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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o the_o pagan_n in_o eusebius_n away_o with_o these_o atheist_n for_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n even_o with_o heathen_n to_o execute_v a_o atheist_n socr._n for_o plato_n tell_v that_o this_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o socrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o think_v that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n and_o for_o that_o he_o die_v and_o upon_o the_o same_o supposition_n of_o atheism_n how_o false_a soever_o it_o be_v do_v the_o heathen_n think_v it_o a_o very_a pious_a work_n to_o kill_v the_o christian_n too_o second_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n be_v think_v to_o be_v public_a enemy_n to_o the_o civil_a government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o upon_o that_o score_n be_v judge_v unfit_a to_o live_v any_o long_o in_o it_o 118._o s._n austin_n indeed_o may_v well_o demand_v quid_fw-la christiani_n laeserant_fw-la regna_fw-la terrena_fw-la what_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n the_o worse_a for_o the_o christian_a faith_n that_o they_o shall_v prove_v such_o 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