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ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o superfluity_n or_o excrement_n of_o all_o evil_a jam._n 1.21_o it_o contain_v all_o evil_n in_o it_o and_o if_o all_o evil_n say_v a_o worthy_a divine_a be_v to_o have_v a_o scum_n or_o excrement_n crement_n sin_n be_v it_o as_o be_v the_o abstract_a quintessence_n of_o all_o evil_a and_o have_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o good_a in_o it_o sin_n say_v bradwardine_n be_v a_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v do_v pro_fw-la quantiscunque_fw-la bonis_fw-la lucrandis_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la quantiscunque_fw-la malis_fw-la praecavendis_fw-la for_o the_o gain_v never_o so_o great_a a_o good_a or_o for_o the_o avoid_v never_o so_o great_a a_o evil_a he_o that_o have_v this_o holy_a fear_n in_o his_o heart_n will_v choose_v suffer_v as_o the_o lesser_a evil_n rather_o than_o sin_n which_o be_v much_o the_o great_a when_o antitiochus_n epiphanes_n bring_v forth_o wheel_n rodd_n hook_n rake_n rack_n caudron_n ant._n joseph_n ant._n cage_n gridiron_n gauntlet_n awl_n 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