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at_o best_a interpolate_v write_n pretend_v to_o great_a proximity_n to_o either_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n carry_v most_o manifest_a sign_n of_o spuriousness_n in_o which_o divine_a providence_n be_v observe_v 114_o their_a epistolick_a ignatius_n want_n of_o apostolic_a gravity_n and_o humility_n his_o enslave_v of_o the_o people_n and_o flatter_a yea_o deify_v of_o all_o churchman_n 115_o dr._n pearson_n exception_n remove_v 119_o du_n pin_n self-repugnancy_n 121_o dr._n wake_v we_o error_n discover_v 122_o a_o brief_a sum_n of_o the_o argument_n evince_v our_o assertion_n 124_o other_o thing_n very_o early_o false_o father_v on_o ignatius_n ibid_fw-la his_o journey_n to_o rome_n uncredible_a 125_o sect_n iii_o the_o second_o hypothesis_n viz._n that_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o true_a ignatius_n can_v not_o secure_v he_o from_o all_o lapse_n or_o escape_n nor_o serve_v to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o declension_n in_o his_o time_n whole_a church_n suerve_v during_o the_o life_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o they_o grow_v worse_o after_o their_o death_n 126_o papias_n mistake_n and_o multitude_n of_o follower_n 127_o the_o fail_n of_o justine_n martyr_n and_o irenaus_n ibid._n the_o influence_n they_o have_v on_o the_o church_n the_o common_a mistake_n of_o these_o time_n in_o practic_n no_o less_o than_o in_o dogmatics_n which_o be_v instanced_a in_o their_o debate_n about_o easter_n 128_o both_o party_n go_v contrare_fw-la to_o the_o apostolic_a practice_n which_o be_v prove_v by_o clear_a testimony_n of_o iranus_fw-la and_o socrates_n 129_o their_o strange_a conduct_n in_o manage_v this_o debate_n who_o metamorphose_v some_o apostle_n into_o jewish_a high-priest_n 130_o the_o credulity_n and_o oseitancy_n of_o hegesippus_n 131_o we_o be_v to_o hearken_v to_o god_n before_o the_o chief_a of_o men._n divine_a providence_n observable_a in_o the_o mistake_v of_o the_o ancient_n 132_o sect_n iv._o the_o three_o hypothesis_n that_o there_o be_v 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