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2._o &_o 47._o 29._o chrysost._n tom._n 1._o hom._n 17._o on_o mat._n 5._o oecumen_fw-la on_o jam._n 5._o pag._n 136._o hilary_n comment_n on_o mat._n canon_n 4._o on_o mat._n 5._o 34._o see_v the_o various_a readins_n in_o walton_n and_o the_o critic_n critic_n all_o of_o they_o do_v not_o so_o swear_v see_v gen._n 24._o 9_o &_o 31._o 53._o &_o 21._o 23._o &_o 26._o 28._o &_o 47._o 31._o num._n 30._o 2_o 3._o 1_o sam._n 20._o 3_o 17._o 1_o king_n 8._o 31._o &_o 14._o 26._o euseb._n l._n 4._o c._n 14._o eus._n l._n 4._o c._n 14._o euseb._n l._n 3._o c._n 32._o be_v there_o any_o probability_n or_o appearance_n of_o likelihood_n that_o if_o the_o denial_n of_o swear_v have_v not_o be_v a_o receive_a doctrine_n from_o the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o the_o martyr_n for_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n have_v swear_v all_o along_o that_o the_o famous_a father_n in_o the_o succeed_a age_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n which_o be_v the_o less_o degenerate_v as_o chryâ—ostuâ—m_n basil_n hilary_n etc._n etc._n shall_v bring_v it_o in_o as_o a_o revive_a doctrine_n against_o that_o which_o have_v be_v practise_v several_a age_n without_o mention_n of_o the_o maintainer_n or_o abettor_n of_o the_o contrary_a and_o origen_n justin_n martyr_n etc._n etc._n even_o in_o those_o time_n of_o persecution_n testify_v against_o swear_v which_o testimony_n be_v continue_v among_o the_o waldenses_n who_o as_o their_o adversary_n say_v continue_v from_o the_o primitive_a time_n and_o vsserius_n de_fw-fr successione_n cap_n 10._o §._o 2._o ex_fw-la botono_n parmensi_fw-la ci_fw-fr eth_z humiliaâ—i_n in_o nullo_n errabant_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la condemnabant_fw-la jurantes_fw-la of_o these_o he_o say_v their_o original_a be_v in_o milan_n they_o be_v reject_v of_o pope_n innocent_a 3._o and_o pope_n lucius_n chap._n 8._o §._o 22._o anno_fw-la 1052._o agennenses_n manichaeâ—s_n radul_a arden_n ita_fw-la insectatur_fw-la tale_n sunt_fw-la hodie_fw-la haeretâ—â—i_fw-la manichai_n quia_fw-la sâ—â—a_fw-la haeresi_fw-la patriam_fw-la agennensem_fw-la maâ—ulaâ—erunt_fw-la qui_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la se_fw-la vitem_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la tenere_fw-la dicentes_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la mentiri_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la jurare_fw-la k._n rich._n 2._o anno_fw-la 1391._o they_o be_v about_o ann._n 1200._o morl._n hist._n pag._n 217_o 218._o erasm._n para_fw-it on_o jam._n 5._o 12._o august_n on_o psal._n 88_o august_n de_fw-fr mendacio_fw-la an._n 1176._o act._n mon._n iâ—v_n f._n 623._o fol._n 653._o fol._n 625._o