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legis_fw-la praecepta_fw-la &_o prophetarum_fw-la dicteria_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o psalm_n 118._o serm_n 18._o st._n austin_n quote_v st._n ambrose_n prove_v from_o chronology_n that_o the_o grecian_n borrow_v of_o the_o jew_n not_o è_fw-la contrà _fw-la and_o thence_o commend_v the_o read_n of_o secular_a history_n the_o christiana_n doct._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o and_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o polinus_n and_o therasias_n write_v thus_o libros_fw-la ambrosii_fw-la multùm_fw-la desidero_fw-la quos_fw-la adversùs_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la imperitissimos_fw-la &_o superbissimos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la platonis_fw-la libris_fw-la dominum_fw-la profecisse_fw-la contendunt_fw-la dilligentissimè_fw-la &_o copios_fw-la ssimè_fw-la scripsit_fw-la aug._n epist._n 34._o and_o not_o bare_o affirm_v it_o but_o bring_v in_o evidence_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o it_o either_o from_o common_a principle_n of_o reason_n or_o the_o authority_n of_o heathen_a chronologer_n st._n origen_n 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