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time_n a_o worthy_a miracle_n be_v wrought_v succeed_v he_o in_o the_o bishopric_n there_o be_v a_o old_a custom_n at_o constantinople_n that_o if_o there_o remain_v many_o portion_n of_o the_o pure_a &_o immaculate_a body_n of_o christ_n our_o god_n young_a child_n which_o go_v to_o school_n shall_v be_v call_v to_o eat_v they_o when_o it_o be_v do_v a_o certain_a man_n child_n in_o religion_n a_o hebrew_n or_o jew_n in_o trade_n of_o life_n a_o glasiar_n keep_v company_n with_o the_o other_o child_n who_o after_o y_z t_z his_o parent_n demand_v the_o cause_n that_o make_v he_o tarry_v so_o long_o behind_o tell_v they_o plain_o the_o matter_n as_o it_o be_v and_o how_o that_o he_o eat_v for_o company_n with_o the_o other_o boy_n the_o hebrew_n hear_v this_o boil_a within_o for_o anger_n be_v all_o set_v on_o rage_n and_o fury_n he_o take_v the_o boy_n and_o throw_v he_o into_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n where_o he_o use_v to_o make_v his_o glass_n the_o mother_n it_o miss_v the_o child_n seek_v he_o out_o yet_o can_v not_o find_v he_o she_o go_v throughout_o the_o city_n and_o to_o every_o street_n call_v upon_o god_n with_o deep_a sigh_n and_o lamentable_a tear_n the_o three_o day_n after_o as_o she_o sit_v at_o the_o door_n of_o her_o husband_n shop_n be_v now_o pitiful_o waste_v with_o weep_v she_o give_v out_o sigh_n and_o withal_o call_v the_o boy_n by_o his_o name_n the_o child_n know_v the_o mother_n voice_n answer_v she_o out_o of_o the_o furnace_n the_o mother_n burst_v open_v the_o door_n and_o in_o she_o go_v she_o be_v no_o soon_o in_o but_o she_o espy_v her_o child_n in_o the_o mid_n of_o the_o hot_a burn_a coal_n yet_o preserve_v that_o the_o fire_n toutch_v he_o not_o the_o child_n be_v ask_v whether_o he_o feel_v not_o great_a heat_n and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o be_v not_o burn_v to_o ash_n make_v answer_n sayinge_v a_o woman_n clad_v in_o purple_a come_v very_o oft_o unto_o i_o reach_v i_o water_n to_o quench_v the_o fiery_a flame_n which_o compass_v my_o body_n last_o of_o all_o give_v i_o meat_n as_o oft_o as_o i_o be_v a_o hunger_a justinian_n hear_v of_o this_o think_v good_a that_o the_o boy_n with_o his_o mother_n shall_v be_v baptize_v and_o that_o the_o father_n which_o refuse_v to_o become_v a_o christian_n shall_v be_v hang_v on_o the_o gallows_n at_o a_o place_n call_v sycae_n and_o so_o a_o end_n of_o that_o cap._n xxxvi_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o famous_a city_n about_o that_o time_n live_v when_o menas_n have_v run_v the_o race_n of_o his_o mortal_a life_n eutychius_n succeed_v he_o in_o the_o bishopric_n apolinarius_n of_o constantinople_n after_o martyrius_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n come_v salustius_n and_o he_o succeed_v helias_n peter_n follow_v helias_n and_o after_o peter_n macarius_n creep_v into_o y_fw-es â—_o byshoprick_n when_o as_o yet_o the_o emperor_n have_v not_o give_v he_o his_o consent_n he_o be_v afterward_o depose_v for_o the_o report_n go_v of_o he_o that_o he_o defend_v the_o 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and_o principal_n of_o the_o monk_n which_o inhabit_v the_o desert_n there_o accompany_v they_o also_o other_o religious_a man_n not_o much_o inferior_a unto_o they_o for_o worthiness_n these_o man_n as_o their_o special_a drift_n call_v into_o controversy_n the_o opinion_n of_o origen_n the_o behaviour_n of_o euagrius_n and_o didymus_n but_o theodorus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n be_v desirous_a to_o bring_v they_o from_o that_o argument_n propose_v the_o cause_n of_o theodorus_n bishop_n of_o mopsovestia_n theodoritus_n and_o ibas_n neither_o do_v he_o this_o without_o the_o providence_n of_o almighty_a god_n who_o dispose_v all_o the_o circumstance_n so_o notable_o to_o the_o end_n every_o profane_a and_o wicked_a opinion_n of_o whether_o side_n so_o ever_o it_o be_v may_v be_v root_v out_o first_o of_o all_o when_o the_o question_n be_v propound_v whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o accurse_v the_o dead_a or_o no_o eutychius_n then_o present_a a_o man_n eutychius_n very_o well_o see_v in_o holy_a scripture_n yet_o none_o of_o the_o famous_a personage_n or_o of_o great_a authority_n menas_n be_v then_o alive_a who_o he_o succeed_v in_o the_o bishopric_n and_o at_o that_o time_n he_o sit_v to_o answer_v for_o the_o bishop_n of_o amasia_n when_o he_o perceave_v that_o the_o council_n go_v not_o a_o right_a but_o rather_o the_o wrong_a way_n he_o tell_v they_o plain_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v doubt_v in_o that_o question_n neither_o any_o thing_n that_o require_v deliberation_n at_o all_o that_o king_n josias_n not_o only_o execute_v the_o idol_n priest_n then_o alive_a but_o cause_v also_o the_o tumbe_n of_o such_o as_o be_v late_o disease_v to_o be_v dig_v up_o these_o word_n of_o eutychius_n be_v so_o well_o apply_v please_v they_o all_o and_o satisfy_v they_o ful_o justinianus_n also_o hear_v of_o this_o
justus_n and_o the_o first_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n yet_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la volaterran_n and_o demochares_n all_o which_o three_o write_v the_o catalogue_n of_o these_o disciple_n do_v name_v no_o such_o one_o eusebius_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o paul_n himself_o do_v call_v he_o a_o apostle_n and_o no_o disciple_n the_o 2._o be_v timothee_n who_o the_o three_o aforesaid_a writer_n do_v not_o number_v the_o 3._o titus_n the_o 4._o barnabas_n so_o do_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o eusebius_n call_v he_o this_o be_v that_o barnabas_n which_o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o antoninus_n â–ª_o write_v be_v otherwise_o call_v joses_fw-es and_o have_v land_n sell_v it_o and_o lay_v the_o price_n down_o at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n the_o 5._o ananias_n the_o 6._o stephan_n the_o 7._o philip_n bishop_z of_o tralleis_n in_o asia_n volaterran_n say_v he_o be_v bishop_n in_o thracia_n demochares_n petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v he_o be_v bishop_n in_o thracia_n afterwards_o in_o scythia_n antoninus_n say_v he_o dye_v at_o caesarea_n the_o 8._o prochorus_n who_o volaterran_n call_v proculus_n the_o 9_o nicanor_n the_o 10._o simon_n bishop_n of_o bostra_n in_o arabia_n demochares_n volaterran_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n the_o 11._o nicolas_n bishop_n of_o sapria_n yet_o say_v the_o aforesaid_a three_o autor_n it_o be_v samaria_n the_o 12._o parmenas_n the_o 13._o cleopas_n the_o 14._o silas_n the_o 15._o silvanus_n the_o 16._o crescens_n bishop_n of_o chalcedonia_n in_o france_n volaterran_n call_v he_o crisce_n bishop_n of_o chalcedonia_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v call_v he_o chrysches_n bishop_n of_o chalcedonia_n s._n paul_n say_v he_o send_v this_o crescens_n into_o galatia_n eusebius_n say_v the_o apostle_n send_v he_o into_o france_n whereby_o it_o appear_v by_o some_o man_n conjecture_n that_o the_o epistle_n unto_o the_o galatian_n be_v write_v by_o â–ª_o s._n paul_n unto_o the_o french_a man_n the_o 17._o epaenetus_n yet_o volaterran_n have_v none_o such_o the_o 18._o andronicus_n the_o 19_o amplias_o bishop_n of_o odissa_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v call_v he_o ampliatus_fw-la and_o bishop_n of_o edissa_n volaterran_n say_v of_o edessa_n the_o 20._o vrbanus_n the_o 21._o stachys_n the_o aforesaid_a autor_n do_v call_v he_o stateus_fw-la the_o 22._o apelles_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n volaterran_n say_v of_o heraclea_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v it_o be_v of_o eradia_n the_o 23._o aristobulus_n bishop_n of_o brettania_n volaterran_n say_v betania_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v it_o be_v bethania_n the_o 24._o narcissus_n bishop_n of_o patrae_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v call_v he_o tarcissus_n bishop_n of_o athens_n and_o volaterran_n say_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o athens_n the_o 25._o herodion_n volaterran_n have_v none_o such_o the_o 26._o rufus_n the_o 27._o asyncritus_n the_o 28._o plegon_n the_o 29._o hermes_n bishop_n of_o dalmatia_n volaterran_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o philipolis_n the_o 30._o hermas_n but_o the_o other_o writer_n have_v none_o such_o the_o 31._o patrobas_fw-la â–ª_o bishop_n of_o nepotiopolis_n demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v of_o the_o nation_n peli_n the_o 32._o agabus_n the_o rom._n 33._o linus_n the_o 34._o gaius_n byshope_n of_o ephesus_n after_o timothee_n yet_o origen_n say_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n the_o 35._o philologus_n the_o 36._o olympas_n the_o asoresayde_a three_o autor_n have_v none_o such_o ambrose_n take_v this_o olympas_n for_o the_o sister_n of_o nereus_n but_o origen_n do_v not_o so_o the_o 37._o rodion_n the_o other_o writer_n remember_v none_o of_o that_o name_n the_o 38._o jason_n the_o 39_o sosipater_n bishop_n of_o iconium_n origen_n take_v he_o to_o be_v that_o sopater_n of_o berroea_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o 40._o lucius_n who_o origen_n take_v to_o be_v luke_n the_o 41._o tertius_fw-la bishop_n of_o iconium_n yet_o demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la do_v say_v he_o be_v b._n of_o meiadum_n volaterran_n have_v none_o such_o the_o 42._o erastus_n bishop_n of_o paneas_n who_o volaterran_n call_v erastes_n b._n of_o meiadum_n but_o demochares_n &_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la have_v none_o such_o the_o 43._o phigellus_n who_o volaterran_n call_v philetus_n &_o philegus_n the_o 44._o hermogenes_n the_o 45._o demas_n the_o 46._o quartus_fw-la the_o 47._o apollo_n b._n of_o caesarea_n yet_o petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la say_v it_o be_v of_o connia_n the_o 48._o cephas_n who_o as_o dorotheus_n guess_v be_v he_o who_o paul_n reprehend_v at_o antioch_n but_o it_o be_v a_o fable_n as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o censure_n lay_v down_o in_o eusebius_n pag._n 15._o 16._o the_o aforesaid_a latin_a writer_n have_v none_o such_o among_o the_o disciple_n the_o 49._o sosthenes_n the_o 50._o epaphroditus_n b._n of_o adriana_n as_o demochares_n say_v of_o andriaca_n the_o 51._o caesar_n the_o 52._o marcus_z the_o cousin_n of_o barnabas_n the_o 53._o joseph_n the_o 54._o artemas_n who_o volaterran_n call_v antomas_n the_o 55._o clemens_n the_o 56._o onesiphorus_n or_o onesimus_n yet_o by_o the_o word_n of_o paul_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v one_o the_o 57_o tychicus_n b._n of_o chalcedom_n in_o bythinia_n or_o as_o the_o former_a autor_n do_v write_v of_o colophonia_fw-la the_o 58._o carpus_n bishop_n of_o berhoea_n petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_fw-la say_v of_o beronia_n and_o volaterran_n say_v of_o cheronea_n the_o 59_o euodius_n the_o 60._o philemon_n the_o 61._o zenas_n the_o 62._o aquila_n the_o aforesaid_a latin_a writer_n do_v remember_v none_o such_o the_o 63._o priscas_fw-la who_o the_o latin_n do_v call_v 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