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tundis_fw-la use_v calv._n the_o 3._o gen._n mendoz._n ezek._n 48.35_o rev._n 1.13_o musc._n job_n 38.11_o cajâ—t_fw-la in_o loc_n rom._n 8.31_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verbum_fw-la trâ—â—statum_fw-la ab_fw-la arâ—bus_fw-la pullitiâ—â—_n 〈…〉_z jun._n in_o 〈◊〉_d par._n ibis_n psa._n 23.4_o 2_o chro._n 20.11_o 2_o kin._n 2.6.17_o chrysost._n adest_fw-la amica_fw-la majestas_fw-la ut_fw-la innocentia_fw-la liberetur_fw-la gen._n 7.1.19_o 20._o 1_o kin._n 18.4_o exod._n 2.7_o act._n 21.44_o jonah_n 2.17_o evo_fw-la 14.11_o jud._n 2.22_o gen._n 33.4_o gen._n 39.22_o prov._n 21.1_o psa._n 80.1_o â—_o pet._n 4.17_o psa._n 91.14_o 15._o use_v august_n psa._n 14.5_o psa._n 91.1_o isa._n 8.9_o 10._o non_fw-la saxcus_fw-la non_fw-la aheâ—eus_fw-la sed_fw-la igneus_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o comminus_fw-la arceat_fw-la &_o eminus_fw-la terreat_fw-la theod._n psal._n 77.16_o psal._n 79.10_o josh._n 1.5_o heb._n 13.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cum_fw-la dei_fw-la sint_fw-la omne_fw-la habcutâ—_n deum_fw-la nihil_fw-la dâ—erit_fw-la si_fw-la deo_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la non_fw-la desit_fw-la cyp._n joh._n 24.8_o psa._n 42.11_o psa._n 77.19_o psa._n 46.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isid._n pel._n cyprian_a isa._n 54.2_o 2_o chro._n 2.15_o hos._n 5.15_o confisus_fw-la ligno_fw-la digiti_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la remotis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la aut_fw-la septem_fw-la juven_n virgil._n ps._n 107.23_o 24_o gen._n 46.4_o gen._n 7.16_o 17._o gen._n 39.24_o gen._n 28.20.33.20_o