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that_o he_o accuse_v the_o formation_n or_o foster_a of_o a_o birth_n in_o the_o mother_n womb_n these_o be_v the_o great_a and_o marvellous_a work_n of_o god_n neither_o yet_o that_o he_o reject_v the_o blame_n on_o his_o parent_n or_o condemn_v marriage_n or_o use_v of_o the_o marriage-bed_n these_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n non_fw-la concupiscen_n aug._n count_n pelag._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 21._o de_fw-fr nupt_a et_fw-fr concupiscen_n est_fw-la malum_fw-la quod_fw-la natus_fw-la es_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la natuse_n and_o again_o natura_fw-la humana_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la coniugio_fw-la nascitur_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o to_o this_o same_o purpose_n say_v basil_n non_fw-la accusat_fw-la basil_n basil_n hic_fw-la nuptias_fw-la sicut_fw-la quidam_fw-la stulte_fw-la sunt_fw-la suspicati_fw-la sed_fw-la praevaricationem_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la mundi_fw-la a_o progenitoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la est_fw-la commissa_fw-la in_o medium_n 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