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when_o i_o be_v call_v before_o he_o the_o second_o time_n of_o my_o examination_n about_o isâ—aels_n fast._n attic._n â—â—_o cathol_n tradition_n q._n 20._o p._n 119._o in_o his_o preface_n in_o the_o 2._o reason_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n in_o the_o book_n of_o order_v of_o deacon_n psal._n 50._o pag._n 86._o 86._o and_o iâ—_n 〈…〉_z see_v 〈…〉_z of_o it_o 〈…〉_z late_o to_o â—ee_n at_o a_o 〈◊〉_d print_v house_n a_o old_a communion_n book_n score_v and_o noâ—ed_v all_o along_o with_o this_o author_n own_o 〈◊〉_d where_o â—mong_o other_o â—hâ—nâ—s_n which_o he_o â—ould_v have_v 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈…〉_z that_o 〈◊〉_d pâ—iuâ—tâ—â—â—aâ—ers_v 〈◊〉_d â—ettâ—r_n 〈◊〉_d â—hen_o there_o 〈◊〉_d iâ—_n the_o communion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d homâ—â—â—7_n â—7_z 〈…〉_z jerom._n ad_fw-la neâ—otâ—an_n epist._n 7_o gal._n 4.10_o as_o the_o pharisee_fw-mi who_o will_v neither_o enter_v into_o heaven_n himself_o nor_o suffer_v those_o that_o will_v to_o enter_v in_o cent._n 1._o lib._n 2._o c._n 10._o de_fw-fr vitis_fw-la doctorum_fw-la socratis_n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 21._o also_o zorom_n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 19_o eusebu_n eccl_n hist._n lib._n cap._n 23._o pag._n 104._o see_v his_o first_o impression_n impression_n to_o wit_n that_o the_o old_a lâ—aves_n may_v yet_o be_v have_v for_o money_n see_v the_o communion_n book_n at_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a dead_a the_o word_n of_o the_o printer_n epistle_n epistle_n the_o prinâ—â—r_n go_v on_o for_o 〈◊〉_d fundo_fw-la parsimâ—_n niapunc_fw-la niapunc_fw-la for_o the_o pontifician_n say_v that_o purgatory_n be_v in_o the_o suburb_n of_o hell_n and_o that_o must_v needs_o be_v close_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n and_o that_o the_o pain_n of_o purgatory_n be_v for_o the_o time_n no_o whit_n inferior_a to_o the_o pain_n of_o eternal_a darkness_n nor_o let_v any_o man_n think_v the_o author_n will_v be_v so_o gross_a to_o name_v purgatory_n here_o in_o plain_a term_n no_o more_o than_o he_o do_v limbus_n patrum_fw-la when_o he_o say_v the_o region_n of_o â—ight_n distinct_a from_o god_n glorious_a kingdom_n