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author_n and_o first_o austin_n ad_fw-la salcotinanum_fw-la be_v cite_v proposition_n 2._o as_o speak_v that_o a_o man_n must_v repent_v before_o baptism_n etc._n etc._n as_o peter_n say_v to_o the_o jew_n act_n 2._o etc._n etc._n but_o as_o for_o the_o name_n of_o the_o book_n or_o epist_n i_o find_v not_o the_o author_n or_o printer_n i_o suppose_v mistake_v the_o name_n i_o find_v reference_n make_v in_o the_o decretall_n set_v forth_o by_o petrus_n albignanus_fw-la trecius_fw-la for_o as_o for_o those_o set_v forth_o by_o gratian_n i_o neither_o have_v they_o nor_o can_v meet_v with_o they_o unto_o austin_n ad_fw-la salectinanum_fw-la as_o use_v these_o expression_n omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la suae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n every_o one_o that_o be_v at_o his_o own_o free_a dispose_n when_o he_o come_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o faithful_a unless_o it_o repent_v he_o of_o his_o old_a life_n he_o may_v not_o begin_v the_o new_a from_o this_o penitence_n only_o 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