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blood_n be_v a_o most_o barbarous_a and_o flagitious_a crime_n but_o they_o prove_v themselves_o innocent_a they_o abominate_v the_o very_a thought_n of_o any_o such_o detestable_a practice_n and_o in_o all_o their_o apology_n they_o declare_v their_o utter_a abhorrence_n thereof_o so_o justin_n martyr_n in_o the_o age_n next_o to_o the_o apostle_n then_o tatian_n after_o he_o athenagoras_n and_o theophilus_n octavio_n justin_n martyr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o apolog._n 2._o tatian_n orat._n count_v graec._n p._n 162._o athenagor_n legate_n pro_fw-la christian_n p._n 4._o 35_o 36._o etc._n etc._n theophil_n ad_fw-la autol._n lib._n 3_o p._n 119._o 126._o tertullian_n apologet._n cap._n 9_o origen_n count_v cell_n l._n 6._o p._n 302._o minut._n felix_n in_o octavio_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n after_o these_o tertullian_n after_o he_o origen_n and_o after_o he_o minutus_fw-la faelix_fw-la for_o a_o hundred_o year_n together_o be_v autolyc_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n theop._n add_v autolyc_a the_o primitive_a christian_n busy_a in_o vindicate_v themselves_o from_o that_o atheistical_a and_o savage_a practice_n as_o theophilus_n call_v it_o of_o eat_v man_n flesh_n and_o to_o make_v this_o evident_o appear_v the_o ancient_a christian_n do_v appeal_v to_o their_o very_a enemy_n who_o can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o some_o christian_n be_v wont_a to_o refrain_v from_o all_o flesh_n whatsoever_o that_o none_o of_o they_o will_v taste_v of_o that_o which_o be_v strangle_v or_o which_o be_v destroy_v 9_o tantum_n ab_fw-la humano_fw-la sanguine_fw-la cavemus_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la edulium_fw-la pecorum_fw-la in_o cibis_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la noverimus_fw-la minut._n fellix_fw-la p._n 34._o denique_fw-la inter_fw-la tentament_n a_o christianorum_fw-la botulos_fw-la cruore_fw-la distentos_fw-la admovetis_fw-la certissimi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la illicitum_fw-la esse_fw-la penes_fw-la illos_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertull._n apol._n c._n
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not_o 6._o mat._n 6._o unto_o you_o say_v he_o treasure_n upon_o earth_n will_v we_o thereby_o rather_o to_o set_v our_o mind_n upon_o heavenly_a treasure_n which_o ever_o endure_v than_o upon_o earthly_a treasure_n which_o by_o many_o sundry_a occasion_n perish_v and_o be_v take_v away_o from_o we_o and_o yet_o worldly_a treasure_n must_v needs_o be_v have_v and_o possess_v of_o some_o man_n as_o the_o person_n time_n and_o occasion_n do_v serve_v likewise_o 10._o mat._n 10._o he_o say_v when_o you_o be_v bring_v before_o king_n and_o prince_n think_v not_o what_o and_o how_o you_o shall_v answer_v not_o will_v we_o by_o this_o negative_a that_o we_o shall_v negligent_o and_o unadvised_o answer_v we_o care_v not_o what_o but_o that_o we_o shall_v depend_v of_o our_o heavenly_a father_n trust_v that_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n he_o will_v sufficient_o instruct_v we_o of_o answer_n rather_o than_o to_o trust_v of_o any_o answer_n to_o be_v devise_v by_o our_o wit_n and_o study_n and_o 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