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and_o you_o shall_v find_v the_o priest_n make_v a_o minister_n the_o oil_n a_o instrument_n in_o the_o extremity_n of_o sickness_n to_o forgeve_v sin_n how_o much_o more_o than_o be_v the_o priest_n without_o any_o impare_v of_o god_n power_n the_o worker_n under_o he_o of_o our_o reconciliation_n and_o pardon_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n in_o which_o especial_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v give_v above_o all_o other_o sacrament_n to_o that_o only_a end_n and_o purpose_n i_o may_v be_v more_o bold_a to_o use_v this_o compare_v of_o sundry_a sacrament_n together_o because_o not_o only_a saint_n ambrose_n refute_v the_o father_n of_o this_o fond_a heresy_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n but_o also_o because_o most_o of_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n do_v confess_v that_o she_o ever_o have_v these_o way_n to_o remit_v man_n sin_n by_o without_o all_o derogation_n to_o christ_n sovereignty_n herein_o of_o who_o only_o she_o hold_v her_o right_n as_o well_o in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n as_o in_o baptism_n or_o extreme_a unction_n s._n chrysostom_n say_v neque_fw-la enim_fw-la solùm_fw-la cùm_fw-la nos_fw-la regenerant_a 3._o de_fw-fr saceâ—_n lib._n 3._o sed_fw-la postea_fw-la etiam_fw-la condonandorum_fw-la nobis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la obtinent_fw-la infirmatur_fw-la inquit_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la aliquis_fw-la accersat_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la neither_o have_v priest_n power_n in_o baptism_n only_o but_o afterward_o also_o they_o have_v good_a authority_n to_o forgive_v our_o sin_n be_v any_o man_n feeble_a among_o you_o say_v he_o call_v for_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o church_n let_v they_o say_v prayer_n over_o he_o and_o anoint_v he_o with_o oil_n and_o the_o prayer_n of_o faith_n shall_v save_v the_o sick_a and_o if_o he_o be_v in_o sin_n they_o shall_v be_v forgeven_v he_o but_o this_o sacrament_n institute_v by_o god_n word_n and_o christ_n authority_n use_v of_o old_a and_o well_o know_v to_o 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