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quaerendam_fw-la vitam_fw-la semivivus_fw-la assurgit_fw-la et_fw-la tuâ—c_fw-la officioâ—us_fw-la appâ—rct_v quando_fw-la dominica_fw-la saervituti_fw-la omnia_fw-la corporis_fw-la et_fw-la anima_fw-la subtâ—â—huntur_fw-la officia_fw-la faust_n epist._n prma_fw-la mat._n 19.8_o gum_n omnes_fw-la homineâ—_z velint_fw-la poevitentiam_fw-la in_fw-la sine_fw-la vitae_fw-la suae_fw-la accipere_fw-la uâ—x_n paueoâ—_z videmus_fw-la â—am_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la desiderant_fw-la adipisci_fw-la elig_n de_fw-fr caex_fw-la dom_fw-la hom_n sext_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la deo_fw-la imputare_fw-la possumus_fw-la nos_fw-la calamitatum_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la auctores_fw-la sumus_fw-la salvide_fw-la gub._n l._n 8_o à _fw-la deo_fw-la punimur_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsi_fw-la facimus_fw-la ut_fw-la puniamur_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n jerem._n 4.18_o gr._n naz_n epist_n 70._o mortâ—m_fw-la omni_fw-la aetati_fw-la communâ—m_fw-la â—ssâ—_z sentio_fw-la 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