maccabee_n thus_o tertullian_n in_o the_o year_n 199._o in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr corona_n tell_v we_o quaramus_fw-la a_fw-mi &_o traditio_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v we_o inquire_v whether_o the_o not-written_a tradition_n be_v not_o also_o to_o be_v receive_v no_o doubt_v we_o shall_v deny_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v receive_v if_o no_o prejudice_n arise_v from_o the_o example_n of_o other_o observation_n which_o we_o challenge_v to_o ourselves_o without_o any_o recommendation_n from_o scripture_n only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o tradition_n fortify_v by_o the_o patronage_n of_o custom_n etc._n etc._n upon_o anniversary-day_n we_o make_v oblation_n for_o the_o depart_v and_o for_o their_o birth-day_n etc._n etc._n viz._n of_o the_o departure_n of_o martyr_n in_o like_a manner_n st._n epiphanius_n in_o the_o year_n 376._o conclude_v his_o disputation_n against_o aërius_n with_o the_o allegation_n of_o tradition_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n next_o i_o shall_v again_o take_v the_o consequence_n of_o this_o that_o the_o church_n accomplish_v this_o thing_n necessary_o have_v take_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o father_n now_o who_o can_v violate_v the_o ordinance_n of_o his_o mother_n or_o the_o law_n of_o his_o father_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o solomon_n 8._o my_o son_n hear_v the_o instruction_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o forsake_v not_o the_o law_n of_o thy_o mother_n show_v that_o the_o father_n that_o be_v to_o say_v god_n the_o only_a son_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n have_v teach_v as_o well_o by_o writing_n as_o without_o writing_n and_o that_o our_o mother_n the_o church_n have_v law_n make_v in_o herself_o such_o as_o be_v indissoluble_a and_o can_v be_v destroy_v denys_n the_o pretend_a areopagite_n about_o the_o year_n 490._o follow_v the_o same_o tract_n in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n say_v it_o be_v necessary_a to_o speak_v of_o the_o tradition_n 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that_o of_o custom_n and_o that_o not_o fortify_v by_o any_o command_n of_o god_n to_o who_o worship_n it_o be_v pretend_v that_o custom_n relate_v nay_o when_o we_o do_v not_o find_v in_o the_o father_n answer_n to_o the_o objection_n whereby_o that_o custom_n be_v oppose_v any_o mention_n either_o of_o the_o second_o of_o the_o maccabee_n or_o of_o any_o place_n of_o scripture_n concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a ought_v we_o not_o of_o necessity_n to_o conclude_v that_o not_o only_o they_o have_v not_o any_o to_o allege_v but_o also_o that_o they_o make_v not_o in_o their_o office_n for_o the_o dead_a any_o reflection_n on_o the_o second_o of_o the_o maccabee_n or_o any_o of_o the_o book_n just_o or_o unjust_o repute_v canonical_a but_o only_o on_o the_o example_n of_o their_o predecessor_n chap._n xxv_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o reason_n to_o ground_n prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a upon_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n i_o have_v hitherto_o make_v it_o my_o 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that_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o their_o dignity_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v honour_v by_o way_n of_o imitation_n and_o not_o adore_v upon_o any_o religious_a account_n in_o a_o word_n that_o neither_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mother_n of_o our_o saviour_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o saint_n of_o either_o sex_n can_v pretend_v to_o any_o part_n of_o that_o religious_a homage_n saint_n epiphanius_n one_o of_o the_o most_o earnest_a maintainer_n of_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a have_v leave_v to_o they_o and_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o these_o last_o time_n these_o remarkable_a precept_n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n indeed_o the_o body_n of_o mary_n be_v holy_a but_o it_o be_v not_o god_n the_o virgin_n be_v indeed_o a_o virgin_n and_o honour_v but_o she_o be_v not_o give_v we_o to_o be_v adore_v on_o the_o contrary_a she_o adore_v he_o who_o be_v beget_v of_o she_o as_o to_o the_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n if_o god_n will_v not_o have_v the_o angel_n to_o be_v adore_v how_o much_o rather_o will_v he_o not_o that_o she_o who_o be_v bear_v of_o ann_n shall_v be_v etc._n etc._n god_n come_v from_o heaven_n and_o the_o word_n be_v clad_v in_o flesh_n take_v from_o the_o holy_a virgin_n but_o the_o virgin_n be_v not_o adore_v etc._n etc._n let_v mary_n be_v honour_v but_o let_v the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n be_v adore_v let_v no_o man_n adore_v mary_n though_o mary_n be_v excellent_a and_o holy_a and_o honour_v it_o be_v not_o that_o she_o shall_v be_v adore_v etc._n etc._n let_v mary_n be_v honour_v but_o let_v the_o lord_n be_v adore_v but_o not_o to_o press_v any_o further_a this_o notorious_a defect_n which_o we_o find_v at_o present_a in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o greek_n we_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o among_o they_o the_o office_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v full_a of_o prayer_n whereby_o be_v desire_v as_o in_o the_o latin_a service_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n the_o remission_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o decease_a his_o 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this_o world_n that_o he_o will_v let_v he_o enter_v into_o the_o joy_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o in_o his_o holy_a mountain_n he_o will_v gratify_v he_o with_o celestial_a good_n that_o he_o will_v write_v his_o name_n in_o the_o book_n of_o those_o who_o shall_v be_v save_v that_o he_o will_v make_v his_o face_n to_o shine_v upon_o he_o that_o he_o will_v lodge_v he_o in_o abraham_n '_o s_o bosom_n that_o he_o will_v grant_v he_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o his_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v not_o these_o desire_v make_v without_o a_o presupposition_n of_o his_o beatitude_n as_o first_o when_o it_o be_v say_v to_o he_o he_o who_o have_v take_v thou_o from_o the_o earth_n and_o give_v thou_o place_n among_o his_o saint_n shewâ—_n that_o thou_o o_o true_o bless_a child_n be_v a_o citizen_n of_o paradise_n the_o sword_n of_o death_n fall_v on_o thou_o have_v cut_v thou_o off_o as_o a_o tender_a branch_n o_o bless_a art_n thou_o who_o have_v make_v no_o trial_n of_o worldly_a pleasure_n 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they_o unanimous_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v among_o the_o bless_a what_o inconvenience_n can_v there_o be_v to_o attribute_v to_o they_o that_o they_o have_v the_o same_o apprehension_n for_o person_n of_o age_n of_o who_o felicity_n they_o no_o way_n doubt_v but_o though_o reason_n shall_v not_o lead_v we_o to_o think_v so_o yet_o do_v their_o formal_a confession_n oblige_v we_o to_o believe_v as_o much_o for_o there_o be_v not_o any_o decease_a person_n for_o who_o they_o say_v not_o to_o god_n 531._o merciful_o receive_v the_o faithful_a person_n depart_v who_o have_v holy_o quit_v this_o life_n and_o be_v o_o lord_n pass_v towards_o thou_o and_o who_o funeral_n solemnity_n they_o do_v not_o conclude_v say_v to_o he_o three_o several_a time_n 538._o our_o brother_n worthy_a to_o be_v ever_o bless_v and_o always_o remember_v thy_o memory_n be_v eternal_a to_o every_o monk_n without_o any_o exception_n they_o address_v these_o word_n 554._o brother_n thè_z way_n thou_o be_v in_o be_v that_o of_o bliss_n for_o that_o a_o place_n of_o rest_n be_v prepare_v for_o thou_o add_v to_o that_o purpose_n the_o sixteen_o verse_n of_o the_o one_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o psalm_n return_v unto_o thy_o rest_n o_o my_o soul_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v deal_v kind_o with_o thou_o and_o a_o little_a after_o 555._o he_o who_o be_v take_v hence_o have_v pass_v through_o the_o ever-troubled_n sea_n of_o life_n and_o by_o faith_n be_v arrive_v at_o his_o port_n conduct_v he_o o_o christ_n with_o the_o saint_n into_o thy_o tranquillity_n and_o everliving_a pleasure_n in_o like_a manner_n to_o every_o priest_n 563â—_n thou_o have_v pious_o signalise_v thyself_o in_o faith_n charity_n hope_n gentleness_n purity_n of_o life_n and_o in_o the_o sacerdotal_a dignity_n and_o therefore_o o_o brother_n of_o eternal_a memory_n god_n who_o be_v before_o all_o age_n who_o thou_o have_v serve_v will_v himself_o dispose_v thy_o spirit_n into_o a_o place_n full_a of_o light_n and_o pleasure_n where_o 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also_o who_o shall_v be_v raise_v out_o of_o hell_n shall_v as_o judges_z command_v the_o live_n etc._n etc._n the_o holy_a city_n shall_v be_v establish_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o which_o god_n the_o founder_n thereof_o shall_v make_v his_o abode_n with_o the_o just_a who_o govern_v after_o which_o he_o suppose_v all_o we_o have_v say_v of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o earth_n of_o the_o peace_n which_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o it_o and_o of_o the_o change_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o cruel_a and_o savage_a beast_n allege_v to_o that_o purpose_n though_o with_o some_o little_a diversity_n the_o word_n of_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o pretend_a sibyl_n in_o the_o thirty_o second_o and_o thirty_o five_o page_n and_o those_o of_o the_o five_o book_n in_o the_o forty_o six_o page_n cite_v by_o we_o already_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n who_o have_v undertake_v the_o refutation_n not_o of_o saint_n irenaeus_n as_o praefat_fw-la saint_n hierome_n think_v but_o of_o nepos_n in_o two_o book_n entitle_v of_o the_o promise_n 13._o be_v about_o one_o hundred_o year_n after_o engage_v by_o apollinarius_n of_o laodicea_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o same_o saint_n hierome_n say_v duobus_fw-la voluminibus_fw-la respondit_fw-la apollinarius_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o say_v apollinarius_n answer_v in_o two_o volume_n who_o follow_v not_o only_o the_o man_n of_o his_o own_o sect_n but_o also_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o we_o as_o to_o that_o particular_a only_o so_o that_o i_o now_o see_v with_o a_o spirit_n foresee_v what_o will_v happen_v what_o considerable_a person_n will_v be_v exasperate_v against_o i_o much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n live_v tychonius_n the_o learned_a african_n of_o the_o donatist_n party_n of_o who_o gennadius_n write_v in_o his_o catalogue_n 18._o mille_fw-la annorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la regni_fw-la in_fw-la terra_fw-la justorum_fw-la post_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la futuri_fw-la suspicionem_fw-la intulit_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o also_o give_v some_o suspicion_n of_o imagine_v a_o reign_n of_o the_o just_a upon_o earth_n for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o thousand_o year_n after_o the_o resurrection_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o in_o the_o confuse_a collection_n of_o homily_n which_o be_v attribute_v to_o saint_n augustine_n and_o be_v indeed_o extract_v out_o of_o the_o write_n of_o tychonius_n upon_o the_o apocalypse_n we_o read_v these_o word_n 17._o retulit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la dum_fw-la haec_fw-la scriberet_fw-la regnaturam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la mille_fw-la annos_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la saeculo_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la mundi_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o spirit_n while_o he_o write_v these_o thing_n deliver_v that_o the_o church_n shall_v reign_v a_o thousand_o year_n upon_o earth_n even_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o same_o gennadius_n observe_v of_o one_o commodianus_n gennad_n de_fw-fr divinis_fw-la repromissionibus_fw-la adversùs_fw-la illos_fw-la paganos_fw-la agens_fw-la vili_fw-la satis_fw-la &_o crasso_fw-la ut_fw-la ità _fw-la dixerim_fw-la sensu_fw-la disseruit_fw-la illis_fw-la stuporem_fw-la nobis_fw-la desperationem_fw-la incutiens_fw-la tertullianum_fw-la &_o lactantium_fw-la &_o papiam_fw-la secutus_fw-la etc._n etc._n treat_v against_o the_o heathen_n concern_v the_o divine_a promise_n he_o discourse_v thereof_o in_o a_o sense_n sufficient_o flat_a and_o unpolished_a cast_v they_o into_o insensibility_n we_o into_o despair_n wherein_o he_o follow_v tertullian_n lactantius_n and_o papias_n for_o his_o author_n we_o have_v it_o also_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o 36._o st._n hierome_n that_o our_o severus_n sulpitius_n who_o write_v the_o life_n of_o st._n martin_n have_v commit_v the_o same_o error_n in_o his_o dialogue_n entitle_v gallus_n wherein_o yet_o there_o be_v not_o at_o this_o day_n any_o thing_n of_o that_o nature_n to_o be_v find_v nay_o the_o same_o st._n hierome_n himself_o though_o not_o chargeable_a with_o the_o error_n which_o to_o his_o grief_n he_o see_v general_o follow_v by_o the_o christian_n of_o the_o five_o age_n betray_v himself_o guilty_a of_o so_o great_a a_o respect_n towards_o those_o who_o first_o maintain_v it_o that_o he_o dare_v not_o condemn_v it_o say_v about_o the_o year_n 415._o 20._o licet_fw-la non_fw-la sequamur_fw-la tamen_fw-la damnare_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la multi_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la &_o martyr_n ista_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la &_o unusquisque_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sensu_fw-la abundat_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la cuncta_fw-la judicio_fw-la reservantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o regard_v many_o ecclesiastical_a person_n and_o martyr_n have_v say_v these_o thing_n as_o also_o that_o every_o man_n abound_v in_o his_o own_o sense_n and_o that_o all_o be_v reserve_v for_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o lord_n though_o i_o do_v not_o follow_v they_o yet_o can_v i_o not_o condemn_v they_o chap._n xiii_o inducement_n of_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a arise_v from_o the_o hypothesis_n propose_v in_o the_o pretend_a sibylline_a write_n by_o this_o mean_n have_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o millenaries_n with_o a_o success_n equal_a to_o that_o of_o the_o other_o supposiâ—…s_v of_o the_o pretend_a sibylline_a write_n not_o only_o find_v partisan_n among_o the_o christian_n but_o also_o gain_v the_o applause_n of_o many_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a among_o they_o and_o all_o have_v conceive_v this_o apprehension_n thereof_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o maintain_v all_o the_o hypothesis_n contain_v in_o it_o without_o induce_v by_o a_o necessary_a consequence_n prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a who_o they_o imagine_v to_o stand_v so_o much_o the_o more_o in_o need_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o live_n by_o how_o much_o they_o imagine_v they_o expose_v as_o well_o to_o the_o disturbance_n which_o those_o may_v be_v subject_a to_o who_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o expectation_n of_o their_o happiness_n as_o to_o the_o temptation_n and_o assault_n which_o the_o faithful_a be_v exercise_v with_o through_o the_o implacable_a malice_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o be_v oblige_v at_o last_o to_o stand_v to_o the_o rigorous_a judgement_n of_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n we_o can_v make_v a_o better_a representation_n of_o the_o state_n whereto_o the_o christian_n of_o that_o time_n conceive_v their_o decease_a brethren_n to_o be_v reduce_v then_o by_o copying-out_a what_o justin_n martyr_n who_o have_v see_v the_o eruption_n of_o the_o first_o sibylline_a imposture_n have_v write_v of_o the_o condition_n of_o our_o saviour_n himself_o to_o who_o he_o very_o just_o apply_v those_o word_n of_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o psalm_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n 21._o save_v i_o from_o the_o lion_n mouth_n that_o he_o pray_v his_o soul_n may_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o sword_n from_o the_o lion_n mouth_n and_o the_o paw_n of_o the_o dog_n be_v a_o request_n that_o none_o shall_v prevail_v over_o his_o soul_n to_o the_o end_n that_o when_o we_o come_v to_o depart_v this_o life_n we_o shall_v desire_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o he_o do_v of_o almighty_a god_n that_o every_o wicked_a bold_a spirit_n may_v be_v prevent_v from_o take_v our_o soul_n as_o be_v what_o the_o soul_n expect_v i_o have_v show_v as_o much_o in_o that_o saul_n require_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o samuel_n may_v be_v evocate_v by_o the_o witch_n it_o appear_v also_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o those_o who_o have_v be_v just_o and_o prophet_n be_v subject_a to_o such_o power_n as_o by_o the_o effect_n it_o be_v manifest_a be_v that_o wherewith_o the_o witch_n be_v possess_v whence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o teach_v we_o by_o his_o son_n that_o we_o for_o who_o sake_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o that_o be_v do_v shall_v fight_v all_o manner_n of_o way_n and_o desire_v at_o our_o departure_n out_o of_o this_o life_n that_o our_o soul_n may_v not_o fall_v under_o any_o such_o power_n for_o as_o much_o as_o when_o he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n upon_o the_o cross_n he_o say_v 46._o father_n into_o thy_o hand_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n from_o which_o discourse_n
his_o sin_n be_v not_o grant_v he_o by_o thou_o we_o therefore_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n that_o thy_o judgement_n may_v not_o by_o strange_a sentence_n be_v rigorous_a towards_o he_o who_o the_o true_a supplication_n of_o christian_a faith_n recommend_v to_o thou_o but_o that_o through_o the_o assistance_n of_o thy_o grace_n he_o may_v be_v think_v worthy_a to_o escape_v the_o judgement_n of_o eternal_a vengeance_n he_o who_o while_o live_v be_v honour_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n amen_n upon_o some_o such_o consideration_n be_v it_o that_o st._n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o his_o five_o mystagogical_n catechesis_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o depart_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n we_o offer_v prayer_n to_o god_n for_o the_o depart_a and_o if_o they_o be_v sinner_n we_o do_v not_o weave_v crown_n for_o they_o but_o offer_v up_o christ_n sacrifice_v for_o our_o sin_n appease_v on_o their_o behalf_n and_o our_o own_o him_z who_o be_v the_o lover_n of_o mankind_n upon_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v by_o the_o way_n that_o the_o text_n be_v disorder_v by_o the_o transcriber_n who_o have_v find_v in_o his_o copy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thrust_v in_o a_o whole_a line_n after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d writing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o same_o hypothesis_n also_o st._n augustine_n in_o the_o forecited_a place_n of_o his_o confession_n take_v occasion_n to_o make_v these_o prayer_n for_o his_o mother_n dimitte_n illi_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la debitu_fw-la sua_fw-la non_fw-la intres_n cum_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o judicium_fw-la superexaltet_fw-la misericordia_fw-la tua_fw-la judicium_fw-la etc._n etc._n do_v thou_o also_o forgive_v she_o her_o trespass_n enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o she_o let_v thy_o mercy_n be_v above_o thy_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n but_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v this_o hypothesis_n may_v do_v somewhat_o against_o aërius_n who_o may_v have_v be_v draw_v into_o the_o common_a opinion_n that_o the_o depart_v be_v after_o death_n in_o a_o imperfect_a state_n be_v detain_v in_o a_o place_n by_o themselves_o till_o their_o resurrection_n yet_o do_v it_o not_o amount_v to_o any_o thing_n against_o the_o protestant_n who_o be_v of_o a_o different_a opinion_n since_o that_o if_o it_o be_v always_o lawful_a to_o conclude_v he_o be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n therefore_o we_o must_v pray_v for_o he_o the_o church_n will_v be_v oblige_v to_o pray_v eternal_o for_o all_o its_o member_n even_o after_o their_o resurrection_n and_o the_o last_o judgement_n which_o none_o hitherto_o have_v conceive_v she_o ought_v to_o practice_v chap._n xix_o saint_n epiphanius_n seven_o motive_n consider_v in_o the_o last_o place_n st._n epiphanius_n affirm_v that_o in_o his_o time_n man_n pray_v for_o the_o saint_n and_o the_o just_a whoever_o they_o be_v upon_o this_o account_n that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o distinction_n make_v between_o they_o and_o our_o saviour_n who_o intercede_v for_o all_o do_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o one_o intercession_n and_o to_o show_v that_o there_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v parallel_v with_o he_o any_o of_o those_o who_o be_v most_o recommendable_a for_o their_o piety_n upon_o which_o last_o hypothesis_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o from_o most_o certain_a principle_n to_o wit_n that_o we_o must_v be_v tender_a of_o the_o honour_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o distinguish_v he_o from_o the_o man_n redeem_v by_o he_o and_o by_o no_o mean_n suffer_v that_o any_o one_o compare_v they_o to_o their_o saviour_n it_o draw_v a_o false_a consequence_n to_o wit_n that_o we_o must_v pray_v for_o they_o for_o if_o it_o be_v admit_v it_o be_v also_o necessary_a to_o pray_v for_o the_o faithful_a as_o well_o after_o their_o resurrection_n and_o the_o last_o judgement_n as_o before_o since_o the_o honour_n proper_a to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n will_v be_v no_o less_o 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ecclesiastica_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v according_a to_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n as_o the_o faithful_a know_v that_o when_o the_o name_n of_o the_o martyr_n be_v recite_v before_o the_o altar_n of_o god_n man_n pray_v not_o for_o they_o but_o for_o all_o other_o that_o be_v commemorate_a prayer_n be_v make_v for_o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o martyr_n by_o who_o prayer_n we_o be_v to_o be_v recommend_v and_o yet_o what_o to_o use_v the_o term_n of_o this_o father_n the_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n of_o the_o christian_n of_o africa_n rome_n and_o in_o a_o word_n of_o all_o the_o west_n thrust_v as_o injurious_a and_o ill-grounded_a out_o of_o the_o both_o public_a and_o private_a service_n after_o they_o have_v quit_v the_o hypothesis_n of_o those_o that_o have_v precede_v they_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o office_n of_o many_o other_o church_n whence_o we_o read_v in_o the_o liturgy_n of_o the_o armenian_n dam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la pacem_fw-la 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saepe_fw-la revise_v tuos_fw-la etc._n etc._n vadis_fw-la te_fw-la christo_fw-la per_fw-la idonea_fw-la signa_fw-la vocante_fw-la et_fw-fr velut_fw-la emerito_fw-la tibi_fw-la praemia_fw-la digna_fw-la parante_fw-la omni_fw-la momento_n nostrî_fw-la patron_n memento_n et_fw-fr succurre_fw-la gregi_fw-la mortali_fw-la morte_fw-la redempto_fw-la again_o nunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la nos_fw-la saepè_fw-la revisat_fw-la ab_fw-la alto_fw-mi thou_o father_n from_o on_o high_a revisit_v thou_o etc._n etc._n by_o christ_n hence_o as_o a_o discharge_v champion_n thou_o be_v of_o great_a reward_n call_v to_o receive_v thy_o part_n o_o patron_n ever-mindfull_a of_o we_o be_v and_o those_o relieve_v who_o mortal_a death_n set_v free_a with_o christ_n from_o heaven_n often_o revisit_v we_o what_o can_v he_o have_v say_v more_o to_o st._n peter_n or_o st._n paul_n according_a to_o the_o theology_n of_o that_o time_n in_o that_o of_o william_n bishop_n of_o engoulesm_n have_v 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