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off_o to_o thy_o wife_n he_o have_v take_v possession_n of_o paradise_n upon_o condition_n and_o have_v make_v a_o contract_n with_o god_n and_o the_o scholiast_n on_o the_o five_o of_o aristotle_n ethic_n will_v tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v in_o punishment_n a_o kind_n of_o give_v and_o receive_v in_o which_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o contract_n do_v consist_v he_o who_o receive_v by_o theft_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latin_a phrase_n be_v dabit_fw-la paenas_fw-la he_o must_v give_v punishment_n adam_n receive_v a_o apple_n and_o he_o must_v give_v paradise_n yea_o his_o life_n for_o it_o we_o have_v say_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o adam_n do_v but_o pavementare_fw-la peccatum_fw-la as_o st._n augustin_n speak_v parget_n and_o plaster_n ever_o his_o sin_n and_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allege_v that_o for_o a_o cause_n of_o his_o transgression_n which_o in_o truth_n be_v none_o but_o in_o the_o last_o place_n that_o which_o make_v his_o 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