have_v our_o be_v for_o we_o be_v also_o of_o his_o offspring_n erasmus_n in_o deut._n say_v non_fw-la supra_fw-la â—e_n sed_fw-la intrate_n est_fw-la sermo_n valde_fw-la i._o the_o word_n be_v not_o above_o thou_o but_o very_o within_o thou_o the_o samaritan_n copy_n have_v it_o not_o the_o word_n but_o the_o thing_n be_v in_o thou_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v often_o so_o translate_v fagius_n upon_o the_o place_n in_o deuter._n thus_o in_o cord_n dicit_fw-la quia_fw-la legem_fw-la cordibus_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la inscripserat_fw-la dominus_fw-la priusquam_fw-la in_o tabulis_fw-la illis_fw-la lapâ—deis_fw-la decologum_n insculpsisset_fw-la i._n e._n in_o the_o heart_n say_v he_o because_o the_o lord_n haâ—â—_n write_v the_o law_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o jew_n before_o he_o have_v grave_v the_o decalogue_n in_o the_o table_n of_o stone_n for_o its_o be_v such_o a_o word_n as_o use_v to_o be_v in_o the_o mouth_n i_o must_v 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