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genua_fw-la flectimus_fw-la orantes_fw-la &_o quâ—d_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la coeli_fw-la plagis_fw-la ad_fw-la solam_fw-la orientis_fw-la partem_fw-la conversi_fw-la orationem_fw-la fundimus_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la cviquam_fw-la puto_fw-la ratione_fw-la compertum_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o eucharistiae_fw-la sive_fw-la percipiendae_fw-la sive_fw-la eo_fw-la ritu_fw-la quo_fw-la geritur_fw-la explicandae_fw-la quis_fw-la facilè_fw-la explicet_fw-la rationem_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la haec_fw-la operta_fw-la &_o velata_fw-la portamus_fw-la super_fw-la humeros_fw-la nostros_fw-la câ—m_fw-la ita_fw-la implemus_fw-la ea_fw-la &_o exequimur_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la magno_fw-la pontifice_fw-la atque_fw-la ejus_fw-la filiis_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o commendata_fw-la suscepimus_fw-la that_o be_v that_o we_o kneel_v when_o we_o pray_v and_o pray_v turn_n to_o the_o east_n alone_o among_o all_o the_o coast_n of_o heaven_n it_o will_v not_o be_v easy_a for_o any_o one_o i_o think_v to_o 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terram_fw-la poplite_fw-la magis_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la poscimus_fw-la impetramus_fw-la legimus_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o paulum_fw-la in_o littore_fw-la sic_fw-la orasse_fw-la &_o geniculationes_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la praeceptas_fw-la that_o be_v when_o we_o expound_v these_o word_n in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n we_o do_v not_o present_o take_v away_o the_o custom_n of_o pray_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n whereby_o we_o humble_o worship_v god_n upon_o our_o bend_a knee_n and_o fasten_v they_o to_o the_o earth_n the_o easy_o obtain_v that_o which_o we_o beg_v of_o he_o for_o we_o read_v that_o paul_n so_o pray_v on_o the_o shore_n and_o that_o kneel_v be_v command_v in_o prayer_n saint_n aug._n de_fw-la curâ_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la cap._n 5._o orantes_n de_fw-fr membris_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quod_fw-la supplicantibus_fw-la congruit_fw-la cùm_fw-la genua_n figunt_fw-la cùm_fw-la extendunt_fw-la manus_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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of_o arles_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o five_o century_n have_v these_o word_n hom._n 12._o qui_fw-la vult_fw-la missas_fw-la ad_fw-la integrum_fw-la cum_fw-la lucro_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la celebrare_fw-la usque_fw-la quo_fw-la oratio_fw-la dominica_n dicatur_fw-la &_o benedictio_fw-la populo_fw-la detur_fw-la humiliato_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o compuncto_fw-la cord_n se_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la continere_fw-la that_o be_v he_o that_o will_v
celebrate_v the_o whole_a liturgy_n to_o the_o gain_n of_o the_o soul_n aught_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o church_n until_o the_o lord_n prayer_n be_v say_v and_o the_o blessing_n be_v give_v to_o the_o people_n with_o a_o humble_a body_n viz._n kneel_v and_o a_o contrite_a heart_n the_o same_o father_n entitle_v his_o thirty_o four_o homily_n de_fw-fr genibus_fw-la flectendis_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la of_o kneel_v in_o prayer_n wherein_o he_o thus_o admonish_v the_o people_n rogo_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o admoneo_fw-la fratres_fw-la charissimi_fw-la ut_fw-la quotiescunque_fw-la juxta_fw-la altarium_fw-la à _fw-la clericis_fw-la oratur_fw-la aut_fw-la oratio_fw-la diacono_fw-la clamante_fw-la indicitur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la corda_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la corpora_fw-la fideliter_fw-la inclinetis_fw-la nam_fw-la dum_fw-la frequenter_a sicut_fw-la oportet_fw-la &_o diligenter_n attendo_fw-la diacono_fw-la clamante_fw-la flectamus_fw-la genua_n maximam_fw-la partem_fw-la populi_fw-la 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