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tantum_fw-la missae_fw-la more_fw-it seruato_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la offerri_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la prima_fw-la diei_fw-la parte_fw-la convenit_fw-la lest_o some_o of_o the_o people_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o devotion_n if_o the_o custom_n of_o one_o mass_n a_o day_n be_v observe_v and_o the_o sacrifice_n may_v not_o be_v offer_v but_o at_o their_o meeting_n that_o come_v first_o in_o the_o morning_n in_o those_o day_n when_o all_o man_n be_v so_o devout_a to_o hear_v mass_n that_o no_o body_n will_v willing_o omit_v to_o hear_v one_o mass_n at_o least_o every_o holy_a day_n there_o be_v i_o ween_v no_o hundred_o mark_n to_o be_v forfeit_v for_o every_o mass_n they_o hear_v and_o be_v they_o then_o true_a protestant_n think_v you_o who_o so_o zealous_o covet_v to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n moreover_o s._n leo_n be_v so_o well_o assure_v of_o the_o real_a presence_n of_o christ_n bless_a body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o clear_o acknowledge_v even_o of_o the_o vulgar_a and_o common_a sort_n in_o those_o day_n that_o he_o take_v it_o for_o a_o ground_n to_o confute_v the_o eutichian_a heresy_n for_o have_v first_o declare_v that_o those_o heretic_n by_o affirm_v our_o saviour_n not_o to_o have_v take_v the_o true_a flesh_n of_o man_n do_v destroy_v his_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n he_o adjoin_v clerum_fw-la epist_n 22._o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_o what_o darkness_n of_o ignorance_n in_o what_o drowsiness_n of_o sloth_n have_v these_o eutichian_o i_o may_v as_o well_o say_v protestant_n lie_v that_o they_o can_v neither_o by_o hear_v learn_v nor_o by_o read_v understand_v that_o which_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v so_o uniform_o voice_v and_o speak_v off_o by_o every_o man_n that_o it_o be_v not_o withheld_a from_o the_o tongue_n of_o infant_n to_o wit_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n among_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o christian_a 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die_v to_o original_a sin_n and_o elder_a folk_n to_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n in_o baptism_n which_o confute_v the_o protestant_n opinion_n that_o original_a sin_n live_v and_o reign_v in_o all_o man_n after_o baptism_n now_o for_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confession_n and_o satisfaction_n he_o be_v so_o formal_a that_o he_o have_v leave_v no_o evasion_n to_o the_o most_o nimble-witted_n protestant_n public_a confession_n by_o reason_n of_o some_o inconvenience_n that_o thereupon_o ensue_v he_o prohibit_v but_o private_a and_o that_o which_o the_o protestant_n call_v auricular_a confession_n he_o allow_v and_o commend_v campaniae_fw-la epist_n 78._o nu_fw-la 2._o ad_fw-la universos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la campaniae_fw-la these_o be_v his_o word_n i_o decree_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o penance_n which_o be_v so_o exact_v of_o the_o faithful_a that_o a_o prefession_n of_o every_o kind_n of_o sin_n be_v write_v in_o a_o role_n and_o rehearse_v public_o be_v whole_o abrogate_a when_o as_o 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