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saturninus_n basilides_n secundus_fw-la marcus_n appelles_n and_o some_o of_o the_o pope_n themselves_o with_o john_n the_o 23_o and_o leo_n the_o 10._o that_o as_o they_o be_v transcendent_o wicked_a so_o they_o be_v wicked_o taint_v with_o this_o error_n and_o like_v not_o of_o this_o truth_n and_o many_o more_o of_o their_o associate_n in_o these_o our_o own_o day_n that_o follow_v hobbs_n his_o leviathan_n have_v fall_v away_o from_o the_o faith_n and_o as_o if_o per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d animarum_fw-la the_o soul_n of_o these_o heretic_n have_v enter_v into_o their_o body_n they_o will_v neither_o believe_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n nor_o the_o immortality_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o therefore_o they_o labour_v not_o for_o their_o union_n with_o this_o eternity_n yea_o and_o that_o which_o be_v more_o to_o be_v admire_v such_o be_v the_o corruption_n of_o our_o nature_n and_o the_o madness_n of_o our_o mind_n that_o although_o the_o continual_a sight_n 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