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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n who_o will_v not_o admire_v to_o hear_v they_o call_v atheist_n who_o own_o god_n the_o father_n god_n the_o son_n god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n end_v his_o paedagogus_fw-la with_o very_o lively_a expression_n of_o this_o truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n to_o the_o only_a father_n son_n etc._n etc._n with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n all_o in_o one_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v testimony_n of_o the_o same_o importance_n in_o tertullian_n cyprian_n lactantius_n all_o these_o with_o many_o other_o agree_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v three_o which_o participate_v of_o the_o deity_n and_o that_o one_o of_o they_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o rest_n from_o whence_o it_o inevitable_o follow_v that_o they_o must_v be_v personal_o distinct_a the_o fountain_n and_o the_o stream_n be_v always_o different_a one_o from_o the_o other_o indeed_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n speak_v in_o the_o 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