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in_o loc._n upon_o the_o place_n say_v baptiâ—â—ri_fw-la jubet_fw-la christus_fw-la qui_fw-la nomen_fw-la evangelii_fw-la dederint_fw-la sâ—que_fw-la professi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la discipulos_fw-la partim_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la baptismus_fw-la siâ—_z vitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la tessera_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la partim_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la externum_fw-la fidei_fw-la signum_fw-la quem_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la suam_fw-la deus_fw-la hoc_fw-la sigillo_fw-la nobis_fw-la confirmat_fw-la ita_fw-la quicunque_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la offerunt_fw-la vicissim_fw-la quasi_fw-la data_fw-la syngrapha_fw-la obstringunt_fw-la sâ—am_fw-la sidem_fw-la christ_n command_v they_o to_o be_v baptise_v who_o have_v give_v up_o their_o name_n to_o the_o gospel_n and_o have_v profess_v to_o be_v his_o disciple_n partly_o that_o baptism_n may_v be_v to_o they_o a_o sign_n of_o eternal_a life_n before_o god_n partly_o a_o external_a sign_n of_o faith_n before_o man_n 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