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30._o circa_n sinem_fw-la soluit_fw-la grego_n nyssen_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr sanct_n christi_fw-la nativitat_fw-la basil._n &_o hierom_n in_o loc_n partus_fw-la &_o integritas_fw-la discord_n tempore_fw-la longo_fw-la virgin_n in_o gremio_fw-la foedera_fw-la pacis_fw-la habent_fw-la 3._o marry_o be_v a_o virgin_n after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o church_n have_v ever_o teach_v against_o 84._o heluidian_o and_o 78._o antidicomarianites_n and_o some_o probable_a reason_n hereof_o also_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o this_o scripture_n thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v as_o our_o communion_n book_n thou_o his_o mater_fw-la mother_n or_o as_o our_o new_a translation_n have_v it_o a_o virgin_n shall_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n and_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n etc._n etc._n for_o as_o loc_n calvin_n note_v the_o verb_n be_v of_o the_o feminine_a gender_n among_o the_o hebrew_n which_o occasion_v happy_o the_o translator_n of_o geneva_n to_o 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