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but_o beware_v lest_o you_o believe_v that_o any_o sin_n howsoever_o venial_a be_v cancel_v by_o the_o holy-water-sprinkle_a this_o be_v a_o mere_a superstition_n where_o do_v the_o holy_a scripture_n ever_o teach_v that_o sin_n be_v wash_v away_o by_o water_n of_o the_o priest_n hallow_v this_o be_v to_o bring_v in_o a_o second_o baptism_n they_o will_v have_v this_o effect_n to_o arise_v either_o ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la or_o else_o ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operantis_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v they_o will_v have_v this_o effect_n to_o be_v wrought_v either_o by_o the_o water_n itself_o through_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o benediction_n of_o it_o if_o there_o be_v no_o impediment_n in_o he_o that_o be_v sprinkle_v with_o it_o or_o else_o they_o will_v have_v it_o to_o come_v of_o the_o devotion_n of_o he_o that_o use_v this_o water_n if_o they_o say_v by_o the_o deed_n do_v as_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o avouch_v this_o be_v a_o intolerable_a impudence_n namely_o to_o 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