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egesip_n lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o and_o nicephor_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 22.27_o he_o be_v deify_v of_o the_o people_n v._o 10._o afterward_o a_o specious_a professor_n baptise_a admire_v the_o apostle_n sign_n and_o wonder_n v._o 13._o yet_o be_v not_o his_o heart_n right_a with_o god_n v._o 21._o he_o embrace_v the_o â—aith_n but_o for_o some_o base_a end_n make_v religion_n only_o a_o bait_n to_o fish_n for_o some_o secular_a applause_n and_o advantage_n when_o simon_n see_v that_o through_o lay_v on_o of_o the_o apostle_n hand_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v give_v v._o 18._o for_o this_o power_n v._o 19_o not_o question_v but_o to_o make_v his_o market_n of_o it_o again_o he_o offer_v they_o money_n but_o peter_n say_v unto_o he_o thy_o money_n perish_v with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n 3._o the_o execration_n itself_o thy_o money_n perish_v with_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thy_o money_n go_v into_o destruction_n with_o thou_o or_o perdition_n so_o judas_n be_v call_v 17._o joh._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o perdition_n and_o god_n final_a judgement_n on_o the_o wicked_a be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o peter_n 3.7_o the_o perdition_n of_o ungodly_a man_n simon_n magus_n apostatise_v so_o damnable_o as_o he_o do_v from_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o faith_n he_o have_v profess_v and_o be_v baptize_v into_o v._o 13._o which_o his_o blasphemous_a and_o vile_a proffer_n do_v too_o open_o demonstrate_v be_v by_o the_o great_a apostle_n saint_n peter_n who_o as_o before_o have_v be_v say_v have_v receive_v the_o power_n of_o bind_v 16_o mat._n 18_o condemn_v as_o one_o excommunicate_a from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o spirit_n v._o 21._o thou_o have_v neither_o part_n nor_o lot_n in_o this_o matter_n and_o retain_v in_o sin_n v._o 23._o thou_o be_v in_o the_o gall_n of_o bitterness_n and_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o iniquity_n thy_o money_n perish_v with_o thou_o this_o phrase_n will_v bear_v a_o twofold_a excommunication_n 1._o lesser_o 2._o greater_n the_o first_o be_v a_o deliver_v to_o satan_n for_o the_o castigation_n or_o destruction_n of_o the_o flesh_n 1_o cor._n 5.5_o in_o order_n to_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o soul_n here_o the_o party_n excommunicate_v be_v subject_a by_o the_o obsession_n of_o some_o evil_a spirit_n or_o otherwise_o to_o divers_a torture_n of_o body_n sometime_o to_o death_n itself_o the_o latter_a or_o great_a be_v a_o anathema_n maranatha_n 1_o cor._n 16.22_o the_o heavy_a curse_n the_o fearful_a degree_n of_o excommunication_n under_o which_o who_o lay_v can_v never_o here_o be_v reconcile_v to_o to_o the_o church_n but_o carry_v this_o dreadful_a sentence_n with_o he_o till_o the_o lord_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o last_o judgement_n both_o these_o intimate_a god_n wrath_n on_o notorious_a sinner_n which_o when_o inflict_v riches_n perish_v fail_v stand_v we_o in_o no_o stead_n at_o all_o 11_o prov._n 4._o 7_o ezec._n 19_o thy_o money_n perish_v with_o thou_o god_n inflict_v on_o thou_o some_o temporal_a punishment_n thy_o purse_n shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o help_v which_o they_o say_v come_v to_o pass_v according_o by_o the_o break_n of_o his_o limb_n on_o his_o pretend_a flight_n to_o heaven_n thereby_o discover_v his_o fallacious_a art_n and_o so_o die_v see_v egisippus_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la excidio_fw-la hierosolimitano_fw-it cap_z 2_o toravebatur_fw-la magus_n arostoli_n gratia_fw-la etc._n etc._n decidat_fw-la domine_fw-la sic_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la se_fw-la potuisse_fw-la vivens_fw-la recognoscat_fw-la &_o statim_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la petri_n implicatis_fw-la remigiis_fw-la alarm_n quas_fw-la sumpserat_fw-la corruit_fw-la nec_fw-la exanimatus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la fracto_fw-la debiliatoque_fw-la crure_fw-la aritiam_fw-la concessit_fw-la atque_fw-la ibi_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la this_o be_v a_o temporal_a perish_v 22._o jos_n 20_o 119_o psal_n 92._o or_o thy_o money_n perish_v with_o thou_o without_o repentance_n be_v thou_o doom_v to_o eternal_a damnation_n this_o be_v call_v perish_v too_o 2_o cor._n 2.15_o 1_o cor._n 1.18_o in_o this_o first_o perish_v thy_o bodily_a pain_n pereat_fw-la argentum_fw-la let_v thy_o money_n be_v at_o a_o loss_n as_o indeed_o it_o shall_v not_o able_a to_o relieve_v thou_o much_o less_o if_o by_o obstinate_a and_o impenitential_a persevere_v in_o sin_n thou_o shall_v incur_v the_o latter_a perish_v perfect_a and_o perpetual_a torment_n both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n at_o the_o great_a and_o terrible_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n 2_o pet._n 3.10_o then_o pereat_fw-la argentum_fw-la money_n shall_v run_v to_o nothing_o at_o the_o general_a conflagration_n for_o as_o the_o old_a world_n by_o water_n perish_v v._o 6._o so_o must_v this_o by_o fire_n v._o 7._o 4._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o execration_n because_o thou_o have_v think_v that_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n may_v be_v purchase_v with_o money_n here_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v two_o thing_n 1._o