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well_o then_o be_v thou_o baptise_a be_v thou_o sign_v with_o the_o 9_o idem_fw-la de_fw-la cataclysmate_n c._n 9_o king_n seal_n begin_v thou_o to_o feed_v at_o the_o table_n of_o thy_o king_n paulin_n king_n idem_fw-la epla_fw-la ad_fw-la arment_n et_fw-fr paulin_n noli_fw-la esse_fw-la desertor_n become_v not_o a_o flincher_n remember_v thy_o covenant_n *_o quia_fw-la iam_fw-la vovisti_fw-la iam_fw-la te_fw-la astrinxisti_fw-la the_o vow_n have_v bind_v thou_o wretched_a be_v thou_o if_o thou_o break_v thy_o vow_n to_o god_n the_o heathen_a never_o forsake_v their_o god_n but_o fear_v reverence_n and_o main_o defend_v they_o lest_o by_o change_v their_o right_n they_o shall_v be_v tax_v with_o error_n illi_fw-la perseverant_fw-la in_o falso_fw-la tiâ—_n non_fw-la perseuâ—ras_fw-la in_o vero_fw-la shall_v they_o persist_v in_o falsehood_n and_o prophet_n and_o chrysost_n homil_n de_fw-fr jerâ—m_n prophet_n will_v not_o thou_o abide_v in_o the_o truth_n socrates_n though_o a_o pagan_a 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many_o mean_n and_o admonition_n unto_o he_o love_n in_o wash_v his_o foot_n 13._o joh._n 13._o fear_v when_o he_o say_v woe_n unto_o he_o by_o who_o the_o son_n 22._o luc._n 22._o of_o man_n be_v betray_v sorrow_n when_o he_o foretell_v his_o betray_n 26._o joh._n 13._o math._n 26._o shame_n when_o he_o say_v unto_o judas_n thou_o have_v say_v yea_o so_o great_a that_o he_o seem_v after_o a_o sort_n to_o do_v wrong_a unto_o his_o justice_n in_o use_v so_o great_a mercy_n towards_o he_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o be_v save_v and_o because_o he_o will_v not_o he_o be_v damn_v yea_o if_o a_o man_n may_v so_o speak_v against_o christ_n will_n their_o sin_n who_o have_v once_o give_v their_o name_n unto_o christ_n entertain_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o gospel_n and_o resolve_v their_o conscience_n thereof_o yet_o shall_v after_o fall_v away_o from_o the_o same_o be_v like_a unto_o that_o which_o judas_n the_o traitor_n commit_v for_o such_o crucify_v to_o themselves_o again_o the_o son_n of_o 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and_o have_v separate_v we_o to_o redemption_n noli_fw-la ergo_fw-la signaculum_fw-la illud_fw-la dissoluere_fw-la if_o thou_o fall_v away_o from_o thy_o faith_n thou_o do_v despite_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o do_v work_v this_o in_o thou_o thou_o have_v receive_v a_o benefit_n and_o reiect_a it_o after_o thou_o despise_v the_o giver_n he_o make_v thou_o the_o son_n of_o god_n thou_o will_v be_v the_o servant_n of_o the_o devil_n he_o come_v to_o save_v thy_o soul_n and_o thou_o do_v thrust_v he_o out_o of_o door_n and_o seek_v to_o bring_v he_o to_o confusion_n thou_o do_v herein_o resist_v plain_o and_o persecute_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o like_o judas_n be_v a_o traitor_n unto_o he_o the_o second_o circumstance_n it_o suffice_v not_o a_o christian_a to_o have_v faith_n to_o believe_v but_o he_o must_v have_v understanding_n and_o knowledge_n join_v to_o his_o
math._n 12._o where_o with_o he_o be_v possess_v be_v by_o the_o phurises_n envious_o accuse_v to_o have_v cast_v it_o out_o by_o the_o power_n of_o belzebub_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o devil_n whereupon_o our_o saviour_n have_v convict_v they_o sheweth_z their_o dangerous_a estate_n and_o dreadful_a sin_n which_o he_o term_v sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o consist_v herein_o that_o they_o blaspheme_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o blaspemy_n import_v the_o intend_a derogation_n of_o one_o good_a name_n st._n matthew_n give_v some_o light_n hereunto_o and_o say_v it_o be_v to_o speak_v against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o st._n mark_n specifi_v it_o for_o they_o say_v he_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n so_o that_o they_o do_v attribute_n to_o the_o devil_n those_o action_n 3._o mark_n 3._o which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v proper_a unto_o god_n as_o the_o eiection_n of_o devil_n neither_o do_v they_o this_o ignorant_o for_o intelligentes_fw-la christum_fw-la principem_fw-la 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may_v be_v a_o pagan_a to_o day_n a_o unbelieved_a jew_n to_o day_n a_o haereticke_n to_o day_n a_o schismatic_n to_o day_n quid_fw-la si_fw-la cras_fw-la amplectatur_fw-la catholicam_fw-la fidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o if_o the_o next_o day_n he_o do_v embrace_v the_o catholic_n faith_n 43._o aug._n apud_fw-la lumb_n 1._o sent._n do_v 43._o and_o follow_v the_o catholic_a truth_n what_o if_o so_o be_v those_o who_o thou_o do_v see_v taint_v with_o any_o kind_n of_o error_n and_o do_v condemn_v they_o as_o most_o desperate_a fellow_n shall_v repent_v before_o they_o end_v this_o life_n and_o find_v true_a rest_n and_o life_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v judge_n no_o man_n before_o the_o time_n therefore_o i_o know_v not_o why_o any_o man_n shall_v despair_v see_v god_n be_v love_v true_a and_o powerful_a but_o that_o we_o may_v be_v confident_a in_o he_o with_o the_o holy_a father_n because_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o promise_n bernard_n bernard_n the_o love_n of_o his_o 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