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be_v reveal_v virtue_n of_o life_n be_v slay_v justice_n be_v oppress_v temperance_n be_v bind_v devotion_n be_v put_v to_o flight_n wickedness_n be_v daily_a increase_v thus_o say_v these_o man_n in_o the_o very_a primitive_a church_n of_o their_o new_a gospel_n and_o what_o our_o man_n especial_o in_o england_n may_v say_v now_o of_o this_o argument_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o common_a experience_n to_o judge_v and_o sir_n f._n lest_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o far_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o good_a work_n say_v work_n two_o caution_n of_o the_o k._n against_o good_a work_n we_o must_v take_v heed_n to_o avoid_v two_o extremity_n the_o first_o proud_a presumption_n before_o god_n that_o we_o put_v no_o opinion_n of_o merit_n in_o our_o work_n secondlie_o that_o before_o man_n we_o avoid_v all_o hypocritical_a ostentation_n lo_o here_o good_a reader_n two_o great_a peryl_n of_o good_a work_n lay_v before_o thou_o but_o no_o utilitye_n remember_v true_o i_o have_v think_v when_o i_o hear_v 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whereas_o our_o protestant_n be_v careful_a to_o warn_v we_o that_o they_o be_v perilous_a thing_n to_o engender_v presumption_n and_o ostentation_n whereunto_a their_o father_n luther_n add_v further_a that_o they_o be_v also_o pernicious_a to_o salvation_n which_o if_o you_o ponder_v well_o be_v but_o a_o cold_a exhortation_n to_o the_o exercise_n of_o good_a work_n 382.400_o luth._o â—om_n 2._o â—ol_n 322_o &_o rome_v 5_o in_o gal_n cap._n 4._o fol._n 382.400_o for_o that_o if_o not_o only_o they_o have_v no_o merit_n but_o be_v perilous_a also_o for_o presumption_n and_o hypocrisy_n yea_o pernicious_a sometime_o to_o salvation_n and_o that_o on_o the_o other_o side_n our_o corrupt_a nature_n &_o sensuality_n flve_v they_o and_o sway_v to_o the_o contrary_a of_o her_o own_o inward_a instinct_n who_o will_v lose_v his_o pleasure_n to_o labour_v in_o they_o and_o consequent_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n though_o these_o fruit_n grow_v so_o thin_o upon_o protestant_n tree_n as_o their_o 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other_o of_o great_a moment_n yea_o prince_n themselves_o but_o i_o shall_v deal_v more_o modest_o with_o he_o and_o let_v he_o go_v free_a from_o further_a â—ouch_n at_o this_o time_n but_o for_o the_o matter_n itself_o concern_v he_o and_o he_o in_o general_n for_o good_a life_n and_o work_n except_v in_o particular_a those_o that_o may_v be_v except_v i_o may_v conclude_v as_o s._n augustine_n do_v a_o little_a before_o about_o the_o church_n that_o as_o it_o be_v most_o insolent_a madness_n to_o dispute_v against_o that_o which_o the_o whole_a church_n do_v practice_n so_o to_o avouch_v that_o of_o protestant_n life_n and_o good_a work_n whereof_o all_o country_n and_o nation_n do_v see_v and_o prove_v the_o contrary_a and_o their_o own_o author_n also_o do_v confess_v as_o have_v be_v show_v be_v little_o less_o madness_n and_o with_o this_o i_o may_v end_v this_o poor_a protestant_n blessing_n of_o good_a work_n especial_o see_v that_o after_o again_o i_o be_o to_o treat_v of_o the_o same_o subject_n but_o that_o our_o knight_n will_v needs_o allege_v s._n bernard_n for_o his_o former_a caution_n against_o the_o merit_n of_o good_a work_n in_o these_o word_n abuse_v cap._n 15._o s._n bernard_n abuse_v bona_fw-la opera_fw-la sunt_fw-la via_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la causa_fw-la regnandi_fw-la which_o he_o according_a to_o his_o fashion_n fraudulent_o expound_v thus_o good_a work_n be_v the_o way_n wherein_o we_o must_v walk_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o not_o the_o cause_n wherefore_o we_o shall_v obtain_v that_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o first_o you_o must_v note_v that_o he_o use_v here_o also_o his_o foresay_a old_a shift_n not_o to_o quote_v the_o place_n or_o book_n where_o we_o may_v find_v this_o in_o s._n bernard_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v take_v trip_v as_o a_o little_a before_o about_o the_o other_o two_o father_n s._n hierome_n &_o s._n augustine_n yet_o have_v seek_v much_o in_o s._n bernard_n at_o length_n we_o find_v the_o 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to_o god_n and_o so_o
he_o answer_v thus_o as_o if_o we_o have_v procure_v all_o these_o battle_n murder_n destruction_n minister_n the_o flourish_n of_o the_o minister_n as_o if_o we_o or_o our_o religion_n be_v the_o occasion_n etc._n etc._n what_o a_o shameless_a fellow_n be_v this_o to_o impute_v the_o cause_n oâ—_n trouble_v and_o war_n unto_o we_o that_o ever_o avoid_v war_n as_o much_o as_o we_o can_v and_o offer_v force_n to_o no_o man_n nor_o ever_o stir_v but_o as_o defendant_n for_o safeguard_n of_o our_o life_n be_v lamb_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o cruelty_n of_o wolf_n all_o these_o big_a word_n be_v but_o argument_n of_o the_o noddy_n distract_a mind_n etc._n etc._n lo_o reader_n what_o a_o manner_n of_o answer_v this_o be_v and_o how_o many_o book_n may_v be_v make_v in_o this_o kind_n of_o write_v wherefore_o leave_v this_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o matter_n of_o division_n in_o religion_n where_o i_o say_v that_o before_o this_o alteration_n of_o religion_n by_o luther_n there_o be_v unity_n among_o catholic_n to_o wit_n one_o god_n adore_v throughout_o all_o christendom_n one_o faith_n and_o belief_n one_o form_n of_o service_n one_o number_n of_o sacrament_n one_o tongue_n in_o celebration_n one_o sacrifice_n one_o head_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o now_o â—ll_o be_v divide_v ancestor_n o_o e._n damn_v all_o his_o ancestor_n he_o answer_v first_o that_o to_o speak_v â—â—uly_o the_o most_o part_n of_o christian_n in_o those_o day_n live_v without_o all_o knowledge_n of_o god_n or_o of_o christ_n jesus_n have_v â—â—thing_n of_o christianity_n but_o the_o very_a name_n and_o the_o â—â—tward_a sacrament_n of_o baptism_n so_o that_o he_o yield_v not_o to_o they_o the_o inward_a virtue_n of_o baptism_n nor_o the_o true_a belief_n of_o any_o one_o article_n of_o the_o creed_n before_o luther_n rise_v which_o after_o he_o repeat_v again_o in_o express_a word_n say_v they_o understand_v not_o any_o one_o article_n of_o the_o faith_n 17._o pag_n 17._o 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