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the_o popedom_n itself_o and_o what_o craft_n the_o devil_n wrought_v in_o they_o before_o the_o great_a antechriste_n come_v and_o be_v reveal_v to_o the_o full_a so_o that_o as_o you_o see_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n here_o again_o alter_v their_o name_n the_o second_o time_n to_o title_n of_o great_a dignity_n that_o be_v from_o archbishop_n to_o patriarch_n and_o so_o the_o rest_n follow_v for_o a_o season_n be_v call_v 21._o john_n the_o first_o iohn_n the_o first_o a_o thuscane_a who_o theodoricus_n king_n of_o italy_n send_v for_o then_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o prince_n as_o his_o orator_n with_o certain_a other_o unto_o justinus_n the_o emperor_n this_o bishop_n be_v the_o worthy_a man_n of_o all_o this_o latter_a company_n give_v a_o testimony_n of_o his_o pure_a life_n by_o suftr_v patient_o undeserued_a death_n he_o decree_v and_o that_o very_o godly_a that_o if_o any_o man_n be_v rob_v of_o any_o thing_n he_o shall_v have_v all_o restore_v again_o but_o i_o take_v it_o 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and_o bear_v to_o break_v god_n law_n and_o quench_v the_o faith_n of_o christian_a mind_n have_v venomed_a sundry_a nation_n infect_v all_o the_o world_n 22._o foelix_fw-la the_o four_o foelix_fw-la the_o four_o be_v bear_v in_o samia_n be_v not_o very_o careful_a in_o his_o pastoral_a charge_n and_o cast_v of_o the_o office_n of_o preach_v build_v the_o church_n of_o cosma_n and_o damianus_n he_o restore_v saturninus_n temple_n and_o repair_v other_o temple_n of_o the_o dead_a he_o command_v that_o mass_n shall_v be_v say_v only_o in_o hallow_v place_n he_o make_v a_o partition_n between_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o people_n in_o the_o church_n he_o excommunicate_v the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n misdemed_a of_o heresy_n he_o command_v that_o if_o a_o priest_n die_v another_z shall_v succeade_v he_o two_o day_n after_o and_o command_v precise_o that_o they_o that_o lie_v a_o buy_n shall_v be_v anoint_v with_o hallow_a oil_n and_o die_v a_o confessor_n anno._n 530._o 23._o boniface_n the_o second_o boniface_n the_o second_o a_o roman_a be_v make_v bishop_n when_o the_o clergy_n be_v at_o great_a jar_n ready_a to_o go_v together_o by_o the_o ear_n he_o make_v canon_n especial_o this_o one_o that_o within_o three_o day_n after_o one_o bishop_n be_v dead_a another_z shall_v be_v appoint_v in_o his_o room_n he_o follow_v foelix_n do_v sever_v the_o clergy_n from_o the_o layetie_n by_o make_v the_o quire_n in_o the_o church_n and_o that_o for_o double_a policy_n the_o one_o be_v that_o by_o this_o mean_v he_o may_v at_o length_n take_v from_o the_o people_n both_o their_o place_n and_o their_o voice_n which_o they_o have_v in_o choose_v the_o bishop_n &_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o of_o they_o to_o sue_v a_o bishop_n or_o any_o of_o the_o clergy_n in_o any_o cause_n civil_a or_o criminal_a before_o a_o temporal_a magistrate_n but_o mark_v what_o happen_v these_o wretch_n through_o their_o pride_n as_o i_o think_v while_o even_o like_o the_o pharisy_n they_o will_v be_v count_v holy_a than_o other_o with_o their_o shave_a head_n their_o anoint_a finger_n &_o sever_a chauncelle_v devide_v themselves_o from_o the_o faithful_a that_o be_v redeem_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v lest_o hereby_o they_o become_v the_o goat_n that_o in_o the_o last_o day_n shall_v be_v divide_v from_o the_o lamb_n math._n 25_o as_o not_o pertain_v to_o the_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_v how_o much_o these_o man_n swerve_v from_o peter_n the_o apostle_n of_o who_o they_o boast_n so_o much_o to_o who_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a in_o the_o ten_o of_o the_o act_n to_o decree_v of_o cornelius_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v either_o a_o layeman_n or_o a_o profane_a person_n boniface_n die_v a_o confessor_n anno._n 532._o 24._o john_n the_o second_o iohn_n the_o second_o be_v a_o roman_a who_o otherwise_o for_o his_o eloquencie_n be_v call_v mercury_n or_o juppiter_n his_o ambassador_n 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