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the_o usurpation_n of_o those_o church_n revenue_n that_o be_v dedicate_v to_o god_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o minister_n of_o such_o free_a and_o full_a strain_n their_o write_n be_v top_n full_a 5._o and_o yet_o to_o prove_v all_o this_o we_o will_v only_o single_a out_o one_o eminent_a triumvirate_n of_o such_o witness_n as_o we_o be_v confident_a even_o with_o these_o man_n we_o be_v plead_v against_o will_v be_v most_o free_a from_o all_o exception_n they_o be_v luther_n calvin_n and_o knox_n as_o it_o be_v so_o many_o delegate_n for_o germany_n france_n and_o scotland_n the_o three_o great_a foreign_a stage_n of_o the_o reformation_n 6._o according_a to_o their_o seniority_n the_o first_o main_n witness_v we_o produce_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o our_o cause_n be_v luther_n who_o preach_v on_o that_o ample_a text_n of_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o galathian_o 6.6_o galathian_o quoties_fw-la lego_fw-la pauli_n adhortationes_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o testimony_n be_v prolix_a 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same_o time_n with_o habakkuk_n in_o the_o field_n jeremy_n in_o the_o dungeon_n daniel_n in_o the_o den_n witness_v the_o concordance_n of_o their_o prophecy_n i_o stand_v not_o now_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o chronology_n but_o only_o i_o do_v observe_v that_o sure_a there_o be_v somewhat_o more_o than_o ordinary_a of_o god_n public_a spirit_n in_o this_o public_a cause_n of_o the_o church_n see_v that_o all_o these_o man_n of_o several_a nation_n at_o that_o distance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n yet_o still_o consort_n in_o a_o harmony_n however_o their_o descant_n do_v vary_v their_o ground_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o all_o of_o they_o joint_o constant_a unisone_n against_o this_o particular_a kind_n of_o sacrilege_n namely_o the_o convert_v of_o the_o land_n and_o possession_n etc._n etc._n former_o give_v to_o superstitious_a or_o popish_a uses_n unto_o lay-uses_a and_o that_o also_o which_o be_v worth_a the_o observe_n after_o those_o superstitious_a officer_n 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