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dignity_n and_o dominion_n now_o &_o evermore_o amen_n finis_fw-la gloriosa_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la pietas_fw-la honoribus_fw-la regiis_fw-la immobile_fw-la est_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la cyrillus_n ad_fw-la theodos._n de_fw-fr recta_fw-la fide_fw-la fide_fw-la 2.17_o 2.17_o 1.14_o 1.14_o eccles._n 4.12_o 4.12_o 64.7_o 64.7_o ut_fw-la accenditur_fw-la desideria_fw-la martial_a epist._n ad_fw-la tolos_fw-la tolos_fw-la quo_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la evidius_fw-la desideratur_fw-la eo_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la suavius_fw-la laetatur_fw-la laetatur_fw-la psal._n 22.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n septuagint_n psal._n 9.9_o 9.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stro._n l._n 4._o 4._o esa._n 38.14_o 38.14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 62_o 6._o 6._o num._n 22.4_o 22.4_o ose._n 14.2_o 14.2_o cant._n 4.16_o 4.16_o psal._n 119.131_o 119.131_o num._n 20.8_o 20.8_o can._n 8.13_o 8.13_o aut_fw-la per_fw-la porticus_fw-la deambulo_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la faenore_fw-la cogito_fw-la in_o dialog_n adversus_fw-la lucifer_n ipso_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la elevare_fw-la mentem_fw-la paramus_fw-la insertis_fw-la manibus_fw-la cogitationibus_fw-la ad_fw-la terrena_fw-la plerumque_fw-la denicimur_fw-la ambr._n de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la sicuti_fw-la c._n 1_o citante_fw-la august_n contra_fw-la jul._n l._n 2._o 2._o job._n 1.20_o 1.20_o esa._n 29.13_o 29.13_o 1._o cor._n 14.15_o 14.15_o deut._n 4.29_o 4.29_o jerem._n 29.13_o 29.13_o medullatum_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la psal._n 66.15_o 66.15_o 4._o psal._n psal._n inueni_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la 1._o sam._n 7.27_o 7.27_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la 18.22_o 18.22_o psal._n 11.1_o 11.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esa._n 1.15_o 1.15_o lam._n 3.41_o 3.41_o psal_n 241.3_o 241.3_o 1._o tim._n 2.8_o 2.8_o cant._n 3.6_o 3.6_o cant._n 5.5_o 5.5_o 5.5_o exod._n 17.5_o 17.5_o jam._n 5.17_o 5.17_o 4.3_o 4.3_o aut_fw-la praeter_fw-la verbum_fw-la 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