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life_n of_o epimenides_n and_o l._n vives_z on_o austin_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 7._o c._n 17._o and_o other_o and_o walafridus_n strabo_n write_v that_o at_o first_o both_o the_o worshipper_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o devil_n perform_v their_o service_n in_o the_o open_a air_n but_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o make_v idol_n then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o and_o upon_o that_o occasion_n they_o begin_v to_o build_v temple_n i_o shall_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o multitude_n of_o author_n that_o have_v write_v of_o the_o original_a and_o progress_n of_o idolatry_n i_o think_v mercerus_n judge_v right_a that_o there_o be_v none_o before_o the_o flood_n and_o though_o some_o rabbin_n i_o know_v and_o also_o tertullian_n think_v there_o be_v idol_n and_o idolatry_n in_o the_o old_a world_n yet_o cyril_n l._n 3._o against_o julian_n and_o epiphanius_n in_o his_o panarium_fw-la with_o many_o other_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o those_o day_n which_o 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