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universal_a father_n of_o mercy_n from_o these_o premise_n be_v convince_o deducible_a the_o full_a reason_n of_o the_o different_a nabuchodonosor_n different_a aug._n l._n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la &_o gra_fw-mi cap._n 15._o docet_fw-la nabuchodonosor_fw-la manum_fw-la dei_fw-la sentientem_fw-la in_o recordatione_fw-la propriae_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la ingemuisse_fw-la pharaonem_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la misericordissimam_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la pugnasse_n arbitrio_fw-la dicant_fw-la autem_fw-la hune_v librum_fw-la falso_fw-la ascribi_fw-la aug._n vicunque_fw-la hoc_fw-la sit_fw-la locus_fw-la cit_fw-la in_o canonem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la redactus_fw-la est_fw-la decret_n par_fw-fr 1._o cau_n 23._o q._n 4._o cap._n nabuchodonosor_n end_n of_o nabuchodonosor_n and_o pharaoh_n though_o in_o both_o be_v parity_n as_o unto_o nature_n for_o both_o be_v man_n as_o unto_o dignity_n for_o both_o be_v king_n as_o unto_o injustice_n for_o both_o unjust_o detain_v captive_a the_o 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