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the_o creation_n and_o generation_n of_o christ_n where_o admit_v it_o to_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d creation_n he_o allude_v i_o doubt_v not_o to_o that_o of_o solomon_n the_o lord_n possess_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d create_v i_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o way_n and_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o before_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o arrian_n controversy_n the_o plura_fw-la the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d constit_fw-la apost_n l._n 5._o c._n 19_o col_fw-fr 370._o caterum_fw-la ne_fw-la tune_n quidem_fw-la solus_fw-la habebat_fw-la enim_fw-la secum_fw-la quem_fw-la habebat_fw-la in_o semetipsâ—_n rationem_fw-la svam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la hanâ—_n graeci_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o aque_fw-la sophiam_fw-la quoque_fw-la exaudi_fw-la ut_fw-la secundam_fw-la peâ—sonam_fw-la conditam_fw-la primo_fw-la dominus_fw-la creavit_fw-la i_o initium_fw-la viarum_fw-la in_o opera_fw-la sva_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la
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miracle_n heal_v both_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n of_o many_o at_o the_o same_o time_n a_o account_n of_o all_o which_o rufinus_n profess_v to_o have_v receive_v from_o aedesius_n his_o own_o mouth_n than_o presbyter_n of_o the_o church_n of_o tyre_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o look_v back_o to_o pantaenus_n viii_o be_v return_v to_o alexandria_n he_o resume_v his_o catechetic_a office_n which_o i_o gather_v partly_o from_o supra_fw-la from_o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la eusebius_n who_o again_o mention_n it_o just_a after_o his_o indian_a expedition_n and_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o after_o all_o or_o when_o he_o draw_v near_o to_o his_o latter_a end_n he_o govern_v the_o school_n of_o alexandria_n partly_o from_o s._n hierom_n citat_fw-la hierom_n loc._n citat_fw-la who_o say_v express_o that_o he_o teach_v in_o the_o reign_v of_o severus_n and_o caracalla_n his_o first_o regency_n be_v under_o commodus_n he_o die_v in_o the_o time_n
in_o longo_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la obrepere_fw-la somnum_fw-la in_o a_o long_o work_v each_o slip_n the_o censor_n rod_n do_v not_o deserve_v homer_n do_v sometime_o nod_n let_v we_o not_o imitate_v his_o fault_n who_o virtue_n we_o can_v reach_v other_o both_o greek_n and_o latin_n have_v err_v in_o the_o faith_n as_o well_o as_o he_o who_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o name_n lest_o we_o may_v seem_v to_o defend_v he_o not_o by_o his_o own_o merit_n but_o by_o the_o mistake_v of_o other_o man_n to_o all_o that_o have_v be_v hitherto_o say_v i_o may_v add_v this_o that_o suppose_v he_o guilty_a of_o as_o pestilent_a and_o dangerous_a error_n as_o the_o worst_a of_o his_o enemy_n lay_v to_o his_o charge_n yet_o he_o afterward_o repent_v of_o what_o he_o have_v rash_o and_o unadvised_o write_v as_o appear_v by_o his_o epistle_n to_o fabian_n 83._o fabian_n ap._n hier._n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la p._n 193._o vid._n ruff._n invect_n i._o in_o hieron_n inter_fw-la oper_n hier._n t._n 4._o p._n 219._o primus_fw-la faelicitatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la delinquere_fw-la secundus_fw-la delicta_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la illic_fw-la currit_fw-la innocentia_fw-la integra_fw-la &_o illibata_fw-la quae_fw-la servet_fw-la hîc_fw-la succedit_fw-la medela_fw-la quae_fw-la sanet_fw-la cypr._n ad_fw-la cornel._n epist_n 55._o p._n 83._o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o be_v it_o not_o intolerable_a reudeness_n and_o incivility_n at_o least_o perpetual_o to_o upbraid_v and_o reproach_v a_o man_n with_o the_o fault_n of_o his_o past_a life_n and_o which_o he_o himself_o have_v disow_v sorrow_n for_o what_o be_v pass_v in_o some_o measure_n repair_v the_o breach_n and_o repentance_n must_v be_v allow_v next_o door_n to_o innocence_n his_o write_n mention_v by_o the_o ancient_n and_o which_o of_o they_o extant_a at_o this_o day_n homiliarum_fw-la mysticarum_fw-la in_o genes_n lib._n ii_o commentar_n in_o genes_n lib._n xiii_o extant_a latin_a homiliae_fw-la xvii_o commentar_n tomi_n in_o exodum_fw-la exeunt_n latin_a homiliae_fw-la xii_o scholia_fw-la in_o leviticum_fw-la exeunt_n homiliae_fw-la xvi_o in_o numeros_fw-la extant_a lat._n homiliae_fw-la xxviii_o in_o deuteronomium_fw-la homiliae_fw-la in_o libr._n jesus_n nave_n ext_fw-la homil._n xxvi_o lat._n in_o libr._n judicum_fw-la ext_fw-la hom._n ix_o lat._n in_o i._n lib._n regum_fw-la homil._n iu._n in_o lib._n ii_o extat_fw-la homilia_fw-la una_fw-la in_o lib._n paralipom_n homil._n i._n in_o dvos_fw-la esdrae_fw-la libros_fw-la homiliae_fw-la in_o libr._n job_n tractatus_fw-la in_o psalmos_fw-la commentarii_fw-la in_o psalmos_fw-la homiliae_fw-la in_o psalmos_fw-la scholia_fw-la exeunt_n lat._n in_o psalm_n 36._o hom._n v._o in_o psal_n 37._o hom._n ii_o in_o psal_n 38._o hom._n ii_o in_o proverbia_fw-la salom._n commentar_n explicatio_fw-la ecclesiastis_fw-la in_o canticum_fw-la cantic_n commentarii_fw-la exeunt_n lat._n homiliae_fw-la ii_o in_o esaiam_n commentar_n libri_fw-la xxx_o in_o esaiam_fw-la homiliae_fw-la xxv_o in_o esaiam_fw-la scholia_fw-la exeunt_n lat._n homiliae_fw-la ix_o in_o jeremiam_fw-la homiliae_fw-la xlv_o extant_a gr._n lat._n homil._n xvii_o in_o threnos_n tomi_n ix_o in_o ezechielem_n tomi_n xxv_o exeunt_n lat._n homil._n fourteen_o in_o danielem_fw-la expositio_fw-la in_o xii_o prophetas_fw-la tomi_n xxv_o in_o matthaeum_n comment_n lib._n xxv_o in_o matthaeum_n homiliae_fw-la xxv_o in_o matthaeum_n scholia_fw-la exeunt_n gr._n lat._n tomi_n vii_o in_o lucam_n commentar_n tomi_n v._n exeunt_n lat._n homiliae_fw-la thirty-nine_o in_o joannem_fw-la commentar_n tom._n xxxii_o exeunt_n gr._n lat._n tom._n ix_o in_o acta_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la homil._n aliquot_fw-la in_o epistolam_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la explanationum_fw-la lib._n xx._n exeunt_n lat._n libri_fw-la x._o in_o i._o add_v corinthios_n commentarii_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la galatas_fw-la commentarii_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la galatas_fw-la homiliae_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la galatas_fw-la scholia_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n comment_fw-fr lib._n iii_o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la coloss_n commentarii_fw-la in_o i._o add_v thess_n vol._n ut_fw-la minimum_fw-la iii_o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la commentarii_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la homiliae_fw-la tetrapla_fw-la hexapla_fw-la octapla_fw-la commentarii_n in_o veteres_n philosophos_fw-la de_fw-fr resurrectione_n libri_fw-la ii_o de_fw-fr resurrectione_n dialogi_fw-la stromaτεων_fw-gr libri_fw-la x._o disputationes_fw-la cum_fw-la beryllo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la de_fw-la principiis_fw-la lib._n iu._n exeunt_n lat._n contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la lib._n viii_o exeunt_n gr._n l._n de_fw-fr martyrio_fw-la exeunt_n gr._n l._n homil._n de_fw-fr engastrimytho_n exeunt_n gr._n l._n de_fw-fr oratione_fw-la exeunt_n gr._n ms._n philocalia_n de_fw-fr aliquot_fw-la praecipuis_fw-la theologiae_n locis_fw-la &_o quaestionibus_fw-la ex_fw-la origenis_n scriptis_fw-la à _fw-la s._n basilio_n &_o gregor_n naz._n excerptis_fw-la cap._n xxvii_o ext_fw-la gr._n l._n epistolae_fw-la fere_n infinitae_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la hodie_fw-la ext_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la jul._n africanum_n de_fw-fr histor_n susannae_n gr._n l._n epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la gregorium_fw-la thaumaturgum_n exeunt_n gr._n l._n in_o philocalia_n doubtful_a dialogus_fw-la contra_fw-la marcionitas_fw-la de_fw-la recta_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la fide_fw-la exeunt_n gr._n l._n supposititious_a in_o libri_fw-la job_n tract_n iii_o &_o comment_n in_o eundem_fw-la commentarius_fw-la in_o evangel_n s._n marci_n homiliae_fw-la in_o diversos_fw-la de_fw-fr philosophorum_fw-la sectis_fw-la &_o dogmatibus_fw-la lamentum_fw-la origenis_n scholia_fw-la in_o orationem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la &_o in_o cantica_fw-la b._n virgin_n zachariae_fw-la &_o simeonis_n the_o end_n of_o origen_n be_v life_n the_o life_n of_o s._n babylas_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n micha_n burgh_n sculp_v s._n babylas_n antiochenus_fw-la his_o original_n obscure_v his_o education_n and_o accomplishment_n inquire_v into_o make_a bishop_n of_o antioch_n when_o antioch_n take_v by_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n recover_v by_o the_o roman_a emperor_n babylas_n his_o fidelity_n in_o his_o charge_n the_o decian_a persecution_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o severe_o urge_v by_o the_o emperor_n edict_n decius_n his_o come_n to_o antioch_n his_o attempt_n to_o break_v into_o the_o christian_a congregation_n babylas_n his_o bold_a resistance_n this_o apply_v to_o numerianus_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o mistake_n the_o like_a report_v of_o philip_n the_o emperor_n decius_n his_o bloody_a act_n relate_v by_o s._n chrysostom_n his_o rage_n against_o babylas_n and_o his_o examination_n of_o he_o the_o martyr_n resolute_a answer_n his_o imprisonment_n and_o hard_a usage_n the_o different_a account_n concern_v his_o death_n three_o youth_n his_o fellow-sufferer_n in_o vain_a attempt_v by_o the_o 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great_a and_o general_a be_v the_o silence_n of_o church-antiquity_n in_o the_o act_n of_o this_o holy_a martyr_n especial_o the_o former_a part_n of_o his_o life_n that_o i_o shall_v whole_o pass_v he_o over_o do_v not_o his_o latter_a time_n furnish_v we_o with_o some_o few_o memorable_a passage_n concern_v he_o his_o country_n parent_n education_n and_o way_n of_o life_n be_v all_o unknown_a as_o also_o whether_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o breed_v a_o gentile_a or_o a_o christian_n no_o doubt_v he_o be_v train_v up_o under_o the_o advantage_n of_o a_o liberal_a and_o ingenuous_a education_n live_v in_o place_n that_o opportune_o minister_v unto_o it_o and_o in_o time_n when_o none_o but_o man_n of_o know_a part_n and_o eminency_n both_o for_o learning_n and_o piety_n be_v advance_v to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o when_o great_a measure_n of_o art_n and_o learning_n be_v not_o only_o commendable_a but_o necessary_a both_o to_o feed_v and_o preserve_v the_o flock_n of_o god_n to_o resist_v and_o convince_v gainsayer_n and_o to_o defend_v christianity_n against_o the_o attempt_n both_o of_o secret_a and_o open_a enemy_n for_o as_o the_o christian_a church_n never_o want_v profess_v adversary_n from_o without_o who_o endeavour_v both_o by_o sword_n and_o pen_n to_o stifle_v and_o suppress_v its_o growth_n nor_o pretend_a friend_n from_o within_o who_o by_o schism_n and_o heresy_n disturb_v its_o peace_n and_o tear_v out_o its_o very_a bowel_n so_o never_o be_v
and_o solemnity_n though_o indeed_o it_o be_v then_o but_o the_o decline_a part_n of_o the_o annus_fw-la millesimus_fw-la which_o begin_v with_o the_o palilia_n about_o april_n xxi_o of_o the_o forego_n year_n and_o end_v with_o the_o palilia_n of_o this_o whence_o in_o the_o ancient_a coin_n of_o this_o emperor_n these_o secular_a sport_n be_v sometime_o ascribe_v to_o his_o second_o sometime_o to_o his_o three_o consulship_n as_o commence_v in_o the_o one_o and_o be_v complete_v in_o the_o other_o iv_o the_o entrance_n upon_o his_o care_n and_o government_n be_v calm_a and_o peaceable_a but_o he_o have_v not_o be_v long_o in_o it_o before_o a_o storm_n overtake_v he_o and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n i_o know_v not_o he_o be_v public_o 12._o public_o epist_n 69._o p._n 117._o ep._n 55._o p._n 80._o vid._n pont._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr cypr._n p._n 12._o proscribe_v by_o the_o name_n of_o caecilius_n cyprian_n bishop_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o every_o man_n command_v not_o to_o hide_v or_o conceal_v his_o good_n and_o not_o satisfy_v with_o this_o they_o frequent_o call_v out_o that_o he_o may_v be_v throw_v to_o the_o lion_n so_o that_o be_v warn_v by_o a_o divine_a admonition_n and_o command_n from_o god_n as_o he_o plead_v for_o himself_o 22._o himself_o epist_n 9_o p._n 22._o and_o lest_o by_o his_o resolute_a defiance_n of_o the_o public_a sentence_n he_o shall_v provoke_v his_o adversary_n 27_o adversary_n epist_n 14._o p._n 27_o to_o fall_v more_o severe_o upon_o the_o whole_a church_n he_o think_v good_a at_o present_a to_o withdraw_v himself_o hope_v that_o malice_n will_v cool_v and_o die_v and_o the_o fire_n go_v out_o when_o the_o fuel_n that_o kindle_v it_o be_v take_v away_o citat_fw-la loc._n citat_fw-la during_o this_o recess_n though_o absent_a in_o body_n yet_o be_v he_o present_v in_o spirit_n supply_v the_o want_n of_o his_o presence_n by_o letter_n whereof_o he_o write_v no_o less_o than_o xxxviii_o by_o pious_a counsel_n grave_a admonition_n 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