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their_o desire_n even_o hasten_v the_o come_n of_o it_o as_o do_v the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n phil._n 1.13_o beside_o these_o reason_n they_o allege_v many_o example_n as_o of_o mary_n moses_n david_n who_o be_v punish_v after_o their_o offence_n be_v forgive_v namely_o david_n who_o example_n they_o do_v urge_v 2._o sam._n 12._o where_o god_n have_v forgive_v he_o his_o sin_n say_v nevertheless_o unto_o he_o the_o sword_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o thy_o house_n because_o thou_o have_v despise_v i_o again_o because_o thou_o have_v give_v the_o lord_n enemy_n cause_n to_o blaspheme_v his_o name_n thy_o child_n shall_v die_v there_o be_v not_o say_v they_o to_o the_o end_n thou_o shall_v not_o cause_v to_o blaspheme_v likewise_o in_o the_o 7._o of_o micheas_n i_o will_v bear_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n because_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o he_o wherein_o their_o judgement_n fail_v they_o for_o they_o labour_v to_o prove_v that_o which_o we_o do_v grant_v who_o deni_v but_o that_o 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paradise_n here_o to_o signify_v hell_n or_o how_o can_v he_o faiâ—_n of_o a_o answer_n that_o suffer_v himself_o solicentious_o to_o interpret_v the_o scripture_n 9_o s._n john_n in_o his_o first_o epistle_n chap._n 1._o say_v the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n purge_v or_o cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o sin_n our_o sin_n be_v the_o spot_n and_o uncleanness_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o jesus_n christ_n purge_v and_o take_v they_o all_o away_o say_v s._n john_n then_o be_v there_o no_o more_o to_o purge_v so_o no_o more_o purgatory_n for_o albeit_o after_o all_o our_o offence_n pardon_v there_o shall_v yet_o remain_v some_o pain_n to_o be_v endure_v for_o the_o satisfy_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n yet_o can_v not_o this_o punishment_n be_v call_v a_o purgation_n for_o who_o do_v ever_o here_o the_o whip_n or_o the_o gibbet_n call_v a_o purgation_n for_o theft_n or_o murder_n slander_n pag_n 69._o a_o slander_n the_o fire_n of_o helie_n slander_v we_o answer_v 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of_o this_o fire_n how_o chance_v it_o that_o he_o draw_v out_o no_o more_o what_o humanity_n be_v this_o in_o he_o that_o be_v term_v the_o holy_a father_n and_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n to_o let_v his_o child_n lie_v fry_a in_o the_o horror_n of_o a_o flame_a fire_n and_o yet_o be_v able_a to_o help_v they_o out_o and_o he_o who_o say_v that_o if_o by_o his_o bad_a course_n he_o shall_v carry_v innumerable_a troop_n of_o soul_n into_o hell_n with_o he_o 40._o can._n si_fw-la papa_n dist_n 40._o yet_o let_v no_o man_n presume_v to_o reprove_v he_o for_o he_o that_o be_v judge_v of_o all_o be_v not_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o any_o why_o do_v he_o not_o fetch_v they_o out_o of_o purgatory_n by_o troop_n 8._o neither_o be_v we_o here_o to_o allege_v that_o the_o pope_n give_v their_o pardon_n to_o the_o dead_a in_o form_n of_o suffrage_n &_o intercession_n but_o not_o of_o jurisdiction_n &_o absolute_a power_n for_o in_o this_o question_n that_o be_v of_o no_o import_n 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enhabitant_n of_o rome_n of_o who_o none_o go_v to_o purgatory_n unless_o he_o be_v a_o very_a dolt_n consider_v that_o even_o at_o his_o door_n he_o have_v so_o many_o church_n where_o in_o in_o one_o day_n he_o may_v purchase_v two_o or_o three_o hundred_o thousand_o year_n of_o pardon_n 10._o again_o how_o be_v it_o that_o the_o pope_n deliver_v the_o soul_n that_o be_v not_o of_o his_o charge_n from_o so_o long_a and_o grievous_a a_o torment_n and_o yet_o can_v deliver_v the_o live_a that_o be_v as_o he_o say_v of_o his_o charge_n from_o the_o small_a pain_n disease_n and_o affliction_n hereto_o the_o friar_n in_o lieu_n of_o answer_n say_v i_o be_o a_o fool_n and_o so_o overslip_v they_o with_o many_o frivolous_a demand_n to_o no_o purpose_n 11._o whereof_o also_o come_v it_o that_o our_o doctor_n memory_n be_v so_o short_a as_o to_o forget_v that_o before_o have_v say_v that_o of_o necessity_n the_o soul_n that_o have_v not_o sufficient_o satisfy_v in_o this_o life_n must_v be_v purge_v in_o purgatory_n so_o to_o satisfy_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n they_o can_v now_o be_v content_a to_o permit_v the_o pope_n by_o his_o pardon_n to_o fetch_v the_o soul_n out_o of_o this_o fire_n and_o thereby_o hinder_v both_o the_o purge_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o god_n justice_n but_o if_o they_o reply_v that_o god_n justice_n be_v satisfy_v because_o the_o pope_n present_v for_o they_o the_o overplus_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o saint_n they_o run_v themselves_o on_o the_o pike_n for_o why_o do_v he_o not_o present_v to_o god_n the_o same_o merit_n before_o the_o soul_n depart_v out_o of_o their_o body_n so_o to_o exempt_v they_o whole_o out_o of_o purgatory_n or_o rather_o why_o shall_v we_o go_v into_o purgatory_n at_o all_o since_o jesus_n christ_n sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n and_o offer_v to_o his_o father_n his_o benefit_n for_o our_o redemption_n perform_v all_o that_o the_o pope_n pretend_v to_o do_v against_o so_o many_o such_o pregnant_a objection_n our_o doctor_n do_v shroud_v themselves_o under_o a_o miserable_a distinction_n as_o under_o a_o wet_a net_n against_o the_o rain_n they_o say_v that_o the_o pope_n deliver_v no_o soul_n out_o of_o purgatory_n by_o any_o juridical_a authority_n but_o by_o suffrage_n and_o the_o doctor_n du_fw-mi val_n expound_v this_o dictinction_n by_o a_o similitude_n he_o say_v if_o the_o french_a king_n be_v desirous_a to_o redeem_v out_o of_o spain_n a_o prisoner_n there_o detain_v for_o debt_n he_o will_v not_o offer_v to_o fetch_v he_o thence_o by_o authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n but_o by_o suffrage_n and_o entreaty_n offer_v his_o debt_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n here_o he_o compare_v our_o king_n to_o the_o pope_n the_o king_n of_o spain_n to_o god_n and_o spain_n itself_o to_o purgatory_n but_o that_o we_o must_v say_v be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o inquisition_n now_o albeit_o this_o distinction_n have_v no_o more_o force_n against_o such_o main_a objection_n than_o their_o holy_a water_n against_o the_o devil_n yet_o must_v i_o open_v the_o falsehood_n and_o absurdity_n thereof_o 75._o pag._n 41._o 48._o 75._o for_o first_o hereupon_o these_o doctor_n do_v contradict_v themselves_o for_o cayer_n fight_v against_o his_o companion_n and_o maintain_v that_o the_o pope_n give_v his_o indulgence_n to_o the_o dead_a by_o power_n of_o absolution_n and_o that_o he_o pardon_v their_o sin_n as_o a_o king_n and_o indeed_o in_o the_o tax_n of_o the_o pope_n chancery_n we_o find_v these_o word_n for_o a_o excommunicate_a person_n for_o who_o his_o parent_n do_v entreat_v the_o letter_n of_o absolution_n 57_o pro_fw-la mortuo_fw-la excommunicato_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la supplicant_n consanguinei_fw-la litera_fw-la absolute_a vaenit_fw-la duc._n 1_o caro._n 9_o disp_v 7._o c_o 34._o &_o disp_a 6._o c._n 41._o bielin_fw-mi can._n missae_fw-la lec_fw-la 57_o the_o charge_n be_v one_o ducat_n and_o nine_o carolus_n also_o 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