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testament_n the_o verse_n wherein_o he_o argue_v the_o heresy_n of_o the_o manichaean_n who_o attribute_v unto_o christ_n not_o a_o true_a but_o a_o fantastical_a body_n make_v of_o air_n be_v very_o judicious_o conceive_v restat_fw-la ut_fw-la aëriam_fw-la pingas_fw-la ab_fw-la origine_fw-la gentemâ—_n aërios_fw-la proceres_fw-la levim_n judam_n simeonem_fw-la aerium_fw-la david_n magnorum_fw-la corpora_fw-la regum_fw-la aeria_n at_o que_fw-la ipsam_fw-la foecundae_fw-la virgin_n alvum_fw-la acre_n fallaci_fw-la nebulisque_fw-la &_o nube_fw-la tumentem_fw-la the_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n who_o i_o have_v chief_o follow_v in_o this_o compend_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o he_o osius_n osius_n bishop_n of_o corduba_n be_v a_o confessor_n in_o the_o persecution_n of_o dioclesian_n and_o maximianus_n he_o be_v regard_v by_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n for_o the_o mark_n of_o the_o rebuke_n of_o christ._n the_o emperor_n employ_v he_o in_o the_o schism_n in_o egypt_n 7._o betwixt_o alexander_n and_o arrius_n likewise_o he_o send_v he_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n who_o differ_v in_o opinion_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n concern_v the_o keep_n of_o easter_n day_n 16._o he_o be_v present_a at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a where_o he_o damn_v the_o heresy_n of_o arrius_n and_o at_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n he_o absolve_v athanasius_n paulus_n etc._n etc._n neither_o be_v he_o terrify_v with_o the_o menace_a letter_n of_o constantius_n but_o answer_v courageous_o that_o athanasius_n be_v a_o innocent_a man_n and_o that_o the_o emperor_n do_v not_o well_o to_o hearken_v to_o the_o calumny_n of_o versatous_a and_o valens_n man_n who_o have_v by_o writ_n confess_v to_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 19_o that_o the_o accusation_n intend_v against_o athanasius_n be_v but_o forge_v calumny_n and_o this_o they_o do_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n free_o and_o not_o compel_v in_o his_o decrepit_a year_n for_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o year_n some_o
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