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Non amicis, non liberis, non ipsi sibi quidquam impertit, possidet ad hoc tantum, ne possidere alteri liceat, &c.Hieron. ad Paulin. tam deest quod habet quam quod non habet.
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Molestum est possidere, quod nemo habere dignetur, a misery to possess that which no man likes: on the other side, Difficile custoditur quod plures amant.
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Mahometans, are extra caulem, out of the fold, and need no such attendance, they make no resistance, [6562] eos enim pulsare negligit, quos quieto jure possidere se sentit, they are his own already: but
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Rogaui etiam eum vt dignaretur accipere munusculum de manu nostra, excusans me, quia monachus eram, nec erat ordinis nostri possidere aurum, vel argentum, vel vestes preciosas.
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Et quamuis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum tamen est, quod hi qui merito impietatis su� maledicebantur, ocyus Domino vindice, poenas sui reatus luerent.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Rogaui etiam eum vt dignaretur accipere munusculum de manu nostra, excusans me, quia monachus eram, nec erat ordinis nostri possidere aurum, vel argentum, vel vestes preciosas.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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“Vult possidere Christus quod emit; tanti emit ut possideat.” — “Christ will possess what he bought; he bought it with such a price that he might possess it.”
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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* [8019] Vult possidere Christus quod emit; tanti emit ut possideat.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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* Vult possidere Christus quod emit; tanti emit ut possideat.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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* [7844] Vult possidere Christus quod emit; tanti emit ut possideat.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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