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and_o be_v urge_v anew_o to_o take_v his_o ancient_a post_n but_o he_o never_o will_v the_o author_n of_o his_o life_n assure_v we_o it_o be_v at_o this_o time_n that_o basil_n build_v a_o hospital_n for_o the_o leprous_a and_o that_o on_o this_o occasion_n gregory_n make_v his_o discourse_n of_o charity_n towards_o the_o poor_a and_o particular_o towards_o those_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o a_o leprosy_n in_o this_o speech_n be_v divers_a reflection_n upon_o piety_n in_o general_n and_o touch_v the_o use_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a fortune_n in_o this_o life_n it_o be_v very_o seldom_o that_o gregory_n apply_v himself_o to_o one_o matter_n only_o and_o to_o a_o order_n that_o be_v clear_a and_o void_a of_o digression_n during_o the_o empire_n of_o valens_n who_o favour_v the_o arian_n this_o sect_n and_o that_o which_o spring_v from_o it_o have_v gain_v a_o great_a many_o people_n on_o their_o side_n 10._o constantinople_n be_v chief_o full_a of_o arian_n and_o apollinarist_n who_o 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3._o st._n irenaeus_n speak_v thus_o of_o the_o apocalypse_n 30._o it_o be_v not_o long_o since_o it_o appear_v it_o be_v almost_o in_o our_o time_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o domitian_n the_o latin_a interpreter_n make_v use_v of_o these_o word_n nostro_fw-la seculo_fw-la to_o denote_v what_o we_o have_v translate_v in_o our_o time_n and_o eusebius_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o passage_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o remain_v therefore_o to_o know_v what_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o ancient_n distinguish_v time_n by_o generation_n some_o give_n twenty_o five_o year_n to_o each_o generation_n and_o some_o thirty_o and_o other_o allow_v three_o generation_n to_o each_o age._n but_o all_o do_v not_o assign_v the_o same_o begin_n to_o each_o generation_n according_a to_o some_o the_o time_n of_o infancy_n be_v reckon_v for_o nothing_o and_o often_o say_v that_o a_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o the_o time_n 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christianity_n for_o the_o clear_a and_o distinct_a demonstration_n of_o its_o doctrine_n in_o that_o it_o help_v we_o to_o the_o more_o evident_a understanding_n of_o the_o truth_n a_o little_a far_o the_o same_o father_n speak_v of_o logic_n p_o 233._o call_v it_o a_o hedge_n to_o defend_v the_o truth_n from_o be_v tread_v down_o by_o sophist_n that_o it_o give_v we_o great_a light_n due_o to_o understand_v the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o it_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o life_n that_o we_o be_v not_o deceive_v nor_o circumvent_v by_o those_o that_o endeavour_n to_o draw_v we_o into_o the_o way_n of_o sin_n he_o also_o show_v we_o that_o the_o same_o father_n pag._n 472._o lib._n 6._o strom._n complain_v that_o there_o be_v some_o in_o his_o day_n that_o shun_v philosophy_n lest_o it_o shall_v deceive_v they_o as_o much_o as_o child_n do_v hobgoblin_n because_o they_o see_v that_o many_o learned_a man_n brain_n be_v intoxicate_v by_o philosophical_a notion_n and_o thereby_o become_v author_n of_o most_o damnable_a heresy_n not_o observe_v the_o apostle_n exhortation_n but_o the_o same_o father_n answer_v this_o objection_n that_o that_o proceed_v not_o from_o philosophy_n but_o from_o the_o wickedness_n of_o man_n nature_n for_o whosoever_o have_v wisdom_n enough_o to_o use_v it_o he_o be_v able_a thereby_o to_o make_v a_o large_a and_o more_o demonstrative_a defence_n of_o the_o faith_n than_o other_o strom._n lib._n pag._n 204._o and_o in_o another_o place_n the_o same_o father_n add_v it_o be_v most_o unreasonable_a that_o philosophy_n only_o shall_v be_v condemn_v upon_o this_o account_n and_o yet_o the_o mean_a art_n even_o those_o of_o a_o smith_n and_o shipwright_n which_o be_v as_o much_o human_a shall_v be_v commend_v and_o approve_v that_o they_o do_v not_o rest_v here_o and_o go_v no_o far_o but_o have_v get_v what_o be_v most_o useful_a and_o profitable_a for_o it_o they_o ascend_v high_a unto_o the_o true_a philosophy_n make_v this_o humane_a 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