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apostle_n jurisdiction_n so_o fast_o lock_v and_o bind_v for_o his_o wickedness_n and_o let_v we_o consider_v whether_o by_o the_o sime_fw-la jurisdiction_n he_o may_v not_o receive_v pardon_n and_o be_v loose_v by_o which_o he_o be_v bind_v and_o punish_v before_o yea_o let_v we_o not_o doubt_v but_o it_o stand_v in_o pavis_fw-la pleasure_n to_o pardon_v the_o man_n soon_o or_o late_a as_o he_o think_v most_o convenient_a for_o the_o church_n edify_v and_o the_o party_n profit_n and_o therefore_o may_v have_v tie_v he_o for_o twenty_o year_n together_o either_o in_o satan_n bond_n or_o other_o enjoin_v penance_n or_o conirarie_a if_o he_o have_v think_v expedient_a may_v have_v loose_v he_o within_o one_o hour_n and_o so_o have_v give_v he_o so_o many_o day_n of_o pardon_n as_o he_o listen_v and_o mean_v to_o recompense_v by_o christ_n satisfaction_n and_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n in_o which_o the_o lack_v of_o certain_a may_v be_v supply_v by_o the_o abundance_n of_o other_o 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