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A08335 Spiritus est vicarius Christi in terra. A breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith made in fourme of a confession, vvith a confutation of the papistes obiections and argumentes in sundry pointes of religion, repugnaunt to the Christian faith: made by Iohn Northbrooke, minister and preacher of the worde of God. Seene and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queenes iniunctions.; Breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith Northbrooke, John. 1571 (1571) STC 18663; ESTC S120959 288,552 342

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when_o in_o hell_n they_o can_v not_o increase_v in_o good_a nor_o in_o heaven_n to_o virtue_n so_o either_o it_o ●●●teth_v not_o or_o need_v not_o 2._o saint_n ambrose_n say_v upon_o these_o word_n i_o be_o a_o stranger_n in_o the_o earth_n as_o all_o my_o father_n w●re_n therefore_o say_v he_o as_o a_o pilgrim_n he_o has●ed_v to_o the_o common_a courtrie_n of_o the_o saint_n he_o that_o have_v not_o here_o receive_v forgiveness_n of_o his_o sin_n shall_v not_o be_v there_o for_o he_o can_v come_v into_o everlasting_a life_n for_o everlasting_a life_n be_v the_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n but_o s._n cyprian_n plain_o say_v demetrianun_n quando_fw-la ist_fw-mi huc_fw-la excessum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nullus_fw-la iam_fw-la locus_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la est_fw-la nullus_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la effectus_fw-la hic_fw-la vi●a_fw-la aut_fw-la amittitur_fw-la au●_n tenetur_fw-la hic_fw-la saluti_fw-la aetern●_n cultu_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o fructu_fw-la fidei_fw-la providetur_fw-la that_o 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to_o this_o quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la respondebimus_fw-la ad_fw-la illas_fw-la voces_fw-la anima_fw-la calis_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la excipit_fw-la non_fw-la anima_fw-la defuncty_a quae_fw-la ista_fw-la dicet_fw-la sed_fw-la daemon_n qui_fw-la hec_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈…〉_o decipiut_a effugit_fw-la &_o mo●●_n quare_fw-la ●●ularum_fw-la haec_fw-la verba_fw-la imò_fw-la desipientium_fw-la ducendit_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o patrorum_fw-la ludibria_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la anima_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la separata_fw-la in_o his_o regionibus_fw-la errare_fw-la iustorum_fw-la anima_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la infantium_fw-la similiter_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la peccarunt_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la verò_fw-la post_fw-la hunc_fw-la exitum_fw-la contin●●_n abducuntur_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la lazaro_n &_o divite_fw-la planum_fw-la efficitur_fw-la etc_n etc_n that_o be_v what_o shall_v we_o say_v therefore_o to_o those_o voice_n which_o say_v i_o be_o such_o a_o soul_n ▪_o he_o 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