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et_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ex_fw-la potestate_fw-la virtutem_fw-la haberet_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la salu._n de_fw-fr provide_v l._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hippoc._n aphor._n lib._n 6._o 2_o tim._n 4.1_o 2._o col._n 1.28_o act_n 20.24_o miser_n ego_fw-la semper_fw-la aeger_fw-la caloribus_fw-la impatientiae_fw-la confiteor_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la satis_fw-la temere_fw-la i_o si_fw-la non_fw-la etiam_fw-la impudenter_fw-la de_fw-la patientia_fw-la componere_fw-la ausum_fw-la cui_fw-la praestandae_fw-la idoneus_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la sim._n esa._n 44.12_o psal._n 103._o dan._n 9_o psal._n 118.181_o idoneus_fw-la svi_fw-la operis_fw-la aestimator_fw-la magno_fw-la pretio_fw-la nos_fw-la redemit_fw-la arnob._n luke_n 11.21_o act_n 18.5_o 1_o pet._n 3.12_o rev._n 3.21_o deut._n 7.8_o col._n 3._o nam_fw-la ut_fw-la mens_fw-la per_fw-la diem_fw-la veris_fw-la visionibus_fw-la avocatur_fw-la 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