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Genesis: Ex te namque egredietur in quo omnes gentes benedicentur.
Quartum remedium contra originale peccatum fuit circumcisio.
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Genesis: Ex te namque egredietur in quo omnes gentes benedicentur. Quartum remedium contra originale peccatum fuit circumcisio.
Bot for thes remedes all thre
were noȝt accept to God all-myȝt
saue only of Iues and hor lyne,
therfore the furth by scyll & ryȝt
were noȝt accept to God all-myȝt
saue only of Iues and hor lyne,
therfore the furth by scyll & ryȝt
God ordenet for to serue wele all
of ich cuntre a nacioun
that to Goddes lagh wold fall,
& that was circumcisioun.
of ich cuntre a nacioun
that to Goddes lagh wold fall,
& that was circumcisioun.
For what nacioun sere hit were
other than Iues, that sacrement
stod hom in stid and mad hom dere
to God, who-sere that merk wold hent.
other than Iues, that sacrement
stod hom in stid and mad hom dere
to God, who-sere that merk wold hent.
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