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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la orig._n hom._n 11._o in_o ex._n hom._n 7._o in_o leu._n euseb_n l._n 6._o c._n 19_o 11_o in_o the_o objection_n of_o their_o adversary_n to_o who_o perusal_n the_o scripture_n be_v permit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n apol._n 2._o p._n 82._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tryph._n dial_n inspice_fw-la dei_fw-la voces_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la quas_fw-la neque_fw-la ipsi_fw-la supprimimus_fw-la &_o plerique_fw-la casus_fw-la ad_fw-la extraneos_fw-la transferunt_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 31._o 12_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n receive_v they_o for_o such_o non_fw-fr per_fw-la alios_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la salutis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la evangelium_fw-la pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la praeconiaverunt_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la in_o scripture_n nobis_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n st_o peter_n shadow_n heal_v all_o that_o be_v afflict_v with_o evil_a spirit_n throughout_o all_o jerusalem_n and_o all_o the_o city_n round_o about_o it_o their_o very_a sepulcher_n be_v instrumental_a to_o the_o work_n of_o so_o many_o and_o such_o apparent_a miracle_n that_o as_o their_o enemy_n be_v force_v to_o confess_v they_o so_o christian_n do_v often_o 14_o plead_v they_o with_o the_o great_a confidence_n they_o be_v such_o as_o conquer_a and_o amaze_v the_o conjurer_n 19_o act_n 19.18_o 19_o such_o as_o prevail_v with_o the_o magician_n to_o burn_v their_o book_n and_o make_v confession_n of_o their_o practice_n and_o own_o that_o doctrine_n though_o with_o the_o hazard_n of_o their_o life_n which_o pronounce_v they_o guilty_a of_o contract_v with_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n 3_o these_o wonder_n be_v perform_v by_o christian_n throughout_o all_o place_n of_o the_o world_n in_o which_o the_o gospel_n do_v obtain_v and_o flourish_v st_n 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greges_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a etiamnum_fw-la ab_fw-la epicureis_n cic._n de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr l._n 1._o numen_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n praep._n eu._n l._n 14._o c._n 5._o 106_o hence_o they_o take_v up_o with_o carnal_a pleasure_n nec_fw-la equidem_fw-la habeo_fw-la quod_fw-la intelligam_fw-la bonum_fw-la illud_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la voluptales_fw-la quae_fw-la sapore_fw-la percipiuntur_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la auditu_fw-la &_o cantibus_fw-la detrahens_fw-la eas_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la formis_fw-la percipiuntur_fw-la oculis_fw-la suaves_fw-fr mentiones_fw-la five_o quae_fw-la aliae_fw-la voluptales_fw-la gignuntur_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la homine_fw-la quolibet_fw-la è_fw-la sensu_fw-la quae_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la sententia_fw-la sunt_fw-la totusque_fw-la libre_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi refertus_fw-la &_o sententiis_fw-la &_o verbis_fw-la talibus_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n tusc_n 3_o de_fw-mi epicuro_fw-la et_fw-la rursus_fw-la nam_fw-la singo_fw-la num_fw-la mentior_fw-la cupio_fw-la refelli_fw-la istam_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la epicurus_n ignorat_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la testificatur_fw-la ne_fw-la intelligere_fw-la quidem_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la ullum_fw-la bonum_fw-la praeter_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la cibo_fw-la aut_fw-la potione_fw-la &_o aurium_fw-la delectatione_n &_o obscena_fw-la voluptate_fw-la capiatur_fw-la an_fw-mi haec_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la non_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr bon_fw-fr l._n 2._o de_fw-fr n._n d._n l._n 1._o non_fw-la id_fw-la semel_fw-la dicit_fw-la sed_fw-la saepius_fw-la annuere_fw-la te_fw-la video_fw-la nota_fw-la enim_fw-la tibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la proferrem_fw-la libros_fw-la si_fw-la negare_n his_o gemina_fw-la habes_fw-la apud_fw-la athen._n deipnos_fw-la l._n 12._o c._n 12._o laert._n l._n 10._o p._n 710._o plutarch_n moral_a p._n 1098._o 107_o hold_v they_o the_o chief_a good_a plerique_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la cic._n the_o div_o l._n 2._o &_o the_o fin_n bon_fw-fr l._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n adv_fw-la colotem_fw-la p._n 1125._o vide_fw-la laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 54._o ed._n st._n cic._n de_fw-fr n._n d._n 108_o socrates_n first_o introduce_v it_o into_o family_n ab_fw-la antiqua_fw-la philosophia_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la socratem_n numeri_fw-la motusque_fw-la tractabantur_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la omne_fw-la orirentur_fw-la quove_n recederent_fw-la studioseque_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la syderum_fw-la magnitudines_fw-la intervalla_fw-la cursus_fw-la inquirebantur_fw-la &_o cunct_a a_o caelestia_fw-la socrates_n autem_fw-la primus_fw-la philosophiam_fw-la devocavit_fw-la è_fw-la coelo_fw-la &_o in_o urbibus_fw-la collocavit_fw-la &_o coegit_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o moribus_fw-la rebusque_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la quaerere_fw-la cic._n tusc_n qu._n l._n 5._o &_o l._n 3._o 109_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o just_a or_o unjust_a in_o itself_o but_o as_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n make_v it_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot_n eth._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyrrho_fw-la apud_fw-la laert._n p._n 262._o huius_fw-la sententiae_fw-la erant_fw-la archelaus_n laert._n l._n 2._o p._n 37._o cyrenaici_n ib._n theodorii_n p._n 57_o aristippus_n p._n 55._o pyrrho_fw-mi p._n 252._o epicur_fw-fr us_o p._n 302._o vide_fw-la sext._n empir_n adv_fw-la math._n p._n 450._o 110_o the_o example_n and_o worship_n of_o their_o deity_n do_v give_v encouragement_n unto_o the_o lewd_a action_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr rep._n l._n 2._o vide_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o nazianz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 77._o 111_o porphyry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n ad_fw-la anebonem_fw-la apud_fw-la theod._n ser_n 3._o p._n 48._o 112_o amelius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la theodoret._n de_fw-fr cur_n gr._n off_o serm_n 2._o p._n 33._o 113_o a_o heathen_a emperor_n as_o to_o be_v write_v clamabat_fw-la saepius_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la sive_fw-la judaeis_n sive_fw-la christianis_fw-la audierat_fw-la &_o tenebat_fw-la idque_fw-la per_fw-la praeconem_fw-la quum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la emendaret_fw-la dici_fw-la jubebat_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alteri_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la quam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la dilexit_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o in_fw-la palatio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la publicis_fw-la operibus_fw-la praescribi_fw-la juberet_fw-la aelius_n lamp_n de_fw-la alex._n severo_fw-la hist_n august_n leyd_n ed._n p._n 577._o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o content_n prolegomena_n in_o order_n to_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o lord_n 1._o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o attest_v the_o thing_n 2._o this_o attestation_n can_v not_o be_v a_o bare-faced_n and_o notorious_a lie_n arg._n 1._o from_o the_o testimony_n arg._n 2._o from_o these_o 3_o consideration_n 1._o that_o our_o saviour_n body_n do_v not_o continue_v in_o the_o sepulchre_n when_o they_o proclaim_v he_o rise_v 2._o that_o his_o disciple_n do_v not_o convey_v his_o body_n thence_o nor_o 3_o be_v that_o do_v by_o any_o other_o person_n who_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o christ_n and_o no_o affection_n for_o he_o arg._n 3._o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o person_n testify_v and_o thus_o we_o have_v dispatch_v our_o demonstration_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n we_o now_o proceed_v unto_o that_o article_n of_o it_o from_o which_o we_o may_v infer_v the_o rest_n viz._n the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n which_o that_o we_o may_v conclude_v with_o great_a evidence_n we_o premise_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o attest_v the_o thing_n the_o prediction_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n own_a by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o all_o their_o vain_a endeavour_n to_o prevent_v what_o he_o foretell_v touch_v his_o resurrection_n the_o expectation_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o that_o abundant_a satisfaction_n which_o they_o find_v in_o this_o particular_a the_o early_a record_n of_o the_o christian_n story_n and_o symbol_n of_o his_o faith_n which_o every_o where_o inculcate_v it_o all_o these_o give_v in_o a_o full_a assurance_n of_o this_o truth_n nay_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v defer_v beyond_o that_o period_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v fix_v how_o impossible_a have_v it_o be_v to_o have_v cajold_v the_o world_n into_o so_o firm_a and_o steadfast_a a_o belief_n of_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n to_o have_v hold_v up_o the_o droop_a spirit_n &_o baffle_a hope_n of_o his_o disciple_n or_o to_o have_v keep_v the_o insult_a jew_n from_o give_v visible_a demonstration_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o their_o pretension_n or_o from_o cry_v out_o of_o the_o imposture_n can_v his_o disciple_n be_v assure_v of_o his_o resurrection_n by_o frequent_a apparition_n of_o he_o and_o not_o endeavour_v to_o acquaint_v the_o world_n with_o what_o so_o much_o concern_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o prediction_n and_o their_o hope_n &_o which_o be_v of_o so_o great_a importance_n to_o mankind_n and_o can_v not_o be_v neglect_v by_o the_o disciple_n of_o our_o lord_n &_o they_o be_v faithful_a unto_o the_o commission_n which_o they_o pretend_v or_o can_v they_o be_v so_o quick_a &_o nimble_a to_o convey_v his_o body_n from_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o yet_o their_o tongue_n be_v backward_o to_o proclaim_v he_o rise_v will_v interest_n or_o reason_n suffer_v they_o to_o