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the_o open_a traitor_n another_o the_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n and_o the_o fornicator_n another_o the_o heretic_n shall_v make_v up_o one_o faggot_n the_o schismatic_n and_o sectary_n shall_v be_v bind_v up_o in_o another_o the_o idolater_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n they_o that_o commit_v sacrilege_n to_o pull_v down_o idolatry_n shall_v make_v up_o another_o the_o glutton_n who_o belly_n be_v his_o god_n shall_v make_v one_o faggot_n the_o drunkard_n who_o glory_n be_v his_o shame_n another_o the_o thief_n that_o know_v no_o other_o trade_n to_o maintain_v himself_o but_o by_o undo_n of_o his_o neighbour_n the_o cunning_a hypocrite_n who_o make_v a_o gain_n of_o godliness_n and_o put_v his_o religion_n unto_o usury_n and_o they_o who_o base_o and_o perfidious_o invert_v the_o public_a money_n to_o their_o private_a profit_n shall_v each_o make_v up_o their_o several_a faggot_n pares_fw-la cum_fw-la paribus_fw-la say_v st._n austin_n every_o man_n shall_v be_v punish_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v according_a to_o the_o sin_n which_o he_o have_v commit_v and_o in_o the_o company_n of_o those_o with_o who_o he_o have_v most_o offend_v and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o old_a say_a saw_n solamen_fw-la miseris_fw-la that_o it_o be_v a_o comfort_n to_o those_o in_o misery_n to_o have_v other_o bear_v a_o share_n in_o their_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n a_o miserable_a comfort_n at_o the_o best_a there_o be_v no_o doubt_n of_o that_o yet_o it_o be_v nothing_o so_o in_o the_o present_a case_n for_o of_o that_o nature_n be_v the_o punishment_n which_o attend_v this_o bind_n that_o the_o pain_n thereof_o be_v nothing_o lessen_v by_o be_v communicate_v but_o be_v then_o multiply_v when_o divide_v well_o be_v bind_v and_o bind_v in_o bundle_n what_o come_v after_o next_o ad_fw-la comburendum_fw-la say_v the_o text_n bind_v they_o in_o bundle_n for_o to_o burn_v they_o and_o here_o the_o case_n be_v somewhat_o alter_v as_o it_o relate_v 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the_o executioner_n or_o the_o under-sheriff_n from_o the_o hangman_n the_o angel_n then_o i_o mean_v the_o holy_a and_o good_a angel_n they_o only_o do_v colligere_fw-la &_o alligare_fw-la and_o have_v so_o gather_v and_o bind_v they_o up_o deliver_v they_o ad_fw-la comburendum_fw-la assign_v they_o over_o by_o indenture_n to_o the_o executioner_n to_o see_v they_o punish_v and_o torment_v according_a to_o the_o will_n and_o sentence_n of_o the_o dreadful_a judge_n the_o holy_a angel_n be_v the_o minister_n the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n be_v the_o executioner_n who_o bear_v a_o old_a grudge_n to_o man_n as_o be_v adopt_v by_o the_o lord_n unto_o those_o felicity_n from_o which_o he_o miserable_o fall_v will_v doubtless_o execute_v his_o office_n on_o he_o with_o the_o most_o extremity_n non_fw-la desinunt_fw-la perditi_fw-la jam_fw-la perdere_fw-la fel_n say_v minutius_n true_o it_o have_v be_v his_o chief_a work_n to_o tempt_v man_n to_o sin_n out_o of_o a_o hope_n to_o have_v 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condemn_v and_o create_v far_o more_o anguish_n to_o he_o then_o all_o bodily_a torment_n and_o to_o this_o truth_n all_o the_o old_a catholic_n doctor_n do_v attest_v unanimous_o whether_o greek_n or_o latin_n gent._n tatianus_n one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a of_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o death_n which_o never_o die_v a_o immortal_a misery_n tertullian_n the_o most_o ancient_a latin_a cruciatum_fw-la non_fw-la diuturnum_fw-la sed_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la not_o only_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a torment_n but_o a_o everlasting_a one_o st._n austin_n answerable_o unto_o that_o of_o tatianus_n do_v call_v it_o mortem_fw-la sine_fw-la morte_fw-la add_v moreover_o of_o those_o fire_n punire_fw-la non_fw-la finire_fw-la corpora_fw-la that_o they_o torment_v the_o body_n but_o destroy_v it_o not_o he_o go_v further_a and_o say_v that_o it_o burn_v the_o body_n but_o
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