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man_n excommunicate_v upon_o repentance_n may_v return_v to_o grace_n be_v receive_v of_o the_o church_n and_o may_v recover_v those_o spiritual_a good_n he_o have_v lose_v as_o prayer_n suffrage_n and_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o temporal_n especial_o kingdom_n be_v once_o lose_v and_o confiscate_v what_o hope_v of_o recovery_n will_v it_o not_o be_v too_o late_o to_o cry_v peccavi_fw-la so_o then_o that_o punishment_n which_o god_n have_v ordain_v for_o the_o good_a of_o soul_n will_v be_v most_o like_a to_o turn_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o body_n soul_n and_o good_n for_o ever_o if_o excommunication_n can_v work_v such_o effect_n and_o be_v not_o as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v medicinalis_fw-la but_o exitialis_fw-la which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v grant_v moreover_o if_o you_o look_v back_o to_o ancient_a canon_n of_o general_a counsel_n yea_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n you_o shall_v see_v for_o the_o same_o or_o like_a crime_n punishment_n 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