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the_o lord_n which_o shall_v be_v count_v to_o he_o for_o a_o generation_n and_o to_o confess_v as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v now_o a_o curse_n among_o man_n that_o they_o be_v the_o seed_n who_o god_n have_v bless_v virtutem_fw-la incolumem_fw-la odimus_fw-la sublatam_fw-la ex_fw-la oculis_fw-la quaerimus_fw-la invidi_fw-la their_o eleven_o argument_n from_o judas_n 19_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n john_n 14.17_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n who_o the_o world_n can_v receive_v be_v this_o every_o man_n have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n therefore_o every_o man_n have_v not_o a_o light_n within_o sufficient_a to_o guide_v he_o to_o god_n rep._n every_o man_n that_o have_v not_o so_o long_o resist_v grieve_a quench_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n strive_v in_o he_o that_o it_o thereupon_o be_v take_v from_o he_o as_o it_o be_v from_o those_o sensual_a one_o jude_n speak_v of_o who_o god_n have_v give_v over_o to_o their_o lust_n have_v the_o spirit_n strive_v within_o 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ebriaris_fw-la sic_fw-la titubâ—sque_n '_o grotas_fw-la haud_fw-la dubes_fw-la nunc_fw-la nunc_fw-la dubitas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o sacerdos_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quî_fw-la sit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la scis_fw-la hoc_fw-la nescis_fw-la qua_v in_o orb_n rotas_fw-la vertis_fw-la hûc_fw-la illûc_fw-la modo_fw-la circa_fw-la rotas_fw-la fluctuas_fw-la curris_fw-la modo_fw-la retro_fw-la rotas_fw-la undique_fw-la rotas_fw-la usque_fw-la dum_fw-la rotas_fw-la rotulasque_fw-la rotas_fw-la nectis_fw-la in_o rotis_fw-la rotantimque_fw-la rotas_fw-la tota_n dum_o tenet_n tontätimque_fw-la totas_fw-la opera_fw-la rotas_fw-la rotas_fw-la opera_fw-la tenet_n arepo_n sator_fw-la dixi_fw-la haud_fw-la magis_fw-la malus_fw-la piscator_fw-la ac_fw-la tu_fw-la ac_fw-la tui_fw-la o_fw-la sacerdos_n estis_fw-la pâ—ssimi_fw-la pisces_fw-la qui_fw-la ni_fw-fr regeneremini_fw-la rejiciemini_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la in_o vi_n via_n 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