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receiver_n shall_v want_v all_o kind_n 〈…〉_z show_v orinelination_n to_o idolatry_n wherefore_o see_v kneel_v be_v a_o show_n and_o external_a kind_n of_o honour_v and_o worship_v and_o heretofore_o grieveus_a and_o damnable_a idolatry_n h_v be_v commit_v by_o 〈◊〉_d the_o sacrament_n i_o can_v wish_v it_o be_v command_v by_o the_o magistrate_n that_o the_o communicant_n may_v receive_v it_o sit_v or_o stand_v 164._o master_n cartamight_o report_v that_o in_o divers_a place_n the_o people_n have_v knock_v on_o their_o breast_n and_o hold_v up_o their_o hand_n whilst_o the_o minister_n be_v in_o give_v the_o bread_n and_o not_o only_o those_o who_o receive_v it_o but_o also_o those_o who_o look_v on_o and_o be_v in_o the_o church_n in_o a_o national_a synod_n of_o the_o belgic_a and_o french_a church_n in_o the_o low-countries_n hold_v in_o junie_n 1578._o they_o conclude_v against_o geniculation_n genuflexionem_fw-la non_fw-la admittimus_fw-la ob_fw-la periculum_fw-la adoration_n 〈…〉_z 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