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ac_fw-la tecum_fw-la in_o cord_n tacitus_fw-la exclamare_fw-la fecit_fw-la mihi_fw-la magna_fw-la qui_fw-la potens_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sanctum_fw-la nomen_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o talem_fw-la nunc_fw-la i_o iudicem_fw-la incidisse_fw-la gratulor_fw-la ac_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la moderatur_fw-la omne_fw-la gratiam_fw-la pro_fw-la virili_fw-la habeo_fw-la 1._o luke_n 1._o et_fw-la quanquam_fw-la testis_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la deus_fw-la nullius_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la meis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la erroris_fw-la mihi_fw-la conscius_fw-la sum_fw-la nedum_fw-la haereseos_fw-la aut_fw-la factionis_fw-la quod_fw-la calumniantur_fw-la quidam_fw-la quaestus_fw-la svi_fw-la quà m_fw-la animarum_fw-la lucri_fw-la avidiores_fw-la tamen_fw-la supra_fw-la modum_fw-la laetor_fw-la divina_fw-la haud_fw-la dubiè_fw-la benignitate_fw-la provisum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ob_fw-la veritatis_fw-la testimonium_fw-la ad_fw-la tunstalli_n tribunal_n sisterer_fw-la qui_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la alius_fw-la optimè_fw-la novit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la defuturos_fw-la jannes_n ac_fw-la jambres_n qui_fw-la veritatem_fw-la resistant_n nunquam_fw-la defuturos_fw-la 13._o defuturos_fw-la defuturos_fw-la elymas_n magus_n act._n 13._o elymate_n qui_fw-la conentur_fw-la subvertere_fw-la vias_fw-la domini_fw-la rectas_fw-la denique_fw-la nunquam_fw-la defuturos_fw-la demetrios_fw-la .6_o demetrios_fw-la demetrios_fw-la pithonissa_n act._n .6_o pythonissas_n balaamos_n 2._o balaamos_n balaamos_n nicolaitae_n apoc._n 2._o nicolaitas_n caynos_a ismaeles_n qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la cum_fw-la quae_fw-la sva_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la quae_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la avidissimè_fw-la sectentur_fw-la &_o quaerant_fw-la qui_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la christum_fw-la sincerè_fw-la ac_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la annunciatum_fw-la perferant_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la populus_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la passum_fw-la solidè_fw-la ac_fw-la purè_fw-la confidere_fw-la occeperit_fw-la ruent_fw-la mox_fw-la in_o verè_fw-la fidelium_fw-la pectoribus_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la hactenus_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la amplexi_fw-la sunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la intelligent_a non_fw-la hic_fw-la aut_fw-la illic_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o semetipsis_fw-la esse_fw-la tunc_fw-la intelligent_a patrem_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o montibus_fw-la samariae_fw-la neque_fw-la hierosolymis_fw-la adorandum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la loco_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la &_o veritate_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la fit_n actum_fw-la de_fw-la lucris_fw-la suis_fw-la putabunt_fw-la bestiae_fw-la agri_fw-la quorum_fw-la interest_n impleri_fw-la illud_fw-la ezechielis_fw-la 34._o dispersae_fw-la sunt_fw-la oves_fw-la meae_fw-la 34._o ezech._n 34._o eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la pastor_n &_o factae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o devorationem_fw-la omnium_fw-la bestiarum_fw-la agri_fw-la &_o dispersae_fw-la sunt_fw-la erraverunt_fw-la greges_fw-la mei_fw-la in_o cunctis_fw-la montibus_fw-la &_o in_o universo_fw-la coll_n excelso_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omnem_fw-la faciem_fw-la terrae_fw-la dispersi_fw-la sunt_fw-la greges_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o non_fw-la erat_fw-la qui_fw-la requireret_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la requireret_fw-la imo_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la requirere_fw-la velit_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o caulas_fw-la christi_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dico_fw-la fidei_fw-la errabundos_fw-la reducâ—re_fw-la mox_fw-la insurgunt_fw-la nomine_fw-la pastor_n sed_fw-la revera_fw-la lupi_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la aliud_fw-la de_fw-fr grege_fw-la quà m_fw-la lac_fw-la lanam_fw-la pellem_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la animas_fw-la cum_fw-la svas_fw-la tum_fw-la gregis_fw-la permittentes_fw-la diabolo_fw-la insurgunt_fw-la inquam_fw-la demetrij_fw-la pseudopastores_fw-la very_fw-la demetrij_fw-la ac_fw-la demetrij_fw-la instar_fw-la exclamant_fw-la hic_fw-la hereticus_fw-la ubiqui_fw-la suadet_fw-la avertitque_fw-la multam_fw-la turbam_fw-la dicens_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la dij_fw-la qui_fw-la manibus_fw-la fiunt_fw-la he_o sunt_fw-la hi_o pater_fw-la colende_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la pretextu_fw-la persequendi_fw-la hereticos_fw-la ventris_fw-la svi_fw-la negotium_fw-la agunt_fw-la inimici_fw-la crucis_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la quiduis_fw-la potius_fw-la far_o possunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la puram_fw-la christi_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la crucifixi_fw-la annunciationem_fw-la he_o font_n quibus_fw-la christus_fw-la aeternam_fw-la minatur_fw-la damnationem_fw-la cum_fw-la ait_fw-la vae_fw-la vobis_fw-la scribae_fw-la &_o pharisei_fw-la 23._o math._n 23._o hypocritae_fw-la qui_fw-la clauditis_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la ante_fw-la homines_fw-la vos_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la intratis_fw-la nec_fw-la introeuntes_fw-la sinitis_fw-la intrate_n he_o sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la aliunde_fw-la ascenderunt_fw-la alios_fw-la intrare_fw-la non_fw-la sinunt_fw-la quod_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la per_fw-la i_o inquit_fw-la christus_fw-la introierit_fw-la saluabitur_fw-la &_o ingredietur_fw-la &_o egredietur_fw-la &_o pascua_fw-la inveniet_fw-la &_o high_a non_fw-la inveniunt_fw-la pascua_fw-la nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la docent_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la trahunt_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la est_fw-la ostium_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la pervenitur_fw-la sed_fw-la aliunde_fw-la per_fw-la opuscula_fw-la quae_fw-la ovibus_fw-la tacito_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la christo_fw-la 10._o john_n 10._o suadent_fw-la proponunt_fw-la &_o iniungunt_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la potius_fw-la quaestum_fw-la quà m_fw-la animarum_fw-la salutem_fw-la spectantes_fw-la hoc_fw-la deteriores_fw-la quà m_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la christum_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la edificant_a lignum_fw-la foenum_fw-la stipulam_fw-la isti_fw-la fatentur_fw-la se_fw-la christum_fw-la 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