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and_o all_o the_o people_n shall_v say_v amen_n woe_n unto_o he_o that_o do_v offend_v one_o of_o these_o little_a one_o etc._n etc._n archip._n i_o grant_v you_o can_v say_v ill_o enough_o of_o scandal_n but_o must_v not_o i_o obey_v my_o superior_n although_o all_o shall_v be_v offend_v the_o scandal_n if_o there_o be_v any_o be_v but_o take_v and_o i_o have_v no_o purpose_n to_o give_v scandal_n to_o any_o but_o only_o to_o obey_v epaph._n albeit_o i_o speak_v against_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o world_n scandal_n three_o ground_n concern_v scandal_n yet_o i_o shall_v not_o willing_o decline_v from_o the_o receive_a doctrine_n of_o the_o reform_a kirkes_n and_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o scholasticke_n in_o answer_v your_o objection_n by_o three_o ground_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n you_o may_v have_v leave_v your_o parenthesis_n he_o that_o deni_v that_o there_o be_v any_o scandal_n be_v like_o he_o who_o can_v not_o see_v the_o wood_n for_o the_o tree_n the_o bleat_v of_o 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