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martyr_n but_o who_o be_v able_a to_o name_v the_o author_n time_n or_o place_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o this_o strange_a opinion_n yet_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o this_o erroneous_a doctrine_n have_v its_o birth_n growth_n and_o period_n it_o be_v a_o erroneous_a practice_n in_o the_o ancient_a church_n to_o pray_v to_o god_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o patriarch_n pamel_n prophet_n and_o for_o the_o whole_a company_n of_o the_o just_a decease_a for_o the_o martyr_n themselves_o who_o be_v so_o verse_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o antiquity_n that_o can_v distinct_o set_v down_o the_o time_n place_n and_o first_o inventor_n of_o that_o so_o strange_a a_o devotion_n or_o the_o council_n in_o which_o it_o be_v condemn_v when_o where_o it_o be_v first_o condemn_v the_o difficulty_n yea_o impossibility_n of_o render_v a_o exact_a account_n of_o such_o particularity_n shall_v it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o maintain_v that_o it_o always_o be_v and_o be_v still_o in_o 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