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the_o christian_n through_o the_o whole_a world_n with_o a_o innumerable_a army_n which_o bellarmine_n himself_o have_v not_o confute_v at_o large_a in_o his_o discourse_n of_o gog_n and_o magog_n which_o m._n downam_n whole_o omit_v under_o pretext_n of_o not_o trouble_v his_o reader_n but_o indeed_o because_o he_o will_v not_o discover_v his_o own_o shame_n for_o otherwise_o at_o least_o he_o may_v have_v answer_v to_o so_o much_o of_o it_o as_o make_v against_o himself_o the_o like_a deceit_n he_o use_v in_o pass_v over_o bellarmine_n answer_n to_o the_o protestant_n objection_n or_o argument_n whereby_o they_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v the_o pope_n antichrist_n because_o he_o see_v that_o they_o contain_v in_o effect_n a_o answer_n to_o his_o former_a book_n but_o i_o may_v not_o omit_v either_o that_o so_o the_o reader_n may_v judge_v how_o well_o m._n downam_n have_v clear_v they_o in_o his_o former_a book_n of_o which_o he_o seem_v himself_o to_o make_v some_o doubt_n by_o tell_v 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from_o be_v a_o monk_n to_o the_o world_n as_o also_o s._n basil_n s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n s._n chrysostome_n grecians_z s._n martin_n s._n paulinus_n and_o s._n augustine_n latin_v of_o secular_a become_v monk_n and_o of_o monk_n bishop_n neither_o do_v ever_o any_o say_v that_o they_o do_v therefore_o fall_v from_o heaven_n to_o earth_n beside_o s._n gregory_n be_v second_o to_o none_o in_o continency_n sobriety_n and_o love_n of_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o in_o humility_n he_o in_o a_o manner_n excel_v all_o and_o yet_o chytraeus_n dare_v affirm_v that_o he_o fall_v from_o heaven_n that_o be_v from_o a_o heavenly_a life_n to_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o a_o earthly_a and_o delicate_a life_n final_o luther_n himself_o in_o supput_fw-la temp_n say_v that_o s._n gregory_n be_v a_o holy_a bishop_n and_o theodorus_n bibliander_n tab_v 10._o