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of_o a_o judge_n 300._o he_o makethe_v he_o a_o desperate_a man_n 325._o he_o bringethe_v he_o to_o hell_n and_o make_v the_o he_o a_o companion_n of_o the_o damn_a 332._o his_o miserable_a end_n 338._o he_o make_v the_o god_n a_o great_a patron_n of_o sin_n then_o the_o devil_n be_v 450._o his_o iustifyinge_v faith_n take_v away_v prayer_n under_o penaltye_n of_o becominge_v a_o infidel_n 439._o his_o opinion_n of_o iustifyinge_v faith_n 442._o of_o sin_n ibid._n of_o good_a work_n 442._o of_o free_a will_n ibid._n which_o make_v the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la or_o our_o lord_n prayer_n to_o be_v needle_n yea_o pernicious_a to_o faith_n 443._o his_o opinion_n of_o the_o number_n of_o sacrament_n 408._o of_o what_o smalle_a importance_n he_o make_v they_o 413._o the_o good_a alteration_n that_o catholic_a religion_n work_v in_o those_o which_o sincere_o embrace_v it_o â—23_n that_o in_o sundry_a perfection_n catholic_n excel_v the_o reformer_n p._n 120_o usq_n ad_fw-la 124._o the_o 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