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the_o latin_a word_n voluntary_a in_o my_o text_n for_o the_o deliberate_a malice_n of_o the_o will_n distinguish_v it_o from_o volens_fw-la which_o signify_v a_o seduction_n through_o passion_n without_o obstinacy_n for_o a_o man_n may_v sin_v in_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n by_o fear_n compulsion_n and_o constraint_n draw_v unto_o it_o by_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o flesh_n which_o decline_v the_o horror_n of_o torment_n as_o do_v st._n synuessae_n st._n tom._n 1._o council_n conc_fw-fr synuessae_n peter_n and_o marcellinus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o many_o other_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n who_o notwithstanding_o do_v after_o repent_v and_o become_v glorious_a martyr_n of_o who_o say_v that_o glorious_a martyr_n &_o lapsis_fw-la &_o cyprian_a ser._n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la bishop_n of_o carthage_n non_fw-fr animus_n sed_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o dolore_fw-la defecit_fw-la the_o flesh_n faint_v but_o their_o heart_n do_v not_o utter_o fail_v under_o those_o torture_n or_o 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