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epistle_n and_o y_fw-fr e_o apocalypse_n and_o other_o canonical_a scripture_n which_o never_o have_v be_v doubt_v of_o or_o call_v in_o question_n pag._n 58._o he_o say_v that_o luther_n lib._n the_o council_n do_v persuade_v the_o german_a prince_n to_o observe_v easter_n day_n as_o a_o immovable_a feast_n but_o either_o he_o wilful_o forget_v or_o slothful_o dream_v for_o in_o his_o book_n of_o counsel_n he_o say_v only_o that_o it_o have_v be_v better_a to_o have_v leave_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n concern_v pase_n dead_a and_o bury_v quanto_fw-la fecissent_fw-la consultiùs_fw-la say_v he_o pag._n 26._o si_fw-la legem_fw-la moysis_n de_fw-la paschali_fw-la festo_fw-la reliquissent_fw-la ibi_fw-la iacêre_fw-la mortuam_fw-la &_o sepultam_fw-la so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o make_v it_o a_o immovable_a feast_n pag._n 64._o he_o tell_v how_o vlfrides_n festival_n be_v keep_v by_o the_o universal_a church_n upon_o the_o 12._o day_n of_o october_n but_o
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the_o translation_n be_v wicked_a and_o corrupt_a and_o his_o fortress_n of_o perfidye_n and_o heresy_n be_v overthrow_v by_o d._n fulke_n of_o worthy_a memory_n second_o that_o which_o he_o affirm_v that_o we_o can_v say_v that_o we_o both_o say_v and_o prove_v and_o thereof_o have_v give_v diverse_a particular_n in_o our_o former_a answer_n final_o the_o point_n which_o stapleton_n touch_v in_o his_o weak_a fortress_n be_v neither_o the_o most_o material_a point_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o we_o nor_o any_o way_n prove_v by_o he_o substantial_o pag._n 153._o he_o tell_v how_o by_o all_o mean_v we_o can_v devise_v we_o discredit_v gregory_n and_o austin_n but_o he_o do_v very_o much_o discredit_v his_o cause_n by_o tell_v these_o great_a untruth_n for_o we_o do_v neither_o discredit_v they_o nor_o wrong_v they_o but_o only_o report_v as_o we_o find_v nay_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o diverse_a great_a point_n of_o controversy_n to_o overthrow_v our_o adversary_n by_o the_o 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no_o question_n rob._n parson_n shall_v if_o he_o may_v be_v catch_v pag._n 239._o he_o say_v latimer_n stir_v a_o notorious_a tumult_n in_o bristol_n but_o this_o be_v not_o only_o false_a but_o also_o improbable_a for_o the_o good_a old_a man_n be_v most_o meek_a and_o peaceable_a pag._n 241._o he_o write_v that_o the_o abbot_n of_o glastenbury_n whalley_n and_o read_v and_o d._n forest_n and_o powell_n give_v their_o blood_n for_o defence_n of_o catholic_a unity_n but_o the_o act_n of_o their_o trial_n show_v that_o diverse_a of_o they_o be_v execute_v for_o plain_a rebellion_n and_o all_o for_o treason_n and_o if_o any_o abbot_n or_o jebusite_n shall_v make_v the_o like_a stir_n abroad_o against_o the_o pope_n or_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n it_o will_v avail_v they_o but_o little_a to_o pretend_v catholic_a unity_n forest_n and_o his_o fellow_n under_o pretence_n of_o this_o catholic_a unity_n seek_v to_o revoke_v and_o call_v back_o into_o england_n the_o pope_n tyranny_n pag._n 243._o he_o shame_v not_o to_o say_v that_o the_o king_n give_v bishop_n gardiner_n special_a commission_n to_o procure_v a_o reconciliation_n with_o the_o pope_n but_o his_o impudent_a lie_v may_v be_v refute_v both_o by_o his_o commission_n and_o instruction_n yet_o extant_a wherein_o no_o such_o matter_n be_v signify_v but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n parson_n therefore_o may_v do_v well_o to_o show_v by_o what_o commission_n he_o lie_v thus_o shameful_o pag._n 283._o he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n be_v of_o one_o religion_n until_o cranmers_n time_n but_o hardly_o shall_v he_o prove_v that_o all_o of_o they_o have_v in_o they_o any_o religion_n at_o all_o and_o by_o no_o mean_n can_v he_o deny_v but_o as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n change_v her_o faith_n so_o her_o lover_n likewise_o change_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n none_o of_o they_o ever_o know_v pag._n 287._o he_o allege_v these_o word_n as_o out_o of_o calvin_n lib._n 4._o instit._fw-la c._n 1._o §_o 3._o we_o be_v force_v to_o believe_v the_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a and_o to_o be_v see_v only_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n but_o he_o that_o have_v any_o eye_n at_o all_o may_v see_v this_o fellow_n impudent_a lie_v in_o that_o place_n he_o have_v no_o such_o word_n but_o rather_o teach_v contrary_a likewise_o do_v he_o belie_v luther_n affirm_v that_o he_o teach_v the_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a pag._n 296._o and_o 297._o he_o say_v that_o we_o doubt_v that_o the_o church_n be_v fail_v and_o that_o master_n fox_n contradict_v former_a writer_n and_o that_o we_o hold_v that_o all_o be_v not_o true_a which_o the_o church_n hold_v but_o we_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o parson_n do_v gross_o lie_v and_o feign_v for_o neither_o do_v we_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a
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heretic_n for_o that_o privy_o with_o his_o observance_n of_o easter_n he_o seek_v to_o bring_v in_o ludaisine_n and_o pag._n 73._o he_o affirm_v that_o constantine_n do_v authorise_v and_o publish_v the_o decree_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o nicen_n council_n both_o which_o point_v direct_o make_v against_o our_o adversary_n for_o while_o they_o rigorous_o stand_v upon_o the_o observance_n of_o easter_n and_o offer_v paschal_n lamb_n they_o do_v after_o a_o sort_n renew_v and_o call_v back_o into_o use_v the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o while_o they_o ascribe_v to_o the_o pope_n all_o authority_n to_o confirm_v and_o publish_v the_o act_n of_o counsel_n they_o do_v abrogate_v the_o authority_n of_o christian_a prince_n in_o favour_n of_o antichrist_n pag._n 97._o he_o allege_v diverse_a text_n and_o testimony_n to_o prove_v that_o temporal_a prince_n be_v god_n vicar_n and_o substitute_n within_o their_o realm_n but_o if_o that_o be_v so_o than_o the_o pope_n be_v the_o devil_n 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by_o the_o masspriest_n monk_n and_o friar_n furthermore_o this_o show_v that_o there_o be_v more_o sacrament_n than_o 7._o which_o no_o papist_n dare_n affirm_v unless_o he_o will_v encurre_v the_o thunder_a curse_n of_o the_o connenticle_n of_o trent_n pag._n 159._o he_o reherse_v a_o epistle_n of_o gregory_n condemn_v they_o that_o worship_n stock_n or_o stone_n do_v we_o then_o think_v that_o either_o gregory_n or_o austin_n do_v convert_v the_o english_a to_o the_o worship_n of_o these_o thing_n he_o do_v also_o wicked_o translate_v gregory_n epistle_n leave_v out_o these_o word_n à _fw-la germaniarum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la which_o contain_v a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o word_n of_o bede_n who_o say_v that_o austin_n be_v order_v by_o a_o french_a bishop_n and_o not_o a_o german_a bishop_n pag._n 229._o he_o allege_v these_o word_n of_o augustine_n epist_n 165._o in_o illum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o any_o traitor_n shall_v have_v creep_v 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