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well_o express_v the_o sense_n for_o cardinal_n 11._o caietan_n confess_v that_o the_o evangelist_n do_v use_v the_o present_a tense_n in_o say_v the_o blood_n be_v shed_v and_o s._n paul_n in_o say_v the_o body_n be_v break_v and_o signify_v the_o future_a shed_n and_o break_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o the_o jesuite_n 154._o salmeron_n say_v non_fw-la est_fw-la negandum_fw-la morem_fw-la esse_fw-la scripturae_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la dicantur_fw-la fieri_fw-la de_fw-la praesenti_fw-la quae_fw-la confestim_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la mox_fw-la fieri_fw-la debent_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v that_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o those_o thing_n shall_v be_v say_v to_o be_v present_o do_v which_o ought_v to_o be_v immediate_o or_o to_o be_v do_v by_o and_o by_o yea_o cardinal_n ibid._n caietan_n go_v further_a and_o say_v tempus_fw-la effusâ—onis_fw-la &_o fractionis_fw-la erat_fw-la tum_fw-la presen_n quoniam_fw-la inchoatum_fw-la erat_fw-la 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