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be_v by_o the_o heat_n of_o persecution_n drive_v back_o to_o paganism_n and_o therefore_o be_v concern_v to_o save_v their_o credit_n by_o divulge_v what_o they_o esteem_v most_o liable_a to_o exception_n in_o the_o christian_a faith_n or_o practice_n and_o therefore_o to_o divulge_v this_o foolish_a paradox_n as_o by_o the_o gentile_n this_o plain_a impossibility_n as_o by_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v esteem_v for_o not_o to_o mention_v the_o apostasy_n of_o all_o the_o asiatic_n 15._o 2_o tim._n i_o 15._o and_o of_o phygellus_n and_o hermogens_fw-la when_o nero_n rage_v against_o the_o christian_n 167._o euseb_n hist_o ecc._n l._n 4._o c._n 15._o p._n 129._o epist_n ad_fw-la trajan_n l._n 10._o ep._n 97._o euseb_n h._n eccles_n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o p._n 156_o 160._o &_o c._n 2._o p._n 167._o the_o apostasy_n of_o quintus_n the_o phrygian_a with_o many_o other_o under_o the_o persecution_n of_o trajanus_n when_o many_o who_o have_v
d_o pteribus_fw-la &_o muribus_fw-la corroditur_fw-la quaest_n jud._n amstel_n edit_fw-la an._n 1662._o p._n 346._o on_o this_o account_n they_o do_v pronounce_v we_o and_o that_o deserve_o to_o be_v the_o most_o absurd_a and_o foolish_a sect_n that_o ever_o yet_o appear_v in_o the_o world_n and_o ask_v so_o bold_o if_o your_o host_n be_v god_n why_o be_v it_o that_o by_o wax_a mouldy_a he_o corrupt_v why_o be_v it_o that_o the_o bat_n and_o mouse_n do_v gnaw_v upon_o he_o what_o then_o can_v be_v the_o reason_n that_o those_o more_o subtle_a heathen_n and_o malicious_a jew_n which_o live_v in_o former_a age_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v offer_v nothing_o of_o this_o nature_n for_o their_o own_o defence_n or_o the_o conviction_n of_o their_o adversary_n but_o only_o this_o that_o the_o belief_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o christian_n of_o those_o former_a time_n give_v no_o occasion_n to_o these_o objection_n and_o retort_v §_o xiii_o last_o to_o strengthen_v and_o confirm_v the_o argument_n it_o may_v deserve_v to_o be_v consider_v 1._o that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n do_v very_o large_o answer_v and_o upon_o all_o occasion_n encounter_v all_o the_o other_o scruple_n which_o do_v possess_v the_o mind_n of_o heretic_n or_o heathen_n jul._n turpe_fw-la hoc_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o indignum_fw-la hoc_fw-la dei_fw-la filio_fw-la apud_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr carne_fw-la christi_fw-la c._n 4._o apud_fw-la august_n contr_n faustum_n manich._n l._n 3._o cap._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d con._n ephes_n act._n 3._o p._n 335._o v._n act._n 1._o p._n 265._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la cyril_n lib._n 6._o adv_n jul._n and_o make_v they_o to_o suspect_v our_o jesus_n can_v not_o deserve_v to_o be_v adore_v or_o own_v as_o a_o god_n or_o that_o he_o do_v not_o real_o assume_v the_o nature_n and_o infirmity_n of_o man_n or_o very_o sustain_v the_o ignominy_n and_o dolour_n of_o the_o cross_n when_o the_o marcionite_n and_o valentinian_o conceive_v it_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gr._n p._n 29._o lin_v 50._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n p._n 30._o lin_v 1._o 2._o these_o father_n in_o their_o apology_n do_v very_o careful_o take_v notice_n of_o any_o thing_n deliver_v by_o they_o which_o they_o imagine_v the_o heathen_n may_v retort_v upon_o they_o when_o theodoret_n have_v confute_v the_o heathen_a polytheism_n and_o have_v confront_v to_o it_o the_o rule_n of_o moses_n and_o of_o christ_n who_o say_v he_o do_v command_v we_o to_o worship_v the_o creat_a only_o n.b._n he_o add_v that_o they_o perhaps_o may_v say_v the_o christian_n be_v not_o observer_n of_o the_o rule_n because_o they_o worship_v the_o whole_a trinity_n and_o not_o the_o unity_n exclusive_o 50._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 104._o lin_v 50._o and_o then_o he_o give_v a_o copious_a answer_n to_o that_o objection_n in_o his_o seven_o book_n have_v deride_v pagan_a deity_n
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among_o those_o who_o do_v profess_v the_o christian_a faith_n §_o two_o if_o the_o church_n of_o of_o rom._n 75._o r._n h._n disc_fw-la p._n 75._o say_v they_o be_v guilty_a of_o idolatry_n in_o worship_v the_o host_n or_o image_n or_o pray_v to_o depart_a saint_n than_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n for_o many_o age_n before_o luther_n must_v have_v be_v guilty_a of_o idolatry_n for_o the_o same_o practice_n say_v they_o for_o which_o we_o do_v affirm_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a be_v and_o for_o many_o age_n be_v use_v in_o the_o eastern_a church_n answ_n that_o the_o same_o practice_n on_o the_o account_n of_o which_o we_o do_v affirm_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v guilty_a of_o idolatry_n be_v and_o for_o many_o age_n before_o luther_n be_v use_v in_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n can_v never_o be_v make_v good_a by_o roman_a catholic_n in_o answer_n therefore_o to_o this_o whole_a argument_n it_o be_v sufficient_a bare_o to_o deny_v what_o 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