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your_o fault_n one_o to_o another_o and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v for_o the_o fervent_a prayer_n of_o a_o righteous_a man_n avail_v much_o the_o late_a of_o which_o sentence_n have_v reference_n to_o the_o prayer_n of_o every_o good_a christian_a whereunto_o we_o find_v a_o gracious_a promise_n annex_v according_a to_o that_o of_o s._n john_n 5.16_o if_o any_o man_n see_v his_o brother_n sin_n a_o sin_n which_o be_v not_o unto_o death_n he_o shall_v ask_v and_o he_o shall_v give_v he_o life_n for_o they_o that_o sin_n not_o unto_o death_n but_o the_o former_a as_o the_o verse_n immediate_o go_v before_o do_v manifest_o prove_v pertain_v to_o the_o prayer_n make_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n who_o have_v a_o special_a charge_n to_o be_v the_o lord_n remembrancer_n for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o people_n and_o therefore_o as_o s._n augustin_n out_o the_o late_a prove_v that_o 58._o one_o brother_n by_o this_o mean_n may_v cleanse_v another_o from_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n so_o do_v s._n chrysostom_n out_o of_o the_o former_a that_o priest_n do_v perform_v this_o not_o 17._o by_o teach_v only_o and_o admonish_a but_o by_o assist_v we_o also_o with_o their_o prayer_n and_o the_o faithful_a prayer_n both_o of_o the_o one_o and_o of_o the_o other_o be_v by_o s._n 17.18_o augustin_n make_v the_o especial_a mean_n whereby_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v exercise_v in_o the_o remit_v of_o sin_n who_o thereupon_o exhort_v offender_n to_o show_v their_o repentance_n public_o in_o the_o church_n ecclesia_fw-la that_o the_o church_n may_v pray_v for_o they_o and_o impart_v the_o benefit_n of_o absolution_n unto_o they_o in_o the_o life_n of_o s_o basil_n father_v upon_o 136._o amphilochius_n of_o the_o credit_n whereof_o we_o have_v before_o speak_v a_o certain_a gentlewoman_n be_v bring_v in_o come_v unto_o s._n basil_n for_o obtain_v remission_n of_o her_o sin_n who_o be_v say_v there_o to_o have_v demand_v this_o question_n of_o she_o have_v thou_o hear_v o_o woman_n that_o none_o can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n alone_o and_o she_o to_o have_v return_v he_o this_o answer_n i_o have_v hear_v it_o father_n and_o therefore_o have_v i_o move_v thou_o to_o make_v intercession_n unto_o our_o most_o merciful_a god_n for_o i_o which_o agree_v well_o with_o that_o which_o 1._o alexander_n of_o hales_n and_o 1._o bonaventure_n do_v maintain_v that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n extend_v to_o the_o remission_n of_o fault_n by_o way_n of_o intercession_n only_o and_o deprecation_n not_o by_o impart_v any_o immediate_a absolution_n and_o as_o in_o our_o private_a forgive_n and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o s._n augustin_n well_o note_v that_o johann_n it_o be_v our_o part_n god_n give_v we_o the_o grace_n to_o use_v the_o ministry_n of_o charity_n and_o humility_n but_o it_o be_v he_o to_o hear_v we_o and_o to_o cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o pollution_n of_o sin_n for_o christ_n and_o in_o christ_n that_o what_o we_o forgive_v unto_o other_o that_o be_v to_o say_v what_o we_o lose_v upon_o earth_n may_v be_v loose_v also_o in_o heaven_n so_o do_v s._n ambrose_n show_v that_o the_o case_n also_o stand_v with_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o commission_n give_v unto_o they_o for_o the_o remit_v of_o sin_n joh._n 20.23_o 19_o they_o make_v request_n say_v he_o the_o godhead_n bestow_v the_o gift_n for_o the_o service_n be_v do_v by_o man_n but_o the_o bounty_n be_v from_o the_o power_n above_o the_o reason_n which_o he_o render_v thereof_o be_v because_o in_o their_o ministry_n it_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o forgive_v the_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v god_n only_o that_o can_v give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 7._o for_o this_o be_v not_o a_o humane_a work_n say_v he_o in_o another_o place_n neither_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n give_v by_o man_n but_o be_v call_v upon_o by_o the_o priest_n be_v bestow_v by_o god_n wherein_o the_o gift_n 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intercessor_n for_o they_o unto_o god_n than_o accuser_n unto_o man_n the_o same_o also_o and_o in_o the_o self_n same_o word_n do_v 29._o jonas_n write_v of_o eustachius_n the_o scholar_n of_o columbanus_n our_o famous_a countryman_n hitherto_o appertain_v that_o sentence_n cite_v by_o 147._o thomas_n waldensis_n out_o of_o s._n hieroms_n exposition_n upon_o the_o psalm_n that_o voice_n of_o god_n inedit_n cut_v off_o daily_o in_o every_o one_o of_o we_o the_o flame_n of_o lust_n by_o confession_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o priest_n make_v it_o to_o cease_v in_o we_o and_o that_o which_o before_o have_v be_v allege_v out_o of_o leo_n of_o the_o confession_n offer_v first_o to_o god_n and_o then_o to_o the_o priest_n campan_n who_o come_v as_o a_o entreater_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o penitent_a which_o he_o more_o full_o express_v in_o another_o epistle_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v episc_fw-la very_o profitable_a 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priestly_a office_n and_o have_v appoint_v i_o a_o poor_a and_o humble_a mediator_n to_o pray_v and_o make_v intercession_n unto_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n for_o sinner_n that_o return_v unto_o repentance_n and_o therefore_o o_o lord_n the_o ruler_n who_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v and_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n who_o do_v not_o desire_v the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v reconcile_v and_o live_v receive_v my_o prayer_n which_o i_o pour_v forth_o before_o the_o face_n of_o thy_o mercy_n for_o thy_o servant_n and_o handmaid_n who_o have_v flee_v to_o repentance_n and_o to_o thy_o mercy_n yea_o in_o the_o day_n of_o thomas_n aquinas_n there_o arise_v a_o learned_a man_n among_o the_o papist_n themselves_z who_o find_v fault_n with_o that_o indicative_a form_n of_o absolution_n then_o use_v by_o the_o priest_n i_o absolve_v thou_o from_o all_o thy_o sin_n and_o will_v have_v it_o deliver_v by_o way_n of_o deprecation_n allege_v that_o this_o be_v not_o only_o the_o opinion_n of_o gulielmus_fw-la altisiodorensis_n gulielmus_fw-la parisiensis_fw-la and_o hugo_n cardinalis_fw-la but_o also_o that_o 5._o thirty_o year_n be_v scarce_o pass_v since_o all_o do_v use_v this_o form_n only_o absolutionem_fw-la &_o remissionem_fw-la tribuat_fw-la tibi_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la almighty_a god_n give_v unto_o thou_o absolution_n and_o forgiveness_n what_o thomas_n do_v answer_v hereunto_o may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o little_a treatise_n of_o the_o form_n of_o absolution_n which_o upon_o this_o occasion_n he_o write_v unto_o the_o general_n of_o his_o order_n this_o only_o will_v i_o add_v that_o aswell_o in_o the_o ancient_a rituall_n and_o in_o the_o new_a 567.568_o pontifical_a of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o in_o the_o present_a practice_n
carcase_n be_v heap_v together_o promiscuous_o in_o one_o certain_a pit_n so_o when_o the_o heathen_a write_v that_o all_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a go_v to_o hades_n their_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o they_o be_v all_o shut_v up_o together_o in_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o room_n but_o in_o general_a only_o they_o understand_v thereby_o the_o translation_n of_o they_o into_o the_o other_o world_n the_o extreme_a part_n whereof_o the_o poet_n place_n as_o far_o asunder_o as_o we_o do_v heaven_n and_o hell_n and_o this_o opinion_n of_o they_o s._n ambrose_n do_v well_o like_o off_o 10._o wish_v that_o they_o have_v not_o mingle_v other_o superfluous_a and_o unprofitable_a conceit_n therewith_o jbid._n that_o soul_n depart_v from_o their_o body_n do_v go_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o a_o place_n which_o be_v not_o see_v which_o place_n say_v he_o we_o in_o latin_a call_n infernus_fw-la so_o likewise_o say_v s._n chrysostom_n 9_o the_o grecian_n and_o barbarian_n and_o poet_n and_o philosopher_n and_o all_o mankind_n do_v herein_o consent_v with_o we_o although_o not_o all_o alike_o and_o say_v that_o there_o be_v certain_a seat_n of_o judgement_n in_o háde_n so_o manifest_a and_o so_o confess_v a_o thing_n be_v this_o and_o again_o 874._o the_o grecian_n be_v foolish_a in_o many_o thing_n yet_o do_v they_o not_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n if_o therefore_o thou_o will_v follow_v they_o they_o have_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a life_n after_o this_o &_o account_n and_o seat_n of_o judgement_n in_o háde_n and_o punishment_n and_o honour_n and_o sentence_n judgement_n and_o if_o thou_o shall_v ask_v the_o jew_n or_o heretic_n or_o any_o man_n he_o will_v reverence_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n &_o although_o they_o differ_v in_o other_o thing_n yet_o in_o this_o do_v they_o all_o agree_v and_o say_v that_o there_o be_v account_n to_o be_v make_v there_o of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v here_o only_o among_o the_o iwe_n the_o sadducee_n w_z ch_z 8._o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o resurrection_n neither_o angel_n nor_o spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v away_o the_o punishment_n and_o honour_n that_o be_v in_o háde_n as_o be_v note_v by_o finem_fw-la josephus_n for_o which_o wicked_a doctrine_n they_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o other_o sect_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o general_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d olam_fw-la hanneshamoth_a for_o so_o do_v they_o in_o their_o language_n until_o this_o day_n call_v that_o 〈◊〉_d which_o josephus_n in_o greek_a term_v hades_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o world_n of_o spirit_n into_o which_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v translate_v present_o after_o death_n and_o there_o receive_v their_o several_a judgement_n the_o same_o thing_n do_v theodoret_n suppose_v to_o be_v signify_v by_o that_o phrase_n of_o be_v gather_v to_o one_o people_n which_o be_v so_o usual_a in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v say_v of_o jacob_n before_o he_o be_v bury_v that_o he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o be_v gather_v unto_o his_o people_n genes_n 49.33_o theodoret_n observe_v that_o moses_n 109._o by_o these_o word_n do_v close_o intimate_v the_o hope_n of_o the_o resurrection_n for_o if_o man_n say_v he_o have_v be_v whole_o extinguish_v and_o do_v not_o pass_v unto_o another_o life_n he_o will_v not_o have_v say_v he_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n so_o likewise_o where_o it_o be_v distinct_o note_v of_o abraham_n genes_n 25.8_o 9_o first_o that_o he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o die_v then_o that_o he_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n and_o last_o that_o his_o son_n bury_v he_o cardinal_n 25._o cajetan_n and_o the_o jesuite_n 13.36_o lorinus_n interpret_v the_o first_o de_fw-fr compositi_fw-la totius_fw-la dissolutione_n of_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o wholeman_n consist_v of_o body_n and_o soul_n the_o second_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n and_o the_o three_o of_o the_o dispose_n of_o the_o body_n part_v from_o the_o soul_n thus_o the_o scripture_n speech_n of_o be_v gather_v to_o our_o people_n shall_v be_v answerable_a in_o meaning_n to_o the_o phrase_n use_v by_o the_o heathen_a of_o descend_v into_o hell_n or_o go_v to_o hades_n which_o as_o 4._o synesius_n note_v out_o of_o homer_n be_v by_o they_o oppose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o most_o absolute_a extinguishment_n as_o well_o of_o the_o soul_n as_o of_o the_o body_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o by_o that_o term_n the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v common_o signify_v therefore_o do_v plato_n in_o his_o phaedo_fw-la dispute_v of_o that_o argument_n make_v this_o the_o state_n of_o his_o question_n 1590._o whether_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n decease_v be_v in_o hades_n or_o no_o and_o our_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n also_o do_v from_o thence_o sometime_o fetch_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o death_n and_o hades_n 15._o you_o shall_v find_v say_v theophylact_n that_o there_o be_v some_o difference_n betwixt_o hades_n and_o death_n namely_o that_o hades_n contain_v the_o soul_n but_o death_n the_o body_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v immortal_a the_o same_o we_o read_v in_o 42._o nicetas_n serronius_n his_o exposition_n of_o gregory_n nazianzen_n second_v paschall_n oration_n andrea_n caesareensis_fw-la do_v thus_o express_v the_o difference_n latin_n death_n be_v the_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n but_o hades_n be_v a_o place_n to_o we_o invisible_a or_o unseen_a and_o unknown_a which_o receive_v our_o soul_n when_o they_o depart_v from_o hence_o the_o ordinary_a gloss_n follow_v s._n hierome_n upon_o the_o thirteen_o of_o hosea_n thus_o 13._o death_n be_v that_o whereby_o the_o soul_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o body_n hell_n be_v that_o place_n wherein_o the_o soul_n be_v include_v either_o for_o comfort_n or_o for_o pain_n the_o historiae_fw-la soul_n go_v to_o háde_n say_v 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