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super_fw-la i_o reversa_fw-la est_fw-la for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n there_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scivit_fw-la restituit_fw-la cognovit_fw-la agnovit_fw-la propriè_fw-la est_fw-la mentis_fw-la &_o intellectûs_fw-la as_o avenarius_n say_v and_o the_o septuagint_n in_o 313._o both_o the_o verse_n do_v agree_v with_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o this_o purpose_n do_v the_o french_a italian_a and_o luther_n translation_n render_v it_o only_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a give_v it_o by_o the_o word_n sensus_fw-la &_o figura_fw-la mea_fw-la reversa_fw-la est_fw-la which_o be_v altogether_o vicious_a so_o that_o from_o hence_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o this_o transformation_n be_v only_o internal_a and_o mental_a and_o no_o essential_a change_n at_o all_o of_o which_o a_o most_o learned_a divine_a tell_v we_o thus_o much_o sunt_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la inter_fw-la quos_fw-la loc_n est_fw-la johannes_n bodinus_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la humanam_fw-la figuram_fw-la reverà _fw-la fuisse_fw-la ei_fw-la ademptam_fw-la ac_fw-la sanè_fw-la deus_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la omnipotentia_fw-la miraculum_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o rege_fw-la isto_fw-la impio_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o humanam_fw-la ejus_fw-la naturam_fw-la in_o bruti_fw-la animalis_fw-la essentiam_fw-la mutare_fw-la potuit_fw-la sed_fw-la verisimilius_fw-la est_fw-la regem_fw-la alienatum_fw-la ment_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la maniacum_fw-la factum_fw-la ademptâ_fw-la ei_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la ment_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la sequente_fw-la vers_fw-la 34._o &_o in_o furorem_fw-la versum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la iram_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la dolorem_fw-la ob_fw-la acceptam_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la quòd_fw-la regiâ_fw-la dignitate_fw-la esset_fw-la orbatuâ—_n sic_fw-la ericus_n rex_fw-la sueciae_fw-la in_o furorem_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la per_fw-la iram_fw-la &_o dolorem_fw-la quòd_fw-la regno_fw-la esset_fw-la dejectus_fw-la anno_fw-la 1568._o 4._o that_o this_o be_v only_o 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