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§._o viii_o from_o the_o fourteen_o heresy_n wherein_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n show_v the_o protestant_n to_o participate_v â—ith_o the_o pelagian_n as_o you_o have_v hear_v m._n morton_n starve_v back_o to_o the_o six_o 63._o of_o participation_n with_o the_o noâ—â—tians_n in_o these_o word_n he_o that_o be_v bellarmine_n make_v protestant_n guilty_a say_v he_o of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o novation_n in_o take_v from_o the_o church_n all_o power_n of_o reconciliate_a man_n unâ—â—_n god_n when_o as_o his_o own_o joan._n author_n do_v note_n that_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o novatian_n be_v this_o videlicet_fw-la to_o deny_v â—ny_a man_n that_o shall_v sin_v after_o baptism_n all_o hope_n of_o remission_n 〈◊〉_d sin_n although_o he_o shall_v repent_v yea_o and_o also_o bellarâ—ine_n himself_o in_o behalf_n of_o protestant_n confess_v â—lse_o where_o that_o they_o require_v repentance_n and_o faith_n in_o christians_n that_o they_o may_v be_v justify_v and_o obtain_v remission_n of_o 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