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pecoata_fw-la tua_fw-la dictio_fw-la ut_fw-la deleas_fw-la illa_fw-la si_fw-la confunderis_fw-la elicui_fw-la dicere_fw-la quia_fw-la peccasti_fw-la dicito_fw-la eaquotide_n in_fw-la anima_fw-la tuas_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la ut_fw-la confiter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d seruo_fw-la tuo_fw-la ut_fw-la exprobret_fw-la dicito_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la curateoe_n haec_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la dixeris_fw-la ignorat_fw-la ea_fw-la deus_fw-la nunquid_fw-la à _fw-fr te_fw-la vultea_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cùm_fw-la faciehas_o ea_fw-la practo_fw-la erat_fw-la cùm_fw-la admitteres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d be_v non_fw-la erubuisti_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la erubescis_fw-la dicito_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d we_o in_o illa_fw-la requiem_n habeas_fw-la dicito_fw-la ingemiscens_fw-la &_o lachriman_n declare_v thy_o sin_n that_o thou_o may_v 〈◊〉_d they_o out_o if_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a to_o declare_v to_o any_o that_o thou_o have_v sin_v declare_v they_o daily_o in_o thy_o own_o soul_n i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o thou_o ought_v to_o confess_v they_o to_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n that_o he_o may_v cast_v thou_o in_o the_o tooth_n declare_v they_o to_o god_n which_o do_v heal_v they_o for_o if_o thou_o shall_v not_o declare_v they_o be_v god_n ignorant_a of_o they_o or_o will_v he_o know_v they_o by_o thou_o when_o thou_o do_v they_o he_o be_v present_a when_o thou_o do_v commit_v they_o he_o know_v thou_o waste_v not_o ashamed_a to_o sin_n and_o be_v thou_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v declare_v thy_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v rest_n in_o that_o life_n declare_v they_o groan_v and_o weep_v with_o what_o conscience_n can_v the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n first_o or_o any_o man_n after_o he_o wrest_v these_o word_n of_o chrysostome_n to_o so_o contrary_a a_o meaning_n but_o what_o dare_v they_o not_o do_v which_o have_v give_v over_o themselves_o whole_o to_o maintain_v the_o corrupt_a custom_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n how_o concrarie_a soever_o they_o be_v either_o to_o the_o holy_a 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have_v ever_o be_v wherein_o we_o have_v the_o less_o need_n to_o stand_v long_o see_v the_o same_o history_n that_o our_o adversary_n do_v sometime_o allege_v plain_o report_v not_o only_o in_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n but_o also_o in_o the_o west_n church_n and_o namely_o at_o rome_n always_o since_o novatus_fw-la the_o heretic_n false_a opinion_n touch_v penance_n rise_v a_o virtuous_a priest_n sad_a secret_a and_o wise_a be_v appoint_v to_o hear_v the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n and_o be_v call_v the_o pnitentiarie_n then_o as_o he_o and_o the_o like_a of_o that_o office_n he_o call_v yet_o we_o call_v they_o confessor_n and_o of_o old_a in_o greek_a they_o be_v name_v spiritual_a master_n or_o father_n as_o we_o now_o term_v they_o in_o our_o mother_n tongue_n ghostly_a father_n also_o quisecundùm_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la culpam_fw-la indicebant_fw-la &_o mulctans_fw-la who_o say_v sozomenus_n according_a to_o every_o man_n fault_n prescribe_v due_a penance_n which_o 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church_n his_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v secret_o though_o in_o leo_n the_o greathis_fw-la day_n there_o be_v a_o custom_n not_o allowable_a that_o man_n campaniae_n be_v force_v to_o give_v up_o a_o libel_n open_o of_o all_o their_o sin_n which_o rigorous_a custom_n the_o say_v holy_a father_n afterward_o abrogate_a nevertheless_o the_o penance_n be_v of_o old_a often_o public_a the_o form_n whereof_o appear_v in_o saint_n ambrose_n in_o tertullian_n who_o both_o poenitentes_fw-la have_v write_v several_a book_n de_fw-fr poenitentia_fw-la in_o saint_n augustine_n in_o sundry_a place_n and_o in_o this_o present_a history_n of_o sozomenus_n and_o long_o after_o their_o day_n there_o be_v call_v poenitentes_fw-la penitent_n which_o be_v bar_v from_o the_o holy_a communion_n &_o the_o secret_n &_o sovereign_a holy_a of_o the_o bless_a mystery_n of_o the_o mass_n so_o long_o as_o their_o prescribe_a penance_n endure_v beside_o fast_v alm_n and_o other_o like_a penalty_n enjoy_v and_o 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beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la or_o who_o else_o soever_o write_v the_o preface_n that_o common_o 〈◊〉_d annex_v to_o tertullian_n deny_v the_o same_o and_o true_o see_v their_o wanton_a pleasure_n be_v not_o to_o bear_v secret_a confession_n i_o dare_v say_v they_o can_v much_o less_o away_o with_o public_a penance_n or_o confession_n which_o be_v a_o thousand_o time_n more_o burdenous_a fulke_v there_o have_v hitherto_o no_o ancient_a writer_n be_v bring_v to_o testify_v the_o necessity_n of_o confession_n of_o secret_a sin_n nor_o that_o there_o be_v any_o sacrament_n whereof_o such_o confession_n shall_v be_v part_n the_o story_n before_o remember_v testify_v of_o the_o abolish_n of_o such_o confession_n in_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n but_o that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o priest_n or_o confession_n use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n it_o make_v no_o mention_n but_o only_o show_v that_o they_o which_o do_v open_a penance_n which_o be_v for_o open_a offence_n for_o which_o 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