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lawful_o discharge_v of_o the_o oath_n of_o obedience_n give_v to_o her_o majesty_n as_o deride_v the_o religion_n establish_v by_o parliament_n pag._n 51._o i_o say_v the_o papist_n like_o impudent_a dog_n yelp_v and_o bark_v against_o we_o that_o the_o father_n be_v all_o on_o their_o side_n because_o they_o have_v suck_v out_o of_o their_o write_n a_o few_o dregs_n of_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o good_a liquor_n contain_v in_o their_o vessel_n have_v the_o father_n in_o the_o most_o and_o great_a matter_n whole_o against_o they_o and_o pag._n 55._o i_o say_v that_o bristol_n quarrel_v with_o d._n humphrey_n yelp_v like_o a_o little_a cur_n against_o a_o great_a lion_n and_o snatch_v piece_n of_o his_o sentence_n gnaw_v from_o the_o rest_n squel_v out_o as_o though_o he_o have_v hear_v some_o marvelous_a strange_a sound_n etc._n etc._n if_o this_o allegory_n be_v too_o base_a for_o bristowe_v dignity_n let_v he_o humble_v himself_o and_o crave_v pardon_n of_o his_o treason_n for_o i_o will_v do_v no_o reverence_n to_o a_o traitor_n that_o open_o bewray_v himself_o in_o a_o print_a book_n as_o he_o and_o other_o of_o his_o complice_n have_v do_v a_o proud_a hypocrite_n priest_n of_o stink_a greasy_a antichristian_a and_o execrable_a order_n i_o can_v find_v where_o i_o have_v term_v he_o except_o i_o shall_v read_v over_o the_o whole_a book_n but_o if_o i_o have_v use_v such_o speech_n i_o think_v they_o be_v no_o worse_a than_o his_o wicked_a behaviour_n &_o popish_a sacrifice_a priesthood_n deserve_v to_o have_v blasphemous_a heretic_n he_o give_v i_o often_o occasion_n to_o call_v he_o and_o namely_o pag._n 81._o where_o i_o reproove_v he_o for_o call_v the_o bless_a sacrament_n his_o lord_n and_o god_n which_o although_o transubstantiation_n be_v grant_v yet_o because_o the_o papist_n affirm_v that_o this_o sacrament_n consist_v of_o accident_n as_o the_o sign_n or_o external_a part_n thereof_o see_v accident_n be_v neither_o god_n nor_o in_o god_n it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v without_o blasphemy_n that_o the_o sacramentis_fw-la lord_n and_o god_n next_o follow_v reproachful_a term_n use_v against_o allen._n the_o first_o brazen_a face_n and_o iron_n forehead_n i_o do_v not_o yet_o find_v but_o it_o signify_v nothing_o but_o notable_a impudence_n which_o be_v note_v pag._n 23._o where_o i_o call_v he_o impudent_a blasphemer_n because_o he_o have_v say_v of_o we_o that_o to_o such_o as_o make_v no_o store_n of_o good_a work_n they_o cast_v only_a faith_n under_o their_o elbow_n to_o lean_v upon_o where_o as_o none_o of_o we_o do_v ever_o teach_v that_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o be_v not_o lively_a &_o fruitful_a of_o good_a work_n do_v ever_o profit_v any_o man_n but_o to_o the_o increase_n of_o his_o damnation_n again_o pag._n 24._o i_o note_v he_o to_o pass_v impudency_n itself_o in_o shameless_a lie_v where_o he_o say_v commit_v what_o you_o list_v omit_v what_o you_o listen_v your_o preacher_n shall_v praise_v it_o in_o their_o word_n and_o 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