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comfort_v in_o reform_v and_o in_o pray_v be_v all_o in_o effect_n speak_v by_o she_o if_o a_o register_n here_o of_o have_v be_v make_v and_o i_o have_v make_v this_o addition_n the_o rather_o that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v know_v that_o in_o what_o faith_n and_o hope_v and_o affection_n and_o judgement_n good_a christian_n among_o we_o die_v now_o a_o day_n in_o the_o same_o faith_n and_o affection_n the_o most_o learned_a and_o holy_a servant_n of_o god_n die_v twelve_o hundred_o year_n ago_o for_o let_v who_o so_o will_v look_v with_o a_o single_a eye_n into_o this_o treatise_n and_o he_o shall_v plain_o see_v that_o jerom_o hold_v a_o particular_a faith_n pray_v only_o to_o god_n profess_v great_a boldness_n for_o that_o christ_n be_v his_o brother_n renounce_v all_o merit_n of_o his_o own_o work_n and_o believe_v to_o pass_v immediate_o to_o be_v aven_n be_v shake_v with_o no_o fear_n of_o purgatory_n fire_n with_o many_o point_n more_o which_o may_v easy_o be_v gather_v but_o 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