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envious_a wrong_n to_o detract_v from_o other_o i_o will_v therefore_o speak_v no_o ill_a of_o other_o no_o good_a of_o myself_o 56_o that_o which_o be_v the_o misery_n of_o traveller_n to_o find_v many_o oast_n and_o few_o friend_n be_v the_o estate_n of_o christian_n in_o their_o pilgrimage_n to_o a_o better_a life_n good_a friend_n may_v not_o therefore_o be_v easy_o forgo_v neither_o must_v they_o be_v use_v as_o suit_n of_o apparel_n which_o when_o we_o have_v wear_v threadbare_a we_o cast_v off_o and_o call_v for_o new_a nothing_o but_o death_n or_o villainy_n shall_v divorce_v i_o from_o a_o old_a friend_n but_o still_o i_o will_v follow_v he_o so_o far_o as_o be_v either_o possible_a or_o honest_a and_o then_o i_o will_v leave_v he_o with_o sorrow_n 57_o true_a friendship_n necessary_o require_v patience_n for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n in_o who_o i_o shall_v not_o mislike_v somewhat_o and_o who_o shall_v not_o as_o just_o mislike_v somewhat_o in_o i_o my_o friend_n fault_n 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charge_n to_o the_o able_a qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la in_o this_o we_o can_v glad_o subscribe_v to_o saint_n chrysostome_n bonum_fw-la est_fw-la virginitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n virginity_n be_v good_a i_o yield_v it_o and_o better_o than_o marriage_n i_o confess_v it_o second_o every_o man_n therefore_o not_o ecclesiastiques_n only_o shall_v labour_v and_o strive_v to_o aspire_v unto_o this_o estate_n as_o the_o better_a use_v all_o holy_a mean_n both_o to_o attain_v and_o to_o continue_v it_o neither_o do_v we_o think_v it_o any_o other_o then_o unblamable_a that_o young_a person_n not_o so_o much_o as_o advise_v with_o their_o own_o ability_n without_o all_o endeavour_n and_o ambition_n of_o so_o worthy_a a_o condition_n leap_v rash_o into_o the_o band_n of_o wedlock_n three_o though_o every_o man_n must_v reach_v for_o it_o yet_o every_o man_n can_v catch_v it_o since_o it_o have_v please_v god_n to_o reserve_v this_o as_o a_o peculiar_a
double_a edition_n the_o one_o large_a the_o other_o more_o contract_v reply_n there_o in_o extant_a the_o same_o author_n germania_n wherein_o be_v contain_v the_o grievance_n of_o the_o german_a nation_n and_o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o same_o with_o a_o reply_n the_o first_o gesner_n express_v thus_o extat_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la germania_n quâ_fw-la continentur_fw-la gravamina_fw-la nationis_fw-la germanicae_fw-la &_o confutatio_fw-la eorundem_fw-la cum_fw-la replicâ_fw-la the_o latter_a be_v aeneae_n syluii_n germania_n excerpta_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o germania_n of_o aeneas_n silvius_n gather_v out_o of_o that_o book_n wherein_o the_o grievance_n of_o the_o german_a nation_n object_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n by_o martin_n mere_a a_o lawyer_n of_o mentz_n be_v refell_v see_v now_o reader_n whether_o my_o refuter_fw-la can_v blush_v in_o the_o one_o of_o these_o which_o after_o denial_n he_o confess_v to_o have_v see_v he_o find_v somewhat_o that_o like_v he_o not_o silvius_n speak_v of_o auspurge_n sanctus_n vdalricus_fw-la huic_fw-la praesidet_fw-la say_v he_o qui_fw-la papam_fw-la arguit_fw-la de_fw-la concubinis_fw-la aeneas_n in_o sva_fw-la germ._n illyr_n catal._n test_n lib._n 19_o aeneas_n vdalrick_n be_v the_o saint_n of_o that_o city_n who_o reprove_v the_o pope_n concern_v concubine_n the_o bone_n lie_v before_o he_o let_v he_o pick_v out_o the_o marrow_n as_o he_o can_v which_o because_o he_o find_v hard_a to_o break_v he_o cast_v it_o from_o he_o in_o a_o chafe_n and_o tell_v we_o for_o the_o last_o refuge_n he_o have_v see_v a_o print_a copy_n and_o two_o manuscript_n without_o these_o word_n in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la and_o so_o just_a have_v we_o find_v he_o of_o his_o word_n all_o this_o while_n that_o he_o be_v hard-hearted_a that_o will_v not_o believe_v he_o sect_n v._o 280._o refut_o 280._o but_o still_o i_o be_o take_v tardy_a in_o my_o time_n or_o rather_o do_v overtake_v i_o reckon_v this_o liberty_n to_o have_v continue_v in_o germany_n after_o huldericke_n for_o some_o two_o hundred_o year_n whereas_o betwixt_o saint_n vdalricke_n and_o gregory_n the_o seven_o be_v but_o a_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o year_n but_o still_o his_o saint_n deceive_v he_o and_o if_o i_o shall_v have_v err_v his_o own_o chronologer_n shall_v have_v deceive_v i_o for_o his_o onuphrius_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a chronicle_n make_v our_o hulderick_n bishop_n of_o auspurge_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o pope_n nicolas_n an._n 859._o and_o his_o sigebert_n and_o other_o chronicler_n cast_v gregory_n the_o seven_o his_o opposition_n to_o priest_n marriage_n upon_o the_o year_n 1074._o where_o now_o be_v my_o error_n where_o be_v my_o overreach_v count_v it_o reader_n and_o see_v whether_o i_o can_v make_v my_o word_n good_a and_o give_v he_o fifteen_o year_n in_o to_o the_o bargain_n and_o now_o judge_v whether_o of_o we_o may_v say_v non_fw-la sit_v commodè_fw-la divisa_fw-la sunt_fw-la temporibus_fw-la tibi_fw-la dave_v haec_fw-la and_o whether_o of_o we_o it_o be_v from_o who_o nothing_o come_v savour_v of_o any_o learning_n or_o truth_n and_o if_o thou_o think_v it_o fit_a blush_v for_o he_o 281._o refut_o p._n 281._o the_o like_a i_o fear_v willing_a error_n upon_o the_o same_o ground_n be_v the_o miscalculation_n of_o the_o time_n of_o leo_n the_o nine_o and_o nicholas_n the_o second_o betwixt_o who_o time_n and_o vdalrick_n he_o make_v but_o fifty_o year_n abate_v one_o other_o half_a of_o the_o hundred_o to_o expose_v i_o to_o the_o laughter_n of_o his_o credulous_a client_n which_o may_v now_o say_v loe_o the_o man_n which_o in_o a_o reckon_n of_o 200_o year_n do_v out-lash_a but_o 150._o when_o as_o both_o their_o sigebert_n and_o hermannus_n contractus_fw-la and_o who_o not_o make_v leo_n the_o nine_o pope_n an._n 1049_o and_o nicholas_n the_o second_o some_o ten_o year_n after_o he_o the_o very_a elder_n whereof_o if_o we_o reckon_v to_o huldericke_n an._n 856_o will_v be_v in_o no_o less_o than_o 190_o year_n distance_n the_o man_n want_v either_o counter_n or_o wit_n or_o honesty_n truth_n i_o be_o sure_a he_o want_v sect_n vi_o antichrist_n which_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n see_v the_o light_n in_o boniface_n the_o three_o and_o be_v grow_v to_o his_o stature_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o gregory_n the_o seven_o 283._o refut_o p._n 283._o so_o as_o i_o may_v well_o say_v that_o the_o body_n of_o antichristianisme_n together_o with_o the_o prohibition_n of_o marriage_n begin_v to_o be_v complete_a in_o that_o hildebrand_n the_o time_n accord_v better_a than_o our_o papist_n will_v have_v they_o after_o a_o thousand_o year_n satan_n be_v loose_v at_o that_o very_a time_n do_v this_o hildebrand_n otherwise_o gregory_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o himself_o confess_v at_o his_o death_n witness_n cardinal_n benno_n and_o sigebert_n trouble_v the_o church_n belike_o with_o the_o violent_a obtrusion_n of_o this_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n prohibition_n of_o marriage_n and_o insolent_a detrusion_n of_o imperial_a authority_n it_o be_v then_o but_o a_o sardonian_a laughter_n that_o my_o refuter_fw-la take_v up_o at_o our_o complete_a antichrist_n who_o supparasitation_n may_v one_o day_n cost_v he_o tear_n and_o gnash_n but_o good_a god_n what_o saint_n have_v the_o roman_a church_n hildebrand_n be_v one_o of_o their_o calendar_n the_o legend_n of_o who_o holiness_n shall_v anon_o make_v any_o man_n save_o c._n e._n ashamed_a since_o it_o will_v be_v no_o better_o pergo_fw-la mentiri_fw-la 284._o refut_o p._n 284._o i_o be_o now_o charge_v with_o a_o fair_a contradiction_n while_o i_o be_o accuse_v to_o say_v that_o the_o liberty_n of_o priest_n marriage_n be_v universal_a for_o a_o thousand_o year_n and_o yet_o have_v before_o grant_v that_o in_o steven_n the_o second_o his_o time_n which_o be_v two_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o western_a clergy_n be_v restrain_v in_o all_o which_o he_o persuade_v his_o friend_n that_o i_o will_v fain_o lie_v gross_o if_o my_o memory_n will_v let_v i_o reader_n do_v but_o review_v my_o word_n these_o they_o be_v after_o he_o that_o be_v hulderick_n so_o strong_o do_v he_o plead_v and_o so_o happy_o that_o for_o two_o hundred_o year_n more_o this_o freedom_n still_o bless_v those_o part_n i_o speak_v of_o germany_n he_o of_o italy_n i_o speak_v of_o those_o part_n he_o of_o all_o be_v not_o this_o a_o logical_a and_o faithful_a refutation_n yet_o more_o this_o bold_a and_o false_a hand_n dare_v write_v that_o leo_n the_o nine_o and_o nicholas_n the_o second_o 285._o refut_o p._n 285._o never_o meddle_v with_o the_o prohibition_n of_o these_o marriage_n only_o the_o one_o make_v a_o decree_n against_o harlot_n the_o other_o against_o concubine_n neither_o of_o which_o he_o hope_v we_o will_v apply_v to_o ourselves_o we_o be_v so_o use_v to_o these_o impudent_a assertion_n that_o now_o we_o cease_v to_o wonder_v at_o they_o let_v he_o tell_v i_o what_o be_v that_o epistle_n which_o leo_n the_o nine_o write_v to_o peter_n the_o hermit_n â—inâ—iâ—s_n he_o detest_v the_o incontinency_n of_o clerk_n and_o write_v to_o have_v it_o punish_v append_v epist_n leon._n 9_o â—inâ—iâ—s_n whole_o very_a title_n be_v incontinentiam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la detestatur_fw-la &_o puniendam_fw-la describit_fw-la the_o epistle_n be_v bitter_a like_o my_o libeler_n and_o lest_o he_o shall_v say_v we_o guilty_o take_v to_o ourselves_o the_o imputation_n of_o incontinency_n it_o be_v bend_v against_o quadrimodam_n carnalis_fw-la contagionis_fw-la pollutionem_fw-la a_o fourfold_a pollution_n of_o clergyman_n whereof_o one_o he_o will_v not_o sure_o deny_v to_o be_v marriage_n let_v he_o tell_v i_o what_o be_v do_v under_o leo_n in_o the_o council_n of_o mentz_n about_o the_o year_n 1049_o of_o which_o adam_n bremensis_n who_o be_v there_o present_a write_v simoniaca_n haeresis_fw-la &_o nefanda_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la coniugia_fw-la holographa_fw-la synodi_fw-la manu_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v 286._o be_v be_v adâ—â—_n brenâ—_n l._n 3._o c._n 51_o â—in_a not_o in_o synod_n mogunt_fw-la refut_n p._n 286._o the_o heresy_n of_o simony_n and_o the_o wicked_a marriage_n of_o priest_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o synod_n be_v condemn_v be_v this_o nothing_o do_v by_o his_o leo_n the_o leo_fw-la rugiens_fw-la of_o that_o time_n as_o for_o his_o nicholas_n the_o second_o good_a man_n he_o do_v nothing_o neither_o only_o he_o stain_v woman_n as_o honest_a as_o himself_o with_o the_o name_n of_o concubine_n and_o man_n more_o holy_a than_o himself_o with_o the_o name_n of_o nicolaitan_n who_o he_o must_v needs_o love_v for_o the_o name_n sake_n and_o a_o estate_n of_o life_n as_o holy_a as_o his_o own_o with_o the_o name_n of_o filthy_a copulation_n let_v his_o pope_n shameful_a decree_n and_o his_o shameless_a lie_n go_v both_o together_o for_o company_n whence_o they_o come_v sect_n vii_o 287._o refut_o p._n 287._o yet_o
therefore_o thou_o think_v good_a to_o fast_o as_o by_o the_o reason_n of_o these_o precedent_n may_v be_v without_o prejudice_n of_o thy_o humanity_n which_o if_o it_o shall_v have_v please_v thou_o to_o support_v as_o thou_o can_v without_o mean_n thy_o very_a power_n may_v have_v open_v the_o mouth_n of_o cavil_n against_o the_o verity_n of_o thy_o humane_a nature_n that_o thou_o may_v therefore_o well_v approve_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o thou_o and_o we_o but_o sin_n thou_o that_o can_v have_v fast_v without_o hunger_n and_o live_v without_o meat_n will_v both_o feed_v and_o fast_o and_o hunger_n who_o can_v be_v discourage_v with_o the_o scantinesse_n of_o friend_n or_o bodily_a provision_n when_o he_o see_v his_o saviour_n thus_o long_o destitute_a of_o all_o earthly_a comfort_n both_o of_o society_n and_o sustenance_n oh_o the_o policy_n and_o malice_n of_o that_o old_a serpent_n when_o he_o see_v christ_n bewray_v some_o infirmity_n of_o nature_n in_o be_v hungry_a than_o he_o lay_v sore_a at_o he_o by_o temptation_n his_o eye_n be_v never_o off_o from_o our_o saviour_n all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o sequestration_n and_o now_o that_o he_o think_v he_o espy_v any_o one_o part_n to_o lie_v open_a he_o drive_v at_o it_o with_o all_o his_o might_n we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o adversary_n no_o less_o vigilant_a than_o malicious_a who_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o watch_v all_o opportunity_n of_o our_o mischief_n and_o where_o he_o see_v any_o advantage_n of_o weakness_n will_v not_o neglect_v it_o how_o shall_v we_o stand_v upon_o our_o guard_n for_o prevention_n that_o both_o we_o many_o not_o give_v he_o occasion_n of_o our_o hurt_n nor_o take_v hurt_v by_o those_o we_o have_v give_v when_o our_o saviour_n be_v hungry_a satan_n tempt_v he_o in_o matter_n of_o food_n not_o then_o of_o wealth_n or_o glory_n he_o well_o know_v both_o what_o bait_n to_o fish_v withal_o and_o when_o and_o how_o to_o lay_v they_o how_o safe_a and_o happy_a 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stone_n must_v be_v make_v bread_n there_o be_v the_o motion_n to_o a_o carnal_a appetite_n the_o guard_n and_o attendance_n of_o angel_n must_v be_v presume_v on_o there_o be_v a_o motion_n to_o pride_n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o glory_n of_o they_o must_v be_v offer_v there_o to_o covetousness_n and_o ambition_n satan_n can_v not_o but_o have_v hear_v god_n say_v this_o be_v my_o well-beloved_a son_n he_o have_v hear_v the_o message_n and_o the_o carol_n of_o the_o angel_n he_o see_v the_o star_n and_o the_o journey_n and_o offering_n of_o the_o sage_n he_o can_v not_o but_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o gratulation_n of_o zachary_n simeon_n anna_n he_o well_o know_v the_o prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n yet_o now_o that_o he_o see_v christ_n â—sâ—ting_v with_o hunger_n as_o not_o comprehend_v how_o infirmity_n can_v consist_v with_o a_o godhead_n he_o can_v say_v if_o thou_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n have_v not_o satan_n know_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v to_o 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profit_v we_o will_v give_v direction_n for_o the_o entrance_n proceed_v conclusion_n of_o this_o divine_a work_n chap._n xiiii_o work_n the_o entrance_n into_o the_o work_n a_o goodly_a building_n must_v show_v some_o magnificence_n in_o the_o gate_n and_o great_a personage_n have_v seemly_a usher_n to_o go_v before_o they_o who_o by_o their_o uncover_v head_n command_v reverence_n and_o way_n even_o very_a poet_n of_o old_a have_v wont_a before_o their_o ballad_n to_o implore_v the_o aid_n of_o their_o god_n and_o the_o heathen_a roman_n enter_v not_o upon_o any_o public_a civil_a business_n without_o a_o solemn_a apprecation_n of_o good_a success_n prayer_n 1_o the_o common_a entrance_n which_o be_v prayer_n how_o much_o less_o shall_v a_o christian_a dare_v to_o undertake_v a_o spiritual_a work_n of_o such_o importance_n not_o have_v crave_v the_o assistance_n of_o his_o god_n which_o i_o think_v be_v no_o less_o than_o to_o profess_v he_o can_v do_v well_o without_o god_n leave_n 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