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lord_n give_v we_o understanding_n and_o moderation_n in_o all_o thing_n a_o character_n of_o bishop_n bedell_n late_a bishop_n of_o kilmore_n in_o ireland_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o publish_v this_o sermon_n of_o his_o on_o revel_n 18._o 4._o i_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o give_v this_o exemplary_a character_n of_o he_o somewhat_o of_o his_o life_n be_v already_o extant_a within_o that_o of_o sir_n henry_n wotton_n the_o enlargement_n of_o which_o i_o leave_v to_o the_o prudence_n of_o other_o only_o thus_o much_o in_o brief_a he_o be_v fellow_n of_o emmanuel_n college_n in_o cambridge_n where_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o eight_o that_o commence_a bachelor_n of_o divinity_n of_o that_o house_n in_o one_o year_n whereof_o bishop_n hall_n and_o doctor_n ward_n be_v two_o between_o who_o and_o he_o there_o be_v a_o continual_a intercourse_n of_o letter_n to_o their_o last_o from_o that_o college_n and_o university_n he_o have_v that_o character_n give_v he_o of_o learning_n and_o 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far_o exemplary_a with_o some_o writer_n among_o ourselves_o as_o to_o abate_v that_o heat_n and_o bitterness_n which_o have_v break_v forth_o in_o matter_n of_o less_o consequence_n at_o his_o benefice_n of_o horningesh-earth_n near_o st._n edm._n bury_v in_o suffolk_n he_o continue_v long_o in_o great_a esteem_n sometime_o choose_v by_o the_o diocese_n to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o convocation_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o sir_n william_n temple_n provost_n of_o the_o college_n in_o dublin_n the_o late_a primate_n write_v earnest_o to_o he_o to_o accept_v of_o it_o be_v unanimous_o choose_v by_o the_o fellow_n during_o his_o abode_n there_o he_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o catechist_n &_o preach_v a_o lecture_n sermon_n once_o a_o week_n in_o
roma_fw-la babylon_n aut_fw-la roma_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la babylon_n esse_fw-la coeperit_fw-la cuirei_fw-la tot_fw-la ibi_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la adhibet_fw-la s._n johannes_n vix_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la errare_fw-la â—uiquam_fw-la contingat_fw-la quâ—_n enim_fw-la babylon_n ibi_fw-la eadem_fw-la meretrix_n magna_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n edoctum_fw-la antem_fw-la ibi_fw-la se_fw-la dicit_fw-la johannes_n à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la venturae_fw-la essent_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la jam_fw-la romam_fw-la ibi_fw-la quo_fw-la tu_fw-la sensu_fw-la vis_fw-la designavit_fw-la nihil_fw-la venturum_fw-la edocuit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ethnica_fw-la enim_fw-la tum_fw-la roma_fw-la in_o auge_n erat_fw-la vel_fw-la maximè_fw-la propheticus_fw-la verò_fw-la be_v libre_fw-la totus_fw-la haberi_fw-la solet_fw-la etc._n etc._n nimis_fw-la autem_fw-la illa_fw-la misella_fw-la tum_fw-la prophetia_fw-la foret_fw-la si_fw-la praediceret_fw-la fore_fw-la ut_fw-la persequeretur_fw-la româ—_n christianos_n â—idit_fw-la verâ—_n hoc_fw-la priusquam_fw-la in_o paethmos_n relegaâ—us_fw-la esset_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 183_o 184._o and_o p._n 185._o de_fw-fr ca_fw-mi roma_fw-la quae_fw-la veneficiis_fw-la seducit_fw-la quae_fw-la agnum_fw-la specie_fw-la refert_fw-la scriptam_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o front_n blasphemiam_fw-la in_o temph_n dei_fw-la sedet_fw-la cujus_fw-la merces_fw-la hominum_fw-la animae_fw-la quam_fw-la decem_fw-la reges_fw-la igne_fw-la concrematuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la perniciem_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la pseudo_fw-la prophetam_fw-la svam_fw-la vim_o habet_fw-la signa_fw-la faciendi_fw-la verè_fw-la à _fw-la toâ—â—_n dicitur_fw-la romam_fw-la christianam_fw-la perditam_fw-la non_fw-la iri_fw-la non_fw-la cerâ—è_fw-la sed_fw-la illam_fw-la antichristianam_fw-la sciliâ—et_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n thes_n 31._o de_fw-fr pontifice_n râ—mano_n &_o praecipuis_fw-la qui_fw-la iâ—si_fw-la attribuuntur_fw-la titulis_fw-la s._n 12._o adversarii_fw-la parro_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o antichâ—isti_fw-la nomen_fw-la ipsi_fw-la compeâ—ere_fw-la evidentissima_fw-la ratione_fw-la monstratur_fw-la prius_fw-la enim_fw-la illi_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quum_fw-la appellat_fw-la illum_fw-la homiâ—nem_fw-la peccati_fw-la filium_fw-la perditionâ—s_fw-la adversarâ—um_fw-la &_o efferentem_fw-la se_fw-la supra_fw-la vel_fw-la contra_fw-la omne_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la deus_fw-la aut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o a_o ut_fw-la in_o temple_n dei_fw-la tanquam_fw-la deus_fw-la sedeat_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferens_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la collapso_fw-la imperio_fw-la romano_n exuâ—get_fw-la ejusque_fw-la vacantem_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la occâ—pâ—bat_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈…〉_z romano_n sâ—la_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o intelligi_fw-la posse_fw-la asserimus_fw-la antichristi_fw-la verâ—_n nomen_fw-la ilâ—i_fw-la competed_a excellentissimè_fw-la siuè_fw-la particula_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oppositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la unius_fw-la reâ—_n pro_fw-la altera_fw-la substitutionem_fw-la vel_fw-la legitimè_fw-la factam_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o &_o fraud_n &c_n &c_n significat_fw-la s._n 13._o i._n e._n omni_fw-la instiumentorâ—m_fw-la satanicorum_fw-la genere_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la sophistica_fw-la hypocrisâ—_n menâ—aciis_fw-la aequâ—uâ—cationibus_fw-la perfidia_fw-la perjuriis_fw-la violentia_fw-la veneno_fw-la aâ—mis_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la merito_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la bestiae_fw-la illi_fw-la formidabili_fw-la quae_fw-la pardo_n vrso_n leâ—â—i_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quâ_fw-la romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la significatum_fw-la est_fw-la successisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n faxit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la antichristi_fw-la fraudibus_fw-la &_o tyraâ—nide_v liberetur_fw-la religiosae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la est_fw-la curiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la aâ—_n ecclesia_fw-la in_o qâ—â_fw-la pâ—ntifex_fw-la sedeaâ—_n interstinguere_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n â—ùm_fw-la episcopâ—s_fw-la romanus_n erecta_fw-la sibi_fw-la iâ—_n orbe_fw-la christiano_n monarchia_fw-la dominationem_fw-la usurpet_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o pastor_n in_o tantam_fw-la erectus_fw-la superbiam_fw-la superbiam_fw-la ut_fw-la deum_fw-la se_fw-la dicat_fw-la can._n satis_fw-la do_v 96._o lib._n 1._o sacâ—ar_n cerem_fw-la cap._n de_fw-fr benedictiensis_fw-la veliâ—qâ—e_v veliâ—qâ—e_v adâ—rari_fw-la council_n lateranâ—ult_n seâ—â—_n 1._o 3._o 9_o â—_o omnemque_fw-la tribui_fw-la sibi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d &_o in_o terra_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la oâ—nes_fw-la dispâ—nat_fw-la articulos_fw-la fi_fw-la lei_fw-it definiat_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la authorâ—taâ—em_fw-la atque_fw-la interpretationem_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la dicat_fw-la animarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d exerceat_fw-la veta_fw-la juramentáque_fw-la dispenset_fw-la novos_fw-la dei_fw-la cultus_fw-la iâ—stituat_fw-la tum_o in_o civilibus_fw-la legi_fw-la â—mam_fw-la magistratuâ—um_fw-la auâ—hâ—itatem_fw-la pedibâ—s_fw-la subâ—_n get_v 〈◊〉_d ablatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d imperiis_fw-la credimus_fw-la atque_fw-la asserimus_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la illum_fw-la &_o gâ—rmanâ—m_fw-la antichristâ—m_fw-la perditicnis_fw-la filium_fw-la pronâ—nciatum_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d meretricem_fw-la purpuratam_fw-la it_o sidenâ—em_fw-la septem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la â—ogna_fw-it civitate_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la expectaâ—â—sque_fw-la dum_fw-la dominus_fw-la prâ—ut_fw-la prâ—â—sit_fw-la ac_fw-la jam_fw-la coepit_fw-la conficiâ—ns_fw-la cum_fw-la spirituoris_fw-la svi_fw-la tandem_fw-la illâ—stâ—â—_fw-it adventu_fw-la svo_fw-la aboleat_fw-la aboleat_fw-la calvin_n epist._n 104._o under_o the_o papacy_n some_o church_n remain_v a_o church_n craze_v forlorn_a mistake_v yet_o some_o church_n his_o reason_n be_v antichrist_n must_v sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n which_o be_v cite_v by_o mr._n hooker_n instit._fw-la sect._n 27._o gehâ—â—i_n a_o man_n though_o overrun_v with_o a_o leprosy_n and_o to_o be_v shun_v as_o unclean_a antichristianismus_fw-la est_fw-la morbus_fw-la in_o christianismâ—_n christianismâ—_n the_o word_n of_o the_o cardinal_n be_v these_o viz._n by_o this_o article_n i._n e._n that_o king_n be_v not_o deposable_a by_o the_o pope_n we_o be_v cast_v headlong_o into_o a_o manifest_a heresy_n as_o bind_v we_o to_o confess_v that_o for_o many_o age_n past_a the_o catholic_n church_n have_v be_v banish_v out_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o if_o the_o champion_n of_o the_o doctrine_n contrary_a to_o this_o article_n do_v hold_v a_o impious_a &_o detestable_a opinion_n contrary_a to_o god_n word_n then_o doubtless_o the_o pope_n for_o so_o many_o hundred_o year_n expire_v have_v not_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n but_o a_o heretic_n and_o the_o antichrist_n p._n 453._o 453._o the_o usual_a stile_n of_o the_o sibyl_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n roma_fw-la septicollis_fw-la in_o plutarch_n &_o varro_n a_o festival_n among_o the_o roman_n call_v dies_fw-la septem_fw-la montium_fw-la tertul._n in_o his_o time_n call_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n the_o people_n of_o the_o seven_o hill_n ipsam_fw-la vernaculam_fw-la septem_fw-la collium_fw-la plebem_fw-la convenio_fw-la apol._n l._n 35._o 35._o ita_fw-la avidè_fw-la avent_fw-la homines_fw-la â—ii_fw-la petrum_fw-la romae_fw-la alicubi_fw-la in_o scripturâ_fw-la reperire_fw-la potiâ—s_fw-la ut_fw-la babyloneâ—â—_n velint_fw-la esse_fw-la romam_fw-la ubi_fw-la peâ—â—us_fw-la fuit_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la petrus_n romae_fw-la nâ—n_fw-la fuerit_fw-la valde_fw-la enim_fw-la illorum_fw-la interest_n ad_fw-la â—aput_fw-la fidei_fw-la ut_fw-la petrus_n romae_fw-la credâ—tur_fw-la fuisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n tort._n torti_n p_o 183._o 183._o certissimum_fw-la esse_fw-la nomine_fw-la babylenis_fw-la romaâ—urbem_fw-la significari_fw-la anno_fw-la 45._o n._n 18._o 18._o huiâ—_n conveniunt_fw-la aptissimè_fw-la omne_fw-la atque_fw-la illud_fw-la inprimis_fw-la quod_fw-la alii_fw-la conveâ—ire_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la optimè_fw-la etiam_fw-la convenisseâ—_n quoth_v in_o â—odem_fw-la capite_fw-la &_o mulier_fw-la quam_fw-la vidisti_fw-la est_fw-la civitas_fw-la magna_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la regnum_fw-la super_fw-la reges_fw-la terrâ—_n terrâ—_n existimamus_fw-la nomine_fw-la babylonis_fw-la remanam_fw-la urbem_fw-la significari_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la apocalypsis_n opere_fw-la ubi_fw-la toties_fw-la babylon_n nominatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n omne_fw-la quae_fw-la his_fw-la capitibas_fw-la memorantur_fw-la in_fw-la romanam_fw-la urbem_fw-la aptissimè_fw-la quadrant_a quadrant_a johannes_n in_o apocalypsi_fw-la passim_fw-la romam_fw-la vocat_fw-la babylonem_fw-la ut_fw-la tertullianus_n annotavit_fw-la &_o â—pertè_fw-la colligitut_o ex_fw-la cap._n 17._o apocalâ—p_n ubi_fw-la dicituy_v babylon_n magna_fw-la sedere_fw-la suprà _fw-la septem_fw-la montes_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la imperium_fw-la super_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la alia_fw-la civitas_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la johannis_n tempore_fw-la imperium_fw-la habuerat_fw-la super_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la quam_fw-la roma_fw-la &_o notissimum_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la septem_fw-la colle_n romam_fw-la aedificatam_fw-la esse_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n cap._n 13._o 13._o romaà _fw-fr johanne_n voco_fw-la babylon_n quia_fw-la babylon_n fuit_fw-la figura_fw-la romae_fw-la quibus_fw-la verbiâ—_fw-la aptè_fw-la designat_fw-la romam_fw-la object_n answ._n answ._n answ._n to_o rhemist_n comment_fw-fr on_o n._n t_o upon_o this_o place_n magnopere_fw-la curandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la teneamus_fw-la quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la creditum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o propriè_fw-la catholicum_fw-la contr_n haeresin_fw-la cap._n 3._o 3._o initialis_fw-la doctrina_fw-la de_fw-la ministerio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quia_fw-la tum_fw-la ordinabantur_fw-la per_fw-la impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la manuum_fw-la totum_fw-la munus_fw-la prophericum_fw-la etc._n etc._n phil._n 1._o 1._o 1._o 1_o ep._n â—_o 12._o book_n of_o ordination_n object_n answ._n object_n answ._n book_n of_o ordination_n object_n answ._n 1._o 2_o quest._n answ._n object_n answ._n 1._o gildas_n gildas_n de_fw-fr minister_n anglican_n object_n answ._n answ._n see_v bishop_n