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Neither was it Auguftines purpofe, when he called mannes will the waytingc maide of grace, to alligne vnto her a certaine fecond office in doing a good workc, but becaufe this only was his intent, to confute the wic - ked dodrinc of Pelagius, which did fet the principal! caufe of falua - tion in mans deferuing: therefore he (lode only vpon this point, that grace GodthcRedemer.
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And of these also are eaters of mannes fleshe: so manye as folowe the trade of the Scithians.
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One part of this people iudgeth mannes perfeteste blessednes to stande in honestie.
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But to slea a man, to enuade a nother mannes country, contrary to all righte and reason, to bereue them of their goodes and possessions, to breake the preceptes of God, thei estieme as nothinge.
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Then take thei the dead mannes heade, and pike the braine cleane, and all other moistures and ragges, and when thei haue guilte it, thei vse it for a representacion of the partie departed.
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At the foote of euery mannes tree lieth a dogge, and a horse well taughte to couche flatte on the bealy, as lowe as can bee.
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But beginnyng at his childehode, in the whiche thei reherse his bringing vp, nourtering and scholyng, thei passe to his mannes age, their commending his godlines, his iustice, his temperaunce, and the residewe of his vertues.
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These menne (priuiledged from all busines) neither be troubled with office, ne be at any mannes commaundemente: But receiue of the communes suche thinges as serue for the Sacrifices of their goddes, and are requisite for bewrialles.
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Thei vse to ronne the race, and to course, bothe on horsebacke and on foote: at the leadyng of some noble mannes sonne, chosen for the nones.
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When so euer any mannes father ther, dieth: all his kinsfolke bringe euery man one beast or other to the house of the sonne that kepeth the funeral.
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