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wave_v the_o expression_n ex_fw-la condigno_fw-la as_o liable_a to_o mistake_v ε._n ε._fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-la justificat_fw-la 5._o l._n 16._o c._n catholici_fw-la omnes_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la justorum_fw-la esse_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliqui_fw-la censent_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la utendum_fw-la his_fw-la vocibus_fw-la de_fw-la condigno_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr congruo_fw-la sed_fw-la absolute_a dicendum_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la justorum_fw-la esse_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la bishop_n white_a answer_v to_o fisher_n p._n 172._o and_o the_o same_o p._n 512._o the_o opinion_n of_o modern_a papist_n say_v he_o concern_v the_o merit_n of_o condignity_n be_v always_o oppose_v by_o pontifician_n themselves_o scotus_n durand_n marsilius_n dionysius_n cisterciensis_fw-la gregory_n ariminen_n thomas_n walden_n paulus_n burgensis_n joh._n ferus_fw-la eckius_fw-la 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