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their_o crime_n be_v against_o herod_n that_o deserve_v such_o a_o butchery_n shall_v the_o piety_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v less_o powerful_a than_o the_o impiety_n of_o herod_n shall_v the_o tyrant_n be_v able_a to_o massacre_v innocent_n and_o their_o saviour_n not_o able_a to_o crown_v their_o suffering_n their_o martyrdom_n exalt_v the_o mercy_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o their_o example_n teach_v we_o that_o as_o good_a desire_n without_o work_n be_v sometime_o recompense_v in_o man_n work_n without_o desire_n may_v be_v recompense_v in_o child_n if_o we_o doubt_v of_o their_o martyrdom_n ibid._n ille_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la trucidatos_fw-la infant_n dubitet_fw-la inter_fw-la martyr_n coronari_fw-la qui_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la non_fw-la credit_n inter_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la silios_fw-la numerari_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n as_o the_o same_o father_n go_v on_o we_o must_v doubt_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v and_o if_o we_o believe_v that_o baptism_n sanctify_v infant_n though_o they_o can_v speak_v we_o must_v believe_v that_o martyrdom_n consecrate_v these_o though_o they_o can_v express_v themselves_o after_o this_o example_n we_o need_v not_o think_v it_o strange_a that_o the_o eternal_a father_n acknowledge_v those_o for_o his_o child_n who_o the_o son_n acknowledge_v for_o his_o brethren_n nor_o doubt_v that_o imitate_v his_o justice_n he_o save_v by_o borrow_a merit_n those_o he_o have_v condemn_v for_o accessary_a crime_n but_o one_o of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a resemblance_n between_o our_o recovery_n and_o our_o fall_n be_v that_o both_o of_o they_o begin_v by_o the_o body_n for_o though_o this_o be_v less_o guilty_a than_o the_o soul_n neither_o do_v the_o corporal_a revolt_n solicit_v our_o first_o father_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o the_o pipe_n through_o which_o his_o offence_n pass_v into_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o posterity_n 41._o certum_fw-la tenemus_fw-la quia_fw-la 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his_o enemy_n and_o follow_v his_o step_n he_o cure_v the_o noble_a part_n of_o man_n by_o the_o more_o ignoble_a carnis_fw-la caro_fw-la abluitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la emaculetur_fw-la caro_fw-la ungitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la consecretur_fw-la caro_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la vescitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la saginetur_fw-la tert._n the_o resurrect_n carnis_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o the_o christian_a champion_n be_v not_o strengthen_v in_o confirmation_n till_o the_o holy_a oil_n be_v sprinkle_v on_o their_o forehead_n their_o soul_n to_o use_v tertullian_n expression_n be_v not_o fat_v with_o the_o eucharist_n till_o it_o receive_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n by_o their_o mouth_n nor_o be_v their_o spirit_n purify_v in_o baptism_n but_o when_o their_o body_n be_v dip_v in_o water_n the_o remedy_n be_v symbolical_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n it_o be_v affix_v to_o the_o prime_a delinquent_n and_o this_o maxim_n admit_v 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