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senex_fw-la repuerascens_fw-la et_fw-la suscipe_fw-la tribuens_fw-la ci_fw-fr baptismum_fw-la secunde_a regenerationis_fw-la &_o advoca_fw-la tibi_fw-la alios_fw-la soclos_fw-la ministerii_fw-la tui_fw-la ut_fw-la cuncti_fw-la pariter_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquando_fw-la decepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la erudiatis_fw-la ad_fw-la sidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n orig._n hom._n 1._o in_o ezech._n scl_n 133._o b._n circa_fw-la med_a lit_fw-fr e._n 2._o angel_n guardian_n to_o receive_v he_o then_o convert_v from_o his_o former_a error_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n to_o comfort_n and_o strengthen_v he_o like_o a_o good_a physician_n and_o to_o call_v together_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o companion_n in_o that_o ministry_n that_o all_o of_o they_o together_o may_v instruct_v those_o in_o the_o faith_n who_o have_v be_v deceive_v i_o hope_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o he_o beg_v of_o holy_a c._n holy_a o_o beat_v job_n vivens_fw-la in_o perpetâ—um_fw-la aâ—ud_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o victor_n 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nimietatem_fw-la peccati_fw-la succurrant_fw-la o_o sancti_fw-la dei_fw-la vos_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la &_o sleru_fw-la pleno_fw-la dolore_fw-la deprecor_fw-la ut_fw-la procidatis_fw-la misericordil_n ejus_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o misero_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o lamento_n tom._n 2._o fol._n 158._o b._n init_fw-la all_o the_o saint_n in_o general_a and_o particular_o to_o b._n to_o hei_fw-la mihi_fw-la pater_fw-la abraham_n deprecare_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o ne_fw-fr de_fw-fr simbus_n tuhaliener_n ibid._n circa_fw-la finem_fw-la pag._n 159._o b._n abraham_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o sorrow_n and_o lamentation_n for_o his_o sin_n neither_o will_v he_o i_o suppose_v deny_v f._n deny_v salvein_n â—lernum_fw-la indesinens_fw-la nostra_fw-la laeutia_fw-la dei_fw-la genitrix_n virgo_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la enim_fw-la rursus_fw-la accurrimus_fw-la tu_fw-la festi_fw-la nostri_fw-la principium_fw-la in_fw-la mdeium_fw-la tu_fw-la finâ—_n pretiosissima_fw-la regni_fw-la margarita_fw-la tu_fw-la verè_fw-la 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meaning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o true_o wheaten_a bread_n remain_v such_o be_v also_o true_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n i_o grant_v it_o for_o as_o i_o tell_v he_o before_o from_o the_o cardinal_n it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n for_o it_o can_v possible_o be_v that_o one_o thing_n shall_v not_o be_v change_v and_o yet_o shall_v be_v another_o because_o it_o will_v be_v that_o thing_n and_o not_o that_o thing_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v by_o his_o major_n that_o the_o word_n this_o in_o that_o proposition_n this_o be_v my_o body_n have_v such_o a_o reference_n to_o bread_n that_o the_o meaning_n be_v this_o bread_n be_v my_o body_n that_o be_v this_o substance_n of_o bread_n which_o i_o take_v in_o my_o hand_n i_o do_v by_o these_o word_n change_v into_o the_o substance_n of_o my_o body_n i_o deny_v it_o neither_o be_v it_o our_o common_a concession_n for_o in_o that_o sense_n it_o be_v neither_o a_o absurdity_n nor_o impossibility_n to_o understand_v the_o proposition_n literal_o so_o 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