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argument_n of_o rob._n parson_n his_o gross_a ignorance_n and_o childish_a foolery_n among_o his_o follower_n robert_n parson_n they_o say_v be_v hold_v a_o profound_a doctor_n but_o his_o pitiful_a sail_n and_o error_n in_o mistake_v both_o his_o author_n and_o their_o word_n and_o meaning_n declare_v the_o contrary_n in_o the_o addition_n follow_v his_o epistle_n he_o tell_v we_o how_o constantine_n the_o great_a enter_v into_o the_o empire_n next_o after_o dioclesian_n but_o ecclesiastical_a history_n show_v that_o constantius_n and_o galerius_n succéede_v diocletian_n and_o that_o constantine_n succéede_v his_o father_n constantius_n and_o if_o he_o will_v not_o believe_v we_o yet_o let_v he_o see_v what_o baronius_n say_v in_o his_o second_o and_o three_o tome_n of_o annales_n who_o put_v three_o year_n between_o dioclesian_n and_o constantine_n and_o other_o between_o they_o two_o there_o also_o he_o say_v that_o constantine_n be_v of_o a_o different_a religion_n when_o he_o 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