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water_n than_o wine_n the_o consecration_n shall_v have_v be_v hinder_v lochmaier_n 9_o but_o for_o want_v of_o wine_n one_o may_v omit_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o blood_n which_o yet_o he_o must_v do_v by_o dispensation_n from_o the_o pope_n annotation_n the_o diversity_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o christian_n do_v declare_v that_o this_o be_v a_o indifferent_a point_n for_o the_o which_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o contest_v and_o strive_v and_o the_o one_o part_n ought_v not_o to_o condemn_v the_o other_o the_o armenian_n do_v mingle_v no_o water_n the_o grecian_n mingle_v it_o not_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o the_o latin_n do_v the_o abyssine_n and_o indian_n mingle_v it_o not_o for_o any_o ceremony_n but_o use_v wine_n that_o have_v more_o water_n than_o wine_n the_o moscovite_n care_v not_o whether_o there_o be_v more_o wine_n or_o water_n also_o no_o man_n know_v whether_o our_o saviour_n do_v mingle_v more_o of_o the_o water_n or_o of_o the_o wine_n the_o protestant_n find_v 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