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between_o armachanus_fw-la and_o the_o friar_n grow_v so_o hot_a that_o armachanus_fw-la go_v in_o person_n to_o avignion_n ardmaâ—_n where_o pope_n innocent_n the_o six_o keep_v his_o residence_n and_o there_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o four_o order_n of_o friar_n he_o declare_v his_o opinion_n and_o maintain_v such_o proposition_n as_o he_o have_v former_o hold_v and_o public_o teach_v the_o issue_n be_v this_o the_o pope_n have_v such_o use_n of_o these_o friar_n and_o the_o friar_n have_v such_o store_n of_o money_n tertio_fw-la as_o walsingham_n say_v that_o they_o procure_v favour_n in_o the_o pope_n court_n so_o that_o armachanus_fw-la can_v not_o prevail_v though_o as_o the_o same_o walsingham_n say_v he_o prove_v the_o cause_n stout_o and_o manifest_o against_o they_o to_o speak_v yet_o a_o little_a more_o of_o our_o homebred_a witness_n now_o live_v richard_n de_fw-fr bury_n bishop_n of_o durham_n bear_v at_o s._n edmundsbury_n in_o suffolk_n and_o son_n to_o sir_n richard_n angervile_n knight_n he_o write_v philobiblon_n 〈…〉_z and_o have_v always_o in_o his_o house_n many_o chapleine_n that_o be_v great_a scholar_n of_o which_o number_n be_v thomas_n bradwardine_n confessor_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o and_o consecrate_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n but_o never_o enthronize_v richard_n fitz-ralph_n walter_n burley_n and_o robert_n holcot_n the_o dominican_n bradwardine_n be_v sometime_o fellow_n of_o merton_n college_n in_o oxford_n and_o common_o call_v the_o profound_a doctor_n he_o teach_v the_o article_n of_o free_a justification_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n the_o principal_a foundation_n of_o christian_a religion_n he_o complain_v that_o the_o same_o have_v happen_v to_o he_o in_o this_o cause_n which_o sometime_o fall_v out_o with_o elias_n the_o prophet_n behold_v say_v he_o pelagium_fw-la i_o speak_v it_o with_o grief_n of_o heart_n as_o in_o
the_o friar_n be_v not_o liegeman_n to_o the_o king_n 23._o ne_o subject_n to_o his_o law_n for_o though_o they_o stealen_v man_n child_n to_o enter_v into_o their_o order_n it_o be_v say_v there_o go_v no_o law_n upon_o they_o friar_n 27._o saien_v apert_o that_o if_o the_o king_n and_o lord_n and_o other_o man_n stonden_v thus_o against_o their_o beg_n and_o other_o thing_n friar_n will_v go_v out_o of_o the_o land_n and_o come_v again_o with_o bright_a head_n and_o look_v whether_o this_o be_v treason_n or_o no_o friart_n article_n faynen_n that_o though_o a_o abbot_n and_o all_o his_o covent_n be_v open_a traitor_n yet_o the_o king_n may_v not_o take_v from_o they_o a_o half_a penny_n friar_n ibid._n also_o destroyen_fw-mi the_o article_n of_o christian_a faith_n i_o belief_n a_o common_a or_o general_a church_n for_o they_o teachen_fw-ge that_o thâ—_n man_n that_o shall_v be_v damn_v be_v member_n of_o holy_a church_n and_o thus_o they_o wedden_a christ_n and_o the_o devil_n together_o friar_n 44._o by_o hypocrisy_n binden_a man_n to_o impossible_a thing_n that_o they_o may_v not_o do_v for_o they_o binden_v they_o over_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n as_o they_o themselves_o say_v friar_n 24._o waste_v the_o treasure_n of_o the_o land_n forget_v dispensation_n vain_a pardon_n and_o privilege_n but_o of_o the_o pardon_n that_o man_n usen_v to_o day_n from_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n z_o they_o have_v no_o sikerness_n that_o be_v certainty_n by_o holy_a writ_n ne_o reason_n ne_o ensample_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n by_o this_o we_o see_v that_o wickliff_n stout_o oppose_v those_o innovatour_n the_o friar_n who_o like_o their_o successor_n the_o jesuit_n teach_v and_o practise_v obedience_n to_o another_o sovereign_n than_o the_o king_n persecution_n for_o preach_v the_o gospel_n exemption_n of_o cleaâ—gy-men_n the_o use_n of_o legend_n in_o the_o church_n and_o read_v of_o fable_n to_o the_o people_n pardon_n and_o indulgence_n the_o heresy_n of_o a_o accident_n without_o a_o subject_n singular_a and_o blind_a obedience_n and_o last_o work_v of_o supererogation_n now_o whereas_o wickliff_n be_v repute_v a_o heretic_n it_o be_v likely_a that_o this_o imputation_n be_v lay_v upon_o he_o especial_o by_o friar_n to_o who_o innovation_n he_o be_v a_o profess_a enemy_n pap_n many_o exception_n be_v take_v against_o wickliff_n and_o namely_o that_o he_o hold_v 1._o that_o god_n ought_v to_o obey_v the_o devil_n prot._n our_o learned_a antiquary_n of_o oxford_n doctor_n james_n have_v make_v wickliff_n apology_n and_o answer_v such_o slanderous_a objection_n as_o be_v urge_v by_o parson_n the_o apologist_n and_o other_o now_o for_o the_o objection_n make_v there_o be_v neither_o colour_n nor_o savour_n of_o truth_n in_o it_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n object_v to_o he_o in_o the_o convocation_n at_o lambeth_n neither_o can_v his_o adversary_n show_v any_o such_o word_n out_o of_o any_o book_n write_v by_o wickliff_n although_o he_o write_v very_o many_o indeed_o we_o find_v the_o quite_o contrary_a in_o his_o work_n say_v his_o apologist_n for_o wickliff_n say_v conformity_n that_o the_o devil_n be_v clepid_a that_o be_v call_v god_n angel_n for_o he_o may_v do_v nothing_o but_o at_o god_n suffering_n and_o that_o he_o serve_v god_n in_o torment_v of_o sinful_a man_n the_o phrase_n indeed_o be_v strange_a and_o if_o either_o he_o or_o any_o of_o his_o scholar_n use_v such_o speech_n their_o meaning_n haply_o be_v that_o god_n not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n but_o in_o his_o creature_n yield_v obedience_n to_o the_o devil_n that_o be_v sometime_o give_v he_o power_n over_o his_o creature_n pap_n wickliff_n teach_v 3._o that_o magistrate_n and_o master_n be_v not_o to_o be_v obey_v by_o their_o subject_n and_o servant_n so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v in_o deadly_a sin_n prot._n even_o as_o light_v housewife_n lay_v their_o bastard_n at_o honest_a man_n door_n so_o you_o false_o father_n this_o misbegotten_a opinion_n on_o wickliff_n which_o some_o of_o your_o own_o side_n say_v 81._o belong_v to_o one_o john_n parvi_n a_o doctor_n of_o sorbone_n and_o indeed_o in_o right_a it_o be_v your_o own_o inasmuch_o as_o you_o upon_o colour_n and_o pretence_n of_o heresy_n in_o prince_n absolve_v subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n subject_n and_o raise_v they_o up_o in_o arm_n against_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n witness_v your_o bloody_a massacre_n in_o france_n the_o death_n of_o the_o two_o last_o henry_n in_o france_n the_o untimely_a death_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o orange_n the_o many_o attempt_n and_o treason_n against_o queen_n elizabeth_n as_o also_o that_o hellish_a design_n of_o the_o gunpowder_n treason_n but_o supppose_v wickliff_n say_v so_o yet_o his_o word_n may_v have_v a_o tolerable_a construction_n to_o wit_n that_o a_o prince_n be_v in_o state_n of_o mortal_a sin_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o prince_n any_o long_o he_o cease_v to_o be_v so_o in_o respect_n of_o any_o spiritual_a right_n or_o title_n to_o his_o place_n that_o he_o can_v plead_v with_o god_n if_o he_o be_v please_v to_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o forfeiture_n but_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o man_n he_o have_v a_o good_a title_n still_o in_o the_o course_n of_o mundane_a justice_n so_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o he_o offer_v he_o wrong_n 86._o wickliff_n indeed_o admonish_v the_o king_n and_o all_o other_o inferior_a officer_n and_o magistrate_n as_o elsewhere_o he_o do_v bishop_n that_o he_o bear_v not_o the_o sword_n in_o vain_a but_o to_o do_v the_o office_n of_o a_o king_n well_o and_o true_o to_o see_v his_o law_n right_o execute_v wherein_o if_o he_o fail_v than_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v not_o proper_o and_o true_o a_o king_n that_o be_v in_o effect_n 513._o and_o operation_n which_o word_n be_v speak_v by_o way_n of_o exhortation_n but_o so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o mutiny_n himself_o or_o persuade_v other_o to_o rebellion_n that_o never_o any_o man_n of_o his_o rank_n for_o the_o time_n wherein_o he_o live_v do_v more_o stout_o maintain_v the_o king_n supremacy_n in_o all_o cause_n as_o well_o as_o over_o all_o person_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a against_o all_o usurp_a and_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n and_o one_o of_o his_o reason_n be_v this_o that_o otherwise_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v king_n over_o all_o england_n but_o regulus_n parvae_fw-la partis_fw-la 36._o a_o petty_a governor_n of_o some_o small_a part_n of_o the_o realm_n pap_n wickliff_n teach_v 4._o that_o so_o long_o as_o a_o man_n be_v in_o deadly_a sin_n he_o be_v no_o bishop_n nor_o prelate_n neither_o do_v he_o consecrate_v or_o baptize_v prot._n if_o wickliff_n say_v so_o he_o say_v no_o more_o than_o the_o father_n and_o a_o council_n say_v before_o he_o saint_n ambrose_n say_v 4._o unless_o thou_o embrace_v and_o follow_v the_o good-worke_n of_o a_o bishop_n a_o bishop_n thou_o can_v not_o be_v the_o provincial_n council_n say_v 4._o whosoever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n or_o priesthood_n shall_v say_v they_o have_v be_v defile_v with_o mortal_a sin_n let_v they_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o foresay_a order_n the_o truth_n be_v wickliff_n live_v in_o a_o very_a corrupt_a time_n and_o this_o make_v he_o so_o sharp_o inveigh_v against_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o clergy_n but_o abusus_fw-la non_fw-la tollit_fw-la rei_fw-la usum_fw-la and_o yet_o wickliff_n write_v ms._n against_o they_o that_o will_v not_o honour_v their_o prelate_n and_o he_o elsewhere_o express_v his_o own_o meaning_n that_o 443._o it_o be_v not_o the_o name_n but_o the_o life_n that_o make_v a_o bishop_n that_o 443._o if_o a_o man_n have_v the_o name_n of_o a_o prelate_n and_o do_v not_o answer_v the_o reason_n thereof_o in_o sincerity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o integrity_n of_o life_n but_o live_v scandalous_o and_o in_o mortal_a sin_n that_o he_o be_v but_o a_o nomine-tenus_a sacerdos_n a_o bishop_n or_o priest_n in_o name_n not_o in_o truth_n nevertheless_o his_o ministerial_a act_n may_v be_v available_a for_o thus_o say_v wickliff_n 138._o unless_o the_o christian_a priest_n be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n by_o grace_n christ_n can_v be_v his_o saviour_n nec_fw-la sine_fw-la falsitate_fw-la â—icit_fw-la verba_fw-la sacramentalia_fw-la neither_o can_v he_o speak_v the_o sacramental_a word_n without_o lie_v licèt_fw-la prosint_fw-la capacibus_fw-la though_o the_o worthy_a receiver_n be_v hereby_o nothing_o hinder_v from_o grace_n pap_n wickliff_n hold_v loccitat_fw-la that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n to_o have_v any_o temporal_a possession_n or_o property_n in_o any_o thing_n but_o shall_v beg_v prot._n this_o imputation_n be_v untrue_a for_o what_o be_v the_o land_n and_o good_n of_o bishop_n cathedral_n church_n or_o otherwise_o belong_v to_o religious_a house_n which_o be_v give_v deo_fw-la &_o ecclesiâ—_n be_v they_o