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quantam_fw-la hic_fw-la fenestram_fw-la aperiemus_fw-la in_o re_fw-la omnibus_fw-la communi_fw-la cogitandi_fw-la &_o orientur_fw-la hic_fw-la fontes_fw-la questionum_fw-la &_o opinionum_fw-la ut_fw-la tutius_fw-la multo_fw-la sit_fw-la illos_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la manere_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la signo_fw-la cum_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la svam_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la nostram_fw-la partem_fw-la multo_fw-la minus_fw-la utrique_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la pertrahemus_fw-la in_o eam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la irritabimus_fw-la ad_fw-la varias_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la ideo_fw-la vellem_fw-la potius_fw-la ut_fw-la sopitum_fw-la maneret_fw-la dissidium_fw-la in_o duabus_fw-la istis_fw-la sententiis_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la occasio_fw-la davetur_fw-la infinitis_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la epicurisinum_fw-la profuturis_fw-la 3._o cu_z stint_v hic_fw-la pro_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la sententia_fw-la 1._o textus_fw-la ipse_fw-la apertissimus_fw-la evangelii_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la causâ_fw-la movet_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la pios_fw-la 2._o patrum_fw-la decta_fw-la quamplurima_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la facile_fw-la possunt_fw-la solvi_fw-la nec_fw-la tutâ_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la sonat_fw-la intelligi_fw-la cum_fw-la bonâ_fw-la grammaticâ_fw-la textui_fw-la fortiter_fw-la consentiant_fw-la 3._o quia_fw-la periculosum_fw-la est_fw-la statuere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tot_fw-la annos_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la caruisse_fw-la vero_fw-la sensu_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la cum_fw-la nos_fw-la fateamur_fw-la omnes_fw-la mansisse_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la &_o verbum_fw-la etsi_fw-la obruta_fw-la multis_fw-la abominationibus_fw-la 4._o dicta_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr signo_fw-la quae_fw-la contraria_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la videntur_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la firma_fw-la satis_fw-la contra_fw-la ista_fw-la jam_fw-la tria_fw-la dicta_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la aug._n scriptis_fw-la clarè_v possit_fw-la ostendi_fw-la &_o convinci_fw-la eum_n loqui_fw-la de_fw-la signo_fw-la praesentis_fw-la corporis_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la contra_fw-la adamantum_fw-la non_fw-la dubitavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la appellare_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la cum_fw-la daret_fw-la signum_fw-la corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la signo_fw-la corporis_fw-la mystici_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la valde_fw-la multus_fw-la est_fw-la praesertim_fw-la in_o johanne_n ubi_fw-la copiose_fw-la docet_fw-la manducare_fw-la carnem_fw-la christi_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la mystico_fw-la seu_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_fw-la societate_fw-la unitate_fw-la charitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la istis_fw-la enim_fw-la verbis_fw-la utitur_fw-la 5._o ominium_fw-la est_fw-la fortissimum_fw-la augustinus_n quod_fw-la dicit_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la corpus_fw-la quod_fw-la videtis_fw-la manducaturi_fw-la estis_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la tamen_fw-la conscientia_fw-la memor_fw-la apertorum_fw-la verborum_fw-la christi_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la hoc_fw-la dictum_fw-la s._n aug._n facile_fw-la sic_fw-la exponit_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la visibili_fw-la corpore_fw-la loquatur_fw-la aug._n sicut_fw-la sonant_fw-la verba_fw-la quod_fw-la videtis_fw-la ita_fw-la nihil_fw-la pugnat_fw-la aug._n cum_fw-la claris_fw-la verbis_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o aug._n infirmior_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la uno_fw-la dicto_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la incerto_fw-la imo_fw-la satis_fw-la consono_fw-it nos_fw-it moveat_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la sensum_fw-la 6._o ego_fw-la s._n aug._n non_fw-la intelligo_fw-la aliter_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la patres_fw-la ante_fw-la se_fw-la sort_n intellexerit_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la &_o gentes_fw-la docendum_fw-la fuit_fw-la apud_fw-la christianos_n non_fw-la comedi_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la visibiliter_fw-la &_o more_o corporali_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la fidem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la defenderunt_fw-la rursus_fw-la contra_fw-la hypocritas_fw-la christianorum_fw-la docendum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la salutare_fw-la accipientibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la manducarent_fw-la i._n e._n ecclesiae_fw-la essent_fw-la uniti_fw-la &_o incorporati_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la charitatem_fw-la in_o sacramento_n exegerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la aug._n clarè_v accipi_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la ex_fw-la prioribus_fw-la patribus_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la saeculi_fw-la usu_fw-la ista_fw-la accepit_fw-la 7._o istis_fw-la salvis_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o i_o peti_fw-la possit_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la hoc_fw-la dissidium_fw-la vellem_fw-la testis_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la christus_fw-la meus_fw-la redemptum_fw-la non_fw-la uno_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la meo_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la faciam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la forte_fw-fr conscientiâ_fw-la bonâ_fw-la capti_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o alteram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la feramus_fw-la igitur_fw-la eos_fw-la si_fw-mi sinceri_fw-la sunt_fw-la liberabit_fw-la eos_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la ego_fw-la contra_fw-la captus_fw-la sum_fw-la bonâ_fw-la certè_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la mihi_fw-la sim_fw-la ignotus_fw-la in_fw-la meamsententiam_fw-la ferant_fw-la &_o i_o si_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la mihi_fw-la accedere_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la illi_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la sc_fw-la de_fw-fr praesentiâ_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la cum_fw-la pane_fw-la tenere_fw-la velint_fw-la &_o petierint_fw-la nos_fw-la inuicem_fw-la tamen_fw-la tolerari_fw-la ego_fw-la planè_fw-la tolerabo_fw-la in_fw-la spe_fw-la futurae_fw-la communionis_fw-la nam_fw-la interim_n communicare_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o sensu_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la deinde_fw-la si_fw-la politica_fw-la concordia_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la ea_fw-la non_fw-la impeditur_fw-la diversitate_fw-la religionis_fw-la sicut_fw-la novimus_fw-la posse_fw-la conjugia_fw-la commercia_fw-la aliaque_fw-la politica_fw-la constare_fw-la inter_fw-la diversae_fw-la religionis_fw-la homines_fw-la 1_o cor._n 7._o christus_fw-la faciat_fw-la ut_fw-la perfect_v conteratur_fw-la satan_n sub_fw-la nostris_fw-la pedibus_fw-la amen_n nostra_fw-la autem_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la ita_fw-la cum_fw-la pane_fw-la seu_fw-la in_o pane_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la revera_fw-la cum_fw-la pane_fw-la manducetur_fw-la &_o quemcunque_fw-la motum_fw-la vel_fw-la actionem_fw-la panis_fw-la habet_fw-la eandem_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la verè_fw-la dicatur_fw-la ferri_fw-la dari_fw-la accipi_fw-la manducari_fw-la quando_fw-la panis_fw-la fertur_fw-la datur_fw-la accipitur_fw-la manducatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la no._n iii_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o my_o lord_n russel_n in_o newgate_n the_o twenty_o of_o july_n 1683._o my_o lord_n i_o be_v hearty_o glad_a to_o see_v your_o lordship_n this_o morning_n in_o that_o calm_a and_o devout_a temper_n at_o the_o receive_v of_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n but_o peace_n of_o mind_n unless_o it_o be_v well-grounded_n will_v avail_v little_a and_o because_o transient_a discourse_n many_o time_n have_v little_a effect_n for_o want_n of_o time_n to_o weigh_v and_o consider_v it_o therefore_o in_o tender_a compassion_n of_o your_o lordship_n case_n and_o from_o all_o the_o good_a will_v that_o one_o man_n can_v bear_v to_o another_o i_o do_v humble_o offer_v to_o your_o lordship_n deliberate_a thought_n these_o follow_a consideration_n concern_v the_o point_n of_o resistance_n if_o our_o religion_n and_o right_n shall_v be_v invade_v as_o your_o lordship_n put_v the_o case_n concern_v which_o i_o understand_v by_o dr._n b._n that_o your_o lordship_n have_v once_o receive_v satisfaction_n and_o be_o sorry_a to_o find_v a_o change_n first_o that_o the_o 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doctrine_n of_o all_o protestant_a church_n and_o though_o some_o particular_a person_n have_v teach_v otherwise_o yet_o they_o have_v be_v contradict_v herein_o and_o condemn_v for_o it_o by_o the_o generality_n of_o protestant_n and_o i_o beg_v your_o lordship_n to_o consider_v how_o it_o will_v agree_v with_o a_o avow_a assert_v of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n to_o go_v contrary_a to_o the_o general_n doctrine_n of_o protestant_n my_o end_n in_o this_o be_v to_o convince_v your_o lordship_n that_o you_o be_v in_o a_o very_a great_a and_o dangerous_a mistake_n and_o be_v so_o convince_v that_o which_o before_o be_v a_o sin_n of_o ignorance_n will_v appear_v of_o much_o more_o heinous_a nature_n as_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v and_o call_v for_o a_o very_a particular_a and_o deep_a repentance_n which_o if_o your_o lordship_n sincere_o exercise_v upon_o the_o sight_n of_o your_o error_n by_o a_o penitent_a acknowledgement_n of_o it_o to_o god_n and_o man_n you_o will_v not_o only_o 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