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as_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o forenamed_a father_n they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v as_o follower_n tertullian_n adversus_fw-la iudaeos_fw-la and_o lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la augustin_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o c._n 2._o ambrose_n in_o 2_o thess_n 2._o beda_n and_o oecumenius_n in_o 1._o pet._n cap._n ult._n out_o of_o which_o place_n by_o peter_n writing_n from_o babylon_n which_o the_o romanist_n themselves_o expound_v to_o be_v rome_n 5.13_o they_o will_v prove_v that_o peter_n be_v aâ—rome_n for_o so_o lyra_n and_o cajetan_n expound_v that_o place_n as_o also_o bellarmin_n and_o baronius_n romam_fw-la the_o jesuit_n also_o viega_n speak_v thus_o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la in_fw-la his_fw-la capitibus_fw-la de_fw-la babylone_fw-la commemorantur_fw-la in_fw-la romam_fw-la urbem_fw-la aptissime_fw-la quadrant_a that_o be_v all_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o babylon_n in_o these_o chapter_n most_o fit_o agree_v to_o the_o city_n of_o 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