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the_o temporal_a punishment_n as_o well_o without_o the_o pope_n indulgence_n as_o with_o it_o 5._o the_o scripture_n teach_v that_o all_o punishment_n of_o sin_n be_v remit_v by_o the_o merit_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n alone_o esa_fw-mi 63.3_o matth._n 26.28_o 6._o the_o scripture_n affirm_v that_o god_n forgive_v sin_n full_o and_o free_o rom._n 8.1_o 7._o no_o saint_n have_v superabounding_a merit_n for_o their_o best_a work_n be_v imperfect_a psal_n 130.3_o 8._o one_o saint_n can_v satisfy_v or_o merit_v for_o another_o every_o man_n shall_v bear_v his_o own_o burden_n gal._n 6.5_o ezek._n 18.20_o psal_n 49.8_o matth._n 25.9_o prov._n 9.12_o every_o man_n shall_v receive_v his_o own_o reward_n according_a to_o his_o own_o labour_n 1_o cor._n 3.8_o ezek._n 14.20_o note_v the_o popish_a jubilee_n be_v now_o bring_v from_o every_o fifty_o year_n to_o every_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n or_o as_o oft_o as_o the_o pope_n please_v he_o promise_v to_o give_v full_a remission_n 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