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1.18_o act_n 17.18_o 19_o see_v dr._n cave_n primitive_a christianity_n lib._n 1._o ch_n 1._o greg._n nazian_n invectiv_n in_o julian_n orat_fw-la 1._o p._n mihi_fw-la 42._o lollard_n from_fw-la lolium_fw-la tare_n so_o my_o ld._n cook_n from_o mr._n fox_n rev._n 13.17_o rev._n 13.17_o isa_n 5.20_o 1_o pet._n 4.3_o 4_o psal_n 12.8_o isa_n 59.15_o eph._n 4.21_o compare_v with_o tit._n 1.1_o act_n 3.15_o 17._o luke_n 23.34_o job_n 21.14_o john_n 4.10_o cant._n 5.9.6.1_o psal_n 83.3_o col._n 3.3_o prov._n 15.24_o psa_fw-la 105._o quid_fw-la iniquiusquà m_fw-la ut_fw-la oderinâ—_n homines_fw-la quod_fw-la ignorant_a tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la meretur_fw-la quando_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la a_o mereatur_fw-la tert._n apol._n cap._n 1._o antè_fw-la nos_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la odisse_fw-la quam_fw-la nosse_fw-la ne_fw-la cognitos_fw-la aut_fw-la imitari_fw-la possint_fw-la aut_fw-la damnare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la min._n fel._n p._n mihi_fw-la 30._o rom._n 8.7_o 1_o joh._n 3.13_o job_n 15.25_o 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64.8_o gal._n 6.7_o hos_fw-la 14.9_o 2_o pet._n 3.16_o zach._n 12.3_o 1_o pet._n 2.8_o isa_n 28.13_o 2_o tim._n 2.17_o 2_o pet._n 2.2_o act._n 13.7.8_o 9_o 10._o isa_n 8.11_o 12._o psal_n 1.1_o cic._n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la fin._n luk._n 9.55_o ro._n 2.24_o 2_o pet._n 2_o 2._o judas_n 12._o the_o foul_a reproach_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n take_v rise_v from_o the_o vile_a practice_n of_o the_o gnostic_n and_o other_o pseudochristian_o of_o which_o vid._n euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 7._o col._n 4.5_o luk._n 7.35_o prov._n 14.8_o ec._n 10.10_o jam._n 1.5_o 2_o cor._n 6.3_o 1_o tim._n 6.1_o col._n 1.10_o tit._n 2.10_o mat._n 5.14_o 2_o thes_n 5.12_o 1_o pet._n 2.12_o v_o 15._o psal_n 38.33_o eccl._n 3.7_o luk._n 12.9_o 2_o tim._n 2.12_o prov._n 25.23_o luke_n 1.4_o 1_o pet._n 3.15_o 2_o cor._n 6.7_o col._n 2.2_o psal_n 8.2_o isa_n 30.21_o isa_n 51.7.8_o 12._o 2_o thes_n 3.2_o eccl._n 10.3_o arch_a bp._n tillotson_n serm._n on_o 2_o pet._n 2_o 3._o job_n 5.1_o deut._n 32.7_o job_n 28.28_o prov._n 3.17_o mal._n 3.18_o psal_n 50.3_o psal_n 51.4_o 1_o pet._n 1.7_o isa_n 34.8_o jam._n 5.9_o jos_n 10.24_o isa_n 28.17_o rev._n 6.16_o ma._n 13.43_o rev._n 15.2_o mat._n 5.11_o 12._o rom._n 2.6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o heb._n 10.31_o rev._n 19.9_o psa_fw-la 83.4_o magna_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o praevalebit_fw-la mat._n 5.18_o ex._n 7.12_o isa_n 37.22_o psal_n 2.4_o deut._n 33.26_o psa_fw-la 37.13_o