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urge_v the_o say_n of_o david_n psal._n â—1_n amplius_fw-la lava_fw-la i_o etc._n etc._n wash_v i_o more_o from_o my_o iniquity_n bristol_n say_v i_o have_v nothing_o to_o answer_n but_o â—hat_n it_o be_v at_o god_n hand_n and_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o christ_n â—lood_o that_o he_o pray_v to_o be_v cleanse_v purg._n 97._o &_o 78._o whether_o i_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o say_v let_v the_o reader_n of_o â—hose_v place_n judge_v but_o that_o which_o i_o here_o say_v take_v aâ—ay_o purgatory_n and_o all_o satisfaction_n of_o man_n merit_n although_o david_n as_o all_o the_o faithful_a do_v pray_v that_o they_o may_v â—aily_o more_o and_o more_o feel_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o grace_n â—f_n christ_n redemption_n to_o the_o full_a satisfy_n of_o their_o conscience_n and_o perfect_a assurance_n of_o faith_n and_o hope_n of_o eternal_a life_n which_o though_o it_o receive_v daily_o increase_v yet_o â—he_v virtue_n of_o christ_n death_n in_o which_o god_n be_v reconcile_v â—nto_o we_o 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in_o deed_n which_o i_o will_v rehearse_v somewhat_o more_o at_o large_a then_o bristol_n have_v do_v maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la mundi_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n do_v not_o know_v that_o god_n shall_v be_v their_o judge_n and_o very_o few_o there_o be_v over_o who_o death_n do_v not_o reign_v but_o they_o over_o who_o it_o reign_v after_o this_o death_n which_o be_v call_v the_o first_o be_v receive_v of_o the_o second_o death_n unto_o pain_n and_o destruction_n to_o come_v but_o they_o over_o who_o death_n reign_v not_o because_o they_o have_v not_o sin_v in_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o transgression_n of_o adam_n be_v reserve_v under_o hope_n unto_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o a_o free_a place_n as_o it_o be_v read_v of_o abraham_n that_o although_o he_o be_v in_o the_o low_a part_n yet_o he_o be_v dissever_v by_o a_o large_a distance_n so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a gulf_n between_o the_o just_a and_o the_o sinner_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v there_o be_v to_o the_o godly_a and_o just_a a_o câ—olinge_n to_o the_o sinner_n parch_a heat_n to_o the_o ungodly_a burn_a heat_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v hide_v before_o the_o judgement_n what_o every_o one_o be_v worthy_a of_o this_o that_o ambrose_n speak_v of_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o damn_a before_o christ_n bristol_n by_o his_o accustom_a interlace_n will_v have_v it_o seem_v as_o though_o he_o speak_v of_o purgatory_n for_o to_o sinner_n he_o add_v catholic_n to_o the_o impious_a or_o ungodly_a beretike_n but_o he_o mark_v not_o the_o conclusion_n that_o such_o heat_n as_o they_o feel_v after_o their_o death_n they_o shall_v feel_v after_o the_o judgement_n again_o non_fw-la latet_fw-la he_o translate_v may_v be_v partly_o know_v as_o though_o that_o which_o be_v not_o hide_v be_v not_o manifest_o and_o whole_o know_v that_o i_o cite_v out_o of_o saint_n ambrose_n de_n bono_fw-mi mortis_fw-la that_o death_n make_v no_o man_n state_n worse_o but_o such_o as_o it_o find_v in_o every_o one_o such_o it_o reserve_v to_o the_o judgement_n to_o come_v bristol_n say_v that_o purgatory_n alter_v not_o the_o state_n of_o the_o evil_a to_o worse_o nor_o promote_v the_o state_n of_o the_o good_a to_o better_v but_o every_o man_n state_n be_v according_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o life_n nor_o he_o that_o be_v cleanse_v in_o purgatory_n have_v his_o merit_n multiply_v or_o amplify_v but_o venial_a sin_n and_o temporal_a debt_n take_v away_o in_o deed_n if_o the_o state_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v nothing_o but_o that_o you_o will_v allow_v it_o to_o be_v it_o be_v somewhat_o that_o you_o say_v but_o who_o will_v say_v that_o he_o which_o be_v in_o torment_n in_o purgatory_n be_v in_o as_o good_a state_n as_o he_o that_o be_v in_o pleasure_n or_o ease_v of_o this_o life_n or_o that_o he_o which_o be_v discharge_v of_o such_o debt_n as_o you_o say_v must_v be_v pay_v in_o purgatory_n be_v not_o in_o better_a state_n than_o he_o that_o now_o die_v and_o must_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o scald_a house_n for_o such_o payment_n but_o that_o you_o may_v understand_v he_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o wicked_a which_o must_v aby_v for_o it_o as_o bristol_n say_v he_o add_v ipsa_fw-la quiet_a fovet_fw-la it_o cherish_v with_o rest_n this_o can_v be_v of_o the_o wicked_a to_o who_o there_o be_v no_o rest_n but_o to_o the_o godly_a which_o all_o immediate_o after_o death_n enjoy_v rest_n notwithstanding_o they_o be_v not_o all_o alike_o good_a for_o of_o two_o sort_n only_a ambrose_n speak_v the_o wicked_a in_o torment_n after_o death_n because_o of_o their_o wicked_a life_n &_o the_o godly_a in_o rest_n he_o speak_v therefore_o of_o the_o godly_a that_o death_n make_v not_o their_o state_n worse_o as_o he_o say_v immediate_o before_o quia_fw-la portus_fw-la quidanâ—_n ect_fw-la because_o death_n be_v a_o certain_a haven_n of_o they_o which_o be_v toss_v in_o the_o great_a sea_n of_o this_o life_n desire_v 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everlasting_a rest_n of_o infant_n that_o be_v not_o baptize_v but_o what_o say_v bristol_n to_o my_o reply_n which_o be_v this_o the_o same_o reason_n serve_v as_o well_o against_o the_o popish_a purgatory_n because_o we_o find_v it_o not_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n bristol_n ask_v whether_o saint_n augustine_n do_v so_o reason_n against_o it_o as_o though_o that_o be_v material_a when_o the_o reason_n will_v bind_v one_o man_n as_o well_o as_o another_o and_o one_o matter_n as_o well_o as_o another_o as_o for_o his_o opinion_n of_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a as_o i_o have_v often_o say_v prove_v not_o a_o third_o place_n as_o for_o the_o two_o place_n de_n ciu._n dei_fw-la lib._n 21._o cap._n 13._o &_o 24._o the_o one_o manifest_o corrupt_v the_o other_o just_o suspect_v i_o have_v speak_v to_o they_o both_o already_o other_o doctor_n about_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a bristol_n i_o cite_v purg._n 382._o gelasius_n 24._o 92._o c._n legatur_fw-la that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v 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