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they_o nor_o will_v they_o nor_o desire_v they_o nor_o perform_v they_o but_o by_o the_o inward_a infusion_n &_o work_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o least_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o joannes_n shall_v be_v doubt_v of_o because_o he_o write_v against_o the_o b._n of_o rome_n this_o be_v the_o same_o joannes_n who_o confession_n the_o same_o hormisida_n send_v unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n as_o catholic_a and_o true_a albinus_n the_o school_n master_n of_o carolus_n magnus_fw-la much_o late_a in_o time_n but_o in_o sentence_n all_o one_o with_o he_o upon_o the._n 119._o psalm_n part_n 19_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n definite_a in_o nullo_n homini_fw-la esse_fw-la praesumendum_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o sola_fw-la dei_fw-la pielate_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la miserit_fw-la beatos_fw-la facit_fw-la ex_fw-la mortuis_fw-la vivos_fw-la he_o determine_v that_o a_o man_n must_v presume_v in_o nothing_o but_o in_o the_o only_a mercy_n of_o god_n which_o of_o miserable_a make_v we_o happy_a of_o dead_a man_n alive_a another_o godly_a man_n of_o good_a antiquity_n not_o so_o famous_a in_o name_n which_o of_o purpose_n he_o suppress_v to_o avoid_v vain_a glory_n in_o all_o his_o write_n call_v himself_o idiota_fw-la be_v nevertheless_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n especial_o in_o regulis_fw-la sancti_fw-la viri_fw-la quinta_fw-la regula_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la armis_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o quocunque_fw-la alio_fw-la humano_fw-la remedio_fw-la confidas_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o