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not_o rise_v neither_o ascend_v or_o yet_o shall_v come_v from_o heaven_n to_o judge_v any_o quick_a or_o dead_a silu_a czecanonicus_n de_fw-fr câ—rup_n morib_n viriusque_fw-la part_n art_n 3._o and_o as_o concern_v that_o article_n article_n against_o the_o 9_o article_n i_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o holy_a catholic_a church_n many_o protestant_n believe_v not_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n because_o they_o affirm_v it_o blasphemous_a and_o idolatrous_a to_o confess_v christ_n to_o be_v god_n or_o to_o have_v have_v any_o point_n of_o deity_n before_o his_o birth_n of_o the_o bless_a v._o m._n and_o thereby_o deny_v the_o holy_a ghost_n proceed_v from_o the_o son_n no_o less_o then_o from_o the_o father_n bez._n count_v heshus_n fol._n 284._o &_o colloq_fw-la mompel_v fol._n 77._o likewise_o who_o impugn_v the_o holy_a trinity_n do_v to_o that_o end_n that_o more_o easy_o he_o may_v reject_v the_o holy_a ghost_n zanch_n lib._n 3._o elohim_n simler_n in_o praf_n de_fw-fr aterno_fw-it det_fw-la filio_fw-la unto_o which_o barbarism_n calu._n epist_n ad_fw-la polon_n pag._n 946._o accord_n what_o be_v it_o we_o believe_v one_o god_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o trinity_n believe_v you_o in_o god_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v in_o trinity_n i_o hat_n they_o shall_v know_v thou_o one_o god_n as_o much_o to_o say_v the_o trinity_n this_o be_v not_o only_o unsavery_a but_o also_o profane_a and_o i_o do_v despise_v it_o this_o blasphemous_a derision_n other_o protestant_n dissemble_v not_o but_o rebuke_n in_o high_a manner_n vid._n schlus_n in_o theol._n calu._n lib_n 2._o fol._n 2_o 8_o 14._o 20_o 26._o whereupon_o his_o disciple_n follow_v his_o example_n to_o mock_v the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o prateol_n in_fw-it haer_fw-mi lib._n 10_o cap_n 10._o say_v nothing_o in_o holy_a scripture_n of_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n to_o be_v have_v of_o his_o divinity_n hereupon_o a_o protestant_n exclaim_v staunch_a in_o â—pistol_n contra_fw-la calu._n num_fw-la 45._o beware_v christian_a reader_n say_v he_o and_o especial_o you_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n beware_v of_o the_o book_n of_o caluin_n &_o especial_o in_o the_o article_n of_o the_o trinity_n likewise_o another_o john_n schutz_n in_o lib._n 50._o cause_n causa_fw-la 48._o say_n arianisme_n mahumatisme_n &_o caluinisme_n be_v three_o brother_n and_o three_o sister_n &_o three_o breech_n of_o one_o cloth_n &_o he_o that_o will_v not_o fall_v in_o arianisme_n let_v he_o beware_v of_o caluinisme_n who_o as_o a_o jew_n judaizes_n 53_o 53_o moreover_o they_o impugn_v this_o article_n who_o make_v their_o fantastical_a imagination_n the_o very_a inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o all_o their_o wicked_a inclination_n his_o motion_n so_o zuinglian_n affirm_v he_o to_o have_v this_o spirit_n say_v tom._n 2._o in_o act._n tiguri_n foe_n 609._o i_o know_v for_o certain_a my_o doctrine_n to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o
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