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must_v make_v restitution_n or_o satisfaction_n in_o will_n and_o deed_n to_o their_o neighbour_n in_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o have_v do_v they_o wrong_n and_o injury_n in_o and_o also_o must_v do_v all_o other_o good_a work_n of_o mercy_n and_o charity_n and_o express_v their_o obedient_a will_n in_o the_o execute_n and_o fulfil_n of_o god_n commandment_n outward_o when_o time_n power_n and_o occasion_n shall_v be_v minister_v unto_o they_o or_o else_o they_o shall_v never_o be_v save_v for_o this_o be_v the_o express_a precept_n and_o commandment_n of_o god_n agite_fw-la fructus_fw-la dignos_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la and_o st._n paul_n say_v debitores_fw-la sumus_fw-la and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v castigo_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o in_fw-la servitutem_fw-la redigo_fw-la item_n that_o these_o precept_n and_o work_n of_o charity_n be_v necessary_a work_n to_o our_o salvation_n and_o god_n necessary_o require_v that_o every_o penitent_a man_n shall_v perform_v the_o 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sacrament_n may_v in_o no_o wise_n be_v suffer_v to_o perish_v or_o to_o be_v abolish_v according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o st._n paul_n quomodo_n credent_a in_o eum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la audiâ—runt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la autem_fw-la audient_fw-la sine_fw-la praedicante_fw-la quomodo_fw-la autem_fw-la praedicabunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la missi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la speciosâ—_fw-la super_fw-la montes_fw-la pedes_fw-la evangelizantium_fw-la pacem_fw-la annunciantium_fw-la bona_fw-la three_o because_o the_o say_a power_n and_o office_n or_o function_n have_v annex_v unto_o it_o assure_a promise_n of_o excellent_a and_o inestimable_a thing_n for_o thereby_o be_v confer_v and_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n with_o all_o his_o grace_n and_o final_o our_o justification_n and_o everlasting_a life_n according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o st._n paul_n non_fw-fr i_o pâ—det_fw-la evangelii_n jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la potentia_fw-la siquidem_fw-la est_fw-la 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