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in_fw-la semetipsos_fw-la &_o in_fw-la fratres_fw-la reliquos_fw-la peccare_fw-la qui_fw-la naevis_fw-la istis_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la mavis_fw-la corruptâ—lis_fw-la et_fw-la svas_fw-la ex_fw-la aliorum_fw-la cosâ—entias_fw-la non_fw-la leviter_fw-la perturbant_fw-la perinde_v ac_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la christianismo_fw-la semel_fw-la ablato_fw-la ageretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la vitia_fw-la a_o vitiis_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la condonanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la christianae_n chariâ—ati_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la sunt_fw-la execranda_fw-la pradenter_fw-la distinguenda_fw-la esset_fw-la censeo_fw-la idque_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la carnis_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritus_fw-la prudential_a the_o nonconformist_n judge_v it_o unlawful_a to_o subscribe_v to_o that_o book_n that_o every_o thing_n contain_v therein_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o scripture_n but_o they_o condemn_v not_o the_o book_n as_o a_o idol_n or_o profane_a nor_o the_o use_n of_o the_o 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