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rvinam_fw-la same_o fulgent_n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o add_v mont_fw-fr cap._n 22._o nec_fw-la justitia_fw-la justa_fw-la dicetur_fw-la si_fw-la puniendum_fw-la râ—um_fw-la non_fw-la invenisse_fw-la sed_fw-la fecisse_fw-la dicatur_fw-la major_a vero_fw-la erit_fw-la injustitia_fw-la si_fw-la lapso_fw-la deus_fw-la retribuat_fw-la paenam_fw-la quem_fw-la stantem_fw-la praedestinasse_n dicitur_fw-la ad_fw-la rvinam_fw-la it_o be_v great_a injustice_n in_o god_n to_o punish_v he_o who_o he_o do_v not_o find_v but_o make_v a_o offender_n this_o be_v st._n bernard_n opinion_n too_o consenseâ—_n too_o ber._n l._n the_o graâ—_n &_o lib._n arb_n p._n 908._o sola_fw-la voluntas_fw-la quoniam_fw-la profui_fw-la ingenita_fw-la libeâ—tate_fw-la aut_fw-la dissentire_fw-la sibi_fw-la aut_fw-la praeter_fw-la se_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la consentire_fw-la nulla_fw-la vi_fw-la nulla_fw-la cogitur_fw-la necessitate_v nâ—n_fw-la mimerito_fw-la justum_fw-la vel_fw-la injustum_fw-la beatitudine_fw-la seu_fw-la 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