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spei_fw-la retinaculum_fw-la fidei_fw-la dux_fw-la itineris_fw-la salutaris_fw-la foam_v ac_fw-la nutrimentum_fw-la bonae_fw-la indolis_fw-la magistra_fw-la virtutis_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la manere_fw-la semper_fw-la ac_fw-la jugiter_fw-la deo_fw-la vivere_fw-la ad_fw-la promissa_fw-la coelestia_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la praemia_fw-la pervenire_fw-la hanc_fw-la &_o sectari_fw-la salubre_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aversari_fw-la ac_fw-la negligerâ—_n lethale_n as_o he_o begin_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr discipl_n &_o hab_o virg_n pag._n mihi_fw-la 265._o when_o the_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n will_v upon_o other_o persuasion_n have_v have_v some_o offender_n restore_v before_o they_o have_v make_v confession_n and_o manifest_v open_o repentance_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o be_v absolve_v by_o the_o pastor_n cyprian_n resist_v it_o and_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o that_o stand_v so_o firm_o to_o the_o faith_n shall_v stand_v as_o firm_o to_o christ_n law_n and_o discipline_n sollicitudo_fw-la lori_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o timor_fw-la domini_fw-la compellit_fw-la fortissimi_fw-la ae_z beatissim_n martyr_n admonere_fw-la vos_fw-la literis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la tam_fw-la devote_n &_o fortiter_fw-la servatur_fw-la fides_fw-la domino_fw-la ab_fw-la iisdem_fw-la lex_fw-la quoque_fw-la &_o disciplina_fw-la domini_fw-la reservetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist_n 11._o pag._n 32._o upon_o which_o goulartius_n put_v this_o note_n locus_fw-la de_fw-fr nacessitate_n disciplinae_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la tollunt_fw-la &_o manifest_a impios_fw-la ac_fw-la sceleratos_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la christi_fw-la sine_fw-la censura_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la &_o acta_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la pro_fw-la delictorum_fw-la ratione_fw-la recipiunt_fw-la two_o videant_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la gregibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissis_fw-la pastori_fw-la summo_fw-la rationem_fw-la reddituri_fw-la sint_fw-la vel_fw-la quid_fw-la commune_v habeant_fw-la in_o ecclesiarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la regimine_fw-la cum_fw-la beato_fw-la illo_fw-la cypriani_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la verè_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la christianorum_fw-la seculo_fw-la and_o cyprian_a epist_n 67._o p._n 199._o mention_v god_n threaten_n to_o negligent_a pastor_n add_v cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la talibus_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la dominicae_fw-la oves_fw-la negligantur_fw-la &_o pereant_fw-la sic_fw-la dominus_fw-la comminetur_fw-la quid_fw-la nos_fw-la aliud_fw-la facere_fw-la oportet_fw-la quam_fw-la colligendis_fw-la &_o revocandis_fw-la christi_fw-la ovibus_fw-la exhibere_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o curandis_fw-la lapsorum_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la paternae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la adhibere_fw-la medicinam_fw-la in_o epist_n 61._o 28_o 38_o 41_o 49_o 53_o 55._o and_o many_o other_o place_n of_o cyprian_a you_o may_v see_v that_o they_o be_v then_o no_o contemner_n of_o discipline_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la eundem_fw-la de_fw-fr orat._n 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