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affirm_v it_o and_o reinforce_v it_o what_o then_o need_v further_a witness_n 19.10_o luk._n 19.10_o for_o if_o thou_o say_v the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v to_o seek_v &_o to_o save_v that_o which_o be_v lose_v that_o be_v by_o show_v they_o god_n truth_n and_o bear_a witness_n to_o it_o and_o so_o lose_v the_o prisnor_n bind_v and_o lose_v in_o the_o prison_n of_o sin_n error_n 4.4_o error_n sedebas_fw-la o_fw-la homo_fw-la in_o tenebrosis_fw-la &_o umbra_fw-la mortis_fw-la per_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sedebas_fw-la vinctus_fw-la catenis_fw-la delictorum_fw-la bernar._n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-fr adam_n caeci_fw-la nati_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o illo_fw-la illuminate_v opus_fw-la habemus_fw-la aug._n in_o joan._n trac_fw-la 34._o act._n 26.18_o mar._n 10.46_o gal._n 4.4_o and_o ignorance_n joh._n 12.48_o he_o come_v a_o light_n into_o the_o world_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v on_o he_o shall_v not_o abide_v in_o darkness_n but_o shall_v have_v 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