be_v call_v aaron_n god_n but_o aaron_n be_v not_o call_v moses_n his_o god_n but_o his_o mouth_n which_o thing_n though_o it_o be_v so_o evident_a as_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o undertake_n of_o a_o idle_a and_o un-necessary_a discourse_n to_o prove_v it_o yet_o because_o many_o book_n be_v of_o late_o fill_v with_o this_o conceit_n that_o moses_n be_v a_o priest_n which_o thing_n be_v take_v as_o a_o especial_a ground_n to_o build_v up_o the_o pope_n temporal_a monarchy_n let_v we_o in_o a_o few_o word_n refute_v this_o fancy_n franciscus_n bozius_n who_o undertake_v to_o prove_v this_o take_v a_o foundation_n so_o ruiâ—…ous_a and_o fallacious_a that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o his_o whole_a building_n be_v answerable_a for_o he_o conclude_v that_o moses_n be_v a_o priest_n proper_o so_o call_v because_o psal._n 99_o it_o be_v write_v moses_n and_o aaron_n among_o his_o priest_n and_o samuel_n among_o such_o as_o call_v upon_o his_o name_n the_o answer_n be_v easy_a and_o 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moses_n
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