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it_o may_v seem_v of_o itself_o sufficient_a to_o silence_v all_o opposition_n except_o that_o of_o malice_n that_o can_v be_v make_v against_o it_o or_o against_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n indeed_o trypho_n the_o jew_n in_o his_o dispute_n with_o paris_n with_o justin_n martur_fw-la dialog_n cum_fw-la tryphon_n judaeo_n p._n 2668._o ed._n paris_n justin_n martyr_n assert_n that_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o expect_v their_o messiah_n to_o be_v god_n but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o express_v it_o but_o that_o he_o do_v not_o here_o speak_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o live_v before_o he_o be_v evident_a from_o what_o 1._o what_o dem._n evang._n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o eusebius_n declare_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v the_o same_o opinion_n with_o the_o christian_n concern_v christ_n divinity_n till_o they_o change_v it_o in_o direct_a opposition_n to_o the_o christian_n which_o give_v we_o a_o very_a good_a account_n of_o the_o reason_n why_o trypho_n and_o 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davidem_fw-la de_fw-la seipso_fw-la uti_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la expositum_fw-la not._n miscel_n in_o maimon_n c._n 8._o p._n 314._o one_o of_o they_o ingenious_o confess_v that_o all_o their_o doctor_n have_v expound_v it_o it_o of_o the_o messiah_n which_o he_o allow_v to_o be_v a_o clear_a explication_n of_o it_o but_o however_o that_o it_o will_v be_v more_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o they_o now_o to_o understand_v it_o as_o speak_v by_o david_n of_o himself_o and_o 315._o and_o doctores_fw-la nostri_fw-la exposuerunt_fw-la huius_fw-la psalmi_n significatum_fw-la de_fw-fr rege_fw-la messiah_n at_o prout_fw-la sonat_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la respondeatur_fw-la menaeis_n seu_fw-la hereticis_fw-la expedit_fw-la intepretari_fw-la ipsum_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la davide_n r._n salamo_fw-la jarchi_n p._n 315._o another_o of_o they_o also_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o psalm_n be_v constant_o interpret_v by_o their_o doctor_n to_o signify_v