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consentium_fw-la li._n 1._o ca._n 10._o hierony_n ad_fw-la galat_n cap._n 1._o hieron_n in_o matt._n cap._n 16._o tertullian_n contra_fw-la marcionem_fw-la lib._n 4._o augusti_fw-la contra_fw-la adiman_n cap._n 12._o august_n in_o quaessionib_n in_o levit._n quaest_n 57_o this_o be_v my_o body_n de_fw-fr cons_n dist_n 2._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o gloss_n augu._n epist_n 162._o gregorius_n in_o job._n lib._n 4._o ca._n 1._o augu._n in_o lib._n 83._o quaestionum_fw-la q._n 76._o parte_fw-la 1._o ca._n 10._o divi._n 1._o johan._n 6._o remnitius_fw-la in_fw-la examine_v conci_fw-la triden_n pag._n 598._o cyprian_a de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la serm._n nicolaus_n lyra_n in_o psalm_n 110._o communion_n under_o one_o kind_n paschasius_fw-la glossa_fw-la citaturà _fw-la cassandro_n de_fw-fr utraque_fw-la specie_fw-la 2._o tim._n 3._o 3._o this_o chastity_n in_o the_o more_o part_n be_v open_a filthiness_n they_o forebidde_v marriage_n and_o suffer_v concubine_n for_o 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your_o felowes_n that_o burn_v so_o many_o many_o this_o matter_n thus_o utter_v in_o generality_n be_v a_o great_a untruth_n johan._n 19_o luke_n 13._o augustin_n contra_fw-la crescon_n gram._n li._n 3._o ca._n 50_o math._n 23._o proverb_n 12._o cyprian_a ad_fw-la cornel._n tertull._n ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la tertul._n in_o apologetico_fw-la 3._o esdr_n 3._o prover._n 21._o hacron_n in_o esai_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 14._o augustin_n confessi_fw-la li._n 12._o ca._n 14._o if_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n augustin_n epist_n 166._o galat._n 1_o 1_o and_o do_v s._n paul_n ever_o read_v your_o late_a chapter_n of_o trente_n 1._o cor._n 11._o galat._n 1_o august_n contra_fw-la literas_fw-la petilia_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o chrysost_n in_o epi._n ad_fw-la galat._n cap._n 1._o council_n august_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi viduitatis_fw-la ca._n 1._o roma_fw-it 12._o 12._o untruth_n for_o these_o be_v your_o own_o felowes_n word_n read_v the_o answer_v answer_v gregorius_n nazianzenê°_n say_v he_o never_o see_v good_a comme_fw-fr of_o any_o council_n math._n 10._o cap._n 19_o divi._n 1._o ludovicus_n in_o con._n triden_n episcop_n pictavien_n in_o con._n triden_n albert._n pigghi_n controver_n 3._o eckius_fw-la the_o people_n can_v judge_v hierom._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la galath_n chrysost._n in._n 2_o ad_fw-la timoth._n hom._n 2._o council_n triden_n session_n 6._o platyna_n in_o stephano_n matthae_fw-la 10._o council_n august_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi viduit_fw-la atis_fw-la ca._n 1._o roma_fw-it 12._o 12._o untruth_n for_o these_o be_v your_o own_o felowes_n word_n read_v the_o answer_v answer_v gregorius_n nazianzenê°_n say_v he_o never_o see_v good_a comme_fw-fr of_o any_o council_n math._n 10._o cap._n 19_o divi._n 1._o ludovicus_n in_o con._n triden_n episcop_n pictavien_n in_o con._n triden_n albert._n pigghi_n controver_n 3._o eckius_fw-la the_o people_n can_v judge_v hierom._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la galath_n chrysost_n in._n 2._o ad_fw-la timoth._n hom._n 2._o council_n triden_n session_n 6._o platyna_n in_o stephano_n matthae_fw-la 10._o math._n 18._o psal_n 2._o actor_n 4._o michaeas_n 3._o chrysostom_n de_fw-fr sancto_n &_o adorando_fw-la spiritu_fw-la august_n in_o johan_n tractae_fw-la 46._o august_n contra_fw-la â—austum_n manichae_n li._n 3â—_n ca._n 18._o hilari_fw-la de_fw-fr trinitate_fw-la li._n 9_o actor_n 10._o johan._n 3_o extra_n de_fw-fr electi_fw-la &_o electi_fw-la potastat_fw-la significasti_fw-la abb._n old_a new_a esther_n 3._o actor_n 17._o origen_n contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la celsum_fw-la a_o vain_a distinction_n for_o neither_o do_v we_o call_v our_o doctrine_n new_a new_a we_o tell_v you_o you_o have_v lose_v the_o right_a name_n of_o thing_n and_o call_v that_o new_a that_o in_o deed_n be_v old_a old_a untruth_n for_o the_o true_a faith_n of_o christ_n have_v be_v plant_v and_o still_o continue_v in_o this_o realm_n four_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o come_n of_o this_o augustine_n math._n 9_o joh._n 13._o luke_n 22._o arnobius_n contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la li._n 2._o augu._n in_o quaest_n novi_fw-la &_o veteris_fw-la testamenti_fw-la quaest_n 114._o augustin_n de_fw-fr civita_fw-la li._n 10._o ca._n 32._o bernardus_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la tertullian_n de_fw-fr virginibus_fw-la velandi_fw-la augustine_n of_o england_n ignatius_n ad_fw-la philadelphien_n beda_n septem_fw-la britannor_n epis_fw-la &_o plures_fw-la viri_fw-la doctissimi_fw-la beda_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 2._o beda_n eodem_fw-la loco_fw-la augustine_n of_o england_n thomas_n grace_n augustine_n the_o inflamer_n of_o the_o war_n the_o true_a story_n of_o beda_n translate_v by_o king_n alfrede_n augustine_n alive_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o war_n an._n dom._n the_o abstracte_v of_o chronicle_n write_v augustine_n alive_a and_o in_o company_n with_o the_o king_n march_v towards_o the_o field_n jacob_n 1â—_n 1â—_n it_o lie_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n father_n untruth_n impudent_a read_v the_o answer_v answer_v untruth_n for_o all_o this_o be_v but_o a_o show_n of_o empty_a name_n and_o nothing_o in_o they_o matth._n 16._o pretence_n of_o antiquity_n augusti_fw-la de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la li._n 3._o ca._n â—_o council_n chalced._n actio_fw-la 1._o pa._n 767._o council_n chalced._n actio_fw-la 1._o pa._n 793._o council_n chalced._n actio_fw-la 4._o pa._n 877._o anno._n 1548._o 1._o regum_fw-la 2._o polydorus_n de_fw-fr inuentorib_n li._n 4_o cap._n 9_o extra_n qui_fw-la silij_fw-la sint_fw-la legitimi_fw-la per_fw-la venerabilem_fw-la abb._n much_o hereof_o be_v allege_v before_o hosius_n in_o confession_n petricovien_n cap._n 88_o copus_n dialo_n 2._o pag._n 194._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pretence_n of_o antiquity_n de_fw-fr conse_n dist_n 2._o per_fw-mi acta_fw-la in_o gloss_n doc._n tonstallus_n de_fw-fr eucharistia_n lib._n 1_o pag._n 45._o anno._n 1215._o erasm_n 1._o corin._n 7_o dis_n 27._o quidam_fw-la augusti_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_n viduita_fw-la cap._n 10._o 10._o m._n hardinge_n refuse_v s._n augustine_n authority_n authority_n this_o untruth_n be_v over_o cold_a &_o vain_a for_o m._n hardinge_n well_o know_v the_o substance_n of_o his_o doctrine_n stand_v not_o by_o the_o doctoures_fw-la sub_fw-la paulo_n 3._o 3._o promise_v make_v unto_o god_n without_o delivery_n a_o folly_n of_o all_o folly_n folly_n a_o vow_n make_v before_o the_o bishop_n or_o abbate_n be_v of_o more_o force_n than_o a_o vow_v make_v before_o god_n alone_o albert._n pigghi_n in_o 1._o controver_n de_fw-fr peccato_fw-la originis_fw-la alber._n pigghius_n in_o eadem_fw-la controversia_fw-la ruard_n tapper_n liriensis_n episcopus_fw-la lusitanus_n vow_v simple_n &_o solemn_a petrus_n à _fw-fr soto_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la extra_n qui_fw-la clerici_fw-la &_o voventes_fw-la rursus_fw-la scotus_n in_o 4._o senten_n dist_n 38._o qu._n 1._o caietan_n in_o thom._n secund_n secundae_fw-la quast_o 88_o arti._n 7._o thomas_n in_o 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