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h._n eccl._n l._n 3._o c._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o familiar_a acquaintance_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n and_o the_o ambassy_n of_o many_o church_n st._n john_n who_o before_o have_v spend_v all_o his_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o oral_a preach_v be_v at_o last_o move_v to_o write_v his_o gospel_n the_o same_o tradition_n add_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v preach_v the_o gospel_n commit_v it_o to_o write_v to_o be_v the_o pillar_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o faith_n to_o future_a age_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o anchor_n and_o foundation_n of_o our_o faith_n mat._n athan._n synop_n p._n 61._o theophylact._n proem_n in_o mat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o from_o these_o scripture_n be_v teach_v the_o truth_n we_o may_v not_o be_v draw_v aside_o by_o the_o falsehood_n of_o heresy_n and_o last_o that_o if_o they_o have_v not_o leave_v in_o write_v what_o they_o preach_v 59_o orig._n dial._n contr_n martion_n p._n 59_o they_o 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matth._n p._n 58._o &_o in_o luc_fw-fr 7._o p._n 351._o nazianzen_n in_o orat._n funebr_n basil_n in_o hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la meliori_fw-la non_fw-la inuenta_fw-la maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la veterum_fw-la auctorum_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la maldonate_fw-it in_fw-it matth._n xi_o 2._o viz._n ambrose_n eusebius_n emissenus_fw-la julianus_n pomerius_fw-la venantius_n gregorius_n question_n to_o our_o lord_n 11.3_o matth._n 11.3_o be_v thou_o he_o that_o shall_v come_v or_o look_v we_o for_o another_o they_o shall_v thus_o interpret_v it_o that_o st._n john_n be_v to_o go_v down_o to_o hell_n or_o hades_n shall_v send_v to_o ask_v whether_o he_o shall_v go_v before_o he_o thither_o and_o preach_v he_o there_o as_o he_o have_v do_v on_o earth_n 16.23_o matth._n 16.23_o that_o when_o christ_n say_v to_o peter_n get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n thou_o be_v a_o offence_n to_o i_o they_o out_o of_o a_o reverence_n to_o st._n peter_n shall_v make_v he_o say_v to_o 232._o to_o multi_fw-la putant_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la petrus_n correptus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la adversarius_fw-la spiritus_fw-la qui_fw-la haec_fw-la dicere_fw-la apostolum_n suggerebat_fw-la hieron_n in_o matth._n xuj_o 23._o hilarius_n in_o locum_fw-la theophylact._n in_o marc._n 8._o p._n 232._o peter_n only_o come_v thou_o after_o i_o and_o to_o the_o devil_n satan_n thou_o be_v a_o offence_n unto_o i_o that_o when_o the_o same_o st._n peter_n deny_v his_o master_n 26.72_o matth._n 26.72_o say_v i_o know_v not_o the_o man_n they_o shall_v excuse_v and_o bring_v he_o off_o with_o this_o quaint_a equivocation_n ibid._n equivocation_n scio_fw-la quosdam_fw-la pij_fw-la affectus_fw-la erga_fw-la petrum_fw-la locum_fw-la hunc_fw-la ita_fw-la interpretatos_fw-la ut_fw-la dicerent_fw-la petrum_fw-la non_fw-la deum_fw-la negasse_n sed_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o esse-sensum_a nescio_fw-la hominem_fw-la quia_fw-la scio_fw-la deum_fw-la hieron_n in_o locum_fw-la vide_fw-la maldonatum_fw-la ibid._n nescio_fw-la 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their_o mistake_n about_o this_o matter_n he_o add_v you_o be_v they_o who_o have_v continue_v with_o i_o in_o my_o temptation_n and_o i_o appoint_v to_o you_o a_o kingdom_n as_o my_o father_n have_v appoint_v to_o i_o that_o you_o may_v eat_v and_o drink_v at_o my_o table_n in_o my_o kingdom_n this_o say_v justin_n martyr_n 312._o pag._n 312._o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mystery_n of_o our_o regeneration_n they_o cite_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n that_o testimony_n of_o st._n paul_n 8.21_o rom._n 8.21_o say_v that_o the_o creature_n shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n into_o the_o glorious_a liberty_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o liberty_n be_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 34._o iren._n l._n 5.32_o 34._o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o body_n from_o that_o death_n to_o which_o it_o be_v subject_a through_o the_o disobedience_n of_o adam_n and_o with_o which_o will_v be_v also_o a_o redemption_n 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he_o seem_v to_o do_v it_o so_o express_o that_o when_o in_o the_o three_o century_n some_o christian_n begin_v to_o dislike_v this_o opinion_n they_o begin_v also_o to_o question_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o book_n which_o never_o be_v before_o doubt_v of_o by_o any_o christian_a four_o observe_v that_o these_o father_n do_v express_o teach_v teach_v 3_o that_o this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o millennium_n be_v deny_v chief_o by_o heretic_n and_o such_o as_o be_v deceive_v by_o they_o 31._o quoniam_fw-la transferuntur_fw-la quorundam_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la lib._n 5._o c._n 32._o haeretici_fw-la enim_fw-la despicientes_fw-la psalmationem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o non_fw-la suscipientes_fw-la salutem_fw-la carnis_fw-la suae_fw-la lib._n 5_o c._n 31._o thus_o irenaeus_n in_o the_o preface_n of_o his_o discourse_n upon_o this_o subject_n say_v he_o find_v it_o necessary_a to_o speak_v of_o it_o because_o some_o man_n opinion_n be_v pervert_v by_o the_o 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as_o in_o they_o lie_v all_o resurrection_n of_o the_o flesh_n what_o wonder_n be_v it_o if_o they_o know_v not_o the_o order_n of_o the_o resurrection_n which_o order_n with_o the_o method_n by_o which_o we_o be_v exercise_v to_o incorruption_n and_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n he_o afterward_o declare_v to_o be_v this_o 32._o cap._n 32._o that_o our_o first_o resurrection_n be_v principium_fw-la incorruptelae_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la regnum_fw-la qui_fw-la digni_fw-la fuerint_fw-la assuescunt_fw-la capere_fw-la deum_fw-la the_o beginning_n of_o incorruption_n by_o live_v in_o which_o kingdom_n they_o who_o be_v worthy_a so_o to_o do_v by_o little_a and_o little_o do_v accustom_v themselves_o to_o enjoy_v god._n 35._o cap._n 35._o and_o that_o the_o just_a man_n thus_o raise_v verè_fw-la praemeditabitur_fw-la incorruptelam_fw-la &_o augebitur_fw-la &_o vigebit_fw-la in_o regni_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la capax_fw-la gloriae_fw-la patris_fw-la shall_v true_o exercise_v or_o fit_v himself_o for_o incorruptibility_n and_o increase_v and_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o that_o kingdom_n 36._o cap._n 36._o that_o he_o may_v be_v make_v capable_a of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o father_n and_o a_o three_o time_n that_o man_n be_v renew_v &_o vigente_fw-la ad_fw-la incorruptelam_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la jam_fw-la veterascere_fw-la and_o make_v such_o progress_n to_o incorruption_n that_o he_o can_v now_o wax_v old_a tunc_fw-la qui_fw-la digni_fw-la fuerint_fw-la coelorum_fw-la conversatione_fw-la illuc_fw-la transibunt_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o coelos_n then_o they_o who_o be_v worthy_a shall_v ascend_v to_o heaven_n justin_n m._n be_v ask_v by_o trypho_n whether_o he_o believe_v that_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v rebuilt_a 306._o pag._n 306._o and_o the_o christian_n shall_v be_v gather_v together_o there_o with_o christ_n and_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n answer_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v before_o confess_v unto_o thou_o that_o i_o and_o many_o other_o be_v of_o this_o
depend_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o as_o to_o their_o soul_n they_o be_v at_o present_a una_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la regnantes_fw-la &_o aeterna_fw-la felicitate_a in_fw-la coelo_fw-la fruentes_fw-la now_o reign_v with_o christ_n and_o enjoy_v eternal_a felicity_n in_o heaven_n and_o so_o admit_v already_o to_o the_o beatific_a vision_n whereas_o both_o justin_n martyr_n and_o irenaeus_n assert_v this_o doctrine_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o formentioned_a heretic_n they_o be_v the_o man_n who_o say_v that_o when_o man_n die_v 307._o pag._n 307._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o 31._o iren._n l._n 5._o c._n 31._o simulatque_fw-la mortui_fw-la fuerint_fw-la dicunt_fw-la se_fw-la supergredi_fw-la coelos_fw-la &_o ire_n ad_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la affingitur_fw-la patrem_fw-la their_o soul_n go_v direct_o to_o heaven_n and_o pass_v above_o the_o material_a heaven_n to_o the_o father_n these_o father_n also_o add_v that_o man_n be_v first_o to_o reign_v with_o christ_n on_o earth_n 21._o tertullian_n origen_n ambrose_n clem._n romanus_n chrysoftom_n theodoret_n oecumenius_n theophylact_fw-mi st._n bernard_n stapleton_n defence_n eccl._n author_n lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o lactantius_n victorinus_n prudentius_n aretas_n euthymius_n fr._n pegna_fw-la direct_v inquis_fw-la part_n 2._o c._n 21._o and_o so_o to_o accustom_v and_o fit_v themselves_o to_o reign_v with_o he_o in_o heaven_n to_o receive_v first_o their_o body_n &_o sic_fw-la venire_fw-la in_o conspectum_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o so_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_n be_v confirm_v by_o their_o own_o writer_n how_o therefore_o can_v they_o have_v any_o receive_a tradition_n that_o the_o saint_n be_v to_o be_v invoke_v as_o reign_v now_o with_o christ_n and_o be_v admit_v into_o heaven_n and_o enjoy_v the_o vision_n of_o god_n moreover_o moreover_o 6_o it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o 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c._n 32._o and_o for_o the_o state_n i._n e._n continuance_n of_o the_o empire_n because_o we_o know_v the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v now_o imminent_a and_o the_o close_a of_o it_o which_o threaten_v the_o worst_a of_o evil_n be_v retard_v by_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o again_o we_o pray_v for_o the_o emperor_n 39_o cap._n 39_o pro_fw-la statu_fw-la saeculi_fw-la pro_fw-la rerum_fw-la queite_n pro_fw-la mora_fw-la finis_fw-la for_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o age_n for_o the_o quiet_a posture_n of_o affair_n and_o the_o delay_n of_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n which_o show_v they_o think_v it_o be_v then_o near_o and_o a_o three_o time_n 2._o ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 2._o we_o wish_v well_o to_o the_o roman_a empire_n for_o while_o the_o world_n continue_v it_o shall_v stand_v st._n cyprian_n tell_v pope_n cornelius_n that_o christi_fw-la cito_fw-la approquinquabit_fw-la adventus_fw-la 157._o ep._n 57_o ed._n ox._n ep._n 63._o p._n 157._o christ_n come_n will_v soon_o draw_v nigh_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o caecilius_n he_o declare_v that_o secundus_fw-la ejus_fw-la adventus_fw-la nobis_fw-la appropinquat_fw-la martyr_n quoniam_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la atque_fw-la consummatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la antichristi_fw-la tempus_fw-la infestum_fw-la appropinquare_fw-la nunc_fw-la coepit_fw-la praefat_fw-la de_fw-fr exhort_v martyr_n his_o second_o come_v to_o we_o be_v near_o and_o in_o his_o book_n of_o exhortation_n to_o martyrdom_n he_o give_v this_o account_n of_o his_o write_n viz._n that_o he_o do_v it_o because_o now_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n begin_v to_o approach_v and_o fortunatus_n have_v desire_v he_o to_o write_v something_o to_o strengthen_v the_o brethren_n it_o also_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o church_n church_n 7_o that_o antichrist_n be_v to_o come_v at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o be_v also_o general_o believe_v that_o antichrist_n be_v at_o hand_n tertullian_n declare_v ibid._n de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la in_o persecut_fw-la c._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 6._o c._n 7._o ep._n 59_o p._n 139._o ep._n 58._o p._n 120._o scire_fw-la debetis_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la certo_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o tenere_fw-la occasum_fw-la faeculi_fw-la atque_fw-la antichristi_fw-la tempus_fw-la appropinquasse_fw-la ibid._n antichristum_n jam_fw-la instare_fw-la that_o antichrist_n be_v even_o then_o ready_a to_o appear_v judas_n a_o christian_a writer_n that_o he_o be_v to_o come_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n severus_n st._n cyprian_n say_v that_o he_o be_v now_o appear_v that_o his_o advent_n be_v at_o hand_n that_o christian_n ought_v to_o know_v and_o certain_o believe_v and_o hold_v that_o the_o day_n of_o trouble_v mention_v matthew_n the_o 24_o begin_v to_o fall_v upon_o their_o head_n that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n draw_v near_o it_o also_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o father_n that_o our_o lord_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 5500_o 5500_o 8_o and_o that_o the_o world_n shall_v end_v or_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o year_n 6000._o that_o our_o lord_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n 5500_o or_o 5508_o or_o 5509_o as_o the_o greek_n common_o compute_v 525._o apud_fw-la phot._n cod._n 202._o p._n 525._o you_o may_v learn_v from_o hippolytus_n who_o as_o photius_n note_n place_v the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d five_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n because_o then_o the_o six_o thousand_o year_n from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v expire_v the_o world_n will_v end_v the_o father_n who_o be_v of_o this_o opinion_n be_v very_o many_o and_o 28._o and_o petau._n in_o epiph._n haer._n 66._o n._n 50._o fevardentius_n in_o iren._n l._n 5._o c._n 28._o magni_fw-la nominis_fw-la of_o great_a repute_n say_v petavius_n and_o sixtus_n senensis_n l._n 5._o annot._fw-la 190._o 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his_o apology_n unto_o the_o jew_n of_o rome_n for_o bear_v of_o his_o chain_n he_o do_v it_o in_o these_o word_n i_o have_v do_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n 28.17_o act_n 28.17_o or_o to_o the_o custom_n of_o my_o country_n 12.17_o deut._n 29.29_o levit._fw-la 3.17_o exod._n 12.17_o now_o this_o opinion_n they_o ground_v chief_o upon_o those_o place_n which_o seem_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o perpetuity_n of_o those_o statute_n and_o say_v they_o shall_v be_v ordinance_n to_o they_o for_o ever_o and_o consequent_o seem_v to_o infer_v a_o declaration_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v alter_v lo_o here_o three_o plain_a tradition_n of_o the_o whole_a jewish_a church_n two_o of_o which_o plain_o tend_v to_o oblige_v they_o to_o renounce_v the_o true_a messiah_n and_o the_o three_o to_o blend_v judaisme_n with_o christianity_n and_o to_o refuse_v to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o gentile_n here_o therefore_o be_v a_o threefold_a demonstration_n not_o only_o of_o the_o uncertainty_n but_o of_o the_o falsehood_n of_o the_o tradition_n which_o obtain_v in_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o god._n for_o far_a demonstration_n of_o this_o matter_n matter_n 7_o let_v it_o be_v consider_v first_o that_o the_o tradition_n we_o have_v mention_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n 1.14_o mark_v 7.3_o act_n 28.17_o gal._n 1.14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o custom_n and_o tradition_n of_o their_o father_n they_o be_v the_o tradition_n of_o they_o who_o sit_v in_o the_o chair_n of_o moses_n of_o the_o interpreter_n of_o scripture_n the_o guide_n of_o the_o common_a people_n they_o be_v the_o tradition_n of_o those_o man_n who_o general_o have_v obtain_v the_o reputation_n of_o the_o great_a knowledge_n and_o exactness_n in_o the_o law_n who_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o joseph_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o arch._n l._n 17._o c._n 3._o most_o exact_o interpret_v the_o law_n and_o declare_v the_o thing_n belong_v to_o they_o and_o who_o be_v by_o the_o jew_n esteem_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o pious_a than_o the_o rest_n so_o that_o if_o these_o be_v foolish_a and_o blind_a guide_n they_o have_v no_o other_o to_o conduct_v they_o except_o those_o two_o pernicious_a guide_n of_o heretic_n the_o scripture_n and_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n second_o observe_v that_o these_o tradition_n be_v not_o teach_v only_o in_o our_o saviour_n age_n but_o long_o before_o they_o be_v custom_n and_o tradition_n of_o their_o forefather_n the_o asserter_n of_o they_o say_v josephus_n 2._o antiq._n l._n 18._o c._n 2._o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o ancient_a of_o their_o countryman_n epiphanius_n inform_v we_o that_o they_o pretend_v to_o