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omnes_fw-la n._n venit_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la renascuntur_fw-la in_fw-la deum_fw-la infant_fw-la and_o parvulos_fw-la and_o pueros_fw-la and_o juvenes_fw-la and_o seniores_fw-la ideo_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la venit_fw-la aetatem_fw-la and_o infantibus_fw-la infans_fw-la factus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la infant_fw-la in_fw-la parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la etc._n etc._n christ_n levitic_a do_v sanctify_v every_o age_n by_o his_o own_o susception_n of_o it_o and_o similitude_n to_o it_o for_o he_o come_v to_o save_v all_o man_n by_o himself_o i_o say_v all_o who_o by_o he_o be_v bear_v again_o unto_o god_n infant_n and_o child_n and_o boy_n and_o young_a man_n and_o old_a man_n he_o be_v make_v a_o infant_n to_o infant_n sanctify_v infant_n a_o little_a one_o to_o the_o little_a one_o etc._n etc._n and_o origen_n be_v express_v ecclesia_fw-la traditionem_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_fw-la suscepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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and_o spotless_a in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o power_n when_o thou_o shall_v lead_v thy_o church_n to_o a_o kingdom_n and_o endless_a glory_n amen_n the_o end_n §._o 1._o §._o 2._o john_n 4._o 14._o §._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 21._o §._o 4._o §._o 5._o umbra_fw-la in_fw-la lege_fw-la imago_fw-la in_fw-la evangelio_fw-la veritas_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la s._n ambr._n §._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 2._o §._o 7._o §._o 8._o a_o tertui_fw-la de_fw-fr praescrip._n c._n 40._o b_o scholiast._n in_o ju._n sat._n 2._o l._n 1._o c_o o_o nimium_fw-la faciles_fw-la qui_fw-la tristia_fw-la crimina_fw-la caedis_fw-la tolli_fw-la flumineâ_fw-la posse_fw-la put_v at_o be_v aquâ_fw-la §._o 9_o joh._n 4._o 14._o §._o 10._o audi_fw-la quid_fw-la scripturae_fw-la doceant_fw-la johannis_n baptisma_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimisit_fw-la quam_fw-la baptisma_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la idque_fw-la in_fw-la