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et_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la collatione_fw-la discrimen_fw-la et_fw-la dissimultudine_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la histoâ—_n 〈◊〉_d liberum_fw-la relixquimus_fw-la scribere_fw-la quiâ—velint_fw-la quiâ—velint_fw-la d._n whit._n cont_n camp_n rat._n 5._o 5._o d._n whit._n hail_v in_o this_o sentence_n in_o rat._n 〈◊〉_d cont_n camp_n camp_n contra_fw-la maximinun_n arianum_n e_o p_o c_o p._n l._n 1._o 1._o ep_n sy_n ad_fw-la paulinum_n paulinum_n de_fw-fr praesâ—r_fw-fr advers_a haeres_fw-la see_v c._n 19_o 30._o 35._o 36._o 36._o vincent_n advers_a haeres_fw-la haeres_fw-la in_o his_o eccles_n policy_n sect._n 14._o p._n 86._o 86._o luther_n in_o titul_n de_fw-fr libris_fw-la veteris_fw-la et_fw-la ncui_fw-la testamenti_fw-la as_o also_o in_o his_o prolegoâ—a_n to_o diverse_a of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n testament_n see_v seven_o of_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o that_o book_n all_o of_o they_o be_v spend_v in_o display_v the_o protestant_n 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et_fw-la ambigua_fw-la ergo_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la et_fw-la ipsa_fw-la interpretat_fw-la o._n incerta_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la incerta_fw-la tunc_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la falsa_fw-la falsa_fw-la psal_n 18._o 18._o dan._n 2._o 2._o isaiah_n 2._o 2._o isaiah_n 60._o 60._o cap._n 15._o 16._o 17._o 17._o d._n whit_n contra_fw-la camprat_n 3._o thus_o saithe_v de_fw-fr loco_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la paâ—ùm_fw-la laboro_fw-la nec_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la libertatem_fw-la credam_fw-la quamtumuis_fw-la hic_fw-la centies_fw-la affirmet_fw-la coram_fw-la hominibus_fw-la esse_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la mortem_fw-la mortem_fw-la cap._n 4._o 4._o cap._n 30._o 30._o d._n whit_n l._n 9_o contra_fw-la duraeum_n p._n 818._o thus_o say_v of_o this_o point_n tuum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la causa_fw-la petrum_fw-la galatinum_fw-la minimè_fw-la prostctò_fw-la desideramus_fw-la nec_fw-la haebreorum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la illis_fw-la indigemus_fw-la indigemus_fw-la 1._o joan._n 2._o 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aliqud_fw-la lo_o eique_fw-la sceleru_fw-la omnium_fw-la meritas_fw-la penas_fw-la imponet_fw-la thus_o d._n whit._n whit._n 3._o reg._n 3._o 3._o paraip_n 34._o 34._o isaiah_n 2._o micheas_n 4._o 4._o cyâ—â—_n l._n de_fw-la vâ—â—aâ—â—_n ecclesiae_fw-la posi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ilium_fw-la ilium_fw-la tocòâ—_n in_o greek_a signify_v usury_n come_v of_o the_o verb_n tictò_fw-la parto_fw-la because_o silver_n put_v to_o usury_n bâ—etteth_v silver_n silver_n 1._o cor._n 4._o 4._o zach._n 14._o 14._o psalm_n 54_o 54_o d._n râ—ynl_n do_v write_v against_o card._n bellurmine_n in_o the_o controversy_n of_o image_n image_n math._n 16._o 16._o jeremy_n 5._o 5._o joan._n 6._o b_o viâ—g_n aâ—neaâ—_n aâ—neaâ—_n tertullian_n de_fw-fr pudicitia_n pudicitia_n act._n 13._o 13._o lib._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 12._o 12._o lib._n 2._o et_fw-la 6._o contra_fw-la pa_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z lib._n 2_o contra_fw-la petiliaâ—â—_n rat_n 51._o et_fw-la 61._o 61._o haeres_fw-la c._n 33._o 33._o in_o 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