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154_o 1_o pet._n 4._o 13._o suffer_v as_o christian_n 156_o mat._n 10._o 39_o he_o that_o lose_v his_o life_n 161_o 2_o chron._n 23._o athalia_fw-la dethrone_v 167_o jud._n 3._o 15._o the_o fact_n of_o ehud_n 169_o 2_o king_n 9_o jehu_n fact_n 170_o matt._n 22._o 20._o tribute_n to_o caesar._n 170_o 2_o king_n 18._o 7._o ezechia_n submit_v 197_o gen._n 1._o 29._o man_n right_n 198_o gen._n 13._o &_o 21._o well_n proper_a 202_o heb._n 6._o 18._o impossible_a for_o god_n to_o deceive_v 224_o jona_n 4._o 1._o god_n repent_v 225_o josh._n 9_o joshua_n oath_n 226_o matt._n 15._o 5._o korban_n â—…0_n 233_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 3._o to_o honour_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 231_o gen._n 42._o 15._o by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n 233_o mat._n 23._o 21._o he_o that_o swear_v by_o the_o temple_n ibid._n ezech._n 17._o 12._o oath_n to_o the_o babylonian_a 236_o psal._n 15._o have_v swear_v to_o his_o hurt_n 238_o mat._n 5._o 34._o swear_v not_o at_o all_o 242_o 2_o cor._n 1._o 20._o yea_o and_o amen_o 243_o deut._n 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gospel_n 334_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 3._o self-punishment_n ibid._n matth._n 7._o 1._o judge_v not_o 338_o lu._n 23._o 34._o pather_z forgive_v they_o 349_o mar._n 10._o 19_o defraud_v not_o 352_o heb._n 11._o 6._o he_o that_o come_v to_o god_n 365_o lu._n 14._o 23._o compel_v they_o to_o come_v in_o 372_o gal._n 4._o 29._o persecute_a he_o 378_o 1_o king_n 14._o child_n of_o saul_n 402_o deut._n 24._o 16._o not_o put_v to_o death_n child_n 404_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 12._o those_o that_o be_v without_o 417_o rom._n 5._o 6._o christ_n die_v for_o enemy_n 435_o jer._n 27._o
est_fw-la abire_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la nunquam_fw-la rediturus_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-la ira_fw-la c._n 16._o c._n 15._o 15._o yea_o and_o of_o the_o roman_n great_a part_n of_o who_o no_o man_n after_o the_o porcian_a law_n can_v be_v put_v to_o death_n or_o beat_v except_o a_o traitor_n or_o one_o condemn_v by_o the_o people_n lib._n 1_o lib._n 11._o lib._n 12._o 1._o 1._o vide_fw-la apud_fw-la nicaetum_fw-la lib._n 1._o juramentum_fw-la isaaci_fw-la angeli_fw-la idem_fw-la joannis_n comneni_fw-la imperium_fw-la sine_fw-la morte_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ait_fw-la vide_fw-la de_fw-la zenone_n malchum_fw-la &_o augugustini_fw-la epist_n 158._o &_o 159._o add_v marcellinum_n comitem_fw-la et_fw-fr chrysost_n 5._o adv_n judaeos_n ubi_fw-la de_fw-la caini_fw-la paena_fw-la paena_fw-la ad_fw-la opera_fw-la maxim_n augustin_n epist_n 160._o alicui_fw-la utili_fw-la operi_fw-la integra_fw-la eorum_fw-la membra_fw-la inserviant_fw-la vide_fw-la &_o nectarii_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la augustin_n quae_fw-la est_fw-la 201._o 201._o chrysost._n de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la 8._o optimum_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la etiam_fw-la privatas_fw-la light_n antervertere_fw-la benignis_fw-la transactionibus_fw-la ut_fw-la amicum_fw-la dirigas_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la light_n sibi_fw-la proposâ—…tum_fw-la habent_fw-la publicorum_fw-la autem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la accusationes_fw-la non_fw-la dicam_fw-la transigendo_fw-la abrumpere_fw-la sed_fw-la nunquam_fw-la have_v incipere_fw-la incipere_fw-la an_fw-mi sapienti_fw-la capessenda_fw-la sit_fw-la respublica_fw-la vide_fw-la senecam_fw-la de_fw-la otio_fw-la sapientis_fw-la matth._n 7._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d covar_n 4._o decr_n 12._o c._n 7._o n._n 8._o fâ—…rt_n tract_n de_fw-fr ust_o sine_fw-la legum_fw-la illat_n 11._o vasq._n lib._n 4._o contr_n illust_n cap._n 8._o 8._o vide_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la citatum_fw-la c._n quicunque_fw-la causa_fw-la 23._o quaest_n 8._o 8._o agathias_n i._n 4._o non_fw-la solis_fw-la ducibus_fw-la alusque_fw-la potentibus_fw-la innasci_fw-la solet_fw-la atque_fw-la immorari_fw-la bene_fw-la agendi_fw-la propositum_fw-la sed_fw-la cuique_fw-la volen'i_fw-la &_o licet_fw-la &_o honcstum_fw-la est_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la vivit_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la malis_fw-la commoveri_fw-la &_o publicâ—…_n utilitates_fw-la pro_fw-la suis_fw-la viribus_fw-la promovere_fw-la vide_fw-la suprà _fw-la lxxxvii_o lxxxvii_o quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la reipab_fw-la laesae_fw-la ad_fw-la quorum_fw-la pronuntiatronem_fw-la oculi_fw-la â—…cium_fw-la quintil._n declamat_fw-la 260._o cogitationis_fw-la paenam_fw-la neminem_fw-la mereri_fw-la mereri_fw-la ita_fw-la sayrus_n i._n 3._o thelaur_n c._n 16._o 16._o de_fw-fr mose_n lib._n 3._o addi_fw-la potest_fw-la aben._n esdras_n ad_fw-la jobum_fw-la 5._o 7._o &_o rabbinus_n israel_n c._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr ira_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 31._o bjusdem_fw-la est_fw-la eodem_fw-la de_fw-fr ira_fw-la l._n c._n 14._o nemo_fw-la invenitur_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la possit_fw-la absolvere_fw-la cap._n 9_o dixerat_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la mortalitatis_fw-la incommoda_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la caligo_n mentium_fw-la nec_fw-la tantum_fw-la necessitor_n crrandi_fw-la sed_fw-la errorum_fw-la amor_fw-la lib._n 3._o &_o 20._o omnes_fw-la mali_fw-la sumus_fw-la de_fw-fr clem_v 1._o 8._o peccavimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la aliigravia_fw-la alii_fw-la leviora_fw-la etc._n etc._n procopius_n gotth_n 3._o in_o orat_fw-la belisarii_n nihil_fw-la plane_n del_o nquere_v neque_fw-la hominis_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la id_fw-la rerum_fw-la fert_fw-la natura_fw-la add_v basilium_fw-la imp._n c._n 50._o 50._o l._n 11._o idem_fw-la in_o fragmentis_fw-la nonoportet_fw-la per_fw-la calumnias_fw-la traducere_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la humane_a naturae_fw-la naturae_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr ira_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 18._o morum_fw-la varietates_fw-la mixtura_fw-la elementorum_fw-la faâ—…it_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la in_o aliguos_fw-la magis_fw-la incumbunt_fw-la in_o genia_fw-la prout_fw-la alicujus_fw-la elemenâ—…i_fw-la major_a vis_fw-la abundavit_fw-la ahbi_fw-la haec_fw-la ea_fw-la vocat_fw-la quae_fw-la attriâ—…uit_fw-la coâ—…ditio_fw-la â—…ascendi_fw-la &_o corporis_fw-la temperatura_fw-la epist_n 1â—…_n 1â—…_n vide_fw-la c._n inebriaverunt_fw-la causa_fw-la 15._o qu._n 1._o lib._n 3._o the_o benef_n c._n 6._o &_o 7._o 7._o idem_fw-la sen._n dâ—…_n ben_fw-mi l._n 1._o c._n 1._o ita_fw-la demum_fw-la turpe_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la reddere_fw-la beneficia_fw-la nempe_fw-la si_fw-la &_o licet_fw-la pater_fw-la sen._n contr_n 5._o 34._o dicis_fw-la mihi_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacere_fw-la non_fw-la oportet_fw-la huic_fw-la rei_fw-la aestimatio_fw-la immensa_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la nulla_fw-la vindicte_fw-la est_fw-la august_n l._n 2._o c._n 83._o cont_n petll_v sic_fw-la igitur_fw-la quod_fw-la adversus_fw-la vos_fw-la leges_fw-la constiâ—…_n sunt_fw-la non_fw-la eye_n benefacere_fw-la cogimini_fw-la sed_fw-la male_a facere_fw-la probibemini_fw-la probibemini_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la 4._o contr._n simile_n eodem_fw-la libro_fw-la contr_n 24._o non_fw-la speramus_fw-la ut_fw-la probet_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la dimittat_fw-la et_fw-la in_o excerptis_fw-la 6._o 8._o multum_fw-la interest_n objurges_fw-la a_o punias_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la quaedam_fw-la ut_fw-la cimone_n ait_fw-fr plutarch_n deliquia_fw-la magiâ—…_n virtutis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la vitio_fw-la crimina_fw-la crimina_fw-la ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la in_o fragmento_fw-la a_o put_fw-mi stobaeum_n titulo_fw-la de_fw-la magistratu_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la tullii_fw-la pro_fw-la mutaena_fw-la &_o in_o fine_a librorum_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr clementia_n contra_fw-la eos_fw-la bene_fw-la diodorus_n sic._n in_o fragmentis_fw-la venia_fw-la mâ—…lior_fw-la paenae_fw-la exactione_n pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la dicet_fw-la cypr._n ep_n 52._o alia_fw-la est_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la &_o stoicorum_fw-la ratio_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la paria_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o virum_fw-la gravem_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la flectâ—…_n oportere_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n autem_fw-la &_o philosophos_fw-la plurimum_fw-la distat_fw-la distat_fw-la julian_n de_fw-fr eusebia_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la meriti_fw-la male_a tractari_fw-la punirique_fw-la 〈◊〉_d perire_fw-la utique_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la quintum_fw-la frat_fw-la 1._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 12._o 19_o 19_o cujus_fw-la sensus_fw-la partem_fw-la priorem_fw-la sic_fw-la expressit_fw-la cicero_n ad_fw-la q._n fr._n 1._o 2._o via_fw-la juris_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la loci_fw-la gratiae_fw-la posteriorem_fw-la sie_n dion_n prusaeensis_fw-la oâ—…atione_fw-la ad_fw-la alexandrinos_n boni_fw-la praesidis_fw-la est_fw-la ignoscere_fw-la favorino_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la clementia_n apud_fw-la homines_fw-la est_fw-la tempestiva_fw-la relaxatio_fw-la de_fw-la summo_fw-la sure_o sure_o joseph_n parricidium_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la â—…manam_fw-la violat_a it_o a_o ut_fw-la qui_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la puniâ—…t_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la in_o naturam_fw-la peccat_fw-la clementiam_fw-la liberum_fw-la habere_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la sen._n sen._n verissime_fw-la dixit_fw-la scriptor_n ad_fw-la herennium_n vitiosum_fw-la est_fw-la controversiam_fw-la intendere_fw-la propter_fw-la â—…minum_fw-la mutationem_fw-la l._n 2._o quod_fw-la aristoteles_n dixerat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d top._n 24._o 24._o symmachus_n lib._n 3._o epist_n 63._o alia_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la conditio_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la quorum_fw-la corruplae_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la sententia_fw-la si_fw-la sint_fw-la legibus_fw-la mitiores_fw-la alia_fw-la divorum_fw-la principum_fw-la potestas_fw-la quos_fw-la decet_fw-la 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