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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