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scinderetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la 34._o euseb_n hist_o eccles_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 34._o &_o erat_fw-la non_fw-la inferior_a gloria_fw-la sustinere_fw-la martyrium_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la ne_fw-la scindatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quà m_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la ne_fw-la idolis_fw-la immoletur_fw-la immo_fw-la secundum_fw-la meam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la maius_fw-la hoc_fw-la putâ—_n esse_fw-la martyrium_fw-la ibi_fw-la enim_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la tantùm_fw-la anima_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la verò_fw-la pro_fw-la omni_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la martyrium_fw-la sustinet_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o behove_v thou_o to_o have_v suffer_v all_o thing_n that_o the_o church_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v rend_v &_o it_o have_v be_v no_o less_o glory_n to_o have_v sustain_v martyrdom_n for_o this_o that_o the_o church_n unity_n may_v have_v be_v preserve_v then_o for_o refuse_v to_o sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n yea_o in_o my_o mind_n this_o be_v a_o great_a martyrdom_n for_o in_o that_o every_o man_n suffer_v