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no_o such_o painful_a purgatory_n or_o else_o can_v not_o i_o see_v how_o the_o prophet_n which_o speak_v these_o word_n in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v true_a i_o shall_v pour_v upon_o you_o clean_a water_n 13._o say_v god_n the_o father_n &_o you_o shall_v be_v cleanse_v from_o all_o your_o iniquity_n ezech._n xxxvi_o if_o we_o be_v purge_v from_o all_o what_o need_v a_o other_o purgatory_n need_n we_o more_o purge_v when_o all_o be_v cleanse_v i_o will_v sure_o converte_v juda_n and_o turn_n israel_n unto_o i_o and_o i_o will_v purify_v they_o from_o all_o their_o iniquity_n wherewith_o they_o hauâ—_n offend_v i_o hieremie_n xxxiâ—j_fw-la if_o he_o purify_v they_o 33._o from_o all_o what_o shall_v they_o do_v in_o purgatory_n i_o will_v be_v merciful_a unto_o their_o wickedness_n 14._o &_o their_o sin_n will_v i_o no_o more_o remember_v hieremy_n xxxj_o hebr._fw-la viâ—j_fw-la 32._o if_o he_o will_v not_o remember_v our_o sin_n any_o more_o then_o may_v we_o be_v sure_a 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you_o may_v be_v sure_a christ_n say_v no_o man_n come_v unto_o 16._o the_o father_n but_o through_o i_o john_n 13._o xiij_o for_o say_v he_o i_o be_o the_o way_n yes_o lord_n our_o prelate_n have_v espy_v a_o other_o way_n which_o although_o it_o be_v more_o painful_a unto_o the_o poor_a yet_o be_v it_o more_o profitable_a for_o prelate_n come_v unto_o i_o all_o you_o that_o labour_n 17._o and_o be_v lade_v &_o i_o will_v ease_v you_o say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n jesu_n math._n xj_o 11._o will_v thou_o send_v we_o lord_n into_o purgatory_n forsooth_o there_o be_v little_a ease_n if_o the_o purse_n fire_n be_v so_o hot_a as_o our_o prelate_n have_v feign_v it_o it_o be_v even_o i_o that_o put_v
for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v then_o to_o burn_v the_o pope_n say_v all_o monk_n friar_n 7._o and_o nun_n shall_v vow_v and_o swear_v chastity_n be_v it_o give_v they_o or_o not_o my_o priest_n also_o shall_v not_o be_v wed_v but_o as_o for_o to_o keep_v whore_n and_o ravishe_v other_o man_n daughter_n &_o wife_n shall_v be_v dispense_v withal_o i_o will_v see_v no_o such_o thing_n for_o my_o byshoppe_n have_v yearly_a great_a money_n by_o it_o like_z as_z bawd_n be_v wont_a to_o have_v 57_o christ_n say_v all_o meat_n that_o man_n 1._o take_v with_o thanks_n stain_v not_o the_o soul_n for_o all_o thing_n be_v pure_a to_o they_o that_o be_v pure_a the_o pope_n say_v he_o that_o eat_v egg_n butter_n or_o flesh_n in_o these_o day_n that_o i_o have_v command_v to_o be_v fast_v do_v not_o only_o stain_v his_o soul_n with_o sin_n but_o also_o be_v to_o be_v denounce_v a_o heretic_n dist_n 4._o ca._n statuimus_fw-la this_o agree_v with_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o light_n do_v with_o the_o darkness_n and_o yet_o have_v we_o be_v thus_o blind_v long_o that_o we_o can_v never_o perceive_v this_o antichrist_n till_o now_o in_o the_o last_o day_n 58._o christ_n say_v unto_o his_o disciple_n 15._o that_o you_o bound_v in_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o that_o you_o lose_v in_o earth_n shall_v be_v lose_v in_o heaven_n the_o pope_n challenge_v great_a authority_n for_o he_o will_v lose_v soul_n out_o of_o purgatory_n and_o command_v the_o angel_n to_o fetch_v they_o out_o and_o all_o for_o money_n without_o money_n you_o get_v nothing_o 59_o christ_n say_v when_o you_o have_v do_v 17._o all_o thing_n that_o i_o have_v command_v you_o yet_o say_v that_o you_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n the_o pope_n say_v do_v those_o thing_n that_o i_o command_v thou_o and_o take_v a_o sure_a conscience_n unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o be_v a_o just_a and_o a_o religious_a man_n and_o that_o thou_o have_v deserve_v heaven_n and_o as_o for_o i_o myself_o if_o i_o do_v wrong_a in_o every_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d abomination_n bring_v many_o thousand_o with_o i_o into_o damnation_n yet_o shall_v no_o man_n rebuke_v i_o but_o call_v i_o the_o most_o holy_a father_n dist._n 40._o ca._n si_fw-mi papa_n 60._o christ_n teach_v we_o to_o fulfil_v the_o 9_o work_v of_o mercy_n to_o the_o poor_a ever_o commend_v mercy_n above_o offering_n and_o sacrifice_n the_o pope_n teach_v we_o to_o geve_v our_o money_n for_o pardon_n mass_n diriges_fw-la to_o image_n and_o church_n so_o that_o we_o may_v offer_v unto_o their_o belly_n and_o he_o that_o say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o geve_v our_o charity_n to_o the_o poor_a as_o christ_n say_v be_v count_v half_o a_o heretic_n because_o he_o go_v about_o to_o mar_v the_o pope_n market_n 61._o christ_n suffer_v death_n for_o our_o 11._o sin_n and_o arise_v for_o our_o justification_n or_o else_o we_o all_o shall_v have_v perish_v the_o pope_n say_v if_o thou_o buy_v my_o pardon_n or_o else_o be_v bury_v in_o a_o gray_a friar_n coat_n thou_o must_v needs_o be_v save_v so_o that_o christ_n have_v suffer_v in_o vain_a since_o a_o friar_n coat_n will_v save_v a_o man_n 62._o christ_n only_o be_v our_o mediator_n 2._o which_o make_v unite_v betwixt_o his_o father_n &_o we_o howbeit_o the_o prayer_n of_o a_o just_a 5._o man_n be_v very_o good_a and_o profitable_a the_o pope_n say_v the_o great_a power_n and_o salvation_n next_o to_o christ_n be_v i_o dist_n 60._o cap._n si_fw-mi papa_n i_o marvel_v then_o why_o he_o be_v so_o curious_a to_o cause_v we_o to_o worship_v the_o saint_n y_fw-fr â—_o be_v a_o sleep_n and_o not_o rather_o himself_o since_o he_o challenge_v a_o great_a power_n than_o ever_o they_o do_v while_o they_o live_v 63._o christ_n say_v who_o soever_o break_v 5._o one_o of_o my_o least_a commandment_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o lest_o that_o be_v to_o say_v none_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o pope_n say_v what_o pertain_v his_o law_n unto_o i_o i_o be_o subject_a to_o no_o law_n 25._o q._n 1._o cap._n omnia_fw-la therefore_o do_v the_o pope_n but_o seldom_o right_a and_o be_v always_o against_o right_a yea_o and_o against_o his_o own_o law_n as_o often_o as_o man_n do_v bring_v he_o money_n for_o that_o love_v he_o above_o all_o thing_n 64._o christ_n law_n be_v fulfil_v through_o 13._o charity_n the_o pope_n law_n be_v fulfil_v by_o money_n if_o thou_o have_v no_o money_n to_o geve_v they_o thou_o shall_v carry_v a_o faggot_n though_o thou_o offend_v not_o money_z them_z &_o they_o see_v thou_o not_o do_v what_o thou_o will_v 65._o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n 10._o as_o the_o apostle_n do_v testify_v and_o also_o the_o stone_n whereon_o the_o church_n be_v build_v and_o this_o church_n be_v the_o congregation_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o the_o very_a body_n of_o christ_n the_o pope_n say_v i_o be_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n dist_n 19_o cap._n enim_fw-la vero_fw-la and_o the_o seat_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o stone_n whereon_o the_o church_n 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scripture_n be_v able_a to_o overcome_v all_o they_o that_o be_v against_o the_o faith_n the_o pope_n and_o bishop_n will_v dispute_v in_o scripture_n with_o no_o man_n but_o cast_v they_o first_o in_o prison_n and_o proper_a engyne_n they_o have_v invent_v to_o wring_v their_o finger_n so_o sore_o that_o the_o blood_n shall_v brest_n out_o at_o their_o finger_n end_n they_o pine_v they_o and_o scourge_v they_o with_o infinite_a other_o torment_n pain_n they_o to_o forsake_v the_o truth_n and_o after_o make_v they_o swear_v on_o a_o book_n that_o they_o shall_v tell_v no_o man_n of_o it_o thus_o cruel_o do_v they_o entreat_v they_o against_o justice_n and_o if_o they_o can_v not_o subdue_v they_o to_o their_o will_n then_o do_v they_o commit_v they_o unto_o y_fw-fr e_fw-la seculare_fw-la power_n to_o be_v burn_v 68_o christ_n accusation_n and_o cause_n 19_o why_o he_o be_v condemn_v unto_o death_n be_v write_v over_o his_o head_n in_o hebrew_n greek_a &_o latin_a that_o all_o man_n 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doer_n we_o will_v not_o have_v deliver_v he_o unto_o you_o trust_v not_o their_o word_n for_o no_o doubt_n they_o be_v liar_n know_v the_o cause_n your_o self_n and_o hear_v the_o matter_n unfayned_o think_v you_o they_o will_v not_o let_v you_o know_v the_o cause_n and_o judgement_n if_o they_o do_v justice_n and_o not_o tyranny_n be_v therefore_o no_o long_o â—oyes_n to_o they_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v your_o servant_n god_n have_v give_fw-ge you_fw-mi his_o spirit_n grace_n and_o understanding_n hide_v not_o the_o talon_n that_o god_n have_v give_v you_o but_o do_v your_o diligence_n to_o see_v justice_n execute_v seclude_v all_o tyranny_n for_o that_o be_v your_o office_n appoint_v you_o of_o
god_n 69._o christ_n say_v bless_a be_v you_o when_o 6._o man_n hate_v you_o curse_v you_o and_o excommunicate_v you_o for_o the_o righteousness_n that_o be_v to_o say_v you_o nothing_o giltye_n nor_o worthy_a such_o affliction_n the_o pope_n and_o byshoppe_n say_v that_o their_o curse_n be_v sore_o to_o be_v fear_v yea_o and_o that_o it_o make_v man_n as_o black_a as_o a_o coal_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n though_o they_o have_v not_o offend_v in_o so_o much_o that_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v damn_v except_o they_o absoile_v they_o again_o howbeit_o christ_n say_v that_o they_o be_v bless_v wherefore_o christ_n be_v false_a or_o else_o they_o be_v most_o vain_a liar_n 70._o christ_n say_v when_o thou_o make_v 〈◊〉_d a_o dinner_n or_o feast_n call_v not_o thy_o friend_n kinsman_n and_o neighbour_n that_o be_v scotfree_a but_o the_o poor_a lame_a and_o blind_a which_o be_v not_o able_a to_o recompense_v thou_o then_o shall_v thou_o be_v happy_a for_o it_o shall_v be_v reward_v thou_o in_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a the_o pope_n and_o byshoppe_n will_v call_v none_o such_o for_o they_o think_v it_o great_a shame_n but_o they_o call_v man_n of_o great_a authority_n and_o riches_n which_o will_v receive_v they_o with_o a_o other_o feast_n they_o have_v lever_n have_v their_o belly_n well_o stuff_v in_o this_o world_n then_o to_o tarry_v for_o the_o promise_n of_o christ_n they_o think_v it_o long_o a_o come_n 71._o christ_n say_v either_o make_v y_z e_z tree_n 6._o good_a and_o his_o fruit_n good_a also_o or_o else_o make_v the_o tree_n naught_o and_o his_o fruit_n naught_o also_o meaning_n that_o the_o tree_n first_o shall_v be_v good_a and_o then_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n the_o fruit_n make_v not_o the_o tree_n good_a but_o the_o tree_n make_v the_o fruit_n good_a although_o we_o can_v not_o know_v that_o the_o tree_n be_v good_a but_o by_o his_o fruit_n for_o we_o can_v judge_v nothing_o but_o by_o his_o outward_a operation_n yet_o god_n see_v 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