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within_o his_o own_o bound_n that_o be_v as_o himself_o explain_v handle_v this_o epistle_n 215._o epistle_n lib._n eodem_fw-la 2._o ca._n 13._o pa._n 215._o he_o must_v so_o firm_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v write_v by_o pope_n clement_n ut_fw-la dubitare_fw-la nefas_fw-la existimet_fw-la that_o he_o esteem_v it_o a_o great_a sin_n to_o doubt_v thereof_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o jesuite_n have_v a_o large_a chapter_n 2._o chapter_n ca._n 13._o lib._n 2._o purposely_o to_o defend_v and_o show_v this_o epistle_n to_o be_v true_o clement_n though_o it_o be_v write_v to_o james_n long_o after_o he_o be_v dead_a some_o there_o be_v who_o baronius_n 43._o baronius_n si_fw-mi clementis_fw-la germanam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la dixerimus_fw-la ut_fw-la bar._n ipse_fw-la â—it_n a_o 102._o nu_fw-la 6._o falso_fw-la inscripta_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la simeonem_fw-la potius_fw-la tunc_fw-la hierosolymorum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la long_o antea_fw-la defunctum_fw-la scripta_fw-la fuit_fw-la bar._n a_o 69_o nu_fw-la 43._o possevine_n and_o binius_fw-la follow_n who_o think_v it_o be_v write_v indeed_o by_o clement_n but_o not_o unto_o james_n who_o be_v then_o dead_a but_o unto_o his_o successor_n simeon_n against_o these_o their_o own_o turrian_n hold_v resolute_o 211._o resolute_o ne_fw-fr si_fw-fr ad_fw-la simeonem_fw-la jacobi_fw-la successorem_fw-la aut_fw-la marcum_fw-la alexandria_n episcopum_fw-la aut_fw-la alium_fw-la ullum_fw-la scribere_fw-la fussisset_fw-la etc._n etc._n turr._n ca._n illo_fw-la 13._o pa_n 211._o that_o it_o be_v write_v not_o to_o simeon_n nor_o to_o any_o but_o to_o james_n and_o whereas_o some_o will_v think_v it_o a_o folly_n 208._o folly_n quid_fw-la coegit_fw-la eum_fw-la eâ—_n imprudentiae_fw-la delabi_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la cumscribere_fw-la clementem_fw-la mandaret_fw-la petrus_n quem_fw-la ipse_fw-la sciebat_fw-la jam_fw-la mortuum_fw-la ibid._n pa._n 208._o and_o madness_n to_o write_v to_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v dead_a and_o which_o be_v know_v to_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o author_n who_o write_v it_o for_o who_o shall_v be_v the_o carrier_n of_o this_o letter_n unto_o he_o especial_o to_o write_v unto_o he_o as_o a_o governor_n in_o the_o church_n militant_a &_o to_o instruct_v and_o exhort_v fine_a exhort_v haec_fw-la tibi_fw-la frater_fw-la jacobe_fw-la ab_fw-la ore_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri_n accepi_fw-la tibique_fw-la insinuare_fw-la studui_fw-la ut_fw-la seruari_fw-la omne_fw-la immaculate_a praecipias_fw-la epist_n clem._n in_o fine_a he_o what_o he_o shall_v careful_o observe_v turrian_n tell_v 211._o tell_v causa_fw-la gravissima_fw-la scribendi_fw-la ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la jam_fw-la mortuum_fw-la jussu_fw-la petri_n de_fw-fr doctrinâ_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la pertinente_fw-la turr._n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la pa._n 211._o you_o that_o there_o be_v divers_a great_a and_o weighty_a reason_n why_o saint_n peter_n command_v clement_n and_o why_o clement_n do_v write_v this_o to_o a_o dead_a man_n who_o they_o both_o know_v to_o be_v dead_a and_o have_v give_v divers_a very_o wise_a and_o worthy_a reason_n hereof_o one_o take_v from_o transfiguration_n 211._o transfiguration_n causa_fw-la gravissima_fw-la scribendi_fw-la per_fw-la transfigurationem_fw-la pa._n 211._o apparatu_fw-la 211._o poss_n in_o clement_n in_o svo_fw-la apparatu_fw-la another_o 213._o another_o simile_n exemplum_fw-la in_o alijs_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la clementis_fw-la libris_fw-la cernitur_fw-la in_o utroque_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la fictio_fw-la seu_fw-la inductio_fw-la personae_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la totum_fw-la ad_fw-la imitationem_fw-la personarum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ibid._n pa._n 212._o vtrobique_fw-la est_fw-la imitatio_fw-la personarum_fw-la pa._n 213._o from_o imitation_n a_o three_o from_o avoid_v 211._o avoid_v si_fw-mi ad_fw-la ullum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la vivorum_fw-la scripsisset_fw-la videretur_fw-la magis_fw-la eum_fw-la diligere_fw-la aut_fw-la honorare_fw-la &_o aemulationis_fw-la vel_fw-la invidiae_fw-la materiam_fw-la praehuisse_fw-la anne_n parvi_fw-la motenti_fw-la haec_fw-la cautio_fw-la quis_fw-la tam_fw-la obtusus_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la sic_fw-la sentiat_fw-la ibid._n pa._n 211._o hatred_n if_o he_o have_v write_v to_o any_o that_o have_v be_v alive_a a_o four_o 212._o four_o cum_fw-la petrus_n mandat_fw-la clementi_n ut_fw-la ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la mortuum_fw-la scribat_fw-la clarissimum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la prabet_fw-la ibid._n pa._n 212._o for_o
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