the_o effect_n thereof_o luther_n appeal_v to_o a_o council_n par_fw-fr 27._o why_o luther_n doctrine_n do_v not_o make_v great_a advance_n a_o schism_n among_o the_o protestant_n the_o protestant_n abuse_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o academy_n of_o paris_n of_o zwinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n that_o luther_n take_v a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o romish_a ceremony_n that_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v one_o cause_n of_o the_o progress_n of_o protestant_a religion_n par._n 28._o the_o pope_n recover_v from_o the_o fright_n which_o luther_n have_v put_v he_o into_o that_o he_o now_o act_n more_o cautious_o than_o heretofore_o that_o priest_n and_o monk_n live_v more_o regular_o at_o present_a of_o the_o reestablish_n of_o learning_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o way_n of_o entice_a protestant_n to_o that_o church_n that_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n have_v mighty_o contribute_v to_o the_o papal_a grandeur_n par._n 29._o of_o the_o temporal_a 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can_v pretext_n so_o specious_a cause_n as_o be_v the_o restauration_n of_o the_o catholic_n religion_n and_o good_n of_o the_o ecclesiastic_n they_o must_v have_v quite_o lose_v all_o knowledge_n of_o precede_a time_n beside_o the_o treaty_n of_o nimmigen_n have_v show_v how_o vain_a and_o fruitless_a all_o such_o project_n be_v the_o independent_a protestant_a state_n need_v not_o fear_v be_v oblige_v to_o abandon_v their_o religion_n by_o any_o violent_a mean_n for_o as_o the_o uniformity_n of_o religion_n can_v remove_v the_o jealousy_n of_o state_n which_o be_v notorious_o evident_a from_o france_n and_o spain_n england_n and_o holland_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o difference_n of_o religion_n produce_v this_o effect_n that_o in_o case_n any_o potent_a state_n of_o the_o romish_a persuasion_n shall_v undertake_v to_o oppress_v a_o neighbour_a protestant_a all_o the_o papist_n shall_v forsake_v the_o one_o and_o immediate_o join_v with_o the_o other_o especial_o if_o they_o have_v 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