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that_o the_o religion_n which_o they_o call_v reform_v do_v renewall_n the_o old_a heresy_n pag._n 299_o chap._n xvij_o the_o religion_n pretend_v to_o be_v reform_v do_v banish_v all_o virtue_n pag._n 314_o chap._n xviij_o the_o religion_n pretend_v to_o be_v reform_v lay_n open_v the_o gate_n to_o all_o vice_n pag._n 318_o chap._n nineteeen_o the_o religion_n pretend_v to_o be_v reform_v do_v teach_v that_o nether_a temporal_a nor_o spiritual_a law_n of_o prince_n do_v oblige_v in_o conscience_n pag._n 326_o finis_fw-la
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