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oracle_n pythia_n dodonaea_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v disperse_v throughout_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v esteem_v of_o no_o worth_n to_o this_o he_o thus_o answer_v though_o say_v he_o i_o may_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o aristotle_n and_o other_o peripatetic_n produce_v many_o thing_n abrogate_a from_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o pythian_a oracle_n yet_o he_o lay_v that_o aside_o and_o only_o desire_v celsus_n to_o consider_v how_o unfit_a it_o become_v a_o holy_a spirit_n to_o utter_v oracle_n through_o that_o place_n which_o be_v not_o become_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o see_v 333._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o pag._n 333._o and_o how_o unlike_a pythia_n herself_o in_o she_o deliver_v oracle_n be_v to_o one_o possess_v with_o a_o holy_a spirit_n who_o know_v not_o what_o she_o either_o do_v or_o say_v when_o she_o deliver_v they_o when_o say_v he_o the_o prophet_n be_v enlighten_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o their_o mind_n by_o its_o operation_n make_v more_o 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se_fw-la daemonem_fw-la confitebitur_fw-la de_fw-la vero_fw-la quam_fw-la alibi_fw-la deum_fw-la de_fw-la falso_fw-la ae_n què_fw-fr producatur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la pati_fw-la existimantur_fw-la qui_fw-la aris_fw-la inhalante_n numen_fw-la de_fw-la nidore_fw-la concipiunt_fw-la qui_fw-la ructando_fw-la conantur_fw-la qui_fw-la anhelando_fw-la profantur_fw-la ista_fw-la ipsa_fw-la virgo_fw-la caelestis_fw-la pluviarum_fw-la pollicitatrix_fw-la iste_fw-la ipfe_n ae_n sculapius_fw-la medicinarum_fw-la demonstrator_n alia_fw-la die_fw-la morituris_fw-la socordiae_fw-la &_o thanatio_n &_o asclepiodoro_n aquavitae_fw-la sumministrator_n nisite_a daemon_n confessi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la christiano_n mentiri_fw-la non_fw-la audentes_fw-la ibidem_fw-la illius_fw-la christiani_n procacissimi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fundite_fw-la apol._n cap._n 23._o that_o spirit_n be_v command_v by_o any_o christian_a shall_v confess_v of_o truth_n himself_o to_o be_v a_o devil_n as_o otherwhere_o false_o he_o have_v a_o god_n let_v also_o any_o of_o they_o be_v produce_v who_o be_v suppose_v to_o suffer_v by_o god_n who_o breathe_v on_o the_o altar_n fancy_v a_o deity_n from_o the_o smell_n who_o strive_v by_o belch_a who_o speak_v by_o pant_v let_v that_o holy_a virgin_n the_o promiser_n of_o rain_n be_v produce_v that_o aesculapius_n the_o teacher_n of_o medicine_n the_o restorer_n of_o life_n to_o socordius_n and_o thanatius_n and_o asclepiodorus_n who_o be_v about_o to_o die_v the_o other_o day_n unless_o they_o confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v devil_n not_o dare_v to_o lie_v to_o any_o christian_a shed_v the_o blood_n of_o that_o shameless_a christian_a there_o in_o his_o book_n to_o scapula_n the_o procurator_n of_o africa_n speak_v against_o those_o bloody_a oblation_n the_o heathen_n god_n delight_v in_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o god_n do_v hate_v that_o food_n of_o devil_n and_o the_o devil_n say_v he_o we_o do_v not_o only_o reject_v but_o overcome_v 2._o daemon_n autem_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la respuimus_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o revincimus_fw-la &_o cotidie_fw-la traducimus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr hominibus_fw-la expellimus_fw-la ficut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la c._n 2._o and_o traduce_v daily_a and_o expel_v from_o man_n as_o it_o be_v know_v to_o many_o and_o in_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o repeat_v several_a miraculous_a cure_n do_v by_o christian_n 4._o quanti_fw-la honesti_fw-la viri_fw-la de_fw-la vulgaribus_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la dicimus_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la daemoniis_fw-la aut_fw-la naletudinibus_fw-la remediati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la severus_n pater_fw-la antonini_n christianorum_fw-la memor_fw-la fuit_fw-la no_o &_o proculum_fw-la christianum_fw-la qui_fw-la torpation_n cognominebatur_fw-la euhodiae_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la per_fw-la oleum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la curaverat_fw-la requisivit_fw-la 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