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all_o case_n that_o come_v in_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o their_o new_a persuasion_n that_o be_v to_o say_v all_o case_n that_o concern_v the_o christian_a church_n so_o p._n 207._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la annis_fw-la proximius_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la è_fw-la gentilibus_fw-la sine_fw-la judaismi_fw-la proselytismi_fw-la christi_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la amplexati_fw-la sunt_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la nomine_fw-la ita_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la reliquis_fw-la judaeis_n paritor_n veniebant_fw-la eorumque_fw-la diu_fw-la juribus_fw-la aliis_fw-la non_fw-la paucis_fw-la ita_fw-la utebantur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la videatur_fw-la omnino_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la quin_fw-la inter_fw-la jura_fw-la illa_fw-la etâ—am_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-fr excommunicatione_n judaica_n quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la species_n ejus_fw-la seu_fw-la gradus_fw-la nam_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la causas_fw-la necessum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la alitâ—r_fw-la se_fw-la res_fw-la haberet_fw-la quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la 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