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the_o late_a in_o the_o 2_o chapter_n lib._n the_o great_a &_o lib._n arbitr_n be_v very_o plenary_a and_o punctual_a please_v you_o to_o hear_v he_o somewhere_o a_o little_a epitomise_v sed_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sine_fw-la poenâ_fw-la erunt_fw-la qui_fw-la legem_fw-la deinesciunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n neither_o shall_v they_o be_v without_o punishment_n which_o know_v not_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o as_o the_o apostle_n they_o that_o have_v sin_v without_o the_o law_n shall_v perish_v without_o the_o law_n but_o they_o that_o have_v sin_v by_o the_o law_n by_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v judge_v and_o a_o little_a after_o graviùs_fw-la peccat_fw-la homo_fw-la sciens_fw-la quà m_fw-la nesciens_fw-la nec_fw-la tamenideo_fw-la confugiendum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la ignor_fw-it antiaetenebras_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la cuique_fw-la requirat_fw-la excusationem_fw-la aliud_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la nescisse_fw-la aliud_fw-la scire_fw-la noluisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n true_a it_o be_v 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