thus_o testify_v luther_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o german_a protestant_n calwin_n calwin_n caluin_n 4._o instit_fw-la cap._n 2_o parag_n 4._o for_o himself_o and_o the_o french_a protestant_n say_v thus_o we_o have_v depart_v from_o their_o popish_a church_n c._n 6._o para_fw-it 1._o we_o have_v leave_v the_o see_v of_o rome_n cap._n 15._o parag_n 17._o we_o confess_v we_o be_v long_a time_n blind_a and_o incredulous_a understand_v not_o the_o matter_n of_o baptism_n now_o we_o accuse_v our_o blindness_n &_o hardness_n of_o hart_n jewel_n jewel_n the_o apologer_n of_o england_n speak_v for_o himself_o &_o the_o english_a minister_n write_v thus_o pag._n 188._o we_o have_v indeed_o go_v from_o the_o pope_n we_o have_v shake_v of_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n fox_n fox_n final_o fox_n act_v pag._n 3._o speak_v general_o of_o protestant_n say_v it_o be_v true_a that_o we_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o d._n reinolds_n among_o his_o conclusion_n 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of_o they_o no_o article_n mention_v but_o it_o be_v it_o discover_v wherefore_o indeed_o those_o abiurer_n be_v but_o poor_a relic_n of_o the_o lollard_n of_o who_o we_o shall_v speak_v hereafter_o dove_n that_o luther_n be_v author_n of_o protestancie_n confess_v by_o protestant_n covel_n dove_n 9_o last_o i_o prove_v that_o luther_n be_v the_o beginner_n of_o protestancie_n by_o the_o plain_a &_o open_a confession_n of_o diverse_a protestant_n and_o testimony_n of_o luther_n himself_o for_o doct._n covell_n in_o his_o book_n of_o article_n publish_v by_o authority_n art_n 19_o pag._n 130._o say_v thus_o some_o protestant_n make_v luther_n &_o caluin_n author_n of_o the_o religion_n among_o us._n d._n dove_n of_o recusancie_n p._n 32._o luther_n say_v he_o in_o his_o time_n begin_v a_o reformation_n harbour_n harbour_n and_o a_o book_n term_v the_o harbour_n &_o much_o esteem_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o q._n elizabeth_n truth_n luther_n beget_v truth_n make_v england_n to_o speak_v thus_o i_o be_o thy_o country_n england_n who_o bring_v forth_o that_o bless_a man_n john_n wicklef_n who_o beget_v hus_n who_o beget_v luther_n who_o beget_v truth_n and_o in_o the_o margin_n have_v this_o note_n fox_n fox_n the_o second_o birth_n of_o christ_n fox_n also_o act_v pag._n 770_o say_v luther_n pluck_v down_o the_o foundation_n of_o papistry_n by_o open_v one_o vein_n long_o hide_v before_o truth_n luther_n open_v the_o vein_n of_o all_o truth_n the_o touch_n stone_n of_o all_o truth_n and_o the_o only_o principal_a origin_n of_o our_o salvation_n which_o be_v our_o free_a justification_n by_o faith_n only_o and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n call_v prognostica_fw-la finis_fw-la mundi_fw-la or_o antichristus_fw-la write_v thus_o the_o spirit_n which_o tell_v thing_n to_o come_v work_v not_o but_o in_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o luther_n as_o it_o be_v confess_v note_n the_o word_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n do_v first_o bring_v in_o and_o p._n 13._o prognost_n prognost_n luther_n luther_n first_o bring_v in_o his_o gospel_n schusselb_n impudency_n to_o say_v there_o be_v gospeler_n before_o luther_n milius_n morgerstern_a ridiculous_a to_o say_v any_o have_v pure_a doctrine_n be_v for_o luther_n the_o seduction_n of_o false_a prophet_n be_v not_o manifest_v but_o under_o the_o gospel_n which_o before_o luther_n as_o we_o say_v never_o go_v since_o the_o primitive_a time_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o conrade_n schusselb_n l._n 2._o caluin_n theol_n p._n 130._o doubt_v not_o to_o call_v it_o impudency_n to_o say_v that_o many_o learned_a man_n before_o luther_n do_v hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n georg._n milius_n in_o explicat_fw-la art_n 7._o confess_v aug._n if_o there_o have_v be_v say_v he_o right_a believer_n before_o luther_n there_o have_v be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o luther_n a_o reformation_n benedict_n morgenstein_n tract_n de_fw-fr euchar._n pag._n 145._o say_v it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o think_v that_o 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preacher_n whence_o come_v thou_o who_o send_v the_o where_o be_v the_o miracle_n that_o witness_v thy_o sensend_v from_o god_n tuleris_fw-la patere_fw-la legem_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la tuleris_fw-la and_o to_o 2._o fol._n 455._o if_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v send_v of_o god_n and_o his_o spirit_n as_o the_o apostle_n let_v he_o prove_v this_o by_o sign_n &_o miracle_n or_o suffer_v he_o not_o to_o preach_v for_o whensoever_o god_n will_v change_v the_o ordinary_a course_n there_o he_o always_o work_v miracle_n and_o 1._o galat._n fol._n 40._o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v the_o outward_a testimony_n of_o his_o call_n and_o shall_v not_o we_o think_v it_o necessary_a for_o luther_n if_o any_o say_v the_o declarat_fw-la of_o discipline_n print_v at_o geneva_n 1580._o please_v themselves_o in_o this_o gad_v abroad_o throughout_o the_o church_n and_o will_v contend_v that_o they_o may_v do_v so_o let_v they_o show_v we_o the_o sign_n of_o their_o apostleship_n 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miracle_n and_o caluin_n l._n the_o scandal_n say_v that_o howsoever_o miracle_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o extraordinary_a vocation_n of_o other_o yet_o not_o of_o they_o because_o they_o teach_v no_o new_a doctrine_n but_o the_o same_o which_o before_o have_v be_v confirm_v with_o miracle_n and_o because_o their_o doctrine_n be_v evident_a &_o need_v no_o miracle_n to_o prove_v it_o but_o these_o their_o reason_n be_v manifest_o false_a for_o isaias_n miraculous_o cure_v k._n ezechias_n prolong_v his_o life_n 15._o year_n &_o cause_v the_o shadow_n of_o his_o dial_n to_o return_v back_o 10._o line_n daniel_n miraculous_o tell_v both_o what_o the_o k_o have_v dream_v &_o what_o his_o dream_n signify_v dan._n 2._o &_o 4._o which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a token_n of_o god_n assistance_n that_o be_v and_o in_o like_a sort_n zacharias_n c._n 1._o &_o 4._o fortolde_v diverse_a thing_n which_o soon_o after_o be_v fulfil_v s._n paul_n and_o barnabas_n prove_v their_o doctrine_n by_o miracle_n act_n 15._o where_o they_o tell_v what_o great_a sign_n &_o miracle_n god_n have_v wrought_v by_o they_o among_o gentile_n in_o testimony_n thereof_o and_o 2._o cor._n 11._o s._n paul_n prove_v his_o apostleship_n because_o say_v he_o the_o sign_n of_o my_o apostleship_n be_v wrought_v upon_o you_o in_o miracle_n prodiges_fw-la and_o power_n 9_o that_o which_o calu._n say_v beside_o that_o every_o sectmaister_n say_v it_o &_o with_o as_o much_o colour_n as_o he_o be_v evident_o false_a call_n though_o luther_n doctrine_n be_v good_a yet_o he_o need_v miracle_n to_o prove_v his_o extraordinary_a call_n for_o as_o for_o the_o newness_n of_o his_o doctrine_n it_o partly_o appear_v by_o what_o have_v be_v say_v sup_v c._n 1_o &_o shall_v evident_o be_v show_v in_o the_o 2._o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n and_o how_o ancient_a &_o evident_a soever_o he_o &_o luther_n doctrine_n wete_z and_o therefore_o that_o it_o need_v no_o miracle_n yet_o if_o their_o mission_n to_o preach_v their_o doctrine_n be_v extraordinary_a it_o can_v not_o be_v deny_v but_o their_o mission_n be_v both_o new_a &_o unevident_a &_o they_o need_v miracle_n at_o least_o to_o approve_v their_o mission_n unto_o us._n for_o god_n have_v no_o where_o avouch_v by_o word_n that_o he_o will_v send_v luther_n to_o preach_v preach_v protestant_n believe_v that_o luther_n be_v extraordinary_o send_v without_o all_o proof_n testimony_n or_o reason_n all_o right_a believer_n have_v not_o authority_n to_o preach_v if_o he_o avouch_v not_o by_o deed_n nether_a what_o certainty_n have_v we_o either_o from_o god_n or_o man_n beside_o luther_n own_o word_n that_o luther_n come_v from_o god_n nether_a let_v any_o man_n answer_n that_o luther_n prove_v his_o doctrine_n by_o the_o word_n for_o now_o the_o question_n be_v not_o about_o his_o doctrine_n but_o about_o his_o authority_n to_o preach_v which_o a_o man_n may_v want_v &_o yet_o teach_v true_a doct_n wherefore_o absurd_a be_v that_o which_o bilson_n affirm_v l._n of_o obedience_n p._n 300._o as_o long_o as_o we_o teach_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o apostle_n we_o have_v their_o authority_n for_o so_o every_o right_a belever_n shall_v have_v apostolic_a authority_n to_o preach_v all_o shall_v be_v apostle_n or_o doctor_n contrary_a to_o s._n paul_n 1_o cor._n 12._o all_o shall_v be_v pastor_n and_o none_o sheep_n all_o lie_v man_n yea_o woman_n and_o child_n may_v administer_v the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n none_o can_v be_v prohibit_v or_o suspend_v from_o preach_v final_o this_o licence_n of_o preach_v grant_v to_o all_o that_o have_v true_a faith_n be_v grant_v beside_o god_n word_n or_o warrant_n wherefore_o bilson_n upon_o better_a advice_n perhaps_o in_o his_o book_n of_o government_n of_o the_o church_n cap._n 9_o write_v that_o they_o have_v no_o part_n of_o apostolic_a commission_n that_o have_v no_o show_n of_o apostolic_a succession_n and_o that_o pastor_n do_v receive_v by_o succession_n power_n and_o charge_n 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