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de_fw-la quo_fw-la disputatis_fw-la percepero_fw-la mortar_n val._n max._n max._n aristot_n aristot_n sic_fw-la itaque_fw-la habebit_fw-la donum_fw-la aliud_fw-la aelio_fw-la minus_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la donum_fw-la habeat_fw-la ne_fw-la velit_fw-la amplius_fw-la aug._n aug._n et_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la universis_fw-la et_fw-la totum_fw-la singulis_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quicquid_fw-la passione_n sua_fw-la salvator_n praestitit_fw-la sicut_fw-la totum_fw-la ei_fw-la debent_fw-la universi_fw-la sic_fw-la singuli_fw-la nisiquod_fw-la propè_fw-la hoc_fw-la plus_fw-la singuli_fw-la quam_fw-la universi_fw-la quod_fw-la totum_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la singuli_fw-la quantum_fw-la universi_fw-la salvian_n salvian_n si_fw-mi audiaet_fw-la multitudo_fw-la silens_fw-la non_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la particulatim_fw-la comminuunt_fw-la sonos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la cibos_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la sonat_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la totum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la totum_fw-la august_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la volusan_n volusan_n o_o si_fw-la animum_fw-la boni_fw-la viri_fw-la liceret_fw-la inspicere_fw-la ex_fw-la magnifico_n placidoque_fw-la fulgentem_fw-la nun_n veluti_fw-la numinis_fw-la occurse_v obstupefacti_fw-la essemus_fw-la senec._n non_fw-la errâti_fw-la mater_fw-la nam_fw-la hic_fw-la alexander_n est_fw-la curt._n lib._n 3._o job_n 29._o 2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o vitæ_fw-la nos_fw-la taedium_fw-la tenet_fw-la timor_fw-la mortis_fw-la natat_fw-la omne_fw-la consilium_fw-la nec_fw-la implere_fw-la nos_fw-la ulla_fw-la faelicitas_fw-la potest_fw-la causae_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la pervenimus_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la bonum_fw-la immensum_fw-la &_o insuperabile_fw-la ubi_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la consistat_fw-la nobis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la nostra_fw-la quia_fw-la ultra_fw-la summum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la senec._n epist_n 74._o 74._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n eth._n l._n 7._o c._n ult_n heb._n 10._o 19_o 20._o rom._n 9_o 16._o james_n 2._o heb._n 9_o 2_o cor._n john_n 3._o 3._o rom._n 8._o 17._o gal._n 4._o 7._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 17._o rom._n 2._o 16._o act_n 26._o 18._o heb._n 1â—_n 14._o joh._n 3._o 16._o phil._n 2._o 8_o 9_o joh._n 17._o 2._o joh._n 6._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 22._o 1_o joh._n 5._o 12._o joh._n 1._o 12._o ephes._n 3._o 17._o 1_o cor._n 1._o act_n 5._o 31._o rom._n 8._o psal._n 106._o 14._o frui_fw-la est_fw-la amore_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la propter_fw-la seipsam_fw-la uti_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la amas_fw-la obtinendum_fw-la refer_v aug._n de_fw-fr doct._n christ._n christ._n acosta_n tim._n 6._o 18_o 19_o psal._n 115._o 8._o phil._n 3._o 13_o 14._o athen._n l._n 20._o c._n 9_o tam_fw-la modico_fw-la ore_fw-la tam_fw-la immensa_fw-la aequorum_fw-la vastitas_fw-la panditur_fw-la plin._n plin._n nos_fw-la corpus_fw-la tam_fw-la putre_fw-fr sortiti_fw-la nihilo_fw-la minus_fw-la aeterna_fw-la proponimus_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la aetas_fw-la humana_fw-la protendi_fw-la tantum_fw-la occupamus_fw-la nulla_fw-la contenti_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nulla_fw-la potentia_fw-la quid_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la fieri_fw-la impudentius_fw-la quid_fw-la stultius_fw-la potest_fw-la nihil_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la morituris_fw-la nihil_fw-la morientibus_fw-la sen._n epist._n 120._o 120._o nemo_fw-la ergo_fw-la sibi_fw-la promittat_fw-la quod_fw-la evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la promittit_fw-la aug._n jer._n 13._o 16._o psal._n 78._o 34_o 36._o prov._n 1_o malè_fw-la cum_fw-la his_fw-la agitur_fw-la quibus_fw-la necessitas_fw-la belli_fw-la incumbit_fw-la &_o morbi_fw-la veget._n veget._n quod_fw-la alicui_fw-la gratiosè_fw-la conceditur_fw-la trahi_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o exemplum_fw-la plut._n symp._n symp._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n vix_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la quantos_fw-la haec_fw-la inanis_fw-la spei_fw-la umbra_fw-la deceperit_fw-la aug._n aug._n tu_fw-la qui_fw-la deos_fw-la putas_fw-la humana_fw-la negligere_fw-la nun_n animadvertisti_fw-la ex_fw-la tot_fw-la tabulis_fw-la pictis_fw-la quam_fw-la multi_fw-la vim_o tempestatis_fw-la effugerint_fw-la in_fw-la portumque_fw-la salutis_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la tull._n tull._n miserrimum_fw-la morbi_fw-la genus_fw-la in_fw-la que_fw-la aeger_fw-la &_o siti_fw-la &_o aquae_fw-la metu_fw-la cruciatur_fw-la quorum_fw-la spes_fw-la in_o angusto_fw-la est_fw-la cels._n rev._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 13._o natator_fw-la amnem_fw-la interpositum_fw-la superaturus_fw-la exuitur_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la tanto_fw-la apparatu_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la dispoliaverit_fw-la transnatabit_fw-la nisi_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la nisu_fw-la torrentis_fw-la impetum_fw-la scindat_fw-la &_o laborem_fw-la natationis_fw-la exhauriat_fw-la paulin._n rom._n 2._o mat._n 10._o 22_o juven_n eze._n 18._o 24_o heb._n 10._o 38_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 11._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o 10._o 10._o homil._n 6._o de_fw-fr laud._n paul_n paul_n quae_fw-la justior_fw-la venia_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la causis_fw-la quam_fw-la voluntarius_fw-la a_o quam_fw-la invitus_fw-la peccator_fw-la implorat_fw-la negationem_fw-la quanta_fw-la compellunt_fw-la ingenia_fw-la carnificum_fw-la &_o genera_fw-la poenarum_fw-la quis_fw-la magis_fw-la negavit_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la vexatus_fw-la a_o qui_fw-la delectatus_fw-la amisit_fw-la qui_fw-la quum_fw-la amitteret_fw-la doluit_fw-la a_o qui_fw-la quum_fw-la amitteret_fw-la lusit_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr pudicit_fw-la denique_fw-la saepe_fw-la cognovimus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quem_fw-la formidolosa_fw-la carnificum_fw-la pompa_fw-la non_fw-la terruit_fw-la nec_fw-la divisi_fw-la lateris_fw-la sulcus_fw-la infregit_fw-la nec_fw-la ardentes_fw-la laminae_fw-la à _fw-la triumphalis_fw-la fortitudinis_fw-la vigore_fw-la abducere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la eum_fw-la inter_fw-la sacra_fw-la praemia_fw-la constitutum_fw-la vxor_fw-la tenerae_fw-la prolis_fw-la oblatione_fw-la miserabilis_fw-la unius_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la miseratione_n decepit_fw-la decepit_fw-la flagitio_fw-la insigni_fw-la semper_fw-la alicujus_fw-la foeminae_fw-la amore_fw-la flagrans_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la id_fw-la deas_fw-la pingens_fw-la sub_fw-la dilectarum_fw-la imagine_v itaque_fw-la scorta_fw-la ejus_fw-la venerabantur_fw-la plin_n plin_n bion._n bion._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelian_a l._n 13._o c._n 32._o 32._o nunquam_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la judicatur_fw-la semper_fw-la creditur_fw-la sanabimur_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la separemur_fw-la à _fw-la coetu_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr beat._n heb._n 11._o â—_o nec_fw-la vereamu_fw-la occidi_fw-la quos_fw-la constat_fw-la quando_fw-la occidimâ—_n coronari_fw-la cyp._n 1_o sam._n 14._o 24_o 25_o 26._o isa._n 1._o 2_o 3._o 3._o primum_fw-la ego_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la officium_fw-la existimo_fw-la ut_fw-la titulum_fw-la suum_fw-la legate_n atque_fw-la identidem_fw-la interroget_fw-la se_fw-la quid_fw-la caeperit_n scribere_fw-la scribere_fw-la cum_fw-la natalis_fw-la dies_fw-la februarii_fw-la admonuisset_fw-la aetatis_fw-la numerandae_fw-la &_o tricesimo_fw-la reperissem_fw-la invasit_fw-la i_o subita_fw-la moestitia_fw-la &_o perculsit_fw-la admirantem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la culmen_fw-la pervenissem_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la lux_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la fit_a obscurior_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la nostri_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la inclinare_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la visa_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la rerum_fw-la facies_fw-la momento_n mutata_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la primum_fw-la i_o hominem_fw-la agnovi_fw-la memoires_n chanut_n 2_o pet._n 3._o 9_o quam_fw-la suave_fw-la career_n suavitatibus_fw-la istis_fw-la si_fw-mi frigido_fw-la loquar_fw-la nescit_fw-la quod_fw-la loquor_fw-la aug._n identidem_fw-la dictitans_fw-la qualis_fw-la artifex_fw-la pereo_fw-la suet._n nisi_fw-la timore_fw-la incipiat_fw-la homo_fw-la deum_fw-la colere_fw-la non_fw-la perveniet_fw-la ad_fw-la amorem_fw-la aug._n psal._n 90._o 11._o rom._n 9_o 22._o 2_o thess._n 1._o indeed_o it_o be_v difficult_a to_o conceive_v how_o a_o material_a fire_n can_v act_v on_o a_o spiritual_a substance_n but_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o determine_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o if_o we_o consider_v what_o pain_n be_v it_o be_v as_o conceivable_a how_o pure_a spirit_n be_v capable_a of_o it_o as_o spirit_n in_o conjunction_n with_o body_n the_o human_a soul_n in_o its_o nature_n be_v spiritual_a as_o the_o angel_n yet_o have_v a_o painful_a sense_n of_o fire_n or_o other_o afflict_v evil_n incumbent_a on_o the_o sense_n the_o body_n mere_o feel_v not_o pain_n but_o it_o pass_v through_o the_o body_n to_o the_o soul_n if_o the_o soul_n by_o a_o strong_a diversion_n of_o thought_n apply_v itself_o to_o a_o object_n the_o body_n be_v insensible_a of_o pain_n as_o be_v evident_a in_o some_o disease_n and_o that_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o battle_n deep_a wound_n be_v not_o feel_v and_o as_o god_n by_o a_o natural_a constitution_n have_v order_v that_o the_o body_n so_o touch_v and_o move_v excite_v a_o painful_a sense_n in_o the_o soul_n he_o may_v have_v ordain_v that_o the_o devil_n shall_v feel_v the_o impression_n of_o material_a fire_n in_o the_o place_n to_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v confine_v job_n 6._o 4._o dan._n 12._o 2._o tacitâ_fw-la sudant_fw-la praecordia_fw-la culpa_fw-la juv._n jer._n 14._o 12._o jussisti_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la poena_fw-la sit_fw-la sibi_fw-la omnis_fw-la inordinatus_fw-la affectus_fw-la aug._n rev._n 16._o 10_o 11._o psal._n 77._o 7._o