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the_o emperor_n after_o christ_n two_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n his_o heresy_n last_v one_o hundred_o forty_o eight_o year_n they_o deny_v repentance_n to_o those_o who_o fall_v after_o baptism_n they_o brag_v much_o of_o their_o sanctity_n and_o good_a work_n they_o condemn_v second_o marriage_n as_o adulterous_a and_o use_v rebaptisation_n as_o the_o donatist_n he_o be_v a_o priest_n of_o carthage_n and_o father_n of_o the_o cathari_n or_o puritan_n xlviii_o 22._o donatus_n whence_o arise_v the_o donatist_n be_v a_o numidian_a who_o because_o cicilianus_fw-la be_v prefer_v before_o he_o to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o carthage_n accuse_v he_o and_o all_o the_o bishop_n that_o ordain_v he_o to_o be_v traditores_fw-la that_o be_v such_o as_o have_v deliver_v their_o bibles_n to_o be_v burn_v by_o idolater_n under_o the_o persecution_n of_o maximinus_n though_o this_o accusation_n be_v find_v faulty_a yet_o donatus_n continue_v obstinate_a and_o separate_v himself_o and_o congregation_n from_o all_o other_o account_v that_o no_o church_n where_o any_o spot_n of_o infirmity_n be_v to_o be_v find_v that_o such_o a_o pure_a church_n be_v only_o among_o they_o yet_o they_o will_v have_v no_o man_n force_v to_o a_o godly_a life_n they_o slight_v the_o magistracy_n and_o will_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o punish_v heretic_n they_o hold_v the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o sacrament_n too_o upon_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n they_o rebaptise_v all_o that_o be_v admit_v to_o their_o communion_n they_o hold_v it_o no_o sin_n to_o kill_v themselves_o rather_o than_o to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o magistrate_n and_o scruple_v not_o to_o kill_v such_o as_o be_v not_o of_o their_o faith_n they_o use_v certain_a magical_a purification_n and_o brag_v of_o enthusiasm_n and_o revelation_n with_o the_o arrian_n they_o make_v the_o son_n less_o than_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n than_o the_o son_n the_o circumcâ—lliones_n be_v part_n of_o these_o who_o live_v in_o cell_n and_o cave_n and_o murder_v all_o they_o meet_v that_o be_v not_o of_o their_o religion_n xlix_o 23._o pelagius_n a_o britain_n by_o birth_n and_o a_o monk_n at_o rome_n be_v the_o ringleader_n of_o the_o pelagian_o he_o be_v afterward_o a_o presbyter_n under_o theodosius_n the_o young_a three_o hundred_o eighty_o two_o year_n after_o christ_n thence_o he_o go_v into_o england_n and_o poison_a the_o whole_a island_n with_o his_o opinion_n which_o be_v such_o as_o these_o that_o death_n be_v not_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n but_o that_o adam_n shall_v have_v dye_v though_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v that_o adam_n sin_n be_v hurtful_a only_o to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o his_o posterity_n that_o concupiscence_n be_v no_o sin_n that_o infant_n do_v not_o draw_v original_a sin_n from_o their_o parent_n that_o infant_n may_v be_v save_v without_o baptism_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v eternal_a life_n but_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n that_o man_n after_o the_o fall_n have_v free_a