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which_o be_v discover_v thirty_o eight_o of_o they_o be_v burn_v at_o knoblock_n in_o brandenburg_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n banish_v out_o of_o that_o marquisate_n 116._o l._n de_fw-fr locis_fw-la com._n p._n 87._o epist_n 116._o for_o this_o horrible_a fact_n as_o it_o be_v record_v also_o by_o john_n mandevil_n a_o protestant_n and_o osiander_n a_o lutheran_n i_o can_v but_o relate_v what_o thomas_n waldensis_n our_o country_n man_n relate_v he_o be_v a_o eye-witness_n of_o in_o st._n paul_n 63._o tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr sacr._n ca._n 63._o church_n in_o london_n where_o one_o of_o wickliff_n '_o s_z disciple_n who_o renew_v the_o heresy_n of_o berengarius_fw-la in_o these_o part_n be_v command_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o real_a presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n and_o adore_v he_o he_o refuse_v say_v a_o spider_n deserve_v more_o veneration_n than_o the_o eucharist_n
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wrinkle_n but_o that_o she_o may_v be_v holy_a and_o unspotted_a and_o beside_o precept_n the_o evangelical_n law_n do_v council_n we_o to_o walk_v in_o a_o way_n of_o sublime_a perfection_n by_o follow_v christ_n our_o master_n with_o no_o ordinary_a cross_n on_o our_o shoulder_n which_o protestant_n think_v insupportable_a yea_o impossible_a and_o it_o be_v so_o indeed_o to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n but_o he_o who_o invite_v we_o to_o it_o have_v bear_v the_o burden_n of_o it_o himself_o that_o it_o may_v become_v not_o only_o tolerable_a but_o easy_a and_o delightful_a to_o willing_a soul_n else_o we_o have_v never_o hear_v from_o his_o sacred_a li_n qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la he_o â—2_n mat._n 19_o â—2_n that_o can_v receive_v it_o let_v he_o receive_v it_o after_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o of_o those_o who_o make_v themselves_o eunuch_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o afterward_o if_o thou_o will_v be_v perfect_a go_v and_o 21._o ver_fw-la 21._o sell_v all_o that_o thou_o have_v and_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a and_o thou_o shall_v have_v treasure_n in_o heaven_n and_o come_v and_o follow_v i_o and_o to_o make_v this_o heavenly_a counsel_n more_o operative_a assure_v we_o that_o whosoever_o forsake_v house_n or_o brethren_n 29._o ver_fw-la 29._o or_o sister_n or_o father_n or_o mother_n or_o wife_n or_o child_n or_o land_n for_o his_o name_n sake_n shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_n and_o also_o inherit_v everlasting_a life_n now_o the_o ray_n of_o this_o sublime_a holiness_n do_v not_o only_o shine_v forth_o glorious_o in_o the_o live_v of_o catholic_n among_o who_o multitude_n of_o soul_n inflame_v with_o the_o fire_n of_o divine_a love_n by_o forsake_v whatsoever_o be_v near_o and_o dear_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n by_o a_o generous_a and_o wonderful_a contempt_n of_o the_o world_n the_o honour_n riches_n and_o glory_n of_o it_o by_o crucify_a even_o the_o lawful_a pleasure_n of_o the_o flesh_n by_o a_o perfect_a abnegation_n 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