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against_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o flesh_n say_v 37._o say_v sic_fw-la etsi_fw-la carnem_fw-la ait_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodesse_fw-la ex_fw-la materia_fw-la dicti_fw-la dirigendus_fw-la est_fw-la sensus_fw-la nam_fw-la quia_fw-la durum_fw-la &_o intolerabilem_fw-la existimaverunt_fw-la sermonem_fw-la ejus_fw-la quasi_fw-la veer_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la illis_fw-la edendam_fw-la determinasset_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la disponeret_fw-la statum_fw-la salutis_fw-la praemisit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la vivificat_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la subjunxit_fw-la caro_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodest_fw-la ad_fw-la vivificandum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la exequitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la quid_fw-la velit_fw-la intelligi_fw-la spiritum_fw-la verba_fw-la quae_fw-la locutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vobis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sunt_fw-la vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o supra_fw-la qui_fw-la audit_n sermon_n meos_fw-la &_o credit_n in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n itaque_fw-la 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