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tribus_fw-la symbolis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ipsà _fw-la recomperi_fw-la &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la historiis_fw-la universi_fw-la christianismi_fw-la hoc_fw-la animadverti_fw-la quod_fw-la quicunque_fw-la principalem_fw-la illum_fw-la christianae_n fidei_fw-la articulum_fw-la de_fw-la jesv_n christo_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o incorruptè_fw-la tum_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la tum_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la hi_o posteà _fw-la in_o vera_fw-la christianâ_fw-la fide_fw-la tutò_fw-la ac_fw-la firmiter_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la et_fw-la licet_fw-la suos_fw-la quosdam_fw-la errores_fw-la &_o sva_fw-la peccata_fw-la habuerint_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la extremum_fw-la servati_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a what_o by_o my_o own_o experience_n and_o what_o by_o church_n history_n of_o all_o age_n and_o nation_n i_o have_v certain_o find_v and_o observe_v that_o as_o many_o as_o true_o and_o sincere_o have_v both_o believe_v and_o teach_v this_o main_a article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n 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obedientiae_fw-la demissionis_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la &_o patientiae_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la nobis_fw-la impetravit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la plenissima_fw-la liberatio_fw-la à _fw-la reatuscilicet_fw-la quanquam_fw-la autem_fw-la vox_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tralatione_fw-la quadam_fw-la quod_fw-la vulgò_fw-la excipiunt_fw-la &_o objiciunt_fw-la sociniani_n scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la liberationem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la referri_fw-la interdum_fw-la solet_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la argumento_fw-la talem_fw-la intelligi_fw-la liberationem_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magno_fw-la impendio_fw-la fiat_fw-la ostendit_fw-la locus_fw-la matth._n 20_o 28._o ubi_fw-la christi_fw-la vita_fw-la nobis_fw-la impensa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d redemptio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la i_o have_v peruse_v this_o learned_a discourse_n of_o christ_n his_o incarnation_n and_o exinanition_n and_o find_v it_o both_o solid_a and_o orthodox_n and_o also_o adorn_v 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