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do_v it_o by_o the_o omnipotency_n of_o his_o name_n i_o will_v shut_v up_o all_o this_o with_o that_o excellent_a say_n of_o this_o forementioned_a authour_n arnobius_n in_o another_o place_n which_o be_v a_o far_a confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o saviour_n miracle_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n say_v he_o do_v by_o he_o miraculous_o 30._o neque_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la gestum_fw-la per_fw-la admirationem_fw-la stupentibus_fw-la cunotis_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la donaverit_fw-la faciendum_fw-la parvulis_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o rusticis_fw-la &_o corum_fw-la subjecerit_fw-la potestati_fw-la advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la lib._n 1._o pag._n 30._o to_o the_o admiration_n of_o all_o all_o which_o he_o do_v not_o give_v to_o be_v do_v to_o these_o little_a and_o rustic_a person_n and_o subject_v to_o their_o power_n which_o direct_o bring_v i_o to_o the_o prove_v my_o three_o position_n 3._o the_o miraculous_a power_n he_o give_v his_o apostle_n of_o 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place_v they_o under_o any_o certain_a head_n of_o miracle_n but_o give_v you_o they_o according_a to_o the_o age_n the_o author_n live_v in_o my_o intent_n be_v to_o finish_v one_o author_n before_o i_o begin_v another_o and_o because_o
justin_n martyr_n be_v the_o ancient_a i_o shall_v begin_v with_o he_o who_o prove_v christ_n to_o be_v design_v of_o god_n a_o saviour_n have_v these_o word_n now_o you_o may_v learn_v this_o from_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v under_o your_o sight_n 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apol._n prima_fw-la pag._n 35._o for_o many_o of_o our_o christian_a man_n have_v cure_v and_o do_v even_o now_o cure_v many_o possess_v with_o devil_n throughout_o all_o the_o world_n and_o in_o this_o our_o city_n force_v and_o drive_v the_o devil_n from_o the_o man_n they_o have_v hold_v on_o by_o adjure_v these_o devil_n by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n who_o can_v not_o be_v recover_v by_o all_o your_o conjurer_n enchanter_n and_o witch_n in_o his_o dialogue_n with_o tryphon_n the_o jew_n we_o have_v he_o assent_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o fit_a person_n to_o be_v pray_v to_o for_o the_o deliverance_n from_o be_v possess_v by_o unclean_a spirit_n because_o at_o the_o very_a force_n of_o his_o name_n the_o devil_n tremble_v 191._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 191._o and_o at_o this_o day_n be_v adjure_v by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n who_o be_v procurator_n of_o judaea_n they_o obey_v a_o little_a after_o tell_v we_o what_o power_n of_o do_v miracle_n christ_n give_v to_o the_o church_n he_o verify_v by_o the_o power_n the_o church_n then_o have_v 235._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n p._n 235._o and_o now_o say_v he_o we_o that_o believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n who_o be_v crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n adjure_v all_o devil_n and_o unclean_a spirit_n have_v they_o obedient_a to_o we_o and_o a_o little_a after_o that_o i_o may_v name_v no_o more_o be_v angry_a with_o tryphon_n the_o jew_n for_o adulterate_v the_o prophecy_n as_o particular_o that_o of_o a_o virgin_n conceive_v he_o show_v he_o that_o our_o saviour_n be_v to_o come_v in_o a_o mean_a manner_n and_o yet_o to_o do_v great_a thing_n the_o first_o the_o jew_n know_v for_o the_o second_o 243._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n p._n 243._o now_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o learn_v from_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v in_o your_o sight_n if_o you_o will_v for_o by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o first_o beget_v of_o all_o creature_n bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n and_o be_v man_n subject_n to_o suffering_n and_o crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n by_o your_o people_n who_o die_v rise_v from_o the_o dead_a and_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n every_o devil_n be_v adjure_v be_v overcome_v and_o subdue_v all_o these_o place_n be_v in_o his_o apology_n or_o in_o his_o disputation_n with_o the_o jew_n where_o have_v to_o do_v on_o the_o one_o hand_n with_o a_o potent_a on_o the_o other_o hand_n with_o a_o impudent_a and_o perverse_a antagonist_n it_o be_v not_o probable_a to_o suppose_v he_o relate_v any_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o be_v not_o true_a iraeneus_n come_v next_o and_o he_o we_o find_v urge_v against_o simon_n and_o carpocrates_n that_o all_o the_o trick_n they_o do_v be_v not_o beneficial_a but_o prejudicial_a to_o man_n he_o proceed_v against_o they_o negative_o and_o then_o affirm_v this_o miraculous_a power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n positive_o his_o word_n be_v these_o for_o they_o neither_o can_v give_v sight_n to_o the_o blind_a 56._o nec_fw-la enim_fw-la caecit_fw-la possunt_fw-la donare_fw-la visum_fw-la neque_fw-la surdis_fw-la auditum_fw-la neque_fw-la omnes_fw-la daemon_n effugare_fw-la praeter_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la immittuntur_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la faciunt_fw-la neque_fw-la debiles_fw-la aut_fw-la claudos_fw-la aut_fw-la paralytico_v curare_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quadam_fw-la corporis_fw-la parte_fw-la vexatos_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la saepe_fw-la evenit_fw-la fieri_fw-la secundum_fw-la corporalem_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la earum_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la foris_fw-la accidunt_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la bonas_fw-la valetudines_fw-la restaurare_fw-la tantum_n absunt_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la ut_fw-la mortuum_fw-la excitent_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la dominus_fw-la excitavit_fw-la &_o apostoli_fw-la per_fw-la orationem_fw-la &_o in_o fraternitate_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la propter_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o quoquo_fw-la loco_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la universa_fw-la postulante_fw-la per_fw-la jejunium_fw-la &_o supplicationem_fw-la multam_fw-la reversus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la mortuo_fw-la &_o donatus_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la orationibus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la ut_fw-la nequidem_a credant_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la posse_fw-la fieri_fw-la esse_fw-la autem_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la agnitionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n dicitur_fw-la veritatis_fw-la iraeneus_n advers._fw-la haereses_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 56._o nor_o hear_v to_o the_o deaf_a neither_o can_v they_o chase_v away_o all_o devil_n unless_o they_o be_v those_o who_o be_v put_v in_o by_o themselves_o if_o true_o they_o can_v do_v that_o neither_o can_v they_o cure_v the_o weak_a or_o the_o lame_a or_o those_o that_o be_v afflict_v in_o any_o other_o part_n of_o their_o body_n which_o according_a to_o bodily_a infirmity_n often_o happen_v or_o the_o infirmity_n of_o those_o which_o happen_v without_o can_v they_o restore_v good_a health_n to_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v raise_v the_o dead_a as_o our_o lord_n raise_v and_o the_o apostle_n by_o prayer_n and_o in_o the_o brotherhood_n often_o for_o some_o necessity_n the_o universal_a church_n which_o be_v in_o every_o place_n by_o fast_v and_o much_o supplication_n beg_v it_o the_o spirit_n be_v return_v to_o the_o dead_a and_o a_o man_n be_v give_v to_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o they_o do_v not_o believe_v this_o whole_o can_v be_v do_v for_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o resurrection_n from_o the_o dead_a be_v the_o agnition_n of_o that_o truth_n which_o be_v speak_v by_o they_o and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n dispute_v against_o the_o epicurean_o and_o cynic_n and_o their_o miracle_n which_o say_v he_o be_v mere_o deceit_n like_v to_o those_o of_o simon_n magus_n yield_v no_o profit_n to_o the_o person_n for_o who_o and_o in_o who_o these_o work_n be_v do_v be_v rather_o phantasm_n than_o miracle_n when_o our_o saviour_n be_v evident_o so_o his_o resurrection_n the_o three_o day_n from_o the_o dead_a be_v firm_a see_v by_o his_o disciple_n and_o in_o their_o presence_n he_o be_v receive_v into_o heaven_n he_o thus_o proceed_v but_o if_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n do_v those_o by_o the_o appearance_n of_o these_o thing_n 57_o si_fw-mi autem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la per_fw-la phantasmata_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la fecisse_fw-la dicunt_fw-la ad_fw-la prophetica_fw-la reducentes_fw-la eos_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la demonstrabimus_fw-la omne_fw-la sic_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o praedicta_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la firmissimè_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la solum_fw-la esse_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la quapropter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la illius_fw-la nomine_fw-la qui_fw-la verè_fw-la illius_fw-la sunt_fw-la discipuli_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la accipientes_fw-la gratiam_fw-la perficiunt_fw-la ad_fw-la beneficia_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la accepit_fw-la donum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la alii_fw-la onim_fw-la daemonas_fw-la excludunt_fw-la firmissimè_fw-la &_o verè_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la credant_fw-la ipsi_fw-la qui_fw-la emundati_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la nequissimis_fw-la spiritibus_fw-la &_o sint_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la alii_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o praescientias_fw-la habent_fw-la futurorum_fw-la &_o visiones_fw-la &_o lectiones_fw-la propheticas_fw-la alii_fw-la autem_fw-la laborantes_fw-la aliqua_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la curant_fw-la &_o sanos_fw-la restituunt_fw-la jam_fw-la etiam_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la diximus_fw-la &_o mortui_fw-la resurrexcrunt_fw-la &_o perseveraverunt_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la annis_fw-la multis_fw-la et_fw-la quid_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr numerum_fw-la dicere_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la quaâ—_n per_fw-la universum_fw-la mundum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la accipiens_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la jesus_n crucifixi_fw-la sub_fw-la pontio_n pilato_n per_fw-la singulos_fw-la dies_fw-la in_o opitulationem_fw-la gentium_fw-la perficit_fw-la neque_fw-la seducens_fw-la aliquem_fw-la neque_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la ei_fw-la auferens_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 57_o bring_v they_o back_o to_o the_o prophet_n we_o will_v demonstrate_v out_o of_o they_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v foretell_v by_o god_n and_o most_o true_o do_v and_o that_o he_o only_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n wherefore_o in_o his_o name_n they_o who_o be_v true_o his_o disciple_n receive_v grace_n from_o he_o be_v enable_v to_o benefit_v the_o rest_n of_o man_n even_o as_o every_o one_o have_v receive_v a_o gift_n from_o he_o for_o some_o cast_v out_o devil_n most_o real_o and_o true_o so_o that_o they_o who_o be_v cleanse_v from_o these_o unclean_a spirit_n do_v often_o believe_v themselves_o and_o be_v in_o the_o church_n some_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v vision_n and_o