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which_o be_v not_o before_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v able_a to_o exchange_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v into_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o be_v not_o before_o sore_o it_o be_v no_o less_o to_o give_v new_a nature_n to_o thing_n then_o to_o change_v nature_n but_o rather_o more_o etc._n etc._n 29._o thus_o reason_v that_o grave_n and_o holy_a doctor_n to_o who_o we_o may_v adjoine_v many_o more_o both_o before_o and_o after_o he_o as_o namely_o s._n cyprian_n in_o his_o sermon_n of_o the_o supper_n of_o our_o domini_fw-la lord_n panis_n iste_fw-la quem_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o bread_n which_o christ_n give_v unto_o his_o disciple_n be_v change_v not_o in_o shape_n but_o in_o nature_n be_v by_o the_o omnipotency_n of_o the_o word_n make_v flesh_n s._n cyrill_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n prove_v the_o same_o by_o example_n of_o the_o miraculous_a turn_n of_o water_n into_o wine_n at_o the_o marriage_n of_o cane_n in_o galeley_n aquam_fw-la mutavit_fw-la 4._o in_o vinum_fw-la say_v he_o 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