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show_v curse_a be_v that_o man_n that_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o man_n the_o lord_n must_v be_v entreat_v the_o lord_n must_v be_v pacify_v with_o our_o satisfaction_n which_o say_v he_o do_v deny_v that_o man_n that_o deny_v he_o in_o these_o word_n cyprian_n not_o only_o plain_o deny_v that_o absolute_a &_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o man_n which_o m._n allen_n affirm_v but_o also_o declare_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o satisfaction_n of_o god_n namely_o that_o those_o which_o counterfect_v repentance_n and_o though_o by_o some_o outward_a observation_n to_o satisfy_v the_o church_n may_v know_v they_o have_v to_o do_v with_o god_n who_o be_v not_o please_v but_o with_o inward_a and_o hearty_a conversion_n who_o knowledge_n they_o must_v satisfy_v with_o true_a repentance_n in_o deed_n as_o they_o seek_v to_o satisfy_v judgement_n of_o the_o church_n by_o external_a sign_n and_o token_n thereof_o but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o common_a case_n of_o christian_a man_n for_o the_o pope_n case_n be_v out_o of_o the_o common_a case_n of_o christian_a man_n m._n allen_n say_v penance_n and_o by_o penance_n he_o
in_o other_o place_n where_o he_o be_v free_a from_o contention_n with_o the_o say_a sect_n he_o ever_o in_o express_a term_n ground_v the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n upon_o the_o apostle_n word_n yea_o even_o in_o the_o same_o answer_n to_o the_o adversary_n he_o be_v so_o mindful_a of_o god_n justice_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o fir_v lest_o he_o may_v geve_v any_o occasion_n of_o the_o contrary_a error_n to_o deny_v purgatory_n that_o in_o the_o same_o talk_n with_o the_o origenist_n he_o confess_v there_o may_v well_o be_v some_o grief_n in_o the_o next_o life_n also_o which_o may_v likewise_o purge_v and_o deliver_v a_o man_n from_o the_o love_n of_o transitory_a thing_n wherewith_o the_o best_a sort_n of_o man_n be_v in_o this_o our_o misery_n often_o very_o sore_o load_v although_o in_o deed_n he_o doubt_v whether_o any_o such_o affection_n and_o love_n of_o thing_n dear_a unto_o we_o in_o this_o world_n as_o of_o wife_n kindred_n acquaintance_n 68_o or_o such_o like_a may_v remain_v in_o man_n after_o his_o departure_n hence_o &_o so_o there_o in_o time_n to_o be_v lessen_v and_o in_o fine_a utter_o remove_v or_o wear_v away_o by_o some_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n which_o in_o the_o next_o life_n may_v by_o the_o lack_n of_o the_o say_a thing_n vex_v and_o molest_v his_o mind_n as_o we_o see_v it_o common_o fall_v in_o this_o present_a life_n where_o man_n by_o diverse_a profitable_a trouble_n of_o this_o world_n learn_v to_o set_v light_n by_o thing_n which_o in_o order_fw-fr he_o may_v well_o love_v be_v for_o all_o that_o more_o merit_n to_o forsake_v they_o and_o of_o this_o point_n s._n augustine_n have_v these_o word_n in_o one_o place_n 69._o tale_n aliquid_fw-la fieri_fw-la etiam_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la incredibile_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la &_o utrum_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la quaeri_fw-la potest_fw-la some_o such_o thing_n may_v well_o be_v after_o this_o life_n and_o thereof_o question_n may_v be_v make_v by_o which_o 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that_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o at_o all_o no_o nor_o he_o never_o go_v so_o far_o good_a reader_n as_o to_o make_v any_o doubt_n of_o purgatory_n pain_n for_o punishment_n of_o sin_n commit_v in_o the_o world_n for_o in_o all_o the_o same_o book_n where_o he_o have_v the_o like_a sa_n and_o almost_o in_o the_o very_a same_o place_n he_o hold_v as_o a_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o to_o be_v believe_v of_o all_o christian_a man_n that_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o lieving_n do_v release_v some_o of_o their_o pain_n in_o the_o next_o life_n and_o he_o constant_o as_o all_o other_o catholic_n ever_o do_v confess_v that_o the_o sin_n or_o unclean_a work_n of_o the_o live_a not_o due_o by_o penance_n wipe_v away_o in_o this_o world_n must_v be_v mend_v after_o our_o death_n although_o it_o be_v very_o doubtful_a in_o deed_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o worldly_a affection_n leave_v in_o man_n mind_n untaken_a up_o by_o death_n and_o resolution_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o soul_n the_o care_n and_o remembrance_n whereof_o may_v be_v afterward_o by_o sorrow_n both_o purge_v and_o punish_v and_o this_o to_o be_v his_o meaning_n and_o that_o he_o term_v here_o purgatory_n the_o grief_n which_o a_o man_n have_v in_o lose_v that_o which_o he_o love_v in_o this_o mortal_a life_n his_o own_o word_n testify_v in_o every_o of_o those_o work_n in_o which_o he_o keep_v this_o combat_n with_o origenist_n 26._o in_o one_o place_n thus_o quod_fw-la sine_fw-la illicienti_fw-la amore_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la sine_fw-la dolore_fw-la urente_fw-la non_fw-la perdet_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la amissione_n tantum_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la urat_fw-la dolour_n quantum_fw-la haeserat_fw-la amor_fw-la that_o which_o by_o ticklinge_n love_n be_v keep_v can_v not_o be_v lose_v with_o out_o burn_a grief_n and_o look_v how_o fast_o the_o love_n of_o such_o thing_n do_v clean_o to_o man_n mind_n so_o far_o must_v sorrow_n burn_v so_o in_o the_o like_a talk_n with_o the_o say_a origenist_n 16._o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o operibus_fw-la he_o follow_v the_o same_o signification_n of_o purgatory_n haec_fw-la igitur_fw-la say_v he_o quoniam_fw-la affectu_fw-la dilecta_fw-la carnali_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la dolore_fw-la amittuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la ea_fw-la habent_fw-la in_fw-la eorum_fw-la amissione_n passi_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la quendam_fw-la doloris_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la these_o thing_n be_v by_o carnal_a affection_n love_v be_v not_o light_o lose_v without_o grief_n and_o therefore_o those_o that_o thus_o be_v affectionate_a feel_v loss_n in_o part_v from_o they_o and_o so_o come_v to_o salvation_n through_o the_o fire_n of_o sorrow_n such_o a_o sadness_n the_o young_a man_n that_o demand_v of_o our_o master_n the_o way_n to_o heaven_n conceive_v straight_o 19_o when_o motion_n be_v only_o make_v of_o distribution_n of_o his_o good_n who_o be_v otherwise_o in_o the_o state_n of_o salvation_n and_o to_o be_v bear_v withal_o because_o he_o be_v a_o just_a man_n and_o lack_v not_o the_o foundation_n of_o his_o faith_n yet_o the_o very_a loss_n or_o leave_v of_o his_o good_n be_v unto_o he_o if_o he_o continue_v in_o that_o affection_n a_o wonderful_a great_a torment_n &_o as_o s._n augustine_n here_o call_v it_o a_o kind_n of_o purgatory_n the_o which_o perfect_a man_n that_o esteem_v all_o the_o trash_n of_o this_o world_n as_o dirt_n and_o dung_n to_o win_v christ_n feel_v not_o at_o all_o who_o the_o doctor_n suppose_v therefore_o to_o take_v no_o damage_n in_o the_o loss_n of_o thing_n which_o they_o so_o little_o love_v now_o in_o every_o place_n where_o this_o exposition_n be_v find_v as_o i_o think_v it_o be_v never_o in_o all_o his_o work_n light_o but_o in_o conference_n with_o the_o origenist_n he_o always_o add_v that_o the_o like_a fire_n of_o sorrow_n may_v also_o correct_v the_o affection_n even_o of_o the_o depart_a but_o yet_o whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o no_o he_o count_v it_o a_o question_n of_o probable_a disputation_n rather_o than_o any_o matter_n of_o faith_n as_o it_o be_v in_o deed_n very_o doubtful_a whether_o any_o such_o unordinate_a affection_n may_v remain_v untaken_a up_o after_o man_n departure_n which_o by_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n in_o the_o other_o world_n may_v be_v in_o time_n whole_o consume_v and_o further_o he_o never_o doubt_v for_o in_o that_o famous_a work_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 21._o with_o in_o two_o chapter_n of_o that_o doubt_n make_v of_o this_o kind_n of_o purgation_n which_o we_o now_o have_v declare_v he_o utter_v his_o faith_n with_o god_n church_n of_o that_o great_a torment_n and_o just_a punishment_n of_o sinful_a life_n not_o sufficient_o purge_v by_o penance_n in_o our_o time_n which_o he_o call_v the_o amend_v fire_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v there_o tale_n etiam_fw-la constat_fw-la ante_fw-la iudicij_fw-la diem_fw-la per_fw-la poenas_fw-la temporales_fw-la quas_fw-la eorum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la purgatos_fw-la receptis_fw-la corporibus_fw-la aeterni_fw-la ignis_fw-la supplicijs_fw-la non_fw-la tradendos_fw-la etc_n etc_n it_o be_v certain_a say_v he_o constat_fw-la which_o be_v no_o word_n of_o doubtefullnesse_n that_o such_o man_n be_v purge_v by_o the_o temporal_a pain_n which_o their_o soul_n do_v suffer_v before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n shall_v not_o after_o they_o have_v receive_v their_o body_n again_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o torment_n of_o the_o everlasting_a fire_n dulcitium_fw-la this_o he_o utter_v in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o he_o doubt_v of_o the_o other_o kind_n of_o purgation_n as_o he_o confess_v himself_o to_o be_v uncertain_a of_o the_o whole_a exposition_n refuse_v none_o at_o all_o that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o faith_n and_o will_v not_o help_v the_o falsehood_n which_o he_o they_o refute_v in_o his_o enchir_n where_o he_o dispute_v against_o the_o same_o error_n 110._o
or_o danger_n or_o to_o show_v their_o sorrow_n for_o profanation_n of_o god_n glory_n and_o any_o of_o these_o be_v more_o reasonable_a cause_n than_o the_o superstitious_a surmise_n of_o beda_n with_o his_o curious_a conceit_n of_o the_o six_o age_n of_o the_o world_n where_o other_o make_v seven_o and_o eight_o age_n 3_o and_o that_o charitable_a relief_n of_o the_o poor_a by_o open_a alm_n and_o dole_n be_v also_o practise_v for_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o depart_a in_o the_o obit_n of_o old_a time_n the_o scripture_n itself_o in_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o toby_n make_v mention_v 4._o by_o report_n of_o that_o godly_a commandment_n that_o the_o good_a old_a father_n give_v be_v son_n herein_o panem_fw-la tuum_fw-la cum_fw-la esurientibus_fw-la comede_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr vestimenâ—is_fw-la tuis_fw-la nudos_fw-la tege_fw-la panem_fw-la tuum_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la tuum_fw-la super_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la iusti_fw-la constitue_a &_o noli_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la manducare_fw-la &_o bibere_fw-la cum_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la eat_v thy_o bread_n with_o the_o hungry_a and_o needy_a and_o cover_v with_o thy_o clothes_n the_o naked_a set_a thy_o bread_n and_o wine_n upon_o the_o sepulture_n of_o the_o virtuous_a &_o make_v not_o the_o sinful_a partaker_n thereof_o which_o word_n of_o exhortation_n can_v have_v no_o other_o sense_n but_o that_o as_z before_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o give_v his_o son_n in_o charge_n to_o bestow_v upon_o all_o man_n according_a to_o his_o hability_n for_o that_o there_o be_v hope_n to_o all_o charitable_a alm_n giver_n of_o god_n mercy_n so_o now_o he_o warn_v he_o to_o feed_v the_o poor_a and_o break_v his_o bread_n to_o such_o especial_o as_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o joust_n and_o funeral_n of_o the_o depart_v he_o will_v never_o have_v put_v he_o in_o mind_n to_o have_v relieve_v the_o poor_a at_o burial_n but_o for_o some_o commodity_n that_o may_v arise_v to_o the_o party_n decease_v for_o otherwise_o his_o charity_n may_v 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