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reason_n à _fw-fr baculo_fw-la ad_fw-la angulum_fw-la as_o often_o as_o he_o do_v for_o in_o the_o page_n 120_o and_o 121_o of_o his_o second_o part_n because_o i_o confess_v that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n the_o manner_n of_o some_o be_v to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n in_o the_o public_a assembly_n and_o not_o be_v partaker_n of_o it_o present_o but_o to_o carry_v it_o home_o that_o the_o sacrament_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o deacon_n to_o the_o sick_a that_o in_o place_n where_o they_o communicate_v every_o day_n there_o be_v a_o reservation_n of_o some_o part_n of_o the_o sanctify_a element_n and_o that_o the_o sanctify_a element_n thus_o reserve_v in_o reference_n to_o a_o ensue_a receive_v of_o they_o be_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n to_o wit_n in_o mystery_n and_o exhibitive_a signification_n he_o go_v about_o to_o conclude_v that_o i_o must_v needs_o confess_v the_o real_a that_o be_v the_o local_a presence_n of_o christ_n body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n which_o 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explicatio_fw-la canonum_fw-la apostol_n apostol_n cap._n 21._o 21._o canone_o â—…3_n â—…3_n damian_n a_o go_v the_o morib_n aethiop_n aethiop_n canone_o 33._o 33._o tom._n 1._o conciliorum_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la locor_fw-la theolog_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr imaginib_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o 9_o tom._n 1._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 57_o num_fw-la 119._o &_o trib_o sequent_a sequent_a tom._n 2._o anno_fw-la 305._o num_fw-la 42._o 42._o canone_o 4_o &_o 5._o 5._o canone_o 9_o 9_o dist._n 20._o cap._n de_fw-fr libellis_fw-la libellis_fw-la actione_n 4._o 4._o inter_fw-la epistolas_fw-la decâ—…etales_fw-la decâ—…etales_fw-la can._n 2._o &_o 3_o 3_o epist._n 3._o 3._o canone_o 3._o 3._o canone_o 1._o 1._o canone_o 9_o 9_o canone_o 2._o 2._o lib._n 5._o annal._n boiorum_n pag._n 564._o 564._o naucler_n vol._n 〈◊〉_d generate_fw-la 36._o 36._o de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o 19_o vbi_fw-la suprà _fw-la suprà _fw-la vbi_fw-la suprà _fw-la suprà _fw-la lib._n 7._o math._n paris_n in_o henrico_n 1._o pag._n 67._o 67._o math._n paris_n in_o henrico_n 1._o pag._n 68_o 68_o constit._fw-la othonis_n de_fw-la uxoratis_fw-la à _fw-la beneficiâ—…_n amovendis_fw-la n_o de_fw-fr sacr._n ecclminist_n &_o benef_n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o heb._n 13._o 4_o 4_o socrat._v l._n 1._o c._n 8_o 〈◊〉_d in_o 1_o ad_fw-la tim._n 3_o 3_o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 10_o t_o syricli_n ad_fw-la himericum_fw-la c._n 7._o innocen_n ad_fw-la victricium_fw-la c._n 9_o &_o in_o cp_n ad_fw-la exuperium_fw-la c._n 1_o 1_o can._n 1._o 1._o can._n 33._o &_o 18_o 18_o can._n 12._o 12._o turonens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d canone_o 2._o 2._o canone_o 4._o b_o canone_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d canone_o 10._o 10._o council_n tolet._n 1_o canone_o 4._o 4._o canone_o 10._o f_o canone_o 15._o 15._o canone_o 32._o 32._o canone_o 29._o 29._o canone_o 22._o 22._o matisconens_fw-la 2._o canone_o 16._o 16._o annal._n boiorum_n lib._n 5._o pag._n 565._o &_o 571._o 571._o bernard_n de_fw-fr conuersione_n ad_fw-la clericos_fw-la c._n 29._o 29._o saluianus_n de_fw-fr divina_fw-la provideutia_fw-la lib_n 5._o citat_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ—…encaeo_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la continentia_fw-la cap._n 12._o 12._o sigebertus_n in_o câ—…onico_n anni_fw-la 1074._o 1074._o rubric_n 4â—…_n fol._n 35_o 35_o aen_n sylu._n the_o gest_n council_n bas._n bas._n ep._n 307._o ad_fw-la joan._n fiundt_n fiundt_n in_o pio_n 2._o 2._o ennead_n 10_o l._n 6._o pag._n 731._o 731._o fastorum_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o tit._n qui_fw-la clerici_fw-la vel_fw-la â—…oventes_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la contrahere_fw-la possunt_fw-la citat_fw-la ab_fw-la andr._n frisio_n l._n 4._o de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 1_o cor._n 7._o 25._o y_fw-fr de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la conjugatis_fw-la cap._n cum_fw-la olim_fw-la olim_fw-la citat_fw-la ab_fw-la andreâ—…_n frisio_n de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la lib._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr invent_v rerum_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o 4._o citat_fw-la a_o chemnitioâ—…n_n exami_fw-la ne_fw-la trident._n council_n council_n in_o declamat_fw-la de_fw-fr laâ—…dib_n matrimonij_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la vbi_fw-la spurâ_fw-la spurâ_fw-la in_o consultatione_n de_fw-fr sacerd._n caelibatu_fw-la caelibatu_fw-la aeneas_n silvius_n write_v to_o petrus_n noxetus_fw-la have_v these_o word_n adhuc_fw-la cavi_fw-la ne_fw-la i_o â—…acer_fw-la ordo_fw-la involueret_fw-la timeo_fw-la enim_fw-la continentiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist._n 50._o 50._o canone_o 10._o 10._o de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o 18._o vide_fw-la suprâ_fw-la suprâ_fw-la vbi_fw-la suprà _fw-la suprà _fw-la for_o far_a proof_n hereof_o see_v the_o first_o book_n of_o claudius_n espencaeus_fw-la de_fw-la continentiâ_fw-la continentiâ_fw-la cyprian_a lib._n 1._o epist._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr monach_n l._n 2._o c._n 34_o 34_o aug._n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi viduitatis_fw-la viduitatis_fw-la epist_n 70_o 70_o de_fw-fr sancta_fw-la virginitate_fw-la cap._n 34._o 34._o hieron_n epist._n 47._o de_fw-la suspecto_fw-la conâ—…bernio_fw-la vitando_fw-la vitando_fw-la heresi_n 61._o 61._o erudit_fw-la theolog_fw-la de_fw-fr sacram._n fidei_fw-la lib._n 2._o part_n 11._o c._n 12._o 12._o epist._n 2._o ad_fw-la victricium_fw-la cap._n 12._o 12._o in_o secundam_fw-la secundae_fw-la quaest_n 38._o art_n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr monachis_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 34._o 34._o secunda_fw-la secundae_fw-la quaest_n 88_o art_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 4._o scent_n do_v 58._o 58._o in_o secunda_fw-la secundae_fw-la loc_n cit_fw-la cit_fw-la lib._n 4._o the_o eccl_n eccl_n opus_fw-la tom_fw-mi 1._o tract_n 27._o 27._o erudit_fw-la theol_fw-it de_fw-fr sacr_n fid_fw-we l._n 2._o part_n â—…2_n c._n 4_o 4_o act_n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la in_o consult_v de_fw-fr caelibatu_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la de_fw-fr vita_fw-la spirituali_fw-la 〈◊〉_d eâ—…ud_n theolog_fw-la de_fw-fr sacrament_n fidei_fw-la lib._n 2._o part_n 11._o ca._n â—…2_n â—…2_n vbi_fw-la suprâ—…_n suprâ—…_n 1._o tim._n 3._o 2._o 2._o apologia_fw-la 2._o 2._o in_o locum_fw-la timothei_n predict_v &_o in_o titu_fw-la titu_fw-la de_fw-fr clericâ—…_n lib._n 〈◊〉_d cap._n 23._o 23._o annotation_n upon_o that_o place_n place_n theod._n in_o loc_n tim._n predict_v predict_v in_o â—…und_n loc_n hier._n ad_fw-la oceâ—…m_n oceâ—…m_n vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la ruffinus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 11._o 11._o epist._n 22._o cap._n 1._o &_o 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi coniugali_fw-la coniugali_fw-la bibliothecae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la lib._n 6._o annot_n 318._o &_o 325._o 325._o lib._n 10._o epist_n 82._o 82._o august_n de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi coniugali_fw-la coniugali_fw-la bonaventura_n in_o 4._o scent_n do_v 25._o quaest_n 3._o 3._o in_o duab_n epist._n citat_fw-la ab_fw-la erasmo_n in_fw-la vita_fw-la hieronymi_n hieronymi_n aug._n confess_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 2._o &_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 15._o 15._o hieron_n ad_fw-la â—…num_fw-la â—…num_fw-la de_fw-fr sacr_n eccl_n minist_n &_o ben._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o can._n 3._o &_o 7._o 7._o referente_fw-la ambrosio_n in_o 7._o c._n 1._o ad_fw-la cor._n &_o in_o 3._o 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n aug._n serm_n 243._o the_o temp_n isid._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr divin_n officiis_fw-la c._n 19_o 19_o can_v 1._o 1._o apud_fw-la gratian_n part_n 2._o cause_n 31._o q._n 1_o 1_o can._n 8._o 8._o in_o triphone_n triphone_n in_o apol._n post_n post_n in_o loc_n tim._n tim._n rhemenses_n in_o locum_fw-la titi._n titi._n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 15._o 15._o haeresi_fw-la 79._o 79._o haeresi_fw-la 61._o 61._o de_fw-fr bono_n viduitatis_fw-la viduitatis_fw-la epist._n 9_o ad_fw-la episc_n lucaniae_n lucaniae_n vide_fw-la binnium_n tomo_fw-la 2._o council_n pag._n 115._o annot_n in_o toletan_n 4._o 4._o 1._o cor._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n vers_fw-la 11._o 11._o galat._n 6._o 6._o 6._o galat._n 4._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d philem_n 29_o 29_o in_o trialogo_n trialogo_n levit._n 27._o 30._o 30._o malach._n 3._o 10._o 10._o numb_a 35._o 2._o etc._n etc._n etc._n numb_a 18._o 12._o 12._o 1._o cor._n 9_o 13_o 13_o de_fw-fr clerici_fw-la s_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 25._o secunda_fw-la secundae_fw-la quaest_n 87._o art_n 1._o 1._o gen._n 14._o 20_o 20_o gen._n 18._o 22._o 22._o de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 25._o ver._n 21._o 21._o orig._n hom._n 1â—…_n in_o numeros_fw-la numeros_fw-la in_o malach._n 3_o 3_o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm_n 219._o 219._o aug._n in_o psal._n 146._o 146._o in_o math._n 23_o 23_o iuo_o part_n 2._o c._n â—…74_n in_o 2._o tom_n council_n p._n 954._o apud_fw-la bin._n bin._n ca._n 17._o 17._o can._n 5._o 5._o can._n 14._o 14._o canone_o 9_o 9_o cap._n 38._o 38._o homil._n 48._o 48._o canone_o 13._o 13._o linwood_n provincial_a lib._n 1._o de_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 25._o m._n carleton_n of_o tithe_n tithe_n comment_fw-fr in_o concord_n euang._n cap._n 84._o 84._o de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la li_n 1._o cap._n 25._o 25._o eod._n capite_fw-la dubio_fw-la 4._o 4._o gelas._o cp_n 9_o ad_fw-la episc._n lucaniae_n vide_fw-la gratian._n part_n 2._o decreti_fw-la cause_n 12._o q._n 2_o 2_o this_o word_n import_v no_o base_a but_o a_o honourable_a allowance_n allowance_n cypr_fw-la cp_n 66._o &_o 34._o 34._o in_o indice_fw-la in_o appendicem_fw-la council_n lateranens_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la pactionib_fw-la 39_o &_o 40._o 40._o part._n 2._o causa_fw-la 16._o qu._n 42._o 1._o c._n c._n citatus_fw-la part_n 2_o causa_fw-la 16._o qu._n 1._o cap._n 55._o 55._o ibid._n cap._n 45._o 45._o canone_o 47._o 47._o habetur_fw-la tomo_fw-la 3._o council_n apud_fw-la binnium_n pag._n 65â—…_n 65â—…_n cap._n 13._o 13._o indice_fw-la in_o appendicem_fw-la appendicem_fw-la cabilonens_fw-la 2._o canone_o 19_o 19_o hier._n ad_fw-la heliodorum_n de_fw-la laud_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la solitariae_fw-la solitariae_fw-la de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d minist_n &_o benef_n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o 1._o in_o johan._n 13._o 13._o act_n 4._o 34._o 35._o 35._o decr._n part_n 2._o cause_n â—…2_n q._n 1._o c._n 15_o 15_o ibid._n c._n 16_o 16_o canon_n 15._o 15._o canon_n 25._o 25._o duaren_n de_fw-fr sacr_n eccl_n min._n &_o benef_n l_o 2._o c._n r_o r_o ibid._n ibid._n devit_n a_o contemplativa_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o vol_n 2._o generate_fw-la 11._o pa._n 505._o 505._o de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccleâ—…ast_n considerate_a â—…2_n â—…2_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la eccles_n minist_n &_o benef._n lib._n 7._o cap._n