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arbitr_n l._n 2_o c._n 7._o sometime_o there_o be_v a_o will_n of_o rise_v out_o of_o fall_n but_o not_o power_n as_o psal._n 119_o 176._o i_o have_v go_v astray_o like_o a_o lose_a sheep_n o_o seek_v thy_o servant_n for_o i_o do_v not_o not_o forget_v thy_o word_n ambros_n quaere_fw-la i_o quid_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la requiro_fw-la quaere_fw-la i_o inveni_fw-la i_o suscipe_fw-la i_o porâ—a_fw-la i_o poâ—es_fw-la invenire_fw-la quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d requiris_fw-la dignare_fw-la suscipere_fw-la quae_fw-la invereris_fw-la impone_fw-la humeris_fw-la quae_fw-la susceperis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la pium_fw-la onus_fw-la fastidio_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la oneri_fw-la est_fw-la vectum_fw-la justitia_fw-la veni_fw-la ergo_fw-la domine_fw-la quia_fw-la etsi_fw-la erravi_fw-la tamen_fw-la mandata_fw-la tua_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la oblitus_fw-la spem_fw-la medicinae_fw-la reservo_fw-la etc._n etc._n admonet_fw-la nos_fw-la deus_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la possimus_fw-la &_o 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