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28._o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o step_n to_o wisdom_n psal._n 111._o 10._o prov._n 1._o 7._o quia_fw-la finis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nuda_fw-la scientia_fw-la sed_fw-la praxis_fw-la 2._o concomitant_a rule_n 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr recedendum_fw-la à _fw-la litera_fw-la legis_fw-la absque_fw-la summa_fw-la necessitate_v when_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n may_v without_o any_o incommodity_n or_o incongruity_n be_v take_v proper_o and_o as_o they_o sound_v and_o lie_v in_o the_o text_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o take_v neither_o be_v they_o to_o be_v inflâ—cted_v to_o metaphor_n bâ—_n or_o other_o trope_n or_o improper_a sense_n unless_o when_o out_o of_o the_o word_n take_v proper_o some_o absurd_a interpretation_n shall_v from_o thence_o be_v elicit_v aug._n hence_o it_o follow_v that_o they_o be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n who_o