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vxorem_fw-la quandam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la vel_fw-la quòd_fw-la solus_fw-la ipse_fw-la masculo-soemineus_a aut_fw-la hermaphroditus_n etc._n etc._n seru._n de_fw-fr err._n trin._n lib._n 1._o 1._o alch._n cap._n 15._o 15._o sand._n nucl_n eccl._n ad_fw-la annum_fw-la annum_fw-la where_o they_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o first_o council_n of_o toledo_n an._n 587._o 587._o alch._n cap._n 20._o 20._o a_o little_a before_o this_o time_n according_a to_o bede_n a._n d._n 1612._o the_o supremacy_n and_o title_n of_o ecumenical_a bishop_n be_v grant_v to_o boniface_n the_o three_o by_o the_o wicked_a parricide_n phocas_n who_o murder_v his_o master_n and_o predecessor_n in_o the_o empire_n mauritius_n mauritius_n joh._n de_fw-fr oppido_fw-la vincentius_n alch._n cap._n 52._o 52._o and_o miracle_n pretend_v to_o be_v do_v by_o they_o niceph._n hist_o lib._n 18._o cap._n 41_o &_o 42._o 42._o zonara_n tom._n 3._o paul_n diac._n lib_n 18._o vincent_n lib._n 23._o 23._o vid._n stegmanni_n 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state_n of_o unsinning_a perfection_n syn._n 2._o the_o just_a &_o dial._n the_o just_a p._n 14._o that_o mortality_n be_v necessary_a to_o man_n if_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v part._n 3._o de_fw-fr seru._n chris_n c._n viij_o that_o adam_n have_v not_o the_o promise_n of_o eternal_a life_n nor_o can_v he_o avoid_v his_o fall_n resp_n ad_fw-la def_n pucc_fw-la de_fw-fr prim_fw-la hom._n stat_fw-la &_o lib._n svas_fw-la quod_fw-la regn_n pol._n etc._n etc._n p._n 56._o that_o christ_n be_v a_o new_a legislatour_n and_o give_v moral_a law_n which_o be_v not_o so_o before_o de_fw-fr offic._n chr._n p._n 4._o de_fw-fr conu._n &_o diff._n v._o &_o n._n test_n p._n 33._o that_o christ_n abrogate_a all_o the_o judicial_a precept_n of_o the_o law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ceremonial_a de_fw-fr offa_n chr._n p._n 5._o that_o notorious_a offender_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n ibid._n that_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v not_o a_o conveyance_n of_o grace_n but_o only_o a_o act_n of_o 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