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unto_o christ_n oh_o christ_n what_o a_o fondness_n be_v this_o where_o be_v this_o man_n when_o he_o see_v saint_n frauncysse_o in_o heaven_n what_o man_n be_v this_o he_o name_n be_v not_o in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n and_o shall_v we_o credit_n a_o certain_a man_n to_o use_v no_o more_o word_n what_o madness_n be_v this_o and_o what_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o saint_n frauncysse_o he_o rule_n be_v as_o he_o himself_o say_v libre_fw-la 101._o vitae_fw-la spes_fw-la salutis_fw-la medulla_n euangelij_fw-la clavis_fw-la paradisi_fw-la status_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la pactum_fw-la aeterni_fw-la foederis_fw-la this_o book_n of_o life_n the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n the_o marrawe_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o kaye_z of_o paradise_n the_o state_n of_o perfection_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o everlasting_a covenant_n what_o blasphemy_n be_v these_o how_o intolerable_a be_v they_o who_o if_o he_o favour_n the_o gospel_n if_o he_o believe_v in_o christ_n can_v abide_v they_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o more_o of_o their_o vanity_n &_o therefore_o to_o omit_v a_o great_a number_n of_o other_o blasphemy_n to_o let_v pass_v their_o sundry_a dream_n not_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o great_a absurdity_n contain_v within_o that_o book_n let_v we_o end_v with_o these_o word_n 103._o of_o the_o same_o franciscus_n surgens_fw-la de_fw-fr oration_n venit_fw-la ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la turbatissimus_fw-la dicens_fw-la ego_fw-la vellem_fw-la quod_fw-la istum_fw-la habitum_fw-la non_fw-la invenissem_fw-la dominus_fw-la enim_fw-la mihi_fw-la revelavit_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la ordine_fw-la meo_fw-la exibit_fw-la antichristus_fw-la &_o secta_fw-la eius_fw-la that_o be_v francis_n rise_v from_o prayer_n come_v unto_o his_o brethren_n great_o trouble_v say_v i_o will_v that_o i_o have_v not_o invent_v this_o habit_n for_o god_n have_v reveal_v unto_o i_o that_o out_o of_o my_o order_n antichrist_n and_o his_o sect_n shall_v come_v now_o you_o hear_v what_o master_n frauncys_n say_v of_o his_o own_o flock_n how_o that_o of_o his_o rule_n antichrist_n and_o his_o sect_n shall_v come_v how_o can_v it_o then_o be_v the_o book_n of_o life_n the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n etc_n etc_n it_o be_v not_o without_o good_a cause_n that_o bernhard_n speak_v of_o the_o misery_n of_o mankind_n divide_v the_o same_o into_o three_o which_o he_o set_v forth_o in_o this_o wise_n faciles_fw-la sumus_fw-la ad_fw-la seducendum_fw-la debiles_fw-la domi._n ad_fw-la operandum_fw-la fragiles_fw-la ad_fw-la resistendum_fw-la we_o be_v esie_n to_o be_v seduce_v weak_a to_o work_v frail_a to_o resist_v and_o be_v we_o not_o easy_a to_o be_v seduce_v when_o the_o very_o wise_a do_v believe_v such_o dream_n when_o the_o truth_n itself_o be_v not_o regard_v and_o when_o these_o untrothe_v be_v esteem_v then_o be_v man_n foolish_a but_o now_o be_v child_n wise_a than_o the_o learned_a be_v blind_a but_o now_o the_o unlearned_a do_v see_v therefore_o in_o that_o we_o do_v see_v let_v we_o thank_v god_n hytherunto_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o adultery_n &_o of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o prelacy_n of_o rome_n we_o have_v see_v the_o folly_n where_o in_o they_o be_v drown_v touch_v frauncy_n and_o other_o wherefore_o let_v we_o go_v further_o and_o to_o begin_v hear_v we_o what_o bernharde_n say_v his_o word_n be_v these_o the_o office_n psa_fw-la themselves_o of_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n be_v turn_v into_o filthy_a gain_n and_o into_o the_o affair_n of_o darkness_n neither_o be_v seek_v in_o these_o the_o safety_n of_o soul_n but_o the_o riotousenes_n of_o riches_n for_o these_o thing_n the_o priest_n resoarte_n unto_o the_o church_n they_o say_v mass_n the_o sing_v psalm_n yea_o they_o strive_v impudent_o about_o busshoprike_v and_o archedeanery_n waste_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n in_o superfluity_n &_o vanity_n such_o be_v their_o abuse_n for_o four_o hundred_o year_n a_o go_v afterwards_o into_o what_o folly_n 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understand_v antoni_fw-la of_o scripture_n give_v then selue_o deceptefullye_o with_o great_a eloquence_n and_o subtlety_n