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understand_v they_o of_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v without_o scourge_n which_o thereby_o wax_v wild_a fruitless_a &_o full_a of_o weed_n a_o more_o plain_a say_n for_o this_o purpose_n we_o have_v in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o maccabee_n where_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o these_o word_n warn_v we_o of_o it_o â—_o obsecro_fw-la autem_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la lecturi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ne_fw-la abhorrescant_fw-la propter_fw-la adversos_fw-la casus_fw-la sed_fw-la reputent_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la acciderunt_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la correctionem_fw-la esse_fw-la generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la etenim_fw-la multo_fw-la tempore_fw-la non_fw-la sinere_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la ex_fw-la sententia_fw-la vivere_fw-la sed_fw-la statim_fw-la ultiones_fw-la adhibere_fw-la magni_fw-la beneficy_n est_fw-la indicium_fw-la i_o beseech_v they_o that_o shall_v read_v this_o book_n that_o they_o be_v not_o terify_v by_o these_o adversity_n but_o 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