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communication_n with_o they_o to_o a_o imitation_n of_o they_o at_o the_o far_a distance_n from_o they_o 1_o cor._n 10.21_o the_o famous_a mr._n mead_n say_v that_o stephanus_n in_o his_o thesaurus_fw-la find_v some_o who_o think_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o text_n do_v allude_v to_o that_o cup_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v among_o the_o gentile_n and_o further_o say_v this_o be_v the_o tenet_n of_o the_o gentile_n that_o the_o sovereign_n and_o celestial_a god_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v only_o purâ_fw-la ment_fw-la and_o with_o hymn_n and_o praise_n and_o that_o sacrisices_n be_v only_o for_o daemon_n out_o of_o porphyry_n trismegist_n apuleus_n de_fw-fr daemonio_fw-la socratis_n he_o therefore_o that_o have_v