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〈◊〉_d non_fw-la esse_fw-la positum_fw-la pro_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la seponat_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la cuique_fw-la vestrûm_fw-la suapta_fw-la sponte_fw-la i_o e._n in_o caetu_fw-la sacro_fw-la thesaurizans_fw-la cvi_fw-la proposito_fw-la nonsatisfecisset_fw-la si_fw-la cuique_fw-la aqud_fw-la se_fw-la domi_fw-la reposuisset_fw-la etjusmodi_fw-la namque_fw-la reposita_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la collidenda_fw-la essent_fw-la cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la venisset_fw-la quod_fw-la vitari_fw-la volehat_fw-la wolph_n museul_n ad_fw-la loe._n let_v every_o one_o lay_v by_o treasure_v up_o in_o store_n it_o be_v not_o mean_v let_v every_o one_o lay_v by_o himself_o apart_o and_o private_o but_o at_o your_o public_a meeting_n cast_v it_o into_o the_o public_a treasury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o free_o of_o his_o own_o good_a will_n that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o gather_n when_o i_o come_v whereas_o if_o every_o one_o have_v lay_v by_o in_o private_a only_o 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