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to_o be_v use_v with_o all_o due_a reverence_n and_o honour_n and_o that_o every_o man_n ought_v first_o to_o prove_v and_o examine_v himself_o and_o religious_o to_o try_v and_o search_v his_o own_o conscience_n before_o he_o shall_v receive_v the_o same_o according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o st._n paul_n quisquis_fw-la ederit_fw-la panem_fw-la hunc_fw-la aut_fw-la biberit_fw-la de_fw-la poculo_fw-la domini_fw-la indignus_fw-fr reus_fw-la erit_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la domini_fw-la probet_fw-la autem_fw-la seipsum_fw-la homo_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la de_fw-la pane_fw-la illo_fw-la edat_fw-la &_o de_fw-la poculo_fw-la illo_fw-la bibat_fw-la nam_fw-la qui_fw-la edit_fw-la aut_fw-la bibit_fw-la indign_a judicium_fw-la sibiipsi_fw-la manducat_fw-la &_o bâ—bit_fw-la non_fw-la dijudicans_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la justification_n five_o as_o touch_v the_o order_n and_o cause_n of_o our_o justification_n we_o will_v that_o all_o bishop_n and_o preacher_n shall_v instruct_v and_o 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sumus_fw-la non_fw-la carni_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la carnem_fw-la vivamus_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la secundum_fw-la carnem_fw-la vixerimus_fw-la moriemur_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la spiritu_fw-la facta_fw-la corporis_fw-la mortificaverimus_fw-la vivemus_fw-la etenim_fw-la quicunque_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la ducuntur_fw-la hi_o sunt_fw-la silij_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o christ_n say_v si_fw-la vis_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la ingredi_fw-la serva_fw-la mandata_fw-la and_o st._n paul_n say_v de_fw-la malis_fw-la operibus_fw-la qui_fw-la talia_fw-la agunt_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la possidebunt_fw-la wherefore_o we_o will_v that_o all_o bishop_n and_o preacher_n shall_v instruct_v and_o teach_v our_o people_n commit_v by_o we_o unto_o their_o spiritual_a charge_n and_o god_n necessary_o require_v of_o we_o to_o do_v good_a work_n command_v by_o he_o and_o that_o not_o only_o outward_a and_o civil_a work_n but_o also_o the_o inward_a spiritual_a motion_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o 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