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the_o religion_n which_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n have_v make_v free_a be_v so_o oppress_v with_o servile_a burden_n through_o the_o presumption_n of_o man_n that_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v much_o more_o tolerable_a than_o that_o of_o christian_n princip_n multitudo_fw-la ceremoniarum_fw-la suffocat_fw-la potius_fw-la opera_fw-la spiritus_fw-la a_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n do_v rather_o choke_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n than_o refresh_v they_o say_v catharinus_n for_o they_o be_v like_o the_o leaf_n upon_o a_o tree_n ibid._n quae_fw-la si_fw-la nimis_fw-la densa_fw-la sunt_fw-la succum_fw-la fructibus_fw-la suffuâ—antur_fw-la ut_fw-la nequeant_fw-la maturare_fw-la if_o they_o be_v too_o thick_a they_o steal_v away_o the_o juice_n from_o the_o fruit_n that_o it_o can_v ripen_v many_o time_n by_o their_o multiplicity_n and_o the_o burden_n of_o they_o they_o do_v both_o obscure_a and_o hinder_v god_n substantial_a worship_n ritibus_fw-la operosis_fw-la 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worship_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o beauty_n of_o holiness_n psal._n 29._o 2._o and_o
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