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judicial_o torment_v the_o body_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o they_o prove_v that_o god_n do_v miraculous_o revenge_v impiety_n peter_n slay_v ananias_n not_o with_o his_o hand_n but_o with_o his_o mouth_n which_o be_v the_o workâ—_n of_o god_n act._n 5._o act._n 5._o act._n 13._o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o of_o paul_n be_v upon_o elymas_n the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a deliver_v unto_o satan_n 1._o corin_z 5._o ambros._n in_o 1._o cor._n cap._n 5._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la 1._o cor._n 5._o in_o cap._n 5._o epist._n ad_fw-la cor._n aug._n quaest_n vet_z &_o novi_fw-la test._n quaest_n 49._o hieron_n in_o 1._o cor._n cap._n 5._o chrysost._n in_o 1._o cor._n hom_n 15._o hieron_n ad_fw-la heliodorum_n idem_fw-la ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la advers._n vigilantium_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la ep_n parm._n li._n 3._o ca._n 2_o the_o devil_n &_o not_o the_o apostle_n
6._o cap._n 15._o three_o lodovike_n &_o not_o one_o of_o they_o depose_v by_o the_o pope_n henry_n the_o four_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o be_v offer_v doposition_n by_o any_o pope_n the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o it_o be_v no_o sin_n nor_o wrong_v to_o call_v gregory_n the_o seven_o hildebrand_n the_o jesuite_n mannerly_a speech_n of_o the_o emperor_n acts._n 12._o vers_fw-la 22._o the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o the_o contention_n between_o pope_n gregory_n the_o seven_o and_o henry_n the_o three_o emperor_n prove_v the_o pope_n right_a to_o depose_v prince_n &_o we_o remit_v the_o success_n that_o right_o be_v yet_o unproved_a the_o praise_n of_o the_o person_n be_v nothing_o to_o the_o right_n of_o the_o cause_n the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o pope_n hildebrand_n a_o good_a man_n hildebrand_n may_v well_o be_v a_o dealer_n in_o berengarius_fw-la recantation_n for_o the_o goodness_n of_o it_o the_o jesuit_n shall_v condemn_v themselves_o if_o they_o shall_v not_o commend_v hildebrand_n which_o like_o they_o better_o peter_n endure_v or_o hildebrand_n displace_v prince_n lambert_n schaf_n abbas_n vrsperg_n the_o mildness_n of_o pope_n hildebrand_n what_o justice_n call_v you_o that_o which_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n for_o 1000_o year_n count_v wickedness_n wickedness_n jude_n epist_n epist_n rom._n 23._o the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o lib._n 3._o cap._n ult._n factorum_fw-la memorabilium_fw-la the_o testimony_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o genuâ—_n for_o pope_n hildebrand_n see_v vrsperpen_n lib._n 5._o annalium_fw-la how_o know_v baptista_n fulgosius_n the_o goodness_n of_o hildebrand_n that_o live_v 400_o year_n before_o he_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o de_fw-fr constant._n a_o noble_a man_n fancy_n be_v no_o fit_a balance_n for_o this_o cause_n no_o reason_n that_o prince_n right_n shall_v be_v try_v by_o italian_a duke_n the_o defence_n cap._n 5._o trithem_n in_o chron._n if_o baptista_n know_v little_a of_o hildebrand_n trithemius_n know_v 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