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principibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la expositoribus_fw-la damnate_fw-la quae_fw-la tenebatis_fw-la tenete_fw-la quae_fw-la damnabatis_fw-la reijcite_fw-la antiquam_fw-la fidem_fw-la paterna_fw-la instituta_fw-la maiorun_n deposita_fw-la etc._n etc._n take_v we_o say_v they_o to_o the_o catholic_n for_o your_o author_n we_o for_o your_o leader_n we_o for_o your_o interpreter_n &_o upon_o our_o word_n condemn_v you_o the_o thing_n that_o you_o hold_v hold_v you_o the_o thing_n that_o you_o condemn_v cast_v away_o the_o old_a faith_n the_o father_n teachinge_n the_o thing_n that_o your_o elder_n leave_v you_o to_o keep_v etc._n etc._n this_o i_o say_v with_o he_o be_v the_o croak_a of_o those_o egyptiacall_a frog_n while_o they_o be_v live_v which_o now_o be_v quackle_v &_o yalp_v with_o the_o devil_n in_o hell_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v as_o saint_z johns_n apocalypse_n bear_v witness_v 16._o cap._n 16._o now_o therefore_o let_v any_o reasonable_a man_n any_o that_o will_v save_v his_o 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prepare_v for_o heretic_n which_o by_o the_o witness_n of_o s._n paul_n himself_o can_v be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 1._o gal._n 1._o for_o advouterer_n say_v he_o murderer_n sorcerer_n heretic_n &_o such_o like_a regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la consequentur_fw-la shall_v not_o possess_v god_n kingdom_n martyr_n next_o of_o all_o let_v it_o be_v well_o consider_v what_o church_n that_o be_v which_o have_v in_o the_o roll_n of_o she_o own_o child_n so_o many_o which_o both_o we_o and_o our_o adversary_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v true_a martyr_n in_o deed_n that_o here_o i_o say_v nothing_o of_o other_o order_n of_o saint_n in_o heaven_n confess_v by_o we_o both_o consider_v i_o say_v whether_o all_o those_o which_o by_o our_o church_n be_v enroll_v in_o the_o number_n of_o martyr_n in_o the_o common_a calendare_n who_o to_o laurence_n humphrey_n now_o that_o jewel_n have_v in_o learning_n life_n and_o miracle_n so_o far_o pass_v they_o all_o be_v all_o but_o sanctuli_n hold_v 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steven_n relic_n be_v cure_v a_o bishop_n of_o a_o fistula_n by_o the_o same_o be_v reviue_v &_o perfect_o restore_v a_o boy_n that_o with_o a_o wheel_n be_v kill_v and_o crush_v many_o likewise_o reviue_v by_o thing_n that_o have_v but_o touch_v his_o relic_n there_o six_o reviue_v there_o as_o by_o oil_n clothes_n and_o flower_n one_o of_o those_o example_n because_o it_o serve_v well_o to_o many_o good_a purpose_n i_o think_v it_o good_a to_o recite_v here_o at_o large_a in_o saint_n augustine_n own_o word_n such_o a_o miracle_n do_v we_o know_v say_v he_o among_o many_o other_o to_o have_v be_v do_v at_o vzalis_fw-la a_o city_n here_o in_o africa_n edit_fw-la ser._n 38._o in_o diver_n to._n 10_o qui_fw-la est_fw-la ser._n 10._o in_o nova_fw-la edit_fw-la a_o certain_a woman_n lose_v in_o her_o lap_n her_o son_n by_o sickness_n be_v a_o catechumen_n or_o one_o appoint_v to_o be_v christen_v a_o suck_a babe_n who_o see_v that_o he_o be_v lose_v and_o irreparable_o perish_v begin_v to_o weep_v for_o he_o more_o of_o faith_n then_o as_o a_o mother_n for_o she_o do_v not_o desire_v the_o life_n of_o her_o son_n but_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o that_o life_n she_o bewail_v the_o lose_n &_o the_o perish_v of_o it_o and_o full_a of_o confidence_n up_o she_o take_v he_o dead_a as_o he_o be_v and_o run_v to_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o bless_a martyr_n steven_n and_o begin_v of_o he_o to_o require_v her_o son_n and_o to_o say_v o_o holy_a martyr_n thou_o see_v that_o i_o have_v no_o comfort_n leave_v for_o i_o can_v not_o say_v that_o my_o son_n be_v go_v afore_o who_o thou_o know_v to_o be_v perish_v for_o thou_o see_v why_o i_o do_v make_v this_o lamentation_n restore_v unto_o i_o my_o son_n that_o i_o may_v have_v he_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n that_o crown_v thou_o as_o she_o in_o these_o &_o other_o like_a word_n make_v her_o petition_n with_o tear_n after_o a_o sort_n not_o desire_v but_o as_o i_o say_v require_v he_o her_o son_n reviue_v and_o because_o she_o have_v say_v thou_o know_v wherefore_o i_o seek_v he_o god_n will_v also_o show_v forth_o the_o truth_n of_o her_o mind_n and_o meaning_n by_o and_o by_o to_o the_o priest_n she_o bring_v he_o baptise_a he_o be_v sanctify_v he_o be_v anoint_v he_o be_v imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v do_v upon_o he_o completis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la assumptus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o all_o the_o sacrament_n be_v so_o fulfil_v he_o be_v assumpt_v or_o take_v out_o of_o this_o life_n up_o to_o heaven_n but_o she_o then_o with_o such_o a_o countenance_n follow_v he_o as_o though_o she_o bring_v he_o not_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o burial_n but_o to_o steven_n the_o martyr_n bosom_n probatum_fw-la est_fw-la cor_fw-la fidele_fw-la mulieris_fw-la and_o so_o be_v prove_v faithful_a the_o heart_n of_o the_o woman_n here_o have_v we_o that_o child_n although_o their_o parent_n be_v christian_n perish_v without_o baptism_n we_o have_v also_o that_o in_o baptism_n they_o must_v be_v 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