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the_o church_n of_o smyrna_n in_o their_o golden_a epistle_n concern_v the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n polycarp_n give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o jew_n slander_v they_o as_o if_o they_o will_v have_v leave_v christ_n and_o worship_v polycarp_n if_o they_o can_v but_o gain_v his_o martyr_a body_n expose_v that_o gross_a calumny_n by_o show_v usser_n show_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eccl._n smyrn_n in_o ep._n de_fw-fr martyr_n polyc._n p._n 27._o edit_fw-la usser_n that_o christian_n can_v never_o leave_v christ_n who_o have_v suffer_v all_o for_o they_o nor_o pay_v any_o worship_n to_o any_o other_o person_n or_o as_o the_o old_a latin_a translation_n have_v it_o nor_o offer_v up_o the_o supplication_n of_o prayer_n to_o any_o other_o person_n if_o they_o can_v not_o do_v it_o then_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v not_o grow_v more_o lawful_a to_o do_v it_o since_o s._n irenaeus_n in_o the_o same_o century_n discourse_v about_o the_o many_o grace_n bestow_v by_o god_n upon_o his_o church_n and_o the_o great_a benefit_n do_v by_o the_o church_n to_o the_o whole_a world_n without_o either_o design_n of_o seduce_a or_o desire_v of_o gain_n thereupon_o say_v that_o as_o the_o church_n do_v receive_v those_o grace_n free_o from_o god_n hand_n so_o she_o free_o minister_v they_o fevardent_a they_o nec_fw-la invocationibus_fw-la angelicis_fw-la faciat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nec_fw-la incantationibus_fw-la nec_fw-la aliqua_fw-la prava_fw-la curiositate_fw-la sed_fw-la mundè_fw-la &_o purè_fw-la &_o manifestè_fw-la orationes_fw-la dirigens_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la fecit_fw-la &_o nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la invocans_fw-la virtutes_fw-la secundum_fw-la utilitates_fw-la hominum_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la seductionem_fw-la perficit_fw-la s._n iren._n adv_o haer._n l._n 2._o c._n 57_o edit_fw-la fevardent_a and_o then_o tell_v we_o also_o that_o the_o church_n do_v nothing_o by_o invocation_n of_o 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sufficient_a to_o define_v prayer_n in_o this_o manner_n to_o the_o exclusion_n both_o of_o saint_n and_o angel_n since_o in_o the_o same_o book_n he_o deliver_v it_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o time_n that_o 7._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clemens_n alexandr_n strom._n l._n 7._o since_o there_o be_v but_o one_o good_a god_n both_o we_o and_o angel_n ought_v to_o make_v our_o prayer_n to_o he_o alone_o for_o the_o obtain_n of_o those_o good_a thing_n which_o we_o want_v and_o for_o the_o continuance_n of_o those_o which_o we_o enjoy_v there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o more_o such_o expression_n to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o this_o learned_a father_n but_o this_o doubtless_o be_v able_a to_o convince_v any_o reasonable_a person_n that_o in_o clemens_n time_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n be_v that_o all_o prayer_n or_o invocation_n shall_v be_v offer_v up_o to_o the_o great_a god_n alone_o century_n iii_o that_o there_o be_v no_o alteration_n make_v in_o the_o next_o century_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n herein_o we_o can_v easy_o show_v from_o the_o most_o considerable_a writer_n of_o that_o age._n tertullian_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o the_o christian_n to_o the_o roman_a judge_n give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o christian_n that_o they_o do_v invocate_v the_o eternal_a god_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o acquaint_v they_o withal_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o offer_v up_o their_o prayer_n to_o any_o other_o 30._o other_o nos_fw-la enim_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v imperatorum_fw-la deum_fw-la invocamus_fw-la aeternum_fw-la haec_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la orare_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la quà m_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la i_o scio_fw-la consecuturum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la praestat_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la sum_fw-la cvi_fw-la impetrare_fw-la debetur_fw-la famulus_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la solum_fw-la observo_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la 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