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either_o to_o error_n or_o impiety_n 10._o the_o ten_o be_v to_o scoff_n at_o holy_a thing_n the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o church_n to_o contemn_v they_o in_o his_o heart_n or_o by_o any_o action_n whatsoever_o 11._o the_o eleven_o to_o abuse_v the_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n in_o apply_v they_o to_o wicked_a or_o profane_a sense_n make_v they_o serve_v for_o jest_n or_o other_o ill_a use_n 12._o the_o twelve_o be_v to_o desire_v to_o know_v such_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o appertain_v to_o god_n alone_o or_o those_o which_o be_v either_o past_a or_o present_a but_o total_o hide_v from_o we_o and_o for_o this_o end_n to_o employ_v unlawful_a mean_n as_o soothsayer_n magician_n fortune-teller_n observe_v omen_n cast_a lot_n or_o make_v use_n of_o other_o superstitious_a invention_n 13._o the_o thirteen_o be_v to_o give_v credit_n to_o dream_n and_o superstition_n to_o employ_v prayer_n or_o sacred_a name_n to_o ill_a use_n to_o use_v charm_n or_o other_o invention_n to_o the_o 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he_o owe_v to_o god_n who_o forbid_v the_o sin._n however_o there_o be_v some_o sin_n more_o particular_o oppose_v to_o this_o great_a virtue_n whereof_o behold_v some_o example_n caelestem_fw-la nullum_fw-la non_fw-la laedit_fw-la crimen_fw-la amorem_fw-la quod_fw-la male_a divinum_fw-la humano_fw-la postponit_fw-la amori_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la tamen_fw-la his_fw-la virtutum_fw-la maxima_fw-la damnis_fw-la impetitur_fw-la 1._o summae_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la amarum_fw-la infandumque_fw-la furens_fw-la scelerata_fw-la forte_fw-fr recepit_fw-la mente_fw-la odium_fw-la execrans_fw-la blasphemans_fw-la sancta_fw-la deique_fw-la dextram_fw-la indignatus_fw-la ferientem_fw-la aut_fw-la judicis_fw-la aequi_fw-la iram_fw-la exhorrescens_fw-la infensum_fw-la quem_fw-la timet_fw-la odit_fw-la 2._o praeterea_fw-la ille_fw-la nocens_fw-la sanctum_fw-la qui_fw-la numen_fw-la amore_fw-la diligit_fw-la exiguo_fw-la bona_fw-la nec_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la summum_fw-la prosequitur_fw-la redamatque_fw-la bonum_fw-la peccare_fw-la paratus_fw-la ut_fw-la serventur_fw-la opes_fw-la vel_fw-la honos_fw-la aut_fw-la vita_fw-la caducis_fw-la postponens_fw-la aeterna_fw-la bonis_fw-la 3._o hominum_fw-la quoque_fw-la amorem_fw-la posthabito_fw-la quaesisse_fw-la deo_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la piget_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la esse_fw-la svo_fw-la gratus_fw-la domino_fw-la nil_fw-la curate_n at_o omnem_fw-la stultis_fw-la ut_fw-la placeat_fw-la curam_fw-la admovet_fw-la atque_fw-la laborem_fw-la 4._o quem_fw-la pudor_fw-la aut_fw-la vani_fw-la revocat_fw-la formido_fw-la pericli_fw-la ne_fw-la cupiat_fw-la bona_fw-la vel_fw-la faciat_fw-la quae_fw-la conscius_fw-la ipse_fw-la sancta_fw-la jubere_fw-la sibi_fw-la novit_fw-la mandata_fw-la malumque_fw-la quod_fw-la prohibent_fw-la patrat_fw-la humano_fw-la compulsus_fw-la amore_fw-la 5._o inque_fw-la deum_fw-la raro_fw-la conversus_fw-la segnius_fw-la illum_fw-la cogitat_fw-la aut_fw-la loquor_fw-la tacito_fw-la &_o 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