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judaea_n 73._o m._n non_fw-la tam_fw-la ad_fw-la magnitudinem_fw-la 79_o m._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 103._o m._n use_v the_o four_o shall_v be_v four_a 120._o m._n evangelici_fw-la contra_fw-la pontificios_fw-la in_o the_o prolegomena_n it_o shall_v be_v valentinus_n gentilis_fw-la peccare_fw-la the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o scripture_n chap._n i._n of_o divinity_n in_o general_n in_o the_o preface_n or_o introduction_n to_o divinity_n six_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v divinity_n 2._o what_o divinity_n be_v 3._o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v teach_v 4._o how_o it_o may_v be_v learn_v 5._o its_o opposite_n 6._o the_o excellency_n of_o divine_a knowledge_n 1._o that_o there_o be_v divinity_n divinity_n that_o be_v a_o revelation_n of_o god_n will_v make_v to_o man_n be_v prove_v by_o these_o argument_n 1._o from_o the_o natural_a light_n of_o conscience_n 15._o in_o which_o we_o be_v unwilling_a many_o footstep_n of_o heavenly_a knowledge_n and_o the_o 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