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but_o a_o agnus_n dei_fw-la about_o his_o neck_n and_o think_v only_o in_o his_o heart_n on_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n at_o the_o hour_n of_o his_o death_n and_o he_o shall_v have_v plenary_a forgiveness_n of_o all_o his_o sin_n and_o for_o they_o that_o be_v there_o already_o they_o be_v help_v out_o daily_o or_o at_o least_o may_v be_v by_o the_o suffrage_n and_o mass_n of_o those_o that_o be_v alive_a and_o if_o any_o remain_v there_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o the_o priest_n that_o say_v not_o mass_n fast_o enough_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o be_v because_o they_o receive_v not_o money_n fast_o enough_o for_o there_o be_v the_o common_a proverb_n most_o true_a no_o penny_n no_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la to_o conclude_v 859._o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n a_o perfect_a and_o full_a pâ—rdou_n be_v grant_v to_o all_o that_o desire_v the_o same_o or_o on_o who_o the_o pope_n will_v bestow_v it_o therefore_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n can_v be_v exclude_v now_o 6â—1_n if_o all_o these_o thing_n stand_v true_a than_o purgatory_n must_v fall_v for_o who_o will_v fall_v into_o purgatory_n that_o may_v thus_o easy_o prevent_v it_o or_o who_o will_v suffer_v any_o of_o his_o friend_n soul_n and_o acquaintance_n to_o lie_v burn_v there_o one_o hour_n when_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n thus_o to_o redeem_v they_o either_o therefore_o the_o doctrine_n of_o pardon_n be_v false_a and_o feign_a or_o else_o purgatory_n be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o scarecrow_n 52._o add_v to_o these_o that_o soul_n only_o be_v torment_v in_o purgatory_n 9_o and_o not_o body_n but_o body_n sin_n as_o well_o as_o soul_n and_o some_o sin_n be_v commit_v by_o the_o whole_a man_n to_o wit_n body_n and_o soul_n together_o and_o therefore_o the_o body_n be_v not_o free_a from_o the_o relic_n of_o sin_n no_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n especial_o from_o obligation_n unto_o temporal_a punishment_n how_o can_v then_o these_o relic_n be_v purge_v away_o in_o this_o fire_n when_o as_o the_o 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unto_o he_o and_o that_o we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o this_o master_n of_o they_o be_v without_o scholar_n the_o gloss_n of_o their_o decree_n do_v set_v down_o asmuch_o when_o it_o say_v dimiâ—tantur_fw-la gloss_n id_fw-la est_fw-la dimissa_fw-la ostendantur_fw-la let_v they_o be_v forgive_v that_o be_v let_v they_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v forgive_v which_o because_o it_o speak_v too_o bold_o therefore_o their_o judicious_a censurer_n have_v cause_v it_o either_o to_o be_v blot_v out_o or_o compel_v it_o to_o speak_v greg._n otherwise_o 92._o second_o i_o answer_v that_o this_o doctrine_n be_v cross_v by_o itself_o for_o they_o do_v not_o profess_v any_o other_o absolution_n but_o such_o as_o may_v be_v hinder_v by_o the_o party_n to_o by_o absolve_v to_o wit_n if_o by_o want_n of_o faith_n or_o repentance_n he_o put_v a_o invisible_a bar_n to_o stop_v the_o power_n thereof_o now_o if_o the_o sinner_n may_v hinder_v his_o own_o absolution_n than_o the_o priest_n have_v no_o power_n to_o absolve_v he_o except_o he_o be_v fit_o dispose_v for_o the_o receive_n of_o it_o &_o this_o disposition_n be_v mere_o from_o god_n and_o therefore_o in_o god_n be_v the_o only_a power_n to_o absolve_v and_o in_o the_o priest_n only_o to_o declare_v who_o be_v absolve_v and_o that_o conditional_o if_o hâ—_n be_v thus_o qualify_v and_o have_v no_o bar_n to_o hinder_v for_o if_o the_o power_n of_o absolve_a or_o not_o absolve_a depend_v upon_o the_o put_n in_o or_o take_v away_o the_o bar_n of_o impenitency_n then_o he_o only_o can_v judicial_o absolve_v a_o sinner_n that_o can_v give_v he_o repentance_n but_o neither_o the_o pope_n nor_o any_o mortal_a man_n be_v able_a to_o do_v this_o as_o the_o scripture_n testify_v in_o many_o place_n and_o therefore_o neither_o pope_n nor_o priest_n can_v absolve_v a_o sinner_n any_o further_a than_o by_o a_o declarative_a sentence_n 93._o last_o it_o cross_v their_o own_o practice_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o dead_a mâ—n_z die_v in_o excommunication_n may_v be_v absolve_v and_o they_o practice_v the_o same_o to_o wit_n as_o bellarmine_n say_v when_o 16_o it_o be_v discover_v that_o the_o party_n be_v erroneous_o excommunicate_a and_o as_o tollet_fw-la say_v when_o he_o show_v manifest_a sign_n of_o contrition_n before_o his_o death_n in_o which_o case_n their_o absolution_n can_v be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o declaration_n that_o he_o do_v repent_v and_o that_o he_o be_v absolve_v before_o the_o tribunal_n â—â—_o at_o of_o god_n 94._o and_o thus_o this_o first_o distinction_n will_v hold_v no_o water_n let_v we_o hear_v the_o second_o touch_v the_o pope_n power_n to_o pardon_v out_o of_o the_o sacrament_n this_o it_o be_v they_o say_v that_o the_o pope_n do_v not_o by_o his_o pardon_n take_v upon_o he_o either_o to_o remit_v the_o guilt_n of_o 7._o sin_n or_o the_o eternal_a punishment_n due_a unto_o it_o but_o only_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n which_o it_o ought_v to_o sustain_v either_o here_o in_o this_o life_n òr_n in_o purgatory_n but_o i_o answer_v that_o hâ—e_v which_o can_v remit_v any_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n due_a unto_o sin_n can_v also_o remit_v the_o guilt_n it_o sâ—lâ—e_v for_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n be_v unseparable_a companion_n insomuch_o as_o in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n sin_n and_o punishment_n be_v notify_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o word_n to_o show_v that_o where_o the_o one_o be_v there_o the_o other_o be_v also_o and_o therefore_o he_o that_o can_v pardon_v the_o ore_n may_v also_o release_v the_o other_o add_v hereunto_o that_o to_o pardon_v a_o sin_n be_v nothing_o else_o as_o our_o common_a phrase_n of_o speech_n together_o with_o reason_n teach_v we_o but_o to_o remit_v the_o punishment_n thereof_o as_o when_o the_o king_n in_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n pardon_v a_o malefactor_n he_o release_v he_o from_o the_o punishment_n which_o by_o the_o law_n he_o shall_v suffer_v so_o in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n he_o that_o do_v remit_v any_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n due_a by_o god_n law_n unto_o a_o sinner_n as_o the_o pope_n do_v undertake_v to_o do_v by_o the_o same_o labour_n do_v remit_v so_o much_o of_o the_o guilt_n itself_o and_o so_o this_o distinction_n fill_v to_o the_o ground_n be_v as_o feeble_a and_o brittle_a as_o the_o former_a 95._o last_o the_o gospel_n teach_v that_o when_o we_o have_v do_v all_o that_o we_o can_v yet_o we_o may_v say_v that_o we_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n luke_n 17._o 10._o but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n teach_v that_o 10._o a_o man_n may_v do_v more_o than_o he_o ought_v and_o then_o the_o law_n require_v 97._o and_o so_o may_v say_v and_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v not_o only_o a_o profitable_a but_o more_o than_o a_o profitable_a servant_n for_o he_o mâ—y_v say_v they_o supererogate_a now_o he_o do_v supererogate_v who_o lay_v out_o more_o than_o he_o receive_v as_o he_o that_o to_o the_o precept_n of_o christ_n adjoin_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o the_o 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