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for_o if_o you_o mean_v thereby_o that_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o or_o according_a to_o this_o assumpt_v humane_a nature_n do_v communicate_v to_o our_o saviout_n christ_n none_o other_o but_o such_o power_n as_o he_o may_v without_o derogation_n to_o his_o deity_n have_v communicate_v unto_o moses_n samuel_n or_o any_o other_o which_o be_v a_o mere_a mortal_a man_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n i_o do_v utterlie_o abhor_v your_o nestorian_a and_o worse_o than_o nestorian_a blasphemy_n but_o if_o you_o mean_v that_o such_o pow_o er_fw-mi as_o may_v without_o the_o derogation_n of_o his_o godhead_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v by_o he_o deliver_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o his_o church_n which_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o shepherd_n and_o teacher_n in_o his_o place_n i_o do_v glad_o confess_v that_o without_o all_o unseemliness_n and_o derogation_n to_o his_o eternal_a honour_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o 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their_o sin_n several_o before_o god_n and_o to_o make_v a_o hearty_a confession_n of_o our_o unworthines_n he_o add_v non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d tibi_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la prodas_fw-la in_o publicum_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la a_o put_fw-mi alios_fw-la accuse_v sed_fw-la obedire_fw-la te_fw-la volo_fw-la prophetae_fw-la dicenti_fw-la revela_fw-la domino_fw-la taunt_n viam_fw-la ante_fw-la deum_fw-la ergo_fw-la confitere_fw-la peccata_fw-la apud_fw-la verum_fw-la iudicem_fw-la cum_fw-la oratione_fw-la delicta_fw-la tua_fw-la pronuncia_fw-la non_fw-la lingua_fw-la sed_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la memoria_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la demum_fw-la spera_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la consequt_fw-la sihabueris_fw-la in_o mente_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la contiwò_fw-la nunquam_fw-la malum_fw-la adversus_fw-la proximum_fw-la in_o cord_n retinebis_fw-la i_o say_v not_o to_o thou_o that_o thou_o ought_v to_o bewray_v thyself_o abroad_o nor_o that_o thou_o shall_v accuse_v 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