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sacras_fw-la â—de_fw-la en_fw-fr consulatis_fw-la ac_fw-la quae_fw-la verae_fw-la sint_fw-la opes_fw-la cognâ—scatis_fw-la which_o word_n true_o english_v do_v sound_a thus_o which_o thing_n concern_v trueâ—riches_n and_o poverty_n see_v they_o be_v so_o as_o i_o have_v before_o declare_v let_v we_o not_o carry_v about_o with_o we_o the_o opinion_n of_o vulgar_a man_n word_n the_o true_a interpretation_n of_o s._n chrisostomes_n word_n but_o let_v we_o examine_v thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o for_o be_v it_o not_o a_o â—bsurd_a &_o preposterous_a thing_n when_o we_o deal_v in_o money_n matter_n not_o to_o trust_v other_o man_n but_o to_o tell_v and_o count_n it_o and_o when_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o thing_n themselves_o to_o suffer_v we_o rash_o and_o as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o wry_a neck_n to_o be_v draw_v into_o other_o man_n opinion_n especial_o where_o as_o we_o have_v that_o exact_a balance_n rule_n &_o square_v of_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o sentence_n or_o 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for_o pag._n 204._o col_fw-fr 2._o nu_fw-la 70._o that_o either_o they_o be_v not_o wrought_v at_o all_o but_o devise_v and_o forge_v by_o friar_n and_o monk_n or_o if_o they_o be_v wrought_v in_o deed_n it_o be_v not_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n but_o of_o the_o â—ivel_n and_o his_o deceive_a spirit_n which_o late_a way_n he_o take_v from_o the_o jew_n who_o as_o you_o well_o remember_v not_o be_v able_a to_o deny_v the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o christ_n object_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o do_v they_o by_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n and_o cast_v out_o devil_n by_o the_o hand_n not_o of_o god_n but_o of_o belsebub_n 22._o math_n 24._o marc._n 22._o and_o to_o these_o two_o way_n of_o evasion_n sir_n f._n as_o a_o good_a scholar_n have_v add_v a_o three_o which_o be_v that_o many_o of_o these_o miracle_n may_v be_v do_v by_o natural_a power_n and_o mean_n though_o hide_a to_o the_o ignorant_a and_o now_o tell_v i_o gentle_a reader_n what_o miracle_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n 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