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every_o day_n forgive_v we_o our_o trespass_n if_o david_n a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n say_v psalm_n 143._o that_o in_o god_n sight_n no_o man_n live_a shall_v be_v justify_v how_o can_v we_o do_v any_o thing_n over_o and_o above_o see_v that_o we_o fail_v in_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a that_o man_n be_v very_o ill_o advise_v who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pay_v his_o debt_n do_v yet_o offer_v great_a gift_n 9_o but_o i_o will_v willing_o ask_v of_o these_o monk_n who_o do_v more_o than_o god_n require_v and_o work_n more_o than_o due_a whence_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o strength_n and_o ability_n to_o do_v they_o they_o answer_v from_o god_n then_o say_v i_o that_o if_o god_n have_v give_v they_o this_o power_n it_o be_v not_o that_o it_o shall_v remain_v idle_a and_o unprofitable_a but_o to_o the_o end_n to_o employ_v it_o then_o be_v they_o bind_v to_o do_v more_o than_o the_o law_n see_v that_o god_n give_v they_o strength_n thereunto_o otherwise_o they_o shall_v 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nothus_fw-la de_fw-la passione_n clavis_fw-la sacros_fw-la pedes_fw-la terebrantibus_fw-la it_o be_v a_o thing_n also_o to_o be_v wonder_v how_o the_o nail_n be_v find_v in_o the_o same_o place_n with_o the_o cross_n see_v that_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o aunciens_fw-fr be_v to_o bury_v together_o with_o the_o body_n of_o malefactor_n implicita_fw-la inueniuntur_fw-la ossa_fw-la inserta_fw-la catenis_fw-la &_o implicita_fw-la the_o chain_n and_o iron_n wherewith_o they_o suffer_v as_o appear_v in_o pliny_n epistle_n lib._n 7._o epist._n 27._o where_o he_o recite_v the_o story_n of_o a_o ghost_n that_o appear_v to_o the_o philosopher_n athenodorus_n and_o in_o chrysostome_n in_o his_o oration_n against_o the_o gentile_n and_o welserus_fw-la vindelicarum_fw-la welserus_fw-la in_o commentarijs_fw-la rerum_fw-la vindelicarum_fw-la confirm_v it_o in_o his_o seven_o book_n of_o his_o commentary_n of_o ausbourge_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o place_n of_o athanasius_n heretofore_o allege_v and_o by_o the_o simplicity_n of_o constantine_n that_o this_o abuse_n begin_v from_o that_o time_n to_o slide_v on_o and_o increase_v which_o be_v so_o far_o grow_v in_o some_o place_n 400._o year_n after_o christ_n bibant_fw-la novi_fw-la multos_fw-la esse_fw-la sepulcrorum_fw-la &_o picturarum_fw-la adoratores_fw-la novi_fw-la multos_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la mortuos_fw-la luxuriosissimè_fw-la bibant_fw-la that_o s._n austin_n in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la eccles_n do_v great_o complain_v of_o it_o i_o know_v say_v he_o that_o there_o be_v many_o that_o adore_v sepulcher_n and_o picture_n i_o know_v that_o there_o be_v many_o that_o drink_n at_o large_a over_o the_o dead_a the_o same_o austin_n in_o the_o 28._o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o monk_n for_o in_o those_o day_n they_o have_v each_o man_n his_o trade_n complain_v of_o some_o gadder_n up_o and_o down_o martyrum_fw-la membra_fw-la martyrum_fw-la 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