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usage_n testify_v that_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o lamb_n without_o spot_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o those_o jew_n be_v a_o saviour_n to_o all_o who_o have_v imprint_v the_o mark_n of_o his_o blood_n i._o of_o his_o cross_n which_o shed_v his_o blood_n on_o their_o forehead_n hence_o it_o be_v call_v by_o 4._o by_o contr._n mâ—rtion_n l._n 3._o c._n 22._o &_o the_o spectac_n c._n 4._o tertullian_n signaculum_fw-la frontium_fw-la who_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v retain_v even_o by_o the_o marcionite_n heretic_n by_o 〈◊〉_d by_o apud_fw-la euseb_n hist_o l._n 3._o c._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clemens_n as_o the_o most_o perfect_a amulet_n by_o 〈◊〉_d by_o tom._n 1._o orat._n 40._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nazianzen_n a_o seal_n and_o preservative_n and_o mark_v of_o christ_n dominion_n over_o we_o by_o sancti_fw-la by_o auth._n sub_fw-la nom_fw-fr hier._n in_o c._n 4._o eph._n signaculum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la s._n hierom_n the_o seal_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n by_o salutaris_fw-la by_o paulin._n ep._n 2._o ad_fw-la delphin_n p._n 202._o maceria_fw-la signaculi_fw-la salutaris_fw-la paulinus_n the_o hedge_n and_o fence_n of_o that_o sign_n that_o confer_v salvation_n 480._o salvation_n basil_n tom._n 1._o hom._n 13._o p._n 480._o for_o unless_o the_o mark_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v upon_o thou_o and_o the_o angel_n can_v see_v the_o character_n how_o shall_v he_o fight_v for_o thou_o and_o defend_v thou_o from_o all_o thy_o enemy_n 1.2_o enemy_n theodoret._n in_o cant._n 1.2_o remember_v therefore_o that_o sacred_a office_n wherein_o after_o your_o renounce_v the_o infernal_a tyrant_n and_o own_v jesus_n for_o your_o king_n you_o that_o be_v initiate_v have_v receive_v as_o it_o be_v a_o certain_a royal_a signature_n the_o signature_n of_o christ_n 9_o christ_n i_o eack_n 9_o s._n hierom_n call_v it_o without_o which_o no_o man_n can_v he_o save_v so_o when_o god_n punish_v vzziah_n with_o leprosy_n his_o angry_a master_n 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the_o holy_a spirit_n the_o ornament_n of_o angel_n the_o safeguard_v of_o holy_a church_n the_o boast_n of_o s._n paul_n than_o which_o neither_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n out_o of_o nothing_o nor_o the_o erect_v the_o fabric_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n can_v be_v great_a testimony_n of_o the_o condescension_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n this_o cross_n be_v the_o wall_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n this_o introduce_v light_a and_o make_v alive_a by_o this_o the_o daemon_n be_v put_v to_o flight_n and_o disease_n cure_v the_o truth_n and_o validity_n of_o which_o conquest_n because_o mr._n h._n p._n 335._o deride_v it_o i_o will_v evince_v begin_v with_o that_o place_n of_o 27._o of_o l._n 4._o c._n 27._o lactantius_n which_o our_o aristarchus_n reckon_v among_o his_o error_n and_o superstitious_a observance_n he_o that_o will_v know_v how_o terrible_a this_o fign_n be_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n let_v he_o observe_v how_o 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the_o hand_n of_o heaven_n appear_v signal_o in_o it_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v 13._o believe_v ibid._n c._n 13._o socrates_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v report_v that_o at_o the_o part_n of_o these_o two_o famous_a prelate_n at_o constantinople_n epiphanius_n tell_v s._n chrysostome_n that_o he_o hope_v he_o shall_v never_o die_v a_o bishop_n to_o which_o the_o patriarch_n retort_v that_o he_o as_o firm_o hope_v that_o epiphanius_n shall_v never_o return_v home_o in_o safety_n and_o both_o fall_v out_o true_a epiphanius_n die_v on_o shipboard_n before_o he_o reach_v cyprus_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n a_o little_a while_n after_o in_o banishment_n but_o this_o be_v a_o very_a irregular_a method_n of_o find_v out_o and_o countenance_v orthodoxy_n and_o wherein_o they_o may_v have_v follow_v a_o better_a pattern_n of_o two_o man_n as_o famous_a as_o any_o in_o that_o century_n in_o a_o similar_v question_n viz._n s._n athanasius_n and_o s._n basil_n who_o differ_v about_o the_o 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