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some_o have_v affirm_v from_o hence_o that_o melchizedec_n be_v not_o a_o man_n but_o something_o great_a than_o a_o man_n origen_n as_o jerome_n testify_v of_o he_o epist._n 126._o say_v he_o be_v a_o angel_n other_o that_o he_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n other_o that_o he_o be_v the_o great_a power_n of_o god_n yea_o great_a than_o christ_n because_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n after_o his_o order_n epiphan_n l._n 2._o cont_n haereses_fw-la haeresi_fw-la 55._o aug._n de_fw-fr haeresibus_fw-la c._n 34._o the_o same_o do_v theodotus_n the_o heretic_n avouch_v and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o mediator_n of_o the_o angel_n pray_v for_o they_o as_o christ_n do_v for_o man_n tertul._n de_fw-fr praescrip_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la in_o fine_a some_o have_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o set_v down_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n name_n that_o his_o father_n name_n be_v eracla_n his_o mother_n name_n astare_v or_o asteria_n vide_fw-la epiphanium_fw-la all_o these_o be_v confute_v by_o the_o text_n 1._o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v liken_v to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o nullum_fw-la simile_n est_fw-la idem_fw-la 2._o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o because_o he_o have_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stock_n or_o kindred_n but_o because_o there_o be_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o mention_n no_o commemoration_n of_o his_o kindred_n in_o the_o scripture_n from_o whence_o arise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 6._o so_o horace_n lib._n 2._o satyr_n 5._o say_v of_o one_o that_o he_o be_v sine_fw-la gente_fw-la because_o his_o nation_n be_v not_o know_v qui_fw-la quamvis_fw-la perjurus_fw-la erat_fw-la sine_fw-la
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〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hebr._n 6.19_o in_o that_o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o altar_n place_v now_o into_o this_o porch_n of_o the_o holy_a of_o holies_n the_o highpriest_n may_v come_v every_o day_n exod._n 30.7_o whereas_o into_o the_o house_n itself_o he_o may_v enter_v but_o once_o a_o year_n other_o that_o the_o holy_a of_o holies_n be_v say_v to_o have_v this_o altar_n not_o because_o it_o be_v within_o it_o but_o it_o have_v it_o as_o a_o servant_n to_o minister_v to_o it_o as_o a_o king_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v his_o guard_n though_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o same_o chamber_n where_o the_o king_n be_v but_o why_o may_v not_o this_o be_v the_o golden_a censer_n which_o aaron_n take_v with_o he_o when_o he_o go_v into_o the_o holy_a of_o holies_n the_o which_o he_o fill_v before_o with_o burn_a coal_n from_o the_o altar_n that_o stand_v in_o the_o first_o tabernacle_n as_o he_o enter_v into_o the_o second_o levit._fw-la 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