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into_o the_o wilderness_n of_o beersheba_n 21._o advers._fw-la judaeos_n c._n 13._o apolog_fw-la 21._o and_o the_o jew_n be_v cast_v out_o ejectus_fw-la say_v tertullian_n coeli_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la extorris_fw-la cast_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n scatter_v and_o disperse_v over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o make_v a_o proverb_n of_o obstinate_a impietiy_n so_o that_o when_o we_o call_v a_o man_n a_o jew_n putamus_fw-la sufficere_fw-la convitium_fw-la we_o think_v we_o have_v rail_v loud_o enough_o but_o now_o how_o shall_v the_o church_n cast_v out_o those_o of_o she_o own_o bowel_n of_o her_o house_n and_o family_n and_o such_o enemy_n she_o may_v have_v which_o hang_v upon_o her_o breast_n call_v by_o the_o same_o word_n seal_v with_o the_o same_o sacrament_n and_o challenge_v a_o part_n in_o the_o same_o common_a salvation_n to_o cast_v out_o be_v a_o act_n of_o violence_n and_o the_o true_a church_n evermore_o have_v the_o suffer_a part_n but_o yet_o she_o may_v cast_v 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greek_n call_v it_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 12._o lib._n 11._o noct._n attic._n c._n 16._o de_fw-fr tranq_fw-fr c._n 12._o which_o gellius_n confess_v he_o can_v render_v no_o not_o obscure_o in_o many_o word_n seneca_n inquietam_fw-la inertiam_fw-la a_o unquiet_a and_o troublesome_a sloth_n by_o which_o we_o run_v up_o and_o down_o and_o never_o abide_v at_o one_o stay_v but_z like_o man_n which_o run_v in_o haste_n to_o quench_v a_o fire_n shoulder_z every_o one_o we_o meet_v and_o tumble_v down_o ourselves_o and_o other_o in_o the_o way_n 3._o sticho_n act_n 1._o sc_n 3._o and_o so_o fall_v together_o curiosus_fw-la nemo_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la sit_fw-la malevolus_fw-la say_v he_o in_o plautus_n curiosity_n be_v the_o breath_n of_o malice_n and_o be_v mischievous_a and_o mischief_n provoke_v wrath_n and_o injustice_n and_o mischief_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o impatience_n and_o wrath_n on_o the_o other_o meet_v and_o strive_v and_o struggle_v together_o and_o in_o the_o 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