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corporeal_a presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n this_o be_v manifest_a in_o the_o whole_a history_n of_o those_o time_n write_v by_o scultetus_n hospinian_n and_o sleidan_n he_o publish_v two_o edition_n of_o short_a com._n place_n the_o one_o 1535_o which_o he_o dedicate_v to_o hen._n viii_o king_n of_o england_n the_o other_o large_o print_v 1543._o in_o both_o which_o be_v a_o common_a place_n about_o prayer_n but_o in_o the_o first_o no_o such_o passage_n as_o our_o vindicator_n quote_v in_o the_o latter_a i_o find_v something_o like_o it_o p._n 558._o in_o these_o word_n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la difficilis_fw-la est_fw-la attentio_fw-la in_o recitatione_n ideo_fw-la ignavi_fw-la fugiunt_fw-la recitationes_fw-la at_o ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la eas_fw-la proposuit_fw-la et_fw-la publicae_fw-la et_fw-la privatim_fw-la eas_fw-la exercere_fw-la jubet_fw-la ideo_fw-la psalmitraditi_fw-la sunt_fw-la summo_fw-la concilio_fw-la compositi_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la 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