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tempore_fw-la &_o quamcunque_fw-la ejus_fw-la volet_fw-la partem_fw-la ne_fw-fr que_fw-fr enim_fw-la si_fw-la multum_fw-la verborum_fw-la numeres_fw-la ideo_fw-la bona_fw-la est_fw-la oratio_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la quoque_fw-la testatur_fw-la math._n 6._o sed_fw-la si_fw-la crebrò_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la ardore_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la suspire_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o book_n ubi_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la totam_fw-la orationem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la recitavi_fw-la partem_fw-la unam_fw-la aut_fw-la plures_fw-la si_fw-la libet_fw-la repeto_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o conclude_v hic_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la orandi_fw-la mos_fw-la et_fw-la ratio_fw-la nam_fw-la quotidie_fw-la adhuc_fw-la orationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la dominicam_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la sugo_fw-la uti_fw-la infantulus_fw-la bibo_fw-la &_o mando_fw-la uti_fw-la adultus_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ea_fw-la satiari_fw-la possum_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la dulcior_fw-la &_o gratior_fw-la mihi_fw-la 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nunc_fw-la editurio_fw-la additis_fw-la pro_fw-la mantissa_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la libre_fw-la respicit_fw-la paro_n &_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_fw-la ac_fw-la pacis_fw-la editionem_fw-la novam_fw-la cum_fw-la novorum_fw-la testimoniorum_fw-la quos_fw-la sine_fw-la libri_fw-la annotationum_fw-la vice_fw-la subnectam_fw-la ingenti_fw-la accessione_n heinsiana_n ad_fw-la novum_n testamentum_fw-la ubi_fw-la accepero_fw-la expecto_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o horas_fw-la cogitabo_fw-la a_o aliquid_fw-la nobis_fw-la quod_fw-la dicamus_fw-la reliqui_fw-la fecerit_fw-la quod_fw-la johannis_n reigersbergii_n hospitis_fw-la quondam_a tui_fw-la memor_fw-la esse_fw-la pergis_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la rem_fw-la mihi_fw-la pergratam_fw-la ac_fw-la tua_fw-la summa_fw-la bonitate_fw-la dignam_fw-la facis_fw-la est_fw-la be_v nunc_fw-la in_o patria_fw-la sva_fw-la quoquo_fw-la iturus_fw-la est_fw-la circumlaturus_fw-la semper_fw-la secum_fw-la mentem_fw-la plenam_fw-la sensu_fw-la 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