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though_o he_o judge_v it_o as_o camero_n not_o accurate_a in_o medul_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o sect_n 22._o yea_o he_o that_o though_o it_o must_v be_v but_o in_o one_o faculty_n choose_v to_o place_v it_o only_o in_o the_o will_n and_o exclude_v assent_v as_o be_v call_v faith_n quia_fw-la parit_fw-la fidem_fw-la excellent_a davenant_n say_v insactu_fw-la fidei_fw-la justifit_n antis_fw-la totu_n anima_fw-la se_fw-la convertit_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la justificantem_fw-la determine_v q._n 38._o pag._n 174._o and_o again_o fides_n illa_fw-la quam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la justificantem_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la complicatum_fw-la actum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la &_o intellectus_fw-la determine_v q._n 37._o pag._n 166_o again_o neque_fw-la nobis_fw-la absurdum_fw-la sed_fw-la valde_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la videtur_fw-la actum_fw-la illum_fw-la quo_fw-la tota_fw-la anima_fw-la purificatur_fw-la &_o justificatur_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la animam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ita_fw-la 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