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cure_v the_o weak_a and_o lame_a and_o paralytic_v and_o those_o that_o labour_n under_o any_o other_o malady_n be_v a_o thing_n frequent_a in_o the_o church_n faith_n ireneus_fw-la and_o 80._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig_n in_o celsum_n l._n 1._o p._n 34._o &_o rursus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n l._n 2._o p._n 80._o origen_n give_v we_o his_o own_o experience_n of_o it_o in_o these_o word_n we_o oft_o have_v see_v the_o people_n by_o the_o christian_n free_v from_o ecstasy_n and_o madness_n and_o from_o a_o 1000_o other_o dreadful_a symptom_n and_o calamity_n from_o which_o nor_o man_n nor_o devil_n can_v recover_v they_o and_o they_o at_o present_a heal_n by_o invocation_n of_o christ_n name_n whence_o 3_o we_o may_v note_v that_o general_o those_o disease_n be_v incurable_a by_o all_o the_o power_n of_o humane_a art_n and_o all_o assistance_n of_o heathen_a deity_n or_o any_o other_o name_n than_o that_o of_o jesus_n thus_o 29._o thus_o et_fw-la quoniam_fw-la beneficia_fw-la salutis_fw-la datae_fw-la aliorum_fw-la numinum_fw-la comparatis_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la quot_fw-la millia_fw-la vultis_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la debilium_fw-la ostendi_fw-la quot_fw-la tabificis_fw-la afectos_fw-la morbis_fw-la nullam_fw-la omnino_fw-la retulisse_fw-la medicinam_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la supplices_fw-la irent_fw-la templa_fw-la cum_fw-la deorum_fw-la ante_fw-la ara_fw-la prostrati_fw-la limina_fw-la ipsa_fw-la converrerent_fw-la osculis_fw-la cum_fw-la aesculapium_fw-la ipsum_fw-la datcrem_fw-la ut_fw-la praedicant_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la quoad_fw-la illis_fw-la superfuit_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o precibus_fw-la fatigarent_fw-la &_o inuitarent_fw-la miserrimis_fw-la votis_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la prodest_fw-la oftendere_fw-la unum_fw-la aut_fw-la alterum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la curatos_fw-la cum_fw-la tot_fw-la millibus_fw-la subvenerit_fw-la nemo_fw-la arnob._n l._n 1._o p._n 29._o arnobius_n and_o since_o you_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o bring_v the_o petty_a cure_n of_o the_o heathen_a deity_n into_o contest_v with_o christ_n how_o many_o thousand_o shall_v we_o instance_n in_o who_o have_v in_o vain_a repair_v to_o their_o temple_n and_o what_o do_v it_o avail_v to_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o good_a success_n of_o two_o or_o three_o when_o the_o complaint_n of_o thousand_o speak_v their_o want_n of_o power_n to_o assist_v the_o needy_a as_o for_o the_o 20_o ejection_n of_o devil_n both_o out_o of_o man_n and_o beast_n 334._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o celsum_n l._n 7._o p._n 334._o and_o place_n where_o they_o do_v reside_v that_o this_o be_v do_v etiam_fw-la à _fw-la rusticis_fw-la christianis_fw-la as_o arnob._n or_o by_o the_o rude_a and_o most_o simple_a christian_n as_o origen_n we_o have_v the_o frequent_a attestation_n of_o all_o the_o record_n of_o christianity_n through_o divers_a century_n and_o their_o apology_n unto_o the_o heathen_a world_n all_o which_o abound_v in_o frequent_a mention_n of_o this_o thing_n moreover_o they_o do_v often_o urge_v solicit_v and_o 21_o provoke_v their_o adversary_n in_o their_o apology_n and_o disputation_n with_o they_o to_o try_v the_o truth_n of_o their_o assertion_n and_o make_v their_o 22_o sense_n judge_v of_o what_o they_o do_v pretend_v to_o they_o do_v 23_o appeal_n to_o their_o own_o conscience_n and_o knowledge_n of_o it_o and_o tell_v they_o that_o many_o 24_o hundred_o be_v still_o live_v of_o their_o own_o superstition_n as_o well_o as_o christian_a proselyte_n who_o by_o their_o personal_a experience_n can_v attest_v it_o they_o offer_v upon_o 25_o pain_n of_o death_n and_o loss_n of_o all_o that_o can_v be_v dera_fw-mi unto_o they_o not_o only_o to_o eject_v those_o very_a demon_n they_o invoke_v but_o make_v they_o confess_v that_o 26_o they_o be_v cheat_n and_o own_o themselves_o to_o be_v but_o devil_n they_o public_o declare_v that_o by_o their_o presence_n only_o they_o can_v stop_v 28_o mouth_n of_o oracle_n and_o put_v to_o flight_v their_o god_n or_o render_v they_o unable_a to_o assist_v the_o priest_n 3._o see_v note_n in_o chap._n 2._o num._n 1._o 2._o 3._o that_o