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c._n 27._o nunquid_fw-la &_o il_fw-fr lord_n quod_fw-la iubet_fw-la abraham_n ponere_fw-la mark_n seruum_fw-la suum_fw-la sub_fw-la semore_n svo_fw-la &_o iurare_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la coeli_fw-la alitèr_fw-la quisquam_fw-la rectè_fw-la intellecturus_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la abraham_n scisse_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la uâ—ntuâ—us_fw-la esset_fw-la deus_fw-la coeli_fw-la carnem_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la semore_n propagari_fw-la when_o abraham_n bid_v his_o servant_n put_v his_o hand_n under_o his_o thigh_n and_o swear_v by_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n can_v any_o man_n otherwise_o understand_v it_o aright_o but_o that_o abraham_n know_v that_o from_o that_o thigh_n shall_v be_v derive_v that_o flesh_n wherein_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n shall_v come_v if_o abrah_n 〈…〉_o know_v that_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n shall_v come_v in_o flesh_n take_v of_o his_o flesh_n he_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a i_o trow_v that_o when_o he_o shall_v be_v come_v he_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o flesh_n both_o 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who_o for_o defence_n of_o their_o image-making_a when_o it_o be_v condemn_v object_v iâ—sserit_fw-la object_v tertull._n the_o idololat_a cur_n ergò_fw-la moses_n in_fw-la eremo_fw-la simulaâ—hrun_v serpentis_fw-la ex_fw-la aere_fw-la fecit_fw-la scorsum_fw-la figurae_fw-la qua_fw-la dispositioni_fw-la alicui_fw-la arcanae_fw-la praestruebantur_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la erogationem_fw-la legis_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplarium_fw-la causae_fw-la suae_fw-la etc._n etc._n benè_fw-la quòd_fw-la idem_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o lege_fw-la vetuit_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la fieri_fw-la &_o extraordinario_fw-la praecepto_fw-la serpentis_fw-la similitudmem_fw-la indixit_fw-la si_fw-mi eundem_fw-la deum_fw-la obseruas_fw-la habes_fw-la legem_fw-la eius_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la si_fw-mi &_o praeceptum_fw-la factae_fw-la postca_fw-la similitudinis_fw-la respicis_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la imitare_fw-la moysen_n ne_fw-la facias_fw-la adversus_fw-la legem_fw-la simulachrum_fw-la 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gospel_n who_o take_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n from_o the_o cross_n and_o use_v care_n to_o have_v it_o diligent_o and_o honourable_o bury_v and_o thus_o origen_n profess_v receptâ—culum_fw-la profess_v origen_n count_v cell_n lib._n 8._o solas_n rationales_fw-la animas_fw-la honorare_fw-la novimus_fw-la &_o earli_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la solenni_fw-la honore_fw-la sepulturae_fw-la dignamur_fw-la meretur_fw-la enim_fw-la rationalis_fw-la animae_fw-la domicilium_fw-la non_fw-la temerè_fw-la proijci_fw-la sicut_fw-la brutorum_fw-la cadavera_fw-la praesertim_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la anima_fw-la benè_fw-la ac_fw-la sanctè_fw-la instrumento_fw-la suâ—_n in_fw-la certaâ—inibus_fw-la usae_fw-la receptâ—culum_fw-la to_o honour_v only_o the_o soul_n endue_v with_o reason_n show_v what_o this_o honour_n be_v their_o instrument_n that_o be_v their_o body_n we_o vouchsafe_v the_o solemn_a honour_n of_o burial_n for_o the_o habitation_n of_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v of_o more_o worth_n 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