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the_o feast_n both_o of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n 3._o euseb_n hist_o eccle_n lib_n 3._o cap._n 27._o greg._n 11._o epist_n 3._o both_o the_o sabbath_n and_o the_o lord_n day_n also_o as_o appear_v euseb_n hist_o eccles_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 27._o which_o error_n many_o will_v have_v revive_v in_o saint_n gregory_n his_o time_n as_o appear_v lib._n 11._o epist_n 3._o and_o they_o say_v that_o the_o christian_n which_o now_o live_v in_o ethiopia_n observe_v they_o both_o 26._o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 30._o iraen_n l._n 1._o ca._n 26._o now_o saint_n paul_n do_v so_o manifest_o cross_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o ebionite_n that_o they_o therefore_o refuse_v his_o writing_n &_o term_v he_o a_o apostata_fw-la as_o eusebius_n testify_v in_o the_o same_o place_n epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 30._o iraen_n li._n 1._o ca._n 26._o centuriatores_fw-la centuriatores_fw-la and_o yet_o the_o centuriatores_fw-la magdeburgenses_n do_v not_o lie_v as_o the_o jesuit_n false_o charge_v they_o when_o 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