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defiance_n which_o proclaim_v war_n with_o god_n and_o i_o will_v to_o god_n that_o peace_n which_o rome_n either_o can_v perform_v or_o dare_v promise_n be_v of_o any_o better_a of_o any_o other_o nature_n well_o then_o let_v it_o be_v our_o present_a task_n careful_o to_o discuss_v saint_n paul_n condition_n of_o possibility_n and_o to_o teach_v how_o vain_a it_o be_v to_o hope_v that_o a_o true_a holy_a and_o safe_a peace_n can_v be_v either_o have_v or_o maintain_v with_o our_o present_a romanist_n whether_o we_o regard_v the_o averse_a and_o stubborn_a disposition_n of_o the_o one_o side_n or_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o matter_n controvert_v or_o last_o the_o impossibility_n of_o those_o mean_n whereby_o any_o reconciliation_n may_v be_v wrought_v these_o three_o shall_v be_v the_o limit_n wherein_o this_o our_o not_o unprofitable_a nor_o yet_o unseasonable_a work_n shall_v suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v bound_v sect_n iii_o the_o obstinate_a and_o adverse_a disposition_n of_o the_o romanist_n and_o as_o for_o the_o first_o i_o suppose_v we_o need_v not_o labour_n much_o indeed_o god_n can_v easy_o make_v the_o wolf_n to_o dwell_v with_o the_o lamb_n and_o the_o leopard_n to_o lodge_v with_o the_o kid._n 11.6_o esa_n 11.6_o how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o he_o so_o to_o soften_v the_o adamantine_a heart_n of_o man_n by_o bathe_v they_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o that_o immaculate_a lamb_n that_o they_o shall_v melt_v into_o pure_a love_n but_o as_o the_o time_n now_o be_v it_o will_v be_v no_o less_o miraculous_a to_o find_v a_o popish_a heart_n true_o charitable_a to_o we_o than_o to_o see_v the_o lion_n fawn_v upon_o daniel_n even_o where_o there_o be_v strife_n about_o indifferent_a thing_n there_o be_v necessary_o require_v a_o conspire_v of_o the_o mind_n of_o they_o which_o will_v be_v reconcile_v neither_o be_v it_o enough_o that_o one_o side_n be_v content_a together_o with_o arm_n to_o lay_v down_o hatred_n and_o how_o will_v our_o romanist_n endure_v this_o sure_o that_o hatred_n of_o eteocles_n to_o his_o brother_n or_o that_o of_o vatinius_n be_v but_o mere_a love_n to_o this_o of_o papist_n 1._o sacr._n cere_fw-la l._n 1._o alas_o when_o and_o where_o be_v we_o not_o spit_v upon_o as_o the_o most_o desperate_o heretical_a enemy_n of_o the_o church_n rome_n admit_v jew_n into_o her_o bosom_n from_o who_o hand_n their_o pope_n holiness_n disdain_v not_o to_o receive_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 3._o socr._n l_o 7._o c._n 3._o but_o protestant_n she_o may_v not_o endure_v that_o which_o socrates_n complain_v as_o injurious_o do_v by_o theodosius_n a_o grecian_a bishop_n against_o the_o very_a macedonian_a heretic_n be_v daily_o do_v by_o they_o against_o we_o no_o arrian_n no_o circumcellion_n heretic_n be_v ever_o more_o cruel_a bellar._n bellar._n de_fw-fr notis_fw-la eccles_n l._n 4._o c._n 9_o nota_fw-la sexta._fw-la sic_fw-la accus_fw-la luth._o cal._n brent_n bellar._n ib._n reipsa_fw-la calumistis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it mulier_fw-la quaedam_fw-la est_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la bellar._n anno_fw-la â—532_n tesle_n surio_n apud_fw-la bell._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr chro._n ibid._n haeres_fw-la 16._o zuingl_n &_o bucer_n ibid._n haer._n 9_o calu._n l._n 4._o instit_fw-la c._n 1._o sect_n 7._o aug._n conf._n art_n 7._o ibid._n haeres_fw-la 8._o luth._o art_n 36._o call_z just_o 2._o c._n 2._o ibid._n heres_fw-la 10._o haeres_fw-la 6._o cit_fw-la cal._n just_o 4._o c._n 19_o quaer_fw-la reliq_n ib._n apud_fw-la bellar._n and_o these_o idle_a fabler_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n slander_v we_o to_o the_o world_n as_o guilty_a of_o the_o same_o outrageous_a proceed_n against_o they_o what_o heresy_n be_v there_o in_o all_o time_n which_o that_o romulean_a wolf_n and_o her_o bawl_a client_n be_v not_o wont_a to_o cast_v upon_o we_o one_o while_o we_o be_v the_o scholar_n of_o simon_n magus_n because_o we_o do_v but_o once_o mention_v grace_n and_o salvation_n for_o what_o have_v we_o else_o to_o 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io._n hier._n quotidiana_fw-la fornax_fw-la nostra_fw-la adversariorum_fw-la lingua_fw-la aug._n confess_v l._n 10_o c._n 37._o and_o fricius_n modreuâ—us_n lib._n de_fw-fr emendanda_fw-la rep_n examen_fw-la pacifique_a de_fw-fr la_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la des_fw-fr huguenot_n so_o that_o some_o body_n be_v smite_v it_o matter_n not_o what_o be_v speak_v so_o it_o be_v malicious_a that_o be_v full_o resolve_v of_o which_o nazianzen_n have_v no_o man_n shall_v hold_v in_o the_o reins_n of_o a_o riotous_a and_o lawless_a tongue_n for_o as_o hierom._n say_v well_o it_o be_v the_o pastime_n of_o the_o wicked_a to_o slander_v the_o good_a that_o therefore_o which_o be_v the_o solemn_a fashion_n of_o the_o lindian_o never_o to_o do_v service_n to_o their_o hercules_n without_o rail_v the_o same_o be_v too_o ordinary_a with_o these_o public_a herald_n of_o our_o patience_n our_o daily_a furnace_n as_o austen_n speak_v witty_o be_v our_o adversary_n tongue_n how_o easy_o may_v i_o here_o unload_v 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