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infligere_fw-la lethale_fw-mi vulnus_fw-la quo_fw-la perimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ergò_fw-la qui_fw-la legi_fw-la vivunt_fw-la nunquam_fw-la senserunt_fw-la vigoram_fw-la legis_fw-la ac_fw-la ne_fw-la gustarunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la quid_fw-la lex_fw-la sibi_fw-la vellet_fw-la calv._n paulus_n est_fw-la hic_fw-la haereticus_fw-la omnium_fw-la hareticissimus_fw-la estque_fw-la haereses_fw-la ejus_fw-la inandita_fw-la quia_fw-la dicit_fw-la mortuum_fw-la legi_fw-la vivere_fw-la deno_n pseudo-apostoli_a docebant_fw-la nisi_fw-la vixens_fw-la legi_fw-la mortuus_fw-la es_fw-la deo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la vixeris_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la es_fw-la mortuus_fw-la panlus_n plane_n contrarium_fw-la dicit_fw-la nisi_fw-la fueris_fw-la mortuus_fw-la legi_fw-la non_fw-la poteris_fw-la vivere_fw-la deo_fw-la etc._n etc._n hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la humana_fw-la non_fw-la capit_fw-la ideo_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la contrarium_fw-la 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