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sacrament_n which_o of_o their_o own_o head_n they_o have_v devise_v yea_o and_o let_v they_o hear_v what_o he_o say_v that_o live_v in_o the_o next_o age_n after_o that_o s._n cyprian_n by_o name_n thus_o he_o say_v stephan_n say_v cypr._n lib._n 2._o epist_n 1._o ad_fw-la stephan_n then_o may_v they_o be_v thorough_o sanctify_v and_o become_v the_o child_n of_o god_n if_o they_o be_v new_o bear_v by_o both_o the_o sacrament_n now_o in_o that_o he_o say_v both_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o he_o acknowledge_v but_o only_o two_o sacrament_n but_o why_o shall_v we_o trouble_v the_o reader_n any_o long_o about_o this_o matter_n see_v the_o question_n be_v resolve_v by_o these_o two_o writer_n of_o their_o own_o bessarion_n and_o paschasius_fw-la bessarion_n say_v euchar._n say_v bessa_n of_o the_o euchar._n we_o read_v that_o these_o only_a two_o sacrament_n be_v deliver_v we_o plain_o in_o the_o gospel_n paschasius_fw-la say_v lord_n say_v pascha_fw-la of_o the_o supper_n of_o our_o lord_n these_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o catholic_a church_n baptism_n and_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n therefore_o forasmuch_o as_o by_o scripture_n they_o can_v prove_v their_o five_o ceremony_n to_o be_v sacrament_n nor_o by_o the_o ancient_a father_n before_o the_o rise_n of_o antichrist_n the_o number_n of_o seven_o only_a and_o that_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o for_o four_o hundred_o year_n next_o after_o christ_n there_o be_v but_o only_o our_o two_o sacrament_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n that_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o counterfeit_n christian_a church_n and_o of_o a_o latter_a hatch_n that_o will_v be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o true_a catholic_a church_n by_o retain_v more_o than_o two_o nay_o then_o three_o time_n two_o sacrament_n and_o that_o indeed_o it_o may_v more_o plain_o appear_v that_o by_o retain_v more_o than_o two_o it_o be_v not_o the_o true_a church_n one_o of_o the_o pope_n own_o pen_n man_n describe_v the_o true_a church_n by_o her_o own_o note_n and_o mark_n say_v thus_o 1._o thus_o nicol._n cusanus_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la epist._n 1._o in_o this_o sensible_a world_n that_o be_v here_o beneath_o we_o must_v learn_v by_o sensible_a token_n to_o know_v the_o very_a church_n of_o christ_n for_o otherwise_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o reach_v the_o truth_n and_o a_o little_a after_o this_o church_n stand_v of_o they_o that_o declare_v by_o sensible_a and_o outward_a token_n that_o they_o be_v partaker_n of_o christ_n as_o they_o be_v that_o confess_v christ_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o this_o church_n have_v certain_a holy_a token_n or_o sacrament_n ordain_v to_o that_o end_n that_o thereby_o we_o may_v know_v they_o that_o be_v of_o christ_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o by_o such_o token_n conjectural_a knowledge_n may_v be_v gather_v therefore_o i_o say_v that_o this_o church_n of_o christ_n by_o this_o conjectural_a judgement_n be_v count_v holy_a notwithstanding_o wicked_a man_n and_o hypocrite_n cover_v themselves_o under_o the_o same_o outward_a token_n and_o what_o those_o token_n be_v he_o express_v in_o these_o word_n follow_v and_o receive_v baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n as_o well_o as_o the_o godly_a and_o thus_o much_o for_o this_o point_n now_o let_v we_o see_v what_o we_o can_v say_v to_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n or_o mass_n 3_o their_o mass_n they_o will_v bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n and_o form_v and_o frame_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o saint_n peter_n say_v their_o mass_n at_o rome_n and_o saint_n james_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o how_o true_a this_o be_v these_o word_n of_o their_o johannes_n boemos_n will_v plain_o demonstrate_v 1â—_n demonstrate_v johan._n bohem._n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o thing_n cap._n 1â—_n the_o mass_n say_v he_o so_o call_v they_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v