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sunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la he_o sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la tantum_fw-la commodis_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la convolant_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la secularium_fw-la formam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la vivunt_fw-la ambiunt_fw-la capiunt_fw-la rapiunt_fw-la praeesse_fw-la gaudent_fw-la non_fw-la prodesse_fw-la subditos_fw-la opprimunt_fw-la &_o spoliant_fw-la praelationis_fw-la honore_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la pompis_fw-la fastu_fw-la luxu_fw-la laetantur_fw-la qui_fw-la questum_fw-la pietatem_fw-la aestimant_fw-la qui_fw-la volentes_fw-la sancte_fw-la just_a cast_v innocenter_n spiritualiter_fw-la vivere_fw-la cum_fw-la cachinnis_fw-la irrident_fw-la hypocritas_fw-la appellant_n crucifixosque_fw-la comestores_fw-la talibus_fw-la hodie_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la plena_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la vix_fw-la singulis_fw-la capitulis_fw-la aut_fw-la collegiis_fw-la alios_fw-la invenire_fw-la contingat_fw-la p._n 122._o qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la probare_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la patient_fw-la audire_fw-la possunt_fw-la quod_fw-la suae_fw-la voluntati_fw-la vel_fw-la cupiditati_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-fr spiritualibus_fw-la donis_fw-la gustantes_fw-la siquis_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dixerit_fw-la velut_fw-la insulsum_fw-la &_o insipidum_fw-la cum_fw-la risu_fw-la &_o subsannatione_fw-la excipiunt_fw-la cum_fw-la sibilis_fw-la exufflant_fw-la cum_fw-la clamoro_fw-la &_o contentione_n rejiciunt_fw-la bernard_n serm._n 33._o in_o cant._n vae_fw-la generationi_fw-la huic_fw-la a_o fermento_fw-la pharisâ—orum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la hypocrisis_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la hypocrisis_fw-la dici_fw-la debet_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la latere_fw-la prae_fw-la abundantia_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la &_o prae_fw-la impudentia_fw-la non_fw-la quaerit_fw-la serpit_fw-la hodie_fw-la putida_fw-la labes_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la latiùs_fw-la eo_fw-la desperatius_fw-la eoque_fw-la periculosius_fw-la quo_fw-la interius_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la insurgeret_fw-la apertus_fw-la haereticus_fw-la mitteretur_fw-la foras_fw-la &_o aresceret_fw-la etc._n etc._n ecce_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la amaritudo_fw-la mea_fw-la amarissima_fw-la amara_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o niece_n martyrum_fw-la amarior_fw-la post_fw-la in_o conflictu_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la amarissima_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o moribus_fw-la domesticorum_fw-la non_fw-la fugare_fw-la non_fw-la fugere_fw-la eos_fw-la potest_fw-la ita_fw-la invaluerunt_fw-la &_o multiplicati_fw-la sunt_fw-la supra_fw-la numerum_fw-la intestina_fw-la &_o insanabilis_fw-la est_fw-la plaga_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la amaritudo_fw-la ejus_fw-la amarissima_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la est_fw-la pax_fw-la pax_o a_o paganis_fw-la pax_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la profecto_fw-la a_o filiis_fw-la id._n ep._n 249._o quis_fw-la dabit_fw-la mihi_fw-la 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