves_o either_o to_o be_v break_v burn_v shut_v up_o or_o destroy_v and_o the_o very_a power_n of_o this_o age_n who_o sometime_o prosecute_v the_o christian_n for_o idol_n overcome_v and_o tame_v not_o from_o resist_v but_o die_a christian_n and_o against_o those_o very_a idol_n for_o who_o they_o slay_v the_o christian_n to_o have_v turn_v their_o force_n and_o law_n and_o the_o most_o eminent_a head_n of_o this_o most_o noble_a empire_n lay_v down_o his_o diadem_n pray_v at_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o peter_n the_o fisher_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o destruction_n of_o idolatry_n 2._o the_o second_o be_v but_o a_o consequent_a of_o the_o first_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n and_o be_v it_o not_o a_o miracle_n that_o tiberius_n in_o who_o reign_n our_o saviour_n both_o preach_v and_o suffer_v be_v the_o first_o emperor_n that_o refuse_v to_o have_v priest_n or_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o he_o 683._o â—ent_n 1._o li._n 2._o cap._n 15._o pag._n 683._o as_o the_o centuriator_n of_o magdeburgh_n well_o observe_v nero_n be_v the_o first_o emperor_n that_o persecute_a christianity_n 5._o apo._n c._n 5._o which_o as_o tertullian_n say_v have_v it_o not_o be_v some_o very_a great_a good_a he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v it_o all_o the_o good_a emperor_n favour_v it_o vespasian_n adrian_n trajan_n anthony_n the_o meek_a have_v christ_n in_o great_a esteem_n tiberius_n as_o i_o say_v before_o will_v have_v have_v the_o senate_n allow_v he_o for_o a_o god_n alexander-mameeus_a as_o aelius_n lampridius_n tell_v i_o will_v have_v make_v a_o temple_n to_o christ_n 43._o christo_fw-la templum_fw-la facere_fw-la voluit_fw-la eumque_fw-la inter_fw-la deos_fw-la recipere_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o hadrianus_n cogitasse_fw-la fertur_fw-la qui_fw-la templa_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la sine_fw-la simulachris_fw-la jussit_fw-la fieri_fw-la quae_fw-la hodie_fw-la idcirca_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la numina_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la hadriani_n quae_fw-la ille_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la parasse_fw-la dicebatur_fw-la sed_fw-la prohibitus_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la consulentes_fw-la sacra_fw-la repeterant_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n futuros_fw-la si_fw-la id_fw-la optato_fw-la evenisset_fw-la &_o templa_fw-la reliqua_fw-la deserenda_fw-la aelii_n lam._n cap._n 43._o and_o receive_v he_o among_o the_o god_n which_o thing_n hadrian_n be_v report_v to_o have_v think_v on_o who_o command_v that_o temple_n shall_v be_v 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prophetical_a readins_n and_o other_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n cure_v those_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o any_o infirmity_n and_o restore_v they_o perfect_o whole_a and_o even_o now_o as_o we_o have_v say_v both_o the_o dead_a have_v rise_v and_o many_o year_n have_v remain_v with_o we_o but_o what_o i_o can_v repeat_v the_o number_n of_o those_o grace_n which_o the_o church_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n receive_v from_o god_n do_v every_o day_n perform_v by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o all_o nation_n neither_o deceive_v any_o of_o they_o nor_o take_v away_o their_o money_n for_o do_v of_o it_o thus_o iraeneus_n origen_n follow_v next_o who_o be_v iraeneus_n his_o contemporary_a and_o be_v bear_v but_o 20_o year_n after_o he_o i_o shall_v produce_v his_o testimony_n only_o out_o of_o his_o book_n against_o celsus_n and_o that_o which_o offer_v itself_o in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o be_v consider_v by_o we_o be_v his_o reply_n to_o celsus_n objection_n who_o demand_v what_o great_a and_o eminent_a work_n do_v our_o saviour_n ever_o do_v unto_o which_o this_o father_n give_v this_o answer_n if_o thou_o will_v not_o believe_v those_o wonderful_a thing_n which_o the_o evangelist_n testify_v jesus_n do_v 1658._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o pag._n 80._o edit_fw-la cant._n 1658._o and_o which_o happen_v at_o his_o suffering_n yet_o believe_v what_o thou_o see_v now_o for_o it_o be_v the_o magnificent_a work_n of_o jesus_n to_o heal_v even_o to_o this_o day_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n who_o god_n please_v in_o his_o three_o book_n show_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o that_o of_o christian_n the_o great_a disproportion_n between_o their_o god_n and_o our_o jesus_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o magician_n do_v not_o register_v his_o name_n among_o the_o god_n be_v compel_v to_o do_v so_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o 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oracle_n pythia_n dodonaea_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v disperse_v throughout_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v esteem_v of_o no_o worth_n to_o this_o he_o thus_o answer_v though_o say_v he_o i_o may_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o aristotle_n and_o other_o peripatetic_n produce_v many_o thing_n abrogate_a from_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o pythian_a oracle_n yet_o he_o lay_v that_o aside_o and_o only_o desire_v celsus_n to_o consider_v how_o unfit_a it_o become_v a_o holy_a spirit_n to_o utter_v oracle_n through_o that_o place_n which_o be_v not_o become_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o see_v 333._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o pag._n 333._o and_o how_o unlike_a pythia_n herself_o in_o she_o deliver_v oracle_n be_v to_o one_o possess_v with_o a_o holy_a spirit_n who_o know_v not_o what_o she_o either_o do_v or_o say_v when_o she_o deliver_v they_o when_o say_v he_o the_o prophet_n be_v enlighten_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o their_o mind_n by_o its_o operation_n make_v more_o perspicuous_a and_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o appear_v in_o their_o life_n then_o he_o proceed_v to_o tell_v we_o how_o contrary_a the_o pythian_a oracle_n be_v to_o the_o prophet_n who_o by_o their_o ambiguity_n and_o obscurity_n instead_o of_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n of_o their_o hearer_n blind_v they_o more_o his_o word_n be_v these_o if_o pythia_n be_v carry_v beyond_o herself_o when_o she_o prophesi_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n what_o be_v that_o spirit_n to_o be_v esteem_v who_o pour_v upon_o the_o mind_n and_o reason_n nothing_o but_o darkness_n and_o how_o great_a be_v that_o kind_n of_o devil_n who_o not_o a_o few_o christian_n chase_v away_o from_o those_o that_o suffer_v by_o they_o without_o any_o circle_n or_o other_o act_n of_o magician_n or_o witch_n but_o only_o by_o prayer_n and_o simple_a adjuration_n and_o those_o thing_n the_o most_o ignorant_a man_n can_v bring_v to_o pass_v for_o oftentimes_o very_a idiot_n do_v they_o etc._n etc._n i_o may_v add_v another_o place_n out_o of_o this_o father_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o have_v more_o author_n to_o cite_v these_o shall_v suffice_v tertullian_n the_o three_o writer_n among_o the_o latin_n and_o of_o the_o same_o age_n with_o origen_n be_v bear_v but_o a_o little_a above_o twenty_o year_n after_o he_o be_v next_o in_o order_n to_o be_v produce_v and_o his_o first_o testimony_n be_v not_o a_o bare_a assertion_n but_o a_o challenge_n which_o he_o send_v the_o roman_a senator_n in_o that_o most_o excellent_a apology_n of_o he_o to_o try_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o miraculous_a power_n in_o the_o church_n his_o word_n be_v these_o let_v any_o one_o be_v bring_v before_o your_o tribunal_n who_o be_v apparent_o possess_v with_o a_o devil_n 23._o edatur_fw-la hic_fw-la aliquis_fw-la sub_fw-la tribunalibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la quem_fw-la daemone_n agi_fw-la constet_fw-la jussus_fw-la a_o quolibet_fw-la quolibet_fw-la christiano_n loqui_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ille_fw-la tam_fw-la 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a_o devil_n as_o otherwhere_o false_o he_o have_v a_o god_n let_v also_o any_o of_o they_o be_v produce_v who_o be_v suppose_v to_o suffer_v by_o god_n who_o breathe_v on_o the_o altar_n fancy_v a_o deity_n from_o the_o smell_n who_o strive_v by_o belch_a who_o speak_v by_o pant_v let_v that_o holy_a virgin_n the_o promiser_n of_o rain_n be_v produce_v that_o aesculapius_n the_o teacher_n of_o medicine_n the_o restorer_n of_o life_n to_o socordius_n and_o thanatius_n and_o asclepiodorus_n who_o be_v about_o to_o die_v the_o other_o day_n unless_o they_o confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v devil_n not_o dare_v to_o lie_v to_o any_o christian_a shed_v the_o blood_n of_o that_o shameless_a christian_a there_o in_o his_o book_n to_o scapula_n the_o procurator_n of_o africa_n speak_v against_o those_o bloody_a oblation_n the_o heathen_n god_n delight_v in_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o god_n do_v hate_v that_o food_n of_o devil_n and_o the_o devil_n say_v he_o we_o do_v not_o only_o reject_v 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et_fw-la in_o palatio_fw-la svo_fw-la habuit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la quem_fw-la et_fw-la antoninus_n optime_fw-la noverat_fw-la lacte_fw-la christiano_n educatus_fw-la ibid._n c._n 4._o how_o many_o honourable_a
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library-keeper_n to_o the_o apostolic_a see_v and_o a_o eye_n witness_n of_o this_o truth_n his_o word_n be_v these_o speak_v of_o the_o testimony_n of_o josephus_n who_o testimony_n when_o it_o be_v here_o at_o rome_n require_v 214._o cujus_fw-la testimonium_fw-la in_o pervetusto_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la codice_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la ejus_fw-la historiae_fw-la è_fw-la graeco_fw-la in_o hebraicum_fw-la translatae_fw-la antiquitue_a scriptae_fw-la sunt_fw-la cùm_fw-la hic_fw-la romae_fw-la requireretur_fw-la o_fw-la perfidorum_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la abrasum_fw-la inventum_fw-la est_fw-la adeo_fw-la at_o nulla_fw-la ad_fw-la excusandum_fw-la scelus_fw-la posset_n afferri_fw-la defensio_fw-la cùm_fw-la membrana_fw-la ipsae_fw-la id_fw-la exclamare_fw-la videretur_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la christi_fw-la 34._o p._n 214._o be_v find_v raze_v out_o in_o a_o very_a ancient_a book_n of_o the_o jew_n into_o which_o josephus_n his_o history_n be_v translate_v out_o of_o greek_a into_o hebrew_n be_v 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of_o april_n it_o be_v probable_a i_o know_v that_o either_o they_o see_v not_o these_o act_n or_o if_o they_o do_v it_o be_v some_o spurious_a copy_n as_o many_o think_v however_o it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o sufficient_a proof_n there_o be_v such_o act_n since_o so_o early_o in_o the_o church_n i_o find_v both_o christian_n and_o haeritique_n appeal_n to_o they_o origen_n also_o in_o his_o seven_o book_n against_o celsus_n cite_v we_o a_o confession_n of_o he_o that_o our_o saviour_n after_o his_o death_n be_v see_v although_o he_o endeavour_v to_o make_v it_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a apparition_n or_o indeed_o not_o so_o much_o his_o word_n be_v these_o after_o this_o celsus_n malicious_o speak_v concern_v the_o voluntary_a appear_v of_o the_o god_n in_o humane_a shape_n speak_v of_o before_o that_o any_o person_n shall_v not_o see_v they_o once_o pass_v by_o cant._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o pag._n 355._o edit_fw-la cant._n as_o they_o do_v this_o deceiver_n of_o they_o but_o ever_o converse_v with_o they_o that_o desire_v it_o from_o these_o word_n may_v be_v collect_v that_o our_o saviour_n do_v appear_v be_v know_v to_o celsus_n and_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o phantasm_n origen_n sufficient_o may_v convince_v we_o when_o he_o demand_v this_o question_n how_o can_v a_o phantasm_n only_o name_v chase_n away_o a_o devil_n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n and_o effect_v these_o operation_n which_o be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v contemn_v and_o this_o certain_o be_v a_o most_o excellent_a and_o absolute_a answer_n for_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a for_o that_o which_o be_v nothing_o or_o at_o the_o most_o appear_v but_o to_o be_v something_o to_o do_v these_o strange_a and_o wonderful_a effect_n that_o the_o only_a appearance_n of_o a_o man_n for_o no_o more_o do_v celsus_n allow_v christ_n to_o be_v shall_v give_v that_o power_n to_o his_o disciple_n to_o overcome_v and_o destroy_v those_o who_o celsus_n acknowledge_v real_a devil_n only_o by_o name_v the_o name_n of_o jesus_n i_o must_v not_o give_v over_o this_o subject_n till_o to_o what_o be_v already_o say_v i_o add_v this_o that_o the_o jew_n themselves_o acknowledge_v that_o christ_n do_v these_o miracle_n when_o they_o say_v he_o do_v they_o not_o by_o his_o own_o power_n but_o by_o magic_a art_n either_o that_o which_o he_o learn_v in_o egypt_n and_o bring_v thence_o or_o by_o schem_n hamphorasch_n 1._o hoorn_v li._n 3._o c._n 1._o the_o power_n of_o the_o four-lettered_n name_n know_v to_o himself_o i_o more_o wonder_v they_o shall_v so_o ingenuous_o confess_v these_o miracle_n to_o be_v do_v then_o that_o they_o shall_v suppose_v our_o saviour_n do_v they_o by_o magic_a art_n or_o by_o their_o kabala_n because_o i_o find_v they_o a_o very_a mysterious_a people_n and_o such_o as_o fancy_v great_a thing_n may_v be_v do_v that_o way_n manasse_n ben_n israel_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o creation_n say_v that_o there_o be_v find_v many_o which_o in_o their_o adjuration_n call_v upon_o devil_n create_v multi_fw-la sanè_fw-la reperiuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la daemon_n istos_fw-la adjurationibus_fw-la sais_fw-fr advocant_fw-la &_o necromantiâs_fw-la operâ_fw-la mira_fw-la admodum_fw-la multa_fw-la patrant_fw-la quin_n &_o libris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la cabalistarum_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la perske_n ehaloth_n raziel_n &_o aliorum_fw-la recensentur_fw-la corum_fw-la nomina_fw-la exorcismi_fw-la &_o incantationes_fw-la prob._n 22._o the_o create_v and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o necromancy_n do_v great_a thing_n and_o that_o in_o some_o book_n of_o the_o cabalist_n as_o in_o perske_n ehaloth_n raziel_n and_o other_o their_o name_n exorcism_n and_o incantation_n be_v repeat_v but_o more_o particular_o he_o say_v of_o the_o kabala_n exodum_fw-la sublimia_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la mysteria_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la in_o exodum_fw-la that_o by_o it_o sublime_a mystery_n be_v find_v out_o beside_o they_o make_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o kabala_n and_o magical_a art_n one_o of_o the_o gift_n the_o sanhedrim_n be_v endue_v withal_o this_o be_v now_o lay_v down_o we_o may_v easy_o see_v how_o fond_a this_o calumny_n against_o christ_n miracle_n be_v they_o be_v do_v by_o magic_n which_o he_o learn_v in_o egypt_n when_o our_o saviour_n be_v carry_v thither_o a_o infant_n and_o stay_v not_o long_o there_o but_o till_o the_o death_n of_o herod_n which_o happen_v too_o quick_a for_o his_o age_n or_o ability_n to_o comprehend_v that_o art_n and_o if_o by_o the_o kabala_n he_o have_v do_v they_o why_o do_v not_o the_o sanhedrim_n who_o be_v so_o well_o verse_v in_o that_o mysterious_a knowledge_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n themselves_o which_o he_o do_v or_o else_o detect_v the_o way_n how_o he_o do_v they_o arnobius_n shall_v conclude_v this_o subject_a for_o i_o therefore_o be_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v the_o deceit_n of_o the_o devil_n 25._o ergóne_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la gesta_fw-la 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