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alio_fw-la semper_fw-la sensu_fw-la apud_fw-la cic._n i_o will_v not_o bring_v a_o grammatical_a controversy_n into_o the_o pulpit_n else_o it_o be_v easy_o defensible_a that_o he_o have_v fix_v a_o new_a and_o a_o wrong_a sense_n to_o the_o word_n diuturnus_fw-la and_o a_o new_a and_o a_o wrong_a etymology_n when_o he_o derive_v it_o from_o die_v not_o from_o diu_fw-la beside_o he_o take_v off_o the_o opposition_n intend_v by_o tertullian_n against_o that_o principle_n of_o epicurus_n and_o make_v he_o speak_v that_o which_o be_v most_o contrary_a to_o his_o own_o doctrine_n in_o other_o place_n 18._o deus_fw-la producto_fw-la aevo_fw-la isto_fw-la judicaturus_fw-la est_fw-la suos_fw-la cultores_fw-la in_o aquavitae_fw-la aeteraae_fw-la retributionem_fw-la profanos_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la aeque_fw-la perpetem_fw-la &_o jogem_fw-la suscitatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la defunctis_fw-la &_o reformatis_fw-la &_o recensitis_fw-la ad_fw-la utriusque_fw-la meriti_fw-la 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