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turnus_n avia_fw-la atavisque_fw-la poteâ—s_fw-la dignabitur_fw-la heros_fw-la aptius_fw-la hanc_fw-la speciem_fw-la referat_fw-la leo_fw-la quem_fw-la neque_fw-la tergae_fw-la ira_fw-la dare_v aut_fw-la virtus_fw-la patitur_fw-la neque_fw-la sufficit_fw-la unus_fw-la tendere_fw-la tot_fw-la contra_fw-la telisque_fw-la obstare_fw-la sequentum_fw-la hieron_n vida_n poet._n lib._n 2._o 2._o et_fw-la hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnium_fw-la morbus_fw-la est_fw-la trium_fw-la generum_fw-la quae_fw-la proposui_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la corpus_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la sicuti_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la secundum_fw-la corpus_fw-la neque_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-fr deo_fw-la falsa_fw-la existimant_fw-la eo_fw-la remotiores_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la quo_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la reperitur_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o facto_fw-la &_o condito_fw-la spiritu_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la creatore_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la opinatur_fw-la deum_fw-la verbi_fw-la gratia_fw-la candidum_fw-la vel_fw-la rutilum_fw-la fallitur_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la haec_fw-la inventantur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la rursum_fw-la qui_fw-la opinatur_fw-la deum_fw-la nunc_fw-la obliviscentem_fw-la nunc_fw-la recordantem_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la in_o errore_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la haec_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la putant_fw-la ejus_fw-la esse_fw-la potentiae_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la seipsum_fw-la ipse_fw-la genuerit_fw-la eo_fw-la plus_fw-la errant_a quòd_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la deus_fw-la ita_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la nec_fw-la corporalis_fw-la creatura_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la omnino_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la seipsum_fw-la gignat_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 1._o in_o the_o 5._o book_n section_n 3_o 1_o 1_o mittamus_fw-la animum_fw-la ad_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la aeterna_fw-la sunt_fw-la miremur_fw-la in_o sublimi_fw-la volitantes_fw-la rerum_fw-la on_o nium_fw-la formas_fw-la deumque_fw-la inter_fw-la illa_fw-la versantem_fw-la &_o providentem_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la quae_fw-la immortalia_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la quia_fw-la materia_fw-la prohibebat_fw-la defendat_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la ac_fw-la ratione_fw-la vitium_fw-la corporis_fw-la uincat_fw-la senec._n ib._n whether_o for_o thus_o say_v he_o fall_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o muretus_n in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o this_o place_n i_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o judicious_a reader_n impie_fw-la stulta_fw-la veterum_fw-la opinio_fw-la deum_fw-la voluisse_fw-la quidem_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la omne_fw-la immortalia_fw-la facere_fw-la sed_fw-la 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