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24._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 6._o mat._n 28._o 20._o luk._n 23._o 43._o doctrine_n 2._o saint_n immediate_o ascend_v after_o death_n to_o christ_n 2_o cor_fw-la 11._o 23._o cypr._n de_fw-fr mortalit_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la fere_n lib._n 4._o do_v 21._o sect._n 3_o rom._n 8._o 1._o against_o purgatory_n malen_n against_o b._n usher_n p._n 493_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 1._o lib._n 4._o do_v 25._o sect._n 2._o wisdom_n 4._o 1_o 2_o 3._o ezek._n 18._o 22._o eccles_n 11._o 26._o alphonso_n à _fw-fr castro_n contra_fw-la baer_fw-mi baer_fw-mi 5._o bell._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr beat_v c._n 3._o use_v 1_o the_o soul_n immortal_a act_n 23_o 8._o exercilat_fw-la evaâ—g_a l._n 1._o c._n 23_o euseb_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 3._o c._n 36._o 2._o the_o seule_fw-fr sleep_v not_o as_o the_o body_n bullinger_n contra_fw-la anaba_n l._n 4._o c._n 10_o 3._o soul_n depart_v immediate_o see_v god_n sixtus_n senensis_n bibl_a san._n lib._n 6._o annotat._n 345._o 4._o christ_n absent_a in_o body_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 8._o 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