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out_o of_o the_o east_n and_o shine_v unto_o the_o west_n mat._n 24.27_o and_o 29._o when_o as_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v make_v manifest_a eight_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o day_n of_o visitation_n when_o as_o christ_n jesus_n the_o great_a bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n shall_v visit_v the_o ample_a diocese_n of_o his_o church_n and_o shall_v call_v all_o the_o clergy_n before_o he_o and_o cause_n they_o to_o render_v account_n of_o their_o cure_n and_o charge_n and_o shall_v make_v those_o shine_n as_o star_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o that_o shall_v win_v soul_n unto_o god_n but_o will_v remove_v those_o candle_n out_o of_o their_o candlestick_n or_o else_o the_o candlestick_n out_o of_o their_o place_n which_o either_o give_v no_o light_n or_o bad_a light_n or_o be_v either_o drop_a candle_n by_o their_o lewd_a &_o loathsome_a life_n or_o spit_v candle_n by_o their_o troublesome_a and_o seditious_a doctrine_n nine_o the_o day_n of_o appear_v as_o in_o this_o 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