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tract_n of_o temptation_n the_o which_o also_o he_o dedicate_v to_o euphranor_n and_o write_v to_o basilides_n bishop_n of_o pentapolis_n diocese_n he_o report_v himself_o in_o the_o begin_v to_o have_v publish_v commentary_n upon_o ecclesiastes_n he_o leave_v behind_o he_o sundry_a epistle_n for_o the_o posterity_n but_o so_o far_o of_o dionysius_n work_v now_o it_o remain_v that_o we_o deliver_v unto_o the_o posterity_n the_o history_n of_o this_o our_o age_n cap._n xxvi_o greek_a of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o paulus_n samâ—satenus_n the_o heretic_n denyinge_v the_o divinitic_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o synod_n heldâ—_n at_o antioch_n condemninge_v his_o heresy_n when_o xystus_n have_v govern_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n eleven_o year_n dionysius_n of_o the_o same_o heretic_n name_n with_o he_o of_o alexandâ—ia_n succeed_v he_o about_o that_o time_n also_o when_o demetrianus_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v depart_v this_o life_n paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la come_v in_o 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