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2._o quia_fw-la perfecta_fw-la est_fw-la psal_n 19_o respondeo_fw-la 1._o primum_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la infinito_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la continuò_fw-la est_fw-la infinitum_fw-la a_o finito_fw-la nil_fw-la nisi_fw-la finitum_fw-la procedit_fw-la ab_fw-la infinito_fw-la utrumque_fw-la &_o finitum_fw-la &_o infinitum_fw-la alioqui_fw-la mundus_fw-la hic_fw-la immò_fw-la puluisculus_fw-la quilibet_fw-la aut_fw-la atomus_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la sit_fw-la infinitus_fw-la esset_fw-la 2._o neque_fw-la secundum_fw-la si_fw-la vox_fw-la illa_fw-la persecta_fw-la univocè_fw-la intelligatur_fw-la distinguo_fw-la ergò_fw-la perfectum_fw-la vel_fw-la absolutè_fw-la dici_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la absolutè_fw-la cvi_fw-la nihil_fw-la deest_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la genere_fw-la perfectum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la perfectus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la uno_fw-la omnes_fw-la 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esse_fw-la infinita_fw-la in_o reprobis_fw-la iustum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nunquam_fw-la careant_fw-la supplicio_fw-la quia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la career_n peccato_fw-la 3_o passio_fw-la christi_fw-la utroque_fw-la modo_fw-la infinita_fw-la est_fw-la &_o mole_n &_o duratione_fw-la ergò_fw-la &_o peccatum_fw-la cvius_fw-la paenas_fw-la christus_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la luit_fw-la respondeo_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la sequi_fw-la majoris_fw-la enim_fw-la illa_fw-la meriti_fw-la propter_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la personae_fw-la quà m_fw-la mille_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la myriade_n demeriti_fw-la 2._o passio_fw-la christi_fw-la mole_n finita_fw-la fuit_fw-la creatura_fw-la enim_fw-la creatura_fw-la etiam_fw-la natura_fw-la quâ_fw-la patiebatur_fw-la 3._o nego_fw-la duratione_fw-la aeviternam_fw-la nedum_fw-la aeternam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la quî_fw-la pote_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la triginta_fw-la quatuor_fw-la plà s_o minùs_fw-la anni_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la solis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuit_fw-la pro_fw-la totâ_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la censeri_fw-la possint_fw-la replicatur_fw-la at_o propter_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la personae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la paena_fw-la fuit_fw-la etiam_fw-la aeterna_fw-la respondetur_fw-la 1._o verba_fw-la perplexa_fw-la &_o nequid_fw-la graviùs_fw-la dicam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quorum_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la mens_fw-la &_o sententia_fw-la sit_fw-la passionem_fw-la christi_fw-la temporalem_fw-la propter_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la personae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la passioni_fw-la nostrae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la assem_fw-la aquivalere_fw-la tria_fw-la dico_fw-la 1._o aliter_fw-la dictum_fw-la oportuisse_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la hunc_fw-la sensum_fw-la verba_fw-la praese_n far_o 2._o hinc_fw-la sequi_fw-la paenant_fw-la christi_fw-la temporalem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la non_fw-la aeternam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la 3._o ideo_fw-la christum_fw-la paenas_fw-la aeternas_fw-la non_fw-la passum_fw-la quia_fw-la 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formaliter_fw-la sed_fw-la materialiter_fw-la &_o obiectiuè_fw-fr loqui_fw-la ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la peccato_fw-la maiestas_fw-la infinita_fw-la violatur_fw-la 3._o distinguo_fw-la rem_fw-la omnem_fw-la considerari_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la quiddam_fw-la ens_fw-la vel_fw-la secundum_fw-la propriam_fw-la svam_fw-la rationem_fw-la ut_fw-la ens_fw-la finita_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la omnis_fw-la creata_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la svam_fw-la propriam_fw-la infinita_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la limitata_fw-la nec_fw-la secundùm_fw-la mensuram_fw-la habeat_fw-la sic_fw-la lucem_fw-la solis_fw-la infinitam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la secundùm_fw-la suum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la secundùm_fw-la rationem_fw-la lucis_fw-la quia_fw-la habet_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ad_fw-la communem_fw-la rationem_fw-la lucis_fw-la pertinere_fw-la potest_fw-la 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