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tim._n 3._o 16_o luk._n 2.14_o rom._n 16._o 2d_o heb._n â—_o â—_o coloss._n 1._o 15._o 2._o cor._n 4._o 6._o joh._n 17._o 23._o math._n 26._o 37._o zach._n 12._o 10._o eph._n 4._o 21_o 22._o psal._n 84._o 2._o thess._n â—_o 10._o â—_o joh._n 3._o 2d_o isa._n 53._o joh._n 17._o 3._o 2._o cor._n 10._o 5._o 5._o remenses_n in_o rom._n 10._o 14._o 14._o thomas_n becket_n in_o maria_n spâ—_n totam_fw-la ponit_fw-la post_fw-la christum_fw-la matth._n paris_n in_o henrico_n 11._o 11._o bellarm._n tom_n â—_o de_fw-fr iustific_a l._n 5._o c._n 7._o 7._o phil._n 1._o 21._o 1._o cor._n 6._o 15._o joh_n 6._o 56._o heb._n 10._o 20._o 1._o joh._n 3._o 23_o eph._n 3._o 17._o pro._n 5._o 11._o psal._n 59_o 8._o luk._n 21._o 36._o 2._o joh._n 3._o rom._n 10._o 5._o rom._n 3._o 22._o 25._o jerem._n 23._o rom._n 3._o 24._o 26._o rom._n 4._o 1._o rom._n 5._o 19_o 19_o lira_n upon_o rom._n 5._o &_o bellar._n the_o great_a ami_fw-fr 1._o l._n 5._o c._n 17._o in_o dominica_n 1._o po_fw-la 〈◊〉_d epiph_n serm_n 1._o epist._n 190._o ad_fw-la milites_fw-la temp_n c._n 11._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 30._o 2._o cor._n 5._o 21._o fnchir_n c._n 41_o &_o de_fw-la verbis_fw-la apost_n serm._n 6._o isa._n 4._o 6._o rom._n 3._o 25._o phil._n 1._o 29._o luk._n 24._o 25._o 25._o non_fw-la insitis_fw-la sed_fw-la inserendis_fw-la joh._n 20._o 28_o 29._o gal._n 2._o 20._o mar._n 11._o 24._o hel._n 6._o 18._o 18._o chrysost._n hom_n 7._o in_o rom._n quam_fw-la primum_fw-la homo_fw-la credidit_fw-la confestim_fw-la simul_fw-la iustificatus_fw-la est_fw-la rom._n 4._o rom._n 5._o 2._o eph._n 2._o 6._o act._n 2._o 24._o joh._n 10._o â—8_o rom._n 1â—_n 1._o cor._n 15._o 17._o rom._n 8._o 34._o joh_n 7._o 39_o luk._n 24._o 47._o 1._o pet._n â—_o 3._o heb._n 2._o 5._o isa._n 65._o 27._o rom._n 8._o 1â—_n 〈◊〉_d 2._o 7._o joh._n 16._o 33._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 4._o rome_n 6._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 20._o 6._o act._n 3._o 25._o 2._o pet._n 3._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 5._o 14._o coloss._n 3._o 1._o act._n 9_o 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