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which_o calvin_n and_o the_o centurist_n have_v write_v that_o the_o ancient_a church_n do_v err_v in_o many_o thing_n as_o touch_v limbo_n free_a will_n merit_n of_o work_n etc._n etc._n chemnitius_n in_o exam._n conc_fw-fr try_v pa._n 200._o most_o of_o the_o father_n do_v not_o dispute_v but_o avouch_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o martyr_n hear_v the_o petition_n of_o those_o who_o pray_v to_o they_o they_o go_v to_o the_o monument_n of_o martyr_n and_o invocate_v martyr_n by_o name_n d._n fulk_n in_o his_o confutation_n of_o purgatory_n grant_v tertullian_n cyprian_n hierome_n augustine_n do_v witness_n that_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n yea_o in_o his_o retentive_a say_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a prevail_v within_o the_o first_o 300._o year_n and_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o a_o counterfeit_a catholic_n that_o pope_n victor_n in_o the_o second_o age_n do_v practice_v supremacy_n in_o the_o church_n the_o centurist_n do_v reprehend_v 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doctor_n and_o parstor_n of_o that_o age_n be_v in_o this_o manner_n of_o blindness_n say_v they_o reckon_v out_o in_o this_o number_n s._n cyprian_n theophilus_n tertullian_n origen_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n justine_n irenaeus_n athenagoras_n tatianus_n etc._n etc._n as_o do_v also_o abraham_n scultetus_n with_o they_o yea_o doctor_n humphrey_n in_o his_o jesuitism_n pa._n 2._o and_o else_o where_o eccl._n c._n 15._o say_v it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o s._n irenaeus_n s._n clement_n and_o other_o father_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o age_n call_v apostolick_v for_o that_o they_o be_v disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o immediate_o follow_v they_o have_v in_o their_o write_n the_o opinion_n of_o free_a will_n and_o merit_n of_o work_n the_o cenâ—ury_n writer_n and_o scultetus_n tax_n for_o the_o same_o clement_n of_o alexandria_n s._n cyprian_n justin_n martyr_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o three_o century_n they_o say_v origen_n make_v good_a work_n the_o cause_n of_o 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