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the_o party_n there_o remain_v no_o bond_n of_o pain_n to_o come_v for_o debt_n be_v discharge_v proper_o either_o by_o remit_v it_o free_o or_o by_o payment_n just_o and_o i_o speak_v rather_o of_o purgatory_n then_o of_o other_o pain_n enjoin_v by_o god_n in_o this_o life_n cause_n purgatory_n be_v never_o suffer_v but_o for_o satisfy_v for_o sin_n only_o where_o other_o pain_n of_o this_o life_n may_v be_v for_o other_o cause_n because_o that_o be_v ever_o appoint_v to_o man_n only_o as_o a_o recompense_n of_o god_n justice_n and_o as_o a_o due_a correction_n for_o sin_n remit_v when_o of_o all_o other_o pain_n in_o this_o world_n whether_o it_o be_v sickness_n or_o death_n no_o man_n can_v assure_o say_v that_o this_o or_o that_o bodily_a punishment_n come_v upon_o any_o man_n as_o a_o correction_n for_o his_o sin_n only_o or_o as_o a_o purgation_n of_o his_o life_n past_a for_o sometime_o such_o thing_n follow_v the_o necessity_n of_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n sometime_o they_o be_v for_o our_o proof_n &_o exercise_n and_o sometime_o for_o other_o cause_n but_o those_o kind_n of_o punishment_n which_o god_n lay_v upon_o man_n only_o for_o correction_n and_o satisfy_n for_o his_o sin_n never_o fall_v upon_o he_o after_o he_o be_v either_o judge_v by_o his_o own_o tear_n or_o the_o church_n sufficient_a satisfaction_n enjoin_v or_o else_o upon_o reasonable_a cause_n remit_v the_o like_a affliction_n may_v continue_v in_o any_o person_n after_o the_o bond_n of_o they_o be_v remove_v or_o may_v be_v give_v afterward_o but_o for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n or_o any_o debt_n procede_v thereof_o they_o be_v not_o because_o the_o debt_n be_v discharge_v in_o so_o much_o that_o i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v if_o any_o man_n be_v sick_a by_o god_n appointment_n for_o that_o cause_n only_o to_o satisfy_v for_o his_o sin_n remit_v before_o in_o the_o sacrament_n that_o he_o shall_v straight_o recover_v upon_o the_o discharge_n of_o the_o debt_n which_o he_o do_v owe_v to_o god_n for_o his_o justice_n if_o that_o infirmity_n be_v for_o no_o other_o cause_n but_o that_o only_o as_o it_o may_v be_v for_o many_o mo_z whereof_o no_o man_n can_v easy_o judge_v and_o therefore_o not_o only_a christ_n himself_o as_o i_o shall_v declare_v hereafter_o but_o aaron_n also_o heal_v in_o the_o old_a law_n the_o infirmity_n of_o thousand_o which_o come_v upon_o they_o only_o for_o temporal_a punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o extreme_a unction_n the_o apostle_n s_o james_n affirm_v that_o our_o lord_n shall_v upon_o the_o priest_n prayer_n lift_v uppe_o the_o penitent_a or_o ease_v he_o of_o his_o sickness_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v mean_v only_o or_o chief_o of_o that_o sickness_n which_o come_v upon_o the_o party_n by_o god_n hand_n as_o a_o punishment_n of_o those_o sin_n which_o be_v remissible_a in_o the_o sacrament_n or_o such_o like_a mean_n sacerdot_n lib._n 3._o the_o sacerdot_n as_o s._n chrysostom_n show_v also_o a_o pass_a power_n in_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n church_n say_v that_o they_o may_v keep_v man_n soul_n from_o perish_v and_o may_v charge_v he_o with_o more_o easy_a pain_n even_o at_o his_o pass_v hence_o beside_o that_o they_o may_v ease_v his_o bodily_a infirmity_n also_o by_o their_o holy_a prayer_n in_o the_o act_n of_o extreme_a unction_n in_o this_o sense_n speak_v he_o thereof_o but_o as_o i_o say_v because_o no_o man_n can_v well_o judge_v when_o man_n be_v afflict_v only_o for_o temporal_a discipline_n or_o satisfaction_n or_o when_o for_o other_o purpose_n to_o we_o unknowen_a the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o use_v high_a wisdom_n and_o moderation_n in_o all_o thing_n meddle_v not_o direct_o in_o pardon_v by_o her_o jurisdiction_n any_o such_o bodyely_a afliction_n as_o god_n charge_v man_n with_o all_o in_o this_o life_n which_o may_v be_v to_o the_o forsake_a as_o a_o beginning_n of_o their_o eternal_a damnation_n as_o s._n augustin_n say_v as_o well_o as_o a_o temporal_a correction_n &_o therefore_o not_o effectual_o remissible_a in_o the_o church_n but_o the_o bond_n of_o purgatory_n that_o i_o say_v in_o the_o church_n may_v be_v release_v and_o be_v release_v at_o every_o time_n that_o man_n worthy_o receive_v a_o full_a and_o plenary_a remission_n of_o all_o penance_n enjoin_v and_o due_a to_o be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n decree_n i_o do_v not_o speak_v now_o of_o the_o delivery_n of_o any_o person_n from_o the_o pain_n of_o purgatory_n which_o already_o be_v actual_o there_o or_o for_o the_o church_n power_n in_o release_n of_o their_o pain_n purgatory_n it_o be_v another_o thing_n to_o release_v purgatory_n pain_n and_o to_o prevent_v purgatory_n after_o they_o be_v in_o the_o course_n of_o god_n judgement_n for_o the_o same_o i_o be_o not_o so_o far_o yet_o but_o