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the_o beginning_n butcher_v they_o like_o dog_n and_o such_o inconsiderable_a animal_n the_o end_n end_n be_v in_o 1661._o lib._n 1._o chap._n 5._o lib._n 1._o chap._n 12._o concern_v john_n baptist_n and_o herod_n jealousy_n what_o josephus_n write_v of_o christ._n lib._n 1._o ch_n 14._o agbarus_n write_v to_o jesus_n euseb._n lib._n 1._o ch_n 14._o the_o conference_n which_o thaddaeus_n have_v with_o agbarus_n agbarus_n be_v cure_v have_v will_v not_o receive_v a_o reward_n of_o gold_n euseb._n l._n 2._o ch_n 2._o euseb._n l._n 2._o ch_n 6._o euseb._n l._n 2._o ch_n 7._o ch._n 9_o lib._n 2._o ch_n 10._o a_o prosperous_a estate_n sometime_o miserable_a theudas_n behead_v lib._n 2._o ch_n 13._o ch_n 15._o the_o occasion_n of_o s._n mark_v write_v the_o gospel_n christian_n renounce_v their_o substance_n be_v forsake_v or_o cast_v off_o what_o foundation_n the_o christian_n lay_v former_o ch_n 17._o lib._n 2._o ch_n 20._o the_o priest_n miserable_a end_n the_o jew_n conspiracy_n against_o the_o truth_n lib._n 2._o ch_n 23._o lib._n 2._o ch_n 25._o lib._n 3._o chap._n 14._o euse._n lib._n 3._o chap._n 14._o the_o same_o epistle_n or_o another_o of_o clemens_n be_v extant_a in_o holland_n and_o i_o hear_v in_o english_a lib._n 3._o chap._n 20._o of_o mat._n of_o john_n euse._n l._n 3._o chap._n 21._o of_o luke_n lib._n 3._o chap._n 22._o chap._n 26._o lib._n 3._o chap._n 28._o lib._n 3._o chap._n 29._o how_o long_o the_o church_n be_v say_v to_o remain_v as_o a_o pure_a virgin_n when_o error_n begin_v to_o take_v root_a in_o the_o church_n l._n 3._o c._n 30._o what_o the_o christian_n refuse_v to_o do_v and_o what_o they_o do_v euseb._n lib._n 3._o ch_n 32._o ignatius_n epistle_n to_o the_o church_n chap_n 35._o lib._n 4._o ch_n 6._o lib._n 4._o ch_n 7._o christian_n â—…andered_v lib_n 4_o ch_z 8_o how_o wrongful_o the_o christian_n