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by_o they_o i_o think_v they_o be_v in_o a_o error_n and_o that_o that_o error_n mislead_v they_o into_o some_o practice_n that_o be_v sinful_a and_o that_o have_v bad_a consequecens_fw-la to_o the_o church_n but_o i_o hope_v there_o be_v good_a man_n among_o they_o for_o all_o that_o 3._o the_o schism_n that_o occasion_v these_o vehement_a discourse_n among_o the_o father_n be_v chief_o these_o of_o the_o donatist_n and_o novatian_n which_o be_v like_a to_o ruin_n christianity_n and_o to_o make_v the_o world_n cast_v at_o it_o while_o it_o be_v not_o well_o settle_v nor_o universal_o receive_v i_o hope_v our_o difference_n though_o they_o have_v sad_a effect_n than_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o mention_v yet_o go_v not_o that_o far_o 4._o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o holy_a zeal_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o excellent_a rhetoric_n they_o be_v endow_v with_o make_v they_o overlash_v sometime_o in_o their_o expression_n and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o not_o a_o few_o of_o the_o popish_a error_n have_v their_o original_a and_o some_o seem_a patrociny_n from_o their_o flight_n of_o rhetoric_n their_o figurative_a expression_n and_o some_o logical_a nicety_n that_o they_o use_v this_o be_v not_o my_o apprehension_n alone_o the_o learned_a daille_n right_o use_v of_o the_o father_n have_v the_o same_o observation_n chap._n 5._o the_o father_n themselves_o be_v aware_a of_o this_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o write_n of_o one_o another_o hieron_n ep._n 139._o ad_fw-la cyprian_n plerumque_fw-la nimium_fw-la disertis_fw-la accidere_fw-la solet_fw-la ut_fw-la major_n sit_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la difficultas_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la explanationibus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la quae_fw-la explanare_fw-la conantur_fw-la and_o in_o matter_n of_o great_a moment_n they_o speak_v sometime_o unwary_o not_o foresee_v what_o ill_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o their_o expression_n as_o jerom_n also_o give_v we_o ground_n to_o think_v apolog._n contra_fw-la ruffin_n vel_fw-la certe_fw-la say_v he_o antequam_fw-la in_fw-la alexandria_n quasi_fw-la daemonium_fw-la meridianum_fw-la arius_n nasceretur_fw-la innocenter_n quaedam_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la cautè_fw-la locuti_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la perversorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la calumniam_fw-la declinare_fw-la petavius_n make_v also_o the_o same_o observation_n though_o a_o jesuit_n in_o panar_n epiphan_n ad_fw-la haer._n 6_o 9_o yea_o the_o same_o author_n have_v this_o passage_n not._n in_o epiphan_n multa_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la sanctissimis_fw-la patribus_fw-la presertim_fw-la à _fw-la chrysostomo_fw-la in_o homiliis_fw-la aspersa_fw-la quae_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la exactae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la accommodare_fw-la volueris_fw-la boni_fw-la sensus_fw-la manca_fw-la videbuntur_fw-la §_o 28._o i_o observe_v 5._o that_o though_o our_o author_n will_v fright_v we_o also_o with_o what_o the_o scripture_n say_v of_o unity_n and_o against_o schism_n which_o i_o confess_v be_v enough_o 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