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i.e._n innocent_a as_o in_o the_o sight_n and_o acceptation_n of_o god_n which_o be_v signify_v of_o old_a by_o put_v present_o a_o white_a garment_n upon_o the_o party_n baptize_v of_o which_o ambrose_n speak_v lib._n de_fw-fr iis_fw-la qui_fw-la initiantur_fw-la mist_n cap_n 7._o accepisti_fw-la post_fw-la haec_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la candida_fw-la ut_fw-la esset_fw-la indicium_fw-la quod_fw-la exueris_fw-la involucrum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o indueris_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la c._n sta_fw-la velamina_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dixit_fw-la propheta_fw-la asperge_n i_o domine_fw-la hyssop_n &_o mundabor_fw-la lavabis_fw-la i_o &_o super_fw-la nivem_fw-la deâ—lbalor_fw-la and_o so_o the_o same_o gregory_n turonensis_n who_o i_o cite_v before_o lib._n 5._o hist_o cap_n 11._o renatusque_fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la cum_fw-la albatis_fw-la reliquis_fw-la