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the_o saint_n in_o the_o calendar_n without_o draw_v they_o into_o her_o office_n which_o they_o may_v do_v without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o the_o suit_n they_o ask_v unless_o christ_n intercession_n without_o their_o conjuncture_n be_v imperfect_a that_o we_o may_v all_o once_o pray_v together_o we_o may_v hope_v for_o the_o blessing_n of_o peace_n and_o charity_n to_o be_v upon_o we_o all_o hieronymus_n zanchius_n in_o confess_v cap._n 24._o 19_o de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-fr enim_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la defecimus_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la defecit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la à _fw-la seipsa_fw-la veteri_fw-la &_o pura_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la neque_fw-la alio_fw-la discessimus_fw-la animo_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la correcta_fw-la ad_fw-la priorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la redeat_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la revertamur_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la in_fw-la suis_fw-la porrâ—_fw-la coetibus_fw-la habeamus_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la tandem_fw-la fiat_fw-la toto_fw-la animo_fw-la dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la precamur_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la pâ—o_fw-la cuique_fw-la optatius_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la renati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la usque_fw-la vivamus_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la ego_fw-la h._n z._n cum_fw-la tota_fw-la mea_fw-la familia_fw-la testatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la volo_fw-la toti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o omnem_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la huic_fw-la pii_fw-la viri_fw-la sententiae_fw-la libenter_fw-la subscribit_fw-la c._n b._n idem_fw-la in_o observat_fw-la ad_fw-la cap._n 5._o attque_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la patrum_fw-la autoritate_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la manifestissimis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la cogar_fw-la i_o pro_fw-la mea_fw-la tenera_fw-la 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