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liranus_n in_o heb_n 10._o pichenel_n dissert_v de_fw-fr missa_fw-la barnesius_n in_o catholico_n romano_n pontif._n sect_n 7._o to_o who_o d._n william_n forbes_n de_fw-fr missa_fw-la cap._n 1._o add_v wicelius_n ferus_fw-la and_o divers_a other_o seven_o and_o last_o romanist_n be_v so_o divide_v among_o themselves_o touch_v this_o matter_n that_o malderus_n bishop_n of_o antwerp_n as_o cite_v by_o d._n will._n forbes_n pag._n 452._o relate_v nine_o several_a opinion_n of_o romanist_n all_o which_o malderus_n refute_v not_o except_v the_o opinion_n of_o bellarmin_n himself_o and_o yet_o say_v my_o author_n who_o be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v no_o rigid_a adversary_n of_o romanist_n his_o own_o opinion_n be_v nihilo_fw-la melior_fw-la no_o whit_n sound_a than_o the_o rest_n by_o these_o consideration_n i_o hope_v the_o discreet_a reader_n may_v be_v satisfy_v that_o though_o father_n use_v the_o word_n sacrifice_n yet_o they_o mean_v only_o a_o eucharistick_a and_o commemorative_a 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