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impositiones_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la dona_fw-la venduntur_fw-la nec_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la venia_fw-la visi_fw-la nummatis_fw-la impenditur_fw-la that_o be_v the_o court_n of_o rome_n grant_v nothing_o without_o money_n for_o even_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v sell_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o grant_v but_o to_o they_o that_o have_v money_n again_o quid_fw-la est_fw-la romana_fw-la curia_fw-la 763._o he_o qui_fw-la summam_fw-la tenent_fw-la nisi_fw-la turpissimum_fw-la pelagus_fw-la ventis_fw-la undique_fw-la durissimis_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la agitatum_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la ibi_fw-la atque_fw-la invidiae_fw-la procella_fw-la vix_fw-la quenquam_fw-la intactum_fw-la praeterit_fw-la that_o be_v what_o be_v the_o court_n of_o rome_n in_o they_o that_o be_v the_o chief_a but_o a_o most_o filthy_a sea_n on_o every_o side_n toss_v with_o wind_n and_o strong_a tempest_n the_o storm_n of_o covetousness_n and_o envy_n do_v there_o scarce_o leave_v any_o one_o untouched_a and_o because_o this_o man_n complain_v so_o much_o of_o our_o dissolution_n and_o looseness_n of_o life_n i_o will_v add_v hereunto_o a_o few_o complaint_n of_o some_o papist_n of_o the_o great_a and_o general_a dissolution_n looseness_n and_o profaneness_n of_o life_n of_o former_a age_n when_o popery_n most_o flourish_v the_o same_o aeneas_n siluius_n who_o live_v above_o eight_o score_n year_n past_a write_v we_o usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la nostri_fw-la alphonsi_fw-la seculi_fw-la divina_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la perierunt_fw-la that_o be_v so_o great_o both_o divine_a and_o humane_a thing_n be_v perish_v with_o man_n of_o our_o age_n again_o quid_fw-la magis_fw-la barbarum_fw-la quam_fw-la rapto_fw-la vivere_fw-la &_o omnem_fw-la aequitatem_fw-la omnemque_fw-la religionem_fw-la proculcare_fw-la quem_fw-la italicum_fw-la morem_fw-la esse_fw-la videmus_fw-la that_o be_v what_o be_v more_o barbarous_a then_o to_o 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the_o place_n of_o ezechiel_n because_o you_o do_v not_o urge_v it_o i_o will_v not_o stand_v upon_o it_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o man_n may_v and_o do_v fall_v from_o god_n and_o just_a action_n unto_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a deed_n and_o may_v have_v a_o temporal_a faith_n and_o fall_v away_o from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o this_o we_o say_v that_o true_a faith_n in_o god_n elect_v which_o be_v seal_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n and_o to_o who_o spirit_n god_n spirit_n do_v 8._o bear_v witness_n that_o they_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v never_o whole_o lust_n in_o they_o and_o the_o same_o spirit_n work_v by_o charity_n which_o in_o they_o may_v be_v cool_v but_o never_o clean_o quench_v but_o of_o the_o lose_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o the_o conjunction_n thereof_o with_o charity_n i_o have_v before_o entreat_v now_o to_o return_v this_o argument_n in_o some_o sort_n upon_o you_o whereas_o the_o papist_n aver_v that_o the_o pope_n faith_n can_v fail_v i_o 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