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tract_n of_o temptation_n the_o which_o also_o he_o dedicate_v to_o euphranor_n and_o write_v to_o basilides_n bishop_n of_o pentapolis_n diocese_n he_o report_v himself_o in_o the_o begin_v to_o have_v publish_v commentary_n upon_o ecclesiastes_n he_o leave_v behind_o he_o sundry_a epistle_n for_o the_o posterity_n but_o so_o far_o of_o dionysius_n work_v now_o it_o remain_v that_o we_o deliver_v unto_o the_o posterity_n the_o history_n of_o this_o our_o age_n cap._n xxvi_o greek_a of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o paulus_n samâ—satenus_n the_o heretic_n denyinge_v the_o divinitic_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o synod_n heldâ—_n at_o antioch_n condemninge_v his_o heresy_n when_o xystus_n have_v govern_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n eleven_o year_n dionysius_n of_o the_o same_o heretic_n name_n with_o he_o of_o alexandâ—ia_n succeed_v he_o about_o that_o time_n also_o when_o demetrianus_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v depart_v this_o life_n paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la come_v in_o 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the_o stir_n at_o alexandria_n between_o the_o christian_n and_o the_o jew_n of_o the_o contention_n between_o cyrillus_n the_o bishop_n and_o orestes_n the_o lieutenant_n about_o that_o time_n the_o jews_n be_v banish_v alexandria_n by_o cyrillus_n the_o bishop_n upon_o such_o a_o occasion_n as_o follow_v the_o people_n of_o alexandria_n above_o all_o other_o man_n be_v prone_a to_o schism_n and_o contention_n for_o if_o that_o any_o quarrel_n at_o any_o time_n rise_v among_o they_o immediate_o heinous_a &_o horrible_a offence_n be_v wont_a to_o ensue_v the_o tumult_n be_v never_o appease_v without_o great_a bloodeshede_v it_o fall_v out_o that_o y_fw-es â—_o great_a throng_n and_o multitude_n of_o people_n contend_v among_o themselves_o not_o about_o any_o satturdaye_n necessary_a matter_n but_o who_o coalde_v approach_v nearest_o unto_o the_o dancer_n which_o lewd_a custom_n be_v now_o creep_v into_o all_o city_n for_o a_o great_a multitude_n assemble_v together_o on_o y_fw-fr â—_o 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be_v translate_v unto_o troas_n but_o these_o many_o shall_v suffice_v in_o steed_n of_o many_o other_o who_o be_v translate_v from_o their_o proper_a sea_n unto_o other_o bishopric_n cap._n xxxvi_o greek_a of_o silvanus_n who_o be_v bishop_n of_o philippopolis_n be_v remove_v to_o troas_n now_o i_o think_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o write_v a_o few_o line_n of_o silvanus_n who_o we_o say_v a_o little_a before_o to_o have_v be_v translate_v from_o the_o bishopric_n of_o philippopolis_n in_o thracia_n unto_o troas_n this_o silvanus_n first_o study_v rhetoric_n in_o the_o school_n of_o troilus_n the_o sophist_n who_o though_o he_o be_v a_o earnest_a embracer_n of_o christian_a religion_n and_o exercise_v the_o monastical_a trade_n of_o live_v yet_o wear_v he_o still_o the_o philosophical_a habit_n in_o process_n of_o time_n atticus_n the_o bishop_n send_v for_o he_o and_o make_v he_o bishop_n of_o philippopolis_n who_o have_v continue_a in_o thracia_n the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n 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of_o silvanus_n &_o though_o we_o may_v seem_v herein_o to_o have_v digress_v yet_o have_v we_o remember_v such_o thing_n as_o may_v tend_v to_o the_o profitt_a &_o commodity_n of_o the_o reader_n but_o now_o let_v we_o return_v where_o we_o leave_v when_o maximianus_n be_v choose_v bishop_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o consulship_n of_o bassus_n and_o antiochus_n the_o church_n enjoy_v peace_n and_o quietness_n cap._n xxxvii_o of_o the_o jew_n in_o crete_n how_o they_o be_v deceive_v and_o in_o the_o end_n perceave_v their_o folly_n embrace_v the_o christian_a faith_n about_o that_o time_n many_o jews_n inhabit_v crete_n receive_v the_o christian_a faith_n be_v bring_v thereunto_o by_o such_o a_o calamity_n as_o follow_v a_o certain_a jew_n be_v a_o subtle_a knave_n feign_v himself_o to_o be_v moses_n and_o say_v that_o he_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n for_o to_o lead_v the_o jews_n which_o inhabit_v that_o isle_n through_o the_o seae_n into_o the_o firm_a and_o main_n land_n that_o he_o be_v the_o same_o who_o of_o old_a do_v safe_a conduyte_o israel_n through_o the_o red_a seae_n for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o whole_a year_n he_o do_v nothing_o else_o but_o wander_v from_o one_o cytye_n to_o the_o other_o throughout_o the_o isle_n usinge_v all_o mean_n possible_a to_o persuade_v the_o jews_n which_o dwell_v there_o to_o credit_n he_o and_o exhort_v they_o to_o leave_v all_o their_o wealth_n and_o substance_n behind_o they_o â–ª_o for_o he_o promise_v to_o bring_v they_o through_o the_o seae_n dry_v foot_v into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n when_o that_o he_o have_v bewytch_v they_o with_o such_o vain_a and_o deceatefull_a hope_n they_o leave_v their_o work_n and_o trade_n of_o life_n they_o set_v nought_o by_o their_o wealth_n and_o substance_n and_o they_o give_v licence_n to_o he_o that_o ly_v for_o to_o possess_v they_o when_o the_o day_n appoint_v of_o the_o false_a jewe_n for_o the_o voyage_n be_v come_v he_o lead_v they_o the_o way_n all_o the_o 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