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per_fw-la hoc_fw-la lupi_fw-la cognoscuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la talia_fw-la concupiscunt_fw-la hereby_o they_o that_o desire_v such_o thing_n be_v know_v for_o wolf_n saint_n hierome_n say_v divinatio_fw-la hierom._n 1._o quaest_n 1._o lib._n nunquam_fw-la divinatio_fw-la quia_fw-la prophetae_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la accipiebant_fw-la prophetia_fw-la eorum_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la divinatio_fw-la for_o that_o the_o prophet_n fall_v to_o take_v of_o money_n therefore_o their_o prophecy_n be_v become_v a_o soothsay_a that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o be_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o not_o of_o god_n this_o i_o say_v that_o according_a to_o your_o deal_n he_o that_o be_v poor_a be_v not_o like_a to_o go_v to_o heaven_n but_o the_o rich_a be_v sure_a to_o be_v save_v now_o you_o allege_v succession_n of_o place_n not_o far_o unlike_a to_o the_o jew_n who_o will_v enclose_v orbem_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la the_o whole_a world_n in_o one_o city_n but_o we_o see_v that_o god_n have_v choose_v many_o out_o of_o jerusalem_n &_o the_o church_n be_v not_o tie_v thereunto_o &_o god_n have_v suffer_v by_o his_o righteous_a will_n many_o christian_a church_n to_o be_v turn_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o turk_n as_o that_o of_o ephesus_n found_v by_o s._n paul_n &_o s._n john_n &_o that_o of_o bonne_fw-fr in_o barbary_n where_o saint_n austin_n preach_v etc._n etc._n and_o further_o it_o be_v say_v there_o express_o glossa_fw-la communis_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la versiculum_fw-la apocal_n 12.8_o etc._n etc._n that_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o a_o long_a time_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o persecution_n of_o antichrist_n shall_v retire_v herself_o into_o the_o wilderness_n as_o the_o common_a gloze_n itself_o do_v expound_v if_o ever_o there_o be_v church_n that_o may_v allege_v succession_n of_o place_n it_o be_v jerusalem_n for_o of_o it_o be_v say_v 8.29_o deut._n 12.11_o 2._o sam._n 7.10_o 1._o king_n 8.29_o dominus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la templo_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la habitabit_fw-la the_o 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