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de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 16._o c._n 23._o august_n ibid._n rev._n 4._o psal._n 125._o cons._n lansberg_n l._n â—_o sect_n 1._o 6._o 9_o job_n 23.8_o 9_o de_fw-fr cognit_fw-la ver_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la c_o 6._o hom._n 8._o in_o jerem._n epist._n 59_o ad_fw-la aritum_fw-la sect._n 1._o c._n 6._o sect._n 1._o c._n 1,4,5_o prov._n 8.5_o 10.8_o eccles._n 1.13_o 16_o 17._o &_o 8._o 5._o odyss_n 1._o 1_o pet._n 3.4_o secund_n sec._n 9.4_o artic_a 2._o oportet_fw-la intelligentem_fw-la speculari_fw-la phantasmata_fw-la arist._n lib._n d_o cord_n isaiah_n 59_o 5._o exercit._fw-la 201_o psa._n 58.4,5_o aen_n 5._o 7._o in_o psal._n 57_o &_o 67._o pinge_fw-la duos_fw-la angues_fw-la histor._n indicar_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 3._o job_n 37.9_o &_o 22.17_o pro._n 25.29_o john_n 3._o 8._o in_o psal._n 134_o eccles._n 1.7_o 1_o cor._n 15._o lib._n 1._o od._n 34._o act._n 4._o psal._n 29._o job_n 26.14_o lib_n 4._o fast._n in_o apparen_n in_o caten_v comitoli_fw-la in_o job_n 9_o cont._n lan_o the._n l_o 1._o sc_n 1._o c._n 7._o rerum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la humanarumque_fw-la cognitio_fw-la serm._n 2._o add_v grac._n infid_v resp._n ad_fw-la qu._n 93._o hexamer_n li._n 1._o cap._n 6._o psal._n 104.2_o isa._n 40.22_o de_fw-fr genes_n ad_fw-la litter_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o august_n in_o psal._n 104._o high_a c._n 3._o ad_fw-la ephes._n job_n 8.8_o prov._n 8.29_o jer._n 5.22_o psal._n 104._o du_fw-mi eartas_fw-la 3_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barbara_n pyramidum_fw-la sileat_fw-la miracula_fw-la memphis_n martial_n perseverantia_fw-la consisetuimis_fw-la amisit_fw-la admirationem_fw-la de_fw-fr trin_n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o c._n 5._o etc._n etc._n 6._o virgil._n l._n 4._o geor._n eccles._n 1.4_o 2_o pet._n 3.5_o 1_o chr._n 16.30_o psal._n 93.1_o &_o 96.10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habitor_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habito_fw-la psal._n 90.2_o prov._n 3.19_o 2._o chro._n 1.4_o ps._n 119.90_o ps._n 104.5_o psal._n 98.3_o luke_n 2._o 51.6_o job._n 9.6_o c._n 1._o sec._n 2._o apol._n c._n 47._o philip._n 2._o l._n 7._o inslie_n c._n 7._o de_fw-fr hamartigenia_fw-la satyr_n 2._o irenaeus_n l._n 5._o c._n 31._o psal._n 139._o amos_n 9_o isaiah_n 14,13_o 14,15_o an._n 6_o pliny_n prov._n 26._o 4._o contra_fw-la lansberg_n luke_n 12.56_o l._n 4._o de_fw-fr trin_n in_o prooem_n in_o xenoph._n l._n 3_o c.c_fw-la de_fw-fr false_a sapiens_fw-la sern_n 1._o de_fw-fr side_n job_n 38.5_o verse_n 22._o l._n 1._o sec._n 1._o c._n 1._o l._n 1._o sec._n 1._o c._n 1._o l._n 1._o sec._n 1._o c._n 5_o aen_n 11._o aen_n 1._o de_fw-fr teros_fw-la motu_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3._o 4_o 5_o etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la 7._o c._n 12_o natural_a quaest_n 1.7_o c._n 6_o l._n 1._o sec._n 1._o c._n 6_o isa._n 60.20_o rev._n 10.6_o rom._n 8._o jovis_fw-la arcanis_fw-la minos_n admissus_fw-la l._n 2._o sec._n 1._o c._n 1._o de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 10._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la serm._n 1_o de_fw-fr f._n de_fw-fr l._n 1._o de_fw-fr officus_fw-la de_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la christian._n l._n 2.6.41_o