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beat_v torture_a burn_a tear_v kill_v and_o yet_o they_o be_v multiply_v julian_n the_o apostate_n learn_v this_o from_o persecution_n under_o diocletian_a and_o upon_o that_o account_n he_o abstain_v for_o a_o time_n from_o exercise_v torment_n and_o bloody_a cruelty_n upon_o christian_n 3._o magd._n cent_n 4._o cap._n 3._o because_o he_o see_v that_o the_o christian_n by_o patient_a suffer_v be_v multiply_v and_o become_v more_o glorious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o people_n antichrist_n have_v shed_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o precious_a blood_n and_o the_o witness_n of_o the_o pure_a religion_n have_v be_v slay_v under_o he_o yet_o have_v the_o evangelical_n truth_n remain_v and_o the_o witnessess_v which_o be_v slay_v have_v from_o time_n to_o time_n revive_v and_o stand_v up_o in_o illustrious_a successor_n who_o have_v hold_v forth_o the_o same_o truth_n and_o speak_v in_o the_o same_o spirit_n and_o power_n as_o those_o before_o they_o have_v do_v when_o after_o the_o parisian_a 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not_o final_o depart_v from_o our_o nation_n 3._o pious_a sufferer_n do_v give_v a_o evident_a token_n to_o the_o persecutor_n that_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n will_v come_v upon_o he_o when_o the_o emperor_n commodus_n be_v worship_v jupiter_n vincentius_n eusebius_n peregrinus_n 12._o magd._n hist_o cent_n 2._o cap._n 12._o and_o potentianus_n go_v about_o and_o exhort_v the_o people_n to_o depart_v from_o the_o worship_n of_o devil_n and_o honour_v the_o one_o only_o true_a god_n lest_o they_o perish_v with_o commodus_n and_o soon_o after_o they_o suffer_v martyrdom_n for_o the_o same_o thing_n though_o all_o the_o martyr_n do_v not_o in_o word_n warn_v the_o persecutor_n that_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n will_v come_v upon_o they_o yet_o they_o all_o by_o their_o patient_a suffer_v give_v they_o a_o evident_a token_n of_o it_o st._n paul_n exhort_v the_o philippian_n to_o patient_a suffering_n upon_o this_o account_n stand_v fast_o say_v he_o in_o one_o spirit_n with_o one_o mind_n 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