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of_o three_o sort_n the_o first_o that_o which_o be_v give_v in_o baptism_n the_o second_o that_o which_o be_v find_v in_o man_n repent_v of_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n and_o the_o three_o that_o which_o be_v in_o man_n depart_v hence_o which_o he_o call_v final_a grace_n this_o last_o he_o say_v take_v away_o all_o sinfullnesse_n out_o of_o the_o soul_n because_o when_o the_o soul_n part_v from_o the_o body_n all_o proneness_n to_o ill_a and_o all_o perturbation_n which_o be_v find_v in_o it_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o conjunction_n with_o the_o flesh_n do_v cease_v the_o power_n thereof_o be_v quiet_v and_o perfect_o subject_v to_o grace_n and_o by_o that_o mean_v all_o venial_a sin_n remove_v so_o that_o no_o venial_a sin_n be_v remit_v
after_o this_o life_n but_o in_o that_o instant_n wherein_o grace_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v final_a grace_n it_o have_v full_a dominion_n and_o absolute_a command_n and_o expel_v all_o sin_n whereas_o therefore_o the_o master_n of_o sentence_n and_o other_o do_v say_v that_o some_o venial_a sin_n be_v remit_v after_o this_o life_n we_o must_v so_o understand_v their_o say_n that_o therefore_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v remit_v after_o this_o life_n because_o it_o be_v the_o same_o moment_n or_o instant_n that_o do_v continuate_a the_o time_n of_o life_n and_o that_o after_o life_n so_o that_o the_o last_o instant_n of_o life_n be_v the_o first_o after_o life_n they_o be_v remit_v and_o take_v away_o in_o the_o very_a moment_n of_o dissolution_n be_v say_v to_o be_v remit_v after_o this_o life_n for_o otherwise_o the_o will_n of_o man_n after_o death_n be_v unchangeable_a and_o there_o be_v no_o more_o place_n leave_v for_o merit_n hereunto_o 46._o gregory_n seem_v to_o agree_v say_v that_o the_o very_a fear_n that_o be_v find_v in_o man_n die_v do_v purge_v their_o soul_n go_v out_o of_o their_o body_n from_o the_o lesser_a sin_n see_v therefore_o as_o 10._o bernard_n say_v if_o all_o sin_n be_v perfect_o take_v away_o whiâ—…_n be_v the_o cause_n the_o effect_n must_v needs_o cease_v which_o be_v punishment_n it_o follow_v that_o see_v after_o death_n there_o be_v no_o sin_n find_v in_o man_n die_v in_o state_n of_o grace_n there_o remain_v no_o punishment_n and_o consequent_o no_o purgatory_n chap._n 21._o of_o purgatory_n touch_v purgatory_n 11._o whether_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v purge_v be_v purge_v by_o material_a fire_n or_o by_o some_o other_o mean_n it_o be_v doubtful_a likewise_o 6._o touch_v the_o place_n the_o roman_a church_n have_v define_v nothing_o whereupon_o some_o think_v that_o soul_n be_v purge_v where_o they_o sin_v some_o in_o one_o place_n some_o in_o another_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o more_o certainty_n 9_o touch_v the_o 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moment_n of_o dissolution_n which_o be_v that_o we_o say_v hereupon_o 1._o john_n bacon_n say_v there_o be_v some_o who_o think_v that_o purgatory_n after_o this_o life_n can_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n &_o that_o these_o do_v say_v the_o book_n of_o macchabee_n be_v not_o canonical_a and_o that_o the_o apostle_n 1._o cor._n 3._o speak_v of_o that_o fire_n that_o shall_v purge_v the_o element_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o last_o day_n and_o touch_v that_o say_n of_o christ_n of_o sin_n that_o shall_v never_o be_v remit_v in_o this_o world_n nor_o that_o to_o come_v they_o say_v it_o prove_v not_o the_o remission_n of_o any_o sin_n in_o the_o other_o world_n but_o that_o this_o form_n of_o speak_v be_v use_v only_o for_o the_o better_a enforce_v of_o that_o he_o intend_v to_o deliver_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v to_o a_o barren_a woman_n thou_o shall_v never_o bear_v child_n neither_o in_o this_o world_n nor_o in_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v chap._n 22._o of_o the_o saint_n hear_v of_o our_o prayer_n that_o the_o saint_n do_v hear_v our_o prayer_n or_o be_v acquaint_v with_o our_o particular_a want_n be_v never_o resolve_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n 31._o biel_n say_v that_o the_o saint_n by_o that_o natural_a or_o evening_n knowledge_n whereby_o they_o see_v and_o know_v thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o do_v not_o know_v or_o discern_v our_o prayer_n neither_o mental_a nor_o vocal_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o immoderate_a distance_n between_o they_o and_o we_o and_o touch_v that_o morning_n knowledge_n whereby_o they_o see_v thing_n in_o the_o eternal_a word_n it_o no_o way_n pertain_v to_o their_o essential_a felicity_n to_o see_v and_o know_v our_o desire_n and_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o it_o appertain_v to_o their_o accidental_a happiness_n he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a but_o that_o it_o may_v seem_v probable_a that_o god_n reveal_v unto_o they_o all_o those_o suit_n which_o man_n present_v unto_o they_o the_o 45._o master_n of_o sentence_n say_v it_o be_v not_o incredible_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o delight_n in_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n countenance_n in_o behold_v the_o same_o see_v thing_n that_o be_v do_v in_o the_o world_n below_o 11._o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la leave_v it_o doubtful_a whether_o the_o saint_n do_v hear_v our_o prayer_n or_o not_o and_o reject_v that_o say_n of_o gregory_n bring_v to_o prove_v that_o they_o do_v qui_fw-la videt_fw-la videntem_fw-la omne_fw-la videt_fw-la omne_fw-la the_o interlineall_a gloss_n upon_o isaiah_n 63._o say_v augustine_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o dead_a though_o saint_n know_v not_o what_o the_o live_n though_o they_o be_v their_o own_o child_n do_v here_o in_o this_o world_n which_o appear_v to_o be_v true_a by_o his_o own_o word_n pronounce_v that_o if_o so_o great_a patriarch_n as_o be_v abraham_n know_v not_o what_o befall_v to_o the_o people_n that_o come_v of_o they_o it_o be_v no_o way_n likely_a that_o the_o dead_a do_v intermeddle_v with_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o live_n either_o to_o know_v they_o or_o to_o further_a and_o set_v they_o forward_o whereupon_o he_o conclude_v that_o for_o aught_o be_v know_v to_o the_o contrary_a the_o saint_n remain_v only_o in_o heaven_n and_o pray_v for_o we_o only_o in_o general_n god_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n or_o immediate_o by_o himself_o without_o their_o particular_a intermeddle_v give_v we_o the_o thing_n we_o have_v need_n of_o 6._o willihelmus_n altisiodorensis_n say_v that_o many_o do_v think_v that_o neither_o we_o do_v proper_o pray_v to_o the_o saint_n nor_o they_o pray_v for_o we_o in_o particular_a but_o that_o improper_o only_o we_o may_v be_v say_v to_o pray_v to_o they_o in_o that_o we_o desire_v god_n that_o the_o favour_n which_o they_o find_v with_o he_o rest_v from_o their_o labour_n and_o their_o work_n be_v go_v after_o they_o may_v procure_v we_o their_o brethren_n acceptation_n likewise_o who_o they_o have_v leave_v behind_o they_o in_o the_o warfare_n of_o this_o world_n whereupon_o the_o prayer_n be_v adiwent_fw-la nos_fw-la eorum_fw-la merita_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o margin_n he_o say_v that_o this_o be_v a_o common_a opinion_n in_o his_o time_n chap._n 23._o of_o the_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n commit_v former_o in_o the_o worship_v of_o image_n that_o many_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n do_v see_v the_o abuse_n &_o superstition_n that_o be_v in_o the_o use_n of_o image_n appear_v by_o picus_n mirand_n his_o apology_n of_o his_o conclusion_n propose_v in_o rome_n that_o neither_o the_o cross_n nor_o any_o other_o image_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v with_o divine_a worship_n by_o picturis_fw-la durand_n blame_v many_o thing_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n and_o
short_a of_o that_o the_o law_n require_v but_o be_v also_o contrary_a unto_o it_o and_o that_o christ_n tax_v they_o for_o the_o same_o 2â—…_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la intelligebant_fw-la say_v saint_n augustine_n homicidium_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la interemptionem_fw-la corporis_fw-la humani_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la vitâ_fw-la privaretur_fw-la aperuit_fw-la dominus_fw-la omnem_fw-la iniquum_fw-la motum_fw-la ad_fw-la nocendum_fw-la fratri_fw-la in_o homicidij_fw-la genere_fw-la deputari_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o johannes_n dicit_fw-la qui_fw-la odit_fw-la fratrem_fw-la suum_fw-la homicida_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quoniam_fw-la putabant_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la corporalem_fw-la cumfoeminâ_fw-la illicitam_fw-la commixtionem_fw-la vocari_fw-la moechiam_fw-la demonstravit_fw-la magister_fw-la etiam_fw-la talem_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la aliud_fw-la that_o be_v they_o understand_v no_o other_o kind_a of_o murder_n but_o that_o which_o be_v the_o sunder_a of_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o the_o take_v away_o of_o life_n therefore_o our_o lord_n show_v that_o every_o unrighteous_a motion_n to_o hurt_v our_o brother_n be_v to_o be_v account_v murder_n whence_o also_o s._n john_n say_v he_o that_o hate_v his_o brother_n be_v a_o manslayer_n and_o because_o they_o think_v the_o unlawful_a conjunction_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n only_o to_o be_v adultery_n our_o master_n show_v that_o even_o the_o desire_n be_v no_o less_o now_o i_o think_v that_o to_o say_v that_o be_v not_o murder_v nor_o adultery_n which_o christ_n pronounce_v to_o be_v murder_n and_o adultery_n be_v not_o only_o to_o teach_v less_o than_o be_v in_o the_o law_n but_o to_o teach_v contrary_a to_o it_o but_o to_o make_v this_o point_n more_o clear_a and_o evident_a and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o their_o doctrine_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n the_o scripture_n report_v nay_o our_o saviour_n christ_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o scripture_n who_o report_n we_o may_v not_o doubt_v of_o that_o they_o teach_v a_o man_n â—…3_n to_o love_v his_o friend_n and_o to_o hate_v his_o enemy_n whereas_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o love_v our_o enemy_n to_o bless_v they_o that_o curse_v we_o to_o do_v good_a to_o they_o that_o hate_v we_o and_o to_o pray_v for_o they_o that_o hurt_v we_o and_o persecute_v we_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o 41._o s._n augustine_n not_o observe_v this_o gloss_n of_o hate_v our_o enemy_n to_o be_v the_o lewd_a tradition_n of_o the_o pharisee_n but_o think_v it_o to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o law_n do_v in_o one_o place_n say_v that_o that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o the_o law_n thou_o shall_v hate_v thy_o enemy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v as_o the_o voice_n of_o he_o that_o command_v and_o prescribe_v what_o the_o just_a shall_v do_v but_o permit_v what_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o weak_a require_v and_o in_o another_o place_n write_v against_o the_o manichees_n say_v 24._o that_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o old_a scripture_n hate_v thy_o enemy_n and_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o gospel_n love_v your_o enemy_n do_v agree_v together_o very_o well_o for_o every_o unrighteous_a man_n in_o quantum_fw-la iniquus_fw-la est_fw-la odio_fw-la habendus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la homo_fw-la diligendus_fw-la in_o that_o he_o be_v unrighteous_a be_v to_o be_v hate_v and_o in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n be_v to_o be_v love_v this_o say_n he_o say_v the_o pharisee_n do_v not_o right_o understand_v and_o that_o therefore_o christ_n labour_v to_o teach_v and_o instruct_v they_o better_o and_o to_o let_v they_o know_v that_o they_o be_v so_o to_o hate_v their_o enemy_n that_o they_o shall_v also_o love_v they_o this_o which_o s._n augustine_n deliver_v be_v most_o catholic_a and_o true_a for_o we_o be_v to_o hate_v the_o vice_n and_o love_v the_o person_n of_o our_o enemy_n but_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o mandate_n in_o the_o scripture_n that_o we_o shall_v hate_v our_o enemy_n neither_o 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saviour_n christ_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o no_o man_n can_v excuse_v they_o 3._o why_o do_v you_o transgress_v say_v he_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n by_o your_o tradition_n for_o god_n have_v command_v say_v honour_v thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n and_o he_o that_o curse_v father_n or_o mother_n let_v he_o die_v the_o death_n but_o you_o say_v whosoever_o shall_v say_v to_o father_n or_o mother_n by_o the_o gift_n that_o be_v offer_v by_o i_o thou_o may_v have_v profit_n though_o he_o honour_v not_o his_o father_n or_o mother_n shall_v be_v free_a thus_o have_v you_o make_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_n by_o your_o own_o tradition_n again_o they_o teach_v that_o it_o be_v 18._o nothing_o if_o a_o man_n swear_v by_o the_o altar_n but_o that_o he_o that_o swear_v by_o the_o gift_n or_o offering_n that_o be_v on_o the_o altar_n be_v a_o debtor_n that_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v that_o he_o swear_v many_o other_o like_a fond_a &_o wicked_a gloss_n of_o the_o pharisee_n we_o read_v of_o whereby_o they_o make_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_n whereupon_o our_o saviour_n say_v 20._o except_o your_o righteousness_n exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n you_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n thus_o than_o i_o hope_v it_o appear_v to_o all_o that_o be_v not_o wilful_o blind_v that_o christ_n mean_v not_o when_o he_o say_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n sit_v on_o moses_n chair_n therefore_o whatsoever_o they_o bid_v you_o that_o observe_v and_o do_v that_o they_o can_v speak_v nothing_o but_o truth_n and_o that_o whatsoever_o they_o say_v be_v to_o be_v receive_v without_o any_o examination_n but_o that_o whatsoever_o thing_n they_o speak_v pertinentia_fw-la ad_fw-la cathedram_fw-la as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o locum_fw-la interlineall_a gloss_n interprete_v the_o word_n and_o whatsoever_o thing_n they_o deliver_v as_o sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n that_o be_v do_v the_o duty_n 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certainty_n of_o faith_n that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n yea_o m_n higgon_n himself_o say_v 48._o our_o faith_n in_o christ_n must_v be_v trustful_a lively_a and_o active_a by_o a_o special_a application_n of_o his_o merit_n unto_o ourselves_o as_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o preach_v in_o saint_n dunstan_n church_n so_o urge_v a_o necessity_n of_o special_a faith_n which_o the_o romanist_n condemn_v as_o heretical_a in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n and_o innumerable_a like_o difference_n they_o have_v yet_o all_o these_o be_v of_o one_o church_n faith_n &_o communion_n nothing_o it_o seem_v be_v necessary_a to_o the_o unity_n of_o their_o church_n but_o the_o acknowledge_v of_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o yet_o which_o be_v most_o strange_a they_o that_o think_v he_o may_v err_v &_o they_o that_o think_v he_o can_v err_v they_o that_o make_v he_o to_o be_v but_o prime_a bishop_n &_o they_o that_o make_v he_o universal_a bishop_n they_o that_o 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church_n of_o greece_n general_o do_v retain_v the_o thâ—…ig_n itself_o but_o whatsoever_o this_o goodfellow_n say_v to_o the_o contrary_a we_o know_v the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d never_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d thing_n there_o be_v extant_a a_o most_o excellent_a &_o learned_a apology_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…o_v the_o council_n of_o florence_n or_o basil_n as_o it_o be_v think_v in_o this_o apology_n first_o 〈◊〉_d clear_o 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o be_v no_o purge_n after_o this_o life_n by_o â—…e_n especial_o material_a &c_n &c_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o papist_n imagine_v second_o they_o insâ—…te_v that_o some_o a_o long_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o such_o as_o be_v of_o a_o middle_a condition_n and_o so_o depart_v hence_o be_v after_o death_n in_o a_o certain_a obscurity_n without_o enjoy_v the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n or_o hold_v as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o prison_n or_o in_o a_o state_n of_o sorrow_n till_o by_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n they_o be_v deliver_v and_o thus_o much_o some_o profess_v in_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n for_o there_o be_v a_o division_n among_o they_o three_o they_o incline_v to_o a_o opinion_n that_o the_o lesser_a sin_n of_o man_n die_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n be_v remit_v after_o death_n without_o any_o punishment_n at_o all_o either_o by_o fire_n or_o in_o any_o other_o kind_n by_o the_o mere_a mercy_n &_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o whereas_o some_o bring_v proof_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n after_o this_o life_n thereby_o to_o confirm_v their_o conceit_n of_o purgatory_n they_o say_v there_o be_v no_o agreement_n between_o remission_n and_o purge_v by_o fire_n and_o punishment_n for_o that_o either_o punishment_n or_o remission_n be_v needful_a and_o not_o both_o and_o again_o they_o confident_o pronounce_v that_o neither_o scripture_n nor_o the_o five_o general_n council_n deliver_v unto_o we_o a_o double_a punishment_n or_o a_o double_a fire_n after_o this_o life_n this_o judgement_n 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the_o will_v to_o continue_v after_o death_n just_o they_o may_v for_o the_o reason_n why_o in_o justice_n the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o damn_a be_v to_o be_v eternal_a be_v because_o they_o be_v immutable_o unchangeable_o and_o etâ—…nally_o evil_a if_o they_o be_v immutable_a then_o be_v they_o not_o capable_a of_o any_o correction_n for_o he_o who_o be_v correct_v be_v set_v right_a by_o be_v bring_v to_o just_a dislike_n and_o forsake_v of_o that_o he_o former_o affect_v ill_o which_o change_n from_o love_n to_o hate_v from_o like_v to_o dislike_a from_o pursue_v and_o follow_v to_o forsake_v and_o fly_v from_o can_v be_v find_v in_o a_o will_n that_o be_v immutable_a 〈◊〉_d bonaventura_n dispute_v the_o matter_n how_o afflict_a fire_n purge_v the_o soul_n and_o answer_v that_o some_o think_v that_o this_o fire_n beside_o the_o punish_a virtue_n and_o power_n it_o have_v have_v also_o a_o spirttuall_a purge_a virtue_n such_o as_o sacrament_n have_v which_o he_o think_v 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