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brentius_n and_o many_o more_o to_o these_o we_o may_v join_v the_o judgement_n of_o calvin_n 3._o ubi_fw-la sese_fw-la ipsi_fw-la offerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la munus_fw-la illud_fw-la deinceps_fw-la praestandum_fw-la non_fw-la mole_n illis_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conceditur_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la ante_fw-la minus_fw-la legitimè_fw-la usurpatum_fw-la erat_fw-la duo_o sunt_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la statu_fw-la summa_fw-la vitia_fw-la unum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la recta_fw-la ratione_fw-la instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la â—d_a munus_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la alterum_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la gradâ—_n seize_v deiecerunt_fw-la dum_fw-la nihil_fw-la eius_fw-la praestiâ—erunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la pertineret_fw-la sed_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la agnoscantur_fw-la pro_fw-la ministris_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la ubi_fw-la sese_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la coniungere_fw-la paratos_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-la 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