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henry_n the_o four_o we_o have_v tell_v you_o the_o severe_a law_n make_v against_o all_o those_o that_o in_o these_o dark_a time_n dare_v open_v their_o eye_n and_o see_v far_o than_o popery_n the_o church_n then_o as_o by_o law_n establish_v think_v fit_a to_o permit_v they_o such_o heretic_n be_v general_o call_v lollard_n they_o be_v the_o puritan_n the_o fanatic_n the_o whig_n the_o brummingham_n of_o those_o day_n and_o how_o busy_a the_o magistrate_n especial_o of_o the_o clergy_n be_v to_o put_v the_o say_a law_n in_o execution_n against_o they_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o follow_a account_n it_o be_v true_a during_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o we_o do_v not_o find_v any_o burn_v to_o death_n for_o the_o profession_n of_o religion_n but_o many_o be_v imprison_v harrassed_a and_o in_o great_a trouble_n and_o especial_o william_n swinderby_n a_o priest_n and_o walter_n brute_n a_o layman_n but_o learned_a and_o a_o graduate_n of_o the_o university_n of_o 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sin_n which_o the_o lord_n give_v to_o his_o disciple_n thus_o the_o very_a word_n of_o their_o ordination_n now_o we_o know_v that_o this_o power_n of_o remit_v and_o retain_v of_o sin_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n place_v not_o in_o the_o dispense_v and_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o in_o their_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n thus_o they_o have_v whole_o pervert_v their_o ordination_n both_o for_o the_o formal_a and_o final_a end_n nor_o do_v they_o less_o fail_v in_o the_o material_a cause_n ignorant_a unqualified_a person_n be_v ordinary_o make_v priest_n and_o such_o as_o only_o be_v able_a to_o mumble_v over_o the_o mass_n and_o matin_n but_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o in_o popish_a ordination_n there_o be_v a_o power_n confer_v to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n it_o be_v true_a they_o do_v use_v these_o word_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n which_o the_o church_n of_o england_n use_v viz._n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o sin_n you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n 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