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but_o they_o may_v with_o judas_n go_v hang_v themselves_o and_o so_o they_o do_v many_o time_n and_o more_o i_o believe_v in_o our_o only_a country_n of_o england_n then_o in_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o europe_n put_v together_o 29._o matt._n 29._o but_o the_o thirty_o piece_n which_o judas_n restore_v to_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o cast_v into_o the_o treasury_n but_o employ_v upon_o the_o purchase_n of_o a_o place_n to_o a_o pious_a use_n and_o s._n augustine_n note_v how_o it_o be_v by_o a_o most_o particular_a providence_n of_o god_n ariam_fw-la serm._n 128._o de_fw-fr coena_fw-la dom_fw-la apud_fw-la ariam_fw-la that_o the_o price_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n our_o lord_n shall_v not_o serve_v for_o the_o expense_n of_o live_a sinner_n but_o for_o the_o burial_n of_o decease_a pilgrim_n that_o so_o with_o the_o price_n of_o his_o blood_n he_o may_v both_o redeem_v the_o live_n and_o be_v a_o retreat_n for_o the_o dead_a the_o hate_n of_o those_o malicious_a priest_n &_o 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