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bold_o inintrude_v into_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v not_o see_v they_o profess_v knowledge_n false_o so_o call_v the_o disciple_n of_o basilides_n voice_v themselves_o only_o to_o be_v man_n and_o all_o other_o to_o be_v swine_n and_o dog_n say_v epiphanius_n and_o nazianzen_n tell_v eunomius_n that_o he_o be_v he_o mean_v in_o his_o own_o conceit_n a_o beholder_n of_o thing_n which_o to_o all_o other_o be_v invisible_a 33._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n in_o orat._n 33._o a_o hearer_n of_o thing_n which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o â—tter_v that_o he_o be_v take_v up_o to_o heaven_n as_o be_v elias_n that_o he_o have_v see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n as_o have_v moses_n that_o he_o be_v rapt_v up_o into_o the_o three_o heaven_n as_o be_v paul_n thus_o the_o papist_n style_v some_o of_o their_o schoolman_n angelical_a
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