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cognoscendis_fw-la quare_fw-la nec_fw-la error_n nec_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la excuset_fw-la unquam_fw-la a_o perditione_n paris_n de_fw-fr leg_n cap_n 21._o pariensis_n have_v this_o passage_n as_o the_o will_n be_v a_o debtor_n unto_o god_n in_o its_o operation_n for_o the_o choice_n of_o good_a so_o be_v every_o man_n understanding_n a_o debtor_n to_o god_n in_o its_o operation_n for_o the_o believe_a of_o truth_n therefore_o neither_o error_n nor_o ignorance_n can_v excuse_v any_o before_o god_n if_o they_o perish_v another_o say_v this_o dei_fw-la this_o ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la oportet_fw-la nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la scientiarum_fw-la disciplinal_n &_o opiniones_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la lydeum_fw-la lapidem_fw-la examinare_fw-la &c_n &c_n quodcunque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la authâ—râ—tatem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la eadem_fw-la facilitate_v contemnitur_fw-la quâ_fw-la affertur_fw-la cornel._n agrip_n de_fw-fr vanit_fw-la scient_n cap_n 100_o de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la 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