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of_o nineveh_n condemn_v the_o jew_n and_o hear_v the_o pythagorean_n and_o epicurean_a impanneld_v into_o one_o jury_n sentence_v the_o graceless_a vile_a christian._n when_o we_o shall_v see_v christian_n damn_v for_o cheat_v one_o another_o out_o of_o tully_n office_n and_o subtle_a seraphical_a scholar_n for_o ill_a manner_n sentence_v without_o book_n out_o of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o analphabet_n idiot_n when_o it_o will_v be_v count_v a_o favour_n far_o above_o dives_n desire_n if_o god_n will_v grant_v it_o sit_v animamea_n cum_fw-la philosophis_fw-la all_o which_o in_o effect_n shall_v be_v if_o we_o be_v not_o more_o free_a from_o vice_n or_o not_o better_a virtue_n than_o these_o forementioned_a philosopher_n be_v who_o work_n as_o they_o be_v do_v and_o raise_v up_o so_o be_v their_o writing_n preserve_v by_o god_n providence_n to_o yield_v we_o provoke_v example_n to_o imitate_v and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o god_n grace_n
c._n 18._o 19_o 20._o have_v a_o deal_n to_o this_o purpose_n errat_fw-la siquis_fw-la existimat_fw-la servitutem_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la descendere_fw-la pars_fw-la melior_fw-la ejus_fw-la excepta_fw-la est_fw-la macrob._n see_v macrob._n corpus_fw-la adscriptum_fw-la domino_fw-la mens_fw-la svi_fw-la â—uris_fw-la libera_fw-la comes_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la exeat_fw-la epist_n 31._o animus_fw-la bone_fw-la 7._o sat._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o deus_fw-la in_o humano_fw-la corpore_fw-la hic_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o servum_fw-la potest_fw-la cadere_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o rom_n equitem_fw-la quid_fw-la eque_n rom._n quid_fw-la libertinus_fw-la quid_fw-la servus_n nomina_fw-la ex_fw-la ambitione_n aut_fw-la injuria_fw-la nata_fw-la and_o epist_n 47._o ego_fw-la non_fw-la ministeriis_fw-la serve_v aestimabo_fw-la sed_fw-la moribus_fw-la servus_n est_fw-la sed_fw-la libre_fw-la animo_fw-la servus_n est_fw-la imò_fw-la conservus_fw-la servus_n est_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la alius_fw-la 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who_o will_v buy_v a_o slave_n '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o curse_a wretch_n say_v he_o cry_v who_o will_v buy_v a_o captive_a '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n may_v be_v sell_v and_o serve_v servant_n read_v epictetus_n arriani_n and_o see_v the_o freedom_n of_o a_o servant_n naaman_n maid_n may_v be_v captive_a or_o take_v but_o slavery_n in_o grain_n can_v be_v without_o vice_n nor_o genuine_a freedom_n with_o it_o 5._o note_n refer_v to_o chap._n 8._o pag._n 3019._o etc._n etc._n last_o marginal_a note_n heathen_n testimony_n of_o original_a sin_n nam_fw-la vitiis_fw-la nemo_fw-la sine_fw-la nascitur_fw-la optimus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la minimis_fw-la urgetur_fw-la denique_fw-la teipsam_fw-la concute_fw-la numqua_fw-la tibi_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la inseverit_fw-la olim_fw-la natura_fw-la hor._n serm._n l._n 1._o sat._n 3._o damnatos_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la natura_fw-la recurrit_fw-la fixa_fw-la &_o nescia_fw-la mutari_fw-la juv._n 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a_o dead_a sophocles_n censure_v lust_n as_o a_o rage_a tyrant_n say_v libenter_fw-la profugi_fw-la illinc_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la aliqua_fw-la furiosa_fw-la dominatione_fw-la val._n max._n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o 6._o note_n to_o p._n 3023._o he_o that_o mind_v to_o see_v more_o of_o the_o ancient_n opinion_n about_o original_a sin_n let_v he_o read_v s._n austin_n cont._n julian_n l._n 1._o where_o divers_a father_n be_v cite_v about_o that_o head_n 7._o note_n to_o chap._n 9_o p._n 3024._o the_o margin_n seneca_n de_fw-fr clement_n l._n 1._o c._n 23._o videbis_fw-la ea_fw-la saepè_fw-la committi_fw-la quae_fw-la saepè_fw-la vindicantur_fw-la pater_fw-la tuus_fw-la claudius_n plures_fw-la intra_fw-la quinquennium_fw-la culleo_n insuit_n quam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la seculis_fw-la insutos_fw-la accepimus_fw-la multò_fw-la minùs_fw-la audebant_fw-la liberi_fw-la nefas_fw-la ultimum_fw-la admittere_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la crimen_fw-la suis_fw-la prudentissimi_fw-la 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