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and_o medicinable_a use_n thereof_o which_o the_o apothecary_n know_v knowledge_n be_v a_o necessary_a precedent_n to_o a_o reverend_a and_o high_a estimation_n of_o god_n and_o his_o word_n for_o to_o know_v the_o excellency_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v a_o good_a preparative_n to_o a_o due_a esteem_n thereof_o 10._o ignorance_n be_v a_o inlet_n into_o all_o error_n it_o be_v a_o fruitful_a mother_n of_o error_n 19_o praeteritae_fw-la veniam_fw-la dabit_fw-la ignorautia_fw-la culpae_fw-la ovid._n epist_n 19_o a_o ignorant_a man_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v carry_v away_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o vain_a and_o empty_a word_n the_o papist_n who_o will_v persuade_v the_o people_n they_o may_v be_v ignorant_a and_o a_o little_a or_o no_o knowledge_n be_v require_v of_o they_o give_v great_a occasion_n to_o we_o to_o suspect_v as_o if_o they_o mean_v to_o make_v a_o prey_n of_o they_o by_o seduce_v they_o with_o gross_a error_n for_o than_o say_v chrysostome_n thief_n go_v to_o steal_v 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