mirum_fw-la cum_fw-la daemon_n etc._n etc._n mar._n 1._o 24._o some_o of_o their_o philosopher_n as_o porphyry_n write_v inquire_v of_o their_o god_n what_o they_o can_v say_v concern_v christ_n and_o that_o they_o be_v force_v in_o their_o oracle_n to_o commend_v christ_n which_o be_v not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v think_v strange_a see_v we_o read_v st._n marc._n 1._o 24._o that_o the_o devil_n confess_v he_o to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o let_v we_o hear_v apollo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o king_n god_n in_o the_o apostle_n phrase_n the_o only_a potentate_n and_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o earth_n the_o heaven_n and_o sea_n revere_a before_o who_o hellish_a darkness_n and_o demon_n tremble_v and_o therefore_o sibyl_n chide_v the_o grecian_n for_o their_o extreme_a vanity_n lactant._n de_fw-la falsa_fw-la relig._n lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greece_n why_o do_v thou_o put_v thy_o trust_n in_o provincial_a precedent_n who_o be_v but_o man_n why_o do_v thâ—â—_n bring_v vain_a oblation_n to_o dead_a man_n why_o do_v thou_o sacrifice_v to_o idol_n who_o inject_v this_o folly_n into_o thy_o mind_n that_o thou_o shall_v do_v these_o thing_n and_o neglect_v the_o person_n of_o the_o great_a god_n this_o be_v that_o grecian_a folly_n which_o as_o i_o say_v at_o my_o entrance_n upon_o my_o discourse_n upon_o plato_n report_n his_o own_o and_o those_o barbarian_n opinion_n from_o who_o he_o learn_v his_o philosophy_n grecize_v moses_n intermix_v the_o true_a tradition_n with_o make_v it_o speak_v the_o language_n of_o his_o own_o country_n wherein_o he_o be_v not_o only_o forsake_v by_o his_o own_o school_n but_o explode_v by_o the_o adherent_n to_o the_o sibylline_a book_n out_o of_o which_o these_o last-quoted_n verse_n give_v so_o express_v a_o reproof_n of_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fool_n that_o thou_o be_v thou_o can_v not_o know_v thy_o own_o god_n through_o the_o vizour_n of_o that_o contempt_n thou_o cast_v upon_o he_o these_o respond_v echo_n so_o distinct_o to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o so_o exact_o suit_v the_o history_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o have_v they_o all_o proceed_v from_o one_o mouth_n they_o can_v not_o have_v make_v a_o more_o perfect_a harmony_n that_o the_o write_n of_o the_o philosopher_n be_v repository_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n have_v be_v already_o evidence_v out_o of_o plato_n who_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o barbarian_n of_o who_o he_o learn_v his_o philosophy_n as_o also_o of_o the_o brahmin_n odrysenans_n getes_n egyptian_n arabian_n chaldean_n and_o all_o that_o inhabit_v palestine_n that_o those_o bless_a soul_n who_o leave_v their_o supercelestial_a place_n and_o vouchsafe_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o mankind_n to_o assume_v humane_a body_n do_v in_o order_n to_o that_o 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