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the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o body_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o his_o church_n in_o remembrance_n of_o his_o death_n and_o passicuntlyk_fw-mi as_z in_o the_o old_a law_n it_o wes_z prefigurat_n be_v the_o sacrifite_n and_o immolatioun_n of_o brutal_a beast_n be_v and_o to_o begin_v at_o martialis_n quha_n do_v see_v christ_n speak_v in_o this_o manner_n martialis_n for_o quhen_o the_o altar_n of_o devil_n be_v bring_v in_o dust_n we_o commandit_fw-la the_o altar_n of_o the_o onknawen_v god_n buiâ—â—deg_n to_o be_v rescrue_v that_o it_o micht_v be_v hallowit_n and_o a_o litill_o efter_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v unto_o god_n the_o creator_n upon_o one_fw-mi hallowit_n altar_n notch_v unto_o man_n nor_o unto_o angel_n and_o a_o clean_a oblatioun_n be_v offer_v unto_o god_n notch_v only_o upon_o the_o hallow_a altar_n bot_n alsuay_v in_o every_o place_n we_o do_v offer_v â–ª_o as_o he_o himself_o do_v witness_v his_o â—odie_n and_o blood_n for_o everlasting_a life_n 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communicate_v and_o notch_v long_o efter_o again_o he_o say_v o_o divine_a and_o verray_v holy_a ministry_n schaw_v thyself_o unto_o w_n oppinlie_o and_o planlie_a open_v the_o â—id_a cover_n of_o sign_n and_o fill_v our_o spiritual_a ces_fw-fr with_o the_o singular_a and_o manifest_a brichtnes_n of_o thy_o licht_n anacletus_fw-la a_o bischop_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o god_n most_o have_v with_o he_o witnessis_fw-la as_o be_v orden_v and_o minister_n 1._o quhilk_fw-mi may_v give_v their_o consent_n to_o the_o sacrifice_n justinus_n triphonem_fw-la martyr_n do_v expone_fw-la the_o place_n of_o malachi_n the_o propheit_n quhair_n he_o say_v that_o their_o salbe_n one_fw-mi pure_a sacrifice_n offer_v to_o god_n in_o his_o church_n from_o the_o orient_a to_o the_o occident_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o coup_fw-fr quhilk_fw-mi be_v offer_v be_v christianis_fw-la every_o quhair_n ireneus_fw-la christ_n twik_v breid_v one_fw-mi of_o his_o creature_n and_o geve_v thanks_n sayith_o 52._o this_o be_v my_o body_n and_o the_o coup_fw-fr in_o lykewaâ—s_v one_o of_o his_o creature_n and_o confessit_fw-la it_o to_o be_v his_o blood_n and_o so_o teach_v a_o new_a oblatioun_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n quhilk_fw-mi the_o church_n resave_v of_o the_o apostolis_n offeris_fw-la to_o god_n throw_v the_o hail_o world_n of_o
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seruandis_fw-la but_o have_v appoint_v zou_o and_o your_o pray_fw-mi decessouris_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o apostoli_fw-la call_v bischoppis_fw-la in_o the_o tour_fw-fr of_o supremacy_n and_o have_v commandit_fw-la zou_fw-mi to_o succur_v w_n and_o to_o deliver_v w_n from_o all_o enemy_n for_o unto_o zou_fw-mi be_v committit_fw-la all_o the_o iugement_n of_o uther_n bischoppis_fw-la chrysoâ—tome_n quhat_o god_n can_v be_v himself_o grant_v that_o be_v 16._o remissioun_n of_o sin_n he_o do_v give_v that_o unto_o man_n to_o the_o effect_n that_o his_o church_n suld_v remane_fw-la immovable_a thocht_v money_n wavis_n suld_v burst_v out_o upon_o it_o with_o great_a force_n to_o the_o end_n alsuay_v thaâ—_n the_o heid_v and_o pastor_n thairof_o quha_n be_v bot_n one_fw-mi fischar_n man_v in_o fermenes_n and_o stabitnes_n suld_v exceid_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o adamant_n noâ—ht_o withstand_v the_o hail_n world_n wall_v resist_v 〈◊〉_d ibidem_fw-la so_o the_o father_n say_v unto_o hieremie_n â—have_fw-mi put_v the_o as_o one_fw-mi pillar_n of_o iron_n and_o as_o one_fw-mi wall_n of_o bre_n bot_n the_o father_n do_v constitute_v hieremie_n only_o our_o aâ—e_a people_n and_o natioun_n bot_n christ_n have_v constitute_v peter_n our_o the_o hail_o world_n opâ—atus_fw-la melevitanus_fw-la ignorance_n can_v notch_v be_v obiectiâ—_n unto_o the_o see_v thou_o knawe_v that_o in_o the_o cietie_n of_o rome_n the_o bischopp_n be_v seat_n wes_z place_v first_o for_o peter_n in_o the_o quhilk_fw-mi the_o say_a peter_n sit_v permenianum_fw-la quha_fw-mi wes_z heid_v of_o all_o the_o apostâ—lise_n for_o the_o quhilk_fw-mi cause_n he_o wes_z callit_fw-la cephas_n in_o quhome_n as_o in_o one_fw-mi the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n suld_v be_v conceruet_v and_o efter_o he_o have_v numer_v all_o the_o bischoppis_fw-la from_o peter_n unto_o syricius_n he_o concludis_fw-la in_o this_o manner_n all_o the_o world_n aggreit_fw-mi with_o w_n in_o one_fw-mi communion_n and_o society_n 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he_o affirm_v that_o the_o church_n whereof_o the_o propheit_n isaias_n speak_v shall_v be_v manifest_a and_o visible_a through_o all_o the_o world_n and_o hear_v last_o he_o allege_v that_o we_o can_v come_v in_o no_o place_n where_o we_o shall_v not_o find_v that_o religioun_n spread_v at_o the_o least_o in_o money_n person_n and_o thairof_o he_o conclude_v that_o if_o we_o can_v not_o prove_v the_o like_a of_o our_o religioun_n it_o followis_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o true_a religioun_n if_o master_n tytie_n recant_v not_o this_o assertioun_n he_o must_v correct_v his_o creed_n and_o where_o universel_o before_o we_o use_v to_o say_v credâ—_n sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &c_n &c_n he_o must_v say_v 〈◊〉_d sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o church_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o that_o which_o be_v visible_a than_o vane_n it_o be_v to_o we_o to_o say_v â–ª_o i_o believe_v the_o holy_a church_n universal_a but_o considenrlie_o we_o may_v 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sometime_o exile_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d receive_v sometime_o the_o wing_n of_o a_o eagle_z that_o she_o may_v flee_v to_o the_o wyldernes_n where_o of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o man_n she_o have_v her_o place_n prepare_v we_o reverence_v she_o which_o do_v complane_v that_o she_o have_v be_v desolat_a barrane_n a_o 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o vanderar_n to_o and_o fro_o that_o spous_a of_o jesus_n christ_n 〈◊〉_d so_o lytill_o of_o her_o successioun_n 49._o visible_a to_o man_n eyâ—â—_n that_o she_o be_v roft_z in_o admiratioun_n who_o shall_v have_v nourish_v her_o childrene_a during_o the_o time_n of_o her_o banivement_n 49._o if_o master_n tyrie_n be_v so_o well_o see_v in_o the_o ancient_a writter_n as_o in_o his_o write_v he_o will_v shaw_n himself_o to_o be_v then_o can_v he_o not_o be_v ignorant_a that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o great_a cause_n that_o the_o holy_a goist_n have_v teach_v w_n to_o say_v i_o believe_v the_o holy_a church_n universal_a to_o wit_n because_o that_o oftentimes_o it_o be_v that_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d be_v so_o afflict_a yea_o the_o beauty_n thereof_o be_v so_o obscure_v to_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o synagoge_n of_o satan_n usurp_v the_o title_n of_o the_o tieu_n church_n and_o babilone_n be_v prefer_v to_o herusalem_n so_o that_o the_o elect_v be_v compel_v to_o complane_v and_o say_v we_o see_v our_o owen_n sign_n now_o be_v their_o no_o propheit_n any_o moir_n among_o w_n let_v the_o day_n of_o helias_n and_o his_o complent_fw-la witness_n whether_o that_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v always_o so_o visible_a that_o it_o may_v be_v point_v forth_o which_o the_o singer_n of_o man_n thus_o we_o wreit_v schortlie_o to_o give_v occasion_n to_o master_n tyrie_n and_o to_o such_o as_o be_v blind_v with_o that_o error_n more_o deap_o to_o considder_fw-mi that_o artickle_v of_o their_o believe_v and_o not_o so_o rash_o to_o condemn_v such_o as_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n calis_fw-la from_o darkness_n to_o light_n now_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o litter_n the_o refutation_n heir_n i_o pray_v the_o reader_n to_o considder_fw-mi diligent_o this_o invisible_a church_n of_o schir_n johne_n knox_fw-la be_v the_o quhilk_fw-mi he_o be_v constraniâ—_n to_o grant_v that_o the_o doctor_n and_o pastouris_fw-la cite_v of_o bensoir_n dois_fw-fr naway_n appertene_v to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v may_v certane_v that_o that_o church_n quhilk_fw-mi they_o acknawlege_v wes_z visible_a and_o manifest_a to_o the_o world_n morow_a the_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a it_o be_v may_v erroneous_a and_o repugnant_a to_o all_o scripture_n for_o quhat_o can_v be_v more_o manifest_a and_o clier_n 60._o nor_o that_o quhilk_fw-mi of_o befoir_fw-fr wes_z cite_v of_o isaias_n the_o port_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v ever_o be_v patent_n baith_o night_n and_o day_n and_o that_o quhilk_fw-mi almaist_fw-mi all_o the_o prophet_n with_o one_fw-mi unce_n dois_fw-fr testify_v 2._o that_o the_o kingdom_n and_o inheritance_n of_o christ_n â–ª_o salbe_n mair_a triumphand_v and_o glorious_a 88_o nor_o ever_o wes_z â—ny_a empire_n or_o kingdom_n afoir_fw-fr he_o 93._o and_o that_o it_o shall_v continue_v in_o the_o former_a magnificence_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n bot_n sr._n johne_n knox_fw-la of_o lait_fw-fr illuminat_fw-la be_v sum_fw-la new_a ent_a husiasme_n or_o revelatioun_n will_v be_v the_o contrar_n that_o satan_n his_o master_n posseid_v all_o visible_a kingdom_n nation_n citeis_fw-la and_o that_o christ_n for_o his_o inheritance_n have_v reserve_v only_o to_o himself_o one_fw-mi invisible_a kingdom_n christ_n in_o lykwais_o the_o ondoubted_a fundatour_n of_o his_o awin_n church_n spâ—ik_a and_o to_o his_o apostolis_n quhome_fw-mi he_o have_v constitute_v and_o ordanit_fw-la pastoure_n their_o of_z schaw_v the_o same_o to_o be_v visible_a at_o all_o time_n say_v one_fw-mi city_n situate_v upon_o one_fw-mi montan_n can_v notch_v be_v onknawen_v or_o hide_v 5._o thairby_o willing_a his_o apostolis_n and_o pastor_n to_o schene_n evin_n as_o
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