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the_o levite_n lot_n euâ—eb_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr coâ—stan_n lib._n 2._o â—â—p_n 36._o &_o 39_o sâ—zomen_n hâ—â—t_fw-la eccles_n lib._n 2._o c_o 4._o zancâ—_n de_fw-fr red._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o in_o 4._o precept_n lindewood_n prou._n eckl_o angl._n lib_n 3._o tit._n de_fw-fr dec._n &_o oblat_fw-la aug._n cont_n donat._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 7._o tertul._n de_fw-fr virg_n well_fw-mi pag._n 491._o decret_n lib._n 1._o tit._n 4._o de_fw-fr consu_n cap._n ult._n cyprian_n epist_n lib._n 2_o ep_n 3._o ad_fw-la caecili_n genes_n 47._o 1._o reg._n 18._o math._n 12._o numb_a 31._o objection_n answer_n s._n bernard_n note_v thâ—â—_n well_o dionisium_n corinthi_n pag._n 54._o inre_n circarem_fw-la &_o extrarem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lib._n 3._o fol._n 99_o stop_v not_o your_o ear_n at_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o afflict_a 1._o sam._n 2._o 36_o math._n 9_o 36._o amos._n 8._o 11._o aquilanon_n câ—pit_fw-la muscas_fw-la objection_n answer_n 2._o object_n answ._n mat._n 16._o 26._o act._n 10._o hierom._n 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