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health_n will_v not_o gyve_v credence_n to_o this_o bless_a doctoure_n paul_n disciple_n rather_o than_o to_o 19_o histo_n eccl_n lib._n 9_o ca._n 19_o luther_n or_o any_o of_o his_o scholar_n sequendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la doctores_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la divisionem_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la those_o doctor_n hieroso_fw-la dsligenter_n obseru_fw-la â—dun_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la lex_fw-la dei_fw-la cum_fw-la legitur_fw-la non_fw-la secum_fw-la dum_fw-la yprii_fw-la ingenii_fw-la intelligenciam_fw-la legatur_fw-la vel_fw-la doceatur_fw-la suni_fw-la eâ—im_fw-la multa_fw-la verba_fw-la in_o scripture_n divinis_fw-la que_fw-la possunt_fw-la â—rahi_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la sensum_fw-la quem_fw-la sibi_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la sponte_fw-la presumpsit_fw-la say_fw-la id_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la opor_fw-la tet_fw-la non_fw-la any_o sensum_fw-la quem_fw-la attuleris_fw-la extrin_n secus_fw-la alienum_fw-la et_fw-la extraneum_fw-la de_fw-fr bes_z querere_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la oportet_fw-la 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