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ad_fw-la januar._n euseb_n hist_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 26._o &_o lib._n 5._o c._n 23._o socrat._v lib._n
6._o &_o 8._o beza_n epist_n 81._o quid_fw-la interim_n miserable_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nempe_fw-la haec_fw-la tunc_fw-la erat_fw-la ipsius_fw-la conditio_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la in_o israele_n temporibus_fw-la eliae_fw-la delirescentibuâ—_n in_o spelunca_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la dei_fw-la prophetis_fw-la et_fw-la qualis_fw-la rum_o erar_n quum_fw-la everso_fw-la dei_fw-la templo_fw-la &_o jugi_fw-la cessante_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la captiva_fw-la in_o babylone_a teneretur_fw-la servabat_fw-la tamen_fw-la dominus_fw-la renascituri_fw-la svo_fw-la tempore_fw-la populi_fw-la seman_n manebat_fw-la salvus_fw-la in_o papatu_fw-la baptismus_fw-la in_fw-la patris_fw-la silij_fw-la &_o sp._n sancti_fw-la nomen_fw-la etc._n etc._n decay_a and_o corrupt_a church_n if_o any_o of_o our_o man_n deny_v the_o church_n wherein_o our_o father_n live_v to_o be_v the_o church_n of_o god_n their_o meaning_n be_v limit_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o prevail_a faction_n that_o be_v in_o the_o church_n 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