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the_o priest_n for_o all_o that_o be_v his_o servant_n and_o minister_n therein_o and_o therefore_o by_o nature_n be_v a_o latter_a agent_n in_o the_o same_o work_n which_o else_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v joinilie_o pertain_v to_o they_o both_o for_o that_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o sacrament_n come_v not_o to_o any_o man_n till_o it_o be_v receive_v except_o it_o be_v in_o certain_a case_n of_o necessity_n where_o the_o party_n can_v not_o obtain_v the_o external_a rse_n of_o the_o appoint_a element_n though_o they_o earnest_o desire_v the_o same_o but_o how_o the_o old_a priest_n office_n touch_v the_o leper_n of_o the_o law_n represent_v our_o sacrament_n of_o the_o priest_n ministry_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o how_o far_a we_o which_o be_v the_o truth_n excel_v that_o which_o be_v but_o a_o shadow_n of_o we_o saint_n chrysostome_n do_v excellentlic_a declare_v and_o therewith_o full_o may_v put_v out_o of_o doubt_v all_o man_n that_o our_o priest_n proper_o work_v remission_n 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