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obtain_v place_n §_o 2._o the_o god_n of_o israel_n have_v his_o priest_n among_o the_o gentile_n §_o 3._o no_o acceptable_a oblation_n but_o what_o christian_n offer_v tender_v to_o israel_n god_n §_o 4._o the_o gospel_n have_v utter_o abolish_v idol_n make_v virmin-god_n creep_v into_o hole_n §_o 5._o daphnaean_a apollo_n choke_v with_o the_o bone_n of_o babilas_n heathen_a testimony_n for_o the_o silence_v of_o oracle_n the_o vanity_n of_o their_o reason_n §_o 6._o gross_a idolatry_n in_o the_o roman_a pale_a by_o she_o own_o doctor_n confession_n and_o definition_n the_o legend_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n yet_o not_o in_o the_o proper_a and_o prophetic_a sense_n chap._n vi_o touch_v the_o millenium_fw-la revel_v 20._o §_o 1_o pagan_a idol_n fall_n and_o satan_n bind_v synchronize_v christianity_n grow_v upon_o the_o empire_n by_o degree_n §_o 2._o charity_n be_v cloak_n cast_v over_o the_o first_o christian_a emperor_n §_o 3._o theodosius_n make_v the_o first_o penal_a law_n 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expiationem_fw-la nullus_fw-la possit_fw-la offere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o philo_n judaeus_n his_o upon_o levit._n 4._o 3._o that_o moses_n do_v as_o good_a as_o affirm_v the_o true_a highpriest_n to_o be_v without_o sin_n tantum_fw-la non_fw-la dicens_fw-la verum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la expertem_fw-la peccati_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la victimis_fw-la pag._n 528._o the_o jewel_n i_o have_v be_v all_o this_o while_n rake_v for_o in_o the_o dunghill_n of_o heathen_a philosophy_n §_o 7._o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o last_o general_a hypothesis_n common_a to_o we_o and_o philosopher_n viz._n that_o god-saviour_n incarnate_a must_v work_v man_n restauration_n into_o communion_n with_o god_n by_o communicate_v divine_a oracle_n to_o the_o world_n lie_v more_o barefaced_a in_o their_o write_n and_o that_o it_o do_v so_o be_v not_o dispute_v by_o any_o that_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v quick_o dispatch_v that_o point_n jamblicus_n affirm_v that_o 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