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dixisset_fw-la mundans_fw-la cum_fw-la lavacro_fw-la aquae_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la vita_fw-la eph._n 5._o nam_fw-la istae_fw-la particulae_fw-la non_fw-la nudâ—m_fw-la sonant_fw-la obsignationem_fw-la salutis_fw-la acceptae_fw-la sed_fw-la causalitatem_fw-la unde_fw-la s._n grego_n niss_n ora._n catech._n c._n 33._o extremae_fw-la inquit_fw-la dementiae_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ignorantiae_fw-la animi_fw-la tribuentis_fw-la deo_fw-la tantam_fw-la vim_o semini_fw-la in_o generatione_n hominis_fw-la existimare_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la imbecillem_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la idem_fw-la tribuatur_fw-la aqua_fw-la ad_fw-la iustificandum_fw-la suscipientem_fw-la baptismum_fw-la other_o sacrament_n neither_o a_o naked_a sign_n only_o to_o stir_v up_o or_o excite_v to_o a_o act_n of_o faith_n or_o a_o mere_a signet_n to_o seal_v the_o divine_a promise_n for_o the_o outward_a element_n of_o water_n be_v a_o effectual_a instrumental_a cause_n of_o inward_a sanctity_n exit_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la 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52._o ad_fw-la anton_n orig._n hom_n 6._o in_o exod._n cum_fw-la inquit_fw-la venitur_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la multa_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o parum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la attulerit_fw-la illud_fw-la parum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la plumbum_fw-la resoluitur_fw-la &_o purgatur_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la remanet_fw-la aurum_fw-la purum_fw-la ...._o hilar._n in_o illud_fw-la psal_n 118._o concupivit_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la purgatorium_fw-la vocat_fw-la indefessum_fw-la ignem_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la grania_fw-la sustinentur_fw-la supplicia_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la animae_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la expiantur_fw-la aug._n l._n 2._o 1._o the_o civet_n c._n 24._o ait_fw-la constare_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritus_fw-la aliquorum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la poenas_fw-la aliquas_fw-la temporales_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la patiantur_fw-la primitive_a father_n do_v assert_v the_o thing_n signify_v by_o the_o name_n of_o purgatory_n uê«t_fw-la videlicet_fw-la purgation_n of_o some_o soul_n by_o suffer_v of_o temporal_a pain_n in_o the_o next_o life_n contemndendum_fw-la life_n aug._n quando_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la constat_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la contemndendum_fw-la no_o man_n can_v contend_v about_o that_o name_n without_o incur_v a_o censure_n of_o manifest_a weakness_n yet_o in_o regard_n of_o two_o state_n only_o to_o which_o god_n promise_v eternal_a life_n or_o eternal_a death_n that_o be_v beatitude_n or_o damnation_n for_o purgatory_n shall_v cease_v after_o the_o day_n of_o general_a judgement_n be_v pass_v both_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n sometime_o do_v mention_v only_o after_o death_n the_o paradise_n of_o the_o bless_a and_o the_o hell_n of_o the_o damn_a regnum_n damn_a de_fw-fr locis_fw-la seu_fw-la statibus_fw-la perpetuis_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la hae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la eccles_n 11._o si_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la lignum_fw-la ad_fw-la austrum_fw-la aut_fw-la aquilonem_fw-la in_fw-la quocunque_fw-la loco_fw-la 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