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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 potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la spectas_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o coeteros_fw-la negas_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la dum_fw-la suis_fw-la vocabulis_fw-la nuncupas_fw-la saturnum_n jovem_n nam_fw-la solùm_fw-la deum_fw-la confirmas_fw-la quem_fw-la tantùm_fw-la deum_fw-la nominas_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o cùm_fw-la illos_fw-la interdum_fw-la deos_fw-la appellas_fw-la &_o alieno_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la pro_fw-la mutuo_fw-la usu_fw-la videaris_fw-la the_o pagan_n be_v displease_v with_o we_o when_o we_o preach_v one_o lord_n from_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n to_o who_o all_o be_v subject_a speak_v osoul_n what_o thou_o know_v of_o this_o speak_v bold_o with_o that_o freedom_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o thou_o though_o deny_v to_o we_o thou_o say_v god_n grant_v it_o if_o it_o please_v god_n by_o which_o word_n thou_o expresse_v some_o one_o &_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o have_v all_o prower_n &_o deny_v those_o to_o be_v god_n who_o thou_o design_a by_o their_o name_n saturn_n 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 nominat_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la quiapropriè_fw-la verus_fw-la hic_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la honus_fw-la &_o magnus_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la judicem_fw-la quoque_fw-la illum_fw-la contestatur_fw-la deus_fw-la videt_fw-la deo_fw-la commendo_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la mihi_fw-la reddet_fw-la shall_v i_o prove_v this_o one_o god_n out_o of_o his_o work_n or_o our_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o man_n soul_n which_o although_o it_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n spoil_v by_o bad_a instruction_n weaken_v by_o concupiscence_n &_o enslave_v to_o false_a god_n yet_o if_o she_o come_v toher_o self_n she_o profess_v one_o god_n great_a &_o good_a she_o call_v he_o to_o witness_v say_v god_n know_v i_o leave_v it_o to_o god_n then_o tertullian_n conclude_v with_o this_o exclamation_n o_o testimonium_fw-la animae_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la christianae_n o_o testimony_n of_o a_o soul_n which_o be_v christian_a by_o nature_n now_o i_o desire_v to_o know_v 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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 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pag._n 136._o it_o be_v little_o less_o unconcevable_a to_o imagine_v that_o a_o man_n of_o no_o eximious_a sanctity_n nor_o extraordinary_a skill_n in_o divinity_n shall_v have_v the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o his_o command_n that_o his_o decree_n must_v be_v the_o dictate_v of_o the_o spirit_n answer_n i_o pass_v that_o disrespectful_a expression_n have_v the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o his_o command_n no_o catholic_n everspoke_v so_o do_v you_o think_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n whence_o flow_v all_o jurisdiction_n both_o spiritual_a &_o temporal_a be_v restrain_v to_o only_a saint_n &_o learned_a clerk_n do_v prelate_n &_o prince_n lose_v their_o jurisdiction_n by_o every_o mortal_a sin_n be_v amos_n the_o sheep_n hear_v a_o great_a divine_a be_v solomon_n &_o cayphas_n greatesaint_n be_v the_o scribe_n &_o pharisye_n such_o who_o word_n all_o
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