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  • At last he comes to that, he will have those saved that never heard of, or believed in Christ, ex puris naturalibus, with the Pelagians, and proves it out of Origen and others.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Remedium esset contra corruptionem propriam, si quilibet exerceret regimen sanitatis, quod consistit in rebus sex non naturalibus.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • I never was much of an oyster-eater, nor can I relish them in naturalibus as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.

    The Fitz-Boodle Papers 2006

  • Among his main works are the collected logical works Opera logica (1578) and writings on natural philosophy, De rebus naturalibus (1590).

    Giacomo Zabarella Mikkeli, Heikki 2005

  • Report has it, however, that when he returned from the wood he found the no longer fair lady firmly established in his bed, in puris naturalibus; or one should say, in impuris naturalibus.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

  • Qui autem a Cypro prospere legit spacia maris, poterit in duobus naturalibus diebus peruenire in portum Ioppæ, qui Iaffe nunc nuncupatur, et proximus est a

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Qui autem a Cypro prospere legit spacia maris, poterit in duobus naturalibus diebus peruenire in portum Iopp�, qui Iaffe nunc nuncupatur, et proximus est a

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • After finishing up with a long cross country run we always take a hot and cold tub, and end with a roll in the snow in front of the house in puris naturalibus.

    Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973

  • For while some of them propose, as the object of predestination generally considered, that is, of election and reprobation, man as a sinner and fallen in Adam, others lay it down, man considered as created and placed "in puris naturalibus."

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

  • It is not a true assertion, that "out of men considered in puris naturalibus, (either without supernatural things or with them,) God has determined, by the decree of election, to elevate to supernatural felicity some particular men, but to leave others in nature."

    The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

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