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priest_n office_n that_o i_o enchiridion_n eckius_fw-la in_o his_o enchiridion_n may_v eat_v a_o morsel_n of_o bread_n 1_o samuel_n 2_o 36_o therefore_o the_o communion_n under_o one_o kind_n be_v due_a to_o the_o laic_n answer_n i_o will_v only_o reckon_v up_o the_o several_a term_n that_o be_v in_o this_o argument_n 1_o the_o son_n of_o eli._n 2_o lay_v christian_n 3_o the_o priest_n office_n or_o maintenance_n by_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o priesthood_n 4_o the_o lord_n supper_n 5_o the_o repulse_n from_o the_o priest_n office_n 6_o admission_n to_o the_o supper_n 7._o a_o morsel_n of_o bread_n 8_o the_o sacrament_n under_o one_o kind_n be_v not_o this_o a_o very_a fertile_a argument_n of_o many_o term_n and_o how_o prodigal_a be_v our_o adversary_n in_o term_n chap._n 19_o of_o purgatory_n our_o adversary_n lay_v it_o for_o a_o ground_n that_o as_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o man_n some_o good_a some_o bad_a and_o some_o of_o a_o mean_a sort_n betwixt_o both_o so_o there_o 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