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the_o saint_n in_o the_o calendar_n without_o draw_v they_o into_o her_o office_n which_o they_o may_v do_v without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o the_o suit_n they_o ask_v unless_o christ_n intercession_n without_o their_o conjuncture_n be_v imperfect_a that_o we_o may_v all_o once_o pray_v together_o we_o may_v hope_v for_o the_o blessing_n of_o peace_n and_o charity_n to_o be_v upon_o we_o all_o hieronymus_n zanchius_n in_o confess_v cap._n 24._o 19_o de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-fr enim_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la defecimus_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la defecit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la à _fw-la seipsa_fw-la veteri_fw-la &_o pura_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la neque_fw-la alio_fw-la discessimus_fw-la animo_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la correcta_fw-la ad_fw-la priorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la redeat_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la 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