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of_o constance_n that_o such_o doctrine_n be_v damnable_a and_o heretical_a 15._o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o know_a law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n x._o personal_a misdemeanour_n of_o what_o nature_n soever_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o catholic_n church_n church_n when_o not_o justifiable_a by_o the_o tenant_n of_o her_o faith_n and_o doctrine_n for_o which_o reason_n though_o the_o story_n of_o the_o paris_n massacre_n the_o irish_a cruelty_n or_o powder-plot_n have_v be_v exact_o true_a which_o yet_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v notorious_o mis-related_n nevertheless_o catholic_n as_o catholic_n ought_v not_o to_o suffer_v for_o such_o offence_n any_o more_o than_o the_o eleven_o apostle_n ought_v to_o have_v suffer_v for_o judas_n treachery_n xii_o it_o be_v a_o article_n of_o the_o catholic_n faith_n to_o believe_v etc._n that_o no_o power_n on_o earth_n can_v licence_n man_n to_o lie_v to_o forswear_v and_o perjure_n themselves_o to_o massacre_v their_o neighbour_n or_o destroy_v their_o native_a country_n on_o pretence_n of_o promote_a the_o catholic_n cause_n or_o religion_n furthermore_o all_o pardon_n and_o dispensation_n grant_v or_o pretend_v to_o be_v grant_v in_o order_n to_o any_o such_o end_n or_o design_n have_v no_o other_o validity_n or_o effect_n than_o to_o add_v sacrilege_n and_o blasphemy_n to_o the_o abovementioned_a crime_n xii_o the_o doctrine_n of_o equivocation_n or_o mental_a reservation_n church_n however_o wrongful_o impose_v upon_o the_o catholic_n religion_n be_v notwithstanding_o neither_o teach_v nor_o approve_v by_o the_o church_n as_o any_o part_n of_o her_o belief_n on_o the_o contrary_a simplicity_n and_o godly_a sincerity_n be_v constant_o recommend_v by_o she_o as_o true_o christian_a virtue_n 12._o necessary_a to_o the_o conservation_n of_o justice_n truth_n and_o common-security_n sect_n iii_o of_o some_o particular_a controvert_v point_n of_o faith_n i._o every_o catholic_n be_v oblige_v to_o believe_v that_o when_o a_o sinner_n 10._o repent_v he_o of_o his_o sin_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o heart_n absolution_n and_o 13._o acknowledge_v his_o transgression_n to_o god_n and_o his_o 16._o minister_n