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be_v sinful_a parisiensis_fw-la thus_o clear_o determine_v if_o a_o 21._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la mulierem_fw-la cagnoscat_fw-la non_fw-la svam_fw-la pro_fw-la uxore_fw-la vel_fw-la adoret_fw-la luciferum_fw-la etc._n etc._n gulielm_n parisiensis_fw-la de_fw-la leg._n c._n 21._o man_n know_v a_o woman_n not_o his_o own_o for_o his_o own_o wife_n or_o worship_v lucifer_n instead_o of_o christ_n he_o sin_n because_o god_n will_v have_v turn_v away_o his_o heart_n from_o such_o a_o great_a evil_n if_o his_o sin_n hinder_v not_o which_o he_o have_v before_o commit_v thus_o he_o so_o that_o the_o issue_n of_o this_o question_n come_v true_o to_o that_o which_o some_o romanist_n acknowledge_v that_o all_o idolatry_n derive_v itself_o original_o from_o the_o understanding_n though_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o will_v principal_o and_o that_o it_o be_v because_o a_o man_n know_v not_o actual_o what_o he_o do_v when_o he_o commit_v idolatry_n for_o sure_o unless_o to_o grant_v something_o to_o 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