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they_o yet_o they_o must_v go_v through_o purgatory_n hereby_o rob_v they_o of_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o miserable_o enthral_a their_o conscience_n to_o themselves_o and_o their_o tradition_n by_o all_o this_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o papist_n have_v alter_v the_o nature_n and_o end_n of_o christian_a religion_n which_o be_v the_o doctrine_n and_o institution_n of_o jesus_n christ_n to_o exalt_v he_o as_o the_o only_a mediator_n of_o the_o church_n by_o who_o only_o we_o shall_v come_v to_o god_n and_o have_v frame_v a_o new_a platform_n of_o a_o carnal_a worldly_a religion_n to_o exalt_v the_o pope_n and_o his_o clergy_n and_o to_o worship_v the_o creature_n instead_o of_o the_o creator_n let_v we_o add_v their_o doctrine_n of_o persecute_v and_o destroy_v all_o heretic_n as_o they_o call_v they_o that_o be_v all_o that_o will_v not_o obey_v they_o the_o first_o lateran_n council_n ann._n dom._n 1215._o decreeth_n p._n sub_fw-la innoc._n 3._o p._n that_o if_o 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