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penance_n and_o absolution_n confess_v the_o ancient_a course_n as_o cassander_n and_o lindanus_n true_o witness_v be_v that_o absolution_n and_o reconciliation_n and_o right_a to_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o give_v by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n unto_o the_o penitent_a 4._o till_o he_o have_v give_v due_a satisfaction_n by_o perform_v of_o such_o penal_a act_n as_o be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o discreet_a penitentiary_n ibid._n yea_o those_o work_n of_o penance_n say_v he_o when_o they_o be_v do_v out_o of_o faith_n and_o a_o heart_n true_o sorrowful_a and_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n prevent_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n with_o the_o help_n of_o his_o divine_a grace_n be_v think_v not_o a_o little_a available_a to_o obtain_v remission_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o to_o pacify_v the_o displeasure_n of_o god_n for_o sin_n not_o that_o they_o can_v merit_v it_o by_o any_o dignity_n of_o they_o but_o that_o thereby_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v in_o a_o sort_n 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of_o saint_n 16._o which_o yet_o as_o it_o have_v be_v practise_v and_o defend_v in_o the_o late_a time_n shall_v in_o vain_a seek_v either_o example_n or_o patronage_n among_o the_o antient._n however_o there_o may_v be_v some_o ground_n of_o this_o devotion_n secret_o mutter_v and_o at_o last_o express_v in_o panegyric_n form_n yet_o until_o almost_o 500_o year_n after_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o in_o any_o sort_n admit_v into_o the_o public_a service_n etc._n it_o will_v be_v easy_o grant_v that_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v the_o prime_n of_o all_o saint_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v other_o then_o injurious_a that_o any_o other_o of_o that_o heavenly_a society_n shall_v have_v the_o precedency_n of_o she_o now_o the_o first_o that_o bring_v her_o name_n into_o the_o public_a devotion_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n be_v note_v by_o nicephorus_n to_o be_v petrus_n gnapheus_n 28._o or_o fullo_n a_o presbyter_n of_o bythinia_n afterward_o the_o usurper_n of_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n 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