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operati_fw-la sunt_fw-la bonum_fw-la cum_fw-la possint_fw-la non_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la 71._o he_o autem_fw-la qui_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la operantur_fw-la judicium_fw-la justum_fw-la recipient_a dei_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la operati_fw-la bonum_fw-la 72._o cum_fw-la possint_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la item_n quoniam_fw-la omnes_fw-la sunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la retinere_fw-la &_o operari_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la rursum_fw-la amittere_fw-la id_fw-la &_o non_fw-la facere_fw-la justè_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la sensatos_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la alii_fw-la quidem_fw-la laudantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la testimonium_fw-la electionis_fw-la bonae_fw-la &_o perseverantiae_fw-la alii_fw-la verò_fw-la accusantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la damnum_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la justum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la reprobaverint_fw-la adhuc_fw-la quoniam_fw-la 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et_fw-la sicut_fw-la arida_fw-la terra_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la percipiat_fw-la humorem_fw-la non_fw-la fructificat_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o noâ—_n lignum_fw-la aridum_fw-la existentes_fw-la primum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fructificaremus_fw-la vitam_fw-la sine_fw-la supernâ_fw-la voluntariâ_fw-la pluviâ_fw-la i._n e._n spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la 3._o his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o age_n of_o christ_n be_v evident_o contrary_a to_o what_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o evangelist_n for_o thus_o say_v he_o omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la 39_o omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la â—um_fw-la rena_fw-la
for_o the_o benefit_n of_o posterity_n those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v hear_v and_o receive_v from_o the_o ancient_a presbyter_n in_o which_o book_n he_o remember_v melito_n irenaeus_n and_o certain_a other_o who_o exposition_n he_o insert_v and_o make_v use_v of_o 2._o a_o book_n thus_o entitle_v quis_fw-la dive_v salvetur_fw-la so_o eusebius_n or_o as_o jerom_n quisnam_fw-la dive_v ille_fw-la sit_fw-la apparat._n qui_fw-la salvetur_fw-la a_o treatise_n learned_o compose_v say_v nicephorus_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v peruse_v whence_o say_v possevine_a eusebius_n take_v that_o famous_a story_n of_o the_o young_a man_n by_o the_o apostle_n john_n recommend_v to_o the_o care_n of_o a_o certain_a bishop_n who_o afterward_o become_v very_o debauch_a and_o give_v himself_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o vice_n but_o be_v again_o by_o the_o same_o apostle_n in_o a_o admirable_a manner_n recall_v and_o recover_v who_o so_o list_n may_v read_v this_o story_n at_o large_a in_o eusebius_n liâ—_n 3._o cap._n 21._o 3._o his_o disputation_n of_o fast_v ibid._n which_o as_o also_o the_o follow_a nicephorus_n call_v homily_n honorius_n augusto_fw-la dunensis_fw-la divide_v the_o title_n but_o amiss_o set_v down_o as_o two_o distinct_a book_n 39_o de_fw-fr jojunio_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-fr disceptatione_n unus_fw-la contrary_a to_o jerome_n who_o catalogue_n with_o some_o other_o he_o epitomise_v trithemius_n also_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o same_o error_n 4._o de_fw-fr obtrectatione_n or_o of_o slander_n 5._o a_o exhortatory_n unto_o patience_n compose_v for_o such_o as_o be_v new_o baptize_v 6._o of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n or_o a_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o against_o those_o who_o follow_v the_o error_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 10._o he_o peculiar_o dedicate_v it_o unto_o alexander_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n trithemius_n and_o the_o centurist_n make_v these_o two_o distinct_a book_n wherein_o they_o may_v be_v presume_v to_o be_v mistake_v see_v herein_o they_o differ_v from_o eusebius_n and_o jerom_n the_o latter_a of_o the_o two_o the_o centurist_n entitle_v thus_o of_o those_o who_o in_o the_o scripture_n follow_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o jew_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eight_o book_n of_o disposition_n information_n or_o institution_n fetch_v the_o name_n haply_o from_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 13._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o he_o go_v over_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o scripture_n in_o a_o brief_a commentary_n or_o compendious_a explanation_n of_o they_o 111._o if_o not_o rather_o some_o special_a place_n of_o both_o testament_n the_o scope_n of_o the_o whole_a work_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o interpretation_n of_o genesis_n exodus_fw-la the_o psalm_n the_o epistle_n of_o paul_n and_o those_o call_v catholical_a and_o last_o of_o the_o book_n call_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la yea_o he_o omit_v not_o some_o of_o those_o that_o be_v apocryphal_a altogether_o and_o general_o reject_v clement_n viz._n the_o revelation_n under_o the_o name_n of_o peter_n and_o the_o epistle_n of_o barnabas_n heinsius_n give_v we_o this_o account_n of_o they_o these_o book_n say_v he_o as_o the_o inscription_n teach_v we_o do_v contain_v a_o institution_n or_o delineation_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christianity_n not_o so_o much_o methodical_a dogmatical_a and_o artificial_a as_o free_a and_o bind_v up_o or_o restrain_v by_o no_o rule_n for_o he_o interpret_v divers_a place_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n out_o of_o which_o without_o doubt_n he_o gather_v a_o body_n of_o doctrine_n 19_o the_o want_n of_o these_o book_n can_v be_v account_v any_o great_a loss_n if_o the_o report_n of_o photius_n concern_v they_o be_v a_o truth_n for_o say_v he_o although_o in_o some_o thing_n he_o seem_v to_o be_v orthodox_n and_o sound_n in_o his_o judgement_n yet_o in_o other_o he_o discourse_v altogether_o fabulous_o and_o impious_o as_o in_o assert_v the_o matter_n whereof_o the_o world_n be_v make_v to_o be_v eternal_a in_o rank_v christ_n among_o the_o number_n of_o thing_n create_v in_o mention_v with_o allowance_n and_o approbation_n the_o pythagorean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n and_o that_o many_o world_n be_v before_o adam_n that_o the_o word_n be_v not_o true_o make_v flesh_n but_o only_o seem_v so_o to_o be_v together_o with_o very_a many_o such_o like_a passage_n withal_o add_v as_o admire_v and_o amaze_v that_o such_o a_o one_o as_o clement_n shall_v be_v the_o author_n of_o they_o all_o which_o either_o he_o himself_o or_o else_o some_o other_o under_o his_o name_n blasphemous_o utter_v apparat_fw-la which_o latter_a say_v andrew_n schoâ—tus_n and_o possevine_n be_v the_o more_o likely_a for_o the_o arrian_n have_v corrupt_v his_o write_n as_o ruffian_n report_v in_o his_o apology_n for_o origen_n and_o the_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o his_o other_o book_n be_v more_o sound_n and_o orthodox_n 10._o beside_o these_o there_o be_v elsewhere_o mention_v of_o the_o follow_a treatise_n 8._o of_o the_o resurrection_n 9_o of_o continence_n 10._o of_o marriage_n of_o these_o three_o he_o himself_o speak_v in_o his_o book_n of_o strome_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o last_o in_o his_o paedagogus_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o where_o we_o have_v a_o summary_n of_o the_o content_n of_o it_o viz._n how_o the_o wife_n ought_v to_o live_v with_o her_o husband_n of_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o family_n the_o use_n of_o servant_n and_o what_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v do_v by_o she_o apart_o of_o the_o time_n of_o marriage_n and_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o appertain_v to_o woman_n 11._o sozomen_n say_v that_o he_o compile_v a_o history_n 1._o and_o indeed_o suidas_n make_v mention_n of_o one_o clemens_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o historian_n who_o write_v of_o the_o roman_a king_n and_o emperor_n but_o baronius_n suppose_v they_o mean_v not_o this_o but_o another_o clement_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o both_o speak_v of_o a_o clement_n indefinite_o without_o any_o addition_n of_o the_o alexandrian_a or_o otherwise_o 12._o many_o epistle_n 12._o 13._o he_o also_o promise_v a_o commentary_n upon_o genesis_n which_o according_o he_o clear_o and_o entire_o perform_v upon_o the_o whole_a book_n as_o some_o do_v affirm_v who_o herein_o say_v sixtus_n senensis_n i_o will_v neither_o give_v credit_n unto_o â—_o nor_o gainsay_v of_o the_o second_o sort_n of_o his_o book_n viz._n those_o remain_v and_o common_o receive_v at_o this_o day_n be_v only_o the_o three_o follow_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o admonition_n or_o exhortation_n unto_o the_o gentile_n cate-log_n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la libre_fw-la unus_fw-la say_v jerom._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o schoolmaster_n comprise_v in_o three_o book_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eight_o book_n of_o strome_n a_o work_n various_o weave_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o tapestry_n mix_v with_o testimony_n take_v out_o of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n as_o also_o poet_n philosopher_n and_o historian_n 33._o whence_o he_o get_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contextor_fw-la or_o the_o weaver_n he_o himself_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n and_o why_o these_o book_n be_v so_o entitle_v by_o he_o 4._o est_fw-la in_o exiguo_fw-la quidem_fw-la spacio_fw-la inquit_fw-la multa_fw-la genitalis_fw-la copia_fw-la semine_fw-la eorum_fw-la dogmotum_fw-la quae_fw-la comprehenduntur_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la opere_fw-la tanquam_fw-la agre_z omnibus_fw-la herbis_fw-la plenus_fw-la vnde_fw-la etiam_fw-la propriam_fw-la habent_fw-la inscriptionem_fw-la stromata_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n again_o permixtim_fw-la nobis_fw-la instar_fw-la prati_fw-la variata_fw-la est_fw-la stromatum_fw-la descriptio_fw-la 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o its_o proper_a and_o primitive_a signification_n the_o most_o learned_a casaubon_n give_v we_o this_o account_n 4._o solitos_fw-la veteres_fw-la stragulam_fw-la vestem_fw-la pellibus_fw-la involvere_fw-la &_o loris_fw-la constringere_fw-la etiam_fw-la jurisconsulti_fw-la testes_fw-la sunt_fw-la constat_fw-la autem_fw-la ex-veterum_a lectione_n &_o stragula_fw-la superiora_fw-la &_o involucrum_fw-la istud_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquiores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d recentiores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocarunt_fw-la varâ—â—s_fw-la coloribus_fw-la distincta_fw-la ferè_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ind_n translatae_fw-la eae_fw-la dictiones_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la significandas_fw-la varietate_fw-la ensign_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la fuit_fw-la piscis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dictus_fw-la ob_fw-la coloris_fw-la aurei_fw-la virgas_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la illius_fw-la corpus_fw-la productas_fw-la inquit_fw-la athenaeus_n lib._n 7._o similiter_fw-la &_o viri_fw-la docti_fw-la excerpta_fw-la sua_fw-la ex_fw-la variis_fw-la auctoribus_fw-la aut_fw-la propria_fw-la etiam_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la veterum_fw-la referta_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la soliti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appellare_fw-la ut_fw-la clemens_n alexandrinus_n etc._n etc._n those_o book_n and_o commentary_n say_v martianus_n victorinus_n man_n call_v stromata_n 65._o
himself_o give_v of_o his_o end_n in_o compile_v these_o book_n his_o word_n be_v as_o render_v in_o the_o parisian_a edition_n non_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la scriptura_fw-la artificiosè_fw-la comparata_fw-la ad_fw-la ostentationem_fw-la 1._o sed_fw-la mihi_fw-la ad_fw-la senectutem_fw-la reconduntur_fw-la monimenta_fw-la oblivionis_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la verè_fw-la image_n &_o adumbratio_fw-la evidentium_fw-la &_o animâ—tarum_fw-la illarum_fw-la orationum_fw-la quas_fw-la dignus_fw-la hahitus_fw-la sum_fw-la qui_fw-la audirem_fw-la &_o virorum_fw-la beatorum_fw-la quique_fw-la reverà _fw-la erant_fw-la maximi_fw-la precii_fw-la &_o aestimationis_fw-la 2._o the_o eight_o book_n of_o stromes_n be_v different_a from_o the_o rest_n 1._o in_o the_o bulk_n of_o it_o annotat_fw-la be_v short_a than_o the_o foregoing_a whence_o it_o appear_v not_o to_o be_v a_o entire_a book_n 2._o in_o the_o inscription_n thereof_o foâ—_n in_o some_o copy_n it_o have_v this_o title_n biblioth_n say_v photius_n quis_fw-la dive_v salveter_fw-la of_o which_o before_o and_o begin_v with_o these_o word_n qui_fw-la laudatorias_fw-la or_o ationes_fw-la in_o other_o copy_n it_o be_v thus_o inscribe_v stromatâ—n_n octavus_n as_o the_o other_o seven_o and_o begin_v with_o the_o same_o word_n which_o the_o now_o extant_a eight_o book_n do_v sed_fw-la neque_fw-la antiquissimi_fw-la philosophi_fw-la 3._o in_o the_o subject_n thereof_o or_o matter_n contain_v and_o handle_v in_o it_o for_o the_o seven_o precede_a book_n be_v altogether_o theological_a but_o this_o whole_o logical_a medul_n nihil_fw-la continet_fw-la inquit_fw-la scultetus_n theologicum_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la syllogismis_fw-la argumentisque_fw-la logicis_fw-la quasdam_fw-la praeceptiunculas_fw-la wherein_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n unsound_a though_o not_o so_o many_o as_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o institution_n annotat._n so_o far_o photius_n heinsius_n suppose_v that_o this_o may_v be_v a_o fragment_n take_v out_o of_o his_o institution_n to_o which_o some_o thing_n contain_v in_o they_o that_o be_v not_o sound_a do_v stick_v so_o that_o he_o conceive_v this_o book_n be_v long_o lose_v and_o that_o now_o a_o part_n of_o the_o institution_n have_v invade_v the_o place_n thereof_o which_o haply_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n 27._o wherefore_o freculphus_n reckon_v the_o book_n of_o strome_n to_o be_v but_o seven_o this_o i_o think_v good_a to_o intimate_v and_o so_o to_o leave_v it_o unto_o the_o discreet_a reader_n to_o judge_v and_o make_v what_o use_n of_o it_o he_o can_v that_o small_a commentary_n set_v forth_o by_o bigne_n which_o he_o call_v adumbrationes_fw-la or_o shadowing_n baronius_n give_v they_o the_o name_n of_o breves_fw-la notae_fw-la 24._o short_a note_n upon_o some_o of_o the_o catholical_a epistle_n viz._n the_o epistle_n of_o peter_n the_o epistle_n of_o jude_n and_o the_o first_o and_o second_o of_o john_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o give_v but_o 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