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tradition_n which_o they_o call_v apostolic_a as_o the_o old_a doctor_n do_v testify_v and_o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n 24_o chap._n 15._o ver_fw-la 24._o luke_n séemth_n to_o touch_v the_o like_a 13_o and_o paul_n in_o 2._o corint_fw-la chap._n 11._o verse_n 13._o say_v that_o the_o old_a heretic_n be_v wont_v false_o to_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o exhort_v the_o thessalonian_o 2_o cha_n 2._o ver_fw-la 2._o not_o to_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v seduce_v from_o y_z e_z faith_n neither_o by_o word_n neither_o yet_o by_o epistle_n as_o come_v say_v he_o from_o we_o the_o which_o last_o word_n i_o do_v not_o so_o restrain_v unto_o this_o word_n epistle_n but_o refer_v it_o unto_o that_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v deceive_v by_o word_n for_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o the_o heretic_n will_v often_o time_n boast_v that_o they_o have_v hear_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o do_v 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