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and_o superstition_n bring_v in_o thus_o they_o pretend_v their_o decree_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o saint_n and_o relic_n and_o the_o use_n of_o image_n according_a to_o the_o tradition_n or_o receive_v practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n in_o the_o first_o time_n and_o consent_n of_o father_n and_o decree_n of_o council_n when_o yet_o m._n condom_n content_v himself_o with_o tradition_n but_o from_o the_o four_o century_n if_o we_o will_v allow_v it_o he_o and_o so_o the_o gentleman_n do_v well_o to_o plead_v that_o we_o shall_v receive_v a_o doctrine_n as_o come_v from_o the_o apostle_n when_o it_o be_v universal_o receive_v without_o possibility_n of_o show_v its_o beginning_n by_o all_o christian_a church_n thereby_o to_o obtrude_v that_o which_o have_v no_o beginning_n in_o it_o for_o three_o hundred_o year_n thus_o they_o decree_v indulgence_n to_o have_v be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o church_n in_o the_o most_o ancient_a time_n when_o yet_o they_o can_v not_o but_o be_v 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