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that_o give_v the_o 7._o 7._o increase_n no_o man_n can_v be_v a_o minister_n or_o instrument_n to_o another_o but_o he_o must_v act_v â—_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr tamen_fw-la alienum_fw-la nâ—c_fw-la arrogans_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la david_n remunerâ—tionem_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la egregiis_fw-la latoribus_fw-la posâ—ulet_fw-la praerâ—gativa_fw-la est_fw-la fâ—dâ—i_fw-la atque_fw-la justitiae_fw-la de_fw-la domini_fw-la favore_fw-la mercidem_fw-la usurpare_fw-la ambros_n in_o psal_n 119._o 1._o et_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la bene_fw-la cogite_n ipse_fw-la dedit_fw-la fidem_fw-la primò_fw-la qua_fw-la cum_fw-la promeruisii_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-fr tuo_fw-la promeruisti_fw-la ut_fw-la tibi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la deberetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n tract_n 3._o in_o joan._n ipsa_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la quae_fw-la utique_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la habebitur_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la meâ—itiâ—_n praecedentibus_fw-la redditur_fw-la 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