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omnia_fw-la probate_a prove_v all_o thing_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o 5._o mind_n to_o sir_n john_n the_o chaplain_n of_o the_o house_n she_o prove_v what_o it_o be_v to_o lie_v with_o a_o man_n and_o be_v with_o child_n the_o matter_n come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o abbess_n she_o excuse_v herself_o by_o saint_n paul_n who_o bid_v we_o prove_v all_o thing_n if_o a_o thief_n that_o take_v another_o man_n good_n shall_v excuse_v himself_o with_o omnia_fw-la mihi_fw-la license_fw-la i_o may_v do_v 6._o all_o thing_n or_o omnia_fw-la vestra_fw-la sunt_fw-la all_o thing_n be_v you_o it_o will_v not_o be_v find_v that_o these_o universal_a sign_n shall_v either_o make_v it_o léeful_a for_o he_o to_o take_v another_o man_n good_n or_o to_o have_v right_a to_o that_o that_o be_v not_o he_o by_o some_o just_a title_n i_o will_v wish_v cerberus_n and_o his_o fellow_n therefore_o to_o weigh_v this_o matter_n better_o before_o they_o triumph_v over_o we_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o he_o do_v in_o this_o his_o answer_n and_o i_o will_v wish_v he_o to_o consider_v well_o whether_o saint_n austen_n in_o the_o epistle_n where_o these_o article_n of_o pelagius_n be_v write_v do_v not_o write_v clean_o contrary_a to_o this_o judgement_n of_o he_o for_o in_o the_o very_a place_n that_o he_o cit_v to_o make_v for_o his_o purpose_n s._n austen_n say_v thus_o infant_n nuper_fw-la nati_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la statu_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la adam_n fuit_fw-la ante_fw-la praevaricationem_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la pertineat_fw-la quod_fw-la breviter_fw-la ait_fw-la apostolus_fw-la per_fw-la unum_fw-la hominem_fw-la mors_fw-la &_o 15._o per_fw-la unum_fw-la hominem_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o adam_n omnes_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la it_o a_o &_o in_fw-la christo_fw-la omnes_fw-la vivisicabuntur_fw-la vnde_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la infant_n non_fw-la baptizati_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la 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