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authority_n who_o they_o accuse_v as_o a_o author_n of_o error_n will_v be_v bootless_a wherefore_o wave_v his_o authority_n for_o the_o present_a for_o be_v any_o competent_a judge_n or_o advocate_n in_o this_o controversy_n no_o ingenuous_a or_o sober_a man_n can_v except_v against_o he_o as_o a_o unfit_a witness_n in_o this_o cause_n concern_v the_o tenant_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n or_o against_o other_o who_o he_o produce_v as_o witness_n beyond_o all_o exception_n which_o either_o pelagius_n himself_o his_o follower_n or_o the_o manichee_n can_v have_v take_v against_o they_o in_o his_o time_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la esse_fw-la coepit_fw-la manichaei_n pestilentiosa_fw-la doctrina_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la in_o ecclesta_fw-la dei_fw-la parvuli_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la exorcizari_n &_o exufflari_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsis_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la oftenderetur_fw-la non_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la christi_fw-la nisi_fw-la erutos_fw-la à _fw-la 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sin_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a privation_n or_o a_o proportion_a shadow_n of_o be_v without_o a_o reality_n answer_v to_o it_o see_v that_o in_o man_n the_o note_n or_o character_n of_o who_o distinction_n from_o or_o excellency_n above_o all_o other_o visible_a creature_n be_v the_o use_n of_o reason_n there_o usual_o be_v such_o a_o lethargy_n or_o slothful_a deadness_n to_o do_v that_o which_o the_o very_a law_n of_o nature_n or_o reason_n do_v dictate_v unto_o he_o or_o
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