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lachrimae_fw-la laudes_fw-la tuus_fw-la sint_fw-la as_o 14._o hierome_n do_v advice_n nepotian_n for_o say_v he_o melius_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la imperfectis_fw-la rusticitatem_fw-la sanitam_fw-la habere_fw-la quam_fw-la eloquentiam_fw-la peccatricem_fw-la and_o vitâ—_n martin_n luther_n that_o son_n of_o thunder_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v cortes_fw-la meus_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la durior_fw-la sed_fw-la nucleus_fw-la mollis_fw-la &_o dulcis_fw-la est_fw-la be_v it_o not_o enough_o for_o you_o that_o you_o be_v grievous_a unto_o man_n but_o you_o must_v grieve_v my_o god_n also_o calvin_n he_o do_v use_v comparison_n between_o god_n and_o man_n not_o as_o if_o the_o prophet_n can_v in_o deed_n be_v separate_v from_o god_n for_o they_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o his_o instrument_n have_v one_o common_a cause_n with_o he_o as_o long_o as_o they_o discharge_v their_o duty_n according_a to_o that_o of_o christ_n luke_n 10.16_o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o and_o he_o 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