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fear_v of_o hell_n be_v sufficient_a without_o charity_n to_o obtain_v grace_n and_o pardon_n in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n that_o in_o a_o case_n of_o conscience_n i_o may_v follow_v a_o probable_a opinion_n which_o be_v more_o benign_a and_o gentle_a and_o reject_v that_o which_o be_v more_o safe_a if_o it_o be_v more_o severe_a and_o rigid_a that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o decline_v and_o avoid_v proximam_fw-la occasionem_fw-la peccandi_fw-la the_o immediate_a danger_n of_o sin_v though_o he_o have_v have_v sad_a experience_n of_o his_o own_o frailty_n and_o recidivation_n that_o the_o precept_n of_o repentance_n do_v not_o bind_v present_o but_o only_o in_o the_o time_n of_o sickness_n or_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n these_o doctrine_n be_v teach_v and_o practise_v without_o any_o the_o least_o check_n of_o his_o infallible_a holiness_n nor_o be_v the_o danger_n small_a which_o arise_v from_o the_o persuasion_n of_o their_o infallibility_n for_o from_o thence_o proceed_v a_o belief_n that_o whatsoever_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o define_v be_v as_o true_a as_o gospel_n and_o what_o sad_a work_n this_o have_v make_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n we_o may_v observe_v from_o that_o single_a instance_n about_o the_o sacrament_n in_o a_o council_n at_o rome_n under_o 1059._o an._n dom._n 1059._o nicholas_n the_o second_o berengarius_fw-la be_v enjoin_v a_o form_n of_o recantation_n wherein_o he_o profess_v and_o swear_v that_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n which_o be_v set_v upon_o the_o altar_n after_o consecration_n be_v not_o only_o a_o sacrament_n but_o also_o the_o true_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o that_o the_o say_a body_n be_v not_o in_o sacrament_n only_o but_o in_o truth_n n._n b_o sensualiter_fw-la manibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la tractari_fw-la frangi_fw-la &_o fidelium_fw-la dentibus_fw-la atteri_fw-la i._n e._n sensual_o handle_v by_o the_o priest_n break_v and_o tear_v by_o the_o tooth_n of_o the_o faithful_a expression_n so_o gross_a to_o unfold_v a_o inexplicable_a mystery_n that_o the_o author_n of_o the_o gloss_n upon_o gratian_n give_v his_o reader_n