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word_n of_o christ_n as_o origen_n do_v 45._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 53_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o et_fw-la alibi_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 80._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 11._o ideo_fw-la venit_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n ut_fw-la salvum_fw-la faceret_fw-la quod_fw-la perierat_fw-la venit_fw-la ergo_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mundi_fw-la tolleret_fw-la ut_fw-la vulnera_fw-la nostra_fw-la curaret_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la medicinam_fw-la expetunt_fw-la sed_fw-la plerique_fw-la refugiunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la volentes_fw-la curate_fw-la non_fw-la adstring_n it_o invitos_fw-la 11._o non_fw-fr injust_a judicat_fw-la quia_fw-la omnes_fw-la vult_fw-la salvos_fw-la fieri_fw-la manente_fw-la justitia_fw-la deus_fw-la utique_fw-la vult_fw-la omnes_fw-la salvos_fw-la fieri_fw-la cur_fw-la 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servatur_fw-la liberi_fw-la enim_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la sumus_fw-la vult_fw-la nos_fw-la bonum_fw-la velle_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la voluerimus_fw-la velit_fw-la in_fw-la nobis_fw-la and_o iâ—se_n suum_fw-la implere_fw-la consilium_fw-la 2._o constat_fw-la deum_fw-la omnia_fw-la bona_fw-la velle_fw-la sed_fw-la homines_fw-la suo_fw-la vitio_fw-la praecipitantur_fw-la in_fw-la malum_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 29._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 1578._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 2._o 6._o duae_fw-la sunt_fw-la voluntates_fw-la in_fw-la deo_fw-la una_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cogens_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la aufert_fw-la qua_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la vult_fw-la salvos_fw-la fieri_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntate_fw-la illorum_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la effectibus_fw-la rerum_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la dicitur_fw-la omnia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la voluit_fw-la fecit_fw-la huic_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la resistere_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la dicitur_fw-la voluntati_fw-la ejus_fw-la quis_fw-la resistit_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la duplex_fw-la permittens_fw-la respectu_fw-la mali_fw-la approbans_fw-la respectu_fw-la boni_fw-la itaque_fw-la homines_fw-la resistunt_fw-la voluntati_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la and_o non_fw-la resistunt_fw-la voluntati_fw-la justitiae_fw-la postea_fw-la in_fw-la hunc_fw-la sensum_fw-la orate_fw-la ergo_fw-la fiat_fw-la voluntas_fw-la tua_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la resistitur_fw-la sic_fw-la et_fw-la in_fw-la terris_fw-la ubi_fw-la resistitur_fw-la mar._n deus_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la sumit_fw-la seminarium_fw-la miserendi_fw-la quod_fw-la judicat_fw-la et_fw-la condemnat_fw-la nos_fw-la eum_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la cogimus_fw-la ut_fw-la long_fw-la aliter_fw-la de_fw-la cord_fw-la ipsius_fw-la miseratio_fw-la quam_fw-la animadversio_fw-la procedere_fw-la videatur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la offertur_fw-la and_o in_fw-la communi_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la nemo_fw-la illius_fw-la expers_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la renuit_fw-la if_o after_o all_o these_o testimony_n i_o have_v s._n austin_n and_o prosper_n to_o side_n with_o i_o in_o my_o assertion_n i_o know_v not_o why_o i_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o those_o who_o think_v i_o in_o a_o error_n at_o least_o to_o have_v rational_o and_o discreet_o err_v and_o though_o grotius_n give_v a_o reason_n why_o 98._o s._n austin_n be_v the_o unfit_a to_o be_v a_o judge_n in_o these_o matter_n yet_o if_o prosper_n who_o best_o know_v he_o may_v be_v allow_v for_o his_o interpreter_n i_o be_o very_o well_o content_a that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o my_o jury_n for_o of_o four_o exposition_n which_o that_o father_n make_v in_o several_a part_n of_o 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