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ipsi_fw-la nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la exigent_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la ista_fw-la observaverit_fw-la rom._n 14.1_o since_o this_o i_o have_v publish_v a_o book_n call_v the_o catechise_v of_o household_n ☞_o ☞_o father_v error_n on_o god_n and_o say_v that_o he_o say_v what_o he_o never_o say_v and_o forbid_v or_o command_v what_o he_o do_v not_o be_v the_o most_o direct_a breach_n of_o the_o three_o commandment_n to_o father_n lie_v on_o god_n be_v the_o take_n of_o his_o name_n in_o vain_a vain_a and_o yet_o say_v zaga-zabo_a in_o damnian_a a_o goâ—s_n pag._n 226._o nec_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopi_fw-la nostri_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la putant_fw-la aut_fw-la opinantur_fw-la ulâ—as_fw-la leges_fw-la se_fw-la condere_fw-la posse_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la obligari_fw-la quis_fw-la posset_n and_o pag._n 231._o indignum_fw-la est_fw-la peregrinos_fw-la christianos_n tam_fw-la acriter_fw-la &_o hostiliter_fw-la 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