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kin._n 20._o i_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 7._o vers._n 16._o vers._n 18._o *_o aug._n chrysost._n hilarius_n vid._n dr._n reynolds_n conference_n with_o hast._n cap._n 2._o divis_fw-la 1._o *_o camero_n tom_n 2._o pag._n 50_o 60._o in_fw-la quarto_fw-la vid._n suid._n in_fw-la voce_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o leg._n 2._o d._n de_fw-fr iis_fw-la qui_fw-la notantur_fw-la infamiâ_fw-la illo_fw-la operante_fw-la cooperamur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr nat._n and_o great_a c._n 31._o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la uâ—_z arbour_n sit_fw-la bona_fw-la scd_v ut_fw-la faciat_fw-la fructus_fw-la bonos_fw-la eâdem_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la nacessarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la adjuvetur_fw-la de_fw-la grat._n christi_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o velle_fw-la et_fw-la currere_fw-la meum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsum_fw-la meum_fw-la fine_fw-la dei_fw-la semper_fw-la auxilio_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la meum_fw-la hieron._n â—om_n 2._o epist._n 197._o vid._n hospinian_n de_fw-fr orig._n monach_n l._n 6._o c._n 30._o and_o de_fw-la festis_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 30._o clavis_fw-la reg._n sacerd._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 7._o §._o 5._o downham_n part_n 4._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o §._o 4._o forte_fw-la per_fw-la angustam_fw-la tenuis_fw-la vulpecula_fw-la rimam_fw-la repserat_fw-la in_fw-la cumeram_fw-la frumenti_fw-la etc._n etc._n hor._n cpi._n li._n 7._o qui_fw-la docet_fw-la in_fw-la opera_fw-la confidere_fw-la be_v negate_fw-la meritum_fw-la christi_fw-la sufficere_fw-la ferus_fw-la in_fw-la act._n 15._o august_n nemo_fw-la deo_fw-la displicet_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la placet_fw-la ber._n de_fw-fr miser_n hom._n qui_fw-la esse_fw-la vult_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la incipit_fw-la inter_fw-la omnia_fw-la idem_fw-la ser._n 20._o in_o cantic._n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o ignat._n epist._n ad_fw-la rom._n serm._n 3._o de_fw-la resurrect_v praecrebuerat_fw-la oriente_fw-la toto_fw-la vetus_fw-la et_fw-la constans_fw-la opinio_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la fatis_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la judaeâ_fw-la profecti_fw-la rerum_fw-la potirentur_fw-la suct_v in_fw-la vespasiano_fw-la cap._n 4._o quod_fw-la superest_fw-la iterum_fw-la cinname_fw-la tonsor_fw-la eris_fw-la martial_n criminibus_fw-la debent_fw-la hortos_fw-la praetoria_fw-la mensas_fw-la juvenal_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o lib._n 4._o hist._n eccles._n cap._n 10._o vide_fw-la reuchlin_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la cabalisticâ_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr unitat_fw-la eccles._n cap._n 16._o nunquam_fw-la verecundiores_fw-la esse_fw-la debemus_fw-la quà m_fw-la cùm_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la agitur_fw-la sen._n nat._n qu._n lib._n 7._o ex_fw-la aristatele_fw-la a_o non_fw-la ita_fw-la pro_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la dimicemus_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la velimus_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr gen_n ad_fw-la lit._n l._n 1._o c._n 18_o b_o id_fw-la potissimum_fw-la eligamus_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la sanâ_fw-la fide_fw-la concordat_fw-la ibid._n c._n 21._o and_o l._n 83._o qu._n 64._o illic_fw-la expositionum_fw-la adulteratio_fw-la ubi_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la diversitas_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr praescrip_n cap._n 38._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o clem._n alex._n storm_n l._n 6._o rom._n 11._o 13._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 17._o mark_n 4._o 33._o ioh._n 16._o 12._o heb._n 5._o 11._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 22._o 1_o king_n 22._o 13_o 14._o ier._n 1._o 17_o 18._o ezek._n 2._o 6._o amos_n 7._o 12_o 14_o 15._o mark_n 6._o 18._o act_n 4._o 19_o 5._o 29._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 15._o gal._n 4._o 16._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o plutarch_n in_o lib_n de_fw-fr precept_n reip._n gerend_a epiphan._n lib._n 2._o haeres_fw-la 68_o leg._n 65._o §._o 5._o d._n pro_fw-la socio_fw-la l._n 28._o d._n communi_fw-la dividendo_fw-la 1_o cor._n 9_o a_o vt_fw-la menelaus_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o iliad_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o tacit._n b_o senec._n lucan_n c_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o iliad_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o summam_fw-la aggressus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la ulysse_fw-la facundiam_fw-la magnitudinem_fw-la illi_fw-la junxit_fw-la cui_fw-la orationem_fw-la nivibus_fw-la hibernis_fw-la et_fw-la copiâ_fw-la verborum_fw-la atque_fw-la impetu_fw-la parem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la quintil._n orat_fw-la instit._n lib._n 12._o cap._n 10._o