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place_n be_v pervert_v math._n 10._o math._n 17._o wey_n how_o this_o place_n be_v wrest_v dem._n ex_fw-la orat_fw-la de_fw-fr fall_n legate_n cicer_n pro_fw-la m._n caelio_n luc._n 22._o see_v how_o this_o place_n be_v misuse_v marc._n 14._o ibidem_fw-la luc._n 22._o ibidem_fw-la joan._n esay_n 14._o a_o objection_n joan._n 7._o a_o answer_n act_n 7._o joan._n 7._o jeremi_n 5._o dist._n 38._o &c_n &c_n x._o q._n 1._o placuit_fw-la jerem._n 8._o a_o objection_n the_o answer_n isidor_n chrysost_n herodian_a anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 194._o a_o objection_n the_o answer_n philip._n 2._o symmachus_n papa_n gregory_n council_n to_o letan_n purgatory_n arist._n allen_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o purgatory_n malach._n 3_o titus_n 2._o 1._o cor._n 3._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la allen._n etc._n etc._n lib._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la 13._o cap._n 8._o the_o supper_n of_o our_o lord_n cyprian_a august_n i._o cer._n ii_o joan._n 6._o aug._n in_o exposition_n psalm_n 8._o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o consecrate_v nor_o yet_o the_o bread_n ask_v they_o then_o what_o be_v consecrate_v sand_n august_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la ephesios_n augustin_n of_o the_o translation_n of_o holy_a scripture_n into_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n hieron_n hieron_n in_o praefat_fw-la in_o lib._n judith_n joan._n 6._o hieron_n hieron_n in_o pentateuchun_n moysi_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la rom._n 10._o esay_n 55._o act._n 8._o psal_n 18._o valla._n 1._o corin._n 14._o judg._n 5._o 1._o corin._n 14._o ephes_n 5._o coloss_n 3._o psalm_n 9_o ad_fw-la parentiam_fw-la commit_v arrian_n council_n toletan_n a_o objection_n the_o answer_n john_n 6._o ephes_n 4._o aug._n lib._n the_o baptism_n pervul_a act._n 15._o ibidem_fw-la a_o objection_n the_o answer_n sand._n ibidem_fw-la exit_fw-la decret_a exit_fw-la decret_a etc._n etc._n hard._n ibidem_fw-la in_o eunuch_n aldiberto_n regi_fw-la anglorum_fw-la aug._n interrog_n ad_fw-la gregor_n 1._o cor._n 7._o a_o objection_n the_o answer_n in_o sallust_n laert._n li._n 6._o fast_v esay_n 58._o ibidem_fw-la daniel_n â—_o math._n 6._o ibidem_fw-la exit_fw-la â—…ecret_a hieron_n prayer_n 1._o cor._n 14._o augustin_n exit_fw-la constitut_o math._n 6._o ibidem_fw-la penance_n leo._n ambros_n in_o serm_n quaedrage_n ibidem_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la felicianus_fw-la psalm_n 32._o psalm_n 34._o math._n 3._o 4._o daniel_n 9_o 1_o â–ª_o tim._n 2._o hieron_n alm_n gregor_n antiochen_n episcopo_fw-it idem_fw-la syagrio_n epis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la augustin_n gen._n 4._o eccle_n 34._o proverb_n 15._o luc._n 12._o adgal_n 6._o a_o objection_n the_o answer_n peckham_n cantuar._n lindewode_n a_o objection_n the_o answer_n heb._n 11._o ibidem_fw-la justification_n rom._n 3._o rom._n 4._o augustin_n ad_fw-la iren._n jam._n 2_o act._n 15._o de_fw-fr spirit_n â–ª_o &_o litera_fw-la gala._n 2._o alfon_n virue_v hispanus_n marriage_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi vid._n idem_fw-la contra_fw-la advers_a legum_fw-la &_o prophet_n 1._o tim._n 4._o gen._n 2._o deut._n 52._o malach._n 6._o tob._n 6._o ibidem_fw-la hebr._n 13._o ibidem_fw-la isidor_n the_o do_v now_o &_o vet_z testamen_fw-la 1._o cor._n 7._o hieron_n tripart_n hist._n council_n gangrene_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1073._o damas_n hieron_n math._n 8._o leo._n 9_o contra_fw-la epistolam_fw-la nicet_fw-la abbatis_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi coniug_n ad_fw-la jul._n nauclerus_fw-la canon_n apostolorum_fw-la syn._n 6._o theotist_n patrit_a hieron_n in_o levit._n math._n 16._o 1_o nauclerus_fw-la joan._n 10._o stobaeus_n serm_n 34._o nauclerus_fw-la