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he_o that_o blaspheme_v 3._o mark_n 3._o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v never_o have_v forgiveness_n but_o be_v culpable_a of_o eternal_a damnation_n from_o the_o which_o sin_n god_n keep_v we_o in_o jesus_n christ_n our_o only_a lord_n and_o saviour_n to_o who_o with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v ascribe_v praise_n and_o glory_n and_o wisdom_n and_o thanks_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n and_o might_n for_o evermore_o amen_n finis_fw-la
well_o then_o be_v thou_o baptise_a be_v thou_o sign_v with_o the_o 9_o idem_fw-la de_fw-la cataclysmate_n c._n 9_o king_n seal_n begin_v thou_o to_o feed_v at_o the_o table_n of_o thy_o king_n paulin_n king_n idem_fw-la epla_fw-la ad_fw-la arment_n et_fw-fr paulin_n noli_fw-la esse_fw-la desertor_n become_v not_o a_o flincher_n remember_v thy_o covenant_n *_o quia_fw-la iam_fw-la vovisti_fw-la iam_fw-la te_fw-la astrinxisti_fw-la the_o vow_n have_v bind_v thou_o wretched_a be_v thou_o if_o thou_o break_v thy_o vow_n to_o god_n the_o heathen_a never_o forsake_v their_o god_n but_o fear_v reverence_n and_o main_o defend_v they_o lest_o by_o change_v their_o right_n they_o shall_v be_v tax_v with_o error_n illi_fw-la perseverant_fw-la in_o falso_fw-la tiâ—_n non_fw-la perseuâ—ras_fw-la in_o vero_fw-la shall_v they_o persist_v in_o falsehood_n and_o prophet_n and_o chrysost_n homil_n de_fw-fr jerâ—m_n prophet_n will_v not_o thou_o abide_v in_o the_o truth_n socrates_n though_o a_o pagan_a have_v deny_v sacrifice_n to_o apollo_n which_o be_v death_n among_o the_o athenian_n be_v advise_v by_o plato_n to_o save_v his_o life_n by_o flight_n say_v 5._o say_v bonavent_n in_o luminar_n ecclesiae_fw-la serm._n 5._o absit_fw-la ut_fw-la veritatem_fw-la negem_fw-la quam_fw-la asserui_fw-la far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o to_o deny_v that_o truth_n which_o before_o i_o profess_v and_o therefore_o plato_n have_v ponder_v with_o himself_o the_o baseness_n of_o his_o counsel_n be_v ashamed_a thereof_o and_o absent_v himself_o from_o his_o death_n who_o but_o a_o mad_a man_n will_v cast_v away_o the_o anchor_n of_o his_o ship_n in_o a_o tempest_n who_o but_o a_o desperate_a wretch_n will_v reject_v his_o pardon_n be_v before_o condemn_v to_o death_n or_o will_v any_o pity_v he_o who_o know_v himself_o unrecoverable_o sick_a yet_o will_v cast_v off_o that_o physician_n who_o with_o his_o own_o life_n have_v purchase_v a_o sovereign_a alexetery_n proffer_v he_o certain_a recovery_n free_o 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their_o punishment_n the_o first_o he_o drown_v which_o be_v a_o easy_a death_n the_o second_o 15._o gen._n 7._o num._n 15._o he_o stone_v which_o be_v a_o more_o grievous_a death_n but_o judas_n the_o traitor_n hang_v himself_o which_o be_v a_o most_o shameful_a death_n and_o accurse_v and_o the_o rather_o because_o he_o 27._o math._n 27._o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o to_o who_o he_o have_v say_v you_o be_v my_o 15._o joh._n 15._o friend_n we_o do_v worthy_o detest_v cain_n iniquity_n lamech_n his_o cruelty_n cham_n subsannation_n ismaelsferity_n esaw_n his_o pertinacie_n absalon_n his_o malice_n the_o perversity_n of_o joseph_n his_o brethren_n but_o all_o these_o be_v nothing_o to_o that_o incomparable_a villainy_n of_o judas_n in_o betray_v his_o lord_n and_o master_n who_o he_o believe_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o everliving_a god_n and_o the_o saviour_n of_o mankind_n this_o impiety_n be_v above_o all_o other_o of_o a_o apostle_n who_o shall_v have_v be_v one_o 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