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book_n de_fw-fr canone_o divers_a chapâ—râ—â—_n and_o m._n pemble_v 〈◊〉_d vindicâ—agraâ—iâ—_n p._n 207_o to_o 22â—_n 22â—_n superstâ—us_fw-la mihi_fw-la â—ebâ—r_fw-la videtur_fw-la oprum_fw-la quâ—â—adeâ—_n solicit_v illud_fw-la quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la inâ—uisiver_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la â—e_n cogitari_fw-la quidem_fw-la protest_v 〈◊〉_d corum_fw-la librerum_fw-la autorilos_fw-la nisi_fw-la quoad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cham._n cham._n matth._n 28._o 20_o &_o 18._o 20._o john_n 15._o 26._o &_o 16._o 13._o 13._o scriptura_fw-la est_fw-la velipsa_fw-la scriptio_fw-la &_o literarum_fw-la per_fw-la lineas_fw-la certas_fw-la victura_fw-la vel_fw-la ipse_fw-la doctrina_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scripturas_fw-la significata_fw-la &_o in_o iis_fw-la literis_fw-la conienta_fw-la scriptione_n fatemur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquiorem_fw-la sed_fw-la negamus_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquiorem_fw-la ea_fw-la doctrina_fw-la quae_fw-la significatur_fw-la eascriptione_n chamier_n tom._n 19_o l._n 1._o c._n 22._o 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