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astruit_fw-la pag._n 35._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la secundum_fw-la sufficientiam_fw-la seu_fw-la magnitudinem_fw-la pretii_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la quidam_fw-la put_v ant_n non_fw-la retinendum_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la putant_fw-la sic_fw-la sufficienter_fw-la dici_fw-la posse_fw-la mortuum_fw-la pro_fw-la diabolis_fw-la secundo_fw-la contravertitur_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la propositione_n christus_fw-la obtulit_fw-la se_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la seu_fw-la persolvit_fw-la pretium_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quidam_fw-la putant_fw-la sensum_fw-la esse_fw-la persolvit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quod_fw-la sufficit_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la actu_fw-la solvit_fw-la pretium_fw-la illud_fw-la nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la redimendis_fw-la electis_fw-la alii_fw-la putant_fw-la hanc_fw-la expositionem_fw-la incommodam_fw-la quia_fw-la putant_fw-la 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est_fw-la in_o maligno_fw-la positus_fw-la propter_fw-la zizania_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la propitiator_fw-la est_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la propter_fw-la testicum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la ergo_fw-la a_o per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la debeamus_fw-la intelligere_fw-la singulos_fw-la homines_fw-la a_o solos_fw-la electâ—â—s_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la nulla_fw-la sit_fw-la danda_fw-la explicatio_fw-la sed_fw-la retinenda_fw-la sint_fw-la verba_fw-la confessionis_fw-la absque_fw-la ullo_fw-la commentario_fw-la in_o psal._n 28._o hom._n 1._o in_o mat._n l._n 3._o epist._n 106._o fâ—â—ber_n schol._n in_o thucyd._n flinie_n arist._n rhet._n 2._o nicephorus_n thuâ—â—yd_n de_fw-fr genesi_fw-la ad_fw-la literam_fw-la livy_n seneca_n isidorus_n pelusiota_n 2._o pet._n 1._o 20._o ausoniâ—â—_n in_o monosyl_n monosyl_n st._n paul_n cross_n
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