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well_o as_o southern_a 4._o scaliger_n exercit_fw-la 292._o ¶_o 4._o people_n who_o have_v no_o such_o grain_n among_o they_o as_o we_o have_v mention_v for_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o acknowledge_v a_o ordinary_a necessity_n of_o this_o bless_a sacrament_n 12._o plerosque_fw-la nos_fw-la vidimus_fw-la frumenti_fw-la usum_fw-la et_fw-la vini_fw-la penitus_fw-la ignorantes_fw-la ammian_n marcellinus_n lib_n 14._o cap._n 12._o to_o the_o have_v life_n spiritual_a in_o we_o to_o the_o comfort_n of_o our_o soul_n to_o the_o strengthen_n of_o our_o faith_n to_o the_o resist_a the_o temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o in_o fine_a to_o the_o salvation_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o yet_o suppose_v what_o st._n paul_n testify_v that_o god_n will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v there_o shall_v be_v a_o natural_a incapacity_n of_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o salvation_n and_o consider_v withal_o that_o bread_n may_v be_v easy_o take_v not_o for_o that_o only_a which_o 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be_v the_o direct_a author_n of_o sin_n to_o prepare_v man_n to_o damnation_n as_o he_o be_v of_o good_a act_n lead_v to_o life_n and_o glory_n these_o contain_v two_o great_a error_n to_o be_v like_v of_o no_o good_a christian_n for_o any_o man_n great_a name_n in_o religion_n or_o reformation_n for_o it_o be_v first_o certain_z that_o though_o sometime_o in_o scripture_n the_o same_o name_n may_v be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n providence_n in_o both_o yet_o it_o be_v in_o a_o far_o different_a sense_n as_o the_o relation_n that_o god_n hand_n and_o power_n 105._o quia_fw-la universa_fw-la ista_fw-la massa_n meritò_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la conâ—umeliam_fw-la debitam_fw-la reddit_fw-la justitia_fw-la honorem_fw-la indebitum_fw-la reddit_fw-la gratia_fw-la aug._n in_o sixto_fw-la epist_n 105._o have_v towards_o thing_n of_o a_o positive_a and_o real_a nature_n differ_v much_o from_o that_o it_o have_v towards_o thing_n of_o nature_n negative_a and_o privative_a suppose_v then_o at_o 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