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be_v exclude_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o their_o child_n wander_v forty_o year_n in_o the_o desert_n this_o gild_n of_o temporal_a penalty_n which_o be_v oftentimes_o the_o remainder_n of_o mortal_a sin_n remit_v retain_v the_o name_n of_o sin._n thus_o the_o evening_n or_o remainder_n of_o the_o day_n be_v not_o improper_o still_o call_v day_n and_o it_o be_v upon_o this_o account_n and_o for_o lesser_a or_o venial_a sin_n who_o fault_n whilst_o the_o sinner_n live_v upon_o earth_n be_v not_o forgive_v or_o gild_n not_o pardon_v that_o we_o general_o pray_v god_n to_o remit_v to_o soul_n depart_v decret_a con._n flor._n in_o decret_a their_o sin_n who_o have_v not_o sufficient_o satisfy_v for_o their_o offence_n say_v the_o council_n of_o florence_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o satisfaction_n decree_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n 22._o conc._n trid._n can._n 3._o sess_n 22._o for_o the_o remission_n of_o all_o their_o sin_n pray_v the_o priest_n 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universa_fw-la tenet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nec_fw-la à _fw-la conciliis_fw-la institutum_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la retentum_fw-la est_fw-la nonnisi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la apostolica_fw-la traditum_fw-la rectissimè_fw-la creditur_fw-la for_o as_o s._n austin_n observe_v what_o the_o whole_a church_n hold_v and_o be_v not_o institute_v by_o council_n but_o be_v always_o retain_v be_v most_o true_o believe_v to_o come_v from_o apostolical_a tradition_n in_o find_v out_o then_o one_o of_o these_o we_o learn_v both_o of_o they_o our_o master_n shall_v be_v the_o holy_a penman_n of_o primitive_a time_n petrus_n venerabilis_fw-la write_v against_o the_o petrobrusian_a heretic_n thus_o exhort_v all_o christian_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o maccabee_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a the_o faithful_a jew_n pray_v for_o the_o heinous_a offence_n of_o their_o dead_a that_o what_o they_o have_v commit_v gratiae_fw-la ep._n 2._o cont_n petrob_fw-la cap._n 5._o rogant_fw-la fideles_fw-la judaei_n 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and_o what_o follow_v will_v not_o give_v you_o leave_v to_o doubt_v that_o this_o pious_a devotion_n be_v believe_v the_o duty_n of_o christian_n in_o those_o day_n cognoscat_fw-la day_n ibidem_fw-la qui_fw-la bona_fw-la vivorum_fw-la mortuis_fw-la qui_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la prodesse_fw-la denegat_fw-la ad_fw-la communis_fw-la fidei_fw-la laesionem_fw-la pertinere_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la let_v he_o continues_z this_o venerable_a writer_n that_o deny_v the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o live_v to_o be_v advantageous_a to_o the_o dead_a who_o deserve_v they_o know_v that_o he_o make_v a_o breach_n in_o faith._n s._n bernard_n call_v they_o who_o deny_v this_o pious_a doctrine_n heretic_n and_o hypocrite_n be_v it_o not_o say_v this_o saint_n mortem_fw-la super_fw-la cantica_fw-la ser._n 66._o pag._n 762._o non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la haereticos_fw-la esse_fw-la nisi_fw-la &_o hypocritae_fw-la sint_fw-la mortuos_fw-la viventium_fw-la fraudantes_fw-la auxilijs_fw-la non_fw-la credunt_fw-la 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fire_n in_o purgatory_n which_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o faith_n declare_v the_o greek_n agree_v with_o the_o latin_n in_o as_o much_o as_o we_o the_o greek_n likewise_o affirm_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o those_o who_o pious_o depart_v be_v help_v in_o those_o place_n in_o which_o they_o be_v keep_v 〈◊〉_d gab._n tract_n de_fw-fr purgat_fw-la adu_fw-la lat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o set_v free_a by_o alms-deed_n and_o prayer_n which_o be_v offer_v for_o they_o as_o dionysius_n areopagite_n say_v the_o discourser_n apprehend_v very_o much_o the_o press_n of_o this_o ancient_a father_n authority_n and_o therefore_o will_v have_v we_o doubt_v of_o his_o work_n and_o call_v he_o the_o pretend_a dionysius_n but_o the_o two_o greek_n above-mentined_n call_v he_o the_o true_a areopagite_n so_o do_v s._n gregory_n the_o great_a pascha_fw-la s._n greg._n hom_n 34._o evang._n conc._n 6._o gen._n act._n 5._o relatio_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la testimonium_fw-la è_fw-la codicillo_fw-la s._n dionysij_fw-la episcopi_fw-la atheniensis_fw-la &_o martyris_fw-la apud_fw-la niceph._n l._n 15._o c_o 14._o s._n greg._n naz._n orat_fw-la 42._o in_o pascha_fw-la so_o do_v the_o six_o ecumenical_a council_n juvenalis_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o live_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o four_o ecumenical_a synod_n affirm_v the_o same_o s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n make_v use_v of_o this_o authority_n dionysius_n alexandrinus_n comment_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o three_o age_n as_o s._n maximus_n assure_v we_o and_o the_o monotholite_a heretic_n cite_v his_o authority_n it_o be_v explicate_v by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n as_o that_o of_o dionysius_n and_o i_o think_v these_o grave_n and_o weighty_a authority_n will_v easy_o sink_v down_o the_o light_a pretention_n of_o a_o discourser_n chap._n viii_o of_o scripture_n recommend_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a holy_a scripture_n have_v in_o many_o place_n recommend_v this_o pious_a office_n to_o the_o faithful_a i_o will_v 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