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amore_fw-la nos_fw-la dilexit_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la sublata_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la odi_fw-la causa_fw-la tum_fw-la per_fw-la ablationem_fw-la peccati_fw-la tum_fw-la per_fw-la recompensationem_fw-la acceptabilioris_fw-la boni_fw-la 110._o aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 110._o and_o before_o he_o augustine_n quòd_fw-la reconciliati_fw-la sumus_fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la audiatur_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la accipiatur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ideò_fw-la nos_fw-la reconciliaverit_fw-la illi_fw-la filius_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la amare_fw-la inceperit_fw-la quos_fw-la oderat_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la nos_fw-la deo_fw-la diligenti_fw-la reconciliati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la propter_fw-la peccatum_fw-la inimicitias_fw-la habebamus_fw-la 596._o lombard_n l._n 3._o distin_a 19_o pag._n 596._o lombard_n also_o give_v in_o his_o suffrage_n in_o the_o like_a manner_n reconciliati_fw-la sumus_fw-la 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agnoscat_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la quando_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la finis_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la debtor_n agnitâ_fw-la sponsoris_fw-la munificentiâ_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la amorem_fw-la rapiatur_fw-la aio_fw-la debitum_fw-la quidem_fw-la solutum_fw-la esse_fw-la debitoris_fw-la nomine_fw-la sed_fw-la solutionem_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la ratam_fw-la fore_fw-la quum_fw-la debtor_n beneficium_fw-la agnoverit_fw-la and_o according_o we_o find_v in_o scripture_n how_o god_n have_v limit_v the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n death_n unto_o believer_n 3.16_o john_n 3.16_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v on_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v and_o in_o rom._n 3.25_o 6.40_o rom._n 3.25_o john_n 6.40_o who_o god_n have_v set_v forth_o to_o be_v a_o propitiation_n through_o faith_n in_o his_o blood_n and_o this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v i_o that_o every_o one_o which_o see_v the_o son_n 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