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no_o man_n they_o will_v do_v any_o good_a thing_n and_o suffer_v any_o evil_n if_o they_o have_v but_o hope_n to_o prevail_v upon_o a_o soul_n they_o persuade_v man_n meek_o they_o entreat_v they_o humble_o they_o convince_v they_o powerful_o they_o watch_v for_o their_o good_a but_o meddle_v not_o with_o their_o interest_n etc._n etc._n l._n hatton_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o psalter_n of_o union_n he_o that_o be_v ready_a to_o join_v with_o all_o the_o society_n of_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v certain_o true_a just_a and_o pious_a give_v great_a probation_n that_o he_o have_v at_o lest_o animum_fw-la catholicum_fw-la no_o schismatical_a soul_n because_o he_o will_v actual_o communicate_v with_o all_o christendom_n if_o bona_fw-la fides_fw-la in_o falso_fw-la articulo_fw-la sincere_a persuasion_n be_v it_o true_a or_o false_a do_v not_o disoblige_v he_o since_o he_o clear_o distinguish_v person_n from_o thing_n and_o in_o all_o good_a 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of_o rome_n will_v make_v her_o address_n to_o god_n only_o through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n and_o leave_v the_o saint_n in_o the_o calendar_n without_o draw_v they_o into_o her_o office_n which_o they_o may_v do_v without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o the_o suit_n they_o ask_v unless_o christ_n intercession_n without_o their_o conjuncture_n be_v imperfect_a that_o we_o may_v all_o once_o pray_v together_o we_o may_v hope_v for_o the_o blessing_n of_o peace_n and_o charity_n to_o be_v upon_o we_o all_o hieronymus_n zanchius_n in_o confess_v cap._n 24._o 19_o de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-fr enim_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la defecimus_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la defecit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolica_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la à _fw-la seipsa_fw-la veteri_fw-la &_o pura_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la neque_fw-la alio_fw-la dâ—scessimus_fw-la animo_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la correcta_fw-la ad_fw-la priorem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la formam_fw-la redeat_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la revertamur_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la in_fw-la suis_fw-la porrâ—_fw-la coetibus_fw-la habeamus_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la tandem_fw-la fiat_fw-la toto_fw-la animo_fw-la dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la precamur_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la pâ—o_fw-la cuique_fw-la optatius_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la renati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la usque_fw-la vivamus_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la ego_fw-la h._n z._n cum_fw-la tota_fw-la mea_fw-la familia_fw-la testatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la volo_fw-la toti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o omnem_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la huic_fw-la pii_fw-la viri_fw-la sententiae_fw-la libenter_fw-la subscribit_fw-la c._n b._n idem_fw-la in_o observat_fw-la ad_fw-la cap._n 5._o attque_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la patrum_fw-la autoritate_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la manifestissimis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la cogar_fw-la i_o pro_fw-la mea_fw-la tenera_fw-la conscientia_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o dogmatibus_fw-la vel_fw-la