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which_o be_v not_o sacrament_n then_o shall_v you_o bewray_v your_o small_a acquaintance_n you_o have_v have_v with_o the_o language_n of_o s._n augustine_n with_o who_o nothing_o be_v more_o frequent_a or_o familiar_a than_o to_o call_v all_o sign_n of_o any_o holy_a thing_n sacrament_n and_o so_o by_o your_o consequence_n you_o shall_v have_v as_o many_o sacrament_n as_o there_o be_v part_n and_o parcel_n of_o parable_n and_o similitude_n to_o conclude_v whosoever_o shall_v but_o unclasp_v any_o one_o volume_n of_o s._n augustine_n he_o shall_v find_v a_o manifest_a mention_n and_o approbation_n of_o some_o one_o or_o other_o significant_a ceremony_n which_o be_v not_o of_o divine_a ordinance_n this_o your_o allege_v one_o only_a father_n who_o notwithstanding_o make_v against_o you_o do_v open_o tell_v we_o that_o you_o can_v conceive_v small_a confidence_n that_o antiquity_n do_v ever_o patronize_v your_o cause_n sect_n four_o their_o three_o proof_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o 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and_o then_o may_v you_o bold_o have_v frame_v your_o indightment_n sect_n xix_o their_o three_o instance_n concern_v the_o abuse_n of_o ceremony_n by_o heretic_n 19_o gregory_n as_o we_o find_v he_o cite_v allege_v and_o approve_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o toledo_n which_o forbid_v the_o ceremony_n of_o thrice_o dip_v in_o baptism_n because_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o heretic_n our_o answer_n if_o you_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o have_v read_v gregory_n yourselves_o and_o have_v not_o be_v content_a to_o take_v this_o up_o on_o trust_n and_o at_o the_o second_o hand_n of_o those_o who_o do_v allege_v he_o although_o partly_o true_o yet_o but_o only_o in_o part_n he_o will_v have_v teach_v you_o a_o lesson_n worth_a your_o remembrance_n which_o be_v this_o in_o eadem_fw-la fide_fw-la nihil_fw-la officit_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la diversa_fw-la that_o be_v the_o diversity_n of_o custom_n or_o ceremony_n use_v in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o faith_n can_v prejudice_n the_o holy_a church_n and_o therefore_o you_o be_v to_o know_v that_o other_o reform_a church_n who_o you_o will_v make_v adversary_n to_o our_o ceremony_n have_v no_o more_o cause_n to_o condemn_v we_o than_o we_o have_v to_o condemn_v they_o for_o diversity_n of_o rite_n and_o concern_v the_o ceremony_n object_v he_o show_v that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o itself_o whether_o the_o church_n use_v thrice_o or_o but_o only_o once_o dip_v second_o concern_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o indifferency_n qâ—omodò_fw-la in_o tribus_fw-la mersionibus_fw-la personarum_fw-la unitas_fw-la &_o in_o una_fw-la potest_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la singularitas_fw-la designari_fw-la he_o note_v that_o whether_o it_o be_v thrice_o or_o once_o both_o of_o they_o be_v sign_n of_o mystical_a signification_n the_o thrice_o dip_v betokn_v the_o trinity_n of_o person_n and_o the_o once_o the_o unity_n of_o one_o essential_a deity_n thereby_o allow_v of_o these_o 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