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right_n or_o title_n to_o his_o place_n that_o he_o can_v plead_v with_o god_n if_o he_o be_v please_v to_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o forfeiture_n but_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o man_n he_o have_v a_o good_a title_n still_o in_o the_o course_n of_o mundane_a justice_n so_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v lift_v up_o his_o hand_n against_o he_o offer_v he_o wrong_n 86._o wickliff_n indeed_o admonish_v the_o king_n and_o all_o other_o inferior_a officer_n and_o magistrate_n as_o elsewhere_o he_o do_v bishop_n that_o he_o bear_v not_o the_o sword_n in_o vain_a but_o to_o do_v the_o office_n of_o a_o king_n well_o and_o true_o to_o see_v his_o law_n right_o execute_v wherein_o if_o he_o fail_v than_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v not_o proper_o and_o true_o a_o king_n that_o be_v in_o effect_n 513._o and_o operation_n which_o word_n be_v speak_v by_o way_n of_o exhortation_n but_o so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o mutiny_n himself_o or_o persuade_v other_o to_o rebellion_n that_o 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be_v able_a by_o itself_o to_o redeem_v all_o mankind_n from_o hell_n and_o that_o this_o sufficiency_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v without_o any_o other_o cause_n concur_v pap_n master_n brereley_o say_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o only_a faith_n be_v unknown_a to_o wickliff_n prot._n apol._n tract_n 2._o cap._n 2._o sect_n 4._o subdivision_n 2._o prot._n by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v allege_v it_o appear_v it_o be_v know_v to_o he_o but_o what_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o full_o know_v to_o he_o wickliff_n be_v a_o long_a time_n keep_v in_o the_o mist_n of_o popery_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o by_o and_o by_o discern_v the_o truth_n in_o all_o point_n we_o blame_v he_o not_o for_o that_o he_o see_v no_o more_o we_o bless_v god_n for_o it_o that_o he_o see_v so_o much_o as_o he_o do_v special_o in_o this_o dark_a time_n of_o the_o papacy_n pap_n walden_n say_v 7.8.9_o that_o wickliff_n defend_v humane_a merit_n prot._n the_o same_o friar_n say_v 24._o that_o 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