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as_o theodorus_n and_o ignatius_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o q._n mary_n day_n cranmer_n latimer_n hooper_n ridley_n farrar_n 12.3_o mat._n 12.3_o bradford_n philpot_n saunders_n glover_n taylor_n and_o many_o other_o of_o the_o same_o profession_n or_o wherein_o do_v they_o differ_v or_o be_v they_o false_a minister_n and_o so_o die_v as_o evil_a doer_n and_o be_v they_o not_o call_v master_n take_v tithe_n and_o preach_v upon_o text_n and_o in_o pulpit_n and_o do_v not_o you_o justify_v their_o murder_n in_o condemn_v their_o cause_n and_o so_o join_v with_o their_o persecuter_n and_o condemn_v those_o afresh_o and_o be_v not_o the_o spirit_n in_o you_o a_o truth-opposing_a and_o rome-upholding_a one_o q._n 18._o be_v baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n sacrament_n yea_o or_o no_o or_o whether_o there_o can_v be_v any_o sacrament_n without_o some_o outward_a sign_n or_o whether_o a_o sacrament_n be_v consistent_a in_o word_n or_o a_o element_n or_o of_o the_o one_o or_o of_o the_o other_o 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