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pet._n 1.7_o 2_o pet._n 3.9_o psal._n 94.5_o 6._o 1_o pet._n 4.3_o 4._o eccles._n 11._o tit._n 12.13_o phil._n 1._o mat._n 25._o acts._n 2._o videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la inflixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la a_o pertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la aug._n 2_o cor._n 5.9_o rev._n 8.3_o 1_o john_n 3.20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 1.12_o 1.12_o cui_fw-la praeceptor_n ista_fw-la inquit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eadem_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la difficilia_fw-la senec._n ep._n 91._o psal._n 19.12_o 19.12_o nullis_fw-la vitiis_fw-la desunt_fw-la pretiosa_fw-la nomina_fw-la plin._n lib._n 73._o mat._n 10.33_o 34._o rom._n 10._o 1_o joh._n 4.18_o matth._n 10.31_o 32_o 33._o 1_o cor._n 4.17_o act_n 5.41_o john_n 5.33_o 36_o 37_o 39_o mark_v 8.38_o matth._n 25.34_o 35.36_o judas_n 15._o rev._n 1.9_o 1_o thess._n 4.16_o pet._n 3.11_o 1â—_n act_n 17.32_o 34._o 1_o cor._n 19.27_o 19.27_o vae_fw-la miseris_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n nostra_fw-la nullam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vocem_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la &_o iam_fw-la in_o otio_fw-la quâ—â—â—_n de_fw-la securitate_fw-la torpemus_fw-la greg._n lib._n 39_o moral_a matth._n 11._o isa._n 35._o illorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la lingua_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la prophetica_fw-la fuit_fw-la aug._n act_n 2_o 27_o 29._o rev._n 17.7_o 1_o cor._n 13._o ephes._n 3_o 3_o ut_fw-la cum_fw-la istud_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la disputatis_fw-la percepero_fw-la moriar_fw-la val._n max._n max._n aristotle_n cant._n 7._o cant._n 10.16_o cant._n 6._o 6._o sic_fw-la itaque_fw-la habebit_fw-la donum_fw-la aliud_fw-la alio_fw-la minus_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la donum_fw-la habeat_fw-la ne_fw-la velit_fw-la amplius_fw-la aug._n aug._n o_o si_fw-la animum_fw-la boni_fw-la viri_fw-la liceret_fw-la inspicere_fw-la ex_fw-la magnifico_n placidóque_fw-la 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amore_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la propter_fw-la seipsam_fw-la uti_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la obtinendum_fw-la refer_v aug._n de_fw-fr doct._n christ._n christ._n acosta_n 1_o tim._n 9.18_o 19_o phil._n 3.13_o 14._o rev._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 13._o natator_fw-la amnem_fw-la interpositum_fw-la superaturus_fw-la exuitur_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la tanto_fw-la appararu_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la dispoliaverit_fw-la transnatabit_fw-la nisi_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la nisu_fw-la torrentis_fw-la impetum_fw-la scindat_fw-la &_o laborem_fw-la natationis_fw-la exhauriat_fw-la paulin._n rom._n 2._o mat._n 10.22_o juven_n ezek._n 18.24_o heb._n 10.38_o 1_o cor._n 5.11_o 1_o cor._n 6.9_o 10._o 10._o homil._n 6._o de_fw-fr laud._n paul_n paul_n quae_fw-la justior_fw-la venia_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la causis_fw-la quam_fw-la voluntarius_fw-la a_o quam_fw-la invitus_fw-la peccator_fw-la 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incipiunt_fw-la visa_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la rerum_fw-la facies_fw-la momento_n mutata_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la primum_fw-la i_o hominem_fw-la agnovi_fw-la memoires_n chanut_n 2_o cor._n 4.18_o 2_o pet._n 3.9_o quam_fw-la suave_fw-la carete_fw-it suavitatibus_fw-la istis_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la redimas_fw-la ferrum_fw-la patieris_fw-la &_o ignes_fw-la ut_fw-la valeas_fw-la animo_fw-la quicquam_fw-la tolerare_fw-la negabis_fw-la at_o pretium_fw-la pars_fw-la haec_fw-la corpore_fw-la majus_fw-la habet_fw-la ovid._n psal._n 90.11_o 2_o thes._n 1._o indeed_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o conceive_v how_o a_o material_a fire_n can_v act_v on_o a_o spiritual_a substance_n but_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o determine_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o if_o we_o consider_v what_o pain_n be_v it_o be_v as_o conceivable_a how_o pure_a spirit_n be_v capable_a of_o it_o as_o spirit_n in_o conjunction_n with_o body_n the_o human_a soul_n in_o its_o nature_n be_v spiritual_a as_o the_o angel_n 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