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follow_v the_o divination_n of_o our_o own_o counsel_n and_o to_o make_v a_o idol_n and_o a_o teraphim_n of_o our_o own_o frail_a weak_a and_o blind_a judgement_n and_o to_o forsake_v the_o pure_a and_o perfect_a law_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o lantern_n to_o our_o foot_n and_o a_o light_n unto_o our_o path_n and_o be_v spiritual_a rebellion_n even_o as_o the_o divination_n of_o idol-priest_n and_o idolworship_n be_v 6._o the_o next_o word_n in_o this_o place_n of_o deuteronomy_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d utens_fw-la incantatione_n vel_fw-la incantans_fw-la incantatione_n aut_fw-la juâ—gens_fw-la junctiones_fw-la from_o the_o root_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sociatus_fw-la est_fw-la junctus_fw-la fuit_fw-la alteri_fw-la copulatus_fw-la est_fw-la for_o so_o avenarius_n render_v it_o and_o schindlerus_n say_v incantator_n vel_fw-la qui_fw-la consortium_fw-la habet_fw-la cum_fw-la daemonibus_fw-la conjurator_n qui_fw-la incantationibus_fw-la multa_fw-la animalia_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la locum_fw-la
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