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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07260	A sermon made in the cathedrall churche of Saynt Paule at London, the XXVII. day of June, Anno. 1535. by Symon Matthewe	Matthew, Simon, d. 1541.	1535 (1535)	STC 17656; ESTC S102306	16,458	60

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that_o they_o have_v one_o body_n and_o one_o spirit_n and_o one_o trust_n and_o hope_n of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v promise_v they_o by_o their_o vocation_n furthermore_o they_o have_v one_o lord_n one_o feythe_n one_o baptism_n which_o by_o the_o meritis_fw-la of_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n be_v of_o like_a effect_n to_o they_o all_o also_o they_o have_v one_o god_n which_o be_v father_n of_o they_o all_o &_o have_v the_o most_o high_a regency_n govern_v all_o thing_n and_o by_o his_o divine_a spirit_n be_v present_a in_o we_o al._n and_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la hebreos_n in_o the_o xii_o chapitre_fw-fr he_o say_v pacem_fw-la sequim_fw-la ini_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctimoniam_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la nemo_fw-la deum_fw-la videbit_fw-la contemplantes_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la desit_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la ne_fw-la qua_fw-la radix_fw-la amaritudinis_fw-la sursum_fw-la germinans_fw-la impediat_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la inquinentur_fw-la