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in_o gen._n god_n have_v deliver_v his_o son_n for_o our_o sin_n he_o have_v grant_v the_o gift_n of_o baptism_n he_o have_v give_v remission_n of_o our_o former_a sin_n he_o have_v open_v unto_o we_o the_o way_n of_o penance_n by_o this_o remedy_n such_o as_o fall_v into_o sin_n after_o baptism_n may_v be_v restore_v again_o to_o the_o state_n of_o justice_n for_o to_o such_o as_o do_v penance_n god_n have_v promise_v grace_n and_o reconciliation_n 18._o ezech._n 18._o say_v by_o the_o prophet_n si_fw-la impius_fw-la egerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o the_o wicked_a man_n do_v penance_n for_o all_o his_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v he_o shall_v assure_o live_v and_o not_o die_v the_o like_a promise_n he_o have_v make_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o s._n peter_n 3._o acto_fw-la 3._o poenitemini_fw-la &_o convertimini_fw-la ut_fw-la deleantur_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la do_v penance_n and_o turn_n that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o but_o unto_o such_o as_o fall_n and_o will_v not_o do_v penance_n god_n threaten_v damnation_n 33._o ezech._n 33._o si_fw-mi impius_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la conversus_fw-la à _fw-la via_fw-la sva_fw-la etc._n etc._n ipse_fw-la in_o iniquitate_fw-la sva_fw-la morietur_fw-la if_o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o turn_v from_o his_o way_n in_o his_o wickedness_n shall_v he_o die_v and_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n christ_n himself_o say_v 13._o luca._n 13._o nisi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la egeritis_fw-la omnes_fw-la similiter_fw-la peribitis_fw-la unless_o you_o do_v penance_n you_o shall_v perish_v all_o after_o like_a sort_n by_o which_o word_n put_v together_o we_o understande_v that_o as_o penance_n be_v the_o sure_a and_o undoubted_a way_n to_o restore_v a_o sinner_n again_o so_o without_o the_o same_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o his_o reconciliation_n as_o this_o order_n be_v command_v by_o the_o scripture_n so_o have_v it_o in_o all_o age_n ben_fw-mi practise_v by_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o sinner_n 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neither_o faith_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n sometime_o to_o hope_v sometime_o to_o baptism_n or_o penance_n without_o the_o rest_n sometime_o it_o promise_v reward_v of_o life_n everlasting_a to_o faith_n without_o mention_n of_o good_a work_n sometime_o to_o good_a work_n say_v nothing_o of_o faith_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o no_o one_o of_o they_o mean_v to_o be_v exclude_v or_o leave_v out_o and_o therefore_o the_o godly_a reader_n wise_o meek_a and_o meek_o wise_a when_o he_o see_v life_n everlasting_a promise_v to_o every_o one_o of_o these_o particular_o scripture_n a_o rule_n for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o scripture_n remember_v that_o every_o word_n of_o god_n be_v like_o true_a join_v they_o all_o together_o and_o true_o beleve_v that_o to_o the_o perfit_v of_o our_o justification_n and_o salvation_n there_o be_v require_v grace_n faith_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n hope_v charity_n together_o with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o penance_n and_o also_o 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