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contempt_n of_o all_o other_o way_n but_o their_o own_o great_a malice_n and_o spite_n against_o all_o who_o go_v about_o to_o oppose_v they_o where_o these_o be_v whether_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o elsewhere_o whatever_o the_o show_n of_o wisdom_n be_v this_o wisdom_n descend_v not_o from_o above_o but_o be_v earthly_a sensual_a 17._o devilish_a but_o the_o wisdom_n that_o be_v from_o above_o be_v first_o pure_a then_o peaceable_a gentle_a and_o easy_a to_o be_v entreat_v full_a of_o mercy_n and_o good_a fruit_n without_o partiality_n and_o without_o hypocrisy_n finis_fw-la coloss._n 2._o 1._o coloss._n 1._o 7._o 4._o 13._o philem_n 23._o coloss._n 2._o 2_o 3._o v._o 4._o v._o 5._o v._o 6._o v._o 8._o a._n d._n 60._o n._n 17._o christian._n lup._n in_o tertul_n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 33._o nat._n alex._n saec._n 1._o p._n 52._o tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n c._n 33._o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 21._o p._n 58._o bar._n ib._n n._n 20._o n._n 16._o bell._n de_fw-fr s._n b._n c._n 20._o jansen_n preface_n ep._n aux_fw-fr coloss._n chrys._n in_o l._n hier._n algas_n q._n 10._o epiph._n haer._n 23._o p._n 63._o haer._n 30._o p._n 139._o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 47._o p._n 339._o philo_n p._n 876._o epiph._n p._n 42._o v._o 16._o philo_n p._n 877_o 899._o plato_n sym._n xen._n cyr._n paed._n 2._o aug._n ep._n 59_o a._n gâ—ll._n l._n 4._o c._n 9_o v._o 19_o matt._n 12._o 19_o matt._n 9_o 12_o 13._o v._o 20._o v._o 18._o v._o 22._o vid._n theod._n theophyl_n matt._n 15._o 11._o 17._o rom._n 14._o 17_o 18._o aug._n c._n faust._n l._n 30._o c._n 6._o tert._n de_fw-fr jej._n c._n 15._o iren._n l._n 1._o c._n 26._o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 30._o p._n 139._o aq._n 2._o 2._o q._n 92._o tan._n fabr._n not._n p._n 294._o leviath_n ch_n 6._o ch_z 11._o mich._n nau._n eccl._n graec._n effig_n p._n 260._o bas._n hom_n de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr chris._n hom_n 6._o ad_fw-la pop._n antioch_n antioch_n v._o job_n ludolph_n hist._n aethipic_n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o n._n 8â—_n thom._n à _fw-fr jesus_n de_fw-fr convers._n omnium_fw-la gent._n l._n 7._o c._n 18._o cotovic_n itiner_n hierosolymit_n &_o syriac_n p._n 207._o franc._n quaresm_n elucid_n terrae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 53_o 54_o 55_o 56_o 57_o 58._o eustrat_n zialouski_n de_fw-fr eccles._n orient_a graec._n p._n 39_o metroph_n critopul_n c._n 18._o haud_fw-la scio_fw-la inquit_fw-la methodius_n graecus_n apud_fw-la mich._n nau._n in_o eccles._n graecae_fw-la effigy_n dial._n 13_o unde_fw-la factum_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la vos_fw-la latini_n a_o reliquis_fw-la christianorum_fw-la nationibus_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o jejunando_fw-la recesseritis_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la vobis_fw-la nè_fw-la maronitana_n quidem_fw-la quae_fw-la tota_fw-la vestra_fw-la est_fw-la consentiat_fw-la jejunatis_fw-la sabbato_fw-la feriâ_fw-la 4._o non_fw-la abstinetis_fw-la ab_fw-la esu_fw-la carnium_fw-la pisces_fw-la &_o quibusdam_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la lacticinia_fw-la quadragesimali_fw-la tempore_fw-la comeditis_fw-la solvitis_fw-la meridie_fw-la jejunium_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr jei._n c._n 2._o prudent_a 1._o cath._n hymn_n post_fw-la jejun_n v._o tert._n de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr c._n 2._o 13._o hier._n ep_v 54._o ad_fw-la marcel_n aug._n c._n faust._n manich._n l._n 30._o c._n 5._o ad_fw-la casul_n ep._n 86._o epiph._n in_o expos._n fidei_fw-la cath._n n._n 23._o socr._n l._n 5._o c._n 22._o victor_n antioch_n in_o marc._n 2._o cassian_n coll._n 21._o c._n 30._o voss._n etym._n cic._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr n._n d._n fest_n v._o religios_fw-la aq._n 2._o 2._o q._n 92._o art_n 2._o q._n 98._o art_n 3._o suarez_n de_fw-fr rel._n tr_fw-la 3._o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o matt._n 12._o 10._o 12._o fresh_a suit_n p._n 101._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d men._n mic._n 6._o 8._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr super_v cic._n de_fw-fr legib_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o porta_n mosis_fw-la p._n 201._o ver._n 18._o jam._n 3._o 15._o ver._n 17._o