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think_v it_o sacrilegious_a in_o the_o papist_n to_o apply_v the_o word_n of_o samuel_n not_o to_o obey_v be_v the_o sin_n of_o witchrafte_n to_o enforce_v obedience_n to_o the_o constitution_n of_o their_o church_n mr_n morton_n impute_v it_o as_o heinous_a to_o the_o romish_a inquisition_n that_o as_o agrippa_n say_v before_o 19_o before_o thomas_n morton_n apolog._n p._n â—_o li._n 2._o c._n 19_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la opinionem_fw-la svam_fw-la defendere_fw-la conetur_fw-la mox_fw-la iratis_fw-la buccis_fw-la respondent_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la illi_fw-la negotium_fw-la cum_fw-la scholaribus_fw-la ad_fw-la cathedram_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_n now_o i_o appeal_v unto_o the_o conscience_n of_o our_o heavy_a adversary_n whether_o they_o have_v not_o know_v we_o scorn_v for_o ask_v a_o reason_n whether_o they_o have_v not_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o samuel_n lay_v to_o our_o charge_n final_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o to_o their_o knowledge_n a_o 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coron_n milit_fw-la offering_n and_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a 2._o dead_a tertul._n ad_fw-la uxor_fw-la l._n 2._o psychic_a 2._o idem_fw-la cont_n psychic_a fast_v on_o certain_a day_n with_o opinion_n of_o necessity_n and_o satisfaction_n the_o bishop_n 17._o bishop_n euseb_n hist_o l_o 7._o c._n 17._o throne_n through_o the_o pride_n of_o samosatenus_fw-la and_o the_o seed_n of_o 5._o of_o otho_fw-la frifingens_n l._n 4_o c_o 5._o monkery_n through_o the_o example_n of_o paulus_n thaebeus_n anthony_n follow_v prove_v they_o say_v the_o first_o master_n that_o give_v rule_n for_o that_o kind_n of_o life_n so_o then_o amongst_o what_o weed_n the_o cross_n grow_v up_o and_o in_o what_o a_o dounged_a soil_n of_o many_o other_o superstition_n so_o shall_v we_o admire_v the_o less_o to_o see_v he_o in_o 27_o in_o rabban_n de_fw-fr institut_fw-la cleric_a c._n 27_o rabbanus_n day_n wait_v upon_o with_o salt_n spittle_n taper_n and_o divers_a such_o like_a of_o which_o the_o surplice_n itself_o be_v one_o of_o this_o one_o write_v how_o it_o be_v late_o bring_v in_o by_o the_o pope_n primis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la 24._o temporibus_fw-la walafrid_n strab._n de_fw-fr reb_n ecclesiastic_a c._n 24._o say_v he_o communi_fw-la vestimento_fw-la induti_fw-la missas_fw-la agebant_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o hactenus_fw-la quidem_fw-la orientalium_fw-la facere_fw-la perhibentur_fw-la stephanus_n a._n constituit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o levitas_n vestibus_fw-la sanctis_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la non_fw-la uti_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la tantum_fw-la statutum_n est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la bracarensi_fw-la ne_fw-la sacerdos_n sine_fw-la orario_fw-la celebret_fw-la missam_fw-la addiderunt_fw-la in_o vestibus_fw-la sacris_fw-la alij_fw-la alia_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la imitationem_fw-la eorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la veteres_fw-la utebantur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la mysticae_fw-la significationis_fw-la expressionem_fw-la #sect_o 9_o the_o three_o 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