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con_v nestor_n in_o conâ—cil_n ephesinâ—_fw-la ephesinâ—_fw-la exercit._fw-la pag._n 517._o 517._o on_o jonas_n â—n_n 6._o 6._o epist._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 1._o ep_n 11._o 11._o cap._n 13._o 13._o tom._n 1._o disp._n 51._o sect_n 1._o 1._o pag._n 130_o 130_o 2.2_o quest_n 81._o ad_fw-la 5._o 5._o discourse_n p._n 84._o 84._o swarez_n tom_fw-mi 1._o disput_n 51._o sect_n 2._o est_fw-la autem_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la dicere_fw-la elecmosynam_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la adorationis_fw-la adorationis_fw-la de_fw-fr cultis_fw-la sanctor_n c._n 11_o 11_o pag._n 177_o 177_o de_fw-fr coron_n milit_fw-la milit_fw-la contra_fw-la luciferanos_fw-es luciferanos_fw-es decretal_a lib._n 2._o tit_n 9_o de_fw-la ferijs_fw-la cap._n cap._n chrysost._n hom_n 5._o the_o resurrectione_n resurrectione_n artic._n 1._o divis._n 25._o 25._o de_fw-fr orat_fw-la orat_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 7._o cap_n 8._o 8._o homil._n in_o encenijs_fw-la encenijs_fw-la dialog_n 2._o 2._o in_o psal_n 98_o 98_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 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exercitat_fw-la p._n 482._o 482._o de_fw-fr cultu_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la c._n 10._o defence_n of_o the_o ceremony_n pag._n 64._o 64._o in_o genesin_n c._n 2.2_o 2.2_o in_o 4._o precept_n p._n 171_o 171_o homilia_fw-la de_fw-la sement_fw-la sement_fw-la de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostol_n serm_n 15._o 15._o in_o tertul._n de_fw-fr corona_fw-la militis_fw-la militis_fw-la de_fw-fr horis_fw-la canonicis_fw-la cap._n 84_o 84_o elenth_n trihere_n c._n 25._o 25._o in_o genes_n 17.12_o 17.12_o conc._n constant_a 6._o can._n 8._o 8._o in_o genesin_n c._n 2._o 2._o expositio_fw-la de_fw-la author_n consue_v bapti_fw-la infant_n adulti_fw-la adulti_fw-la de_fw-fr scriptura_fw-la quaest_n 6_o c._n 9_o 9_o de_fw-fr cultis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la â—_o 12_o 12_o epist._n 118_o 118_o lib._n 5._o c._n 22._o see_v far_o in_o socrates_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n chapter_n de_fw-fr scriptoribus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la pag._n 93._o 93._o epistol_n 4_o c._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr emendat_fw-la temporum_fw-la lib._n 6._o 6._o canon_n isagog_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 301._o 301._o de_fw-fr cultis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la cap._n 11._o 11._o canon_n isagog_n lib._n 3._o pag._n 298._o 298._o de_fw-fr emeâ—â—_n that_fw-mi temporum_fw-la temporum_fw-la exercit._fw-la 1._o pag._n 163._o 163._o canon_n isagog_n lib._n 3_o pag._n 300._o 300._o synops_n pap_n of_o holy_a day_n day_n ad_fw-la celanthiam_n epist._n 14._o c._n 1._o 1._o decretal_a lib._n 2._o tit._n 9_o cap._n cap._n de_fw-fr reliquijs_fw-la c._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr emendat_fw-la tempor_fw-la lib._n 7._o pag._n 713._o in_o 4._o precept_n col._n 678_o col._n 678._o see_v far_o in_o zanchius_n in_o coloss_n 2._o epist._n 118._o brightman_n in_o apocalypsen_n cap._n 3._o de_fw-fr festis_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o 2._o cap._n 11._o 11._o hieron_n â—dvers_fw-la luâ—iser_fw-fr luâ—iser_fw-fr beza_n antithesis_fw-la papismi_fw-la &_o christianisinâ—_n c._n 70._o zanchius_n &_o pareus_n iâ—_n heâ—_n 6._o 6._o council_n arelat_n c._n 8._o 8._o conail_n laod._n c._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr confirmat_fw-la c._n 7._o 7._o cassandri_n liturgica_fw-la pag._n 228._o 228._o rhemists_n act_n 8.17_o 8.17_o ecelesiast_n policy_n l._n 5._o pag._n 354._o 354._o serm._n of_o confirmation_n confirmation_n serm._n of_o confirmation_n confirmation_n homil._n â—_o in_o coloss._n coloss._n lib._n 3._o the_o bapt_a cap._n 16_o 16_o in_o lib._n 4._o do_v 7._o 7._o swarez_n tom_fw-mi 3._o disput_n 35._o sect_n 1._o 1._o tract_n 6._o in_o 1._o canonicam_fw-la johannis_n johannis_n in_o lib._n 4._o do_v 7._o num_fw-la 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr confirmationâ—_n confirmationâ—_n durandus_fw-la in_o lib._n 4._o dist._n 7._o quest._n 3._o 3._o quest._n veteris_fw-la et_fw-la nouâ—â—_n testamenti_fw-la 101._o 101._o epi._n ad_fw-la rusticum_fw-la narbonensem_fw-la narbonensem_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n in_o ephes._n 4_o 4_o quest._n veteri_fw-la &_o novi_fw-la â—â—stam_fw-la 101._o 101._o lib._n 1._o tit_n 4._o cap._n 4._o 4._o sess._n 25._o 25._o adversus_fw-la lucifer_n lucifer_n armaehanus_n de_fw-fr question_n armanorum_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 5._o 5._o eccles._n poâ—â—_n pag._n 353._o 353._o adversâ—â—_n lucifer_n lucifer_n notae_fw-la in_o disp_n taboritarum_fw-la p._n 28._o 28._o in_o psal_n 26._o 26._o obedience_n pag._n 152._o 152._o syntag._n pars_fw-la 2._o pag._n 700._o 700._o part_n 3._o quest_n 7._o act_n 5._o 5._o chrysost._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la novel_a 57_o 57_o epist._n 185._o 185._o socrat._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 21._o 21._o can._n 59_o 59_o epist._n 361_o 361_o on_o john_n 6._o sect_n 8._o 8._o syntag._n part_n 2._o pag._n 722._o