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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb._n lib._n 4._o the_o objection_n of_o manner_n answer_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n decay_v de_fw-fr lapsâ—â—_n a_o contrary_a objection_n of_o manner_n joannes_n de_fw-fr magistris_fw-la de_fw-fr â—â—mperantia_fw-la 3._o quaest._n 7._o la_o ta_o extra_n de_fw-fr bigamis_fw-la quia_fw-la circa_fw-la her_o image_n as_o she_o traval_v with_o child_n be_v yet_o at_o rome_n genes_n 38._o in_o consilio_fw-la dâ—â—_n lectorum_fw-la cardin_n to_o 3._o de_fw-fr consideratione_n ad_fw-la eugenium_fw-la p._n aloisius_n john_n casus_n â—_o diasius_n heinous_a sin_n unpunnish_v among_o the_o romysshe_n of_o discipline_n in_o apologet._n 45._o rom._n 2._o the_o objection_n of_o sedition_n tertull._n in_o apologet._n 1.2_o &_o 3._o the_o same_o objection_n against_o the_o primitive_a church_n hester_n 3._o regum_fw-la 18._o amos._n 7._o in_o apologet._n cap._n 37._o the_o gospel_n do_v not_o destroy_v common_a wealth_n the_o objection_n turn_v against_o the_o 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