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there_o be_v no_o man_n without_o his_o fault_n and_o happy_a be_v he_o that_o have_v few_o as_o say_v the_o poet._n the_o most_o remarkable_a fault_n in_o st._n jerom_n be_v his_o passion_n against_o his_o adversary_n and_o too_o great_a earnestness_n in_o dispute_v which_o sometime_o transport_v he_o beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o reason_n inspire_v he_o with_o very_o injurious_a and_o outrageous_a expression_n 11._o id._n ibid._n c._n 11._o it_o be_v then_o very_a likely_a he_o will_v not_o have_v spare_v jovinian_a if_o his_o opinion_n have_v be_v contrary_a unto_o that_o of_o the_o church_n and_o but_o that_o he_o will_v present_o have_v cry_v ah_o the_o heretic_n nevertheless_o he_o do_v not_o do_v so_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o answer_v after_o a_o manner_n which_o plain_o show_v that_o in_o this_o point_n he_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o jovinian_a although_o that_o jesus_n christ_n say_v he_o be_v hungry_a and_o thirsty_a and_o that_o he_o be_v many_o time_n at_o feast_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o write_v that_o he_o please_v his_o mouth_n nor_o his_o belly_n if_o you_o except_o the_o mystery_n which_o he_o show_v in_o type_n of_o his_o passion_n we_o have_v speak_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o our_o first_o part_n of_o two_o sort_n of_o christian_n which_o use_v only_a water_n in_o the_o eucharist_n beside_o the_o encratites_n of_o who_o we_o will_v say_v nothing_o in_o this_o place_n the_o former_a in_o the_o morning_n assembly_n abstain_v from_o the_o use_n of_o wine_n in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n because_o they_o fear_v least_o the_o smell_n of_o it_o shall_v discover_v they_o to_o be_v christian_n and_o people_n which_o come_v from_o participate_v of_o the_o eucharist_n and_o that_o discover_v they_o to_o be_v such_o 63._o cyprian_n ep._n 63._o it_o may_v expose_v they_o
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he_o tell_v we_o 75._o de_fw-fr dogm_n eccles_n c._n 75._o that_o they_o do_v so_o under_o a_o pretext_n of_o sobriety_n be_v it_o possble_a that_o this_o thought_n can_v ever_o come_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o christian_a that_o to_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v to_o want_v sobriety_n what_o be_v man_n make_v of_o in_o those_o time_n say_v the_o protestant_n have_v they_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n as_o we_o have_v for_o we_o can_v conceive_v their_o proceed_n it_o must_v be_v free_o confess_v if_o participate_v of_o the_o holy_a cup_n they_o believe_v they_o drink_v the_o pure_a blood_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o not_o wine_n how_o they_o can_v think_v that_o under_o a_o pretext_n of_o sobriety_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o use_v only_a water_n therein_o but_o wherefore_o have_v not_o the_o holy_a father_n take_v care_v better_a to_o instruct_v and_o inform_v they_o herein_o it_o have_v be_v their_o duty_n and_o charity_n to_o have_v cure_v 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