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qu._n 1._o aquin._n 2a_o 2ae_fw-la q._n 88_o art_n 1._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o vovit_fw-la affiâ—e_n cum_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o â—ecit_fw-la spontaneum_fw-la filâ—u_n tr_fw-la 2_o â—_z 6.2_o deus_fw-la â—ordis_fw-la auditor_n sicut_fw-la and_o inspector_n tert._n l._n de_fw-la orat_fw-la c._n 13._o p._n lomb._n send_v 4._o dist._n 38._o part_n 4._o aquin._n l._n d._n joâ—l_n 2.28_o 2_o sam._n 7.27_o jam._n 5.17_o 16._o qu._n 2._o v._n 21._o v._n 12_o 13._o psal._n 56.12_o isa._n 19.21_o p._n lomb._n l._n d._n aquin._n l._n d._n qu._n 3._o v._n 1_o 2_o 3._o jonah_n 1.16_o see_v the_o english_a liturgy_n in_o the_o prayer_n after_o the_o communion_n psal._n 61.5_o jonah_n 2.9_o psal._n 66.14_o oratio_n per_fw-la modii_fw-la voti_fw-la prolata_fw-la par._n in_o loc._n psal._n 132.1_o 2._o aug._n ep._n ad_fw-la prob._n 121._o c._n 16_o damasc._n de_fw-la fide_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 11._o gen._n 35.1_o par._n ibid._n aug._n ep._n 45._o bern._n ep._n 2._o hieron._n in_o hist._n jepht_n naz._n orat._n 53_o eccles._n 5.4_o 5._o psal._n 132.1_o aug._n ibid._n the_o collect_n for_o the_o five_o sunday_n after_o easter_n 1._o gen._n exod._n 3.6_o gen._n 17.7_o vide_fw-la merc._n inâ—_z loc._n psal._n 31.14.40.8_o isa._n 25.1_o dan._n 6.16_o hos._n 2.23_o object_n exod._n 20.3_o semper_fw-la in_fw-la negativis_fw-la meminerimus_fw-la affirmativa_fw-la contineri_fw-la strigel_n loc._n theol._n answ._n lâ—ym_n tra._n 4._o c._n 2._o aquin._n 2a._fw-la 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 88_o ar._n 3._o aug._n de_fw-fr nat._n dom._n ser._n 3._o in_o psal._n 75._o exod._n 24.7_o 2_o chr._n 15.12_o 34.31_o neh._n 10.29_o psal._n 119.106_o bern._n de_fw-la modo_fw-la bene_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ser._n 62._o aug._n in_o ps._n 7.5_o 5._o quest_n answ._n hoc_fw-la voto_fw-la suae_fw-la voluit_fw-la infirmitati_fw-la consulere_fw-la etc._n etc._n merc._n in_o loc._n mend_v in_fw-la 1._o reg._n c._n 5._o num._n 11._o tert._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la vid._n muscâ—_n â—oc_fw-la vid._n est._n in_o sent._n l._n 4._o dist._n 28._o luke_n 19.8_o psal._n 119.146_o luke_n 12.48_o 2_o gen_n partic._n 1._o negate_fw-la psal._n 77.9_o act_n 21.37_o v._o merc._n in_o loc._n gen._n 4.7_o 2_o chron._n 7.14_o job_n 1.9.13.15_o gratis_o amandus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._o etc._o aug_n dom._n 18._o post_fw-la trin._n serm._n 1._o psal._n 44.19_o 20_o 21._o â—â—â—_z 3.17_o 18._o affirmat_fw-la isa._n 3.4_o john_n 16.7_o terent._n phorm_n eum_fw-la semper_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la agnoscam_fw-la et_fw-la colam_fw-la mer._n in_o loc._n psal._n 63.5_o 6._o col._n 3.1_o cato_n sent._n virg._n georg._n 2_o sam._n 17.7_o 8_o isa._n 5.1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o virg·_n musc_n id._n ib._n exod._n 32.22_o psal._n 139.19_o luke_n 22.42_o virg._n aeneid_n 6._o non_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la conditionis_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la precationis_fw-la musc._n in_o loc._n par._n ibid._n partic._n 2._o gen_n 21.20_o chrysost._n hom._n â—6_n in_o gen._n sen._n de_fw-fr benef._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o psal._n 145.18_o prov._n 15.29_o isa._n 41.9_o 10._o psal._n 125.2_o psal._n 14.5_o zach._n 2.10_o psal._n 27.10_o 1_o sam._n 1.8_o amb._n l._n de_fw-fr isaac_n c._n 3._o bern._n in_fw-la cant._n serm_n 8_o 5._o sen._n in_fw-la consolat_fw-la â—d_fw-mi heluâ—d_fw-mi {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o chrysost._n in_o gen._n hom._n 46._o chrysost._n l._n d_o john_n 6.17_o vid._n cyr._n alex._n ibid._n psal._n 23.4_o isa._n 7.14_o matth._n 1.21_o psal._n 23_o 1._o ver._n 2._o tostat._n in_fw-la loc_n exod._n 33.15_o 1_o sam._n 2.9_o vid._n mend_v ibid._n psa_n 37.23_o 24._o job_n â—_z 10_o quest_n answ._n psal._n 34.7.91.11_o 12._o see_v the_o question_n ingenuous_o discuss_v in_o a_o book_n call_v the_o guardian_n angel_n by_o r._n d._n beatos_fw-la illos_fw-la spiritus_fw-la propter_fw-la nos_fw-la remittis_fw-la in_fw-la ministerium_fw-la custodiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la deputas_fw-la etc._n etc._n bern._n psal._n 91._o serm._n 12._o verse_n 12_o 13._o vid._n par._n in_o loc._n psal._n 121.3_o 4._o psal._n 127.1_o vides_fw-la equum_fw-la benè_fw-la â—ormitum_fw-la bonis_fw-la viribus_fw-la magno_fw-la cursu_fw-la praeditum_fw-la ista_fw-la omnia_fw-la videntur_fw-la tibi_fw-la promittere_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la salutem_fw-la sed_fw-la sallent_fw-la si_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la tuetur_fw-la aug._n in_o ps._n vid._n cyr._n in_o amos_n c._n 2._o amb._n l._n de_fw-fr joseph_n c._n 5._o quest_n gen._n 24.10_o answ._n hoc_fw-la tanquam_fw-la pauper_fw-la et_fw-la verè_fw-la dei_fw-la mendicus_fw-la dixit_fw-la nec_fw-la mirum_fw-la cùm_fw-la et_fw-la rex_fw-la maximus_fw-la egeâ—um_fw-la se_fw-la ac_fw-la pauperem_fw-la et_fw-la mendicum_fw-la professus_fw-la sit_fw-la rup_o in_o gen._n merc._n in_o loc._n vide_fw-la merc._n in_fw-la loc._n vide_fw-la modestiam_fw-la jacob_n necessaria_fw-la tantùm_fw-la postulat_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n matth._n 6_o 11._o gr._n nyss._n de_fw-fr orat_fw-la dom_z orat_fw-la 5._o jer._n 45.5_o 1_o tim._n 6.9_o juven._n sat._n 14._o prov._n 30.8_o psal._n 127.1.41.3.127.2_o math._n 5.45_o psal._n 23_o 5._o matth._n 4.4_o gen._n 32.10_o merc._n in_o loc._n li_n de_fw-la const._n 1._o c._n 10._o cic._n 5._o tusc._n ovid_n delicatus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cui_fw-la patria_fw-la dulcis_fw-la est_fw-la fortis_fw-la autem_fw-la jam_fw-la cui_fw-la omne_fw-la solum_fw-la patria_fw-la perfectus_fw-la cui_fw-la mundus_fw-la exilium_fw-la hug._n de_fw-fr s._n vic._n natal_n com._n mythol._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o eurip._n in_o aegr_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o etc._n etc._n hom._n odyss_n 1._o eurip._n in_o med._n psal._n 137.1_o 4._o judg._n 11_o 7._o cass._n in_o psal._n 137._o patriae_fw-la memoria_fw-la dulcis_fw-la liv._n l._n 3._o ovid_n de_fw-fr pont_n l._n 1._o eleg._n 4._o aves_fw-la ipsae_fw-la per_fw-la aera_fw-la vagantes_fw-la proprios_fw-la nidos_fw-la amanâ—_z erratiles_fw-la ferae_fw-la ad_fw-la cuhilia_fw-la dumosa_fw-la festinant_fw-la etc._n etc._n cass._n l._n 1._o ep._n 20._o assueta_fw-la leones_fw-la anâ—ra_fw-la petunt_fw-la ovid_n l._n d._n li_n cent._n 2._o ep._n 54._o hom._n odyss._n ovid_n l._n d._n al._n ab_fw-la al._n genial_a dier_n l._n 6._o c._n 4._o aug._n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 1._o 2_o sam._n 11.14.26_o and_o 19.15_o ps._n 21.2_o 3_o 8._o 1_o king_n 3.13_o luk._n 29.41_o gen._n 42.25_o â—erse_n 15._o quest_n answ._n gen._n 25.21_o cant._n 2.14_o gen._n 32.10_o ezek._n 36.37_o 1_o john_n 5.14_o matth._n 21.22_o ambrose_n james_n 1.5_o 6_o object_n answ._n joshua_n 1.5_o hâ—b._n 13.5_o psal._n 91.4_o 11.121.8_o mat._n 4.6_o moller_n in_o p._n 91._o isa._n 59.2_o josh._n 7.12_o john_n 14.2_o 2_o chr._n 15.2_o
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