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which_o be_v yet_o more_o than_o i_o need_v that_o he_o have_v by_o this_o example_n evince_v his_o cause_n and_o will_v never_o any_o more_o mention_v his_o divorce_n 11._o but_o if_o in_o this_o passage_n he_o cog_v notorious_o if_o he_o affirm_v the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o that_o which_o be_v in_o his_o author_n if_o as_o before_o out_o of_o origen_n he_o cut_v off_o three_o word_n with_o a_o &c._n &c._n so_o here_o he_o do_v add_v one_o word_n which_o quite_o alter_v the_o sense_n than_o i_o hope_v his_o friend_n will_v bethink_v they_o well_o how_o they_o trust_v such_o juggler_n who_o with_o the_o egyptian_n look_v they_o in_o the_o face_n while_o their_o finger_n be_v in_o their_o purse_n and_o i_o wish_v that_o with_o his_o falsehood_n he_o do_v but_o pick_v their_o purse_n and_o not_o seduce_v their_o soul_n buy_v &_o ransom_v with_o the_o dear_a price_n of_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o mistake_n between_o deny_v what_o 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