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the_o arian_n the_o eternity_n of_o the_o son_n he_o conclude_v in_o this_o manner_n b._n patr._n t._n 4._o p._n 174._o volentes_fw-la igitur_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la filium_fw-la scindere_fw-la &_o infra_fw-la deum_fw-la ponere_fw-la de_fw-fr evangelio_n praescribunt_fw-la those_o therefore_o who_o will_v rend_v the_o father_n from_o the_o son_n and_o place_v he_o below_o god_n give_v law_n to_o the_o gospel_n he_o express_v himself_o yet_o more_o strong_o to_o this_o purpose_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n ib._n p._n 180._o hoc_fw-la credimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la tenemus_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la accepimus_fw-la à _fw-la prophetis_fw-la hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la evangelia_n locuta_fw-la sunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la apostoli_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la martyr_n in_o passione_n confessi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la mentibus_fw-la fidei_fw-la etiam_fw-la haeremus_fw-la contra_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la angelus_n de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la annuntiaverit_fw-la anathema_n sit_v 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