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although_o the_o superstitious_a error_n of_o that_o time_n allow_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a general_o or_o special_a remembrance_n of_o any_o in_o the_o prayer_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o the_o belief_n of_o s._n augustine_n nor_o of_o any_o other_o in_o that_o time_n that_o the_o sacrament_n be_v the_o natural_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n nor_o that_o the_o natural_a body_n of_o christ_n be_v there_o sacrifice_v as_o a_o propitiation_n of_o the_o sin_n either_o of_o the_o live_n or_o the_o dead_a see_v therefore_o that_o he_o have_v so_o plain_o expound_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o name_n of_o sacrifice_n as_o i_o have_v show_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o chapter_n it_o be_v to_o much_o folly_n upon_o these_o unproper_a but_o yet_o in_o that_o time_n usual_a term_n to_o go_v about_o to_o build_v such_o blasphemous_a doctrine_n as_o afterward_o gâ—ue_a to_o be_v