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2._o p._n 70._o 70._o miserius_fw-la est_fw-la perdidisse_fw-la quam_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la accepisse_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr poeniten_v poeniten_v 1_o king_n 8._o 22_o to_o 54._o 54._o nehem_n 9_o 4_o etc._n etc._n etc._n multi_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la manducint_fw-la quod_fw-la apud_fw-la inseros_fw-la digerunt_fw-la aust_n aust_n t._n c._n c._n d._n h._n h._n annot._n in_o loc_n loc_n significatur_fw-la eventus_fw-la scelera_fw-la ipsius_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la consecutus_fw-la proprium_fw-la i._n o._n quia_fw-la ipsi_fw-la melius_fw-la conveniebat_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolica_fw-la functio_fw-la h._n grot._n in_o loc_n loc_n potest_fw-la esse_fw-la visibilis_fw-la forma_fw-la palmitis_fw-la etiam_fw-la extra_fw-la vitem_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la radicis_fw-la victum_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la extra_fw-la vitem_fw-la aug._n serm._n in_o mat._n mat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la respondet_fw-la hebraee_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la 70_o vertunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n h._n grot._n use_v 3_o 3_o t._n c._n c._n qui_fw-la profitentur_fw-la se_fw-it christiaons_n cum_fw-la sint_fw-la nequissimi_fw-la opere_fw-la et_fw-la sensu_fw-la perversi_fw-la ambr._n in_o loc_n loc_n devita_n devita_n non_fw-fr satie_fw-mi est_fw-la vitare_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la aversari_fw-la imo_fw-la iis_fw-la adversari_fw-la a_o lap._n lap._n esti_fw-la esti_fw-la abundans_fw-la cautel_n a_o non_fw-la nocet_fw-la nocet_fw-la gro._n gro._n simiae_fw-la imitantur_fw-la homines_fw-la sicut_fw-la lupi_fw-la cane_n quibus_fw-la simile_n sunt_fw-la cyp._n ad_fw-la job_n job_n see_v riber_n loc_n parent_n &_o propinqui_fw-la credentium_fw-la omne_fw-la jura_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la &_o necessitudinis_fw-la violabant_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la odio_fw-la novae_fw-la religionis_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la periculum_fw-la suum_fw-la vitante_n vitante_n beza_n &_o vulg_n
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