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2._o or_o in_o that_o deed_n he_o be_v not_o good_a 3._o or_o he_o do_v it_o by_o commission_n from_o a_o prophet_n or_o a_o high_a priest_n 4._o or_o he_o be_v deceive_v by_o flatterer_n 5._o or_o he_o be_v enforce_v by_o necessity_n but_o all_o these_o quarrel_n notwithstanding_o the_o example_n of_o scripture_n be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o plain_a that_o m._n sanders_n â—â—angling_v can_v not_o obscure_v they_o david_n a_o good_a prince_n do_v well_o in_o appoint_v the_o levit_n and_o priest_n to_o their_o several_a office_n and_o forbid_v the_o levit_n to_o carry_v the_o ark_n and_o the_o vessel_n thereof_o without_o any_o commission_n from_o priest_n or_o prophet_n but_o only_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n not_o deceive_v by_o flatterer_n nor_o enforce_v by_o necessity_n 1._o chron._n 23
deny_v a_o testimony_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la they_o shall_v not_o reject_v the_o say_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n which_o in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n have_v deserve_v so_o long_a a_o rue_n of_o year_n to_o be_v recite_v in_o the_o step_n of_o the_o reader_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o with_o worship_n of_o divine_a authority_n to_o be_v hear_v of_o all_o christian_n from_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o low_a sort_n of_o lay_a man_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o et_fw-la etiam_fw-la temporibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n even_o the_o notable_a interpreter_n that_o be_v next_o to_o the_o apostle_n time_n when_o they_o bring_v forth_o that_o book_n for_o witness_n beleve_v that_o they_o bring_v nothing_o but_o a_o divine_a testimony_n touch_v this_o defence_n first_o i_o ask_v of_o bristol_n how_o he_o can_v prove_v that_o the_o book_n of_o maccabee_n have_v have_v such_o continuance_n of_o credit_n second_o how_o this_o 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