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nuda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o aperta_fw-la oculis_fw-la eius_fw-la hebr._n c._n 4_o four_o there_o appear_v in_o man_n soul_n another_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n which_o consist_v not_o in_o speculation_n but_o in_o action_n and_o from_o hence_o proceed_v so_o many_o book_n of_o philosopher_n touch_v vice_n and_o virtue_n so_o many_o law_n of_o prince_n &_o magistrate_n to_o teach_v a_o man_n to_o live_v well_o in_o all_o which_o there_o be_v discover_v a_o admirable_a light_n of_o reason_n in_o man_n by_o the_o which_o he_o most_o far_o differ_v from_o beast_n but_o all_o these_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o eternal_a law_n which_o flourish_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o creator_n from_o who_o as_o from_o a_o most_o stream_a fountain_n do_v flow_v all_o law_n and_o decree_n according_a to_o those_o word_n vnus_fw-la 1._o vnus_fw-la jacob_n 1._o est_fw-la legislator_n &_o judex_n deus_n five_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n do_v possess_v a_o three_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n rest_v in_o ingenious_o 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