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divide_v into_o three_o rank_n first_o he_o assert_n the_o sensibility_n of_o the_o separate_a 17._o separate_a omnes_fw-la ergo_fw-la animae_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la inquis_fw-la velis_fw-la ac_fw-la nolis_fw-la &_o supplicia_fw-la jam_fw-la illic_fw-la &_o refrigeria_n curio_n enim_fw-la non_fw-la pute_fw-la animam_fw-la &_o puniri_fw-la &_o foveri_fw-la in_o inferis_fw-la interim_n sub_fw-la expectatione_n utriusque_fw-la judicii_fw-la novit_n anima_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la &_o dolere_fw-la &_o fovere_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la de_fw-fr anim._n cap._n 58._o again_o simplicior_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fautor_n sententiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la putabit_fw-la carnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la idcirco_fw-la repraesentandam_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la anima_fw-la non_fw-la capiat_fw-la passionem_fw-la tormenti_fw-la seu_fw-la refrigerii_fw-la utpote_fw-la incorporalis_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vulgus_fw-la existimat_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la animam_fw-la corporalem_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la profitemur_fw-la &_o in_o svo_fw-la volumine_fw-la probamus_fw-la habentem_fw-la proprium_fw-la genus_fw-la substantiae_fw-la soliditatis_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la quid_fw-la &_o sontire_n &_o pati_fw-la possit_fw-la no_o &_o nunc_fw-la animas_fw-la torqueri_fw-la foverique_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la licet_fw-la nudas_fw-la licet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exules_fw-la carnis_fw-la probavit_fw-la lazari_n exemplum_fw-la de_fw-fr resurr_n c._n 17._o soul_n that_o it_o be_v of_o its_o self_n capable_a of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v actual_o in_o some_o measure_n comfort_v or_o torment_v before_o the_o resurrection_n there_o be_v a_o multitude_n of_o other_o passage_n of_o the_o same_o father_n which_o testify_v the_o same_o alibi_fw-la same_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o 9_o 55_o 56_o 58._o &_o alibi_fw-la and_o no_o doubt_n but_o that_o this_o great_a father_n be_v orthodox_n here_o second_o notwithstanding_o in_o other_o place_n he_o seem_v 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affirmamus_fw-la te_fw-la manere_fw-la post_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispunctionem_fw-la &_o expectare_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la próque_fw-la meritis_fw-la aut_fw-la cruciatui_fw-la destinari_fw-la aut_fw-la refrigerio_fw-la utroque_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la quibus_fw-la sustinendis_fw-la necessario_fw-la tibi_fw-la substantiam_fw-la pristinam_fw-la ejudsdémque_fw-la hominis_fw-la materiam_fw-la &_o memoriam_fw-la reversuram_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la mali_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la sentire_fw-la possis_fw-la sine_fw-la carnis_fw-la passionalis_fw-la facultate_fw-la i_o shall_v reserve_v what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v to_o this_o to_o the_o last_o place_n and_o take_v leave_v to_o invert_v the_o order_n and_o consider_v the_o other_o opinion_n before_o it_o conceive_v it_o more_o suitable_a and_o methodical_a to_o the_o argument_n in_o hand_n and_o that_o be_v three_o he_o own_v that_o separate_a soul_n be_v actual_o possit_fw-la actual_o de_fw-fr resurr_n carn_v cap._n 17._o 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