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〈◊〉_d 2._o pet._n 1._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb_n hos_fw-la 8._o 12._o rom._n 3._o 2._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o tertul._n l._n the_o veland_n virgin_n speaking_z concern_v the_o creed_n regula_n fidei_fw-la una_fw-la omninò_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la immobilis_fw-la &_o irreformabilis_fw-la mat._n 5._o 13_o 14._o luk._n 1._o 2._o act._n 4._o 20._o 1_o joh._n 1._o 1._o 1._o tit._n 1._o 3_o jud._n v_o 3._o read_v eph._n 4._o 3._o to_o 14._o apoc._n io_o 10._o rom._n 14_o 23._o 23._o mat._n 26_o 15._o read_v 1._o cor._n 15._o 3_o 4._o mat._n 14._o 2_o 3_o 6._o maldonate_fw-it on_o john_n 6._o confess_v thus_o much_o nihil_fw-la credi_fw-la deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la adversus_fw-la scâ—iptuâ—arum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aug._n l._n 13._o cont_n faus_n manich._n mark_v 7._o 5_o 13._o 2_o thes_n 2._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o 2_o thes_n 5._o 21._o rom._n 12._o 2_o eph._n 5._o 10_o 17._o tit._n 2._o 11_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 6._o 45._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 23_o 25._o 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