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tim._n 4.7.8_o and_o john_n 5._o and_o most_o proper_o and_o full_o 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aug._n epist_n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v define_v to_o be_v a_o virtue_n infuse_v into_o our_o soul_n from_o god_n by_o his_o spirit_n whereby_o be_v make_v religious_a and_o godly_a we_o both_o acknowledge_v and_o worship_n god_n aright_o 2._o pietas_n propriè_fw-la del_fw-it cultus_fw-la intelligi_fw-la solet_fw-la quam_fw-la graeci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocant_fw-la aug._n the_o civet_n lib._n 10._o c._n 1._o est_fw-la verax_fw-la dei_fw-la cultus_fw-la non_fw-la falsorum_fw-la toâ—_n deorum_fw-la quot_fw-la daemoniorum_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 23._o ibidem_fw-la religio_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la superioris_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la naturae_fw-la quam_fw-la divinam_fw-la vocant_fw-la curam_fw-la ceremoniamque_fw-la affert_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la pietas_fw-la nisi_fw-la cultus_fw-la dei_fw-la quis_fw-la verò_fw-la deum_fw-la colit_fw-la nisi_fw-la 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