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we_o will_v only_o extract_v the_o most_o emphatical_a point_n in_o it_o and_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o author_n at_o large_a summa_fw-la homines_fw-la videntur_fw-la degenerare_fw-la in_o bestias_fw-la satan_n horrendissimum_fw-la malum_fw-la hoc_fw-la uchementer_fw-la urget_fw-la per_fw-la impios_fw-la magistratus_fw-la in_o civitatib_n &_o nobiles_fw-la in_o rure_n qui_fw-la bona_z ecclesiarum_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la ministri_fw-la debebant_fw-la vivere_fw-la rapiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n tangit_fw-la autem_fw-la acu_fw-la mores_fw-la nostratium_fw-la qui_fw-la securissimè_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la contemnunt_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la nobiles_fw-la qui_fw-la pastor_n suos_fw-la sibi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la viles_fw-la servos_n obnoxios_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o nisi_fw-la haberemus_fw-la tam_fw-la pium_fw-la &_o amâ—ntem_fw-la veritatâ—s_fw-la principem_fw-la jam_fw-la dudum_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la terris_fw-la èxturbassent_v nos_fw-la exclamant_fw-la quando_fw-la pastor_n postulant_fw-la aut_fw-la queruntur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la avarisunt_fw-la insatiabiles_fw-la tyranni_fw-la &_o subsannatores_fw-la dei_fw-la videri_fw-la tamen_fw-la volunt_fw-la evangelici_fw-la puniet_fw-la deus_fw-la acerrimum_fw-la odium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la in_o ministroâ—_n ferox_n nobilitas_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o rustici_fw-la cum_fw-la periculum_fw-la moâ—â—is_fw-la instabit_fw-la sentient_a comminationem_fw-la quam_fw-la rident_fw-la deus_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la irrideâ—ur_fw-la sint_fw-la illa_fw-la papae_fw-la bona_z per_fw-la meram_fw-la imposturam_fw-la coacervata_fw-la tamen_fw-la deus_fw-la spolians_fw-la aegyptios_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la papistas_n suis_fw-la bonis_fw-la tranfert_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la nostris_fw-la in_o pium_fw-la usum_fw-la non_fw-la quando_fw-la nobiles_fw-la rapiunt_fw-la &_o transferunt_fw-la in_o abusum_fw-la sed_fw-la quando_fw-la ij_o qui_fw-la gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la annunciant_fw-la inde_fw-la aluntur_fw-la sciamus_fw-la igitur_fw-la nos_fw-la bonâ_fw-la conscientià _fw-la posse_fw-la fruâ—_n bonis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la see_v at_o large_a luther_n himself_o on_o galat._n 6.6_o let_v he_o that_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o word_n communicate_v unto_o he_o that_o teach_v in_o all_o good_a thing_n you_o may_v call_v this_o the_o minister_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la indeed_o irrevocable_a by_o any_o humane_a authority_n or_o municipal_a law_n whatsoever_o for_o i_o hope_v none_o of_o our_o religion_n will_v presume_v herein_o to_o shake_v hand_n with_o the_o pope_n to_o pretend_v a_o power_n to_o dispense_v contrà _fw-la apostolum_n luther_n gloss_n upon_o st._n paul_n do_v so_o fit_a our_o meridian_n in_o almost_o all_o the_o particular_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v pen_v but_o yesterday_o here_o in_o england_n not_o a_o hundred_o year_n ago_o nor_o so_o far_o as_o germany_n st._n basil_n somewhere_o argue_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v no_o doubt_n very_o god_n because_o he_o be_v present_a at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o habakkuk_n in_o the_o field_n jeremy_n in_o the_o dungeon_n daniel_n in_o the_o den_n witness_v the_o concordance_n of_o their_o prophecy_n i_o stand_v not_o now_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o chronology_n but_o only_o i_o do_v observe_v that_o sure_a there_o be_v somewhat_o more_o than_o ordinary_a of_o god_n public_a spirit_n in_o this_o public_a cause_n of_o the_o church_n see_v that_o all_o these_o man_n of_o several_a nation_n at_o that_o distance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n yet_o still_o consort_n in_o a_o harmony_n however_o their_o descant_n do_v vary_v their_o ground_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o all_o of_o they_o joint_o constant_a unisone_n against_o this_o particular_a kind_n of_o sacrilege_n namely_o the_o convert_v of_o the_o land_n and_o possession_n etc._n etc._n former_o give_v to_o superstitious_a or_o popish_a uses_n unto_o lay-uses_a and_o that_o also_o which_o be_v worth_a the_o observe_n after_o those_o superstitious_a officer_n and_o office_n mass-priest_n and_o popish_a monk_n etc._n etc._n have_v by_o lawful_a authority_n not_o so_o here_o the_o bishop_n and_o dean_n be_v abolish_v but_o now_o iniquity_n now_o it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o wonder_n how_o those_o declaimer_n against_o such_o alienation_n of_o cathedral_n land_n can_v with_o any_o forehead_n produce_v such_o eminent_a protestant_a author_n as_o bear_v witness_n for_o they_o against_o this_o practice_n after_o the_o office_n be_v all_o at_o a_o end_n cornelius_n burges_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o sacrilegious_a book_n where_o like_o another_o goliath_n 1_o sam._n xvii_o 10_o he_o bid_v defiance_n to_o all_o father_n canonist_n schoolman_n protestant_n though_o never_o so_o eminent_a if_o they_o dare_v cross_v his_o way_n to_o his_o mammon_n of_o iniquity_n by_o cornelius_n burges_n his_o leave_n let_v the_o witness_n be_v hear_v to_o cite_v they_o with_o their_o reason_n will_v be_v enough_o to_o confute_v he_o to_o begin_v with_o luther_n if_o you_o please_v but_o tacit_o all_o along_o to_o apply_v he_o to_o cornelius_n burges_n his_o case_n sacrilege_n case_n a_o case_n concern_v the_o buy_v of_o bishp_n land_n with_o the_o lawfulness_n thereof_o present_v to_o his_o parliament_n anno_fw-la 1650._o as_o a_o prodromus_n to_o his_o book_n for_o sacrilege_n you_o