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5._o 34._o who_o by_o his_o eloquence_n and_o wisdom_n in_o one_o dilemma_n put_v to_o silence_v the_o highpriest_n and_o all_o the_o doctor_n or_o rather_o i_o may_v say_v he_o make_v they_o like_o subject_n fall_v to_o his_o opinion_n this_o learned_a doctor_n be_v paul_n tutor_n now_o how_o to_o reconcile_v act._n 18._o 3._o with_o what_o i_o have_v write_v or_o rather_o what_o the_o holy_a ghost_n discover_v in_o the_o forementioned_a text_n of_o paul_n education_n i_o do_v not_o know_v for_o it_o be_v general_o conclude_v from_o this_o text_n that_o paul_n be_v a_o tentmaker_n by_o trade_n now_o that_o paul_n shall_v be_v a_o pharifee_n and_o a_o tentmaker_n be_v as_o absurd_a among_o the_o jew_n as_o it_o be_v among_o orthodox_n christian_n to_o say_v a_o man_n be_v a_o minister_n and_o a_o also_o a_o cobbler_n or_o a_o tinker_n unless_o paul_n be_v as_o by_o his_o wild_a zeal_n he_o shall_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o tub-pharisee_a indeed_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v at_o that_o 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