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order_n wherewith_o the_o spirit_n be_v trouble_v it_o join_v they_o together_o which_o thing_n appear_v in_o such_o as_o be_v phrentique_a we_o be_v not_o bind_v of_o necessity_n to_o believe_v all_o such_o miracle_n whatsoever_o without_o exception_n alexander_n of_o hales_n say_v par._n 4._o quaest_n 53._o mem._n 4._o be_v 3._o solut_a 2._o in_o sacramento_fw-la apparet_fw-la caro_fw-la interdum_fw-la humana_fw-la procuratione_fw-la interdum_fw-la operatione_n diabolica_fw-la in_o the_o sacrament_n itself_o there_o appear_v flesh_n sometime_o by_o the_o conveyance_n of_o man_n sometime_o by_o the_o work_v of_o the_o devil_n likewise_o say_v nicholaus_fw-la lyra_n dan._n lyr._n in_o 14._o dan._n aliquando_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la fit_a maxima_fw-la deceptio_fw-la populi_fw-la in_o miraculis_fw-la factis_fw-la a_o sacerdotibus_fw-la vel_fw-la eye_n adhaerentibus_fw-la propter_fw-la lucrum_fw-la sometime_o even_o in_o the_o church_n the_o people_n be_v shameful_o deceive_v with_o feign_a miracle_n wrought_v either_o by_o the_o priest_n or_o else_o by_o their_o companion_n for_o lucre_n sake_n miracle_n be_v not_o evermore_o undouted_a proof_n of_o true_a doctrine_n therefore_o saint_n augustine_n say_v unto_o the_o manichee_n miracula_fw-la non_fw-la facitis_fw-la 13._o aug._n lib._n 13._o quae_fw-la si_fw