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bless_a and_o undivided_a trinity_n three_o person_n and_o one_o god_n be_v all_o honour_n glory_n and_o praise_n both_o now_o and_o for_o evermore_o amen_n finis_fw-la 1_o ad_fw-la evertendam_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la sobrium_fw-la accessisse_fw-la suet._n in_o jul._n caes_n caes_n quasi_fw-la nos_fw-la christum_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la negamus_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la socin_n op_n tom._n 2._o p._n 645._o 645._o ut_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la venerentur_fw-la p._n 631._o 631._o in_o eo_fw-la homine_fw-la supra_fw-la quam_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la extollendo_fw-la &_o deificando_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n ut_fw-la potius_fw-la id_fw-la gloriae_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o laudi_fw-la ducamus_fw-la wolzogen_n prolegom_n in_o evangel_n johannis_n cap._n 8._o de_fw-la vera_fw-la divinitate_fw-la christi_fw-la christi_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la deus_fw-la ille_fw-la unus_fw-la qui_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la 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