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our_o purpose_n of_o this_o matter_n for_o in_o that_o i_o do_v not_o tie_v myself_o here_o to_o a_o method_n as_o neither_o in_o give_v together_o all_o place_n or_o passage_n of_o the_o same_o or_o other_o father_n without_o interposition_n of_o those_o of_o some_o other_o it_o be_v plain_a enough_o that_o he_o be_v home_o enough_o in_o psal_n 118._o conc_fw-fr 31._o where_o he_o discourse_v thus_o principes_fw-la persecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la i_o gratis_o quid_fw-la enim_fw-la christiani_n laeserant_fw-la regna_fw-la terrena_fw-la ut_fw-la principes_fw-la persecutionem_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la excitarent_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la quamvis_fw-la eye_v regnum_fw-la salorum_fw-la promiserit_fw-la rex_fw-la eorum_fw-la quid_fw-la inquam_fw-la laeserant_fw-la regna_fw-la terrena_fw-la numquid_fw-la eâ—rum_fw-la rex_fw-la milites_fw-la suos_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la impedire_fw-la &_o exhibere_fw-la quae_fw-la debentur_fw-la regibus_fw-la terre_fw-fr nun_n de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la calumniam_fw-la molientibus_fw-la judeis_fw-la ait_fw-la matthaei_n 22.20_o reddite_fw-la cesari_n quae_fw-la cesaris_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la quae_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la nun_n tributum_fw-la de_fw-la ore_fw-la piscis_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la persoluit_fw-la mat._n 17.23_o nun_n praecursor_fw-la eius_fw-la militibus_fw-la regni_fw-la bujus_fw-la quod_fw-la facere_fw-la deberent_fw-la pro_fw-la aeterna_fw-la salute_n quaerentibus_fw-la non_fw-la ait_fw-la cingulum_n soluite_fw-la armi_fw-la uâ—stra_fw-la proijcite_fw-la râ—gein_o vestrum_fw-la deserite_fw-la ut_fw-la possitis_fw-la domino_fw-la militare_fw-la sed_fw-la ait_fw-la lucae_n 3.14_o neminem_fw-la concussâ—ritis_fw-la nulli_fw-la calumniam_fw-la feceritis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la vibis_fw-la stipendium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la nun_n unus_fw-la militum_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o dilectissimus_fw-la comes_fw-la ejus_fw-la commilit_fw-la nibus_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o quâ—dammodo_fw-la christi_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la dixit_fw-la 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