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in_o the_o likeness_n of_o a_o dove_n matth._n 3._o 16._o or_o as_o loc_n hierome_n bar-iona_n be_v put_v for_o bar-iohanna_a the_o son_n of_o john_n as_o christin_n the_o 21._o chap._n of_o s._n johns_n gospel_n at_o the_o 15._o vers_fw-la now_o johanna_n signify_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n insinuate_v as_o the_o same_o father_n and_o janseâ—…_n other_o doctor_n observe_v that_o peter_n in_o understand_v this_o hide_a mystery_n be_v the_o son_n of_o grace_n so_o christ_n in_o the_o word_n immediate_o follow_v flesh_n and_o blood_n have_v not_o open_v that_o unto_o thou_o hilarius_n not_o my_o flesh_n and_o blood_n for_o if_o thou_o look_v upon_o i_o with_o a_o corporal_a eye_n thou_o see_v a_o man_n and_o nothing_o else_o not_o thy_o flesh_n and_o blood_n non_fw-la consanguinei_fw-la anselm_n thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n teach_v it_o not_o arden_n this_o knowledge_n come_v not_o from_o other_o man_n or_o from_o thyself_o no_o flesh_n and_o blood_n euthym._n that_o be_v the_o 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