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for_o your_o opinion_n bot_n reather_n be_v aganis_fw-la zow_o because_o as_o the_o text_n schawis_o manifest_o he_o speak_v notch_v only_o to_o the_o preiste_n bot_n to_o the_o hail_o multitude_n quhome_n he_o accusis_fw-la that_o they_o have_v may_v enormlie_o transgressit_fw-la the_o commandimentis_fw-la of_o god_n bot_n because_o the_o people_n usit_fw-la to_o object_n to_o the_o prophetis_fw-la quhen_fw-mi thai_fw-mi wer_fw-ge admonise_v be_v thame_n that_o thai_fw-mi have_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n evin_n as_o thairbie_fw-mi thai_fw-mi have_v be_v in_o greit_a security_n and_o na_fw-mi evil_n can_v befall_v wnto_o thame_n hierrmie_n dois_fw-fr reject_v sic_fw-la obiectionis_fw-la sayand_v that_o sic_fw-la vane_n persuasionis_fw-la will_v not_o way_n avale_a thame_n unless_o be_v sincere_a and_o onfenze_v repentance_n thai_fw-fr turn_n wnto_fw-mi god_n and_o leave_v accord_o to_o his_o law_n he_o deny_v notch_v â—s_a see_fw-mi affirm_v that_o they_o have_v the_o true_a 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he_o affirm_v that_o the_o church_n whereof_o the_o propheit_n isaias_n speak_v shall_v be_v manifest_a and_o visible_a through_o all_o the_o world_n and_o hear_v last_o he_o allege_v that_o we_o can_v come_v in_o no_o place_n where_o we_o shall_v not_o find_v that_o religioun_n spread_v at_o the_o least_o in_o money_n person_n and_o thairof_o he_o conclude_v that_o if_o we_o can_v not_o prove_v the_o like_a of_o our_o religioun_n it_o followis_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o true_a religioun_n if_o master_n tytie_n recant_v not_o this_o assertioun_n he_o must_v correct_v his_o creed_n and_o where_o universel_o before_o we_o use_v to_o say_v credâ—_n sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &c_n &c_n he_o must_v say_v 〈◊〉_d sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o church_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o that_o which_o be_v visible_a than_o vane_n it_o be_v to_o we_o to_o say_v â–ª_o i_o believe_v the_o holy_a church_n universal_a but_o considenrlie_o we_o may_v affirm_v i_o see_v the_o holy_a church_n if_o master_n tyrie_n will_v say_v we_o may_v both_o see_v and_o believe_v and_o be_v our_o sight_n our_o faith_n may_v be_v strenghn_v for_o thomas_n see_v the_o wonde_n in_o the_o handis_fw-la feat_n and_o side_n of_o christ_n jesus_n and_o beleveâ—_n and_o so_o may_v we_o see_v the_o church_n and_o yet_o believe_v it_o if_o we_o shall_v grant_v so_o far_o to_o master_n tyrie_n yet_o be_v his_o argument_n nothing_o help_v for_o the_o questione_n be_v not_o whether_o that_o we_o may_v notify_v those_o thing_n that_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v but_o the_o questioun_n be_v if_o that_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o believe_v those_o thing_n which_o sometime_o be_v uterlie_o remove_v from_o the_o external_a sense_n of_o man_n master_n tyrie_n will_v acknowledge_v no_o church_n except_o that_o which_o have_v be_v and_o be_v visible_a â–ª_o we_o in_o the_o contrare_fw-la acknowlegde_v and_o reverable_v the_o spous_a of_o christ_n jesus_n 12._o sometime_o exile_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d receive_v sometime_o the_o wing_n of_o a_o eagle_z that_o she_o may_v flee_v to_o the_o wyldernes_n where_o of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o man_n she_o have_v her_o place_n prepare_v we_o reverence_v she_o which_o do_v complane_v that_o she_o have_v be_v desolat_a barrane_n a_o 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o vanderar_n to_o and_o fro_o that_o spous_a of_o jesus_n christ_n 〈◊〉_d so_o lytill_o of_o her_o successioun_n 49._o visible_a to_o man_n eyâ—â—_n that_o she_o be_v roft_z in_o admiratioun_n who_o shall_v have_v nourish_v her_o childrene_a during_o the_o time_n of_o her_o banivement_n 49._o if_o master_n tyrie_n be_v so_o well_o see_v in_o the_o ancient_a writter_n as_o in_o his_o write_v he_o will_v shaw_n himself_o to_o be_v then_o can_v he_o not_o be_v ignorant_a that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o great_a cause_n that_o the_o holy_a goist_n have_v teach_v w_n to_o say_v i_o believe_v the_o holy_a church_n universal_a to_o wit_n because_o that_o oftentimes_o it_o 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