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people_n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o have_v the_o case_n of_o one_o cresconius_n a_o bishop_n who_o leave_v his_o own_o and_o invade_v another_o church_n and_o upon_o a_o remand_n from_o the_o council_n refuse_v to_o return_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o country_n be_v petition_v and_o his_o secular_a arm_n which_o alone_o have_v a_o coercive_a power_n over_o man_n person_n send_v he_o back_o again_o according_a to_o the_o constitution_n imperial_a council_n carthag_n can._n 52._o just_a such_o another_o case_n as_o that_o of_o paulus_n samosetanus_n in_o the_o day_n of_o aurelian_a the_o emperor_n abovementioned_a and_o the_o course_n of_o proceed_n we_o see_v be_v the_o same_o now_o as_o then_o both_o in_o church_n and_o state_n as_o that_o law_n may_v be_v make_v to_o restrain_v such_o as_o be_v flee_v to_o the_o church_n for_o refuge_n can._n 60._o that_o the_o riot_n and_o excess_n be_v take_v away_o on_o their_o festival_n which_o draw_v man_n to_o gentilism_n again_o by_o the_o 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sancto_fw-la profecta_fw-la as_o tertullian_n apol._n c._n 30._o and_o it_o be_v prayer_n out_o of_o a_o chaste_a body_n a_o innocent_a mind_n and_o a_o holy_a soul_n be_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o fat_a thing_n qui_fw-la justitiam_fw-la deo_fw-la libat_fw-la qui_fw-la fraudibus_fw-la abstinet_fw-la propitiat_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la hominem_fw-la periculo_fw-la surripit_fw-la opimam_fw-la victimam_fw-la caedit_fw-la haec_fw-la nostra_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la haec_fw-la dei_fw-la sacra_fw-la sunt_fw-la as_o minutius_n foelix_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o justin_n martyr_n respon_n ad_fw-la quaest_n 101._o ad_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la or_o whoever_o be_v the_o author_n call_v the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gospel_n in_o the_o prophecy_n or_o pre-published_n and_o the_o gospel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n fulfil_v or_o in_o its_o completion_n origen_n call_v the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o flesh_n of_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 1._o ed._n spencer_n and_o divide_v the_o scripture_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o body_n and_o soul_n and_o spirit_n the_o body_n as_o to_o the_o jew_n the_o soul_n to_o christian_n and_o the_o spirit_n relate_v to_o life_n eternal_a and_o again_o that_o there_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o the_o jew_n understand_v not_o lib._n 2._o adv_n celsum_fw-la nova_fw-la veteris_fw-la adimpletio_fw-la so_o lactantius_n l._n 4._o and_o tertullian_n say_v l._n 4._o adv_n martion_n that_o the_o earthly_a promise_n of_o wine_n and_o oil_n and_o corn_n in_o spiritualia_fw-la figurari_fw-la à _fw-la creatore_fw-la do_v prefigure_v spiritual_a thing_n in_o illa_fw-la vmbram_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la veritatem_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la the_o law_n be_v the_o shadow_n the_o gospel_n be_v the_o truth_n so_o st._n jerome_n in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o 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