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dum_fw-la paucos_fw-la facit_fw-la perfectior_fw-la erit_fw-la in_fw-la non_fw-la juvando_fw-la suae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la invenio_fw-la hominem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la constitutum_fw-la lapsúmque_fw-la 6._o hominis_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la libero_fw-la ejus_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la deputandum_fw-la i_o wonder_v vossius_fw-la do_v not_o remember_v tertullian_n than_o who_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o more_o direct_o for_o this_o purpose_n justin_n martyr_n also_o 45._o be_v ill_o omit_v and_o so_o be_v s._n ignatius_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o 194._o ignem_fw-la autem_fw-la aeternum_fw-la non_fw-la illis_fw-la quibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la discedite_fw-la à _fw-la me_fw-la maledicti_fw-la paratum_fw-la ostendit_fw-la sicut_fw-la regnum_fw-la justis_fw-la sed_fw-la diabolo_fw-it and_o angelis_fw-la ejus_fw-la quia_fw-la quantum_fw-la adse_fw-la homines_fw-la 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