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that_o quia_fw-la animo_fw-la animaque_fw-la miscemur_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la rei_fw-la communicatione_n dubitamus_fw-la omne_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la indiscreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la vxores_fw-la tert._n ap._n c._n 39_o aug._n the_o civ_o d._n l._n 5._o c._n 18._o tom._n 10._o serm._n 27._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la arnob._n p._n 152._o charity_n make_v their_o enjoyment_n common_a not_o only_o to_o their_o christian_a brother_n but_o their_o 8._o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d julian_n apost_n epist_n ad_fw-la arsacium_fw-la vid._n euseb_n h._n eccl._n l._n 9_o c._n 8._o heathen_a enemy_n that_o they_o refuse_v the_o 35._o the_o nobis_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la gloriae_fw-la &_o dignitatis_fw-la ardore_fw-la frigentibus_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la coetus_fw-la tert._n ap._n c._n 38._o minut._n p._n 35._o honour_n and_o preferment_n of_o the_o world_n and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o ambitious_a pursuit_n of_o glory_n that_o they_o religious_o decline_v it_o that_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o slight_v the_o 2._o the_o vos_fw-fr vero_fw-la suspensi_fw-la interim_n atque_fw-la solliciti_fw-la honestis_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la abstinetis_fw-la non_fw-la spectacula_fw-la visitis_fw-la non_fw-la pompis_fw-la interestis_fw-la convivia_fw-la publica_fw-la sine_fw-la vobis_fw-la cecil_n apud_fw-la minute_n p._n 12._o tert._n apol._n c._n 38._o sect_n 2._o pleasure_n of_o the_o world_n and_o by_o their_o readiness_n to_o die_v make_v it_o 3._o it_o non_fw-la igitur_fw-la quaestus_fw-la &_o commodi_fw-la gratia_fw-la religionem_fw-la istam_fw-la commenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la &_o praeceptis_fw-la &_o reipsa_fw-la eam_fw-la vitam_fw-la secuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o voluptatibus_fw-la caret_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la quae_fw-la habentur_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la spernit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la pro_fw-la fide_fw-la mortem_fw-la subierint_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la morituros_fw-la se_fw-la &_o 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