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power_n when_o thou_o shall_v lead_v thy_o church_n to_o a_o kingdom_n and_o endless_a glory_n amen_n the_o end_n §._o 1._o §._o 2._o joh._n 4._o 14._o §._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 21._o §._o 4._o §._o 5._o umbra_fw-la in_fw-la lege_fw-la imago_fw-la in_fw-la evangelio_fw-la veritas_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la s._n ambr._n §._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 2._o §._o 7._o §._o 8._o a_o tertull._n de_fw-fr praescrip._n c._n 40._o b_o scholiast._n in_o ju._n sit_v 2._o l._n 2._o c_o o_o nimium_fw-la faciles_fw-la qui_fw-la tristia_fw-la crimina_fw-la caedis_fw-la tolli_fw-la stumineâ_fw-la posse_fw-la putatis_fw-la aquâ_fw-la §._o 9_o john_n 4._o 1._o §._o 10._o audi_fw-la quid_fw-la scripturae_fw-la doceant_fw-la johannis_n baptisma_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimisit_fw-la quà m_fw-la baptisma_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la idque_fw-la in_fw-la futuram_fw-la remissionem_fw-la quae_fw-la esset_fw-la postea_fw-la per_fw-la 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