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other_o thus_o promote_a sorcery_n and_o conjuration_n and_o if_o those_o be_v not_o evidence_n of_o the_o pope_n come_v by_o the_o work_n of_o satan_n what_o can_v be_v to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o key_n of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n which_o satan_n have_v give_v to_o he_o as_o before_z 84._o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o induction_n be_v usurp_v a_o monarchy_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v take_v pro_fw-la confesso_fw-la by_o all_o popish_a writer_n that_o the_o pope_n do_v who_o challenge_v to_o himself_o the_o monarchy_n of_o a_o double_a power_n spititual_n and_o temporal_a insomuch_o that_o his_o parasite_n have_v court_v he_o with_o that_o double_a title_n proper_a to_o our_o lord_n christ_n of_o king_n and_o priest_n yea_o and_o this_o as_o peter_n successor_n as_o if_o peter_n have_v not_o only_o the_o key_n commit_v to_o he_o but_o the_o sword_n too_o whereas_o their_o own_o image-maker_n frame_n peter_n with_o the_o key_n and_o paul_n with_o the_o sword_n see_v 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