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but_o according_a to_o his_o knowledge_n worship_n god_n as_o he_o know_v he_o &_o quia_fw-la ignoti_fw-la boni_fw-la nulla_fw-la cupido_fw-la lust_n for_o no_o more_o than_o that_o which_o he_o conceive_v and_o know_v of_o he_o to_o wit_n a_o bodily_a temporal_a and_o carnal_a good_a and_o so_o continue_v to_o be_v such_o as_o he_o be_v at_o his_o birth_n that_o be_v carnal_o mind_v and_o this_o carnal_a mind_n be_v enmity_n against_o his_o god_n rom._n 8.7_o jam._n 4.4_o man_n in_o revolt_a to_o it_o or_o side_v with_o that_o party_n which_o be_v in_o war_n against_o god_n he_o commit_v adultery_n that_o be_v falsehood_n against_o god_n luk._n 16.13_o 18._o with_o the_o great_a whore_n worldly_a