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confess_v and_o receive_v mass_n once_o a_o year_n this_o will_v blot_v out_o all_o sin_n and_o though_o a_o man_n shall_v live_v in_o wickedness_n all_o his_o day_n yet_o if_o he_o but_o die_v in_o their_o communion_n with_o the_o priest_n absolution_n which_o may_v be_v easy_o have_v he_o shall_v go_v to_o purgatory_n but_o for_o a_o time_n and_o so_o to_o heaven_n and_o money_n may_v procure_v mass_n and_o prayer_n for_o he_o when_o dead_a that_o will_v hasten_v his_o deliverance_n thence_o also_o so_o that_o they_o that_o will_v not_o leave_v their_o sin_n while_o they_o live_v may_v buy_v their_o pardon_n and_o redemption_n from_o torment_n after_o they_o be_v dead_a how_o can_v there_o be_v a_o more_o effectual_a way_n to_o encourage_v man_n in_o sin_n 9_o self-denial_n contempt_n of_o the_o world_n and_o bear_v the_o cross_n be_v the_o profession_n and_o badge_n of_o christ_n church_n our_o saviour_n declare_v that_o his_o kingdom_n be_v not_o of_o this_o world_n and_o his_o 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