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say_v a_o golden_a key_n if_o it_o can_v open_v the_o lock_n which_o i_o will_v have_v open_v and_o what_o matier_n be_v it_o if_o the_o key_n be_v make_v of_o wood_n so_o it_o can_v open_v my_o lock_n even_o so_o what_o profit_v the_o speaker_n teacher_n or_o writer_n eloquence_n yfit_n open_v not_o the_o door_n or_o lock_v of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n unto_o the_o people_n also_o what_o hurt_v his_o rude_a speak_n and_o plain_a gross_a manier_fw-ge of_o preach_v teach_a or_o write_v if_o he_o thereby_o do_v open_a the_o scripture_n to_o the_o people_n for_o their_o instruction_n say_v not_o sayncte_n paul_n that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o preach_v in_o wise_n eloquent_a rhethorike_n word_n lest_o thereby_o his_o preach_n of_o christ_n two_o i_o cor._n â—_o â—_o two_o and_o his_o death_n shall_v be_v void_a and_o of_o none_o effect_n why_o then_o shall_v i_o if_o i_o can_v as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o man_n can_v use_v paint_a term_n seek_v thereby_o the_o vain_a praise_n of_o man_n edify_v not_o the_o people_n and_o lose_n my_o reward_n of_o god_n wherefore_o i_o will_v be_v plain_a and_o use_v no_o eloquence_n at_o all_o hearty_o vi_fw-la math._n vi_fw-la desyre_v thou_o good_a reader_n to_o accept_v my_o endeavour_n and_o traveile_v take_v in_o this_o enterprise_n to_o amend_v the_o fault_n if_o thou_o find_v any_o in_o this_o traict_n and_o either_o to_o use_v the_o same_o my_o labour_n with_o thanks_n geve_v to_o god_n the_o father_n from_o who_o all_o goodness_n come_v i._o jacobi_fw-la i._o as_o s_n james_n witness_v or_o else_o to_o setfoorth_o something_o better_a of_o thy_o own_o study_n more_o i_o beseech_v every_o man_n which_o shall_v read_v this_o my_o book_n and_o principal_o all_o them_z that_o be_v yet_o of_o a_o other_o belyefe_n than_o i_o teach_v herein_o to_o read_v this_o treatise_n &_o other_o my_o book_n now_o print_v &_o which_o shall_v be_v short_o set_v forth_o in_o print_n without_o all_o corrupt_a affection_n and_o then_o i_o doubt_v nothing_o but_o they_o shall_v be_v edyfy_v thereby_o for_o i_o do_v teach_v nothing_o in_o this_o my_o book_n but_o only_o the_o faith_n and_o troth_n of_o the_o catholyke_a church_n which_o err_v not_o therein_o as_o the_o first_o 9_o mat._n xuj_o &_o ult._n consilium_fw-la nicenun_n c._n 9_o general_a counsel_n hold_v at_o nicaea_n about_o a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o year_n pass_v witness_v say_v quod_fw-la irreprehensibile_fw-la est_fw-la catholica_fw-la defendit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la the_o catholic_a church_n defend_v that_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o reprovable_a and_o januarum_fw-la to._n two_o â—pist_v ex_fw-la viij_o ad_fw-la januarum_fw-la s_o austen_n say_v that_o the_o catholic_a church_n do_v not_o approve_v nor_o keep_v in_o silence_n nor_o do_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o faith_n or_o good_a life_n wherefore_o let_v they_o which_o be_v go_v out_o of_o this_o church_n willing_o devide_v themselves_o from_o the_o unitye_n of_o it_o return_n home_o again_o to_o she_o their_o love_a mother_n not_o forgeat_v that_o as_o no_o man_n nor_o woman_n which_o be_v out_o of_o noes_n ship_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o flood_n eschaped_a cyprian_n cyprian_n death_n even_o so_o no_o man_n nor_o woman_n austen_n austen_n which_o be_v out_o of_o this_o saint_n peter_n ship_n the_o catholic_a church_n as_o a_o schismatic_n can_v be_v save_v from_o the_o peryll_n of_o that_o death_n both_o of_o body_n 25._o math._n 25._o and_o soul_n which_o shall_v never_o have_v end_n because_o christ_n be_v as_o saint_n paul_n say_v the_o saviour_n of_o his_o body_n v._o ephesia_n v._o which_o be_v the_o church_n and_o he_o be_v make_v the_o cause_n meritorious_a of_o everlasting_a v_o hebrues_n v_o salvation_n only_o to_o all_o they_o as_o he_o witness_v also_o that_o obey_v he_o which_o command_v we_o to_o be_v obedient_a unto_o his_o spouse_n the_o church_n xviii_o math._n xviii_o s._n cyprian_n a_o great_a goodly_a clerk_n and_o a_o bless_a martyr_n which_o be_v about_o m._n ccc_o year_n pass_v express_v 3._o lib._n i_o epi._n 3._o plain_o the_o cause_n of_o heresy_n schism_n division_n in_o religion_n and_o of_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o cleargye_n and_o of_o priest_n when_o he_o write_v thus_o vicaire_n heresy_n schism_n &_o contempt_n of_o priest_n do_v rise_v of_o that_o only_a that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o head_n priest_n and_o judge_v obey_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n as_o his_o vicaire_n ne_fw-fr que_fw-fr aliunde_fw-la haereses_fw-la aborte_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la nata_fw-la sunt_fw-la schismata_fw-la nisi_fw-la inde_fw-la quod_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperatur_fw-la nec_fw-la vinis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la tempussacerdo_n et_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la iudex_fw-la vice_fw-la christi_fw-la cogitatur_fw-la cvi_fw-la si_fw-la secundum_fw-la magisteria_fw-la obtempâ—raret_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la universa_fw-la nemo_fw-la adversus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la
câ—â—llus_n homi._n two_o in_o leâ—â—ticum_n câ—â—llus_n and_o saunte_a eyâ—ill_n follow_v he_o do_v say_v thus_o audi_fw-la nunâ—_n quantae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o evangelijs_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissiones_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la qua_fw-la baptizamur_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la hear_v now_o how_o many_o way_n there_o be_v in_o the_o evangeles_a to_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n the_o first_o be_v by_o which_o we_o be_v baptize_v to_o pourchace_v forgevenes_n of_o sin_n deus_fw-la abolet_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la vitium_fw-la primae_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la per_fw-la regeâ—erationem_fw-la god_n without_o doubtaunce_n put_v away_o the_o sin_v of_o our_o first_o birth_n through_o our_o new_a birth_n in_o baptism_n chrysostome_n establish_v this_o joannâ—s_n chryssost_n hom_n xxxv_o in_o evan_n joannâ—s_n doctrine_n say_v futuruâ—_n erat_fw-la baptisma_fw-la plenum_fw-la maximae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la &_o gratiae_fw-la purgaturum_fw-la peccata_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuo_fw-la viâ—um_fw-la effecturum_fw-la baptism_n be_v to_o come_v full_a of_o great_a puissance_n or_o power_n and_o of_o grace_n which_o shall_v pourge_v or_o cleanse_v man_n soul_n from_o their_o sin_n and_o make_v a_o man_n alyve_a spiritual_o which_o be_v dead_a afore_o through_o sin_n again_o he_o say_v aufert_fw-la quider_n ephesios_n serm._n iiii_o in_o ca._n two_o ad_fw-la ephesios_n deuâ—_n in_o praesenti_fw-la vita_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la god_n take_v away_o man_n sin_n in_o this_o solifidian_n note_v this_o against_o the_o solifidian_n present_a life_n both_o through_o baptism_n and_o also_o through_o penance_n justificavit_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la lavacri_fw-la rom._n serm._n xv_o in_o ca._n ix_o ad_fw-la rom._n regenerationem_fw-la god_n have_v justify_v man_n through_o the_o lavatorie_n of_o regeneration_n he_o say_v also_o that_o our_o circumcision_n baptism_n bring_v to_o we_o good_n 17._o hom_o thirty-nine_o in_o geneseos_n ca._n 17._o without_o number_a and_o that_o it_o fill_v we_o full_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n grace_n and_o that_o it_o have_v no_o time_n appoint_v for_o the_o administration_n of_o it_o tertullian_n beleve_v yâ—_z same_o sayinge_v caro_fw-la abluitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la carm_n tertul._n de_fw-fr resur_fw-fr carm_n â—maculetur_fw-la the_o body_n of_o man_n be_v be_v wash_v that_o his_o soul_n may_v be_v make_v clean_o from_o the_o spot_v of_o sin_n saint_n cyprian_n consent_v to_o these_o father_n when_o he_o say_v thus_o gratia_n de_fw-fr baptismi_fw-la three_o lib._n i._n epist_n three_o sanctificationâ—_n percipitur_fw-la grace_n be_v receive_v through_o the_o halowinge_n of_o man_n soul_n in_o baptism_n per_fw-la baptisma_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la percipitur_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v receive_v by_o or_o through_o baptism_n oportet_fw-la mundari_fw-la &_o sanctificari_fw-la twelve_o lib._n two_o epist_n iii._n &_o lib._n i._n epi._n twelve_o aquam_fw-la prius_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdoâ—e_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la baptismo_fw-la svo_fw-la peccatà _fw-la hominis_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la abluere_fw-la the_o water_n must_v be_v first_o make_v clean_o and_o holy_a of_o the_o priest_n that_o it_o seven_o halowinge_v of_o the_o foute_z lib._n iiii_o epi._n seven_o may_v through_o the_o washinge_v of_o it_o wash_v away_o the_o man_n sin_n which_o be_v baptize_v to_o be_v short_a he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o devil_n may_v and_o power_n be_v take_v from_o he_o in_o baptism_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghooste_n be_v equal_o give_v to_o we_o in_o it_o sciat_fw-la diaboli_fw-la nequitiam_fw-la pertinacem_fw-la 7._o lib._n 4._o epist_n 7._o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la salutarem_fw-la valere_fw-la in_fw-la baptismo_fw-la autem_fw-la omnes_fw-la vires_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la amittere_fw-la let_v a_o man_n know_v that_o the_o dyvel_n stubborn_a evelnes_n or_o malice_n be_v 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