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scurrilatis_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la officia_fw-la aug._n civit._n civit._fw-la 19_o 1._o aug._n contra_fw-la acad_n 3._o 7._o 7._o nihil_fw-la se_fw-la it_fw-la quam_fw-la virum_fw-la â—onum_fw-la esse_fw-la aug._n epist._n epist._n quid_fw-la attinet_fw-la scire_fw-la quo_fw-la eundum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sciamus_fw-la qua_fw-la eundum_fw-la bern._n jejun_n 4._o f._n 39_o c._n 2._o 2._o in_o cognition_n &_o imitatione_n dei._n civet_fw-la 8._o 8._o 8._o manciparunt_fw-la virtutem_fw-la voluptati_fw-la aug._n civit._n 5._o 19_o 19_o erant_fw-la tantum_fw-la multi_fw-la errores_fw-la errantium_fw-la &_o non_fw-la multa_fw-la summa_fw-la bona_fw-la aug._n lib._n arb_n 2._o 10._o 10._o non_fw-la tamelectione_fw-la quam_fw-la fatigatione_n aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n ecc._n 7._o 7._o poenali_fw-la morbo_fw-la plus_fw-la sitiunt_fw-la quam_fw-la capiunt_fw-la aug._n confess_v 11._o 12._o 12._o quanta_fw-la est_fw-la vanitas_fw-la quanta_fw-la insania_fw-la hominem_fw-la mortalem_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la fidere_fw-la ut_fw-la beatus_fw-la sit_fw-la aug._n ep_n 52._o 52._o non_fw-la accipit_fw-la humana_fw-la natura_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la sâ—am_fw-la potestatem_fw-la beata_fw-la fit_n aug._n de_fw-fr gen._n 2._o 15._o 15._o non_fw-la facit_fw-la hominem_fw-la beatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la hominem_fw-la deuâ—_n aug._n epist_n 52._o 52._o gen._n 5._o 24._o joh._n 17._o 3._o aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n ecc._n 18._o confess_v confess_v psal._n 85._o 9_o psal._n 21._o 6._o happiness_n be_v but_o one_o thing_n luke_n 10._o 42._o summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi nihil_fw-la est_fw-la melius_fw-la aut_fw-la superius_fw-la semper_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habens_fw-la semper_fw-la svi_fw-la simile_n est_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n manich._n cap._n 1._o and_o not_o more_o psal._n 32._o 1._o psal._n 1._o 1._o matth._n 5._o prov._n 30._o 15._o natura_fw-la cogit_fw-la animam_fw-la unum_fw-la quaerere_fw-la &_o multitudo_fw-la non_fw-la sinit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr ord._n 1._o 1._o 1._o it_o be_v one_o for_o excellency_n bonum_fw-la simplex_fw-la omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la august_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la participatione_fw-la ullius_fw-la boni_fw-la sed_fw-la essentia_fw-la aug._n mor._n man._n 4._o 2._o one_o for_o sufficiency_n omnibus_fw-la omne_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la administrat_fw-la bernard_n 124._o 2._o 1._o sam._n 1._o 8._o 3._o one_o for_o integrity_n matth._n 11._o 28._o pariter_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la totum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la singulis_fw-la possidetur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n ser._n 18._o fol._n 47._o col_fw-fr 4._o simul_fw-la omnes_fw-la plenè_fw-la integreque_fw-la possidemus_fw-la bernar._n cantic_a 12._o auditur_fw-la verbum_fw-la à _fw-la singulis_fw-la totum_fw-la aug._n epist._n 3._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr socialis_fw-la â—elicitas_fw-la quam_fw-la torquet_fw-la aliena_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 234._o fol._n 340._o col_fw-fr 4._o tolle_o invidiam_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la meum_fw-la est_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la sque_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la amat_fw-la in_o altero_fw-la august_n tract_n 67._o 4._o one_o for_o efficacy_n john_n 17._o 23._o una_fw-la est_fw-la consubstantialis_fw-la altera_fw-la consentibilis_fw-la bernard_n cant._n 71._o act_n 4._o 32._o omnes_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la unum_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la vident_fw-la eandem_fw-la faciem_fw-la divinam_fw-la confess_v 10._o 34._o omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la anima_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la anima_fw-la aug._n ps._n 103._o psal._n 73._o 28._o mutâ—ò_fw-la inviscerati_fw-la bernard_n cant._n 72._o happiness_n be_v not_o in_o many_o thing_n prov._n 30._o 15._o abundantia_fw-la laboriosa_fw-la &_o copiosaegestas_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 21._o aug._n confess_v 3._o cum_fw-la te_fw-la deum_fw-la meum_fw-la quaero_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la quaero_fw-la aug._n psal._n 16._o 5._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la mor._n ecc._n 8._o confess_v 5._o 1._o there_o be_v no_o chief_a ill_n ill_n oculus_fw-la creatus_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la accessit_fw-la caecitas_fw-la basil._n 181._o aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 23._o the_o ground_n of_o that_o error_n error_n si_fw-mi contra_fw-la se_fw-la facit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la sibi_fw-la admit_v aug._n mor._n man._n 2._o four_o thing_n come_v under_o that_o name_n ill_o root_n ill_o fruit_n ill_o punishment_n ill_o nature_n or_o substance_n aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n c._n 25._o good_a be_v great_a than_o ill_a the_o least_o ill_o be_v great_a god_n the_o fountain_n of_o happiness_n happiness_n cant._n 5._o 4._o 16._o 16._o psal._n 36._o 9_o 9_o jam._n 1._o 17._o 1_o a_o communicate_v good_a 2_o not_o decay_v rom._n 11._o 33._o 3_o preserve_v what_o he_o give_v give_v joh._n 10._o 28._o 28._o joh._n 6._o 37._o 37._o jer._n 32._o 40._o three_o instance_n instance_n psa._n 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