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out_o of_o s._n cyril_n of_o alex._n lib._n 5._o contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la pag._n 180._o where_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o iulian_n god_n apollo_n be_v consult_v what_o nation_n be_v the_o wise_a the_o oracle_n answer_v the_o chaldaean_n for_o philosophy_n or_o natural_a learning_n but_o the_o jew_n who_o adore_v only_o one_o god_n &_o king_n for_o divinity_n as_o the_o poliglot_n paraphrase_n the_o oracle_n sense_n prolog_n 12._o pag._n 82._o this_o oracle_n be_v also_o cite_v by_o justinus_n m._n paraen_n p._n 23._o &_o theodoret_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr curan_n graec._n affect_v pag._n 472._o where_o he_o bring_v porphyrius_n own_v the_o oracle_n three_o out_o of_o father_n we_o can_v desire_n abetter_v witness_n of_o the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o pagan_n &_o the_o point_n dispute_v betwint_v they_o &_o christian_n they_o tertullian_n who_o very_o probable_o have_v be_v one_o himself_o at_o least_o have_v converse_v with_o their_o person_n &_o writing_n what_o i_o cite_v here_o out_o of_o he_o be_v the_o more_o to_o be_v value_v because_o s._n cyprian_n use_v the_o same_o argument_n lib._n the_o idol_n vanit_fw-la pag._n 207._o now_o tertullian_n lib._n de_fw-la testimonio_fw-la animae_fw-la c._n 2._o non_fw-la placemus_fw-la dominum_fw-la praedicantes_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomine_fw-la unico_fw-la unicum_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la quo_fw-la universa_fw-la dic_fw-la testimonium_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la scis_fw-la nam_fw-la te_fw-la quoque_fw-la palam_fw-la &_o totâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la nobis_fw-la domi_fw-la ac_fw-la foris_fw-la audimus_fw-la it_o a_o pronunciare_n quod_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la deus_fw-la voluerit_fw-la eâ_fw-la voce_fw-la &_o aliqueme_v esse_fw-la significas_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la illi_fw-la confiteris_fw-la 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jupiter_n mars_n etc._n etc._n for_o thou_o profess_v to_o believe_v one_o who_o thou_o call_v god_n of_o thyself_o &_o when_o thou_o give_v that_o name_n to_o other_o thou_o use_v borrow_v notion_n again_o apolog._n 17._o pag._n 47._o quod_fw-la colimus_fw-la deus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la this_o be_v the_o christian_n position_n against_o pagan_n weadore_n only_o one_o god_n and._n p._n 48._o vultis_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vultis_fw-la ex_fw-la animae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la testimonio_fw-la comprobemus_fw-la quae_fw-la licet_fw-la carcere_fw-la corporis_fw-la pressa_fw-la licet_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la pravis_fw-la circumscripta_fw-la licet_fw-la libidinibus_fw-la &_o concupiscentiis_fw-la evigorata_fw-la licet_fw-la diis_fw-la falsis_fw-la exancillata_n cùm_fw-la tamen_fw-la resipiscit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la crapulâ_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la somno_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la valetudine_fw-la &_o sanitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la patitur_fw-la deum_fw-la 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naturalis_fw-la sermo_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr christiani_n confitentis_fw-la oratio_fw-la i_o hear_v the_o people_n call_v upon_o god_n name_v only_o one_o be_v these_o word_n the_o speech_n of_o pagan_a or_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n of_o a_o christian_a here_o i_o think_v i_o see_v e._n s._n triumph_v as_o find_v what_o destroy_v my_o conclusion_n in_o the_o forego_v word_n which_o show_v that_o all_o the_o people_n believe_v one_o god_n but_o i_o answer_v that_o all_o express_v that_o belief_n in_o it_o heir_n indeliberate_a action_n &_o deliberate_o act_v contrary_a &_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d condemn_v by_o their_o own_o judgement_n let_v we_o hear_v tertullian_n l._n de_fw-la testim_fw-la animae_fw-la c._n 6._o p._n 126._o meritò_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la rea_fw-la &_o testis_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la tantùm_fw-la rea_fw-la erroris_fw-la in_fw-la quantùm_fw-la testis_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o stabit_fw-la ante_fw-la aulas_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la nihil_fw-la habens_fw-la dicere_fw-la deum_fw-la praedicabas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la requirebas_fw-la daemonia_fw-la abominabaris_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la adorabas_fw-la judicium_fw-la dei_fw-la appellabas_fw-la necesse_fw-la credbas_fw-la inferna_fw-la supplicia_fw-la praesumebas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la praecavebas_fw-la christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la sapiebas_fw-la &_o christianum_fw-la persequebaris_fw-la wherefore_o every_o soul_n be_v deserve_o guilfy_a &_o witness_v against_o herself_o the_o more_o guilty_a of_o her_o error_n because_o she_o be_v witness_n of_o the_o truth_n she_o will_v in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n stand_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n &_o have_v not_o one_o word_n to_o say_v for_o herself_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v reproach_v to_o she_o trou_fw-fr didstspeake_v of_o god_n &_o do_v not_o seek_v he_o thou_o hate_v the_o devil_n &_o do_v adore_v he_o thou_o do_v appeal_v to_o god_n judgement_n without_o believe_v it_o thou_o do_v speak_v of_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d ithout_n endeavour_v to_o avoid_v they_o thou_o have_v in_o thy_o hart_n that_o great_a christian_a truth_n that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n yet_o thou_o do_v persecute_v christias_n for_o profess_v it_o common_o the_o father_n labour_n to_o prove_v the_o unity_n of_o a_o god_n against_o the_o pagan_n so_o do_v justinus_n m._n athenagoras_n minut._n felix_n s._n cyril_n &_o other_o to_o what_o purpose_n that_o if_o all_o believe_v it_o origen_n l._n 1._o cont_n cell_n p._n 5._o reduce_v the_o dispute_n against_o pagan_n to_o two_o head_n idol_n &_o politheisme_n i_o end_v with_o lactantius_n firmianus_n l._n 1._o divin_fw-fr instit_fw-la c._n 1._o pag_n 8._o say_v to_o constantin_n the_o great_a tu_fw-la primus_fw-la romanorum_fw-la principum_fw-la repudiatis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la majestatem_fw-la dei_fw-la singularis_fw-la ac_fw-la very_fw-la &_o cegnovisti_fw-la &_o honorasti_fw-la thou_o be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o 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to_o thou_o thou_o shall_v see_v theâ—_n pray_v to_o we_o to_o who_o thou_o offre_v thy_o devotious_a those_o to_o fear_v we_o who_o thou_o adore_v thou_o shâ—â—_n see_v these_o tremble_v as_o captive_n chain_v by_o we_o who_o thou_o bonoure_v as_o lord_n certain_o thou_o will_v be_v â—â—_o hamed_a of_o thy_o error_n when_o thou_o hear_v they_o geâ—â—_n themselves_o when_o question_v by_o we_o own_o whâ—â—_n they_o be_v even_o in_o your_o presence_n as_o not_o able_a to_o coâ—â—ceale_v their_o kunning_a wile_n &_o illusion_n and_o minutius_n felix_n in_o octavio_n pag._n 2d_o haec_fw-la omne_fw-la sciunt_fw-la plerique_fw-la pars_fw-la vestrum_fw-la ipsodâ—_n moan_n de_fw-la semeptipsis_fw-la consiteri_fw-la quoties_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la toâ—â—_n mentis_fw-la verborum_fw-la &_o orationis_fw-la incendiis_fw-la de_fw-la corponâ—_n bus_fw-la exiguntur_fw-la ipse_fw-la saturnus_n &_o serapis_n &_o jupiteâ—_n &_o quicquid_fw-la daemonum_fw-la colitis_fw-la victi_fw-la dolore_fw-la 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