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can_v give_v none_o that_o be_v of_o any_o value_n for_o as_o we_o learn_v from_o 63._o from_o l._n 4._o c._n 63._o jreneus_n xxxiv_o jreneus_n i._o 4._o against_o martion_n c._n 4._o of_o presciption_n c._n 36._o see_v these_o place_n insist_v on_o hereafter_o sect._n xxxiv_o tertullian_n and_o other_o all_z the_o church_n which_o have_v be_v plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o those_o who_o hold_v communion_n with_o they_o be_v on_o their_o side_n these_o all_o agree_v in_o the_o book_n these_o all_o agree_v in_o the_o same_o gospel_n and_o epistle_n which_o they_o affirm_v they_o have_v receive_v in_o a_o certain_a succession_n from_o the_o first_o age._n the_o tradition_n be_v every_o where_o the_o same_o as_o to_o the_o book_n mention_v p._n 10._o and_o may_v well_o be_v esteem_v undoubted_a since_o they_o be_v no_o further_o remove_v from_o the_o disciple_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o day_n of_o jreneus_n than_o we_o be_v now_o from_o our_o grandfather_n the_o bishop_n and_o 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