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detract_n tongue_n where_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n be_v convict_v with_o his_o own_o force_n lineament_n xii_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n convict_v for_o censure_a man_n for_o their_o 1_o poverty_n 2_o birth_n 3_o bodily_a imperfection_n lineament_n xiii_o 1_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n convict_v for_o blab_a out_o tale_n concern_v woman_n credit_n 2_o wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o speak_v abroad_o of_o woman_n cause_n lineament_n xiiii_o 1_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n speak_v â—ll_a 〈◊〉_d learned_a book_n 2_o that_o superstitious_a person_n can_v right_o conâ—ict_v the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n 3_o that_o the_o true_a conviction_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n consist_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n word_n finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o 1._o cor._n cap._n 2._o 1._o cor._n cap._n 13._o col._n cap._n 3._o 1._o cor._n 9_o persius_n satyr_n 1._o 2_o 2._o chron_n cap._n 26._o esa._n cap._n 6._o jere._n cap._n 6._o aug._n lib._n 1._o trin._n ephe_n cap._n 4._o &_o psal_n 6._o 4._o act._n cap._n 19_o platarch_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o psal._n 139._o psal._n 104._o 5_o jran_n l._n 1._o cap._n 19_o psal._n 104._o dionis_fw-la areop_n l._n 1_o de_fw-fr hier._n cael_a cap._n 1._o psal._n 104._o 1._o mat._n cap._n 28._o 2_o exod._n 3._o gen._n 3._o joh._n 18._o cyprian_a in_o tract_n de_fw-fr simplicitate_fw-la prâ—lator_fw-la job._n 11._o 3_o exod._n 33._o 4_o 5_o 1_o joh._n 1._o col._n 1._o isaiah_n 9_o exod._n 12._o gen._n 3._o ibid._n 49._o deut._n 18._o act._n cap._n 3._o isaiah_n 21._o psal._n 118._o num._n 21._o &_o joh._n 3._o dan._n 2._o isaiah_n 7._o 2_o isaiah_n 53._o 3_o isaiah_n 53._o joh._n 10._o 10._o zaleucus_n dan_n 9_o 4._o esd._n 7_o justin._n martyr_n in_o tryphon_n isaiah_n 53._o 4_o psal._n 16._o psal._n 23._o 1._o cor._n 15._o ephes._n 1_o apoc._n cap._n 5._o 5_o 1._o tim._n 2._o act._n 10._o apoc._n 22._o orig._n l._n 1._o contra_fw-la cels._n hier._n in_o ezâ—_n in_o the_o french_a manuel_n king_n james_n in_o his_o premonition_n luke_n 1._o king_n i_o be_o ibid._n apoc._n 19_o job_n 14._o job._n chr._n in_o hom._n 16._o in_o mat._n 6_o heb._n 1â—_n 1._o cor._n cap._n 15._o athanasius_n athanasius_n athenagoras_n in_o apologia_fw-la pro_fw-la christian._n psal._n 45._o exod._n 3._o joh._n 4._o exod._n 19_o act._n 2._o gen._n 1._o mat._n 3._o 2_o 2_o apoc._n 12._o 12._o 2._o thes._n 2._o 2._o apoc._n 11._o apoc._n 7._o 3_o mat._n 28._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 4_o ephes._n 4._o rom._n 8._o isaiah_n 9_o 5_o ephes._n 4._o gal._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 14._o 6_o 7_o ignatius_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la phiâ—ippenses_n 1_o esa._n 40._o esa._n ibid._n job_n 11._o sapient_a cap._n 3._o psal._n 36._o 2_o jonas_n 3_o 3_o dan._n 2._o 4_o act_n 17._o psal._n 19_o exod._n 33._o 5_o eze._n â—_o apoc._n 1_o 1_o dan._n 12._o apoc._n 12._o rom._n 1._o 2_o isaiah_n 14._o isaiah_n 6._o eze._n 10._o irenaeus_n l._n 3._o c._n 11_o 3_o dan._n 9_o 2._o esd._n 4._o tob._n lib._n 4_o hebr._n 1._o mat._n 26._o apoc._n 4._o 1_o tâ—rtul_n in_o libr._n de_fw-fr resur_n carnis_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o psal._n jerem._n i_o 2._o pet._n 2._o job_n 4._o 2._o pet._n 2._o jud._n 6._o ecclus._n 10._o ephes._n 6._o 2_o rom._n 7._o rom._n 11._o 3_o sanctiago_n sober_a euang._n ecclus._n 25._o 4_o titianus_n in_o oration_n adversus_fw-la gent._n 1_o 1._o cor._n 12._o 2_o 3_o num._n 5._o isaiah_n 19_o 2._o reg._n 10._o holea_n 4._o rom._n 10._o 4_o virg._n l._n 1._o aencid_n 1_o hier._n in_o dialog_n contra_fw-la luciferia_n theophil_n antiochen_n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la antolycum_n 2_o apoc._n 11._o persius_n in_o satyr_n 4._o 3_o the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n 1_o tertullian_n in_o lib_n de_fw-fr animá_fw-fr tatian_n v_o in_o l._n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la 2_o 3_o tertul._n in_o l._n de_fw-fr animá_fw-fr cant_n 1._o 4_o joh._n 18._o exod._n 30._o 1._o cor._n cap._n 3._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 1_o 2._o cor._n 14._o 2_o 3_o 1_o 2_o 1._o cor._n â—_o i_o i_o rom._n 11._o 11._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n rom._n 9_o 2_o 2._o thess._n 2._o apoc._n 3_o apoc._n 1._o joh._n 2._o 1._o joh._n 2._o 2._o thes._n 2._o 1_o 1_o cantic_a 2._o 2._o bernard_n super_fw-la cantic_n christ_n be_v the_o rock_n his_o wound_n the_o hole_n and_o the_o faithful_a soul_n the_o dove_n according_a to_o that_o beye_v simple_a as_o dove_n num_fw-la 21._o joh._n 3._o 2_o rom._n 13._o ambros._n in_o oration_n ad_fw-la mediolanens_fw-la 3_o arist_n in_o categor_n de_fw-la quantitate_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o iwenal_n in_o satyr_n drayton_n in_o epist_n heroic_a 7_o job_n 38._o 1._o reg._n 18._o 1_o 2_o commin_n l._n 5._o c._n 5_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1_o 2_o 3_o persius_n in_o sat._n 4._o 4_o horat._n 5_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 1_o persius_n in_o sat._n 5._o plato_n dialog_n 7._o the_o legib_n psam_fw-la persius_n sat._n 1._o commin_n l._n 5._o c._n 5_o 2_o tacitus_n lib._n 1._o annal._n 3_o 1_o horat_n in_o epist._n 2._o cor._n 11._o job_n 33._o horat._n in_o epist._n ariosto_n bâ—rnard_n in_o serm_n rom._n 1._o 1_o 1_o 2_o 1_o 2_o pauper_fw-la henric_n '_o 3_o ecclesiast_n 27._o 4_o cato_n ecclesiast_n â—_o ephes._n 5._o 1_o persius_n in_o saâ—_n 1._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 1_o 2_o obiectio_fw-la solutio_fw-la 1_o cassiodor_n lib._n 8._o epist._n 18._o thucid._n lib._n 3._o histor._n boetius_fw-la lib._n 3._o the_o consol_n philosoph_n pros_fw-la 6._o 2_o 3_o la_fw-fr portrait_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr sante_n sect._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 1_o 2_o isaiah_n 53._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 2._o cor._n 10._o 1_o cant._n 1._o ibid._n esdâ—_n apoc._n cant._n 2._o 2_o psal._n 69._o act._n â—_o 3_o aug._n in_o psath_n 4_o 3_o 1_o 2_o 2._o chron._n cap._n 19_o 2._o thess._n cap._n 2._o act._n apost_n cap._n 19_o psal._n 12._o psal._n 14._o psal._n 15._o psal._n 17._o psal._n 31._o psal._n 37._o psal._n
be_v whether_o that_o power_n of_o his_o be_v suppress_v now_o that_o miracle_n be_v cease_v for_o then_o god_n cause_v such_o strange_a action_n to_o ensue_v whereby_o his_o gospel_n may_v be_v confirm_v sure_o in_o my_o judgement_n where_o the_o gospel_n flourish_v there_o the_o devil_n dare_v not_o draw_v nigh_o and_o if_o he_o appear_v according_a to_o the_o relation_n of_o such_o as_o write_v of_o his_o miracle_n he_o never_o appear_v but_o unto_o they_o who_o like_v unto_o cain_n utter_o dispair_v of_o god_n grace_n to_o simple_a wretch_n and_o to_o gross_a head_a folk_n his_o chief_a plot_n and_o practice_n be_v to_o undermine_v the_o reasonable_a will_n and_o to_o seduce_v man_n from_o the_o operation_n of_o goodness_n for_o this_o cause_n he_o be_v call_v the_o accuser_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o air_n the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n that_o be_v the_o great_a spiritual_a tempter_n of_o mankind_n for_o who_o sake_n this_o world_n and_o all_o the_o creature_n therein_o be_v make_v lineament_n vii_o 1_o how_o popish_a shaveling_n invent_v the_o use_n of_o common_a conjuration_n and_o fiction_n in_o policy_n for_o the_o great_a efficacy_n of_o their_o jdol_n holy_a water_n and_o masse-moâ—ging_a wherein_o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o holy_a water_n be_v she_o wed_v 2_o that_o they_o cain_v lie_n of_o purpose_n to_o confirm_v their_o sect_n namely_o in_o luther_n life_n time_n of_o luther_n death_n 3_o a_o note_n deliver_v by_o the_o author_n touch_v the_o devil_n real_a power_n but_o here_o our_o popish_a miraclemonger_n will_v object_v that_o the_o devil_n can_v be_v conjure_v without_o mass_n holy_a water_n or_o charm_n of_o a_o consecrate_a person_n the_o devil_n say_v they_o will_v not_o obey_v any_o of_o our_o religion_n o_o generation_n of_o viper_n be_v not_o the_o fullness_n of_o your_o sacrilege_n come_v in_o before_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o the_o bull_n of_o basan_n so_o fat_a that_o they_o can_v hold_v out_o any_o long_o yea_o ever_o since_o 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to_o our_o act_n of_o parliament_n voce_fw-la populi_fw-la christiani_n be_v voce_fw-mi dei_fw-la be_v not_o quite_o abolish_v this_o sting_n a_o grave_n and_o a_o great_a man_n of_o this_o kingdom_n feel_v when_o he_o be_v seduce_v to_o send_v over_o sea_n his_o son_n that_o lie_v possess_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o frenzy_n the_o spirit_n of_o falsehood_n make_v he_o believe_v that_o holy_a water_n and_o masse-hearing_a will_v chase_v away_o the_o devil_n if_o it_o be_v a_o devil_n at_o pont_n y_fw-fr musson_n in_o lorraine_n it_o be_v my_o hap_n to_o meet_v with_o the_o say_v disease_v gentleman_n in_o a_o english_a priest_n house_n where_o he_o sojourn_v his_o friend_n expect_v his_o deliverance_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o illusion_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o mass_n and_o of_o the_o sanctify_a water_n but_o all_o the_o fat_a fall_v in_o the_o fire_n and_o he_o poor_a gentleman_n leave_v still_o uncured_a have_v former_o be_v bind_v in_o a_o cradle_n besprinkle_v with_o holy_a water_n in_o time_n of_o mass_n and_o so_o continue_v bind_v for_o three_o day_n together_o in_o the_o church_n a_o most_o fearful_a usage_n able_a to_o drive_v a_o whole_a man_n out_o of_o his_o wit_n his_o friend_n hear_v at_o length_n that_o the_o matter_n fall_v not_o out_o correspondent_a to_o their_o expectation_n they_o send_v he_o to_o milan_n for_o the_o temper_n of_o his_o brain_n by_o the_o physician_n of_o the_o body_n where_o i_o meet_v he_o again_o with_o his_o curator_n who_o tell_v i_o the_o whole_a business_n and_o circumstance_n and_o how_o the_o spirit_n will_v not_o be_v dislodge_v for_o all_o their_o holy_a water_n now_o their_o general_a opinion_n be_v that_o either_o it_o be_v a_o stubborn_a spirit_n unremovable_a by_o exorcism_n or_o else_o the_o patient_a be_v sick_a with_o extreme_a choler_n or_o melancholy_n likewise_o to_o confirm_v their_o false_a doctrine_n with_o false_a miracle_n by_o the_o devil_n instinct_n they_o coin_v many_o fiction_n and_o such_o as_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o elect_n will_v glow_v to_o hear_v these_o foppery_n as_o treacherous_a spirit_n out_o of_o the_o wooden_a horse_n of_o troy_n our_o subtle_a sinon_n conjure_v up_o for_o worldly_a respect_n and_o chief_o lest_o their_o pontificial_a purple_a robe_n or_o scarlet_a habit_n be_v alter_v to_o another_o colour_n of_o a_o base_a grain_n among_o many_o miracle_n in_o their_o lie_a legend_n they_o record_n that_o a_o religious_a woman_n have_v put_v a_o sanctify_a host_n into_o her_o hive_n of_o bee_n to_o make_v they_o fruitful_a in_o steed_n of_o increase_n find_v a_o little_a chapel_n of_o honey_n and_o wax_v build_v in_o the_o hive_n with_o door_n and_o window_n with_o a_o altar_n with_o a_o steeple_n of_o bell_n and_o also_o that_o the_o bee_n have_v lay_v the_o host_n upon_o the_o altar_n with_o melodious_a noise_n fly_v round_o about_o it_o thus_o the_o devil_n sometime_o play_v the_o part_n of_o a_o mountebank_n vent_v out_o his_o counterfeit_a ware_n under_o the_o fair_a colour_n of_o sanctification_n some_o othertime_n he_o seem_v to_o raise_v up_o himself_o real_o at_o sinful_a man_n command_n and_o all_o for_o the_o establishment_n of_o the_o scarlet_a colour_a beast_n the_o pope_n and_o his_o cardinal_n who_o kingdom_n he_o wot_v well_o can_v choose_v but_o decline_v without_o such_o trash_n trick_n and_o trumpery_n and_o for_o their_o concealment_n he_o beat_v this_o ambitious_a lesson_n into_o our_o canonist_n head_n that_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n to_o reason_n about_o the_o pope_n deed_n who_o murder_n say_v they_o be_v excuse_v like_o sampsons_n who_o theft_n like_o the_o hebrew_n who_o adultery_n enim_fw-la like_o jacob_n after_o man_n death_n the_o devil_n either_o by_o himself_o or_o 2_o by_o his_o agent_n wicked_a worldling_n seem_v to_o appear_v under_o the_o person_n of_o a_o samuel_n and_o will_v not_o be_v conjure_v back_o without_o such_o popish_a babble_n thereby_o settle_v his_o reprobate_n in_o their_o reprobate_a nature_n but_o most_o of_o all_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v what_o fantasy_n possess_v man_n when_o they_o publish_v miraculous_a lie_n derogatory_n to_o their_o credit_n that_o be_v live_v and_o able_a in_o their_o life_n time_n to_o retort_v the_o whetstone_n upon_o they_o sure_o i_o can_v devise_v none_o other_o excuse_n on_o their_o behalf_n then_o that_o such_o miracle_n of_o strange_a sight_n be_v invent_v by_o they_o of_o devilish_a policy_n to_o make_v their_o profession_n famous_a among_o the_o simple_a and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o withdraw_v the_o protestant_n from_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n as_o for_o example_n the_o devil_n forseeing_a that_o by_o luther_n preach_v he_o be_v like_a to_o lose_v many_o of_o his_o guest_n even_o in_o luther_n life_n time_n soborn_v one_o of_o his_o false_a prophet_n to_o set_v out_o a_o book_n in_o print_n of_o luther_n death_n the_o same_o very_a day_n when_o luther_n die_v as_o this_o homeromastix_n report_v many_o that_o be_v 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