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14._o 14._o john_n 4_o 19_o 19_o john_n 13._o 1._o the_o sum_n of_o christ_n discourse_n with_o his_o disciple_n after_o his_o resurrection_n till_o his_o ascension_n ascension_n psal_n 2._o 8._o 8._o dan._n 7._o 14._o 14._o psal_n 72._o 8._o quest_n answ_n 1._o general_n doctrine_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la nullum_fw-la habere_fw-la quam_fw-la sacrilegum_fw-la impium_fw-la &_o sceleratum_fw-la ministrum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la mactet_fw-la &_o perdat_fw-la sicut_fw-la fur_n &_o latro_fw-la luth._o de_fw-la instit_n ministr_n eccl._n 2._o general_n doctrine_n 3._o general_n doctrine_n the_o particular_a handle_n of_o the_o word_n the_o doctr._n the_o spirit_n be_v power_n two_o way_n 1._o essential_o in_o itself_o 2._o operative_o in_o we_o by_o be_v in_o we_o 1._o a_o spirit_n of_o knowledge_n 2._o a_o spirit_n of_o power_n 3._o a_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n 2_o cor._n 1._o 10._o 4._o a_o spirit_n of_o faith_n ephes_n 1._o 19_o the_o power_n of_o faith_n 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alium_n ergo_fw-la quaere_fw-la quem_fw-la terreas_fw-la verum_fw-la ego_fw-la scio_fw-la &_o certus_fw-la sum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vivere_fw-la &_o regnare_fw-la qua_fw-la scientia_fw-la &_o fiducia_fw-la inflatus_fw-la non_fw-la timebo_fw-la etiam_fw-la multa_fw-la millia_fw-la paparum_fw-la major_a est_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la i_o occidat_fw-la papa_n aut_fw-la damnel_n ultra_fw-la tartara_fw-la occisum_fw-la non_fw-la suscitabit_fw-la ut_fw-la bis_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la occidat_fw-la damnatum_fw-la vero_fw-la ego_fw-la voâ—â—ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la absolvat_fw-la confido_fw-la enim_fw-la instare_fw-la diem_fw-la illum_fw-la quo_fw-la deâ—â—ruetur_fw-la regnum_fw-la illud_fw-la abominationis_fw-la &_o perditionis_fw-la utinam_fw-la nos_fw-la primi_fw-la digni_fw-la simus_fw-la vel_fw-la exuri_fw-la vel_fw-la occidi_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quò_fw-la 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