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by_o i_o convict_v of_o many_o heretical_a position_n and_o doctrine_n deliver_v in_o his_o epistle_n and_o otherwise_o in_o his_o book_n so_o as_o that_o he_o can_v find_v how_o to_o traverse_v the_o evidence_n thereof_o yea_o but_o s._n bernard_n in_o that_o very_a place_n describe_v those_o heretic_n to_o be_v such_o as_o deny_v purgatory_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a etc._n etc._n but_o m._n bishop_n therein_o say_v untrue_o for_o bernard_n in_o that_o place_n speak_v of_o heretic_n in_o general_a as_o i_o have_v show_v and_o therefore_o leave_v his_o word_n to_o be_v apply_v to_o m._n bishop_n who_o do_v patronise_v and_o defend_v so_o many_o wicked_a and_o damnable_a heresy_n true_a it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o two_o sermon_n follow_v he_o speak_v particular_o of_o some_o heretic_n in_o his_o time_n and_o note_v they_o for_o some_o point_n by_o m._n bishop_n set_v down_o as_o namely_o purgatory_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a but_o those_o matter_n he_o bring_v in_o a_o great_a way_n after_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o sermon_n and_o we_o doubt_v whether_o for_o those_o only_a without_o great_a cause_n he_o will_v have_v note_v they_o for_o heretic_n in_o as_o much_o as_o petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la bernard_n equal_a do_v testify_v as_o the_o centurist_n have_v observe_v dubitare_fw-la observe_v magdeburg_n centur._n 12._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 839._o petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la ter_z in_o ea_fw-la ipsa_fw-la epistola_fw-la fatetur_fw-la catholicos_fw-la quosdam_fw-la de_fw-la sacrificijs_fw-la &_o orationibus_fw-la pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la dubitare_fw-la that_o some_o catholic_n do_v then_o doubt_v of_o sacrifice_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o consequent_o of_o purgatory_n which_o depend_v thereon_o he_o note_v they_o for_o other_o point_n wherein_o they_o be_v more_o like_a to_o the_o papist_n than_o to_o we_o as_o namely_o first_o that_o dispensant_fw-la that_o bernard_n in_o cantic_a ser_fw-mi 65._o firmaverunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la sermonem_fw-la nequam_fw-la jura_n periura_fw-la secretum_fw-la prodere_fw-la noli_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la immobili_fw-la jure_fw-la sancitum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la peierandum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la hoc_fw-la tanquam_fw-la indifferens_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dispensant_fw-la they_o dispense_v with_o themselves_o to_o swear_v and_o forswear_v for_o the_o conceal_n of_o their_o own_o secret_n as_o now_o the_o jesuite_n and_o priest_n by_o their_o equivocation_n and_o mental_a reservation_n teach_v their_o pupil_n to_o do_v they_o reputandam_fw-la they_o ibid._n contubernio_fw-la faeminarun_v nemo_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la careat_fw-la etc._n etc._n vxornè_fw-la tua_fw-la non_fw-fr inquit_fw-la nam_fw-la voto_fw-la meo_fw-la istud_fw-la non_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o ser_n 66._o in_o operimentum_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la continentiae_fw-la se_fw-la insigniere_fw-la voto_fw-la porrò_fw-la turpitudinem_fw-la in_o solis_fw-la existimant_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la 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and_o strength_n and_o the_o use_n of_o those_o eye_n at_o the_o distemper_n and_o soreness_n whereof_o he_o so_o often_o sport_v himself_o i_o will_v by_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o grace_n give_v thou_o further_a experience_n of_o he_o in_o the_o rest_n albeit_o i_o think_v thou_o will_v not_o wish_v that_o i_o either_o trouble_v thou_o or_o myself_o with_o all_o his_o wander_a discourse_n his_o idle_a descant_n his_o fond_a surmise_n his_o imagine_a contradiction_n much_o work_n he_o make_v that_o i_o shall_v say_v 50._o say_v reproof_n pag._n 50._o i_o will_v stop_v the_o adversary_n mouth_n and_o leave_v he_o nothing_o to_o reply_v but_o let_v he_o remember_v that_o to_o that_o part_n whereof_o i_o say_v so_o he_o have_v yet_o reply_v nothing_o and_o let_v he_o understand_v withal_o that_o i_o take_v not_o every_o dog_n bark_v to_o be_v a_o reply_n he_o charge_v i_o with_o 62._o with_o ibid._n pag._n 62._o contradiction_n for_o that_o i_o say_v that_o in_o his_o dedication_n 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