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that_o though_o israel_n be_v not_o gather_v yet_o our_o judgement_n be_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o our_o work_n with_o our_o god_n 14._o but_o indeed_o we_o shall_v think_v it_o a_o sufficient_a reward_n if_o this_o poor_a work_n may_v prove_v but_o a_o warning-piece_n to_o all_o who_o it_o may_v concern_v to_o persuade_v they_o that_o they_o may_v not_o wilful_o venture_v still_o upon_o the_o plague_n of_o sacrilege_n o_o trust_v not_o in_o wrong_n and_o robbery_n 10._o psal_n lxii_o 10._o which_o usual_o end_v in_o fatal_a beggary_n for_o even_o in_o this_o world_n god_n visit_v it_o in_o fury_n that_o we_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v where_o all_o church-robber_n may_v be_v sure_a god_n will_v meet_v with_o they_o and_o there_o they_o shall_v not_o escape_v meanwhile_o god_n alto_fw-mi judicio_fw-la either_o take_v away_o posterity_n from_o their_o estate_n or_o withdraw_v prosperity_n from_o their_o posterity_n it_o be_v very_o usual_a as_o st._n luke_n in_o 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of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o clergy_n page_n 58_o chap._n vi_o of_o god_n heavy_a curse_n against_o sacrilegious_a both_o person_n &_o nation_n page_n 68_o chap._n vii_o the_o confutation_n of_o the_o fair_a colour_n of_o religion_n bring_v in_o to_o varnish_v over_o the_o foul_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n page_n 113_o chap._n viii_o a_o full_a confutation_n of_o three_o reason_n of_o state_n or_o pretence_n of_o policy_n for_o the_o practice_n of_o sacrilege_n namely_o 1._o justice_n upon_o delinquent_n 2._o public_a peace_n 3._o state-necessity_n page_n 130_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o king_n solemn_a oath_n at_o his_o coronation_n whereby_o the_o king_n be_v oblige_v as_o in_o point_n of_o honour_n as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n so_o in_o point_n of_o justice_n as_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n and_o likewise_o in_o point_n of_o conscience_n as_o he_o be_v a_o christian_n constant_o to_o grant_v preserve_v and_o defend_v the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n page_n 168_o chap._n x._o the_o confutation_n of_o the_o four_o politic_a pretence_n of_o a_o legislative_a power_n page_n 174_o chap._n xi_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n be_v a_o great_a snare_n and_o also_o condemn_v as_o by_o the_o divine_a so_o by_o the_o canon_n civil_a saxon_a and_o by_o the_o common_a and_o statute-law_n of_o the_o realm_n page_n 188_o chap._n xii_o a_o cloud_n of_o domestical_a and_o also_o a_o triumvirate_n of_o foreign_a witness_n luther_n for_o germany_n calvin_n for_o france_n and_o knox_n for_o scotland_n all_o depose_n against_o sacrilege_n page_n 198_o the_o recapitulation_n of_o all_o page_z 212_o sacrilege_n arraign_v by_o saint_n paul_n rom_n 2.22_o thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n introduction_n sect._n 1_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v a_o godly_a discipline_n that_o in_o lent_n notorious_a offender_n be_v put_v to_o open_a penance_n that_o by_o this_o temporal_a punishment_n they_o may_v be_v reclaim_v and_o so_o escape_v god_n 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it_o and_o according_o submit_v it_o to_o due_a execution_n ah_o how_o soon_o may_v such_o a_o national_a penitent_a course_n rid_v this_o miserable_a land_n of_o all_o those_o national_a sin_n that_o have_v pull_v down_o these_o national_a judgement_n which_o now_o be_v incumbent_n upon_o we_o till_o we_o all_o king_n priest_n and_o people_n sink_v under_o the_o heavy_a weight_n of_o they_o 2._o however_o to_o contribute_v my_o service_n towards_o so_o good_a a_o work_n as_o the_o removal_n of_o god_n judgement_n from_o this_o nation_n i_o have_v single_v out_o one_o notorious_a offender_n that_o deserve_v the_o open_a penance_n as_o much_o as_o any_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n a_o reign_a sin_n that_o seem_v to_o want_v nothing_o now_o but_o the_o ceremony_n of_o coronation_n i_o mean_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o crown_n the_o want_n whereof_o under_o god_n admirable_a prevention_n be_v as_o yet_o the_o only_a bar_n in_o law_n that_o hinder_v this_o tyrant-sin_n from_o become_v a_o absolute_a conqueror_n over_o this_o whole_a church_n and_o nation_n and_o then_o from_o triumph_v over_o and_o lead_v away_o captive_a this_o elder_a daughter_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n for_o to_o omit_v at_o this_o time_n our_o other_o national_a sin_n of_o all_o other_o sin_n this_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n have_v prove_v the_o fatal_a passing-bell_n to_o whole_a nation_n whole_a empire_n very_o paynim_n by_o the_o dim_a light_n of_o nature_n can_v see_v this_o truth_n will_v you_o think_v that_o a_o virgil_n or_o a_o horace_n corruptis_fw-la horace_n horat._n carm._n l._n ode_n 6._o ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la britannos_fw-la de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la svi_fw-la seculi_fw-la corruptis_fw-la will_v impute_v their_o national_a change_n revolution_n and_o public_a calamity_n as_o to_o sin_n in_o general_a so_o to_o this_o very_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n in_o particular_a yet_o be_v this_o their_o own_o observation_n take_v it_o in_o a_o natural_a sorite_n the_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n be_v in_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o sto_fw-la delicta_fw-la majorum_fw-la immeritus_fw-la lues_fw-la roman_a donec_fw-la templa_fw-la refeceris_fw-la aedesque_fw-la labentes_fw-la deorum_fw-la &_o foeda_fw-la nigro_n simulachra_fw-la fumo_fw-la diis_fw-la te_fw-la minorem_fw-la quod_fw-la geris_fw-la imperas_fw-la hinc_fw-la omne_fw-la principium_fw-la huc_fw-la refer_v exitum_fw-la dî_fw-la multa_fw-la neglecti_fw-la dederunt_fw-la hesperiae_fw-la mala_fw-la luctuosae_fw-la virgil._n 2._o aeneid_n excessere_fw-la omnes_fw-la adytis_fw-la arisque_fw-la relictis_fw-la dî_fw-la quibus_fw-la imperium_fw-la sto_fw-la first_o a_o decay_n and_o then_o at_o last_o by_o degree_n a_o utter_a overthrow_n of_o the_o service_n of_o god_n the_o overthrow_n of_o god_n service_n provoke_v god_n to_o a_o departure_n there_o need_v no_o other_o evocation_n from_o without_o etc._n v._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cerda_n ibid._n plin._n histor_n l._n 28._o c._n 2._o macrob._n saturnal_a l._n 3._o c._n 9_o the_o footstep_n of_o all_o which_o evocation_n and_o departure_n you_o have_v ezek._n 10.4.18_o 19_o then_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n depart_v from_o over_o the_o threshold_n of_o the_o house_n etc._n etc._n god_n departure_n from_o a_o nation_n be_v always_o the_o forerunner_n of_o final_a destruction_n so_o do_v joshua_n and_o caleb_n conclude_v the_o period_n of_o the_o canaanite_n 〈◊〉_d canaanite_n see_v ainsw_n on_o num._n 14.9_o &_o num._n 22.6_o neptunus_n in_o tread_v apud_fw-la euripid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o shadow_n that_o be_v god_n be_v depart_v from_o they_o and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o we_o therefore_o they_o be_v bread_n for_o we_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v easy_a to_o accumulate_v national_a instance_n witness_v the_o whole_a jewish_a church_n and_o nation_n translate_v by_o the_o 36.4.17.21_o the_o 2_o chron._n 36.4.17.21_o chaldee_n into_o utter_a captivity_n for_o this_o very_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n express_o and_o particular_o for_o the_o sacrilegious_a profanation_n of_o god_n house_n and_o of_o the_o seven_o or_o sabbatical_a year_n and_o for_o the_o other_o natural_a branch_n thereof_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o priest_n the_o great_a sacrilege_n of_o the_o two_o say_v the_o 99_o the_o gravius_n contra_fw-la personam_fw-la quam_fw-la contra_fw-la locum_fw-la aquin._n 22_o ae_z q._n 99_o school_n witness_v once_o more_o the_o great_a babylonian_a monarchy_n for_o this_o very_a particular_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n say_v god_n himself_o 5.23_o himself_o dan._n 5.23_o translate_v within_o less_o than_o the_o space_n of_o a_o hundred_o year_n computation_n year_n the_o sacred_a vessel_n be_v carry_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3360._o and_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n expire_v anno_fw-la 3430._o according_o to_o some_o man_n computation_n from_o those_o very_a chaldee_n to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n i_o pray_v god_n that_o in_o these_o sad_a story_n i_o do_v not_o read_v out_o unto_o you_o your_o own_o destiny_n to_o avert_v it_o for_o our_o part_n behold_v a_o direct_a bill_n of_o indictment_n prefer_v against_o that_o fatal_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n by_o one_o of_o god_n chief_a apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o that_o say_v a_o man_n shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n do_v thou_o commit_v adultery_n thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n 3._o in_o this_o indictment_n you_o have_v these_o two_o plain_a natural_a part_n the_o malefactor_n and_o the_o crime_n 1._o the_o malefactor_n be_v describe_v by_o his_o religion_n he_o be_v a_o professor_n yea_o a_o zealot_n one_o that_o abhor_v idol_n 2._o the_o crime_n lay_v to_o his_o charge_n be_v sacrilege_n touch_v which_o we_o shall_v deliver_v 1._o matter_n of_o declaration_n 2._o matter_n of_o aggravation_n 3._o matter_n of_o probation_n and_o by_o that_o time_n the_o case_n be_v thus_o argue_v out_o we_o shall_v desire_v no_o more_o favour_n than_o shall_v be_v due_a to_o the_o fairness_n of_o 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which_o million_o lie_n now_o fry_a in_o hell_n but_o yet_o as_o heinous_a as_o adultery_n be_v it_o be_v the_o observation_n of_o some_o learned_a interpreter_n 2.17_o interpreter_n mendoca_n in_o 1_o reg._n 2.17_o upon_o the_o text_n that_o 1._o whereas_o god_n stay_v patient_o a_o twelvemonth_n before_o he_o do_v reprove_v king_n david_n for_o his_o adultery_n but_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n god_n do_v arraign_v and_o condemn_v too_o king_n uzziah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 21._o 〈◊〉_d 2_o chron._n 26.20_o 21._o in_o the_o very_a act_n as_o we_o say_v which_o caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la be_v more_o severe_a 2._o god_n do_v not_o deprive_v king_n david_n of_o his_o royal_a office_n for_o his_o adultery_n but_o for_o his_o sacrilege_n god_n degrade_v from_o the_o throne_n king_n uzziah_n 3._o god_n do_v set_v no_o personal_a visible_a mark_n of_o his_o justice_n upon_o king_n david_n himself_o for_o his_o adultery_n but_o for_o his_o sacrilege_n god_n do_v fix_v the_o mark_n of_o his_o wrath_n upon_o king_n uzziah_n forehead_n as_o the_o most_o visible_a place_n for_o a_o fair_a warning_n and_o so_o god_n do_v still_o general_o punish_v sacrilegious_a person_n even_o here_o upon_o earth_n temporal_o yea_o visible_o one_o memorable_a instance_n for_o the_o aggravation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o sacrilege_n above_o adultery_n our_o lord_n and_o master_n have_v leave_v we_o upon_o record_n for_o when_o the_o great_a bishop_n and_o shepherd_n of_o our_o soul_n come_v to_o visit_v his_o metropolis_n jerusalem_n and_o find_v sacrilegious_a chapman_n trade_v there_o though_o our_o lord_n have_v wave_v to_o give_v any_o sentence_n or_o judgement_n 8.11_o judgement_n luc._n 12.14_o john_n 8.11_o as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o inheritance_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o adultery_n yet_o he_o pass_v sentence_n and_o judgement_n and_o himself_o execute_v present_a penalty_n in_o the_o very_a act_n against_o the_o sacrilegious_a abuser_n of_o his_o house_n his_o whip_n 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the_o church_n land_n and_o revenue_n to_o their_o own_o proper_a lay_n use_v except_o it_o may_v be_v offam_n cerbero_n here_o and_o there_o a_o bone_n cast_v to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o such_o as_o otherwise_o will_v bark_v out_o against_o their_o cry_a sin_n of_o sacrilege_n for_o as_o a_o 2.22_o a_o non_fw-la alio_fw-la censendi_fw-la elogio_fw-la sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la templorum_fw-la &_o sacerdotiorum_fw-la opulentia_fw-la ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la novanda_fw-la illexit_fw-la qui_fw-la suos_fw-la pseudopastorculos_fw-la aliqua_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la particulâ_fw-la asperserunt_fw-la totum_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la devorarent_fw-la impetuè_fw-fr contzen_n ad_fw-la rom._n cap._n 2.22_o author_n upon_o our_o text_n say_v too_o true_o they_o deserve_v no_o other_o epithet_n who_o covetousness_n have_v allure_v to_o innovate_v all_o in_o church_n and_o religion_n and_o all_o out_o of_o a_o hope_n thereby_o to_o enrich_v themselves_o with_o the_o rich_a spoil_n of_o the_o 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do_v they_o express_o limit_v those_o who_o have_v authority_n to_o deprive_v such_o offender_n when_o and_o how_o and_o how_o far_o they_o may_v proceed_v and_o enter_v their_o protestation_n against_o all_o arbitrary_a deprivation_n for_o so_o run_v the_o preamble_n before_o john_n huss_n argument_n b._n n._n b._n i_o do_v profess_v say_v he_o that_o it_o be_v not_o my_o intent_n like_a as_o it_o be_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o university_n he_o mean_v prague_n to_o persuade_v that_o prince_n or_o secular_a lord_n shall_v take_v away_o the_o good_n from_o the_o clergy_n when_o they_o will_v or_o how_o they_o will_v and_o convert_v they_o to_o what_o use_v they_o listen_v certain_o john_n huss_n thus_o protest_v will_v never_o have_v be_v of_o council_n to_o turn_v the_o church-land_n into_o lay-fee_n and_o therefore_o to_o make_v his_o or_o john_n wickliffe_n case_n a_o parallel_n with_o this_o and_o to_o detort_v their_o argument_n as_o a_o ancient_a plea_n in_o 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the_o bishopric_n of_o worcester_n which_o he_o aim_v at_o the_o old_a quarrel_n in_o church_n history_n of_o some_o malcontented_n priest_n against_o their_o bishop_n we_o purposely_o wave_v to_o charge_n wickliff_n with_o those_o century_n of_o article_n exhibit_v against_o he_o by_o thomas_n waldensis_n harpsfield_n and_o other_o who_o may_v be_v except_v against_o for_o partiality_n we_o will_v therefore_o confine_v our_o discourse_n chief_o to_o two_o of_o your_o own_o historian_n daniel_n and_o fuller_n aforecited_a wickliffe_n position_n place_v by_o walsingham_n at_o the_o year_n 1377._o daniel_n deliver_v thus_o wickliff_n maintain_v that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o temporal_a lord_n can_v give_v any_o thing_n to_o churchman_n in_o perpetuity_n which_o certain_o be_v a_o error_n as_o full_a of_o injustice_n as_o of_o untruth_n as_o be_v opposite_a to_o the_o whole_a current_n of_o holy_a scripture_n both_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n contrary_a to_o so_o many_o 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to_o lose_v or_o for_o hatred_n to_o revenge_v as_o your_o own_o historian_n judicious_o observe_v it_o which_o fall_v out_o to_o be_v john_n of_o gaunt_n case_n and_o bring_v we_o to_o the_o three_o consideration_n of_o john_n wickliff_n namesake_n and_o chief_a patron_n john_n of_o gaunt_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n fall_v out_o with_o that_o eminent_a prelate_n wickham_n godwin_n de_fw-fr praesul_fw-la bus_fw-la angliae_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la wickham_n william_n wickham_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n ob_fw-la causam_fw-la mihi_fw-la non_fw-la ignotam_fw-la say_v another_o good_a author_n for_o a_o cause_n not_o unknown_a to_o i_o which_o haply_o will_v not_o be_v so_o expedient_a to_o record_v episcopum_fw-la implacabili_fw-la odio_fw-la prosequebatur_fw-la do_v thereupon_o prosecute_v the_o bishop_n with_o implacable_a hatred_n and_o do_v instigate_v king_n edward_n the_o three_o then_o decay_v through_o age_n both_o to_o take_v away_o all_o this_o bishop_n temporalty_n and_o 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though_o for_o this_o john_n of_o gaunt_z be_v like_a to_o have_v prove_v
the_o house_n and_o land_n dedicate_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o service_n and_o servant_n of_o the_o true_a god_n who_o acceptance_n of_o such_o oblation_n and_o consequent_o god_n propriety_n in_o they_o we_o have_v clear_o make_v out_o above_o chap._n vi_fw-mi p._n 64._o and_o elsewhere_o but_o this_o be_v and_o ever_o will_v be_v the_o true_a character_n of_o our_o modern_a pharisee_n like_o the_o true_a offspring_n of_o the_o old_a pharisee_n matth._n xxiii_o 24._o to_o strain_v at_o a_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v a_o camel_n to_o leave_v they_o therefore_o and_o by_o application_n to_o turn_v unto_o you_o by_o this_o time_n we_o may_v hope_v that_o you_o and_o all_o good_a man_n not_o blind_v with_o schismatical_a prejudice_n or_o bewitch_v with_o sacrilegious_a avarice_n will_v be_v real_o convince_v of_o the_o conclusion_n as_o for_o we_o that_o which_o be_v our_o task_n to_o make_v good_a we_o have_v do_v god_n be_v thank_v this_o text_n be_v clear_o our_o own_o a_o 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