the_o first_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o imprudence_n in_o the_o other_o of_o uncharitableness_n in_o miscensure_v other_o and_o in_o this_o particular_a information_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o needful_a because_o many_o scruple_n at_o this_o kind_n of_o posture_n in_o god_n worship_n esteem_v it_o little_o better_a than_o idolatry_n 7._o as_o be_v of_o like_a nature_n with_o worship_v god_n by_o a_o image_n wherein_o how_o much_o they_o be_v deceive_v i_o shall_v make_v now_o to_o appear_v know_v therefore_o that_o to_o worship_n god_n by_o a_o image_n and_o to_o worship_v he_o towards_o some_o place_n or_o monument_n of_o his_o presence_n be_v thing_n of_o a_o differ_a nature_n for_o the_o first_o be_v absolute_o forbid_v by_o the_o divine_a law_n the_o latter_a we_o find_v continual_o practise_v by_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o that_o with_o his_o allowance_n and_o approbation_n thus_o in_o the_o wilderness_n they_o worship_v he_o towards_o the_o 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or_o towards_o that_o place_n where_o his_o presence_n be_v more_o demonstrate_v than_o elsewhere_o whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v as_o in_o the_o heaven_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o temple_n and_o like_a sacred_a place_n where_o his_o name_n and_o presence_n either_o be_v or_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v record_v hence_o it_o appear_v that_o to_o worship_n god_n versùs_fw-la locum_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la towards_o the_o place_n where_o any_o sign_n or_o specification_n of_o his_o presence_n be_v be_v no_o idolatry_n nor_o forbid_v by_o the_o second_o commandment_n for_o sure_o that_o which_o be_v no_o idolatry_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v no_o idolatry_n in_o the_o new_a whatsoever_o fault_n otherwise_o it_o may_v have_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o difference_n between_o worship_v god_n by_o a_o image_n and_o worship_v he_o towards_o some_o place_n where_o his_o presence_n be_v specify_v be_v this_o because_o in_o the_o first_o the_o creature_n be_v use_v objective_o to_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n that_o be_v as_o the_o thing_n worship_v but_o in_o the_o other_o as_o a_o local_a circumstance_n of_o worship_n only_o for_o we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o a_o creature_n may_v be_v use_v in_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n by_o way_n of_o object_n by_o way_n of_o local_a circumstance_n or_o by_o way_n of_o instrument_n the_o first_o by_o way_n of_o object_n that_o be_v as_o that_o to_o which_o the_o act_n of_o worship_n be_v direct_v and_o terminate_v upon_o without_o question_n be_v idolatry_n for_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n be_v a_o jealous_a god_n and_o can_v endure_v that_o any_o create_a thing_n shall_v partake_v with_o he_o by_o way_n of_o object_n in_o the_o act_n of_o his_o worship_n but_o he_o that_o use_v a_o image_n in_o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n as_o a_o image_n that_o be_v interpose_v it_o in_o the_o same_o as_o the_o representation_n of_o that_o he_o worship_v make_v it_o not_o 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unto_o he_o as_o this_o of_o the_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n that_o the_o ancient_a christian_n worship_v 210._o towards_o the_o east_n that_o be_v the_o same_o way_n they_o do_v their_o first_o homage_n to_o god_n 2._o in_o their_o baptism_n be_v manifest_a to_o all_o that_o have_v but_o look_v into_o antiquity_n that_o their_o altar_n also_o be_v usual_o place_v towards_o the_o same_o in_o their_o church_n be_v a_o truth_n that_o can_v hardly_o be_v question_v it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o when_o they_o worship_v they_o turn_v themselves_o or_o look_v towards_o the_o altar_n also_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v which_o of_o the_o two_o they_o respect_v in_o this_o their_o posture_n i_o answer_v they_o respect_v both_o and_o therefore_o place_v the_o altar_n according_o to_z the_o eastward_o that_o both_o may_v be_v observe_v even_o as_o the_o jew_n place_v their_o altar_n both_o of_o incense_n and_o burnt-offering_a towards_o the_o west_n because_o they_o worship_v that_o way_n but_o 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〈◊〉_d be_v render_v the_o holy_a table_n he_o go_v thence_o and_o question_n the_o party_n to_o be_v baptize_v etc._n etc._n the_o other_o be_v of_o s._n athanasius_n in_o fine_a sermonis_fw-la adversùs_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la humanae_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la domino_fw-la naturae_fw-la confessores_fw-la spem_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la defigere_fw-la dicunt_fw-la edit_fw-la commel_n tom_fw-mi 2._o pag._n 255._o in_o these_o word_n quid_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-fr ad_fw-la sanctum_fw-la altar_n accedunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illúdque_fw-la amplectuntur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la timore_fw-la &_o laetitia_fw-la salutant_fw-la velosculantur_fw-la none_o in_o lapidibus_fw-la aut_fw-la lignis_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o gratiâ_fw-la per_fw-la lapides_fw-la aut_fw-la ligna_fw-la piis_fw-la commemoratâ_fw-la animo_fw-la insistunt_fw-la understand_v here_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o gratia_n the_o 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of_o menander_n cite_v by_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la dei_fw-la have_v reference_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o god_n please_v i_o that_o gad_v abroad_o none_o that_o leave_v his_o house_n shall_v come_v in_o my_o book_n a_o just_a and_o good_a god_n ought_v to_o tarry_v at_o home_n to_o save_v those_o that_o place_v he_o according_a to_o this_o notion_n of_o a_o temple_n these_o author_n allege_v grant_v that_o christian_n neither_o have_v any_o temple_n no_o nor_o ought_v to_o have_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o god_n who_o they_o worship_v be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o fill_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n and_o dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n 4â—_n and_o because_o the_o gentile_n appropriate_v the_o name_n of_o a_o temple_n to_o this_o notion_n of_o encloister_v a_o deity_n by_o a_o idol_n therefore_o the_o christian_n of_o those_o first_o age_n for_o the_o most_o part_n abstain_v therefrom_o especial_o when_o they_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o gentile_n call_v their_o house_n of_o worship_n ecclesiae_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o be_v the_o dutch_a and_o our_o english_a kurk_n and_o church_n in_o latin_a dominica_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v oratory_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o like_a seldom_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o templa_fw-la that_o 10._o appellation_n be_v grow_v by_o the_o use_n of_o both_o side_n into_o a_o name_n of_o distinction_n of_o the_o house_n of_o gentile_a superstition_n from_o those_o of_o christian_a worship_n which_o that_o i_o affirm_v not_o upon_o bare_a conjecture_n these_o example_n will_v make_v manifest_a first_o that_o of_o aurelian_a the_o emperor_n before_o allege_a in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o senate_n de_fw-fr libris_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la inspiciendis_fw-la go_n miror_fw-la vos_fw-la patres_fw-la sancti_fw-la tamdiu_fw-la de_fw-la aperiendis_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la dubitâsse_fw-la libris_fw-la perinde_v quasi_fw-la in_o christianorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la deorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la tractaretis_fw-la and_o that_o of_o zeno_n veronensis_n in_o his_o sermon_n de_fw-fr continentia_fw-la temple_n proponamus_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la contingit_fw-la in_fw-la unum_fw-la sibi_fw-la convenire_fw-la diversae_fw-la religionis_fw-la diem_fw-la quo_fw-la tibi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illi_fw-la adeunda_fw-la sint_fw-la templa_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o a_o christian_a woman_n marry_v to_o a_o gentile_a that_o also_o of_o s._n hierom_n in_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la say_v of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n temple_n quòd_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la basilicas_fw-la aut_fw-la destruxerit_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o templa_fw-la converterit_fw-la thus_o they_o speak_v when_o they_o will_v distinguish_v otherwise_o now_o and_o then_o the_o christian_a father_n use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o templum_n for_o ecclesia_fw-la but_o respect_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o true_a god_n at_o jerusalem_n not_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o gentile_n that_o this_o answer_n be_v true_a and_o genuine_a i_o prove_v first_o because_o the_o gentile_n themselves_o who_o object_v this_o want_n to_o the_o christian_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v ignorant_a that_o they_o have_v oratory_n where_o they_o perform_v their_o christian_a service_n when_o they_o be_v so_o notorious_o know_v as_o we_o see_v before_o to_o the_o emperor_n galienus_n and_o aurelian_a and_o a_o controversy_n about_o one_o of_o they_o refer_v unto_o the_o latter_a when_o also_o the_o emperor_n edict_n fly_v about_o in_o every_o city_n for_o demolish_n they_o why_o therefore_o do_v they_o object_v in_o this_o manner_n but_o because_o for_o the_o defect_n of_o something_o they_o think_v thereto_o necessary_a they_o esteem_v not_o those_o oratory_n for_o temple_n second_o because_o in_o that_o dispute_n between_o origen_n and_o celsus_n it_o be_v suppose_v by_o both_o that_o the_o persian_n and_o jew_n be_v as_o concern_v this_o matter_n in_o like_a condition_n with_o the_o christian_n neither_o of_o both_o endure_a to_o worship_v their_o god_n in_o temple_n hear_v origen_n speak_v lib._n 7._o p._n 385_o 386._o etc._n licet_fw-la scythae_n afrÃque_fw-la numidae_n &_o 〈◊〉_d impii_fw-la seres_n ut_fw-la celsus_n ait_fw-la aliaeque_fw-la gentes_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la persae_n 〈◊〉_d aversentur_fw-la templa_fw-la aras_n statvas_n non_fw-la candem_fw-la aversandi_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o inter_fw-la abhorrentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la ararum_fw-la templorum_n statvarum_fw-la ceremoniis_fw-la scythae_n numidae_n impiÃque_fw-la seres_n &_o persae_n aliis_fw-la moventur_fw-la rationibus_fw-la quam_fw-la christiani_n &_o judaei_n quibus_fw-la religio_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la numen_fw-la colere_fw-la illarum_fw-la enim_fw-la gentium_fw-la nemo_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la alienus_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la intelligat_fw-la daemonas_fw-la devinctos_fw-la haerere_fw-la certis_fw-la locis_fw-la &_o statvis_fw-la sive_fw-la incantato_n quibusdam_fw-la magicis_fw-la carminibus_fw-la sive_fw-la alias_o incubantes_fw-la locis_fw-la semel_fw-la praeoccupatis_fw-la ubi_fw-la lurconum_fw-la more_fw-it se_fw-la oblectant_fw-la victimarum_fw-la nidoribus_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la christiani_n homines_fw-la &_o judaei_n sibi_fw-la temperant_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la propter_fw-la illud_fw-la legis_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la timebis_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la soli_fw-la servy_v item_n propter_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la erunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la alieni_fw-la dii_fw-la praeter_fw-la i_o &_o non_fw-la facies_fw-la tibiipsi_fw-la simulacrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n lo_o here_o it_o be_v all_o one_o with_o origen_n to_o have_v templa_fw-la as_o to_o worship_v idolis_fw-la other_o god_n as_o it_o be_v a_o little_a before_o with_o minutius_n felix_n his_o octavius_n if_o you_o mark_v it_o to_o have_v delnbra_n &_o simulacra_fw-la yet_o certain_o neither_o celsus_n nor_o origen_n whatsoever_o they_o here_o say_v of_o the_o persian_n and_o jew_n be_v ignorant_a that_o the_o persian_n have_v their_o 13._o pyraea_n or_o pyrathaea_n house_n where_o the_o fire_n be_v worship_v though_o 〈◊〉_d without_o image_n or_o statue_n also_o that_o the_o jew_n have_v both_o then_o and_o also_o former_o their_o synagogue_n and_o proseuchae_n in_o the_o place_n and_o country_n where_o they_o be_v disperse_v and_o once_o a_o most_o glorious_a and_o magnificent_a temple_n or_o sanctuary_n ergo_fw-la by_o temple_n they_o understand_v not_o house_n of_o prayer_n and_o religious_a rite_n in_o the_o general_a but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d place_n where_o demon_n be_v encloister_v by_o the_o position_n of_o a_o idol_n or_o consecrate_a statue_n and_o here_o let_v i_o add_v because_o it_o be_v not_o impertinent_a what_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o read_v the_o itinerarium_fw-la of_o benjamin_n tudelensis_n the_o jew_n namely_o that_o he_o express_v constant_o after_o this_o manner_n the_o oratory_n of_o jew_n turk_n and_o christian_n by_o differ_v name_n those_o of_o the_o jew_n he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o house_n of_o assembly_n or_o synagogue_n the_o turkish_a mosque_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d house_n of_o prayer_n but_o the_o christian_a church_n because_o of_o image_n yea_o that_o renown_a church_n of_o s._n sophie_n itself_o he_o call_v always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bamoth_n the_o name_n of_o the_o idol-temple_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o we_o translate_v high-place_n this_o i_o note_v for_o a_o example_n of_o that_o proneness_n in_o religion_n of_o a_o contrary_a rite_n thus_o to_o distinguish_v as_o other_o thing_n so_o their_o place_n of_o worship_n by_o diversity_n of_o name_n though_o they_o communicate_v in_o the_o same_o common_a nature_n and_o use_n three_o that_o the_o answer_v i_o have_v give_v to_o these_o object_v passage_n be_v genuine_a i_o prove_v because_o some_o of_o these_o author_n acknowledge_v elsewhere_o that_o christian_n have_v house_n of_o sacred_a worship_n in_o their_o time_n as_o namely_o arnobius_n who_o word_n be_v as_o press_v as_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n yet_o in_o the_o selfsame_a book_n acknowledge_v the_o christian_a oratory_n by_o the_o name_n of_o conventicula_fw-la or_o meeting-place_n by_o that_o name_n endeavour_v i_o suppose_v to_o express_v the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o place_n be_v about_o the_o end_n of_o his_o four_o book_n adversùs_fw-la gentes_fw-la body_n quòd_fw-la si_fw-la haberet_fw-la vos_fw-la say_v he_o aliqua_fw-la vestris_fw-la pro_fw-la religionibus_fw-la indignatio_fw-la have_v potiùs_fw-la literas_fw-la he_o mean_v the_o poet_n absurd_a and_o blasphemous_a fiction_n and_o tale_n of_o their_o god_n hos_fw-la exurere_fw-la debuistis_fw-la olim_fw-la libros_fw-la demoliri_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la theatra_fw-la haec_fw-la potiùs_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la infamiae_fw-la numinum_fw-la propudiosis_n quotidie_fw-la publicantur_fw-la in_o fabulis_fw-la of_o this_o their_o scurrilous_a dishonour_n of_o their_o god_n upon_o the_o stage_n he_o have_v speak_v much_o before_o nam_fw-la nostra_fw-la quidem_fw-la scripta_fw-la cur_n ignibus_fw-la meruerint_fw-la
dari_fw-la cur_n immaniter_fw-la conventicula_fw-la dirui_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la desâ—â—ipiâ—â—_n summus_fw-la oratur_fw-la deus_fw-la pax_fw-la cunctis_fw-la &_o venia_fw-la postulatur_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la exercitibus_fw-la regibus_fw-la familiaribus_fw-la inimicis_fw-la adhuc_fw-la vitam_fw-la degentibus_fw-la &_o resolutis_fw-la corporum_fw-la vinctione_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o allude_v unto_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o book_n of_o scripture_n and_o demolition_n of_o the_o christian_n oratory_n by_o diocletian_a of_o which_o see_v eusebius_n lib._n 8._o c._n 2._o and_o know_v from_o hence_o when_o arnobius_n write_v nay_o origen_n himself_o one_o of_o the_o first_o bring_v to_o depose_v against_o we_o if_o rufinus_n his_o translator_n deserve_v my_o credit_n will_v in_o his_o homily_n upon_o the_o 9_o chap._n of_o josua_n testify_v both_o for_o church_n and_o altar_n among_o christian_n in_o his_o time_n for_o thus_o he_o allegorize_v there_o the_o story_n of_o the_o gibeonite_n who_o life_n josua_n and_o the_o elder_n spare_v but_o give_v they_o no_o better_a entertainment_n than_o to_o be_v hewer_n of_o wood_n and_o drawer_n of_o water_n for_o the_o congregation_n and_o for_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o lord_n gibeonite_n sunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d credentes_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o habentes_fw-la sidem_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la &_o acquiescentes_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la divinis_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la quÃque_fw-la etiam_fw-la erga_fw-la seruos_fw-la dei_fw-la religiosi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o servire_fw-la eye_v cupiunt_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la ornatum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la ministerium_fw-la satis_fw-la prompti_fw-la paratÃque_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la actibus_fw-la verò_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o conversatione_fw-la propria_fw-la obscoenitatibus_fw-la &_o vitiis_fw-la involuti_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la deponentes_fw-la veterem_fw-la hominem_fw-la cum_fw-la actibus_fw-la suis_fw-la sed_fw-la involuti_fw-la vetustis_fw-la vitiis_fw-la &_o obscoenitatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la siâ—ut_fw-la &_o isti_fw-la i._n gabaonitae_n pannis_fw-la &_o calceamentis_fw-la veteribus_fw-la obtecti_fw-la praeter_fw-la hoc_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la credunt_fw-la &_o erga_fw-la seruos_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cultum_fw-la i._n ornatum_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la devoti_fw-la nihil_fw-la adhibent_fw-la emendationis_fw-la vel_fw-la innovationis_fw-la in_o mores_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o veruntamen_fw-la sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la quantum_fw-la ex_fw-la hujuscemodi_fw-la figurarum_fw-la adumbrationibus_fw-la edocemur_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la tale_n sunt_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la quorum_fw-la fides_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la habet_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la veniant_fw-la &_o inclinent_fw-la caput_fw-la suum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la mark_v here_o a_o custom_n officia_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la seruos_fw-la dei_fw-la honorent_fw-la ad_fw-la ornatum_fw-la quoque_fw-la altaris_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aliquid_fw-la conserant_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la adhibent_fw-la studium_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la mores_fw-la suos_fw-la excolant_fw-la actus_fw-la emendent_fw-la vitia_fw-la deponant_fw-la castitatem_fw-la colant_fw-la iracundiam_fw-la mitigent_fw-la avaritiam_fw-la reprimant_fw-la rapacitatem_fw-la refraenent_fw-la sciant_fw-la sibi_fw-la qui_fw-la tale_n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la emendare_fw-la se_fw-la nolunt_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o his_o usque_fw-la in_o senectutem_fw-la ultimam_fw-la perseverant_a partem_fw-la sortémque_fw-la ab_fw-la jesu_fw-la domino_fw-la cum_fw-la gabionitis_n esse_fw-la tribuendam_fw-la thus_o origen_n by_o his_o interpreter_n and_o if_o any_o where_o rufinus_n may_v be_v trust_v sure_o he_o may_v in_o this_o forasmuch_o as_o in_o his_o peroration_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la he_o have_v give_v we_o his_o word_n that_o in_o his_o translation_n of_o this_o and_o the_o next_o book_n he_o take_v not_o his_o wont_a liberty_n to_o insert_v or_o alter_v any_o thing_n but_o simple_o express_v every_o thing_n as_o he_o find_v it_o hear_v his_o word_n labour_n illa_fw-la say_v he_o quae_fw-la in_fw-la jesu_fw-la nave_n &_o in_o judicum_fw-la librum_fw-la &_o in_o 36_o 37_o &_o 38._o psalm_n scripsimus_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la expressimus_fw-la ut_fw-la invenimus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la multo_fw-la cum_fw-la labour_v transtulimus_fw-la vide_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o erasmi_fw-la censuram_fw-la lib._n origen_n beside_o he_o that_o but_o consider_v the_o matter_n together_o with_o the_o brevity_n of_o this_o homily_n can_v see_v a_o possibility_n how_o these_o passage_n can_v be_v a_o addition_n or_o supplement_n of_o the_o translator_n unless_o he_o make_v the_o whole_a homily_n because_o the_o content_n of_o they_o be_v the_o only_a argument_n thereof_o and_o be_v take_v from_o it_o nothing_o will_v be_v remain_v last_o because_o the_o fore-alledged_n word_n of_o lactantius_n be_v so_o usual_o bring_v against_o 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of_o god_n name_n be_v that_o token_n or_o symbol_n whereby_o he_o testify_v his_o covenant_n and_o commerce_n with_o man_n now_o although_o the_o arkâ—_n call_v the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n or_o testimony_n wherein_o lie_v the_o 4._o two_o table_n namely_o the_o book_n or_o article_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o manna_n the_o bread_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v afterward_o make_v for_o this_o purpose_n to_o be_v the_o stand_a memorial_n of_o god_n name_n and_o presence_n with_o his_o people_n yet_o can_v that_o be_v here_o either_o only_o or_o special_o aim_v at_o because_o when_o these_o word_n be_v speak_v it_o have_v no_o be_v nor_o be_v there_o yet_o any_o commandment_n give_v concern_v the_o make_n thereof_o wherefore_o the_o record_n here_o mention_v i_o understand_v with_o a_o more_o general_a reference_n to_o any_o memorial_n whereby_o god_n covenant_n and_o commerce_n with_o man_n be_v testify_v such_o as_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n immediate_o before_o speak_v of_o and_o 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