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communicare_fw-la neque_fw-la accedere_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n si_fw-la hoc_fw-la fecisti_fw-la aut_fw-la consensisti_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o adjure_v thou_o by_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o the_o true_a christendom_n which_o thou_o have_v receive_v by_o the_o holy_a relic_n which_o be_v in_o this_o church_n and_o by_o the_o baptism_n wherewith_o the_o priest_n have_v regenerate_v thou_o that_o thou_o presume_v not_o by_o any_o manner_n of_o mean_n to_o communicate_v nor_o come_v about_o the_o altar_n if_o thou_o have_v do_v or_o consent_v unto_o this_o whereof_o thou_o be_v accnse_v etc._n etc._n here_o let_v the_o priest_n suffer_v he_o to_o communicate_v say_v corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la ad_fw-la probationem_fw-la hodie_fw-la this_o body_n &_o this_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n use_n be_v unto_o thou_o a_o trial_n this_o day_n the_o prayer_n perceptis_fw-la domine_fw-la deus_fw-la noster_fw-la sacris_fw-la muneribus_fw-la supplices_fw-la deprecamur_fw-la ut_fw-la huius_fw-la participatio_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la à _fw-la proprijs_fw-la nos_fw-la reatibus_fw-la expediat_fw-la &_o in_o famulo_fw-la tuo_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la declaret_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v receive_v o_o lord_n god_n these_o holy_a mystery_n we_o humble_o beseech_v thou_o that_o the_o participation_n of_o this_o sacrament_n may_v rid_v we_o of_o our_o guiltiness_n and_o in_o this_o thy_o servant_n set_v forth_o the_o truth_n then_o shall_v follow_v kyrieleson_n the_o litany_n and_o certain_a psalm_n and_o after_o all_o they_o oremus_fw-la let_v we_o pray_v deus_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la signa_fw-la magna_fw-la ostendens_fw-la abraham_n pverum_fw-la tuum_fw-la de_fw-la incendio_fw-la chaldaeorum_n quibusdam_fw-la pereuntibus_fw-la eruisti_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la rubum_fw-la ardere_fw-la ante_fw-la conspectum_fw-la mosis_fw-la &_o minimè_fw-la comburi_fw-la permisisti_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la incendio_fw-la fornacis_fw-la chaldaicis_fw-la plerÃsque_fw-la succensis_fw-la tres_fw-la pueros_fw-la tuos_fw-la illaesos_fw-la eduxisti_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la incendio_fw-la ignis_fw-la populum_fw-la sodomae_fw-la involuens_fw-la loth_n famulum_fw-la tuum_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la salute_v donasti_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o adventu_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la tui_fw-la illustratione_fw-la ignis_fw-la fideles_fw-la tuos_fw-la ab_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la decrevisti_fw-la ostende_v nobis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la examine_v virtutem_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &c_n &c_n &_o per_fw-la ignis_fw-la huius_fw-la feruorem_fw-la discernere_fw-la infideles_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la tactu_fw-la eìus_fw-la cvius_fw-la inquisitio_fw-la agitur_fw-la conscius_fw-la ex_fw-la orrescat_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la eius_fw-la comburatur_fw-la innocens_fw-la verò_fw-la poenitus_fw-la illaesus_fw-la permaneat_fw-la etc._n etc._n deus_fw-la cvius_fw-la noticiam_fw-la nulla_fw-la unquam_fw-la secreta_fw-la effugiunt_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tua_fw-la bonitate_fw-la respond_v &_o praesta_fw-la ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la purgandi_fw-la se_fw-la gratia_fw-la hoc_fw-la ignitum_fw-la tulerit_fw-la ferrum_fw-la vel_fw-la absoluatur_fw-la ut_fw-la innocens_fw-la vel_fw-la noxius_fw-la detegatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o english_a thus_o o_o god_n which_o in_o show_v great_a token_n by_o fire_n do_v deliver_v abraham_n thy_o servant_n from_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o chaldeis_fw-la while_o other_o perish_a o_o god_n which_o suffer_v the_o bush_n to_o burn_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o moses_n and_o yet_o not_o to_o consume_v o_o god_n which_o deliver_v the_o three_o child_n from_o bodily_a harm_n in_o the_o furnace_n of_o the_o chaldeis_fw-la while_o diverse_a be_v consume_v o_o god_n which_o by_o fire_n do_v wrap_v the_o people_n of_o sodom_n in_o their_o destruction_n and_o 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