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make_v a_o way_n for_o divinity_n as_o john_n baptist_n do_v for_o christ_n and_o elsewhere_o i_o think_v they_o err_v 360._o tom._n 1._o epist_n pag._n 360._o and_o be_v extreme_o out_o of_o the_o way_n who_o think_v the_o knowledge_n of_o philosophy_n and_o of_o nature_n to_o be_v of_o no_o use_n for_o theologie_n of_o tentation_n thus_o he_o speak_v i_o will_v have_v man_n who_o be_v tempt_v thus_o to_o be_v comfort_v with_o faith_n and_o hope_n first_o to_o avoid_v solitariness_n and_o still_o to_o have_v company_n and_o to_o sing_v psalm_n and_o talk_n of_o holy_a matter_n then_o second_o to_o be_v assure_o persuade_v which_o though_o it_o be_v most_o difficult_a yet_o be_v it_o the_o most_o ready_a cure_n that_o those_o thought_n be_v not_o their_o own_o but_o satan_n and_o therefore_o that_o they_o shall_v earnest_o endeavour_v to_o turn_v their_o heart_n to_o some_o other_o thought_n and_o leave_v those_o evil_a thought_n to_o satan_n for_o to_o insist_v upon_o they_o to_o strive_v with_o they_o or_o to_o struggle_v to_o overcome_v they_o be_v a_o provoke_a and_o strengthen_v they_o to_o a_o man_n perdition_n without_o remedy_n of_o man_n distract_v and_o fool_n this_o be_v his_o judgement_n 281._o tom._n 2._o epist_n pag._n 281._o i_o think_v that_o all_o fool_n and_o such_o as_o have_v not_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n be_v vex_v or_o lead_v aside_o by_o satan_n not_o that_o they_o be_v therefore_o condemn_v but_o because_o satan_n do_v diverse_o tempt_v man_n some_o grievous_o some_o easy_o some_o a_o long_o some_o a_o short_a time_n and_o whereas_o physician_n attribute_v much_o to_o natural_a cause_n and_o mitigate_v those_o evil_n by_o natural_a mean_n sometime_o this_o come_v to_o pass_v because_o they_o know_v not_o how_o great_a the_o power_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v concern_v the_o assembly_n at_o auspurg_n obenburg_n tom._n 1._o epist_n melanct._n pag._n 408._o to_o i_o obenburg_n who_o remembrance_n melancthon_n delight_v not_o in_o because_o there_o such_o as_o endeavour_v the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v censure_v by_o charles_n the_o five_o harsh_o and_o grievous_o 280._o tom._n 5._o oper_n jen._n pag._n 280._o whereunto_o five_o elector_n thirty_o ecclesiastical_a prince_n secular_a prince_n twenty_o three_o abbat_n twenty_o two_o earl_n and_o baron_n thirty_o three_o and_o thirty_o nine_o free_a city_n subscribe_v of_o this_o assembly_n i_o say_v this_o be_v luther_n judgement_n though_o after_o much_o expense_n you_o see_v nothing_o do_v at_o auspurg_n yet_o thus_o i_o think_v though_o their_o cost_n have_v be_v double_a yet_o the_o public_a confutation_n of_o the_o sophister_n and_o envious_a person_n will_v be_v equivalent_a thereunto_o for_o they_o seek_v to_o disgrace_v our_o