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&_o rogare_fw-la etc._n etc._n iustis_fw-la operibus_fw-la incumbere_fw-la lapsis_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la quibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la purgantur_fw-la elecmosinus_fw-la frequenter_a insistere_fw-la quibus_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la animae_fw-la liberantur_fw-la such_o must_v pray_v earnest_o and_o ask_v they_o must_v apply_v just_a work_n whereby_o sin_n be_v purge_v they_o must_v often_o time_n geve_v alm_n whereby_o soul_n be_v deliver_v from_o death_n and_o a_o little_a after_o poenitenti_fw-la operanti_fw-la roganti_fw-la potest_fw-la clementer_n ignoscere_fw-la 4._o tob._n 4._o god_n can_v merciful_o pardon_v he_o that_o do_v penance_n he_o that_o work_v he_o that_o pray_v this_o straight_a and_o painful_a penance_n the_o church_n learn_v to_o enjoin_v for_o great_a sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n by_o the_o example_n of_o s._n paul_n who_o deliver_v the_o corinthian_a that_o have_v abuse_v his_o father_n wife_n to_o the_o devil_n 5._o 1._o cor._n 5._o the_o body_n to_o be_v punissh_v and_o pinch_v that_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v save_v and_o because_o that_o he_o say_v that_o he_o do_v it_o in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n and_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o speak_v in_o he_o we_o know_v 7._o 1._o cor._n 7._o that_o straight_o penance_n practise_v in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n but_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o where_o he_o say_v he_o will_v have_v his_o body_n pinch_v and_o punish_v we_o know_v what_o penance_n god_n judge_v due_a unto_o great_a sin_n whereupon_o pacianus_n allege_v these_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n say_v unto_o such_o as_o be_v in_o penance_n quid_fw-la dicitis_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la vbi_fw-la est_fw-la vestrae_fw-la carnis_fw-la interitus_fw-la what_o say_v you_o that_o be_v penitent_n confess_v pacia_n de_fw-fr poeniten_n &_o confess_v where_o be_v the_o pinch_a of_o your_o body_n and_o albeit_o this_o penance_n seem_v to_o the_o flesh_n heavy_a and_o straight_o yet_o do_v 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into_o the_o land_n that_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o he_o be_v in_o year_n 11._o hebr._n 11._o he_o go_v as_o s._n paul_n say_v he_o know_v not_o whither_o he_o may_v have_v use_v many_o excuse_n as_o a_o man_n loath_a to_o leave_v his_o native_a country_n his_o kindred_n and_o friend_n which_o natural_o all_o man_n love_v gene._n chrysost_n hom_n 31._o in_o gene._n but_o as_o chrysostome_n say_v nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o think_v it_o not_o his_o part_n so_o much_o as_o to_o take_v any_o of_o these_o thought_n into_o his_o mind_n but_o as_o a_o willing_a servant_n obey_v at_o the_o only_a bid_n and_o ask_v no_o curiouse_a question_n and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o make_v he_o so_o to_o do_v omnia_fw-la levia_fw-la &_o facilia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la chrysost_n ibidem_fw-la his_o love_n that_o he_o bear_v toward_o god_n make_v all_o thing_n appear_v light_a and_o easy_a to_o he_o this_o be_v abraham_n faith_n to_o believe_v god_n 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