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by_o epiph._n lib._n 3._o haer_fw-mi 75._o and_o also_o by_o augustin_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deum_fw-la haer_fw-mi 53._o epiphanius_n add_v that_o he_o be_v a_o arrian_n and_o give_v the_o account_n of_o his_o opinion_n in_o this_o matter_n thus_o aërius_n be_v a_o presbyter_n in_o sebastia_n be_v offend_v when_o eustathius_n be_v prefer_v before_o he_o to_o that_o bishopric_n and_o though_o eustathius_n take_v all_o way_n to_o gain_v he_o and_o commit_v the_o xenodochium_n that_o be_v there_o to_o his_o inspection_n yet_o aerius_n too_o deep_o irritate_v at_o the_o preference_n say_v quid_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la nihil_fw-la differt_fw-la hic_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la unus_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la honour_n unus_fw-la ordo_fw-la &_o una_fw-la dignitas_fw-la imponit_fw-la munus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyter_n lavacrum_fw-la that_fw-mi episcopus_fw-la similiter_fw-la &_o presbyter_n dispensationem_fw-la cultûs_fw-la 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urcisinus_n break_v out_o into_o such_o a_o tumult_n that_o there_o be_v in_o basilicâ_fw-la sicinini_n ubi_fw-la ritus_fw-la christiani_n est_fw-la conventiculum_fw-la centum_fw-la triginta_fw-la septem_fw-la peremptorum_fw-la cadavera_fw-la reperta_fw-la lib._n 27._o and_o he_o add_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n they_o struggle_v so_o about_o it_o because_o id_fw-la adepti_fw-la futuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la ita_fw-la securi_fw-la ut_fw-la ditentur_fw-la oblationibus_fw-la matronarum_fw-la procedantque_fw-la vehiculis_fw-la insidentes_fw-la circumspect_a vestiti_fw-la epulas_fw-la curantes_fw-la profusas_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la convivia_fw-la regales_fw-la superent_fw-la mensas_fw-la qui_fw-la esse_fw-la poterant_fw-la beati_fw-la revera_fw-la si_fw-la vrbis_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la despecta_fw-la quam_fw-la vitiis_fw-la opponunt_fw-la ad_fw-la imitationem_fw-la quorandam_fw-la provincialium_fw-la antistitum_fw-la viverent_fw-la quos_fw-la tenuitas_fw-la edendi_fw-la 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agere_fw-la debeat_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la archidiacono_n accipiat_fw-la ceroferarium_fw-la cum_fw-la cereo_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la accendenda_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la luminaria_fw-la mancipari_fw-la accipiat_fw-la &_o urceolum_fw-la vacuum_fw-la ad_fw-la suggerendum_fw-la vinum_fw-la in_o eucharistiam_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la as_o for_o these_o cerei_fw-la they_o shall_v be_v speak_v of_o upon_o the_o next_o canon_n the_o work_n of_o acolythus_n be_v to_o light_v the_o candle_n and_o provide_v the_o wine_n and_o from_o the_o ratio_fw-la nominis_fw-la we_o may_v believe_v their_o office_n be_v particular_o to_o wait_v upon_o the_o bishop_n and_o follow_v he_o canon_n 8._o lector_fw-la quum_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la faciat_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la verbum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ad_fw-la plebem_fw-la indicans_fw-la ejus_fw-la fidem_fw-la ac_fw-la vitam_fw-la atque_fw-la ingenium_fw-la posthaec_fw-la spectante_fw-la plebe_fw-la tradat_fw-la ei_fw-la codicem_fw-la 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in_o his_o 35._o tract_n on_o matth._n condemn_v the_o form_n of_o do_v it_o by_o adjure_v the_o devil_n say_v that_o christ_n have_v give_v we_o power_n to_o command_v they_o est_fw-la enim_fw-la judaicum_fw-la adjurare_fw-la daemonia_fw-la cyprian_n speak_v of_o a_o exorcism_n ordinary_o precede_v baptism_n but_o prefer_v the_o virtue_n of_o baptism_n to_o that_o of_o exorcism_n epist._n 76._o hodie_fw-la etiam_fw-la geritur_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la exorcist_n as_o voce_fw-la humanâ_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la divinâ_fw-la flagelletur_fw-la &_o uratur_fw-la &_o torqueatur_fw-la diabolus_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la exire_fw-la se_fw-la &_o dimittere_fw-la homines_fw-la dei_fw-la saepe_fw-la dicat_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la dixerit_fw-la fallat_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la salutarem_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o ad_fw-la demetrianum_n he_o say_v o_o si_fw-la audire_fw-la eos_fw-la velles_fw-fr &_o videre_fw-la quando_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la adjurantur_fw-la 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