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John Trapp on John 5:18

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John5:18

Verſe 18. The Jews ſought the more] Perſecution is (as Calvin wrote to the French King) Evangelij genius, the bad genius, the devil that dogs the Goſpel. Eccleſia harts crucis (ſaith Luther.) Veritas odiurn parit. Ter. Truth breeds hatred, ſaith the Heathen, as the fair Nymphes did the ill-favoured Fauns and Satyrs.

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