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tertullian_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-fr prescript_n say_v foelix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cvi_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la happy_a be_v that_o church_n which_o have_v receive_v the_o whole_a doctrine_n confirm_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o apostle_n our_o saviour_n christ_n say_v quae_fw-la audivi_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la meo_fw-la omne_fw-la feci_fw-la nota_fw-la vobis_fw-la those_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v hear_v of_o my_o father_n i_o have_v reveal_v unto_o you_o moreover_o that_o i_o may_v return_v to_o my_o matter_n often_o it_o be_v doubt_v of_o purgatory_n the_o greek_a church_n in_o the_o council_n of_o florentine_a long_o stand_v in_o doubt_n and_o the_o common_a place_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v bring_v forth_o to_o prove_v this_o opinion_n let_v they_o expound_v they_o not_o otherwise_o then_o the_o proper_a and_o lawful_a interpretation_n do_v require_v and_o there_o shall_v then_o be_v leave_v no_o 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1.23_o expound_v thus_o quia_fw-la panis_fw-la corpora_fw-la confirmat_fw-la ideò_fw-la ille_fw-la congruenter_v corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la nuncupatur_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la vinum_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la operatur_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la ideo_fw-la refertur_fw-la ad_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la because_o not_o the_o accident_n or_o form_n of_o bread_n but_o bread_n itself_o confirm_v the_o body_n therefore_o it_o be_v convenient_o call_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o because_o wine_n work_v blood_n in_o the_o flesh_n therefore_o it_o have_v relation_n unto_o the_o blood_n so_o likewise_o say_v druthmarus_n in_o matth._n cap._n 28._o vinum_fw-la laetificat_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la auget_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la non_fw-la inconuenienter_fw-la sanguis_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la significatur_fw-la this_o i_o speak_v brief_o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o your_o mass_n read_v the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n &_o mark_v if_o you_o find_v any_o one_o word_n direct_o or_o indirect_o secret_o 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