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oblation_n anâ_n sacrifice_n it_o offer_v unto_o god_n omnipotent_a the_o high_a king_n and_o king_n of_o king_n of_o heaâ_n and_o the_o universal_a create_v for_o the_o live_a anâ_n decease_v be_v most_o certain_o and_o without_o a_o doubt_n or_o question_n so_o great_a and_o glorious_a ââ_o darenot_v not_o lest_o we_o shall_v be_v traitor_n ââ_o god_n harken_v unto_o they_o but_o lament_v their_o doleful_a estate_n who_o declare_v and_o persecute_v it_o as_o a_o traitorous_a estate_n to_o prince_n on_o earth_n which_o âhould_v subject_v their_o will_n and_o law_n to_o the_o will_n and_o law_n of_o god_n reverence_n and_o honour_n and_o not_o so_o uâly_o use_v his_o dear_a servant_n for_o as_o cuââriphon_n iùstin_n dial._n cuââriphon_n saint_n justine_n with_o all_o other_o affirm_v neque_fw-la à _fw-la quoquam_fw-la deus_fw-la hostiaes_fw-la accipit_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la suis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la god_n accept_v sacrifice_n of_o none_o except_o of_o his_o priest_n on_o potestas_fw-la say_v saint_n ephrem_n inâffaeâilis_fw-la quae_fw-la sacerdot_n ephrem_fw-la de_fw-fr sacerdot_n in_o nobis_fw-la dignââae_fw-la est_fw-la habitare_fw-la per_fw-la impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la sacrorun_n sacerdotum_fw-la o_o quam_fw-la magnam_fw-la in_o se_fw-la continet_fw-la profunditatem_fw-la formidabile_fw-la &_o admiâaâile_fw-la saecerdotium_n o_o inessabile_fw-la power_n which_o vouchsafe_v to_o dwell_v in_o we_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o holy_a priest_n o_o what_o great_a profundity_n do_v the_o dreadful_a anâ_n admirable_a priesthood_n contain_v sacerdotium_fw-la say_v saint_n 276._o chrysost_n hom_n 5._o de_fw-fr verb._n isaiae_n vidâ_n dom._n engl._n protest_v pref._n book_n of_o consâcr_n &_o apud_fw-la goâell_n defence_n of_o hook_n pag._n 87._o 88_o 89._o exam._n pag._n 1â5_n deâens_fw-la âupr_fw-la pag._n â16_n 117._o 276._o chrysostome_n principatus_fw-la est_fw-la ipso_fw-la etiam_fw-la regno_fw-la venerabilius_fw-la 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15._o and_o this_o will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o excuse_v sacred_a sacrifice_a priest_n persecute_v for_o justice_n and_o laâe_v the_o guilt_n and_o offence_n upon_o their_o unjust_a accuser_n and_o persecutor_n for_o beside_o this_o most_o honourable_a sacrifice_a office_n and_o minister_a to_o the_o sick_a in_o danger_n to_o die_v the_o sacrament_n of_o extââme_a unction_n deliver_v in_o holy_a scripture_n and_o ever_o use_v ân_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o protestant_n never_o question_v it_o aâ_n a_o matter_n of_o state_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o priestly_a oâder_n but_o these_o man_n in_o some_o sense_n or_o other_o will_v have_v use_v by_o therâ_n minister_n who_o use_v preach_v baptise_v marriage_n even_o of_o themselves_o forgive_a of_o sin_n in_o personal_a absolution_n even_o without_o any_o penance_n at_o all_o ââther_n by_o they_o enjoin_v or_o their_o conâitents_n perform_v or_o use_v which_o power_n they_o priest_n ãâ¦ã_o and_o ãâ¦ã_o and_o consecrate_v ãâã_d 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age_n and_o before_o âyp_n have_v any_o monastery_n or_o monâkes_n 6._o we_o can_v and_o do_v recount_v unto_o they_o ânckes_v from_o greece_n and_o syria_n who_o come_v âo_o brittany_n though_o long_o after_o our_o first_o conversion_n and_o religious_a be_v âetâed_v here_o so_o from_o the_o most_o âamous_a monastery_n of_o lyrinum_n scot_n veremunâ_n hist._n sâât_n hector_n both_o hist_o scot._n l._n 6._o râphael_n âolâenshed_v âist_v of_o scot_n our_o greek_a moncke_n s._n regulus_n albatus_fw-la and_o his_o holy_a company_n who_o bring_v the_o relic_n of_o saint_n andrew_n the_o apostle_n into_o scotland_n and_o be_v so_o noble_o entertain_v by_o king_n heirgâstus_n leave_v successor_n therâ_n who_o after_o be_v unite_v to_o our_o old_a briâisâ_n moncke_v be_v âamouâ_n to_o posterity_n s._n palladius_n who_o be_v send_v apostle_n hither_o by_o s._n caelestin_n the_o pope_n as_o our_o protestant_n writeâ_n be_v also_o a_o grecian_a palla_n live_v graecus_n and_o firsâ_o graeco_fw-la joan._n bal._n l._n the_o script_n ârit_fw-fr âentuâ_n 1._o nicolaus_n hârlemân_n paââââio_n graeco_fw-la a_o disciple_n to_o s._n john_n patriarch_n of_o hâerusaleâ_n that_o live_v a_o religious_a life_n in_o syria_n especial_o about_o mount_n carmelus_n joannis_n hierosolymoruâ_n patriarcha_fw-la 44._o dum_fw-la adhuâ_n eremi_fw-la cultor_fw-la solitary_a syriae_n loca_fw-la carmelum_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la incoleret_fw-la nicolao_n haâlemio_n testae_fw-la discipuluâ_n fuit_fw-la as_o witness_v nicolaâ_n haâlem_n he_o be_v tâe_v disciple_n of_o john_n the_o 44._o patriarcâ_n of_o jerusalem_n whilst_o he_o be_v as_o yet_o a_o lover_n of_o the_o hermitage_n and_o inhabit_v the_o desert_n place_n of_o syria_n bâ_n especial_o the_o mount_n carmelus_n this_o may_v giâ_n antiquity_n âere_z to_o our_o learned_a carmelit_n take_v their_o name_n thence_o and_o as_o they_o say_v come_v from_o syria_n s._n germanus_n and_o s._n lupâsent_v manuscript_n britan._n ãâã_d antiq._n in_o manuscript_n hither_o apostle_n by_o the_o same_o holy_a popâ_n be_v first_o moncke_n of_o lyrinun_n monastery_n aâ_n bring_v that_o church_n service_n hither_o and_o â_o patriâke_n bear_v in_o this_o our_o island_n liviâ_n sometime_o with_o our_o glastenburie_n monkey_n and_o scholar_n to_o s._n gââman_n be_v in_o the_o saââanner_n send_v into_o ireland_n these_o be_v tâ_n ruler_n and_o directour_n unto_o all_o our_o british_a scotish_n and_o irish_a moncke_n so_o much_o renowâed_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n 7._o both_o english_a and_o scotiâh_a antiquity_n eodem_fw-la vâremund_n &_o hect._n both_o supra_fw-la man._n antiq_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la s._n birini_fw-la capgââ_n in_o eodem_fw-la witness_v that_o soon_o after_o s._n augustine_n of_o âippo_n his_o death_n and_o long_o before_o any_o moncke_n of_o s._n benedict_v order_n come_v hither_o âhe_n augustine_n moncke_v canon-regulars_n âere_z seated_z and_o settle_v here_o who_o be_v most_o âoly_a and_o learned_a man_n non_fw-la tam_fw-la eruâitionis_fw-la ââam_fw-la proâatissimarum_fw-la viriutum_fw-la veâaeque_fw-la pieâatiâlââ_n ensign_fw-la not_o so_o much_o famous_a fââ_n learning_n aâ_n for_o approved_a virtue_n and_o zeal_n oâ_n devotion_n s_o david_n âaint_n brendanus_n saint_n columbanuâ_n conâellus_n and_o other_o here_o write_v rule_n of_o moncke_n 8._o to_o exemplify_v but_o in_o the_o worthiness_n of_o patrum_fw-la sigibert_n ãâ¦ã_o vir_fw-la illustr_n in_o s._n câsâââo_n caesar_n arâlatensis_n homilia_fw-la 25._o ad_fw-la monachos_fw-la tom._n 2._o bââliotâââ_n patrum_fw-la âe_a lyrian_a moncke_n who_o join_v with_o we_o â_o britonie_a as_o s._n caesarius_n archbishop_n of_o arle_n near_o adjoin_v thereto_o and_o before_o abbot_n there_o testify_v that_o ab_fw-la orienâe_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la âccidentem_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la paene_fw-la locis_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la chriâiana_fw-la religio_fw-la âolitur_fw-la religiosâssima_fw-la vestra_fw-la conversatio_fw-la â_o christi_fw-la gloriaem_fw-la praedicaâur_fw-la from_o the_o east_n to_o the_o âst_n in_o all_o place_n almost_o where_o christian_a religion_n be_v maintain_v thâre_o to_o christ_n his_o glory_n your_o most_o chriâian_a conversation_n be_v preach_v and_o ãâã_d &_o saeâââsula_fw-la lyrinensis_n quae_fw-la cum_fw-la pâruula_fw-la &_o plana_fw-la esse_fw-la viâatur_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la tamen_fw-la monâes_fw-la ad_fw-la âaelum_fw-la misisse_fw-la âgnosciâur_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la eximios_fw-la nuâriâ_n monâchos_n &_o âastanââssimos_fw-la per_fw-la oânes_fw-la provincial_a erogat_fw-la saâerââes_fw-la the_o bless_a and_o hapâie_a ââand_n of_o âârinum_fw-la though_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v little_a and_o plainâ_n yet_o it_o be_v know_v to_o hauâ_n send_v unto_o heaven_n innumerable_a mountain_n this_o be_v sâe_v which_o bring_v the_o up_o most_o famous_a moncke_n and_o through_o all_o province_n send_v forth_o most_o excellent_a priest_n 9_o this_o testimony_n of_o such_o a_o witness_n be_v give_v a_o little_a before_o s._n gregory_n timâ_n who_o be_v so_o learned_a a_o monk_n and_o father_n to_o many_o such_o in_o rome_n argue_v that_o his_o monk_n and_o the_o moncke_n of_o lyrinum_n can_v noâ_n be_v strangerââo_o eaâh_v other_o s._n gregory_n also_o command_v his_o moncke_n he_o send_v into_o england_n to_o go_v to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o ârâeâ_n successor_n to_o s._n cesarius_n so_o near_o lyrânum_n ãâã_d his_o assistance_n and_o they_o bring_v from_o thence_o into_o england_n assistant_n and_o interpreter_n ânâ_n s_o augustine_n be_v consecrate_v after_o bishop_n of_o england_n by_o eâheââus_a archbishop_n of_o arles_n according_a to_o s._n gregory_n direction_n confirm_v the_o same_o the_o access_n of_o such_o hither_o theiâ_n preaching_n and_o direction_n here_o and_o our_o firsâ_o english_a monk_n after_o s._n augustine_n come_v hither_o so_o honour_v the_o monckes_n anâ_n monastery_n of_o lyrinum_n that_o they_o traâelleâ_n over_o all_o england_n and_o france_n with_o they_o anâ_n saint_n benedict_n biscope_n who_o be_v bring_v ââ_o with_o our_o british_a moncke_n when_o none_o other_o be_v here_o be_v profess_v in_o âyrinum_fw-la monastery_n show_v how_o little_a dâffeâence_n there_o waâ_n between_o the_o old_a moncke_n of_o brittany_n thâ_n moncke_v of_o lyrinum_n and_o saint_n augustinâ_n and_o his_o fellow_n moncke_v send_v hither_o bâ_n âly_o saint_n gregory_n the_o pope_n 10._o by_o all_o account_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a in_o âstorie_n that_o s._n benedict_n biscope_n be_v proâled_v in_o lyrinum_n go_v to_o rome_n return_v âo_o the_o north_n part_n of_o england_n where_o he_o as_o abbot_n diverse_a year_n before_o s._n benedict_n â_o rule_n be_v first_o give_v or_o receive_v in_o these_o ârtes_n and_o be_v also_o abbot_n at_o canterbury_n âbey_v and_o give_v place_n to_o s._n adrian_n who_o be_v ât_a hither_o by_o the_o pope_n with_o saint_n theodore_n âchbishop_n there_o before_o s._n wilfride_n the_o first_o âer_n of_o s._n benedict_n rule_n in_o the_o north_n be_v âleâ_n archbishop_n of_o york_n to_o give_v it_o or_o give_v âe_a foresay_a rule_n to_o the_o moncke_n as_o the_o âonckes_n themselves_o confess_v and_o that_o he_o â_o not_o deliver_v saint_n benedict_v rule_n to_o the_o âonckes_n in_o the_o