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The history of the Donatists by Thomas Long ...
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Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.
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that_o they_o may_v no_o more_o be_v constrain_v to_o communicate_v antistiti_fw-la ipsius_fw-la i.e._n constantini_n nebuloni_n with_o that_o prelatical_a knave_n of_o he_o cecilian_a colloq_fw-la carth._n l._n 3._o c._n 54._o &_o brevic._n august_n c._n 21._o declare_v that_o neither_o by_o threat_n nor_o promise_n they_o will_v be_v thereunto_o induce_v bus_fw-la will_v rather_o suffer_v a_o thousand_o death_n these_o demand_n of_o they_o how_o insolent_a soever_o be_v propose_v in_o such_o a_o juncture_n of_o time_n that_o the_o emperor_n can_v noâ—_n deny_v they_o but_o grant_v what_o they_o desire_v leave_v they_o to_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n which_o have_v begin_v to_o be_v revenge_v on_o they_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o restless_a temper_n of_o they_o puâ—â—â—_n st._n augustine_n into_o so_o great_a a_o passion_n that_o hâ—_n say_v epistle_n 167._o puto_fw-la quod_fw-la diabolus_fw-la ipsen_n i_o think_v that_o if_o the_o devil_n himself_o have_v be_v so_o often_o 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