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7._o tertul._n de_fw-fr res_fw-la car_fw-fr c._n 47._o eight_o reason_n wherefore_o god_n can_v be_v judge_n the_o eight_o reason_n retort_v against_o the_o adversary_n rom._n 13._o 1._o 2._o cor._n 4._o 5._o apoc._n 14._o 13._o rom._n 10._o 14._o exod._n 20._o luc._n 17._o 10._o heb._n 9_o &_o 10._o cb_n 1._o cor._n 14._o 21._o mat._n 1â—_n 1â—_n discord_n among_o the_o romish_a doctor_n tho._n 2_o a_o 2_o ae_z qu._n 103._o art_n 3._o &_o 3._o q_o 25._o art_n 40._o bellar._n lib._n 2._o the_o magin_v c_o 20._o 2d_o council_n calâ—_n act._n 1._o john_n 5._o 46._o luke_n 16._o 29._o v_o 31._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 16._o 2._o pet._n 1._o 10._o how_o the_o scripture_n be_v obscure_a 2._o cor._n 10._o 5._o what_o kind_n of_o judge_n requisite_a for_o the_o church_n john_n 6._o 44._o isaiah_n 54._o 1â—_n psal._n 119._o v_o 105._o psal._n 19_o rom._n 15._o 4._o 2._o tim._n 1._o 19_o 2._o pet._n 1._o 19_o chrisâ—st_n heâ—_n 3._o de_fw-fr laz._n objection_n for_o the_o obscurity_n of_o the_o 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3._o 3_o ephes._n 3._o 17._o 1._o cor._n 16._o 19_o luke_n 1._o 78._o 78._o optatus_n episcopus_fw-la milevitanus_fw-la contra_fw-la parmenianum_fw-la lib._n 5._o tomo_fw-la 2._o bibliothaec_fw-la patrum_fw-la pag._n 393._o columna_fw-la 1._o editione_n parisiensi_fw-la 1575._o nemo_fw-la vobis_fw-la credat_fw-la nemo_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnes_fw-la contensiosi_fw-la homines_fw-la sumus_fw-la quaerendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la judices_fw-la â—â—i_fw-la christiani_n de_fw-fr utraque_fw-la parte_fw-la dari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la deforis_fw-la quaerendus_fw-la est_fw-la judex_fw-la si_fw-la paganus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nosâ—e_v christiana_n secreta_fw-la si_fw-la judaeus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la est_fw-la christiani_n baptismatis_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la nullum_fw-la poterit_fw-la reperiri_fw-la iudicium_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la quaerendus_fw-la est_fw-la iudex_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la pulsamus_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la cum_fw-la habeamus_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o evangelio_n testamentum_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la rectè_fw-la possunt_fw-la terrena_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la comparari_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la quâ—uis_fw-la hominum_fw-la habens_fw-la numeroso_n filios_fw-la his_o quamdiu_fw-la pater_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la imperat_fw-la singulis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la adhuc_fw-la necessarium_fw-la testamentum_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la praesens_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la fuit_fw-la quamuis_fw-la nec_fw-la modò_fw-la desit_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la quicquid_fw-la necessarium_fw-la erat_fw-la apostolis_n imperavit_fw-la sed_fw-la quomodo_fw-la terrenus_fw-la pater_fw-la cum_fw-la se_fw-la in_o confinio_fw-la senserit_fw-la mortis_fw-la timens_fw-la ne_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la â—uam_fw-la rupta_fw-la pace_fw-la litigent_fw-la fratte_n adhibitis_fw-la testibus_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la de_fw-la pectore_fw-la morituro_fw-la transfert_fw-la in_o tabulas_fw-la diu_fw-la duraturas_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_fw-la contentio_fw-la nata_fw-la non_fw-la itur_fw-la ad_fw-la tumulum_fw-la sed_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la testamentum_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o tumulo_fw-la quiescit_fw-la tacitis_fw-la de_fw-la tabulis_fw-la loquor_fw-la viws_fw-la be_v cvius_fw-la est_fw-la testamentum_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la eius_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o testamento_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o evangelio_n inquiratur_fw-la inquiratur_fw-la homil_n in_o ps_n 95._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o p._n 〈…〉_z ducat_n 16â—1_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o in_o â—_o epist_n ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d finem_fw-la ex_fw-la edâ—ioâ—_n comâ—lionaâ—_n 84_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d