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sed_fw-la non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la fuissent_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la mansissent_fw-la utique_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la cyprian_n edit_fw-la oxon._n 1682._o where_o this_o be_v the_o 59_o the_o epistle_n epistle_n quando_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o calice_n vino_fw-la aqua_fw-la miscetur_fw-la christo_fw-la populus_fw-la adunatur_fw-la &_o credentium_fw-la plebs_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o quem_fw-la credidit_fw-la copulatur_fw-la &_o conjungitur_fw-la quae_fw-la copulatio_fw-la &_o conjunctio_fw-la aquae_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la sic_fw-la miscetur_fw-la in_o calice_n domini_fw-la ut_fw-la commixtio_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la ab_fw-la inuicem_fw-la separaj_o unde_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la plebem_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la constitutam_fw-la sideliter_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la credidit_fw-la perseverantem_fw-la nulld_v res_fw-la separare_fw-la poterit_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la haereat_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o maneat_fw-la individua_fw-la dilectio_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 63._o pag._n 154._o edit_fw-la oxon._n oxon._n ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la gloriosa_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la habens_fw-la maculam_fw-la neque_fw-la rugam_fw-la aut_fw-la quidistinsmodi_fw-la qui_fw-la ergo_fw-la peccator_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aliqua_fw-la sorde_fw-la maculatus_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la appellari_fw-la nec_fw-la christo_fw-la subjectus_fw-la dici_fw-la possibile_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la rugam_fw-la habuerar_n &_o maculam_fw-la in_fw-la juventutem_fw-la &_o munditiam_fw-la postea_fw-la restituta_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la currat_fw-la ad_fw-la medieum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la opus_fw-la sani_fw-la medico_n say_v male_a habentes_fw-la &_o curentur_fw-la vulnera_fw-la ipsius_fw-la &_o fiat_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la corpus_fw-la est_fw-la 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