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angel_n or_o spirit_n so_o that_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n reward_n and_o punishment_n after_o this_o life_n etc._n etc._n be_v deny_v in_o those_o day_n by_o the_o textuary_n act._n 23.6.8_o they_o think_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o temperament_n of_o heterogeneous_a part_n constitute_v the_o body_n they_o deny_v that_o god_n exercise_v his_o providence_n or_o take_v any_o knowledge_n of_o evil_a in_o this_o world_n they_o advance_v freewill_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o antecedent_n necessity_n and_o fate_n nay_o it_o be_v say_v they_o be_v total_o epicurean_o deny_v all_o manner_n of_o providence_n and_o so_o be_v call_v in_o the_o jewish_a writer_n the_o existence_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n person_n be_v indubitable_o deny_v by_o they_o if_o not_o by_o all_o the_o jew_n under_o such_o a_o notion_n as_o in_o the_o controversy_n betwixt_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n the_o former_a do_v avow_v three_o subsistence_n tres_fw-fr hypostasis_n but_o deny_v the_o trinity_n of_o person_n which_o the_o latin_n avow_v it_o be_v general_o teach_v also_o that_o the_o receive_v only_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o reject_v the_o prophet_n of_o which_o daniel_n be_v at_o this_o day_n not_o account_v canonical_a but_o only_o as_o a_o sacred_a writer_n toleration_n i_o leave_v it_o as_o dubious_a whether_o they_o admit_v more_o than_o the_o pentaâ—uch_n he_o that_o shall_v with_o pâ—tavius_n upon_o epiphanius_n p._n 28_o prove_v they_o reject_v the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o b_o ble_fw-fr will_v much_o enlarge_v toleration_n hagiographus_n among_o the_o jew_n but_o this_o be_v not_o relate_v of_o they_o by_o the_o jewish_a writer_n nor_o by_o luke_n in_o the_o act_n though_o jerome_n zacharias_n chrisopolitanus_fw-la and_o tertullian_n record_v it_o of_o they_o and_o that_o upon_o this_o score_n christ_n prove_v the_o resurrection_n to_o they_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n scaliger_n against_o serrarius_n prove_v by_o sundry_a 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