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the_o trinity_n page_z 5_o 6_o 7._o 7._o praelect_v cap._n 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o 11._o fragment_n disp._n de_fw-fr adorat_fw-la christi_fw-la christi_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la aeternus_fw-la spiritum_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la nominamus_fw-la substantiam_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la erassitie_n qualem_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la oculorum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la subjectis_fw-la cernimus_fw-la alienam_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la angelos_n dicimus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &_o aerem_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la &_o attrib_n cap._n 15._o 15._o comment_fw-fr vol._n 1._o page_n 118._o 118._o de_fw-fr uno_n deo_fw-la p._n lib._n 2._o sect_n 1_o 2._o 2._o letter_n of_o resolution_n concern_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n the_o unreasonableness_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n trinity_n a_o accurate_a examination_n of_o the_o principal_a text_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 5._o 5._o observation_n on_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o brief_a history_n of_o 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