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li.xxi_fw-la nor_o punish_v y_fw-mi â—_o innocent_n fol._n liiii_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la twelve_o intention_n fol._n liiii_o faci_fw-la i_o lini_fw-la xviii_o as_o abound_v fol._n liiii_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la nineteeen_o thy_o fol._n lxiii_o faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la xuj_o be_v fol._n lxvii_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la iiiâ—i_fw-la not_o fol._n lxxv_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la nineteeen_o most_n fol._n lxxvii_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la viij_o nineteeen_o fol._n lxxâ—_n faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la twelve_o sing_v fol._n xc_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la uâ—alteri_fw-la folly_n xcvii_o faci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d twelve_o preach_v true_o fol._n cxiii_o faci_fw-la i._o lâ—ni_fw-la twelve_o reserve_v fol._n cxiiii_o faci_fw-la li._n lin_v xiii_o defer_v fol._n cxvii_o faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la xxi_o nature_n fol._n câ—viii_fw-la faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la putforth_z he_o shall_v fol._n cxx_o faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la viâ—i_fw-la et_fw-la lini_fw-la ix_o et_fw-la fol._n cix_o faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la xiii_o chance_n folly_n cxxii_o faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la nineteeen_o comesâ—â—â—_n fol._n cxxâ—iiii_fw-la faci_fw-la two_o lini_fw-la xxii_o fygur_n fol._n cxxâ—vi_fw-la faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la xxii_o vi_fw-la fol._n cxliiii_o faci_fw-la i._o lini_fw-la vi_fw-la omit_v fol._n clxix_o faci_fw-la two_o linâ—_n i._o jonas_n ☞_o ☞_o ☞_o imprint_v at_o london_n by_o john_n daye_n dwell_v over_o aldersgate_n and_o william_n seâ—es_v dwellinge_a in_o peter_n college_n cum_fw-la privilegio_fw-la ad_fw-la imprimendum_fw-la solum_fw-la