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the_o people_n hold_v back_o with_o private_a superstition_n from_o the_o ordinary_a temple_n which_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n whereto_o they_o shall_v by_o order_fw-fr have_v resort_v yearly_o from_o every_o part_n of_o the_o realm_n m._n hardinge_n you_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n to_o consider_v how_o that_o yourselves_o be_v those_o private_a hill_n altar_n and_o dark_a groave_n for_o you_o be_v they_o that_o stop_v the_o people_n from_o the_o common_a temple_n of_o christendom_n the_o catholic_a church_n out_o of_o which_o be_v no_o salvation_n the_o head_n whereof_o sit_v in_o peter_n chair_n at_o rome_n for_o set_v order_n both_o in_o matter_n of_o common_a weal_n and_o other_o jehosaphat_n say_v thus_o concern_v religion_n amarias_n sacerdos_n &_o pontifex_fw-la vester_fw-ge in_fw-ge ijs_fw-la 19_o quae_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la pertinent_a praesidebit_fw-la amarias_n the_o priest_n and_o high_a bishop_n for_o such_o matter_n as_o perteine_v to_o god_n he_o shall_v be_v head_n over_o 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have_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n so_o long_o since_o condemn_v &_o abolish_v the_o same_o watch_n agreeable_o to_o vigilantius_n and_o contrary_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o s_o hierome_n relic_n be_v subject_n to_o much_o villainy_n and_o be_v wellnear_o wear_v out_o of_o themselves_o the_o manicheis_n emonge_v other_o their_o fantastical_a error_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v the_o the_o body_n of_o man_n be_v make_v deum_fw-la not_o by_o god_n but_o by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o devil_n which_o they_o call_v gentem_fw-la tenebratum_fw-la and_o that_o in_o man_n there_o be_v two_o soul_n of_o contrary_a nature_n the_o one_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o god_n the_o other_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o that_o either_o soul_n continew_v still_o as_o it_o be_v and_o can_v alter_v that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o good_a soul_n can_v never_o be_v ill_a and_o that_o the_o ill_a soul_n can_v never_o be_v good_a and_o in_o this_o sense_n they_o say_v that_o man_n have_v no_o 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