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c._n christ_n why_o he_o be_v worship_v foe_n 74_o cross_n take_v for_o affliction_n and_o trouble_n it_o be_v also_o take_v for_o continual_a repentance_n and_o mortify_n of_o the_o flesh_n fol._n 94._o cherubin_n why_o they_o be_v make_v foe_fw-mi 81_o christ_n have_v speak_v never_o a_o word_n of_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n foe_fw-mi 5._o and_o who_o they_o be_v that_o he_o will_v save_v fol._n 19_o colyridiani_n what_o they_o be_v foe_n 72._o chrysostome_n and_o his_o word_n 16._o 73._o cross_n take_v for_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o preach_v of_o the_o same_o fol._n 94._o cyprian_a and_o his_o sayenge_n 40._o 56._o 67._o constantine_n and_o archadius_fw-la foe_fw-mi 58_o cyrillus_n word_n fol._n 73._o concilium_fw-la toâ—ctanâ—â—â—_n fol._n 8â—_n d._n damascene_fw-la gardener_n chief_a refuge_n folio_fw-la 95._o 100_o doctrine_n scarce_o allow_v by_o the_o pope_n 58._o e._n ezechias_n exaumple_v be_v to_o be_v follow_v of_o good_a prince_n fol._n 81._o eunomius_n 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and_o of_o one_o substance_n with_o the_o father_n and_o to_o be_v true_a &_o natural_a man_n equal_a and_o of_o one_o substance_n with_o we_o be_v in_o all_o thing_n like_v unto_o his_o brother_n sin_n only_o except_v but_o to_o confess_v and_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v a_o omnisufficyent_a and_o most_o perfect_a saviour_n of_o all_o those_o that_o beleave_v in_o his_o name_n and_o put_v their_o whole_a trust_n in_o the_o meryte_n of_o his_o death_n passion_n and_o bloudsheddinge_a and_o to_o be_v the_o only_a mediator_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n for_o therefore_o do_v he_o come_v iiii_o wherefore_o christ_n come_v into_o the_o flesh_n joa._n iii._n tâ—moth_n i_o hell_n iu._n seven_o act_n iiii_o and_o do_v take_v upon_o he_o our_o frail_a nature_n that_o destroi_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n he_o shall_v save_v sinner_n most_o perfect_o and_o to_o the_o uttermost_a i_o mean_v as_o many_o as_o come_v unto_o god_n by_o he_o so_o that_o there_o be_v none_o other_o name_n 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the_o live_n yea_o he_o do_v plain_o affirm_v question_n sith_o that_o the_o dead_a saint_n know_v nothing_o of_o all_o that_o be_v do_v here_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o pray_v unto_o they_o question_n that_o they_o be_v utter_o ignorant_a what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o life_n of_o man_n if_o this_o be_v true_a as_o that_o can_v not_o be_v false_a which_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n true_o the_o salvation_n &_o necessity_n either_o of_o the_o dead_a or_o of_o the_o live_n be_v in_o vain_a commit_v to_o the_o intercession_n of_o they_o that_o know_v nothing_o thereof_o we_o do_v believe_v in_o vain_a that_o they_o do_v pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o our_o present_a necessite_n which_o know_v not_o that_o we_o be_v in_o any_o peril_n or_o danger_n didy_n and_o may_v not_o they_o have_v intelligence_n &_o understanding_n of_o our_o affair_n either_o by_o the_o angel_n or_o by_o they_o that_o go_v away_o hence_o from_o we_o or_o else_o by_o god_n himself_o philalethes_n 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