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uteffugeret_fw-la deum_fw-la sic_fw-la baec_fw-la suasa_fw-la est_fw-la obedire_fw-la deo_fw-la uti_fw-la virgin_n evae_n virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la sieret_fw-la advocata_fw-la iren._n lib._n 5._o c._n 19_o pag._n 464._o a._n irenaus_n in_o the_o same_o age_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v make_v a_o advocate_n for_o the_o virgin_n eve_n but_o however_o let_v he_o take_v care_n in_o his_o exposition_n that_o he_o establish_v not_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a but_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o origen_n who_o live_v anno_fw-la 226._o pray_v formal_o to_o his_o 2._o his_o omnia_fw-la angelie_o plenasunt_fw-la veni_fw-la angelo_n susâ—ipe_a sermone_fw-la conversunâ—_n ab_fw-la errore_fw-la pristinos_fw-la à _fw-la docirina_fw-la demoniorum_fw-la ab_fw-la iniquitate_fw-la in_o altum_fw-la loquente_fw-la &_o suscipiens_fw-la eum_fw-la quasi_fw-la medice_fw-la bone_fw-la coalove_n atque_fw-la institute_n parvulus_fw-la est_fw-la hodie_fw-la nascitur_fw-la senex_fw-la repuerascens_fw-la et_fw-la suscipe_fw-la tribuens_fw-la ci_fw-fr baptismum_fw-la secunde_a regenerationis_fw-la &_o advoca_fw-la tibi_fw-la alios_fw-la soclos_fw-la ministerii_fw-la tui_fw-la ut_fw-la cuncti_fw-la pariter_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquando_fw-la decepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la erudiatis_fw-la ad_fw-la sidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n orig._n hom._n 1._o in_o ezech._n scl_n 133._o b._n circa_fw-la med_a lit_fw-fr e._n 2._o angel_n guardian_n to_o receive_v he_o then_o convert_v from_o his_o former_a error_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n to_o comfort_n and_o strengthen_v he_o like_o a_o good_a physician_n and_o to_o call_v together_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o companion_n in_o that_o ministry_n that_o all_o of_o they_o together_o may_v instruct_v those_o in_o the_o faith_n who_o have_v be_v deceive_v i_o hope_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o he_o beg_v of_o holy_a c._n holy_a o_o beat_v job_n vivens_fw-la in_o perpetâ—um_fw-la aâ—ud_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o victor_n permanens_fw-la in_o conspeciou_n regis_fw-la demini_fw-la ora_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la miseris_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la nos_fw-la terribilis_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la protegat_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la tribulationibus_fw-la &_o eripiat_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la oppressionibus_fw-la maligni_fw-la et_fw-la connumeret_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la justis_fw-la et_fw-la conscribat_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la salui_fw-la siunt_fw-la et_fw-la requiesccre_fw-la nos_fw-la faciat_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ubi_fw-la perpesuo_fw-la cum_fw-la sonitis_fw-la illis_fw-la magnificemus_fw-la illum_fw-la idem_fw-la lib._n 2._o job_n in_o fine_a tom._n 2._o fol._n 33._o a._n c._n job_n to_o pray_v for_o he_o that_o he_o make_v his_o address_n to_o init_fw-la to_o incipiam_fw-la i_o genibus_fw-la prosternere_fw-la &_o deprecari_fw-la universos_fw-la sanctos_fw-la ut_fw-la mih_n non_fw-la audenti_fw-la petere_fw-la deum_fw-la propter_fw-la nimietatem_fw-la peccati_fw-la succurrant_fw-la o_o sancti_fw-la dei_fw-la vos_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la &_o sleru_fw-la pleno_fw-la dolore_fw-la deprecor_fw-la ut_fw-la procidatis_fw-la misericordil_n ejus_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o misero_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o lamento_n tom._n 2._o fol._n 158._o b._n init_fw-la all_o the_o saint_n in_o general_a and_o particular_o to_o b._n to_o hei_fw-la mihi_fw-la pater_fw-la abraham_n deprecare_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o ne_fw-fr de_fw-fr simbus_n tuhaliener_n ibid._n circa_fw-la finem_fw-la pag._n 159._o b._n abraham_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o sorrow_n and_o lamentation_n for_o his_o sin_n neither_o will_v he_o i_o suppose_v deny_v f._n deny_v salvein_n â—lernum_fw-la indesinens_fw-la nostra_fw-la laeutia_fw-la dei_fw-la genitrix_n virgo_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la enim_fw-la rursus_fw-la accurrimus_fw-la tu_fw-la festi_fw-la nostri_fw-la principium_fw-la in_fw-la mdeium_fw-la tu_fw-la finâ—_n pretiosissima_fw-la regni_fw-la margarita_fw-la tu_fw-la verè_fw-la omnis_fw-la saorificis_fw-la pinguedo_fw-la â—_o tu_fw-la animatum_fw-la panis_fw-la istius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la altar_n salve_fw-la amoris_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la thesaure_n salve_n silii_fw-la erga_fw-la gews_fw-la humanum_fw-la fons_fw-la propensionis_fw-la salve_n sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la mens_fw-la inumbrate_v prepterea_fw-la te_fw-la
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