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and_o raise_v up_o godly_a man_n of_o a_o undaunted_a spirit_n not_o fear_v trouble_n to_o maintain_v the_o truth_n as_o atha_n alexander_n of_o constan._n  _fw-fr osius_n bishop_n of_o corduba_n paphnutius_fw-la spiridion_n basil_n and_o many_o other_o cite_v by_o lu._n osiand_n in_o those_o troublesome_a time_n under_o arian_n emperor_n and_o among_o furious_o rage_v heretic_n socrat_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 18._o 25._o l._n 4._o 21._o niceph._n atha_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la solitariam_fw-la vitam_fw-la agentes_fw-la histor_n magd._n cent_n 4._o ruffi_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o theod._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o in_o epit._n cent_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o cent_n 4._o 7._o this_o angel_n be_v foretell_v of_o imprisonment_n and_o persecution_n by_o the_o devil_n but_o yet_o the_o persecution_n shall_v not_o continue_v long_o 7._o this_o come_v to_o pass_v under_o constance_n and_o valens_n the_o arian_n emperor_n lead_v by_o satan_n to_o practice_v and_o to_o permit_v to_o be_v practise_v all_o cruelty_n 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