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fidei_fw-la luke_n 22._o 31._o amb._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o hier._n ad_fw-la ctesiph_n de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitr_n contra_fw-la pelag._n ep._n 3._o council_n trid._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 5._o ibid._n cap._n 6._o freewill_n the_o mother_n of_o rome_n preparatory_a work_n vega_n lib._n 6._o de_fw-la preparatione_fw-la adultorum_fw-la ad_fw-la justif._n cap._n 12._o 12._o per_fw-la â—am_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la which_o i_o translate_v penance_n according_a to_o the_o usual_a and_o vulgar_a language_n of_o their_o rheims_n testament_n nor_o have_v they_o any_o other_o repentance_n but_o penance_n can._n 1._o â—â—el_o â—ist_v 14._o lib._n â—_o quaest_n 2._o aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o c._n &_o â—_o c._n aqu._n 12_o qu._n 1â—4_n a._n 6._o c._n quian_a homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o vanity_n and_o incongruitie_n of_o popish_a preparation_n council_n trid._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 6._o aqu._n 12._o quaest_n â—_o 14._o art_n 7._o c._n c._n this_o council_n speak_v of_o 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