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faceretis_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la caveremus_fw-la you_o work_v no_o miracle_n and_o yet_o if_o you_o wrought_v any_o at_o your_o hand_n we_o will_v take_v heed_n of_o they_o 23._o jere._n 23._o the_o prophet_n jeremie_n say_v seduxerunt_fw-la populum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o mendaciis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o in_o miraculis_fw-la suis_fw-la they_o have_v deceive_v my_o people_n by_o their_o lie_n and_o by_o their_o miracle_n aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 23.13_o say_v contra_fw-la istos_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la loquar_fw-la mirabiliarios_fw-la cautum_fw-la i_o fecit_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la dicens_fw-la in_o novissimis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la exurgent_fw-la pseudoprophetae_fw-la facientes_fw-la signa_fw-la &_o portenta_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o errorem_fw-la inducant_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la etiam_fw-la electos_fw-la praedixi_fw-la vobis_fw-la ergo_fw-la cautos_fw-la nos_fw-la fecit_fw-la sponsus_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la decipi_fw-la non_fw-la 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