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domi._n 57_o the_o 2._o of_o nero._n certain_a phaââ¦_n after_o they_o beleââ¦_n in_o christ_n taugââ¦_n that_o circumciââ¦_n be_v necessary_a the_o obseruatioââ¦_n the_o law_n act._n gal._n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o simon_n maguâ_n sorcerer_n be_v samaritane_n of_o village_n gitton_n baptize_v by_o p_o ãâ¦ã_o the_o deacon_n in_o maria_fw-la he_z woââ¦_n have_v boughty_a peter_n the_o gyââ_n the_o holy_a ghosâ_n he_o role_n the_o ãâ¦ã_o simony_n act._n 8._o seb_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1_o come_v to_o rome_n the_o time_n of_o c_o ãâ¦ã_o we_o he_o call_v ãâ¦ã_o self_n a_o god_n hââ¦_n honour_v there_o ãâ¦ã_o a_o picture_n haviââ_n this_o superscripââ¦_n simôni_n deo_n s_o ãâ¦ã_o he_o have_v to_o his_o mate_n one_o helââ¦_n who_o irenae_n call_v selen_n ãâ¦ã_o witch_n &_o a_o coââ¦_n harlott_n who_o call_v the_o priââ¦_n pall_v understaââ_n euseb_n lib._n 2._o cââ¦_n 13._o 14._o he_o say_v the_o samaritââ¦_n he_o be_v the_o ãâ¦ã_o unto_o the_o jewââ¦_n that_o he_o be_v tââ¦_n son_n descerââ¦_n 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labour_n and_o industry_n then_o show_v they_o he_o their_o hand_n for_o testimony_n that_o they_o labour_v themselves_o and_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o body_n and_o the_o hard_a braw_v of_o their_o hand_n grow_v by_o continual_a labour_n and_o when_o as_o they_o be_v ask_v of_o christ_n and_o his_o emperor_n kingdom_n what_o manner_n when_o and_o where_o it_o shall_v appear_v they_o answer_v that_o his_o kingdom_n be_v neither_o worldly_a nor_o earthly_a but_o celestial_a and_o angelical_a and_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o consummation_n of_o the_o world_n when_o that_o he_o come_v in_o glory_n shall_v judge_v the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a and_o reward_v every_o man_n according_a unto_o his_o work_n after_o they_o have_v thus_o answer_v the_o report_n go_v that_o domitian_n condemn_v they_o not_o but_o despise_v they_o as_o vile_a and_o base_a creature_n &_o let_v they_o go_v free_a &_o stay_v by_o his_o edict_n the_o persecution_n then_o raise_v against_o the_o 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of_o temptation_n the_o which_o also_o he_o dedicate_v to_o euphranor_n and_o write_v to_o basilides_n bishop_n of_o pentapolis_n diocese_n he_o report_v himself_o in_o the_o begin_v to_o have_v publish_v commentary_n upon_o ecclesiastes_n he_o leave_v behind_o he_o sundry_a epistle_n for_o the_o posterity_n but_o so_o far_o of_o dionysius_n work_v now_o it_o remain_v that_o we_o deliver_v unto_o the_o posterity_n the_o history_n of_o this_o our_o age_n cap._n xxvi_o greek_a of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o paulus_n samâsatenus_n the_o heretic_n denyinge_v the_o divinitic_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o synod_n heldâ_n at_o antioch_n condemninge_v his_o heresy_n when_o xystus_n have_v govern_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n eleven_o year_n dionysius_n of_o the_o same_o heretic_n name_n with_o he_o of_o alexandâia_n succeed_v he_o about_o that_o time_n also_o when_o demetrianus_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v depart_v this_o life_n paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la come_v in_o his_o place_n 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of_o philippopolis_n in_o thracia_n
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